Chela Metzger
http://www.nbss.edu/
Introduction to book structures for conservators
Monday - Thursday, July 19 - August 17, no class 7/4: 9:00am - 4:00pm Register
Instructor: Chela Metzger
Course Fee: $2200
This five-week class meets Monday – Thursday each week. Field trips are scheduled for some Fridays, otherwise Fridays are considered work days/open studio. The course is designed to further basic bookbinding bench skills and to explore historic book structures in the context of the conservation of books as historic artifacts. Readings, research on book structures and bookbinding history, and creating models of historic structures are the basis of the course. Class presentations, short essays and online publishing are required. The course is for students who are seriously interested in exploring conservation of books as cultural heritage, and could be used to help develop a portfolio for further work in library/archives conservation, or bookbinding study. Class size is limited. Application requirements include a short personal statement on the role of the class in your work, a phone conversation, and images showing three-dimensional studio work of some kind if possible. Students will need to supply their own hand tools, or purchase them at NBSS. For more information, please contact Chela Metzger cmetzger@winterthur.org.
Consuela (Chela) Metzger
Conservator of Library Collections
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
5105 Kennett Pike
Winterthur, DE 19735
Phone: 302.888.3381
Fax. 302.888.4838
E-mail: cmetzg@winterthur.org
Friday, March 30, 2012
CFP - books
Handling Job Stress: Tips by Librarians
Book Publisher: McFarland & Company
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, How to Thrive as a Solo Librarian, Scarecrow Press,
2012; Library Management Tips That Work, ALA Editions, 2011.
Co-editor: Linda A. Wade, Digitization Unit Coordinator, Western Illinois
University Libraries; contributor, Pre- & Post-Retirement Tips for Librarians,
ALA Editions, 2012.
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school,
special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing
practical how-to chapters on managing stress as a working librarian. Practical
tips for colleagues on: dealing with pressure from budget and staff cuts,
keeping up with technology, diverse patrons, while juggling family and personal
life. Creative methods of diffusing stress are sought that are adaptive to
various types of libraries and job descriptions.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience should total 2,500-3500
words; or two articles each 1250-1750 words to equal 2,500-3,500. No previously
published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter;
if two chapters, both written by the same co-author(s). One complimentary copy
per chapter as compensation.
Please e-mail 2-3 topics each described in one sentence or two by April 5, 2012
with biography(s) to smallwood@tm.net and place STRESS/Last Name on the
subject line.
Library Services for Multicultural Patrons to Encourage Library Use
Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, Tips for Librarians Running Libraries Alone, and
Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related
Materials (both forthcoming from Scarecrow Press)
Co-editor: Dr. Kim Becnel, Assistant Professor of Library Science, Appalachian
State University. Contributor, Library Management Tips That Work, ALA Editions,
2011, and many other publications.
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school,
special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing
practical how-to chapters on reaching out to multicultural patrons to lessen
cultural and language barriers. Practical ways to encourage library use to a
wider range of patrons in the library community. Creative methods are sought
that work in various types of libraries and job titles.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience to help colleagues. Your
article should total 3000-3500 words; or two articles each 1500-1750 words to
equal 3000-3500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material.
One or two authors per chapter; if two chapters both written by the same
co-authors; complimentary copy as compensation, discount on more.
Please paste in an e-mail titles of 2-4 topics each fully described in 2
sentences by April 5, 2012 with brief biography sketch(s); place
MULTICULTURAL/Last Name on the subject line to: smallwood@tm.net
Time Organization for Librarians: Beating Budget and Staff Cuts
Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, Tips for Librarians Running Libraries Alone and
Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related
Materials (both forthcoming from Scarecrow Press)
Co-editor: Jason Kuhl, Library Operations Director, Arlington Heights Memorial
Library, Arlington Heights, Illinois; contributor, The Frugal Librarian:
Thriving in Tough Economic Times (ALA Editions, 2011)
Co-editor: Lisa Fraser, Public Services Librarian, Bellevue Library, King
County Library System, Bellevue, Washington; Guest Lecturer, Information
School, University of Washington
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school,
special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing
practical how-to chapters on ways to organize time the most effectively
especially with budget and staff cuts: Administration, Daily Operations,
Maximizing Technology, Personal Life, Goal Setting. Creative methods are sought
that work in various types of libraries and job titles.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience to help colleagues. Your
article should total 3000-3500 words; or two articles each 1500-1750 words to
equal 3000-3500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material.
One or two authors per chapter; complimentary copy as compensation, discount on
more.
Please e-mail titles of 2-4 topics each fully described in 2 sentences by April
5, 2012 with brief biography sketch(s). Please place TIME/Last Name on the
subject line to: jkuhl@ahml.info
Book Publisher: McFarland & Company
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, How to Thrive as a Solo Librarian, Scarecrow Press,
2012; Library Management Tips That Work, ALA Editions, 2011.
Co-editor: Linda A. Wade, Digitization Unit Coordinator, Western Illinois
University Libraries; contributor, Pre- & Post-Retirement Tips for Librarians,
ALA Editions, 2012.
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school,
special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing
practical how-to chapters on managing stress as a working librarian. Practical
tips for colleagues on: dealing with pressure from budget and staff cuts,
keeping up with technology, diverse patrons, while juggling family and personal
life. Creative methods of diffusing stress are sought that are adaptive to
various types of libraries and job descriptions.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience should total 2,500-3500
words; or two articles each 1250-1750 words to equal 2,500-3,500. No previously
published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter;
if two chapters, both written by the same co-author(s). One complimentary copy
per chapter as compensation.
Please e-mail 2-3 topics each described in one sentence or two by April 5, 2012
with biography(s) to smallwood@tm.net and place STRESS/Last Name on the
subject line.
Library Services for Multicultural Patrons to Encourage Library Use
Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, Tips for Librarians Running Libraries Alone, and
Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related
Materials (both forthcoming from Scarecrow Press)
Co-editor: Dr. Kim Becnel, Assistant Professor of Library Science, Appalachian
State University. Contributor, Library Management Tips That Work, ALA Editions,
2011, and many other publications.
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school,
special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing
practical how-to chapters on reaching out to multicultural patrons to lessen
cultural and language barriers. Practical ways to encourage library use to a
wider range of patrons in the library community. Creative methods are sought
that work in various types of libraries and job titles.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience to help colleagues. Your
article should total 3000-3500 words; or two articles each 1500-1750 words to
equal 3000-3500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material.
One or two authors per chapter; if two chapters both written by the same
co-authors; complimentary copy as compensation, discount on more.
Please paste in an e-mail titles of 2-4 topics each fully described in 2
sentences by April 5, 2012 with brief biography sketch(s); place
MULTICULTURAL/Last Name on the subject line to: smallwood@tm.net
Time Organization for Librarians: Beating Budget and Staff Cuts
Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, Tips for Librarians Running Libraries Alone and
Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related
Materials (both forthcoming from Scarecrow Press)
Co-editor: Jason Kuhl, Library Operations Director, Arlington Heights Memorial
Library, Arlington Heights, Illinois; contributor, The Frugal Librarian:
Thriving in Tough Economic Times (ALA Editions, 2011)
Co-editor: Lisa Fraser, Public Services Librarian, Bellevue Library, King
County Library System, Bellevue, Washington; Guest Lecturer, Information
School, University of Washington
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school,
special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing
practical how-to chapters on ways to organize time the most effectively
especially with budget and staff cuts: Administration, Daily Operations,
Maximizing Technology, Personal Life, Goal Setting. Creative methods are sought
that work in various types of libraries and job titles.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience to help colleagues. Your
article should total 3000-3500 words; or two articles each 1500-1750 words to
equal 3000-3500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material.
One or two authors per chapter; complimentary copy as compensation, discount on
more.
Please e-mail titles of 2-4 topics each fully described in 2 sentences by April
5, 2012 with brief biography sketch(s). Please place TIME/Last Name on the
subject line to: jkuhl@ahml.info
CFP - Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group
The Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group (AABIG) will host its 11th annual conference May 18, 2012 at the University of West Georgia. This year's theme is Innovation on a Dime. In this economic crunch, every library's budget is getting hit hard. This year, the conference will focus on the practical, nifty, and new ways librarians are using free and/or existing technology to teach information literacy, and even what to do when there's no computers at all. AABIG invites proposals for 20 and 45 minute sessions that address this theme. Lively and interactive
sessions are preferred.
Ideas include but aren't limited to:
- budget savvy instruction, outreach, and assessment
- effective strategies for online and face-to-face instruction
- practical methods for using new, old, and/or free technologies to teach
- innovative techniques, examples, and pedagogy to intrigue and entice
students
- novel ways to teach non-traditionally (via chat, phone, or web;
without computers; outside of the library)
Submit your proposal here: http://tinyurl.com/AABIG2012
Proposal Deadline: April 2. Please direct further questions to Angiah Davis (adavis@auctr.edu)
BIG Website: https://sites.google.com/site/atlantaareabig/
BIG is also looking for local librarians to serve as officers for next year's conference. It's a great opportunity for networking, leadership, and building your CV. You can find more information about officer duties and terms of service on the BIG site.
Thanks, Jean Cook, University of West Georgia,
BIG President
sessions are preferred.
Ideas include but aren't limited to:
- budget savvy instruction, outreach, and assessment
- effective strategies for online and face-to-face instruction
- practical methods for using new, old, and/or free technologies to teach
- innovative techniques, examples, and pedagogy to intrigue and entice
students
- novel ways to teach non-traditionally (via chat, phone, or web;
without computers; outside of the library)
Submit your proposal here: http://tinyurl.com/AABIG2012
Proposal Deadline: April 2. Please direct further questions to Angiah Davis (adavis@auctr.edu)
BIG Website: https://sites.google.com/site/atlantaareabig/
BIG is also looking for local librarians to serve as officers for next year's conference. It's a great opportunity for networking, leadership, and building your CV. You can find more information about officer duties and terms of service on the BIG site.
Thanks, Jean Cook, University of West Georgia,
BIG President
UDFR workshop at IIPC General Assembly
With sponsorship from the Library of Congress, a Unified Digital Format Registry (UDFR) community meeting will be held in Washington, DC, on Friday, May 4, 2012, in conjunction with the IIPC General Assembly, April 30 – May 4 .
The meeting is open to all interested members of the UDFR community; space is limited, however, and prior registration is required at. (Logistical information about the General Assembly is available at .)
The UDFR meeting will include technical presentations on the UDFR architecture and code walkthroughs of the major components of its open source technology stack, including OntoWiki, RDFAuthor, Virtuoso, Zend, PHP, Apache, and Noid; code walkthroughs; and a review of the four main ontological models: OntoWiki system configuration, UDFR user profiles, UDFR class and property ontology, and UDFR data. The intent of this meeting is to share a technical understanding of the UDFR platform to facilitate its transition from a funded project to a community supported resource.
The tentative meeting agenda is:
Time
Topic
09:00 – 09:10
Introduction and review of outcomes and agenda
09:10 – 09:30
Background on the UDFR project
09:30 – 10:00
Demonstration of main features of the UDFR service
10:00 – 10:30
Technology stack and architecture
10:30 – 10:45
Break
10:45 – 11:45
Code walk-through
11:45 – 12:00
Questions and discussion
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 13:45
Ontological models
13:45 – 14:15
Administrative procedures, account management, bulk data loading
14:15 – 14:45
Community building
14:45 – 15:00
Questions and discussion
A testing version of the final UDFR codebase, holding a complete export of PRONOM data as of February 22, 2012, is available for evaluation at
A login account is only necessary for content contribution or editing; read-only access to the UDFR is publically available.
The meeting is open to all interested members of the UDFR community; space is limited, however, and prior registration is required at
The UDFR meeting will include technical presentations on the UDFR architecture and code walkthroughs of the major components of its open source technology stack, including OntoWiki, RDFAuthor, Virtuoso, Zend, PHP, Apache, and Noid; code walkthroughs; and a review of the four main ontological models: OntoWiki system configuration, UDFR user profiles, UDFR class and property ontology, and UDFR data. The intent of this meeting is to share a technical understanding of the UDFR platform to facilitate its transition from a funded project to a community supported resource.
The tentative meeting agenda is:
Time
Topic
09:00 – 09:10
Introduction and review of outcomes and agenda
09:10 – 09:30
Background on the UDFR project
09:30 – 10:00
Demonstration of main features of the UDFR service
10:00 – 10:30
Technology stack and architecture
10:30 – 10:45
Break
10:45 – 11:45
Code walk-through
11:45 – 12:00
Questions and discussion
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 13:45
Ontological models
13:45 – 14:15
Administrative procedures, account management, bulk data loading
14:15 – 14:45
Community building
14:45 – 15:00
Questions and discussion
A testing version of the final UDFR codebase, holding a complete export of PRONOM data as of February 22, 2012, is available for evaluation at
A login account is only necessary for content contribution or editing; read-only access to the UDFR is publically available.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
CFP - Building a Teaching Community
Call for Proposals:
Building a Teaching Community
2nd Annual Summer Retreat for Librarians
Chapman University - Leatherby Libraries
Orange, California
Friday, June 29, 2012
Proposals are now being accepted for 30-minute presentations and 30-minute break-out sessions. Presentations are made to all retreat attendees (an audience of approximately 60); break-out sessions are intimate small-group discussions of 15 or less individuals. Attendees of the 1st annual retreat included librarians from academic, public, and school libraries. Approximately one-third of the attendees were MLIS students.
About the Retreat
The summer teaching retreat was created to build community amongst instruction librarians and library school students from Orange County and the surrounding areas. The retreat provides unique and practical presentations. Participants have opportunities to share teaching experiences, ideas, and resources during lively break-out sessions as the practices and innovative ideas of local librarians are discovered. Ideally, participants leave the retreat with a larger network of resources and contacts, as well as inspiration to creatively expand their library instruction repertoire.
Proposals
Proposals should be related in some aspect to teaching. Creative proposals that stretch the boundaries of library instruction, bring in interdisciplinary connections, or expand the boundaries of instruction (even beyond the library classroom!) are especially sought. Click here to read descriptions from last year’s retreat.
Proposals must be 250 words or less. The deadline for proposals is Monday, April 30 at 5pm (PST). Presenters will be notified by Friday, May 11th.
Submit Your Proposal
Online submission form
Questions
Please contact aknight@chapman.edu or russo_stacy@sac.edu with any questions.
Building a Teaching Community
2nd Annual Summer Retreat for Librarians
Chapman University - Leatherby Libraries
Orange, California
Friday, June 29, 2012
Proposals are now being accepted for 30-minute presentations and 30-minute break-out sessions. Presentations are made to all retreat attendees (an audience of approximately 60); break-out sessions are intimate small-group discussions of 15 or less individuals. Attendees of the 1st annual retreat included librarians from academic, public, and school libraries. Approximately one-third of the attendees were MLIS students.
About the Retreat
The summer teaching retreat was created to build community amongst instruction librarians and library school students from Orange County and the surrounding areas. The retreat provides unique and practical presentations. Participants have opportunities to share teaching experiences, ideas, and resources during lively break-out sessions as the practices and innovative ideas of local librarians are discovered. Ideally, participants leave the retreat with a larger network of resources and contacts, as well as inspiration to creatively expand their library instruction repertoire.
Proposals
Proposals should be related in some aspect to teaching. Creative proposals that stretch the boundaries of library instruction, bring in interdisciplinary connections, or expand the boundaries of instruction (even beyond the library classroom!) are especially sought. Click here to read descriptions from last year’s retreat.
Proposals must be 250 words or less. The deadline for proposals is Monday, April 30 at 5pm (PST). Presenters will be notified by Friday, May 11th.
Submit Your Proposal
Online submission form
Questions
Please contact aknight@chapman.edu or russo_stacy@sac.edu with any questions.
Free webinar - Library Support Staff Certification
The Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSC), a national certification program that allows library support staff to demonstrate competencies and be certified by the American Library Association (ALA), will offer an hour-long informational webinar at 2 p.m. CST on Tuesday, April 3rd.
The presentation will explain the value of this certification to library support staff, employers and library users. Attendees will also have the opportunity to have their questions answered by program staff members.
For more information on the webinar and how to register, please visit https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/769173337. For more information on LSSC please visit our website!
