Master Plans

CFP - Web Archive Conference

2012-01-27T12:47:00.000-08:00

Call for participation:
International Internet Preservation Consortium Web Archive Conference: The Broad Value of Web Archives: Demonstrated Use
http://netpreserve.org/about/index.php

Experts from around the world will gather in Washington, DC April 30 - May 4, 2012 at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. to hold an open conference to explore the broad value of web archives. The conference is sponsored by the International Internet Preservation Consortium.

The IIPC is seeking presentations from a wide variety of organizations from sectors that are saving and using archival content from the web. The goal is to expose the audience to how rich and valuable the web is as a resource and reveal some unexpected uses for web archives. Possible topics include:
* web archives used in legal discovery or for legal compliance
* web archives in personal collections, i.e. personal archiving
* web archives used in data mining
* web archives for legal deposit
* web archives used in corporate or organizational archives
* web archives used for game or community preservation
* citizen archivists and crowdsourcing for web archives
* projects that use old web content that was not harvested through Heritrix

If you are interested in participating in this conference please send a short paragraph or two describing the project you would like to present to Abigail Potter, IIPC Communications Officer, abpo@loc.gov by February 28, 2012. The agenda for the conference will be announced by March 15, 2012.

CFP - Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

2012-01-25T20:54:00.001-08:00

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian is now accepting manuscripts for volume
30(3). The submission deadline is March 2, 2012.

B&SS Librarian is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal focusing on all aspects of
behavioral and social sciences information with emphasis on librarians,
libraries and users of social science information in libraries and information
centers including the following subject areas:
Anthropology
Business
Communication Studies
Criminal Justice
Education
Ethnic Studies
Political Science
Psychology
Social Work
Sociology
Women's Studies

And the following areas of focus:
publishing trends
Technology
User behavior
Public service
Indexing and abstracting
Collection Development and evaluation
Library Administration/management
Reference and library instruction
Descriptive/critical analysis of information resources

Please consider Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian as the journal for your
publication.

The journal's website includes Instructions to Authors at:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0163-9269&linktype=44

Please send all submissions and questions to the editor at:
L-ROMERO@illinois.edu

Sincerely,
Lisa Romero
Editor, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

CFP - 12th Annual Brick and Click Libraries

2012-01-25T20:48:00.000-08:00

Proposals Submission Deadline – March 5, 2012

12th Annual Brick and Click Libraries
An Academic Library Symposium
Friday, November 2, 2012
http://brickandclick.org

What is the "Brick and Click Libraries Symposium"?
A one-day practical symposium relevant to academic librarians providing resources and services for traditional and online students and faculty.

What presentation topics are you looking for?
http://bit.ly/BCtopics

Is there a fee reduction for presenters?

Presenter fee is $100; attendee fee is $135

Is there an opportunity to publish a paper along with giving a presentation? Yes! http://bit.ly/BCguide

What presentation formats are available?
50-minute session: http://bit.ly/BC50mins

10-minute Lightning Round: http://bit.ly/BC10min

What if I have other questions?
Send questions to Kathy Hart: juliah@nwmissouri.edu

Look forward to receiving your proposal!

Kathy Hart and Carolyn Johnson, Co-Coordinators

Brick and Click Libraries

http://brickandclick.org

B.D. Owens Library
Northwest Missouri State University

Workshop - Advanced XML

2012-01-25T20:45:00.000-08:00

Advanced XML: Further Adventures with XSLT
April 9–11, 2012, Gainesville, Florida

Washington, DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Statistics
and Assessment Program and the Digital Library Federation, a program
of the Council on Library and Information Resources, are pleased to
offer an in-depth workshop focused on using XSLT (Extensible
Stylesheet Language Transformations) in digital library projects.

Taught by experienced XML/XSLT instructors and developers Matthew
Gibson, Director of Digital Programs at the Virginia Foundation for
the Humanities at the University of Virginia, and Christine Ruotolo,
Digital Services Manager at the University of Virginia Library, this
three-day workshop will explore XSLT with a specific focus on the role
of XSLT in digital library projects. The workshop will be a mix of
lecture and hands-on demonstration and experimentation.

Lectures, exercises, and projects will allow participants to gain
experience using some of the more powerful components of XSLT 1.0 and
2.0, including:

- navigating the XML tree with XPath 2.0;
- working with recursion, modes, and named templates;
- using and creating functions;
- combining source documents and creating multiple result documents;
- sorting and grouping data; and
- using branching and control structures.

Participants should have a strong background in XML markup. A basic
understanding of XSLT technology is encouraged, as is a thorough
familiarity with HTML markup.

Event Details
Dates: Monday, April 9–Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Location: Florida Center for Library Automation in Gainesville, FL
Fee: $1,500
Register: by March 15, 2012

For more details and to register, see
http://www.arl.org/stats/statsevents/XSLT-workshop.shtml.

For more information, contact:
David Green
Association of Research Libraries
202-296-2296
david@arl.org

Workshop - Text Encoding Initiative

2012-01-24T22:44:00.000-08:00

Interested in the Digital Humanities? The Data Curation Education Program at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science is offering a great opportunity to learn about one of the most important elements of Digital Humanities research, the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI). Spend a weekend learning the fundamentals of using XML for research, teaching, electronic publishing, and management of digital text collections.

"Introduction to TEI," a hands-on workshop, will be taught by experts from Brown University. Participants will learn how to work with XML technologies to develop digital representations of texts using the TEI standard. The two-and-a-half-day workshop will take place in the LIS building on the UIUC campus, beginning on Friday, February 17th and ending on Sunday, February 19th.

About the TEI
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A seminal effort in the digital humanities community, the TEI is "an international and interdisciplinary standard that helps libraries, museums, publishers, and individual scholars represent all kinds of literary and linguistic texts for online research and teaching, using an encoding scheme that is maximally expressive and minimally obsolescent." GSLIS faculty members Allen Renear and John Unsworth have long been involved with the TEI community, and the role of TEI in libraries is growing steadily. More information on the TEI can be found at the TEI Consortium website: http://www.tei-c.org/ .

About the Instructors
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The instructors, Julia Flanders and Syd Bauman, actively participate in the activities of the TEI and the Association for Computers and the Humanities. They have led numerous workshops, teaching the TEI to diverse groups at all levels of technical accomplishment. Julia and Syd work at the Brown University Center for Digital Scholarship (http://library.brown.edu/cds/ ) on its major text encoding effort, the Women Writers Project (http://www.wwp.brown.edu/ ). Julia Flanders is Director of the Women Writers Project and Associate Director for Textbase Development. Syd is Senior Analyst for the Women Writers Project and former North American Editor of the TEI Guidelines.

Schedule, Cost, and Registration
--------------------------------
Participants will meet in room 52 of the LIS Building for an introductory session on Friday evening and two full-day sessions on Saturday and Sunday. Participation is currently limited to 30 people without their own laptops, plus up to 8 individuals willing to bring their own laptops. Those participants bringing laptops will need to install a free trial version of the Oxygen text editor ---available from http://www.oxygenxml.com--- on their computer prior to attending the workshop. Participants without prior experience working with markup are asked to introduce themselves to TEI and XML by reading through a short suggested reading list, which will be provided after registration.

The cost of the workshop is, per person, $25 for current UIUC students; $50 for UIUC faculty, staff, and alumni; and $150 for non-UIUC affiliates. You must sign up and pay in advance to attend, and cancellation fees apply.

Please email tei-workshop@illinois.edu to reserve your spot. Your email should include your address, a contact phone number, and your University ID number (alternatively: if you are an alumni, your year of graduation; for non-affiliates, the name of the institution with which you are affiliated). Additionally please indicate whether you will be bringing your own laptop and, if so, which operating system you will be running. More information will follow to those who reserve spots.

With all payments please include your address, a contact phone number, and your University ID number (alternatively: if you are an alumni, your year of graduation; for non-affiliates, the name of the institution with which you are affiliated). Please make sure that this information is included with your payment to ensure that your space can be reserved. Unfortunately we cannot accept temporary checks. Please drop off your attendance fee to Sally Eakin in the GSLIS main office, or mail a check or money order (made payable to the University of Illinois) to:

Sally Eakin
TEI Workshop
112 LIS Bldg.
501 E. Daniel St.
Champaign, IL 61820

Those interested in attending the workshop are encouraged to register early as space is limited and the course fills up quickly. A registration waitlist will be kept if capacity is exceeded. Participants canceling their reservation for any reason will receive a partial refund of 50% of their registration fee.

This event is sponsored by DCEP-H, an initiative to extend the Data Curation Education Program to the humanities. DCEP-H is based at the Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship and funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Ashley Clark and Megan Senseney are co-organizers for this year's workshop. If you have any questions, please contact us at: tei-workshop@illinois.edu or 217.244.5574.

Internships - Archives of American Art

2012-01-24T21:45:00.000-08:00

Undergraduate or graduate level Horowitz–Fraad Minority Internships are now available at the Archives of American Art, Smithsoniani Institution. Through the generosity of two long–time supporters of the Archives, 2012 summer internships with a stipend of $5,000 are available for minority candidates. The stipend is based on a full–time, ten week schedule. Applicants who will receive course credit for the internship are not eligible for stipends. Deadline for applications is February 24.

Please see http://www.aaa.si.edu for more information. Please do not contact sender directly.

Barbara Aikens
Chief, Collections Processing
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
aikensb@si.edu
202-633-7941

Fellowship - Increasing African American Diversity in Archives

2012-01-24T21:43:00.000-08:00

Fellowship Announcement

January 20, 2012

Increasing African American Diversity in Archives:
The HistoryMakers Fellowship, Mentoring, Training and Placement Institute

The HistoryMakers is proud to announce the 2nd Increasing African American Diversity in Archives: The HistoryMakers Fellowship, Mentoring, Training and Placement Institute, a year -long fellowship (Monday, June 4, 2012 through Saturday June 1, 2013) working in African American archives. This program is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the amount of $800,000. The purpose of this fellowship program is to provide training for African American archivists and other archivists interested in working with African American archival collections. The year will include 3-month immersion training program at The HistoryMakers Chicago location (Monday, June 4, 2012 - Friday, August 24, 2012) and an on-site residency (Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - Saturday, June 1, 2013). Applicants must identify their top 3 choices from the following list of host institutions:

 Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
[http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/]
 Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
[http://avery.cofc.edu/]
 Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Chicago, IL
[http://www.chipublib.org/branch/details/library/woodson-regional]
 Franklin Library at Fisk University, Nashville, TN
[http://www.fisk.edu/Academics/Library/SpecialCollections.aspx]
 The HistoryMakers, Chicago, IL
[http://www.thehistorymakers.com/]
 Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD
[http://www.msa.md.gov/]
 Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum, Culver City, CA
[http://www.claytonmuseum.org/]

Please see the Fellowship Listing on our website (http://www.thehistorymakers.com/aboutus/careers.asp) or contact Jessica Levy (312) 674-1900 or jl@thehistorymakers.com for more information.

The HistoryMakers will be accepting applications for the 2012-2013 fellowship program until Tuesday, February 14, 2012. A complete application packet should be sent to:

Jessica Levy
2012-2013 Archive Fellowship Program
The HistoryMakers
1900 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616

Jessica Levy
The HistoryMakers
1900 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 674-1900
(312) 674-1915 fax
jl@thehistorymakers.com
www.thehistorymakers.com

Internship - Smithsonian Gardens

2012-01-23T20:32:00.000-08:00

Smithsonian Gardens is offering summer internship opportunities for 2012. Smithsonian Institution Gardens (SG) designs, manages, and maintains the gardens and grounds of the many Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., which attract over twenty million visitors each year. Smithsonian Collections Management and Education branch is responsible for developing educational programs and materials, managing the Archives of American Gardens.

While SG offers a number of diverse horticulture-based internships that entail regular garden maintenance, plant installation, and plant production, Collections Management and Education branch offers internships in the following areas:

The SG Education and Outreach internship will foster experience in horticultural programming. Interns gain hands-on experience in the areas of education, horticulture, or research. The educational component consists of developing educational content for use in social media platforms, backpack tours and trunk program based on existing themes or special concepts. The intern may have an opportunity to develop interpretive labels, guided and cell phone tour text for exhibitions or living plant displays, using both standard references and staff guidance to gather the appropriate material. The intern will work with horticulture records and resources under the guidance of the Collections Management and Education staff to develop these materials.

The Archives of American Gardens is a growing photographic archives that documents American garden design and landscape history from the 19th century to the present day.

The internship will foster experience in the following areas: collections registration, cataloging and description, research, development of finding aids, inventory, and basic preservation practices.

Projects focus on organizing and processing photographic materials, maintaining archival records, locating and verifying data for research purposes, editing and checking the accuracy of electronic records, cataloging images by describing their content according to recognized data standards, assisting with basic reference duties, image digitization, computer automation of collection records, and developing outreach materials. This experience will help interns learn the practices necessary to prepare archival collections for curators, staff, and outside researchers.

Requirements: Collections and education applicants must be a current undergraduate or graduate student who has completed coursework or currently enrolled in courses in archival science, library science, museum studies or museum education, history, horticulture education or other related field.
Applicants must have excellent organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills, special attention to detail, and strong computer skills. An interest in horticulture or garden history is highly desired.

Internship Details

● Open to all current undergraduate and graduate students who study horticulture or a related discipline and wish to further their knowledge through practical hands-on work experience

● Ten to sixteen week long internships / 40 hours per week

● Opportunities to complete special projects that may relate to the intern’s special area of interest

· To learn more about our internship program visit http://www.gardens.si.edu/horticulture/res_ed/intern/intern3.htm

How to apply
To apply, applicants must submit an application on-line at https://solaa.si.edu.

On SOLAA, you can locate Smithsonian Gardens’ internship application under the Office/Museum/ Research Center: OFFICE OF FACILITIES ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS.

Next, under "Program that you wish to apply for:" select either "Horticulture Services Division Internship Program" or "Smithsonian Gardens Internship Program." You only need to submit one application for full consideration.

Requirements for applying to the Smithsonian Gardens’ intern program:

Submit an on line application
Two letters of recommendation or reference
Unofficial College transcript(s)
Essay describing background, interest in field, career goals and chosen project

Summer internship applications are due February 1.