Ian Lashbrook - ilashbrook@ala.org
The presentation will explain the value of this certification to library support staff, employers and library users. Attendees will also have the opportunity to have their questions answered by program staff members.
For more information on the webinar and how to register, please visit https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/769173337. For more information on LSSC please visit our website!
Ian Lashbrook - ilashbrook@ala.org
Scholarship - Virtual Reference Summit
Want to attend this year's Virtual Reference Summit at a fabulous coastal resort but strapped for cash? Scholarships are available!
Apply here for a chance to attend the May 25th conference for FREE! http://www.oregonlibraries.net/summit/2012/register
Apply here for a chance to attend the May 25th conference for FREE! http://www.oregonlibraries.net/summit/2012/register
Webinar - More Product, Less Process
ALCTS webinar: "More Product, Less Process": Why It Matters to
Archivists, Librarians, and Researchers
Date: April 11, 2012
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.
Description: This webinar will focus on the successful implementation of
the "More Product, Less Process" (MPLP) approach to archival processing,
how MPLP can leverage technical services resources to achieve better
outcomes, and will also suggest how MPLP can be adapted as an approach
to digitization and to cataloging materials that have traditionally been
managed bibliographically. It offers an archival approach to general
special collections problems.
Learning outcomes: Attendees will gain an appreciation for flexible and
higher-efficiency archival arrangement and description practices that
are extensible to library cataloging and special collections environments.
Audience: Technical service managers and people who arrange, describe,
process, and digitize archival and bibliographic resources.
Presenter: Dennis Meissner is the Head of Collections Management at the
Minnesota Historical Society, a Fellow of the Society of American
Archivists, a current member of SAA's governing Council, and serves on
SAA's Encoded Archival Context Working Group. In 2003, he and Mark
Greene (American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming) wrote the
influential article published in the American Archivist, "More Product,
Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archival Processing." Mr. Meissner
is a member of ALCTS.
*****************
For additional information, including pricing options and registration
links, please go to:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/041112
ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the
recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org
. For all other questions or
comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events
Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce@ala.org
.
Archivists, Librarians, and Researchers
Date: April 11, 2012
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.
Description: This webinar will focus on the successful implementation of
the "More Product, Less Process" (MPLP) approach to archival processing,
how MPLP can leverage technical services resources to achieve better
outcomes, and will also suggest how MPLP can be adapted as an approach
to digitization and to cataloging materials that have traditionally been
managed bibliographically. It offers an archival approach to general
special collections problems.
Learning outcomes: Attendees will gain an appreciation for flexible and
higher-efficiency archival arrangement and description practices that
are extensible to library cataloging and special collections environments.
Audience: Technical service managers and people who arrange, describe,
process, and digitize archival and bibliographic resources.
Presenter: Dennis Meissner is the Head of Collections Management at the
Minnesota Historical Society, a Fellow of the Society of American
Archivists, a current member of SAA's governing Council, and serves on
SAA's Encoded Archival Context Working Group. In 2003, he and Mark
Greene (American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming) wrote the
influential article published in the American Archivist, "More Product,
Less Process: Revamping Traditional Archival Processing." Mr. Meissner
is a member of ALCTS.
*****************
For additional information, including pricing options and registration
links, please go to:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/041112
ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the
recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org
comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events
Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce@ala.org
Jewish Heritage Collection Archival Internship, Summer 2012
Jewish Heritage Collection Archival Internship, Summer 2012
Addlestone Library at the College of Charleston is offering two internships for archival students or recent graduates to work in its Special Collections department full-time for approximately 10 weeks over the summer. The interns will be arranging and describing manuscript materials from our Jewish Heritage Collection, as part of a $B!H (JHidden Collections $B!I (J project funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources.
We will provide an honorarium of $1,500 and free housing in Charleston $B!G (Js historic district, within a short walk of campus. The internship runs between June 4 to August 13, 2012, with some flexibility on start and end dates.
Applicants should possess the following:
$B!| (J Excellent processing skills; knowledge of DACS, EAD, and other metadata and archival standards preferred
$B!| (J Excellent organizational skills
$B!| (J Good writing skills
$B!| (J Ability to properly handle, manage, and rehouse historic materials
$B!| (J Familiarity with digitization standards
$B!| (J Some knowledge of American history, particularly southern ethnic history
$B!| (J Some previous experience in museums, archives, libraries, or a related field
The successful candidate must be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work both as a member of a team and independently. Preference will be given to candidates who express a desire to pursue a career in museums, archives, or a related field, and who are enrolled in or recently graduated from an MLIS program.
Please send a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three references to: Claire Fund, Addlestone Library administrator, at fundc @ cofc . edu . The deadline for applications is April 30, 2012. If you have any questions or need more information, email Dale Rosengarten, curator of the Jewish Heritage Collection, at rosengartend @ cofc . edu .
Addlestone Library at the College of Charleston is offering two internships for archival students or recent graduates to work in its Special Collections department full-time for approximately 10 weeks over the summer. The interns will be arranging and describing manuscript materials from our Jewish Heritage Collection, as part of a $B!H (JHidden Collections $B!I (J project funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources.
We will provide an honorarium of $1,500 and free housing in Charleston $B!G (Js historic district, within a short walk of campus. The internship runs between June 4 to August 13, 2012, with some flexibility on start and end dates.
Applicants should possess the following:
$B!| (J Excellent processing skills; knowledge of DACS, EAD, and other metadata and archival standards preferred
$B!| (J Excellent organizational skills
$B!| (J Good writing skills
$B!| (J Ability to properly handle, manage, and rehouse historic materials
$B!| (J Familiarity with digitization standards
$B!| (J Some knowledge of American history, particularly southern ethnic history
$B!| (J Some previous experience in museums, archives, libraries, or a related field
The successful candidate must be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work both as a member of a team and independently. Preference will be given to candidates who express a desire to pursue a career in museums, archives, or a related field, and who are enrolled in or recently graduated from an MLIS program.
Please send a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three references to: Claire Fund, Addlestone Library administrator, at fundc
Seminar - Greater Dayton Chapter of ARMA
The Greater Dayton Chapter of ARMA International would like to invite
you to our 2012 Spring Seminar at the Madison Lakes Learning and
Conference Center on May 2nd.
Our featured speaker, William "Butch" Lazorchak, is the digital
archivist at the Library of Congress in the National Digital Information
Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP). He plays a key role in
the Preserving State Government Information initiative, a series of
multi-state partnerships focused on capturing, preserving, and providing
access to a rich variety of state and local government digital
information including legislative data and geospatial information. Butch
will be presenting on the NDIIPP program and PDF-A.
For more information and to register, you can visit our blog at
http://greaterdaytonarma.wordpress.com
100 participants (50 per session), so please don't delay. Registration
and payment must be received by April 25th.
We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
James S. Zimmerlin, CA
Records Manager/Archivist
Warren County Records Center & Archives
406 Justice Drive, Room 052
Lebanon, OH 45036
Phone: (513) 695-1868
Fax: (513) 695-2415
james.zimmerlin@co.warren.oh.us
you to our 2012 Spring Seminar at the Madison Lakes Learning and
Conference Center on May 2nd.
Our featured speaker, William "Butch" Lazorchak, is the digital
archivist at the Library of Congress in the National Digital Information
Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP). He plays a key role in
the Preserving State Government Information initiative, a series of
multi-state partnerships focused on capturing, preserving, and providing
access to a rich variety of state and local government digital
information including legislative data and geospatial information. Butch
will be presenting on the NDIIPP program and PDF-A.
For more information and to register, you can visit our blog at
http://greaterdaytonarma.wordpress.com
100 participants (50 per session), so please don't delay. Registration
and payment must be received by April 25th.
We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
James S. Zimmerlin, CA
Records Manager/Archivist
Warren County Records Center & Archives
406 Justice Drive, Room 052
Lebanon, OH 45036
Phone: (513) 695-1868
Fax: (513) 695-2415
james.zimmerlin@co.warren.oh.us
Friday, March 23, 2012
internship - Michigan Technological University Archives
Michigan Technological University Archives Graduate Student Intern
The Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections seeks a graduate student intern for Summer 2012. As a regional history manuscript collection, the Michigan Tech Archives collects material broadly documenting the Keweenaw Peninsula and environs associated with Michigan’s Western Upper Peninsula.
The intern selected will receive substantive experience in both public service and collections handling activities. The intern will assist in day-to-day public service activities, including greeting and assisting researchers, retrieving and shelving historical records, and assisting university and community patrons with use and duplication of materials.
The intern will also gain experience in organizing, describing, and processing archival collections. S/he will apply theories of appraisal, organization, and description to working manuscript collections. This includes researching people or events covered by a collection, sorting, cleaning, arranging, boxing, and creating a full finding aid complete with appropriate index terms. The intern will likely work with several recent accessions relating to Isle Royale, its contracted ferry service, and the ongoing wolf-moose predator-prey scientific survey which began in 1958.
Preference will be given to applicants currently enrolled in a graduate archival studies program, but consideration may be given for equivalent forms of education and experience. Applicants must possess the following skills:
• Knowledge of contemporary archival practices, policies, and procedures, including arrangement and description, and familiarity with DACS, LCSH, and AAT.
• Demonstrated analytical and research skills.
• Ability to work independently and exercise initiative, discretion, and judgment.
• Ability to work collegially and effectively with others.
• Knowledge of basic computing and software in the Microsoft Office Suite.
This is a part-time summer position from June 25 to August 31, although the start and end dates are flexible. The intern will be expected to work 30 hours per week and will be paid at the rate of $10.00 per hour. There are no benefits included with this position and the successful candidate will be expected to cover his or her own travel expenses to Houghton, Michigan. Although housing is not provided, Michigan Tech may have dormitory housing available at an affordable rate. Enjoy exquisite scenery, moderate temperatures, and many different outdoor activities!
To submit an application for this position please mail, fax, or e-mail cover letter and resume to:
Michigan Technological University Archives
Attn: Graduate Student Summer Intern Position
Van Pelt and Opie Library
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
copper@mtu.edu
tel: 906-487-2505
fax: 906-487-2357
Review of applications will begin on April 12. Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections seeks a graduate student intern for Summer 2012. As a regional history manuscript collection, the Michigan Tech Archives collects material broadly documenting the Keweenaw Peninsula and environs associated with Michigan’s Western Upper Peninsula.
The intern selected will receive substantive experience in both public service and collections handling activities. The intern will assist in day-to-day public service activities, including greeting and assisting researchers, retrieving and shelving historical records, and assisting university and community patrons with use and duplication of materials.
The intern will also gain experience in organizing, describing, and processing archival collections. S/he will apply theories of appraisal, organization, and description to working manuscript collections. This includes researching people or events covered by a collection, sorting, cleaning, arranging, boxing, and creating a full finding aid complete with appropriate index terms. The intern will likely work with several recent accessions relating to Isle Royale, its contracted ferry service, and the ongoing wolf-moose predator-prey scientific survey which began in 1958.
Preference will be given to applicants currently enrolled in a graduate archival studies program, but consideration may be given for equivalent forms of education and experience. Applicants must possess the following skills:
• Knowledge of contemporary archival practices, policies, and procedures, including arrangement and description, and familiarity with DACS, LCSH, and AAT.
• Demonstrated analytical and research skills.
• Ability to work independently and exercise initiative, discretion, and judgment.
• Ability to work collegially and effectively with others.
• Knowledge of basic computing and software in the Microsoft Office Suite.
This is a part-time summer position from June 25 to August 31, although the start and end dates are flexible. The intern will be expected to work 30 hours per week and will be paid at the rate of $10.00 per hour. There are no benefits included with this position and the successful candidate will be expected to cover his or her own travel expenses to Houghton, Michigan. Although housing is not provided, Michigan Tech may have dormitory housing available at an affordable rate. Enjoy exquisite scenery, moderate temperatures, and many different outdoor activities!
To submit an application for this position please mail, fax, or e-mail cover letter and resume to:
Michigan Technological University Archives
Attn: Graduate Student Summer Intern Position
Van Pelt and Opie Library
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
copper@mtu.edu
tel: 906-487-2505
fax: 906-487-2357
Review of applications will begin on April 12. Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Internship - Bennington Museum
The Bennington Museum is pleased to offer the following paid internship for
2012:
Position: Archives Assistant
Starting date: May 2012 (date negotiable)
Duration: 4 months
Stipend: $6,300
The Bennington Museum’s archival and rare book collections reflect the
museum’s focus on Vermont and Bennington area history and culture and
include local business papers, family collections, documents related to
local artists and military papers relating to the Battle of Bennington,
Vermont militia and local men and women who served in the armed
forces. Although the museum has been collecting archival material since its
creation in 1928, it has never had a professional archivist on staff. Most
pieces and collections are cataloged as objects, and many are not cataloged
at all. The archives assistant will assist in an ongoing inventory and
cataloging project of the museum’s archival collections.
JOB DESCRIPTION & DUTIES:
Working closely with the Collections Manager, the Archives Assistant will
catalog the museum’s archival collections in keeping with the
professional principles of provenance and in accordance with accepted
professional standards.
- Create basic catalog records for archival collections at the
collection level using PastPerfect Museum Software
- Research donor and accession records when necessary to match up
unlabeled papers with their proper accession number
- Implement minimal preventative conservation measures and identify
materials needing professional conservation or extensive rehousing
- Identify significant archival collections for future full processing
SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Knowledge of archival best practices standards
- Extremely organized and detailed, consistent and reliable
- Proficient computer skills
- Familiarity with history of the Northeastern United States, with a
working knowledge of Vermont history and Bennington preferred
- Good communication skills
- Strong research and analytic skills
Preference given to students currently enrolled in, or who have recently
completed, a graduate degree program.
Please send cover letter, resume and three references to the address below
by April 6, 2012. Please call or email with any questions.
Callie Stewart
Collections Manager
Bennington Museum
75 Main St.
Bennington, VT 05201
cstewart@benningtonmuseum.org
(802) 447-1571 ext. 214
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Callie R. Stewart
Collections Manager
Bennington Museum
75 Main Street
Bennington, Vermont 05201
tel (802) 447-1571
fax (802) 442-8305
www.benningtonmuseum.org
2012:
Position: Archives Assistant
Starting date: May 2012 (date negotiable)
Duration: 4 months
Stipend: $6,300
The Bennington Museum’s archival and rare book collections reflect the
museum’s focus on Vermont and Bennington area history and culture and
include local business papers, family collections, documents related to
local artists and military papers relating to the Battle of Bennington,
Vermont militia and local men and women who served in the armed
forces. Although the museum has been collecting archival material since its
creation in 1928, it has never had a professional archivist on staff. Most
pieces and collections are cataloged as objects, and many are not cataloged
at all. The archives assistant will assist in an ongoing inventory and
cataloging project of the museum’s archival collections.
JOB DESCRIPTION & DUTIES:
Working closely with the Collections Manager, the Archives Assistant will
catalog the museum’s archival collections in keeping with the
professional principles of provenance and in accordance with accepted
professional standards.
- Create basic catalog records for archival collections at the
collection level using PastPerfect Museum Software
- Research donor and accession records when necessary to match up
unlabeled papers with their proper accession number
- Implement minimal preventative conservation measures and identify
materials needing professional conservation or extensive rehousing
- Identify significant archival collections for future full processing
SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Knowledge of archival best practices standards
- Extremely organized and detailed, consistent and reliable
- Proficient computer skills
- Familiarity with history of the Northeastern United States, with a
working knowledge of Vermont history and Bennington preferred
- Good communication skills
- Strong research and analytic skills
Preference given to students currently enrolled in, or who have recently
completed, a graduate degree program.
Please send cover letter, resume and three references to the address below
by April 6, 2012. Please call or email with any questions.
Callie Stewart
Collections Manager
Bennington Museum
75 Main St.
Bennington, VT 05201
cstewart@benningtonmuseum.org
(802) 447-1571 ext. 214
--
Callie R. Stewart
Collections Manager
Bennington Museum
75 Main Street
Bennington, Vermont 05201
tel (802) 447-1571
fax (802) 442-8305
www.benningtonmuseum.org
Monday, March 19, 2012
CFP - academic
Dr. Brad Eden, Dean of Library Services at Valparaiso University, and Ms.