For additional information, contact:

Smithsonian Gardens
P.O. Box 37012 | Capital Gallery, Suite 3300, MRC 506
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Telephone: (202) 633-5840 | Fax: (202) 633-5697 | E-mail: gardens@si.edu

Fellowship - Robert J. Dole Archive

2012-01-23T20:25:00.000-08:00

Announcement: Funding Opportunities in the Robert J. Dole Archive
http://dolearchive.ku.edu/research/fellowships/

Research Fellowship (2012)
Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars are eligible to apply for
this one-time $2,500 award which will support substantial contributions
to the study of Congress, politics or policy issues. Applications for
the 2012 Dole Institute Research Fellowship are due on or before
March 15, 2012.

Travel Grants
The travel grant program is intended to defray costs associated with
research related travel to the Dole Institute. This program will offer
reimbursements of up to $750 to students, post-doctoral researchers and
independent scholars. Applications are currently being accepted and will
be awarded on an on-going basis.

About the Archives
Sen. Bob Dole was elected to Congress in 1961, serving three terms
before being elected to the Senate in 1968. Dole served as Chairman of
the Republican National Committee 1971-1973, Senate Majority Leader
1985-1987, 1995-1996 and Senate Minority Leader 1987-1995. The Dole
Archive is one of the largest groupings of political materials outside
the Presidential library system. Inventories for processed
collections may be browsed and searched in our on-line database:
http://www2.ku.edu/~archon/cgi-bin/index.php

How to Apply
Full descriptions and application forms for the Research Fellowship and
travel grants program are available at our website:
http://dolearchive.ku.edu/research/fellowships/

Contact
Sarah D'Antonio, CA
Archivist
Dole Institute of Politics
2350 Petefish Dr.
Lawrence, KS 66045
785-864-1403
sdantonio@ku.edu

Internship - Filson Historical Society

2012-01-23T15:19:00.000-08:00

The Filson Historical Society is pleased to announced that we are currently accepting applications for the 2012 summer H. F. Boehl Internship. Eligible applicants should either be currently enrolled in or have recently completed a graduate program in history, library science, or a related field. The tenure of internship is a one to three month summer residence with an award of $1,200 per month. The Filson Historical Society collects, preserves, and tells the significant stories of Kentucky, the Ohio Valley region, and the Upper South with particularly strong collections in the frontier, antebellum, and Civil War periods of Kentucky history. The Boehl intern will work with appropriate curatorial staff in the Special Collections and Manuscripts department to process and provide access to historic manuscript collections in a dynamic research environment.

The application deadline is February 15, 2012.

For more information about the application process, please see http://www.filsonhistorical.org/programs-and-publications/fellowships-and-internships.aspx or contact Dr. Glen Crothers, Director of Research, crothers@filsonhistorical.org, 502-635-5083.

Scholarship- Emerging Archival Scholars Program

2012-01-23T14:09:00.000-08:00

Emerging Archival Scholars Program
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
9-13 July 2012

PURPOSE

The Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI) is pleased to announce a recruitment and outreach scholarship program to encourage minority students at the undergraduate and graduate levels to consider undertaking doctoral education focusing in Archival Studies, a multidisciplinary field that examines the social, cultural, political, and technological imperatives and professional practices of record keeping and remembering in society. The program, which is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is designed to introduce students to the nature of doctoral education and the rewards and demands of a research-oriented career, e.g., as a professor, in the archives field. Our goal is to stimulate and begin to nurture the growth of a new and more diverse generation of scholars who are versed in interdisciplinary research that addresses issues in Archival Studies, broadly conceived.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Up to six Emerging Archival Scholars will be selected and awarded a scholarship that will cover round-trip travel, accommodation, and most meals to attend the annual weeklong Archival Education and Research Institute, attended by faculty and doctoral students from the U.S. and around the globe. The next Institute, AERI 2012, will be held at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 9-13 July 2012.

During the Institute, each scholarship recipient will be assigned both a faculty research and a Ph.D. student mentor who will help Scholars navigate the Institute and the intellectual and social environments. In addition to mentors, scholarship recipients will participate in a workshop discussing application processes and expectations for Ph.D. programs in the U.S. and internationally as well as the nature and scope of future possible careers. They will also participate with other AERI attendees in workshops, seminars, and field trips. For Scholars who indicate an interest in pursuing a Ph.D. in this field after attending AERI, mentors will be selected for them to work with on a continuing basis and they will be alerted to other possible opportunities, such as bridge programs, additional scholarships and research opportunities that might be available through AERI or at different academic institutions.

Scholars may also be selected or volunteer for fuller immersion into the research process and be assigned (with their agreement) to a research team that will involve the student in a supervised research project that will last no longer than a year. In this case, participants may be invited and funded to present their research results in a poster session at AERI in 2013.

ELIGIBILITY

American citizens and lawful permanent residents are eligible including, but not limited to, persons who are African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American, or Puerto Rican, as well as other individuals who will add diversity to the field of Archival Studies.

Applications will be considered only from undergraduate students who have completed their junior year, and students who have completed their first year of a Master’s degree program, but have not received a Master’s degree by the time AERI 2012 begins. Applicants must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) and be successfully moving toward an academic major in any field. No prior knowledge of or experience in Archival Studies is required.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Students interested in applying for one of the available scholarships must provide the information below:
A resume (no more than 2 pages)
A completed application form (available at http://aeri.gseis.ucla.edu/fellowships.htm#easp)
A personal statement (no more than 2 pages, single-space) that addresses all of the following questions

1)What research interests might you like to pursue in graduate school, and why?
2)What research or scholarly experience do you have in your field?
3)How do you plan to use the degree that you are currently seeking?
Official transcripts of all academic courses completed a your current academic institution at the time of application
Two letters of recommendation from faculty members familiar with the student's work
Completed applications are due no later than March 1, 2012. Awards will be announced by March 30, 2012.

Resumes, application forms, personal statements, and letters of recommendation should be submitted electronically to kwhite [at] ou.edu

Official transcripts should be postmarked by March 1, 2012 and mailed to

Dr. Kelvin White
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Oklahoma
401 W. Brooks, Bizzell Library, Room 120
Norman, OK 73019-6032

SUMMER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL RESOURCES AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT

2012-01-20T15:41:00.000-08:00

SUMMER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL RESOURCES AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT 2012

http://sei.vrafoundation.org/index.html  

The Art Libraries Society/North America (ARLIS/NA) and the Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF) are pleased to announce that the 2012 Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management registration is open: http://sei.vrafoundation.org/registration.html

SEI 2012 will be held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor from June 19-22, 2012. SEI 2012 is appropriate for visual resources professionals new to the field, those currently enrolled in library schools who wish to augment their experience with image management training, and more experienced professionals eager to update their skill sets in response to fast-changing technological advancements.

This intensive workshop will feature a curriculum that specifically addresses the requirements of today’s professional, and will include hands-on and lecture modules. Expert instructors will cover intellectual property rights, digital imaging, metadata and cataloguing, and strategic planning. Attendees will also have an opportunity to discuss and brainstorm on a range of issues, from new media and marketing visual resources to professional development and the future of the profession during the interactive session planned for the final morning of SEI.