Fagan, Director of Scholarly Content Systems & Associate Professor at James
Madison University, are working to advance research in the area of academic
library leadership. As one step toward this goal, we are seeking your
proposals for chapters in an edited book. We are especially interested in
connecting library leadership research to the larger body of leadership
theory. (See Fagan, J.C. "The effectiveness of academic library deans and
directors: a literature review" *Library Leadership & Management*, v. 26,
no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-19).
· Topical areas could include:
Developing a research agenda in library leadership.
· Methodologies for studying library leadership.
· Connections between various leadership models and library-focused
research: engaging with business, psychology, and educational
administration literature (Fagan 2012, p. 9).
· An examination of path-goal theory and leader-member exchange
theory, in combination with library leadership effectiveness.
· Examining leadership styles and academic library leadership
effectiveness.
· ROI analyses based on a library's contribution to effective
teaching and learning, and how leaders can use these effectively.
· Women are making more significant progress in entering academic
library leadership roles than in higher education administration generally:
can lessons be learned from this? Do libraries have something to offer
higher education in this area?
· Research into gendered leadership behaviors and leader
effectiveness in libraries.
· Connecting research on academic deans with leadership studies
both within librarianship and beyond it (p. 9), research on academic deans
needs to be connected. Testing of various leadership models and frameworks
with library leadership and university administration.
· Examination of various factors in library leadership: size of
library as determinant, union vs non-union, student vs research-centered,
state vs private.
Although we are initially focused on collecting and editing content for a
book on the topic of library leadership, we are also interested in talking
with any individuals engaged in such research or interested in engaging in
such research, for possible conference workshops, symposia, etc.
To submit book chapter proposals, please submit an abstract of
approximately 200 words and a brief outline to Dr. Eden at
brad.eden@valpo.edu or Ms. Fagan at faganic@jmu.edu. Deadline for
discussion and/or proposals is May 20, 2012.
------------------------------
Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D.
Dean of Library Services
Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
brad.eden@valpo.edu
219-464-5099
Fagan, Director of Scholarly Content Systems & Associate Professor at James
Madison University, are working to advance research in the area of academic
library leadership. As one step toward this goal, we are seeking your
proposals for chapters in an edited book. We are especially interested in
connecting library leadership research to the larger body of leadership
theory. (See Fagan, J.C. "The effectiveness of academic library deans and
directors: a literature review" *Library Leadership & Management*, v. 26,
no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-19).
· Topical areas could include:
Developing a research agenda in library leadership.
· Methodologies for studying library leadership.
· Connections between various leadership models and library-focused
research: engaging with business, psychology, and educational
administration literature (Fagan 2012, p. 9).
· An examination of path-goal theory and leader-member exchange
theory, in combination with library leadership effectiveness.
· Examining leadership styles and academic library leadership
effectiveness.
· ROI analyses based on a library's contribution to effective
teaching and learning, and how leaders can use these effectively.
· Women are making more significant progress in entering academic
library leadership roles than in higher education administration generally:
can lessons be learned from this? Do libraries have something to offer
higher education in this area?
· Research into gendered leadership behaviors and leader
effectiveness in libraries.
· Connecting research on academic deans with leadership studies
both within librarianship and beyond it (p. 9), research on academic deans
needs to be connected. Testing of various leadership models and frameworks
with library leadership and university administration.
· Examination of various factors in library leadership: size of
library as determinant, union vs non-union, student vs research-centered,
state vs private.
Although we are initially focused on collecting and editing content for a
book on the topic of library leadership, we are also interested in talking
with any individuals engaged in such research or interested in engaging in
such research, for possible conference workshops, symposia, etc.
To submit book chapter proposals, please submit an abstract of
approximately 200 words and a brief outline to Dr. Eden at
brad.eden@valpo.edu or Ms. Fagan at faganic@jmu.edu. Deadline for
discussion and/or proposals is May 20, 2012.
------------------------------
Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D.
Dean of Library Services
Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
brad.eden@valpo.edu
219-464-5099
Fellowship - Children’s Librarian
The deadline for Darien Library’s Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Fellowship is fast approaching (March 30th.) Recent and soon-to-be-graduates are encouraged to apply. For additional details, please see the posting below or email fellowship@darienlibrary.org
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Fellowship
An extraordinary opportunity for an extraordinary new Children’s Librarian.
Darien Library in Darien, CT is now accepting applications for the inaugural Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Fellowship.
Harold McGraw was an active supporter of Darien Library with a personal commitment to education and a belief in the important role a child's library experiences play in the beginning of life-long literacy. The McGraw family has funded the formation of a Children's Librarian Fellowship at Darien Library to honor his memory, through a two-year full-salaried position for a recent Master in Library Science graduate who:
demonstrates exemplary scholarship
possesses a passion for working with children and for the development of literacy
shows significant leadership promise
has strong personal qualities
demonstrates a penchant for technology
Selection Process
The Fellowship will be open to LIS graduates from an accredited Library School in the United States or Canada who will have received his or her diploma between December 1, 2011 and July 1, 2012.
Applications will be due March 30, 2012. After initial screening, interviews for finalists will be held at a mutually convenient time and place, and the finalist will be invited to visit Darien Library for a meeting with the Fellowship Committee prior to appointment.
Term
The successful applicant will be employed at Darien Library for two years, commencing approximately July 1, 2012, with a final employment date of June 30, 2014.
Compensation
The Fellow will be paid initially at the Connecticut Library Association MLS minimum salary for entry-level positions (for 2012: $50,700) with full benefits, paid membership in CLA and ALA, and funding for attendance at the American Library Association Annual Meeting and other meetings as appropriate.
Position Parameters
The Fellow will work as a member of the Children's Services team, providing reference and reader's advisory services in addition to creating and conducting programs for children and families. The Fellow will be given specific, defined, high-stakes projects and responsibilities that will be determined by the successful candidate's skills and interests. The Fellowship will provide experience, growth, and challenges in the following areas:
· Children's materials collection development
· Program development, implementation, and evaluation
· Outreach to defined areas of the community
· Continuing education, professional development, and support
· Access to the latest technology
This Fellowship is an opportunity to work on real-world, significant projects and gain experience in close coordination with very strong staff. The Fellow will receive direct mentoring from Gretchen Caserotti, Assistant Director for Public Services.
More information about the Fellowship and application process is available at darienlibrary.org/mcgrawfellowship.
Kiera Parrott
Head of Children's Services
Darien Library | darienlibrary.org
(203) 669-5243
@libraryvoice
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Fellowship
An extraordinary opportunity for an extraordinary new Children’s Librarian.
Darien Library in Darien, CT is now accepting applications for the inaugural Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Fellowship.
Harold McGraw was an active supporter of Darien Library with a personal commitment to education and a belief in the important role a child's library experiences play in the beginning of life-long literacy. The McGraw family has funded the formation of a Children's Librarian Fellowship at Darien Library to honor his memory, through a two-year full-salaried position for a recent Master in Library Science graduate who:
demonstrates exemplary scholarship
possesses a passion for working with children and for the development of literacy
shows significant leadership promise
has strong personal qualities
demonstrates a penchant for technology
Selection Process
The Fellowship will be open to LIS graduates from an accredited Library School in the United States or Canada who will have received his or her diploma between December 1, 2011 and July 1, 2012.
Applications will be due March 30, 2012. After initial screening, interviews for finalists will be held at a mutually convenient time and place, and the finalist will be invited to visit Darien Library for a meeting with the Fellowship Committee prior to appointment.
Term
The successful applicant will be employed at Darien Library for two years, commencing approximately July 1, 2012, with a final employment date of June 30, 2014.
Compensation
The Fellow will be paid initially at the Connecticut Library Association MLS minimum salary for entry-level positions (for 2012: $50,700) with full benefits, paid membership in CLA and ALA, and funding for attendance at the American Library Association Annual Meeting and other meetings as appropriate.
Position Parameters
The Fellow will work as a member of the Children's Services team, providing reference and reader's advisory services in addition to creating and conducting programs for children and families. The Fellow will be given specific, defined, high-stakes projects and responsibilities that will be determined by the successful candidate's skills and interests. The Fellowship will provide experience, growth, and challenges in the following areas:
· Children's materials collection development
· Program development, implementation, and evaluation
· Outreach to defined areas of the community
· Continuing education, professional development, and support
· Access to the latest technology
This Fellowship is an opportunity to work on real-world, significant projects and gain experience in close coordination with very strong staff. The Fellow will receive direct mentoring from Gretchen Caserotti, Assistant Director for Public Services.
More information about the Fellowship and application process is available at darienlibrary.org/mcgrawfellowship.
Kiera Parrott
Head of Children's Services
Darien Library | darienlibrary.org
(203) 669-5243
@libraryvoice
Internship - Valparaiso University
Internship Overview and Position Descriptions
The Valparaiso University Christopher Center Library seeks enthusiastic library and information science graduate students to serve as interns for academic credit (these positions are unpaid). There are internships available throughout the library to fit myriad skills, backgrounds, and interests. We aim to provide enriching and exciting hands-on library experiences that will help prepare graduate students for careers in academic librarianship and benefit our library.
Internships are available for summer, fall, and spring semesters. To apply, please email your resume/CV and cover letter to Detra.Becker@valpo.edu.
Applications will be accepted:
Fall Semester -- June 1-15
Spring Semester -- October 1-15
Summer Semester -- March 1-15
Questions?
If you have questions about a specific internship, please contact the supervising librarian(s) listed in the position description below. If you have general questions about our internship program, please contact Dean Brad Eden at Brad.Eden@valpo.edu or (219) 464-5099.
Intern Position Descriptions
Digital Projects Internship
The digital projects intern will work with the Special Collections and Electronic Services Librarians to organize and execute a digitization project from start to finish. The intern selected for this position will gain valuable experience in the following areas: project management, digitization, and development of metadata. Once completed, the project would be hosted on our ContentDM platform.
Required qualifications: Interest in online digital collections, successful completion of beginning cataloging
Preferred qualification: Background in metadata creation
Supervising Librarians: Ruth Connell and Judy Miller
Marketing Internship (this internship will be first available in the spring 2013 semester)
The marketing intern will work on a number of marketing related projects, including, but not limited to:
● managing the library's social media efforts (Facebook, Twitter, and library blog)
● promotion of library programming; including both production of promotional materials and contacting the appropriate media outlets
● creating the library's READ posters (includes recruiting subjects and taking their pictures)
● taking a major role in the creation of the library's two newsletters, one geared towards Valparaiso University faculty and the other to an external audience
● other marketing projects of interest to the intern
Required qualification: Interest in marketing
Preferred qualification: Marketing background
Supervising Librarian: Rachael Muszkiewicz
Rare Book Cataloging Internship
The Archives rare book collection consists of approximately 1400 titles. Most are theological and philosophical works of the reformation from the 16th and 17th centuries and are published in German or Latin with old style scripting. The rare book cataloging intern would create full catalog records for these items.
Required qualifications: Familiarity with written Latin or German, ability to lift heavy (approximately 20 pound) volumes, successful completion of advanced cataloging
Supervising Librarians: Donna Resetar and Judy Miller
Research Services Internship
The research services intern will gain meaningful, professional-level experience in the Research Services settings (instruction, reference, and circulation). While the internship may focus upon an agreed-upon level of observation and delivery of services in a specific setting within Research Services (such as observing and then delivering library instruction), there will also be an agreed-upon project-based activity which will require initiative, investigation, creation, and delivery on the part of the intern. This project will involve an aspect of Research Services that both interests the intern and meets the needs of the library, resulting in both a model experience that the intern can present during job searches and a plan for implementation based on project results for the library.
Required qualification: familiarity with the ACRL Information Literacy Standards; graduate coursework in research, information literacy, access services, assessment, or other related topics (web-based searching, information management, etc.).
Preferred qualifications: Familiarity with trends in patron support initiatives (i.e., chat or text ref, LibGuides, embedded librarianship), with assessment tools (i.e., such as focus groups, SAILS), or with courseware systems (i.e., Blackboard, Moodle).
Supervising Librarian: Trisha Mileham
Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D.
Dean of Library Services
Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
brad.eden@valpo.edu
219-464-5099
The Valparaiso University Christopher Center Library seeks enthusiastic library and information science graduate students to serve as interns for academic credit (these positions are unpaid). There are internships available throughout the library to fit myriad skills, backgrounds, and interests. We aim to provide enriching and exciting hands-on library experiences that will help prepare graduate students for careers in academic librarianship and benefit our library.
Internships are available for summer, fall, and spring semesters. To apply, please email your resume/CV and cover letter to Detra.Becker@valpo.edu.
Applications will be accepted:
Fall Semester -- June 1-15
Spring Semester -- October 1-15
Summer Semester -- March 1-15
Questions?
If you have questions about a specific internship, please contact the supervising librarian(s) listed in the position description below. If you have general questions about our internship program, please contact Dean Brad Eden at Brad.Eden@valpo.edu or (219) 464-5099.
Intern Position Descriptions
Digital Projects Internship
The digital projects intern will work with the Special Collections and Electronic Services Librarians to organize and execute a digitization project from start to finish. The intern selected for this position will gain valuable experience in the following areas: project management, digitization, and development of metadata. Once completed, the project would be hosted on our ContentDM platform.
Required qualifications: Interest in online digital collections, successful completion of beginning cataloging
Preferred qualification: Background in metadata creation
Supervising Librarians: Ruth Connell and Judy Miller
Marketing Internship (this internship will be first available in the spring 2013 semester)
The marketing intern will work on a number of marketing related projects, including, but not limited to:
● managing the library's social media efforts (Facebook, Twitter, and library blog)
● promotion of library programming; including both production of promotional materials and contacting the appropriate media outlets
● creating the library's READ posters (includes recruiting subjects and taking their pictures)
● taking a major role in the creation of the library's two newsletters, one geared towards Valparaiso University faculty and the other to an external audience
● other marketing projects of interest to the intern
Required qualification: Interest in marketing
Preferred qualification: Marketing background
Supervising Librarian: Rachael Muszkiewicz
Rare Book Cataloging Internship
The Archives rare book collection consists of approximately 1400 titles. Most are theological and philosophical works of the reformation from the 16th and 17th centuries and are published in German or Latin with old style scripting. The rare book cataloging intern would create full catalog records for these items.
Required qualifications: Familiarity with written Latin or German, ability to lift heavy (approximately 20 pound) volumes, successful completion of advanced cataloging
Supervising Librarians: Donna Resetar and Judy Miller
Research Services Internship
The research services intern will gain meaningful, professional-level experience in the Research Services settings (instruction, reference, and circulation). While the internship may focus upon an agreed-upon level of observation and delivery of services in a specific setting within Research Services (such as observing and then delivering library instruction), there will also be an agreed-upon project-based activity which will require initiative, investigation, creation, and delivery on the part of the intern. This project will involve an aspect of Research Services that both interests the intern and meets the needs of the library, resulting in both a model experience that the intern can present during job searches and a plan for implementation based on project results for the library.
Required qualification: familiarity with the ACRL Information Literacy Standards; graduate coursework in research, information literacy, access services, assessment, or other related topics (web-based searching, information management, etc.).
Preferred qualifications: Familiarity with trends in patron support initiatives (i.e., chat or text ref, LibGuides, embedded librarianship), with assessment tools (i.e., such as focus groups, SAILS), or with courseware systems (i.e., Blackboard, Moodle).
Supervising Librarian: Trisha Mileham
Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D.
Dean of Library Services
Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
brad.eden@valpo.edu
219-464-5099
Internship - conservation
Internship
UCLA Library
The UCLA Library Preservation Department is offering a conservation pre-program internship for qualified students who are applying for Masters-level training in conservation. This internship will provide experience to pre-program students or individuals currently in graduate level conservation programs in conservation decision making, treatment and documentation for library and archival collections. The conservation intern will work under the supervision of the collections conservator to perform repair or make enclosures for materials selected from the collections. Relevant literature will be reviewed prior to conservation treatment and all projects will be documented.
Application deadline is April 13, 2012
The UCLA Library Preservation Department supports the Library's mission to develop, organize, and preserve collections for optimal use. The Preservation Department provides stewardship for the intellectual record in the formats required by contemporary scholars and ensures the safekeeping of the artifacts that are entrusted to the UCLA Library. The Preservation Department includes the Library Conservation Center (LCC), a state-of-the-art conservation lab that provides conservation services collections in all units of the UCLA Library. The LCC is guided by the best current practices of the book and paper conservation field and the Code of Ethics of the American Institute for the Conservation of Artistic and Historic works.
For examples of preservation department activities, visit:
http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/preservation
These internships are 75% FTE (30 hours/week) for an eight week period, with a flexible start date.
Please submit a letter of interest, a current resume, and contact information for three professional references.
Application deadline is April 13, 2012
The UCLA Library is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA-compliant employer. Under federal law, the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally authorized to work in the United States as established by providing documents specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
Kristen St.John
Collections Conservator
UCLA Library Conservation Center
Box 957230, 11000 Kinross Ave., #126
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7230
kstjohn@library.ucla.edu
310-794-1566
UCLA Library
The UCLA Library Preservation Department is offering a conservation pre-program internship for qualified students who are applying for Masters-level training in conservation. This internship will provide experience to pre-program students or individuals currently in graduate level conservation programs in conservation decision making, treatment and documentation for library and archival collections. The conservation intern will work under the supervision of the collections conservator to perform repair or make enclosures for materials selected from the collections. Relevant literature will be reviewed prior to conservation treatment and all projects will be documented.
Application deadline is April 13, 2012
The UCLA Library Preservation Department supports the Library's mission to develop, organize, and preserve collections for optimal use. The Preservation Department provides stewardship for the intellectual record in the formats required by contemporary scholars and ensures the safekeeping of the artifacts that are entrusted to the UCLA Library. The Preservation Department includes the Library Conservation Center (LCC), a state-of-the-art conservation lab that provides conservation services collections in all units of the UCLA Library. The LCC is guided by the best current practices of the book and paper conservation field and the Code of Ethics of the American Institute for the Conservation of Artistic and Historic works.
For examples of preservation department activities, visit:
http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/preservation
These internships are 75% FTE (30 hours/week) for an eight week period, with a flexible start date.
Please submit a letter of interest, a current resume, and contact information for three professional references.
Application deadline is April 13, 2012
The UCLA Library is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA-compliant employer. Under federal law, the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally authorized to work in the United States as established by providing documents specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
Kristen St.John
Collections Conservator
UCLA Library Conservation Center
Box 957230, 11000 Kinross Ave., #126
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7230
kstjohn@library.ucla.edu
310-794-1566
FREE e-forum - Data Access and Management: the Library’s Role
Data Access and Management: the Library’s Role
March 26-27, 2012
Hosted by Brad Gulliford and Jeff Downing
Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.
Each day, sessions begin and end at:
Pacific: 7am – 3pm
Mountain: 8am – 4pm
Central: 9am – 5 pm
Eastern: 10am – 6pm
Description
Sets or collections of data (including scientific, social services, and demographic) have become more visible and available. Libraries are places of information storage and access, but are data and data support services a good fit for libraries and librarians?
Traditionally, researchers stored and administered their data independently of libraries (although there were some repositories). Now conventional libraries are contemplating an expansion of their services to include assistance in locating data, acting as consultants as researchers file data management plans, and making data accessible via local hosting.
This e-forum will discuss the collections aspect of hosting large data files, the acquisitions aspect of “accessioning” materials requiring no shelving or payment, and the technical services aspect of sharing responsibilities with reference. We will also discuss providing information about filing data management plans and making original data accessible.
Brad Gulliford and Jeff Downing are librarians in the acquisitions and collection development department of the library of the University of Texas at Arlington, in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Brad’s subject areas are most of the sciences and engineering, and he blogs at Scholarly communication, Open Access, Open Science ( http://blog.uta.edu/~bradley/). Jeff covers economics, political science, psychology, and urban planning, and, drawing on his technical services experience at the Superconducting Super Collider Library, serves on the reference desk of UT Arlington’s Science and Engineering Library.
*What is an e-forum?*
An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to participate, but it's free. See a list of upcoming e-forums at: http://bit.ly/upcomingeforum.
*To register:*
Instructions for registration are available at: http://bit.ly/eforuminfo. Once you have registered for one e-forum, you do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the email list. Participation is free and open to anyone.
March 26-27, 2012
Hosted by Brad Gulliford and Jeff Downing
Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.
Each day, sessions begin and end at:
Pacific: 7am – 3pm
Mountain: 8am – 4pm
Central: 9am – 5 pm
Eastern: 10am – 6pm
Description
Sets or collections of data (including scientific, social services, and demographic) have become more visible and available. Libraries are places of information storage and access, but are data and data support services a good fit for libraries and librarians?
Traditionally, researchers stored and administered their data independently of libraries (although there were some repositories). Now conventional libraries are contemplating an expansion of their services to include assistance in locating data, acting as consultants as researchers file data management plans, and making data accessible via local hosting.
This e-forum will discuss the collections aspect of hosting large data files, the acquisitions aspect of “accessioning” materials requiring no shelving or payment, and the technical services aspect of sharing responsibilities with reference. We will also discuss providing information about filing data management plans and making original data accessible.
Brad Gulliford and Jeff Downing are librarians in the acquisitions and collection development department of the library of the University of Texas at Arlington, in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Brad’s subject areas are most of the sciences and engineering, and he blogs at Scholarly communication, Open Access, Open Science ( http://blog.uta.edu/~bradley/). Jeff covers economics, political science, psychology, and urban planning, and, drawing on his technical services experience at the Superconducting Super Collider Library, serves on the reference desk of UT Arlington’s Science and Engineering Library.
*What is an e-forum?*
An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to participate, but it's free. See a list of upcoming e-forums at: http://bit.ly/upcomingeforum.
*To register:*
Instructions for registration are available at: http://bit.ly/eforuminfo. Once you have registered for one e-forum, you do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the email list. Participation is free and open to anyone.
Friday, March 16, 2012
MODel Metadata: Using MODS for effective archival description
New England Archivists announces an educational workshop for Spring 2012:
*MODel Metadata: Using MODS for effective archival description*
April 13, 2012 -- Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
http://newenglandarchivists.org/education/education.html#mods
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*MODel Metadata: Using MODS for effective archival description*
Friday, April 13, 2012
9:00 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m.
Mount Holyoke College
Willits-Hallowell Conference Center
24 Park Street
South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075
Cost: $30 for NEA Members; $45 for Nonmembers
Registration deadline: April 7, 2012
Register _here_
http://tinyurl.com/MODS-Registration
Instructor:
Jeremy L. Smith, Digital Project Manager, W.E.B. Du Bois Digitization
Project
Special Collections & University Archives, University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Workshop Description:
This workshop will provide attendees with hands-on training in the use
of Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS).We will discuss why MODS
was created, its features, and some of the advantages of using it in an
archival context.We will use real-world examples to create actual XML
examples using MODS.We will create both item- and collection-level
records.We will also discuss the relationship of MODS to the Metadata
Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) and XSLT.I will provide "on
the ground" examples from my experience as project manager for the
W.E.B. Du Bois Digitization Project at UMass-Amherst.
Requirements:
Attendees should bring a laptop to the workshop with a download of the
30-day trial version of oXygen XML editor for use.
[http://www.oxygenxml.com/download_oxygenxml_editor.html]
Attendance limited to 25 participants.
*MODel Metadata: Using MODS for effective archival description*
April 13, 2012 -- Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
http://newenglandarchivists.org/education/education.html#mods
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*MODel Metadata: Using MODS for effective archival description*
Friday, April 13, 2012
9:00 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m.
Mount Holyoke College
Willits-Hallowell Conference Center
24 Park Street
South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075
Cost: $30 for NEA Members; $45 for Nonmembers
Registration deadline: April 7, 2012
Register _here_
http://tinyurl.com/MODS-Registration
Instructor:
Jeremy L. Smith, Digital Project Manager, W.E.B. Du Bois Digitization
Project
Special Collections & University Archives, University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Workshop Description:
This workshop will provide attendees with hands-on training in the use
of Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS).We will discuss why MODS
was created, its features, and some of the advantages of using it in an
archival context.We will use real-world examples to create actual XML
examples using MODS.We will create both item- and collection-level
records.We will also discuss the relationship of MODS to the Metadata
Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) and XSLT.I will provide "on
the ground" examples from my experience as project manager for the
W.E.B. Du Bois Digitization Project at UMass-Amherst.
Requirements:
Attendees should bring a laptop to the workshop with a download of the
30-day trial version of oXygen XML editor for use.
[http://www.oxygenxml.com/download_oxygenxml_editor.html]
Attendance limited to 25 participants.
CFP: The Library in the 21st Century
CFP: The Library in the 21st Century
From the creation and destruction of the Occupy Library to the increasing limitations on the holdings and use of prison libraries to the relocation of personal libraries to intangible digitized "clouds": the library's significance for American society is regularly being demonstrated, challenged, and reconfigured. What is the role of the library in the 21st century? How does contemporary American literature situate libraries socially? Politically? How do changes in the cultural meaning of libraries affect our relationship to literature?
Proposals by 21 March 2012; Evie Shockley (evies@rci.rutgers.edu). The wording of the call is meant to be suggestive, rather than inclusive.
From the creation and destruction of the Occupy Library to the increasing limitations on the holdings and use of prison libraries to the relocation of personal libraries to intangible digitized "clouds": the library's significance for American society is regularly being demonstrated, challenged, and reconfigured. What is the role of the library in the 21st century? How does contemporary American literature situate libraries socially? Politically? How do changes in the cultural meaning of libraries affect our relationship to literature?
Proposals by 21 March 2012; Evie Shockley (evies@rci.rutgers.edu). The wording of the call is meant to be suggestive, rather than inclusive.
Call for Papers: The Serials Librarian
Call for Papers: The Serials Librarian
journal's webpage: www.tandfonline.com/WSER
Co-Editors
Louise Cole
Kingston University
Andrew Shroyer
California State University - Los Angeles
Publication Details
Volume 63, 2012
2 volumes of 4 issues per year
Print ISSN 0361-526X
Online ISSN 1541-1095
The Serials Librarian, the journal for continuing print and electronic resources affiliated with NASIG, is currently seeking content for Volume 63 (2012).
The Serials Librarian is an international journal covering all aspects of the management of serials and other continuing resources in any format - print, electronic, etc. - ranging from their publication, to their abstracting and indexing by commercial services, and their collection and processing by libraries.
The journal seeks both theoretical and practical content on all functions of continuing resources in libraries, including acquisitions, organization, cataloging and collection development. Articles reporting on projects related to serials management from around the world are welcome. Contributions from authors who represent commercial publishers or subscription agents are also particularly welcomed in order to provide a broad spectrum of perspectives on serials. Authors may also contribute materials to the journal's columns which cover a wide range of subjects.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
• Case studies reporting how institutions and organizations monitor and manage collections
• Sustainable models for provision of journals content to users
• The adaptation of libraries to the demands of e-resources
• Open access and the future of the journal gatekeeping function
• Standards in the commercial journal publishing industry
• Cataloging practices
Please send all submissions and questions to the editors at: editorserialslib@gmail.com
For more information about The Serials Librarian, including complete submission instructions, please visit the journal's webpage: www.tandfonline.com/WSER
journal's webpage: www.tandfonline.com/WSER
Co-Editors
Louise Cole
Kingston University
Andrew Shroyer
California State University - Los Angeles
Publication Details
Volume 63, 2012
2 volumes of 4 issues per year
Print ISSN 0361-526X
Online ISSN 1541-1095
The Serials Librarian, the journal for continuing print and electronic resources affiliated with NASIG, is currently seeking content for Volume 63 (2012).
The Serials Librarian is an international journal covering all aspects of the management of serials and other continuing resources in any format - print, electronic, etc. - ranging from their publication, to their abstracting and indexing by commercial services, and their collection and processing by libraries.
The journal seeks both theoretical and practical content on all functions of continuing resources in libraries, including acquisitions, organization, cataloging and collection development. Articles reporting on projects related to serials management from around the world are welcome. Contributions from authors who represent commercial publishers or subscription agents are also particularly welcomed in order to provide a broad spectrum of perspectives on serials. Authors may also contribute materials to the journal's columns which cover a wide range of subjects.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
• Case studies reporting how institutions and organizations monitor and manage collections
• Sustainable models for provision of journals content to users
• The adaptation of libraries to the demands of e-resources
• Open access and the future of the journal gatekeeping function
• Standards in the commercial journal publishing industry
• Cataloging practices
Please send all submissions and questions to the editors at: editorserialslib@gmail.com
For more information about The Serials Librarian, including complete submission instructions, please visit the journal's webpage: www.tandfonline.com/WSER
Conference - Revved Up For Reference 2
http://www.askus247.org/revvedup2.html
Event Organizer:
Western NY Library Resources Council
Ithaca
Apr. 12, - Apr. 13, 2012
Holiday Inn Ithaca Downtown, 222 South Cayuga Street, Ithaca, New York 14850
60
$25-$90
As a follow-up to our successful conference in 2009, WNYLRC presents Revved Up For Reference 2. As with last time, Thursday will be a half-day conference geared toward participants in Ask Us 24/7, New York State's virtual reference service. Friday will be a full-day conference covering multiple aspects of virtual reference, of interest to all librarians. Again held in beautiful Ithaca, NY, the conference is within easy walking distance of the Ithaca Commons, a location for great shopping and dining.
You can register for:
Thursday only - 4/12/2012, 12pm-4pm ($25)
Friday only - 4/13/2012, 8am-4pm ($75)
Thursday & Friday - 4/12/2012, 12pm-4pm and 4/13/2012, 8am-4pm ($90)
Event Organizer:
Western NY Library Resources Council
Ithaca
Apr. 12, - Apr. 13, 2012
Holiday Inn Ithaca Downtown, 222 South Cayuga Street, Ithaca, New York 14850
60
$25-$90
As a follow-up to our successful conference in 2009, WNYLRC presents Revved Up For Reference 2. As with last time, Thursday will be a half-day conference geared toward participants in Ask Us 24/7, New York State's virtual reference service. Friday will be a full-day conference covering multiple aspects of virtual reference, of interest to all librarians. Again held in beautiful Ithaca, NY, the conference is within easy walking distance of the Ithaca Commons, a location for great shopping and dining.
You can register for:
Thursday only - 4/12/2012, 12pm-4pm ($25)
Friday only - 4/13/2012, 8am-4pm ($75)
Thursday & Friday - 4/12/2012, 12pm-4pm and 4/13/2012, 8am-4pm ($90)
Book Reviewers for Catholic Library World
Book Reviewers for Catholic Library World (CLW)
I am seeking additional book reviewers for Catholic Library World (CLW). CLW reviews books and media, including children's titles, young adult titles, and nonfiction for adults. We have very strong coverage of religious studies, theology, and spirituality titles, as well as library science, and selective coverage of other topics.
Book reviews in CLW are about 300 words long and serve the purpose of advising librarians about potential books and media to purchase.
Please email me ( skelsey@lsu.edu) with your qualifications, and areas of interest, if you would like to be considered as a reviewer for Catholic Library World.
Thank you,
Sigrid Kelsey
Electronic Reference Services and Web Development Coordinator
LSU Libraries, LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/faculty/kelsey
(225) 578-2720
skelsey@lsu.edu
Editor, Catholic Library World
http://www.cathla.org/catholic-library-world-clw
I am seeking additional book reviewers for Catholic Library World (CLW). CLW reviews books and media, including children's titles, young adult titles, and nonfiction for adults. We have very strong coverage of religious studies, theology, and spirituality titles, as well as library science, and selective coverage of other topics.
Book reviews in CLW are about 300 words long and serve the purpose of advising librarians about potential books and media to purchase.
Please email me ( skelsey@lsu.edu) with your qualifications, and areas of interest, if you would like to be considered as a reviewer for Catholic Library World.
Thank you,
Sigrid Kelsey
Electronic Reference Services and Web Development Coordinator
LSU Libraries, LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/faculty/kelsey
(225) 578-2720
skelsey@lsu.edu
Editor, Catholic Library World
http://www.cathla.org/catholic-library-world-clw
CFP - Mergers, Alliances, Collaborations, and Partnerships
Advances in Librarianship theme issue on Mergers, Alliances, Collaborations, and Partnerships
Dear Colleagues, (from Anne Woodsworth)
Dave Penniman and I, co-editors of Advances in Librarianship, and would like to receive chapter proposals for volume 36, to be published in 2013 on the theme of Mergers, Alliances, Collaborations, and Partnerships.