Elizabeth Schaub, Co-chair

 Director, Visual Resources Collection  School of Architecture

 The University of Texas at Austin

 1 University Station, B7500

 Austin, TX 78712-0222

eschaub@austin.utexas.edu

Conference - Western Archives Institute

2012-01-19T20:34:00.000-08:00

The 25th annual Western Archives Institute will be held at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, July 8 - 20, 2012. The Western Archives Institute is an intensive, two-week program that provides integrated instruction in basic archival practices to individuals with a variety of backgrounds, including those whose jobs require a fundamental understanding of archival skills, but who have little or no previous archives education; those who have expanding responsibility for archival materials; those who are practicing archivists but have not received formal instruction; and those who demonstrate a commitment to an archival career.

The Institute also features site visits to historical records repositories and a diverse curriculum that includes history and development of the profession, theory and terminology, records management, appraisal, arrangement, description, manuscripts acquisition, archives and the law, photographs, preservation administration, reference and access, outreach programs, and managing archival programs and institutions.

Thomas Wilsted has graciously agreed to serve as Principle Faculty Member for the 2012 Institute. Wilsted has been an archivist for more than forty years. During his career, he has worked at the Illinois State Historical Library, the National Library of New Zealand, The Salvation Army Archives and Research Center, and the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming before retiring from the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut in 2008. He is currently the principal at Wilsted Consulting, and is the author of Managing Archival and Manuscript Repositories (SAA, 1991) and Planning New and Remodeled Archival Facilities (SAA, 2007), and co-editor of Archival and Special Collections Facilities: Guidelines for Archivists, Librarians, Architects, and Engineers (SAA, 2010). He taught archives administration at the University of Wyoming and the University of Connecticut as well as numerous workshops for the Society of American Archivists. Mr. Wilsted is a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists and a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists.

Tuition for the Institute is $700 and includes a selection of archival publications. Other non-negotiable fees including program transportation, facility fees, opening dinner, and luncheon at the closing program will be available in early February. Housing and meal plans are available at additional cost.

The application deadline for the 2012 Western Archives Institute is March 30, 2012. For additional program information, see http://www.calarchivists.org/WAI, or contact:

For additional information, contact:
Administrator
Western Archives Institute
1020 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 653-7715
Fax: (916) 653-7134E-mail: ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov

The Western Archives Institute is co-sponsored by the Society of California Archivists and the California State Archives.

The application package is available on the California State Archives web site at http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/wai/, and on the Society of California Archivists web site at http://www.calarchivists.org/WAI.

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Ellen Jarosz
Associate Administrator
Western Archives Institute

Special Collections and Archives Librarian
Oviatt Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8229
Tel: 818.677.2597
Fax: 818.677.7863

CFP - Association for Documentary Editing

2012-01-18T20:56:00.000-08:00

The Association for Documentary Editing invites proposals for papers,
roundtables, and/or panels for the organization's 34th annual meeting in
Charlottesville, Virginia, 9-11 August 2012. See
http://documentaryediting.org/meeting/index.html
.

The 2012 program theme is "Documentary Democracy," an appropriate topic
for a meeting in Thomas Jefferson's hometown. The theme can be applied
to the program in two different ways. First, it can be argued that
documents are the essential foundation of modern democratic societies,
not just the few famous founding documents but a broad, very diverse
body of historical, literary, philosophical, and other documents and
works. Second, the theme concerns the opportunities and challenges
presented by the increasing democratization and globalization of
documentary knowledge in the expanding digital universe, particularly in
regard to access, diversity, technology, and scholarship.

Prospective presenters may focus on either aspect of the theme or both
together. In any case the Program Committee hopes that presenters will
interpret our theme as widely as possible. All ideas are welcome. We
also encourage submissions from solo editors or projects in the early
stages of organization.

Abstracts of a maximum of 500 words are due by 1 March 2012. In a
separate paragraph state your name, address, telephone number, email,
project, organizational, and/or institutional affiliation, if any, and
what audio-visual technology you might need. Please send abstracts
within the body of an email and as an attached Word document to:
pdc7m@virginia.edu .

2012 ADE Program Committee: Philander Chase, chair; Robert Haggard,
Annemarie Kets, Jennifer Stertzer, Vanessa Steinroetter

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

R. Darrell Meadows

ADE Secretary

Fellowship - Woody Guthrie Foundation

2012-01-18T20:54:00.000-08:00

The Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives, in conjunction with BMI
Foundation, Inc., are pleased to announce that the application period
for the 2012 Woody Guthrie Fellowship program is now open!

In recognition of Woody Guthrie’s centennial in 2012, the 7th Annual
Woody Guthrie Fellowship will be awarded to one applicant working on a
research topic or theme directly related to Guthrie’s life, work, or
contribution to American music and world culture. The BMI Foundation,
Inc., in cooperation with the Woody Guthrie Foundation & Archives,
will award up to $3,000 to support scholarly research at the Woody
Guthrie Archives in Mt. Kisco, NY.

More information about the 7th Annual Woody Guthrie Fellowship
Program, including an application packet, is available via the BMI
Foundation, Inc. Woody Guthrie Fellowship page.

Application Deadline: January 31, 2012

Please direct questions to fellowship@woodyguthrie.org

Regards,

Tiffany Colannino
Archivist
Woody Guthrie Archives

125-131 East Main Street, Suite 200
Mt. Kisco, NY 10549
T: (914) 864-1789
F: (914) 864-1790
tcolannino@woodyguthrie.org

MARAC MEETING & TRAVEL ASSISTANCE SCHOLARSHIPS

2012-01-17T21:00:00.000-08:00

MARAC MEETING & TRAVEL ASSISTANCE SCHOLARSHIPS

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) offers scholarships for attendance at the Spring 2012 MARAC meeting, April 12-14, 2012 in Cape May, NJ. The deadline to apply for the Spring 2012 conference scholarships is February 25. Scholarship funds can be used for conference registration, workshops, conference meals, and travel expenses. To be eligible, an individual must currently: live or work in an archival or archives-related position in the MARAC region, or be enrolled as a graduate student in a program that includes courses in archival administration.

To apply, submit a current resume, a cover letter including a statement of the expected benefits of attending the MARAC meeting and a letter or email reference from a person with knowledge of the applicant's work or educational program. All scholarship applications should be sent by email to Brian Keough (bkeough@albany.edu), current chair of the MARAC Education Committee.

Award - Consumer Movement Archives

2012-01-17T20:52:00.000-08:00

Consumer Movement Archives at Kansas State University. Please direct responses to Tony Crawford, Curator of Manuscripts.

Regards,
Cliff

Cliff Hight | University Archivist | Kansas State University
Morse Department of Special Collections | 506C Hale Library
Manhattan, KS 66506 | 785-532-3420 | chight@ksu.edu

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The Consumer Movement Archives (CMA) at Kansas State University is providing an exciting research opportunity for scholars and graduate students by offering a $2,500 annual award to study the consumer movement. The recipient would be expected to complete a scholarly product that would include a visit to the CMA this calendar year to use its holdings. The CMA is located in the Morse Department of Special Collections, Hale Library, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2012. For information and how to apply please go to: http://www.lib.k-state.edu/depts/spec/cma-research.html

CABEEN TRAVEL STIPEND AWARD - SLA

2012-01-17T12:32:00.000-08:00

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: March 1, 2012

SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY DIVISION S. KIRK CABEEN TRAVEL STIPEND AWARD

The S. Kirk Cabeen Travel Stipend Award is offered to a library school student or first time conference attendee. This $750 award is to be used toward expenses of attending the SLA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, July 15-18, 2012.

QUALIFICATIONS: Be a library school student or first time attendee; be a current member of SLA, preference going to Science-Technology Division members; if NOT a student, then must be attending his or her first SLA conference.

NOMINATIONS: Self-nominations are encouraged.

Send a typed and signed document including complete title, Library School and anticipated graduation date, employer, and all professional and personal contact information.

All nominations must also include the following:

A short essay (500 words or less) on the theme of the 2012 Annual Conference: “Practicing Agility in an Open World Economy” The essay should be double-spaced. Neatness, spelling and grammar will count in judging. Supporting documentation must include a current curriculum vita OR resume for the candidate, significant publications, supporting letters, etc.

Applications should also mention if you are currently applying for other SLA division awards.

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: March 1, 2012

Nominations and all accompanying materials should be sent to Sheila Rosenthal, Chair of the Sci-Tech Division Awards Committee, at the following email address: slr@sei.cmu.edu

POST AWARD REQUIREMENTS:
1. Recipient (s) will write a brief article (approximately 1,000 words) on the conference experience for the November 2012 Sci-Tech News.
2. Recipient (s) will be asked to serve on the Science-Technology Division Awards Committee in the following year to provide for the continuity and enthusiasm of the awards.

NOTIFICATION:
1. Applicants will receive notification of award status by mid March 2012. The award checks will be sent to the recipient as soon as the receipts are received by the Awards Chairperson.

2. The recipients’ names will be posted to the Science-Technology Division’s Web site.

3. The award will be announced and presented to the recipient at the Science-Technology Division’s Annual Business and Awards Breakfast.

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Sheila L. Rosenthal

Manager of Library Services

Senior Librarian

Software Engineering Institute

4500 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213

Phone: (412) 268-7846

Fax: (412) 268-5758

Email: slr@sei.cmu.edu

Grant - Electronic Resources & Libraries

2012-01-17T12:28:00.000-08:00

The Electronic Resources & Libraries is proud to announce AIP sponsored student grant awards to this year's conference. These awards are open to currently enrolled students wishing to attend ER&L 2012.
Student applicants will be required to supply contact and school information as well as to answer a question related to how attending the ER&L Conference can assist the applicant in achieving professional and academic goals. Please forward to anyone who would be eligible to
apply: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ERLTravelGrant

The AT&T Conference Center has sold out rooms for the ER&L Conference.
If you're still planning to attend in person and have not booked a room, here are a couple of recommendations, however, please note, that there are no discounted rates offered at either venue:
http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/travelhotels

If you will be attending the ER&L 2012 Conference and are wondering how to make the most of your conference attendance, please see this
document: http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/getting-the-most-out-of-erl

Lastly, there are about 25 spots lefts for in person attendance at ER&L and still open slots available for the online conference. Regular registration ends on 1 February!

http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/registration

Scholarships - Society of Southwest Archivists

2012-01-11T11:07:00.000-08:00

Funding Available Through SSA Scholarships

Don't pass up these opportunities to obtain financial assistance in
professional development and annual meeting attendance! Apply for one
of these SSA Scholarships today!

-A. Otis Hebert Jr. Continuing Education Scholarship: Named in honor of
SSA's founding president, this scholarship is intended to further the
professional development of a working archivist in the Southwest. This
scholarship may be used to support attendance at a workshop, archival
institute, or another archival continuing education activity. The
scholarship is for an amount up to $1,000.

-John Michael Caldwell Student Scholarship: Named in honor of former
SSA officer and board member, the Caldwell student scholarship is
intended to help an SSA member enrolled in a graduate archival education
program attend the SSA Annual Meeting. It covers registration and
travel, lodging and per diem expenses up to $600.

-SSA Annual Meeting Scholarship: Provides financial aid to a working
archivist with limited funding to attend the SSA Annual Meeting. It
covers registration and travel, lodging and per diem expenses up to
$600.

NEW THIS YEAR

-David B. Gracy II Student Scholarship: Named in honor of archival
educator and SSA member, David Gracy, this scholarship is intended to
provide book and tuition expenses up to $600 to an SSA student member
enrolled in a graduate library, archives or public history program
within the society's region.

- SSA Workshop free registration: Legal Issues in Digital Archives (this
year only): The Society of Southwest Archivists is offering free
registration to the SAA Workshop entitled Legal Issues with Digital
Archives, to be held at the SSA annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona in
May 2012. This workshop is one in a series offered by SAA to complete
the Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) Curriculum and Certificate Program

Eligibility requirements and application guidelines and forms can be
found at: http://Southwestarchivists.org

Applications must be postmarked (or emailed) by Saturday February 11th,
2012. For more information, contact Scholarships Committee Chair Brian
Collins

Sincerely,

brian

Brian Collins, C.A.
Texas/Dallas History Division, 7th floor
Dallas Public Library
1515 Young Street, Dallas, Texas 75201
214-671-8313
brian.collins@dallaslibrary.org

Georgia Archives Institute

2012-01-11T11:02:00.000-08:00

45th Annual Georgia Archives Institute
June 11 - 22, 2012

Designed for beginning archivists, manuscript curators, and librarians, the 45th Georgia Archives Institute will offer general instruction in basic concepts and practices of archival administration and management of traditional and modern documentary materials. The Institute will be held at the Georgia Archives in Morrow, Georgia, 15 miles south of Atlanta.
Kathleen Roe, Director of Archives and Records Management Operations at the New York State Archives, will be the instructor during the first week. Topics will include acquisition, appraisal, arrangement, description, reference, as well as legal and administrative issues.
During the second week, Richard Pearce-Moses, Director of the Master of Archival Studies program at Clayton State University, will provide a one-day Digital Records Boot Camp. Christine Wiseman, Preservation Services Manager at the Georgia Archives, and Tina Seetoo, Georgia Archives Conservator, will provide one day of Preservation instruction.
To link archival theory with real world application, students will also participate in individualized, three-day internships at local archival repositories.
Tuition is $500. Enrollment is limited and the deadline for receipt of application, resume, and $75 application fee (refunded if not admitted to Institute) is March 1, 2012. Tuition does not cover transportation, housing, or meals.
Tuition scholarships are available from the Society of Georgia Archivists, www.soga.org and The Friends of Georgia Archives and History, www.FOGAH.org. Scholarships have earlier deadlines.
For an application to the Institute or information, please visit the Georgia Archives Institute web site at www.georgiaarchivesinstitute.org or contact:
Georgia Archives Institute
P.O. Box 279
Morrow, GA 30260-0279
Email: GeorgiaArchivesInstitute@yahoo.com

Courtney Chartier, CA
Assistant Head
Archives Research Center
Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library

Workshops - New England Archivists

2012-01-11T11:00:00.000-08:00

New England Archivists announces upcoming educational workshops.

NEA members receive a discount! Follow the links below for more
information.