While corporate mergers make headlines, similar efforts in library and information
science are less vociferously touted. They are occurring, however, amongst libraries, degree programs, and enterprises such as networks and consortia. Public libraries partner with community groups in order to strengthen the political clout of both. They are occurring as governments mandate consolidation of operations amongst agencies under their purview in order to reduce or curtail expenditures. Academic libraries are partnering with other internal units such as writing centers and externally with agencies such as research laboratories. They are also collaborating with peer institutions to develop resources in developing collections instead of competing and duplicating materials in their collections. North America has experienced increasing numbers of public library and museum collaborations as well as public library and school media centers partnerships. Regional networks have consolidated operations and become larger entities. This volume of Advances in Librarianship seeks to provide a comprehensive review of the factors that lead to mergers and other alliances, the methods used to ensure effective and successful collaborations, and descriptions of the factors which contributed to less successful efforts at consolidation. Original research, case studies, literature reviews and conceptual papers are sought as chapters for this volume.
Topics of interest for proposed chapters can include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Structural and operational mergers such as technical services and collection management in two or more library and information science environments;
• The impact and benefits of expanding electronic tools such as social networks, and shared digital spaces such as Dropbox and Google Docs on blended or joint initiatives;
• Experiences in higher education with combining programs and other educational experiences for students and faculty across disciplines and spanning two or more institutions;
• The fiscal results of mergers and multi-institutional operations amongst groups of libraries of all kinds;
• Policy, work reallocation and structural changes within merging operations;
• Research about corporate experiences and the lessons or guidance they can provide for the not for profit sector;
• Changes in workflow and organizational structures and other behavioral issues arising in merged organizations;
• The lessons, successes and failures in creating teams across previously separate organizations;
• Human resource implications and impact on unions in settings that have joint or merged services and operations;
• Studies of the factors that stimulated formation of merged entities, alliances amongst diverse groups/entities.
Proposals can be in the form of an abstract or an outline.
Please submit chapter proposals to the Editors at awoodsworth@emeraldinsight.com or alwoods10@gmail.com and dpenniman@emeraldinsight.com or dave_penniman@yahoo.com
Questions and comments should be submitted via e-mail to us.
The due dates are:
For chapter proposal outlines: April 1, 2012
For first drafts of chapters: September 1, 2012
For final drafts of chapters after receipt of editorial comments: December 1, 2012
Dear Colleagues, (from Anne Woodsworth)
Dave Penniman and I, co-editors of Advances in Librarianship, and would like to receive chapter proposals for volume 36, to be published in 2013 on the theme of Mergers, Alliances, Collaborations, and Partnerships.
While corporate mergers make headlines, similar efforts in library and information
science are less vociferously touted. They are occurring, however, amongst libraries, degree programs, and enterprises such as networks and consortia. Public libraries partner with community groups in order to strengthen the political clout of both. They are occurring as governments mandate consolidation of operations amongst agencies under their purview in order to reduce or curtail expenditures. Academic libraries are partnering with other internal units such as writing centers and externally with agencies such as research laboratories. They are also collaborating with peer institutions to develop resources in developing collections instead of competing and duplicating materials in their collections. North America has experienced increasing numbers of public library and museum collaborations as well as public library and school media centers partnerships. Regional networks have consolidated operations and become larger entities. This volume of Advances in Librarianship seeks to provide a comprehensive review of the factors that lead to mergers and other alliances, the methods used to ensure effective and successful collaborations, and descriptions of the factors which contributed to less successful efforts at consolidation. Original research, case studies, literature reviews and conceptual papers are sought as chapters for this volume.
Topics of interest for proposed chapters can include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Structural and operational mergers such as technical services and collection management in two or more library and information science environments;
• The impact and benefits of expanding electronic tools such as social networks, and shared digital spaces such as Dropbox and Google Docs on blended or joint initiatives;
• Experiences in higher education with combining programs and other educational experiences for students and faculty across disciplines and spanning two or more institutions;
• The fiscal results of mergers and multi-institutional operations amongst groups of libraries of all kinds;
• Policy, work reallocation and structural changes within merging operations;
• Research about corporate experiences and the lessons or guidance they can provide for the not for profit sector;
• Changes in workflow and organizational structures and other behavioral issues arising in merged organizations;
• The lessons, successes and failures in creating teams across previously separate organizations;
• Human resource implications and impact on unions in settings that have joint or merged services and operations;
• Studies of the factors that stimulated formation of merged entities, alliances amongst diverse groups/entities.
Proposals can be in the form of an abstract or an outline.
Please submit chapter proposals to the Editors at awoodsworth@emeraldinsight.com or alwoods10@gmail.com and dpenniman@emeraldinsight.com or dave_penniman@yahoo.com
Questions and comments should be submitted via e-mail to us.
The due dates are:
For chapter proposal outlines: April 1, 2012
For first drafts of chapters: September 1, 2012
For final drafts of chapters after receipt of editorial comments: December 1, 2012
Grants - ALA Diversity Research Grants
ALA Diversity Research Grants
CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Diversity seeks proposals for its Diversity Research Grant program. Applications may address any diversity topic, including the recruitment and promotion of diverse individuals within the profession or the provision of library services to diverse populations, that addresses critical gaps in the knowledge of diversity issues within library and information science.
The application deadline is April 30, 2012. Applicants must be current ALA members.
The Diversity Research Grant consists of a one-time $2,000 award for original research and a $500 travel grant to attend and present at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference. A jury of ALA members will evaluate proposals and is encouraged to award a total of three awards. Grant recipients will be announced ahead of the 2012 ALA Annual Conference and will be expected to compile the results of their research into a presentation for the 2013 ALA Annual Conference.
A complete proposal must include the following: a cover letter, a one-page vita for each of the researchers involved, including a current ALA membership number, a concise abstract of the project and a description of the project detailing the justification and needs for the research project, research objectives, expected outcomes and benefits, budget plan and timeline. For a complete list of the criteria, please visit: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/diversity/diversityresearchstatistics/diversityresearch.
ALA's Office for Diversity offers thanks to the Diversity Research Grants Advisory Committee for their work in planning the 2012 Diversity Research Grants Program: Robert J. Bremer (chair), Eileen K. Bosch, Nicole A. Branch, Elizabeth Jean Brumfield, Denyvetta Davis, Kim L. Eccles, Michael Gutierrez, Sylvia D. Hall-Ellis, Cheryl Knott and R. Niccole Westbrook.
Electronic submissions are preferred and should be submitted in a Word document attachment. Email electronic submissions to diversity@ala.org.
For more information or to inquire about possible research topics, please email diversity@ala.org or call (800) 545-2433, ext. 5048.
CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Diversity seeks proposals for its Diversity Research Grant program. Applications may address any diversity topic, including the recruitment and promotion of diverse individuals within the profession or the provision of library services to diverse populations, that addresses critical gaps in the knowledge of diversity issues within library and information science.
The application deadline is April 30, 2012. Applicants must be current ALA members.
The Diversity Research Grant consists of a one-time $2,000 award for original research and a $500 travel grant to attend and present at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference. A jury of ALA members will evaluate proposals and is encouraged to award a total of three awards. Grant recipients will be announced ahead of the 2012 ALA Annual Conference and will be expected to compile the results of their research into a presentation for the 2013 ALA Annual Conference.
A complete proposal must include the following: a cover letter, a one-page vita for each of the researchers involved, including a current ALA membership number, a concise abstract of the project and a description of the project detailing the justification and needs for the research project, research objectives, expected outcomes and benefits, budget plan and timeline. For a complete list of the criteria, please visit: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/diversity/diversityresearchstatistics/diversityresearch.
ALA's Office for Diversity offers thanks to the Diversity Research Grants Advisory Committee for their work in planning the 2012 Diversity Research Grants Program: Robert J. Bremer (chair), Eileen K. Bosch, Nicole A. Branch, Elizabeth Jean Brumfield, Denyvetta Davis, Kim L. Eccles, Michael Gutierrez, Sylvia D. Hall-Ellis, Cheryl Knott and R. Niccole Westbrook.
Electronic submissions are preferred and should be submitted in a Word document attachment. Email electronic submissions to diversity@ala.org.
For more information or to inquire about possible research topics, please email diversity@ala.org or call (800) 545-2433, ext. 5048.
CFP - PA Libraries: Leading the Charge
College & Research Division of the Pennsylvania Library Association: 2012 PaLA Conference, PA Libraries: Leading the Charge
The College & Research Division of the Pennsylvania Library Association invites proposals for presentations or panel sessions for the 2012 PaLA Conference, PA Libraries: Leading the Charge. The conference will take place September 30 through October 3, 2012 at the Wyndham Gettysburg, located at the intersection of Routes 15 & 30 In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
If you have a topic of interest to academic librarians, we invite you to submit a proposal for a session. Examples of possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
· Academic libraries role in the PA Forward initiative
· Agile budgeting for tight times
· Aspects of managing print and electronic publications
· Assessment of services or programs
· Changing role of technical services
· Community college initiatives
· Digital library projects
· Digital rights management
· Diversity, including GLBTQ topics
· Discovery services
· eBooks and their use on an academic campus
· Fund raising/development in an academic setting
· Grant writing
· Information commons
· Information literacy/digital literacy/transliteracy
· iPad /mobile device reference
· Leadership development
· Legal issues for Academics (Copyright, Patriot Act, etc.)
· Library management and HR
· Library role in instructional technology
· Library security
· Marketing and advocacy in academic libraries
· Mobile technologies
· Partnerships and collaboration
· Planning library spaces (user, staff & collection spaces)
· Recruiting and educating the next generation of librarians
· Research skills - collaborative projects
· Serving remote users
· Social media
· Technology in instruction
· User satisfaction
· Video streaming
· Volunteer management
All proposals should be submitted online via the program proposal link. For a working copy of the form, or to view the questions in advance of submission, a PDF is available for download. The link to both the online form and PDF will also be available on the PaLA web site.
Submission Deadline: The deadline for proposals is Sunday, April 1, 2012.
Proposal Acceptance Notification: The PaLA Program Committee will notify all submitters regarding the acceptance of their proposal(s) in May 2012.
For more information, please contact Linda Neyer at lneyer@bloomu.edu.
The College & Research Division of the Pennsylvania Library Association invites proposals for presentations or panel sessions for the 2012 PaLA Conference, PA Libraries: Leading the Charge. The conference will take place September 30 through October 3, 2012 at the Wyndham Gettysburg, located at the intersection of Routes 15 & 30 In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
If you have a topic of interest to academic librarians, we invite you to submit a proposal for a session. Examples of possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
· Academic libraries role in the PA Forward initiative
· Agile budgeting for tight times
· Aspects of managing print and electronic publications
· Assessment of services or programs
· Changing role of technical services
· Community college initiatives
· Digital library projects
· Digital rights management
· Diversity, including GLBTQ topics
· Discovery services
· eBooks and their use on an academic campus
· Fund raising/development in an academic setting
· Grant writing
· Information commons
· Information literacy/digital literacy/transliteracy
· iPad /mobile device reference
· Leadership development
· Legal issues for Academics (Copyright, Patriot Act, etc.)
· Library management and HR
· Library role in instructional technology
· Library security
· Marketing and advocacy in academic libraries
· Mobile technologies
· Partnerships and collaboration
· Planning library spaces (user, staff & collection spaces)
· Recruiting and educating the next generation of librarians
· Research skills - collaborative projects
· Serving remote users
· Social media
· Technology in instruction
· User satisfaction
· Video streaming
· Volunteer management
All proposals should be submitted online via the program proposal link. For a working copy of the form, or to view the questions in advance of submission, a PDF is available for download. The link to both the online form and PDF will also be available on the PaLA web site.
Submission Deadline: The deadline for proposals is Sunday, April 1, 2012.
Proposal Acceptance Notification: The PaLA Program Committee will notify all submitters regarding the acceptance of their proposal(s) in May 2012.
For more information, please contact Linda Neyer at lneyer@bloomu.edu.
CFP - Handling Job Stress: Tips by Librarians
Handling Job Stress: Tips by Librarians
Book Publisher: McFarland & Company
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, How to Thrive as a Solo Librarian, Scarecrow Press, 2012; Library Management Tips That Work, ALA Editions, 2011.
Co-editor: Linda A. Wade, Digitization Unit Coordinator, Western Illinois University Libraries; contributor, Pre- & Post-Retirement Tips for Librarians, ALA Editions, 2012.
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing practical how-to chapters on managing stress as a working librarian. Practical tips for colleagues on: dealing with pressure from budget and staff cuts, keeping up with technology, diverse patrons, while juggling family and personal life. Creative methods of diffusing stress are sought that are adaptive to various types of libraries and job descriptions.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience should total 2,500-3500 words; or two articles each 1250-1750 words to equal 2,500-3,500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter; if two chapters, both written by the same co-author(s). One complimentary copy per chapter as compensation.
Please e-mail 2-3 topics each described in one sentence or two by March 31, 2012 with biography(s) to smallwood@tm.net and place STRESS/Last Name on the subject line.
Book Publisher: McFarland & Company
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, How to Thrive as a Solo Librarian, Scarecrow Press, 2012; Library Management Tips That Work, ALA Editions, 2011.
Co-editor: Linda A. Wade, Digitization Unit Coordinator, Western Illinois University Libraries; contributor, Pre- & Post-Retirement Tips for Librarians, ALA Editions, 2012.
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing practical how-to chapters on managing stress as a working librarian. Practical tips for colleagues on: dealing with pressure from budget and staff cuts, keeping up with technology, diverse patrons, while juggling family and personal life. Creative methods of diffusing stress are sought that are adaptive to various types of libraries and job descriptions.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience should total 2,500-3500 words; or two articles each 1250-1750 words to equal 2,500-3,500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter; if two chapters, both written by the same co-author(s). One complimentary copy per chapter as compensation.
Please e-mail 2-3 topics each described in one sentence or two by March 31, 2012 with biography(s) to smallwood@tm.net and place STRESS/Last Name on the subject line.
CFP - Library Services for Multicultural Patrons
Library Services for Multicultural Patrons to Encourage Library
Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, Tips for Librarians Running Libraries Alone, and Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related Materials (both forthcoming from Scarecrow Press)
Co-editor: Dr. Kim Becnel, Assistant Professor of Library Science, Appalachian State University. Contributor, Library Management Tips That Work, ALA Editions, 2011, and many other publications.
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing practical how-to chapters on reaching out to multicultural patrons to lessen cultural and language barriers. Practical ways to encourage library use to a wider range of patrons in the library community. Creative methods are sought that work in various types of libraries and job titles.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience to help colleagues. Your article should total 3000-3500 words; or two articles each 1500-1750 words to equal 3000-3500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter; if two chapters both written by the same co-authors; complimentary copy as compensation, discount on more.
Please paste in an e-mail titles of 2-4 topics each fully described in 2 sentences by March 31, 2012 with brief biography sketch(s); place MULTICULTURAL/Last Name on the subject line to: smallwood@tm.net
Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, Tips for Librarians Running Libraries Alone, and Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related Materials (both forthcoming from Scarecrow Press)
Co-editor: Dr. Kim Becnel, Assistant Professor of Library Science, Appalachian State University. Contributor, Library Management Tips That Work, ALA Editions, 2011, and many other publications.
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing practical how-to chapters on reaching out to multicultural patrons to lessen cultural and language barriers. Practical ways to encourage library use to a wider range of patrons in the library community. Creative methods are sought that work in various types of libraries and job titles.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience to help colleagues. Your article should total 3000-3500 words; or two articles each 1500-1750 words to equal 3000-3500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter; if two chapters both written by the same co-authors; complimentary copy as compensation, discount on more.