Digital Curation: Creating an Environment for Success - DAS (Co-sponsored
with SAA)
January 18, 2012 - Harvard Business School, Boston, MA
(http://www.newenglandarchivists.org/workshops/workshops.html#Curation)

Basic Electronic Records - DAS (Co-sponsored with SAA)
March 2, 2012 - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
(http://www.newenglandarchivists.org/workshops/workshops.html#Basic)

Implementing "More Product, Less Process" (Co-sponsored with SAA)
March 23, 2012 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
(http://www.newenglandarchivists.org/workshops/workshops.html#MPLP)

Digital Repositories - DAS (Co-sponsored with SAA)
March 23, 2012 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
(http://www.newenglandarchivists.org/workshops/workshops.html#repositories)

Digital Preservation for Videotape (Co-sponsored with Independent Media Arts
Preservation)
March 23, 2012 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
(http://www.imappreserve.org/educ/index.html)
or
http://newenglandarchivists.org/workshops/workshops.html#video

Fellowship - Montana Historical Society

2012-01-06T20:37:00.000-08:00

The Montana Historical Society Research Center is pleased to announce the availability of the 2012 James H. Bradley Fellowship. This fellowship is awarded annually to two graduate students, faculty, and/or independent scholars pursuing research on Montana history. Each Fellowship includes a stipend of $2,500.

The recipients of the fellowship are expected to be in residence at the MHS, conducting research for the equivalent of four weeks between the date of the award and October 31, 2012. Fellows are expected to make use of the MHS's collections and to submit a written report upon completion of the research. Bradley Fellows also agree to submit an article based on the research for possible publication in the MHSâ€™ quarterly journal, Montana The Magazine of Western History, within one year of their residency.

Fellowship applications are evaluated based upon the following criteria
â€¢ suitability of research to the MHS' archival, library, photograph or museum collections ,
â€¢ applicant's experience and training,
â€¢ potential of the project to make a significant contribution to historical scholarship on Montana, and
â€¢ potential of the project to produce an article-length publication.

Applications must include a cover letter, a project proposal not to exceed three double-spaced pages, a 2-3 page resume, and at least one letter of recommendation. The proposal should indicate what specific material in the MHS collections the applicant intends to consult. Montana Historical Society employees and previous Bradley Fellows are not eligible to apply. Applications must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2012 and sent to the:
Bradley Selection Committee
Montana Historical Society
PO Box 201201
Helena, MT 59620-1201
Applications can also be submitted via email to mhslibrary@mt.gov. Emailed applications must be received by March 1, 2012.

Announcement of the award will be made in early April.

For more information about the James H. Bradley Fellowship or the Montana Historical Society and its collections see: www.montanahistoricalsociety.org or contact MHS staff at mhslibrary@mt.gov.

Archives Leadership Institute

2012-01-05T20:40:00.000-08:00

Archives Leadership Institute
July 22-28, 2012

Call for Applications

The University of Wisconsin - Madison is pleased to announce the 2012
leadership institute for archives professionals, made possible by a
grant from NHPRC. The week-long event will feature presentations by
dynamic people in the archival field and relevant leaders outside the
profession. The goal of the project is to examine the leadership needs
of the archives profession and to prepare participants to influence
policy and effect change on behalf of the profession (and ultimately, on
behalf the public served now and in the future.) The program is directed
primarily at mid-level to senior staff --archivists who aspire to
leadership roles in their organizations and/or professional associations.

Complete information and downloadable application documents are
available athttp://www.slis.wisc.edu/continueed-ArchLeader.htm. A
limited number of scholarships for travel and tuition are available, so
don't let lack of funding keep you from applying!

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY JANUARY 20, 2012!

If you have any questions, you may contact Meredith Lowe at:

--
Meredith Lowe
Outreach Specialist
Continuing Education Services
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
600 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706
608-890-0364
http://www.slis.wisc.edu/continueed.htm

Fellowship - Increasing African American Diversity in Archives

2012-01-05T20:38:00.000-08:00

Increasing African American Diversity in Archives:

The HistoryMakers Fellowship, Mentoring, Training and Placement Institute

The HistoryMakers is proud to announce the 2nd Increasing African American Diversity in Archives: The HistoryMakers Fellowship, Mentoring, Training and Placement Institute, a year -long fellowship (Monday, June 4, 2012 through Saturday June 1, 2013) working in African American archives. This program is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the amount of $800,000. The purpose of this fellowship program is to provide training for African American archivists and other archivists interested in working with African American archival collections. The year will include 3-month immersion training program at The HistoryMakers Chicago location (Monday, June 4, 2012 - Friday, August 24, 2012) and an on-site residency (Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - Saturday, June 1, 2013). Applicants must identify their top 3 choices from the following list of host institutions:

§ Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

[http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/]

§ Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

[http://avery.cofc.edu/]

§ Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Chicago, IL

[http://www.chipublib.org/branch/details/library/woodson-regional]

§ Franklin Library at Fisk University, Nashville, TN

[http://www.fisk.edu/Academics/Library/SpecialCollections.aspx]

§ The HistoryMakers, Chicago, IL

[http://www.thehistorymakers.com/]

§ Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD

[http://www.msa.md.gov/]

§ Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum, Culver City, CA

[http://www.claytonmuseum.org/]

Please see the Fellowship Listing (R:\Foundation Grants\IMLS Grant\IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century\2011-2012 ('12-'13 Fellows)\Outreach\Flier\HistoryMakers Fellowship Listing (2013).pdf ) or contact Jessica Levy at (312) 674-1900 or jl@thehistorymakers.com for more information.

The HistoryMakers will be accepting applications for the 2012-2013 fellowship program until Tuesday, February 14, 2012. A complete application packet should be sent to:

Jessica Levy

2012-2013 Archive Fellowship Program

The HistoryMakers

1900 S. Michigan Avenue

Chicago, IL 60616

Scholarship - Latin American and Caribbean Studies

2012-01-05T20:36:00.000-08:00

The SALALM Scholarship has been established to encourage professional and leadership development in Latin American and Caribbean Studies academic librarianship. To be awarded biannually commencing in December 2011, the $1000 is for a master's candidate in an archival studies or ALA-accredited library or information studies program.

Since its founding in 1956, the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, or SALALM, has provided the only national and international forum focused on Latin American studies research librarianship, library collections and services. The SALALM Scholarship award will include a one-year membership in the organization.

The Spring 2012 SALALM Scholarship, also for $1,000 and made possible by the generous anonymous donation from a SALALM member, has full information concerning qualifications and application process on the scholarship section of SALALM's website. the deadline is 20 Feb.

SEE MORE:http://salalm.org/about/scholarships-and-awards/salalm-scholarship/

The 2011 winners are:

1)*Lisa Cruces* has been a scholar and professional specializing in Latin American materials for the last 7 years. Her specific interests include archival
enterprise, special collections and non-textual materials relevant to the Latin American sphere. After completing dual B.A. degrees in History and Latin
American Studies at Texas State University-San Marcos in 2009, Lisa began her Masters of Science in Information Science at The University of Texas at Austin,
concentrating in archival studies and librarianship.
SEE MORE:http://salalm.org/2011/12/20/meet-the-2011-salalm-scholarship-winners/

2) *Timothy Thompson*
is a dual-degree masterâEUR^(TM)s student in library science and Latin American and Caribbean studies at Indiana University. In his application essay,
Thompson highlighted his keen interest in both digital libraries and Brazilian studies, two areas that have gone hand in hand with his
professional development as a librarian: within his MLS degree, Thompson is also pursuing a digital libraries specialization, and his first two
years of study at Indiana University were funded by consecutive Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships in Portuguese.
SEE MORE:http://salalm.org/2011/12/20/meet-the-2011-salalm-scholarship-winners/

Online conference - Technology: Unexpected Consequences of Legislation and Policies in Libraries

2012-01-05T15:09:00.000-08:00

Implementing technologies in this age of changing regulations and legislation is not an easy task. In this online conference, we’ll delve into some of the most important and influential laws, regulations, and policies libraries are currently dealing with.