Please paste in an e-mail titles of 2-4 topics each fully described in 2 sentences by March 31, 2012 with brief biography sketch(s); place MULTICULTURAL/Last Name on the subject line to: smallwood@tm.net
CFP - Time Organization for Librarians
Time Organization for Librarians: Beating Budget and Staff
Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, Tips for Librarians Running Libraries Alone and Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related Materials (both forthcoming from Scarecrow Press)
Co-editor: Jason Kuhl, Library Operations Director, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Arlington Heights, Illinois; contributor, The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times (ALA Editions, 2011)
Co-editor: Lisa Fraser, Public Services Librarian, Bellevue Library, King County Library System, Bellevue, Washington; Guest Lecturer, Information School, University of Washington
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing practical how-to chapters on ways to organize time the most effectively especially with budget and staff cuts: Administration, Daily Operations, Maximizing Technology, Personal Life, Goal Setting. Creative methods are sought that work in various types of libraries and job titles.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience to help colleagues. Your article should total 3000-3500 words; or two articles each 1500-1750 words to equal 3000-3500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter; complimentary copy as compensation, discount on more.
Please e-mail titles of 2-4 topics each fully described in 2 sentences by March 31, 2012 with brief biography sketch(s). Please place TIME/Last Name on the subject line to: jkuhl@ahml.info
Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, Tips for Librarians Running Libraries Alone and Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers and Related Materials (both forthcoming from Scarecrow Press)
Co-editor: Jason Kuhl, Library Operations Director, Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Arlington Heights, Illinois; contributor, The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times (ALA Editions, 2011)
Co-editor: Lisa Fraser, Public Services Librarian, Bellevue Library, King County Library System, Bellevue, Washington; Guest Lecturer, Information School, University of Washington
Chapters sought for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians, LIS faculty in the United States and Canada sharing practical how-to chapters on ways to organize time the most effectively especially with budget and staff cuts: Administration, Daily Operations, Maximizing Technology, Personal Life, Goal Setting. Creative methods are sought that work in various types of libraries and job titles.
Concise, how-to chapters words based on experience to help colleagues. Your article should total 3000-3500 words; or two articles each 1500-1750 words to equal 3000-3500. No previously published or simultaneously submitted material. One or two authors per chapter; complimentary copy as compensation, discount on more.
Please e-mail titles of 2-4 topics each fully described in 2 sentences by March 31, 2012 with brief biography sketch(s). Please place TIME/Last Name on the subject line to: jkuhl@ahml.info
CALL FOR CHAPTERS - Learning Management Systems and Instructional Design
CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Proposal Submission Deadline: April 20th, 2012
Learning Management Systems and Instructional Design: Metrics, Standards, and Applications
A book edited by Yefim Kats, Chestnut Hill College, USA
http://bit.ly/wOaNK0
Invitation
I kindly invite you to contribute to new book "Learning Management Systems: Metrics, Standards, and Applications" to be published by IGI Global. The main goal of this edition is to present high quality research by the leading experts on the state-of-the-art Theory, Technology and Applications for online as well as hybrid educational environments.
Project Overview
Currently, non-for-profit and for-profit academic institutions function as exclusively online training or degree granting facilities, while others enrich their traditional curriculum with online and hybrid courses. As the e-Learning market continues to grow, the choice of available stand-alone software modules as well as "software as a service" packages has been growing accordingly. Moreover, the development of learning management systems and related technologies goes hand in hand with the development of new method of course delivery and corresponding instructional design methodologies.
In this increasingly competitive environment, administrators and faculty confront a difficult problem of choosing an appropriate learning management system that fits their budget, technical resources, curriculum, and profile of the student body. The problem is complicated further by the intrinsic connection between the choice of LMS and a variety of instructional design models and modes of course delivery, such as "pure" online, hybrid, and asynchronous/synchronous courses.
Target Audience
The book is intended to be a source of consolidated information for administrators, faculty, instructional designers, course developers and businesses on the available technological solutions, instructional design methods, metrics, and standards in the area of online education. It will contain vital practical information, case studies, and conceived as a manual for all involved in the e-Learning environment.
Suggested Topics
We are especially interested in chapters focused on LMS standards, LMS choice/success metrics/parameters, and on issues related to instructional design: design of learning objects, the role of multimedia tools and virtual worlds etc. The general topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Instructional Design:
Course/curriculum instructional design models and methodologies, especially for online and hybrid forms of course delivery.
Learning outcomes and their implementation by learning management systems.
Learning objects and their software implementation.
Software supporting instructional design productivity.
The role of multimedia tools, games, and simulations in instructional design.
2. Standards, Metrics, and Software Solutions for Online Teaching and Learning:
Standards and specifications: SCORM, AICC, IMS etc.
Course success metrics for commercial, open-source, and Web-based learning management systems such as Blackboard, e-College, ANGEL, Desire2Learn, WileyPLUS, Moodle, Sakai, Haiku etc.
Technological, financial, and academic issues related to the choice of the online educational platform or transition to a new platform.
Issues related to upgrading, maintaining, and securing learning management platforms.
LMS interoperability with mobile devices such as iPads and smartphones (Blackboard Mobile Learn).
3. Software Solutions and Practices for Asynchronous Online Course Delivery:
Technologies employed to enrich asynchronous courses, including multimedia technologies among others.
Course delivery supporting software such as Smart Board or SynchronEyes.
The role of innovative social networking technologies, such as Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts in online education.
Virtual worlds, games, and simulations in learning environment.
Software solutions for Electronic Portfolio.
Plagiarism detection tools.
4. Software Solutions and Practices for Synchronous Course Delivery:
Videoconferencing software such as Elluminate, iLink, DimDim, and Adobe Connect.
Supporting technologies such as instant messaging software and a variety of related Microsoft, Adobe, and open-source products.
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 20th, 2012 a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 30, 2012 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters of 7,000 to 8,000 words are expected to be submitted by June, 30 2012. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.) is a publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference) and "Medical Information Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding this publication and the publisher, please visit: http://bit.ly/wOaNK0
Important Dates:
April 20, 2012: Proposal Submission Deadline
April 30, 2012: Notification of Acceptance
June 30, 2012: Full Chapter Submission
July 15, 2012: Review Result Returned
August 30, 2012: Final Chapter Submission
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to:
Yefim Kats, PhD
Coordinator of the Graduate Instructional Technology Program
Chestnut Hill College
9601 Germantown ave, Philadelphia, PA 19118
email: yefimkatz@yahoo.com, katsy@chc.edu
tel. (315) 832 0184 (cell), (215) 248 7008 (office)
fax: (603) 897 8805
Proposal Submission Deadline: April 20th, 2012
Learning Management Systems and Instructional Design: Metrics, Standards, and Applications
A book edited by Yefim Kats, Chestnut Hill College, USA
http://bit.ly/wOaNK0
Invitation
I kindly invite you to contribute to new book "Learning Management Systems: Metrics, Standards, and Applications" to be published by IGI Global. The main goal of this edition is to present high quality research by the leading experts on the state-of-the-art Theory, Technology and Applications for online as well as hybrid educational environments.
Project Overview
Currently, non-for-profit and for-profit academic institutions function as exclusively online training or degree granting facilities, while others enrich their traditional curriculum with online and hybrid courses. As the e-Learning market continues to grow, the choice of available stand-alone software modules as well as "software as a service" packages has been growing accordingly. Moreover, the development of learning management systems and related technologies goes hand in hand with the development of new method of course delivery and corresponding instructional design methodologies.
In this increasingly competitive environment, administrators and faculty confront a difficult problem of choosing an appropriate learning management system that fits their budget, technical resources, curriculum, and profile of the student body. The problem is complicated further by the intrinsic connection between the choice of LMS and a variety of instructional design models and modes of course delivery, such as "pure" online, hybrid, and asynchronous/synchronous courses.
Target Audience
The book is intended to be a source of consolidated information for administrators, faculty, instructional designers, course developers and businesses on the available technological solutions, instructional design methods, metrics, and standards in the area of online education. It will contain vital practical information, case studies, and conceived as a manual for all involved in the e-Learning environment.
Suggested Topics
We are especially interested in chapters focused on LMS standards, LMS choice/success metrics/parameters, and on issues related to instructional design: design of learning objects, the role of multimedia tools and virtual worlds etc. The general topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Instructional Design:
Course/curriculum instructional design models and methodologies, especially for online and hybrid forms of course delivery.
Learning outcomes and their implementation by learning management systems.
Learning objects and their software implementation.
Software supporting instructional design productivity.
The role of multimedia tools, games, and simulations in instructional design.
2. Standards, Metrics, and Software Solutions for Online Teaching and Learning:
Standards and specifications: SCORM, AICC, IMS etc.
Course success metrics for commercial, open-source, and Web-based learning management systems such as Blackboard, e-College, ANGEL, Desire2Learn, WileyPLUS, Moodle, Sakai, Haiku etc.
Technological, financial, and academic issues related to the choice of the online educational platform or transition to a new platform.
Issues related to upgrading, maintaining, and securing learning management platforms.
LMS interoperability with mobile devices such as iPads and smartphones (Blackboard Mobile Learn).
3. Software Solutions and Practices for Asynchronous Online Course Delivery:
Technologies employed to enrich asynchronous courses, including multimedia technologies among others.
Course delivery supporting software such as Smart Board or SynchronEyes.
The role of innovative social networking technologies, such as Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts in online education.
Virtual worlds, games, and simulations in learning environment.
Software solutions for Electronic Portfolio.
Plagiarism detection tools.
4. Software Solutions and Practices for Synchronous Course Delivery:
Videoconferencing software such as Elluminate, iLink, DimDim, and Adobe Connect.
Supporting technologies such as instant messaging software and a variety of related Microsoft, Adobe, and open-source products.
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 20th, 2012 a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 30, 2012 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters of 7,000 to 8,000 words are expected to be submitted by June, 30 2012. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.) is a publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference) and "Medical Information Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding this publication and the publisher, please visit: http://bit.ly/wOaNK0
Important Dates:
April 20, 2012: Proposal Submission Deadline
April 30, 2012: Notification of Acceptance
June 30, 2012: Full Chapter Submission
July 15, 2012: Review Result Returned
August 30, 2012: Final Chapter Submission
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to:
Yefim Kats, PhD
Coordinator of the Graduate Instructional Technology Program
Chestnut Hill College
9601 Germantown ave, Philadelphia, PA 19118
email: yefimkatz@yahoo.com, katsy@chc.edu
tel. (315) 832 0184 (cell), (215) 248 7008 (office)
fax: (603) 897 8805
Call for Chapter Proposals: Queers Online: LGBT Digital Practices in Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Call for Chapter Proposals: Queers Online: LGBT Digital Practices in Libraries, Archives, and Museums
http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=3204
(An Edited Collection to be published as part of the Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies)
Litwin Books and Library Juice Press
Rachel Wexelbaum, Editor
Emily Drabinski, Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Series Editor
Contact Information:
Editor: Rachel Wexelbaum, Collection Management Librarian, Saint Cloud State University:
rswexelbaum@stcloudstate.edu
Book Abstract
In the 21st century, there are more LGBT information resources than ever before. The challenges that arise both from the explosion of born-digital materials and the transformation of materials from physical to electronic formats has implications for access to these resources for future generations. Along with preservation concerns, making these numerous digital LGBT resources available to users becomes more difficult when they swim in an ocean of websites, EBooks, digitized objects, and other digital resources. Librarians, archivists, and museum curators must engage in a range of new digital practices to preserve and promote these numerous LGBT resources.
A "digital practice" in libraries, archives, and museums includes, but is not limited to, the digitization of physical objects; the creation of online resources and services that improve access to these objects; the use of online catalogs, databases, and metadata to categorize such objects; and the online social media and Web 2.0 tools used to connect users to these resources. Information professionals engaged in digital practices must also understand the information needs, online searching behaviors, and online communication styles of their patrons in order to make them aware of the digital resources that may be of use to them.
This is the first book to specifically address the digital practices of LGBT librarians, archivists, and museum curators, as well as the digital practices of seekers and users of LGBT resources and services. More broadly, this collection aims to address these issues in the context of the technical, social, economic, legal, and political challenges of creating LGBT-specific digital collections, electronic resources and services.
Submission procedure
Please submit abstracts and chapter proposals of up to 500 words and a short author's statement to rswexelbaum [at] stcloudstate.edu by April 1, 2012. Chapter authors will receive notification of acceptance by June 1, 2012. Final manuscripts of between 3000 and 5000 words will be due September 1, 2012. Final edited chapter manuscripts will be due to Library Juice Press January 1, 2013.
For more information please visit the online CFP at the Library Juice Website:
http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=3204
Please send all correspondence about chapter proposals to Rachel Wexelbaum at rswexelbaum@stcloudstate.edu.
Rachel Wexelbaum, MLIS
Collection Management Librarian
LRTS Collections MC 220-G
Saint Cloud State University
720 4th Avenue South
Saint Cloud, MN 56301
(320) 308-4756
http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=3204
(An Edited Collection to be published as part of the Series on Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies)
Litwin Books and Library Juice Press
Rachel Wexelbaum, Editor
Emily Drabinski, Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies Series Editor
Contact Information:
Editor: Rachel Wexelbaum, Collection Management Librarian, Saint Cloud State University:
rswexelbaum@stcloudstate.edu
Book Abstract
In the 21st century, there are more LGBT information resources than ever before. The challenges that arise both from the explosion of born-digital materials and the transformation of materials from physical to electronic formats has implications for access to these resources for future generations. Along with preservation concerns, making these numerous digital LGBT resources available to users becomes more difficult when they swim in an ocean of websites, EBooks, digitized objects, and other digital resources. Librarians, archivists, and museum curators must engage in a range of new digital practices to preserve and promote these numerous LGBT resources.
A "digital practice" in libraries, archives, and museums includes, but is not limited to, the digitization of physical objects; the creation of online resources and services that improve access to these objects; the use of online catalogs, databases, and metadata to categorize such objects; and the online social media and Web 2.0 tools used to connect users to these resources. Information professionals engaged in digital practices must also understand the information needs, online searching behaviors, and online communication styles of their patrons in order to make them aware of the digital resources that may be of use to them.
This is the first book to specifically address the digital practices of LGBT librarians, archivists, and museum curators, as well as the digital practices of seekers and users of LGBT resources and services. More broadly, this collection aims to address these issues in the context of the technical, social, economic, legal, and political challenges of creating LGBT-specific digital collections, electronic resources and services.
Submission procedure
Please submit abstracts and chapter proposals of up to 500 words and a short author's statement to rswexelbaum [at] stcloudstate.edu by April 1, 2012. Chapter authors will receive notification of acceptance by June 1, 2012. Final manuscripts of between 3000 and 5000 words will be due September 1, 2012. Final edited chapter manuscripts will be due to Library Juice Press January 1, 2013.
For more information please visit the online CFP at the Library Juice Website:
http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=3204
Please send all correspondence about chapter proposals to Rachel Wexelbaum at rswexelbaum@stcloudstate.edu.
Rachel Wexelbaum, MLIS
Collection Management Librarian
LRTS Collections MC 220-G
Saint Cloud State University
720 4th Avenue South
Saint Cloud, MN 56301
(320) 308-4756
CFP - Learning Out Loud: Information Literacy Pedagogy for the Non-Shushing Librarian
The 1st Annual Indiana University Libraries Information Literacy Colloquium seeks engaging, innovative, and energizing proposals related to the conference theme: Learning Out Loud: Information Literacy Pedagogy for the Non-Shushing Librarian.
While stereotypical images of the library would have us believe that learning takes place in hushed silence, the truth is that learning is not necessarily a quiet endeavor. Learning can be complicated, messy, loud, boisterous, and exciting.
We seek stimulating proposals that examine the implications Learning Out Loud has for information literacy pedagogy. How can instruction librarians take into account the sometimes chaotic, highly complex learning process when planning and delivering instruction sessions? How do we reach diverse learners with diverse learning styles? How might instruction librarians partner with other campus entities in order to foster student learning and enhance information literacy pedagogy? How do we envision the future of library instruction? Possible topic areas related to information literacy pedagogy may include, but are not limited to:
· Assessment
· Collaboration
· Communication
· Learning activities
· Lesson plans
· Marketing and outreach
· Pedagogical theory and practice
· Professional development for instruction librarians
· Teaching with technology
Proposal guidelines: Proposals for 45-minute breakout sessions should be no more than 250 words in length and should contain at least two learning outcomes. All proposals should clearly relate to the conference theme and offer innovative and interesting insights that will enhance the learning of the Colloquium community. Proposals should be submitted via the online conference proposal form: http://ius.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_2sqrL75u53mzK0k
Proposal deadline: April 30, 2012. Proposal status notification will take place by May 21, 2012.
About the Colloquium: http://libguides.ius.edu/colloquium
While stereotypical images of the library would have us believe that learning takes place in hushed silence, the truth is that learning is not necessarily a quiet endeavor. Learning can be complicated, messy, loud, boisterous, and exciting.
We seek stimulating proposals that examine the implications Learning Out Loud has for information literacy pedagogy. How can instruction librarians take into account the sometimes chaotic, highly complex learning process when planning and delivering instruction sessions? How do we reach diverse learners with diverse learning styles? How might instruction librarians partner with other campus entities in order to foster student learning and enhance information literacy pedagogy? How do we envision the future of library instruction? Possible topic areas related to information literacy pedagogy may include, but are not limited to:
· Assessment
· Collaboration
· Communication
· Learning activities
· Lesson plans
· Marketing and outreach
· Pedagogical theory and practice
· Professional development for instruction librarians
· Teaching with technology
Proposal guidelines: Proposals for 45-minute breakout sessions should be no more than 250 words in length and should contain at least two learning outcomes. All proposals should clearly relate to the conference theme and offer innovative and interesting insights that will enhance the learning of the Colloquium community. Proposals should be submitted via the online conference proposal form: http://ius.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_2sqrL75u53mzK0k
Proposal deadline: April 30, 2012. Proposal status notification will take place by May 21, 2012.
About the Colloquium: http://libguides.ius.edu/colloquium
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Scholarship - Society of Indiana Archivists
Society of Indiana Archivists
2012 Annual Meeting Scholarship
The Society of Indiana Archivists will award the Krasean Memorial Scholarship for an individual to attend the SIA annual meeting on Saturday, 28 April 2012, at the University of Indianapolis.
The recipient will be awarded $150.00 scholarship to cover expenses of attending the meeting.
Registration fee for the meeting will be waived.
The deadline for scholarship applications is Monday, 16 April 2012.
Eligibility for the scholarship: Must be a student or a recent graduate from an MLIS, MA in history, MA in museum studies program, or a related field, with three or fewer years of post graduate work experience.
To apply: Write a statement of interest (250 to 400 words) about why you want to attend this annual meeting and how it would benefit you. Include in your statement a brief outline of your archival education and work history, and a description of your long-term professional goals. Also include your contact information (name, mailing address, phone, e-mail address) and contact information for your institution or employer.
Please send the statement via email or mail to:
Michael Vetman
mvetman@icpr.in.gov
Indiana State Archives
6440 E 30th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46219
Or:
Carol A. Street
CAStreet@bsu.edu
Ball State University
University Library
Muncie, IN 47306.
For more information on the annual meeting please visit the SIA website: http://www.inarchivists.org/meetings/index.php
The recipient is expected to write a brief (150-300 word) statement about their experience of attending the meeting which will be published in the SIA Newsletter.
2012 Annual Meeting Scholarship
The Society of Indiana Archivists will award the Krasean Memorial Scholarship for an individual to attend the SIA annual meeting on Saturday, 28 April 2012, at the University of Indianapolis.
The recipient will be awarded $150.00 scholarship to cover expenses of attending the meeting.
Registration fee for the meeting will be waived.
The deadline for scholarship applications is Monday, 16 April 2012.
Eligibility for the scholarship: Must be a student or a recent graduate from an MLIS, MA in history, MA in museum studies program, or a related field, with three or fewer years of post graduate work experience.
To apply: Write a statement of interest (250 to 400 words) about why you want to attend this annual meeting and how it would benefit you. Include in your statement a brief outline of your archival education and work history, and a description of your long-term professional goals. Also include your contact information (name, mailing address, phone, e-mail address) and contact information for your institution or employer.
Please send the statement via email or mail to:
Michael Vetman
mvetman@icpr.in.gov
Indiana State Archives
6440 E 30th St.
Indianapolis, IN 46219
Or:
Carol A. Street
CAStreet@bsu.edu
Ball State University
University Library
Muncie, IN 47306.
For more information on the annual meeting please visit the SIA website: http://www.inarchivists.org/meetings/index.php
The recipient is expected to write a brief (150-300 word) statement about their experience of attending the meeting which will be published in the SIA Newsletter.
Internship - Association of American Medical Colleges
The Association of American Medical Colleges is looking for a full-time Summer Intern in their archives for help with processing, arranging, and describing the records of the retired General Counsel for the Association. These records cover both legal and other Association activities that the General Counsel worked on during their forty year career at the Association. Attention to detail and good verbal and written skills are required. A library science/archives or history graduate student is preferred. This 35 hour/week internship pays $15/hour and the start and finish dates are flexible (preferably May - August).
The Association of American Medical Colleges is a nonprofit association of medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic societies. We seek to improve the nation's health by enhancing the effectiveness of academic medicine. We are located in Washington, DC and readily Metro-accessible.
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity visit our careers page at https://www.aamc.org/about/employment/, click on "Search for jobs at the AAMC" and submit your resume to the position listed as "Summer Intern, Archives." Resumes may also be emailed to recruitment@aamc.org.
The Association of American Medical Colleges is a nonprofit association of medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic societies. We seek to improve the nation's health by enhancing the effectiveness of academic medicine. We are located in Washington, DC and readily Metro-accessible.
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity visit our careers page at https://www.aamc.org/about/employment/, click on "Search for jobs at the AAMC" and submit your resume to the position listed as "Summer Intern, Archives." Resumes may also be emailed to recruitment@aamc.org.
CFP - The Reference Librarian
For a special issue of the journal The Reference Librarian, we are seeking articles about for-profit libraries that have some relationship to the reference function in libraries. Deadline for submissions is September 1, 2012. For general guidelines, see http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/wref . The co-editors of The Reference Librarian, William Miller, miller@fau.edu and Rita Pellen, pellen@fau.edu, welcome your inquiries regarding submission to this peer-reviewed journal.
Thanks.
Rita Pellen, Associate Dean, Florida Atlantic University Libraries
William Miller, Dean, Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Co-editors of The Reference Librarian
Sharon R. Argov
Director of Library Services
Campus Ombudsman
American InterContinental University
2250 North Commerce Parkway
Weston, FL 33326
sargov@aiufl.edu
Thanks.
Rita Pellen, Associate Dean, Florida Atlantic University Libraries
William Miller, Dean, Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Co-editors of The Reference Librarian
Sharon R. Argov
Director of Library Services
Campus Ombudsman
American InterContinental University
2250 North Commerce Parkway
Weston, FL 33326
sargov@aiufl.edu
Workshop - Applied Data Science: Managing Research Data for Re-Use
Applied Data Science: Managing Research Data for Re-Use
This workshop is for individuals interested or actively engaged in the management and curation of research data, particularly data scientists, data managers and analysts, librarians, archivists, and data stewards and curators. What are the best practices for managing research data? How does one apply them to daily practice? What tools can assist in curation efforts?
This five-day workshop will explore and apply the concepts and benefits of life cycle principles for data management, including how to manage data from its inception through archiving and beyond and how to encourage and trace data re-use. An ICPSR dataset will serve as a case study and participants will track the dataset as it makes its way through the ICPSR data pipeline. Participants will also learn about confidential data management, repository requirements and assessment, effective documentation practices, and how to create, comply with, and evaluate required data management plans. In addition to lectures, panel discussions, and special-purpose Webinars, participants will engage in small group exercises, technical demonstrations, and in-depth case studies. The workshop will draw on a diverse set of instructors representing the deep data curation expertise at ICPSR, the world's largest social science data archive; the University of Michigan, including its School of Information; and other peer institutions.
Admission to the Applied Data Science workshop is based on applicants' interest in specific data science and curation topics and relevant experience. Enrollment is limited to 25 participants. Individuals interested in applying for the workshop need to complete a brief questionnaire.
Deadlines: All application materials must be submitted no later than April 30. Accepted participants will be notified by May 15.
Fee: Members = $750; Non-members = $750
For more information, see http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/sumprog/courses/0149
This workshop is for individuals interested or actively engaged in the management and curation of research data, particularly data scientists, data managers and analysts, librarians, archivists, and data stewards and curators. What are the best practices for managing research data? How does one apply them to daily practice? What tools can assist in curation efforts?
This five-day workshop will explore and apply the concepts and benefits of life cycle principles for data management, including how to manage data from its inception through archiving and beyond and how to encourage and trace data re-use. An ICPSR dataset will serve as a case study and participants will track the dataset as it makes its way through the ICPSR data pipeline. Participants will also learn about confidential data management, repository requirements and assessment, effective documentation practices, and how to create, comply with, and evaluate required data management plans. In addition to lectures, panel discussions, and special-purpose Webinars, participants will engage in small group exercises, technical demonstrations, and in-depth case studies. The workshop will draw on a diverse set of instructors representing the deep data curation expertise at ICPSR, the world's largest social science data archive; the University of Michigan, including its School of Information; and other peer institutions.
Admission to the Applied Data Science workshop is based on applicants' interest in specific data science and curation topics and relevant experience. Enrollment is limited to 25 participants. Individuals interested in applying for the workshop need to complete a brief questionnaire.
Deadlines: All application materials must be submitted no later than April 30. Accepted participants will be notified by May 15.
Fee: Members = $750; Non-members = $750
For more information, see http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/sumprog/courses/0149
Online class - E-Government Resources: Connecting Library Users to Services and Information
Title: E-Government Resources: Connecting Library Users to Services and Information (An Infopeople Online Learning Course)
Dates: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 – Monday, May 21, 2012
Instructor: Laura Cadra
To register for this course: Click the link to Online Registration at:
http://infopeople.org/training/e-government-resources
Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and Infopeople Partners, $150 for all others.
As federal, state, and local governments eliminate printed forms and even close service outlets, libraries are on the front lines of connecting their users with online or “e-government” resources. In a recent study, 63% of libraries reported that providing access to government information is one of the most critical Internet services they provide. Patrons are using library computers to fill out Social Security forms, research Medicare prescription drug benefit programs, file court petitions, renew drivers’ licenses, and obtain passports.
To help these library users, you must be able to efficiently navigate this sea of online information and offer strategies for locating and using the e-government resources and services they need.
Whether you answer reference questions or select content for a library webpage, this course will help you:
· Identify the key types of government information available online
· Understand issues related to accessing e-government resources in libraries
· Identify user groups which can benefit most from e-government resources
· Assist your patrons with federal and state websites offering government benefits, services, and employment
· Explore websites on citizen and resident responsibilities
· Review and recommend specific e-government resources for inclusion in your library website and online catalog
As a result you’ll be able to match free, high-quality e-government resources with user needs for information about Social Security, immigration, taxes, voting, statistics, and many other topics.
Course Description:
This four-week online course will help you understand the important role libraries play in connecting their users to e-government resources. Through readings and guided exercises, you will explore federal, state, and local government websites targeted to specific populations, such as veterans and job seekers, as well as websites with information on government obligations such as taxes, law, and licensing. The focus will be on practical, real-life approaches using typical reference questions, information needs, and homework assignments. Discussions will explore how e-government impacts the use of public access computers and how libraries are creating guides and pathfinders to government services.
Preliminary Course Outline: Using an Internet connection and web browser, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules:
Week 1: Getting Acquainted with Government Information
Overview of government information
The evolution to e-government
Types of information available from federal, state, and local governments
Major portals for e-government
Week 2: Government Benefits and Assistance
E-government resources for job seekers and the unemployed
E-government resources for veterans
E-government resources for families and individuals
Week 3: Citizen and Resident Responsibilities
Federal and state tax information websites
Voter information websites
Federal and state law websites
Professional licensing websites
Week 4: Enhancing Your Reference Services with E-Government Information
Statistics websites
Health websites
Identifying e-government resources for your library’s website and online catalog
Time required: To complete this course, you can expect to spend up to 2 ½ hours per week, for a total of 10 course hours. Each week's module contains readings and various options for assignments, discussions, and online meetings. You can choose the options most relevant to your work and interests. Although you can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night, it is recommended that you complete each week's work within that week to stay in sync with other learners.
Who Should Take This Course: Library staff members who provide reference services to adults as well as those who are responsible for identifying resources to add to the online catalog or the library website. The emphasis will be on federal, state, and local e-government resources.
Online Learning Details and System Requirements may be found at:
www.infopeople.org/training/learning_details.html.
Payment: Your invoice will be emailed to the email address of the person who completed the registration. If that is not the person paying the invoice please forward invoice to the appropriate person. Payment is due within 30 days. If you have any questions about your invoice or payment please contact Gini Ambrosino at assist@infopeople.org.
Course Start: This four-week online learning course starts on Tuesday, April 24, 2012.
After the official end date for the course, the instructor will be available for limited consultation and support for two more weeks, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that. These extra weeks give those who have fallen behind time to work independently to complete the course.
If you would like to subscribe via RSS and be notified whenever new Infopeople training events are available, you can use these links:
**For new on-ground or online workshops: http://feeds.feedburner.com/infopeopletraining
**For new podcasts: http://feeds.feedburner.com/InfopeoplePodcasts
Gini Ambrosino, Infopeople Project Assistant
705 E. Bidwell, Suite 2 – 312
Folsom, CA 95630
(916) 690-6595
assist@infopeople.org
http://infopeople.org/
Dates: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 – Monday, May 21, 2012
Instructor: Laura Cadra
To register for this course: Click the link to Online Registration at:
http://infopeople.org/training/e-government-resources
Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and Infopeople Partners, $150 for all others.
As federal, state, and local governments eliminate printed forms and even close service outlets, libraries are on the front lines of connecting their users with online or “e-government” resources. In a recent study, 63% of libraries reported that providing access to government information is one of the most critical Internet services they provide. Patrons are using library computers to fill out Social Security forms, research Medicare prescription drug benefit programs, file court petitions, renew drivers’ licenses, and obtain passports.
To help these library users, you must be able to efficiently navigate this sea of online information and offer strategies for locating and using the e-government resources and services they need.
Whether you answer reference questions or select content for a library webpage, this course will help you:
· Identify the key types of government information available online
· Understand issues related to accessing e-government resources in libraries
· Identify user groups which can benefit most from e-government resources
· Assist your patrons with federal and state websites offering government benefits, services, and employment
· Explore websites on citizen and resident responsibilities
· Review and recommend specific e-government resources for inclusion in your library website and online catalog
As a result you’ll be able to match free, high-quality e-government resources with user needs for information about Social Security, immigration, taxes, voting, statistics, and many other topics.
Course Description:
This four-week online course will help you understand the important role libraries play in connecting their users to e-government resources. Through readings and guided exercises, you will explore federal, state, and local government websites targeted to specific populations, such as veterans and job seekers, as well as websites with information on government obligations such as taxes, law, and licensing. The focus will be on practical, real-life approaches using typical reference questions, information needs, and homework assignments. Discussions will explore how e-government impacts the use of public access computers and how libraries are creating guides and pathfinders to government services.
Preliminary Course Outline: Using an Internet connection and web browser, you will log in to the Infopeople online learning site and complete the following learning modules:
Week 1: Getting Acquainted with Government Information
Overview of government information
The evolution to e-government
Types of information available from federal, state, and local governments
Major portals for e-government
Week 2: Government Benefits and Assistance
E-government resources for job seekers and the unemployed
E-government resources for veterans
E-government resources for families and individuals
Week 3: Citizen and Resident Responsibilities
Federal and state tax information websites
Voter information websites
Federal and state law websites
Professional licensing websites
Week 4: Enhancing Your Reference Services with E-Government Information
Statistics websites
Health websites
Identifying e-government resources for your library’s website and online catalog
Time required: To complete this course, you can expect to spend up to 2 ½ hours per week, for a total of 10 course hours. Each week's module contains readings and various options for assignments, discussions, and online meetings. You can choose the options most relevant to your work and interests. Although you can work on each module at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night, it is recommended that you complete each week's work within that week to stay in sync with other learners.
Who Should Take This Course: Library staff members who provide reference services to adults as well as those who are responsible for identifying resources to add to the online catalog or the library website. The emphasis will be on federal, state, and local e-government resources.