Title: Technology: Unexpected Consequences of Legislation and Policies in Libraries

When: 9:00am – 4:00pm central, Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Where: Online – from the comfort of your office

Website: http://www.amigos.org/tech_conference

Early Bird Deadline: January 25, 2012

John Carlo Bertot will begin the conference by discussing how the current information and telecommunications policy legislative and policy infrastructure is rapidly becoming obsolete and how the proposed solutions are creating potential barriers to libraries.

From there, enjoy presentations on the current and potential ramifications of topics like Section 508, the Digital Public Library of America, HathiTrust, the Open Library, digital rights management, the cloud, Internet2, and licensing, as well as policy discussions that incorporate both local and federal issues.

Seating is limited and early bird registration ends Jan 25, 2012. Both individuals and groups are welcome. Recordings will be available to all registrants. To learn more and to register, visit the conference website at http://www.amigos.org/tech_conference.

Christine Peterson

Continuing Education Librarian

Amigos Library Services, Inc.

800-843-8482 x2891

www.amigos.org

peterson@amigos.org

Unexpected Consequences of Technology

An Amigos Online Conference

CFP - Student Papers and Posters

2012-01-05T14:59:00.000-08:00

Call for Student Papers and Posters!

Just finished an awesome paper about archives and can?t wait to share it with the world? Got an idea that is just itching to be expressed poster sized? Then submit a short proposal to present a paper or poster at the upcoming 2012 MAC conference in Grand Rapids!

The Program Committee welcomes students to participate in the MAC conference?a brilliant way to network, learn, and grow as a professional. The paper/poster subject matter can describe applied or theoretical research, completed or in process; discuss collections on which students have worked; a report on an archives or archival project in which the student participated; cover individual student or student chapter activities, events, and/or other professional involvement. Papers will be presented as part of a moderated panel. Posters will be judged and the 2012 Program Committee/Local Arrangements Committee will present a $100 award to the winner.

Please submit your paper or poster proposal by February 10th to Beth Myers, emyers@luc.edu. Both paper and poster proposals must include a 250 (maximum) word abstract and the applicant?s resume or CV with current contact information. Please clearly indicate if the proposal is for a poster or paper.

Sincerely,

Adriana

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Adriana P. Cuervo, CA

Public Information Officer

Midwest Archives Conference

http://www.midwestarchives.org

Conference - New England Archivists Spring

2012-01-04T21:09:00.000-08:00

Mark your calendars! The New England Archivists Spring 2012 Meeting will be held on March 23-24, 2012 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
The theme, "DIY Archives," will focus on the practical application of archival techniques. Sessions will cover the DIY-side of preservation techniques, fundraising and grant writings, interacting with the community, interns and volunteers, handling ethical issues, marketing and publishing, online exhibits, and more. We want everyone at the conference to come away with something they can bring back to their own institutions.
Join us to hear keynote speaker, Snowden Becker, from the Center for Home Movies and co-founder of International Home Movie Day. An up-and-coming leader in the field of film management, Becker has frequently lead personal archiving workshops, consulted with local-area community organizations and private collectors, and conducted Archives Week demonstrations on film and video preservation.
Consult the NEA website for Spring 2012 program details, workshops, and hotel information.

Internship Opportunity–Iowa State University

2011-12-28T20:57:00.001-08:00

Internship Opportunity–Iowa State University

With a generous gift from the Lennox Foundation, the Lennox Foundation Endowment for Preservation Education, Training and Outreach was established to fund graduate level internships in library and archives preservation administration and conservation, and to support the educational outreach activities of the Iowa State University (ISU) preservation staff. Each year, a twelve-week internship will be offered by the ISU Library Preservation Department to provide graduate students with practical experience and exposure to preservation in an academic library environment.

This internship is intended to give current graduate students and recent graduates of preservation and conservation programs the opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge of care and treatment of library and archives materials in an academic library. Interns will work in the ISU Library Preservation Department with guidance from the Head of Preservation and the Library Conservator.

The 2012 Lennox Foundation Internship provides a $3,200 stipend and university housing for 12 weeks. Applications must be received by Thursday, January 19, 2012.

CFP - Virginia Libraries

2011-12-28T20:32:00.001-08:00

Virginia Libraries Call for Papers
URL http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VALib/

Virginia Libraries seeks to publish articles and reviews of interest to the library community in Virginia. Articles and interviews reporting research, library programs and events, information of particular interest to libraries in Virginia, and opinion pieces are all considered for publication. Queries are encouraged. Brief announcements and press releases should be distributed via the VLA listservs and blog (www.vla.org).

Please submit manuscripts via email as attachments in Microsoft Word, rich text, or plain text format. Articles should be double-spaced with any bibliographic notes occurring at the end of the article. Please avoid using the automatic note creation function provided by some word processing programs.

Work published in Virginia Libraries conforms to the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style and Webster`s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Accepted pieces are subject to editing for style and clarity. Authors will be consulted on points of fact.

Articles should generally fall within the range of 750-3,000 words. Please query the editors before submitting any work of greater length.

Reviews should consider works produced by Virginia creators or concerning Virginia subjects that have been published within the last two years. The reviewed works can appeal to any age or audience or appear in any format or area of the arts, sciences, and humanities. Reviews generally fall within the range of 500-1,500 words and must include a bibliographic citation in Chicago style and an evaluative statement supported by evidence from the text. Please query the editors before writing or submitting a review.

All work submitted for consideration will be reviewed by the editors and may be refereed by the editorial board. Material not selected for publication will be returned within three months.

VLA holds the copyright on all material published in Virginia Libraries. Contributors receive one copy of the issue in which their work appears.

Illustrations are encouraged and should be submitted whenever appropriate to accompany a manuscript. Hard-copy illustrations will be returned if requested in advance. Digital images should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Authors are responsible for securing legal permission to publish photographs and other illustrations.

Each contributor should provide a brief sketch of professional accomplishments of no more than fifty words that includes current title, affiliation, and email address. Unless specified otherwise, this information will be shared with readers of Virginia Libraries. Physical addresses should also be provided for the mailing of contributors` copies.

Email manuscripts and queries to both Cy Dillon, cdillon@hsc.edu, and Lyn C. A. Gardner, cgardner@hampton.gov. Please be sure to include both editors.

CFP: Public Services Quarterly

2011-12-28T20:30:00.000-08:00

General CFP: Public Services Quarterly

Helping libraries keep pace with innovations in user education, reference services, accessibility, and technology
Editor: Beth Blakesley, Washington State University

To view a FREE online sample copy, go to: www.tandfonline.com/WPSQ

Manuscript Submissions:
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to the editor, Beth Blakesley, at: beth.blakesley@wsu.edu
For more information including subscription rates and publication details,
please visit: www.tandfonline.com/WPSQ

Public Services Quarterly covers a broad spectrum of public service issues in academic libraries, presenting practical strategies for implementing new initiatives and research-based insights into effective practices. The
journal publishes research-based and theoretical articles as well as case studies that advance the understanding of public services, including reference and research assistance, information literacy instruction, access and delivery services, and other services to patrons. Articles may examine creative ways to use technology to assist students and faculty. Practice-based articles are thoroughly grounded in the literature and situate the work done in one library into the larger context.