Online Learning Details and System Requirements may be found at:
www.infopeople.org/training/learning_details.html.
Payment: Your invoice will be emailed to the email address of the person who completed the registration. If that is not the person paying the invoice please forward invoice to the appropriate person. Payment is due within 30 days. If you have any questions about your invoice or payment please contact Gini Ambrosino at assist@infopeople.org.
Course Start: This four-week online learning course starts on Tuesday, April 24, 2012.
After the official end date for the course, the instructor will be available for limited consultation and support for two more weeks, and the course material will stay up for an additional two weeks after that. These extra weeks give those who have fallen behind time to work independently to complete the course.
If you would like to subscribe via RSS and be notified whenever new Infopeople training events are available, you can use these links:
**For new on-ground or online workshops: http://feeds.feedburner.com/infopeopletraining
**For new podcasts: http://feeds.feedburner.com/InfopeoplePodcasts
Gini Ambrosino, Infopeople Project Assistant
705 E. Bidwell, Suite 2 – 312
Folsom, CA 95630
(916) 690-6595
assist@infopeople.org
http://infopeople.org/
Internship- Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Collections Internship, Summer 2012
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum seeks an intern to work in its collections
department full-time for approximately 12 weeks on a project to catalog
and make digitally available an important collection of historical
images, the Captain Edward Carus Collection donated by Henry N.
Barkhausen. Upon the conclusion of the internship period, the museum
expects to be poised to make the remainder of the collection publicly
available on the internet.
The Collections Intern needs to have the following skills:
* Excellent writing skills
* Good organizational skills
* Ability to properly handle and manage historic photographic
materials
* Familiarity with digitization standards
* Excellent cataloging skills
* Knowledge of the historical significance of late 19th and early
20th century photographic materials
* Experience using PastPerfect is preferred
* Some previous experience in museums, archives, libraries or a
related field is a plus, possibly including but not limited to:
cataloging, digital imaging, metadata creation
The successful candidate must be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and
able to work both as a team and independently. Preference will be given
to candidates who express a desire to pursue a career in museums,
archives, or a related field, and who are enrolled in a related academic
program.
Compensation will be $12/hour. The internship period will run from
approximately June to August 2012. Start date and schedule are
negotiable.
Please send cover letter, resume, and references by April 6, 2012 to:
Caitlin Clyne, Wisconsin Maritime Museum, 75 Maritime Drive, Manitowoc,
WI 54220; or via email to cclyne@wisconsinmaritime.org.
Collections Internship, Summer 2012
The Wisconsin Maritime Museum seeks an intern to work in its collections
department full-time for approximately 12 weeks on a project to catalog
and make digitally available an important collection of historical
images, the Captain Edward Carus Collection donated by Henry N.
Barkhausen. Upon the conclusion of the internship period, the museum
expects to be poised to make the remainder of the collection publicly
available on the internet.
The Collections Intern needs to have the following skills:
* Excellent writing skills
* Good organizational skills
* Ability to properly handle and manage historic photographic
materials
* Familiarity with digitization standards
* Excellent cataloging skills
* Knowledge of the historical significance of late 19th and early
20th century photographic materials
* Experience using PastPerfect is preferred
* Some previous experience in museums, archives, libraries or a
related field is a plus, possibly including but not limited to:
cataloging, digital imaging, metadata creation
The successful candidate must be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and
able to work both as a team and independently. Preference will be given
to candidates who express a desire to pursue a career in museums,
archives, or a related field, and who are enrolled in a related academic
program.
Compensation will be $12/hour. The internship period will run from
approximately June to August 2012. Start date and schedule are
negotiable.
Please send cover letter, resume, and references by April 6, 2012 to:
Caitlin Clyne, Wisconsin Maritime Museum, 75 Maritime Drive, Manitowoc,
WI 54220; or via email to cclyne@wisconsinmaritime.org.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Call for papers: ART DOCUMENTATION
Editors are inviting articles for Art Documentation, the semiannual peer-reviewed journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, now co-published by the University of Chicago Press. The articles should fall within the scope of art and architecture librarianship, visual resources curatorship, digital image management, technology related to the visual arts, art publishing, artists’ books, and related fields.
Have you recently given a presentation at a conference or prepared a poster session that would be appropriate to expand as a journal article? Please send an abstract or description if the subject falls within the scope of Art Documentation.
For additional information and a description of the review process, Art Documentation contributor guidelines may be found at http://www.arlisna.org/artdoc/contrib_guidelines.html.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Judy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Judy Dyki
Editor, ART DOCUMENTATION
Library Director, Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum
39221 Woodward Avenue, Box 801
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801
248-645-3364 voice
248-645-3464 fax
jdyki@cranbrook.edu
Have you recently given a presentation at a conference or prepared a poster session that would be appropriate to expand as a journal article? Please send an abstract or description if the subject falls within the scope of Art Documentation.
For additional information and a description of the review process, Art Documentation contributor guidelines may be found at http://www.arlisna.org/artdoc/contrib_guidelines.html.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Judy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Judy Dyki
Editor, ART DOCUMENTATION
Library Director, Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum
39221 Woodward Avenue, Box 801
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801
248-645-3364 voice
248-645-3464 fax
jdyki@cranbrook.edu
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Free webinar - Outreach to Hispanic/Latino Populations
3/28/2012
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (CT)
Outreach to Hispanic/Latino Populations - Tu Biblioteca! (Infopeople)
Engaging the ever-growing Spanish-speaking/Latino population in your library’s programs and services presents interesting and rewarding opportunities. This webinar will explore various efforts to identify new opportunities, funding resources and community partners to expand your library’s potential to serve this community. By the end of this webinar attendees will have the basic knowledge to incorporate into your Spanish Language Outreach (SLO) efforts.
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (CT)
Outreach to Hispanic/Latino Populations - Tu Biblioteca! (Infopeople)
Engaging the ever-growing Spanish-speaking/Latino population in your library’s programs and services presents interesting and rewarding opportunities. This webinar will explore various efforts to identify new opportunities, funding resources and community partners to expand your library’s potential to serve this community. By the end of this webinar attendees will have the basic knowledge to incorporate into your Spanish Language Outreach (SLO) efforts.
Free webinar - Improving the User Experience Through Usability Testing
3/28/2012
1:00 -2:00 p.m. (CT)
Improving the User Experience Through Usability Testing (Georgia Library Association)
Stephen Francoeur, a user experience librarian at Baruch College (New York, NY) will give an introduction to usability testing and how it can be used to create a more user-friendly library website. Check out Stephen's website.
1:00 -2:00 p.m. (CT)
Improving the User Experience Through Usability Testing (Georgia Library Association)
Stephen Francoeur, a user experience librarian at Baruch College (New York, NY) will give an introduction to usability testing and how it can be used to create a more user-friendly library website. Check out Stephen's website.
Free ebinar - Tech Tools with Tine: 1 Hour of LibraryThing
3/23/2012
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. (CT)
Tech Tools with Tine: 1 Hour of LibraryThing (Texas State Library & Archives)
Please join us for a special series with technology trainer, Christine Walczyk, all about popular online tools. The series is meant to be short on talk about library context and higher concepts. It's really all about the tools themselves! Our aim is to demonstrate how to use one tool in each webinar in under 60 minutes with time for Q&A built in.
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. (CT)
Tech Tools with Tine: 1 Hour of LibraryThing (Texas State Library & Archives)
Please join us for a special series with technology trainer, Christine Walczyk, all about popular online tools. The series is meant to be short on talk about library context and higher concepts. It's really all about the tools themselves! Our aim is to demonstrate how to use one tool in each webinar in under 60 minutes with time for Q&A built in.
Free webinar - eBooks/eReaders: The Techy Stuff You Need to Know
3/21/2012
11:00 - Noon (CT)
eBooks/eReaders: The Techy Stuff You Need to Know (Washington State Library)
Discover the technical side of eBooks and eReaders. Learn about DRM, Adobe ID and troubleshooting eBooks. Presenters are Darlene Pearsall, King County Library System; Liz Boston, Timberland Regional Library System and Michelle Angell, Pierce County Library System.
11:00 - Noon (CT)
eBooks/eReaders: The Techy Stuff You Need to Know (Washington State Library)
Discover the technical side of eBooks and eReaders. Learn about DRM, Adobe ID and troubleshooting eBooks. Presenters are Darlene Pearsall, King County Library System; Liz Boston, Timberland Regional Library System and Michelle Angell, Pierce County Library System.
Free webinar - Digital Preservation: Audio and Video Formats
3/20/2012
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (CT)
Digital Preservation: Audio and Video Formats (Infopeople)
In the last of our four-part series on Digital Preservation, this webinar present and explain basic formats and standards used in digital audio and video collections for libraries, archives, and museums and the development of audio and video formats and introduce participants to the significant technical features that pertain to digital libraries. This webinar will be of interest to: Librarians archivists who are involved in developing digital projects, no special technical background required.
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. (CT)
Digital Preservation: Audio and Video Formats (Infopeople)
In the last of our four-part series on Digital Preservation, this webinar present and explain basic formats and standards used in digital audio and video collections for libraries, archives, and museums and the development of audio and video formats and introduce participants to the significant technical features that pertain to digital libraries. This webinar will be of interest to: Librarians archivists who are involved in developing digital projects, no special technical background required.
fREE WEBINAR - The Scoop on Series Nonfiction: What’s new for 2012
3/20/2012
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (CT)
The Scoop on Series Nonfiction: What’s new for 2012 (Booklist)
An hour-long continuation of our popular series of webinars on series nonfiction for youth, featuring presentations from five of the top publishers in this booming field: ABDO, Lerner, DK, Enslow, and Scholastic. Books for Youth senior editor Daniel Kraus moderates.
http://www.booklistonline.com/GeneralInfo.aspx?id=63&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (CT)
The Scoop on Series Nonfiction: What’s new for 2012 (Booklist)
An hour-long continuation of our popular series of webinars on series nonfiction for youth, featuring presentations from five of the top publishers in this booming field: ABDO, Lerner, DK, Enslow, and Scholastic. Books for Youth senior editor Daniel Kraus moderates.
http://www.booklistonline.com/GeneralInfo.aspx?id=63&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
fREE WEBINAR - Get on the Bus: Weeding Your FedDocs Collection
3/14/2012
11:00 - Noon (CT)
Get on the Bus: Weeding Your FedDocs Collection (Wyoming State Library)
Documents Librarian, Karen Kitchens, will discuss the process for moving federal documents to the remote access facility.
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/555266846
11:00 - Noon (CT)
Get on the Bus: Weeding Your FedDocs Collection (Wyoming State Library)
Documents Librarian, Karen Kitchens, will discuss the process for moving federal documents to the remote access facility.
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/555266846
CFP - International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (IJMSO)
Call for Papers
Special Issue on: "Advances in Metadata and Semantics for Learning Infrastructures"
Guest Editors:
Nikos Palavitsinis, University of Alcala de Henares, Spain, and Agro-Know Technologies, Greece
Joris Klerkx, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Xavier Ochoa, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador
A growing body of learning infrastructures and aggregators is making digital learning resources available to any user searching for educational content on various topics, through federations of learning repositories. The fundamental reasons behind this trend include growing
educational demands in all countries, the limited capacity of face-to-face education, the effort and cost involved in building multimedia learning materials, and the new possibilities offered by the
Internet.
Although well-known search engines can in fact successfully retrieve millions of documents that exist online, based on some keywords, the fact remains that there is no guarantee that the results will contain
trustable material which is exploitable in an educational setting. Such information can usually be found in a complete metadata record, which is
not the case in many of the aforementioned search results.
Through the vast number of existing repositories, millions of learning resources are being made available; a fact that raises various research topics having to do with, amongst other things, the technology that
supports them, the standards being used to describe learning objects, the quality of learning, metadata within the repositories, etc.
Openness of content and sharing of resources are also part of the ethical but also very technical issues that arise for learning repositories and learning infrastructures in general. The general aim of
this special issue is to assess the current status and technologies, as well as to outline the major challenges and future perspectives, related to the development of learning repositories and wider infrastructures.
It aims to provide an overview of the state of the art in this field by including a wide range of interdisciplinary contributions. Overall, it aims to outline the rich potential of repositories for learning as an
application field for advanced metadata- and semantic-driven systems and services.
Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
- Information standards and specifications
- Metadata schemas and application profiles
- Multilingual vocabularies, taxonomies, glossaries and thesauri
- (Semi-) automatic metadata generation
- Visualisation techniques for metadata, content, repositories
- Metadata metrics
- Learning content search and exchange
- Infrastructures, systems and services for knowledge organisatio- n
- Learning content archives' preservation and maintenance
- Ontology approaches, models, theories and languages
- Semantic representation of learning materials
- Cloud facilities and supercomputing for learning infrastructures
- Attention, usage metadata and paradata for learning analytics
- Quality in metadata
- Multilingual metadata and semantics
Notes for Prospective Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally
copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).
All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page.
Important Dates
Submission of extended abstract (recommended): 1 April, 2012 (by email)
Notification of appropriateness: 15 April, 2012
Manuscript submission: 15 June, 2012 (online)
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 1 September, 2012
Final manuscript due: 1 November, 2012
Editors and Notes
Potential contributors are strongly encouraged to submit an extended abstract for feedback as to the suitability of proposed papers to the following address before 1 April 2012: palavitsinis@agroknow.gr
All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please go to Online Submissions of Papers. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com,
describing the exact problem you experience. (Please include in your email the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the names of the Guest Editors)
Call for Papers
Special Issue on: "Advances in Metadata and Semantics for Learning Infrastructures"
Guest Editors:
Nikos Palavitsinis, University of Alcala de Henares, Spain, and Agro-Know Technologies, Greece
Joris Klerkx, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Xavier Ochoa, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador
A growing body of learning infrastructures and aggregators is making digital learning resources available to any user searching for educational content on various topics, through federations of learning repositories. The fundamental reasons behind this trend include growing
educational demands in all countries, the limited capacity of face-to-face education, the effort and cost involved in building multimedia learning materials, and the new possibilities offered by the
Internet.
Although well-known search engines can in fact successfully retrieve millions of documents that exist online, based on some keywords, the fact remains that there is no guarantee that the results will contain
trustable material which is exploitable in an educational setting. Such information can usually be found in a complete metadata record, which is
not the case in many of the aforementioned search results.
Through the vast number of existing repositories, millions of learning resources are being made available; a fact that raises various research topics having to do with, amongst other things, the technology that
supports them, the standards being used to describe learning objects, the quality of learning, metadata within the repositories, etc.
Openness of content and sharing of resources are also part of the ethical but also very technical issues that arise for learning repositories and learning infrastructures in general. The general aim of
this special issue is to assess the current status and technologies, as well as to outline the major challenges and future perspectives, related to the development of learning repositories and wider infrastructures.
It aims to provide an overview of the state of the art in this field by including a wide range of interdisciplinary contributions. Overall, it aims to outline the rich potential of repositories for learning as an
application field for advanced metadata- and semantic-driven systems and services.
Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
- Information standards and specifications
- Metadata schemas and application profiles
- Multilingual vocabularies, taxonomies, glossaries and thesauri
- (Semi-) automatic metadata generation
- Visualisation techniques for metadata, content, repositories
- Metadata metrics
- Learning content search and exchange
- Infrastructures, systems and services for knowledge organisatio- n
- Learning content archives' preservation and maintenance
- Ontology approaches, models, theories and languages
- Semantic representation of learning materials
- Cloud facilities and supercomputing for learning infrastructures
- Attention, usage metadata and paradata for learning analytics
- Quality in metadata
- Multilingual metadata and semantics
Notes for Prospective Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally
copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).
All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page.
Important Dates
Submission of extended abstract (recommended): 1 April, 2012 (by email)
Notification of appropriateness: 15 April, 2012
Manuscript submission: 15 June, 2012 (online)
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 1 September, 2012
Final manuscript due: 1 November, 2012
Editors and Notes
Potential contributors are strongly encouraged to submit an extended abstract for feedback as to the suitability of proposed papers to the following address before 1 April 2012: palavitsinis@agroknow.gr
All papers must be submitted online. To submit a paper, please go to Online Submissions of Papers. If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions@inderscience.com,
describing the exact problem you experience. (Please include in your email the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the names of the Guest Editors)
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