Public Services Quarterly also publishes a strong selection of continuing columns. Columns aim to keep public service librarians up to date on the latest resources, from the latest professional books and important web sites, to articles on key themes in the field. Other columns illuminate the thoughts of graduate students in graduate library and information science programs worldwide; key issues in technology as they relate to public services, fresh marketing ideas, and issues confronting academic special libraries.

PUBLIC SERVICES QUARTERLY
Print ISSN: 1522-8959
Online ISSN: 1522-9114

CFP: 2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics ofInformation Organization

2011-12-28T20:29:00.000-08:00

CFP: 2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics ofInformation Organization

June 15-16, 2012
Milwaukee, WI

https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/groups/sois/webdocs/events/MKE_EIO-CFP2012.pdf

Information organization, like other major functions ofthe information professions, faces many ethical challenges. In our literature,ethical concerns have been raised with regard to, topics such as, the role ofnational and international tools and standards, provision of subject access toinformation, deprofessionalization and outsourcing, education of professionals,and the effects of globalization. These issues and many others like them haveserious implications for quality and equity in information access. TheInformation Organization Research Group and the Center for Information PolicyResearch of the School of Information Studies at the University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee join in presenting this second conference to address theethics of information organization.

Like the first Ethics of Information Organizationconference held in Milwaukee May 2009, this conference (June 2012) welcomespapers on ethics and any element of information organization from catalogingstandards to tagging; subject access; technology; the profession; cultural,economic, political, corporate, international, multicultural and multilingualaspects.

Invited speakers will include:
Opening speaker: Jens-Erik Mai, University of Toronto
Closing speaker: Richard Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Other invited speakers will be announced.

We invite submission of proposals for papers which willinclude: name(s) of presenter(s), title(s), affiliation(s), contact informationand abstracts of 300-500 words. Presentations will be 20 minutes. Time will beset aside for questions as well as broader discussion. All abstracts will bepublished on the Web site of the UW-Milwaukee Information Organization ResearchGroup. Full papers will be published in a special issue of KnowledgeOrganization .

Abstracts due: February 15, 2012
Notification of acceptance by: March 15, 2012
Full papers due: July 15, 2012

Submit proposals via email to:
Hope A Olson, Conference Chair ( holson@uwm.edu )

The Program Committee:
Bobby Bothmann , Minnesota State University Mankato
Grant Campbell , University of Western Ontario, Canada
Allyson Carlyle , University of Washington, USA
José Augusto Chaves Guimarães , Universidade EstadualPaulista, Brazil
Birger Hjørland, Professor , The Royal School of Libraryand Information Science in Denmark
Lynne C Howarth , University of Toronto, Canada
Charles-Antoine Julien , McGill University, Canada
Joyce Latham , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Hur-Li Lee , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Steven J. Miller , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Hope A Olson , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Sandra Roe , Milner Library, Illinois State University,USA
Richard P. Smiraglia , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,USA
Joe Tennis , University of Washington, USA
Michael Zimmer , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

CFP - SPARC Open Access Meeting Innovation Fair

2011-12-28T20:28:00.000-08:00

Call for proposals: SPARC Open Access Meeting Innovation Fair
Washington, DC – Proposals are now being invited for the SPARC 2012 Open Access Meeting Innovation Fair, where new technologies and strategies will be showcased in engaging, informative, rapid-fire presentations. The Innovation Fair is a highlight to the regular SPARC meeting, now set for the Kansas City Intercontinental Hotel, March 11 through 13, 2012.

The SPARC Open Access meeting expands on the popular SPARC Digital Repositories meetings, hosted biennially since 2004, and will provide a North American-based complement to the popular “Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI)” workshop held in Geneva in alternating years. The SPARC meeting will be a regular forum for a full discussion of Open Access as an emerging norm in research and scholarship, and will emphasize collaborative actions that stakeholders can take to effect positive change.

The Innovation Fair invites participants – librarians, technologists, research producers, research funders, publishers, and others – to present, in no more than two minutes, innovative or creative approaches to: use of open content, content discovery, value-added services, impact assessment, commercial and other innovation using open resources, and Open Access advocacy.

For details and to submit a proposal, visit http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12. Submissions must be received no later than January 18, 2012.

The Innovation Fair will be held Monday, March 12, in conjunction with the conference-wide reception. Registration for the meeting is required to attend.

Register now. Early bird rates start at $265 for SPARC members and expire January 15, 2012.
Hotel reservations are available for the conference rate of $139 per night and must be made by February 17, 2012.

Sponsorships are available.
For more information, visit the meeting Web site at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/oa12.

CFP - Journal of Hospital Librarianship

2011-12-28T20:27:00.001-08:00

Call for Papers for the Technology Column of the Journal of Hospital Librarianship
Yoohoo hospital librarians–here is a call for papers that is right up your alley. Done anything really cool and technologically innovative in your hospital library recently? Want to beef up your CV by adding a publication to it? Deeply into sharing what your techno know-how with other health sciences librarians? Well, here is your chance.

As one of the editors of the technology column of the Journal of Hospital Librarianship I am issuing a call for papers for an upcoming issue.

Here are the details. I need to get the article to the journal’s chief editor by Apil 1, 2012. And I can help you if you are not the most confident writer in the world. We all need to start somewhere, right?

There is no payment for the articles, but having an article on your CV is defintely a plus these days and it never hurts to have info about an article and a project about your library available on the Web.

Columns should be 8-10 pages in length, 12 point type, double spaced.

Original articles, only please. Submission of a manuscript to this Journal represents a certification on the part of the author(s) that this is an original work and that neither this manuscript nor a version of it has been published elsewhere.

Please submit article proposals to Hope Leman at hleman[atsign]samhealth[dot]org.

I am interpreting “technology” pretty broadly given that so much of what health sciences librarians do is digital/electronic. Therefore, please don’t be shy about suggesting ideas. And you don’t even have to be a hospital librarian (though the subject matter of the proposed article should be of interest to that audience).
I have found it is very useful to have published articles as it illustrates that you are innovative and it is very convenient to have a handy write-up in your files to help those down the road attempting to implement something similar to what you have already done.

Call for papers: Health and Biosciences Libraries Section (IFLA 2012)

2011-12-28T20:25:00.002-08:00

Call for papers: Health and Biosciences Libraries Section (IFLA 2012)

Theme: “Using Assessment to Drive Change: Demonstrating the Value of Health Information”

Submissions should be sent by email to: bgalvin@hrb.ie before Friday February 17th 2012

Colleagues from around the world are invited to submit an abstract for consideration for the Open Session sponsored by the Health and Biosciences Libraries (HBL) section.

"I hope librarians are not waiting for people to create a strategy for them. My observation is that professions need to create their own strategy and see if they can sell it. I think librarians need to tell me what it is that only they can do that adds value, and make sure that I can really understand it." Nigel Crisp, Chief Executive of the National Health Service (UK) until 2006 and now a member of the House of Lords in the UK Parliament where he speaks on health and development.

Aim and Scope of the Session:

How do librarians measure the impact of what they do? What have we learned about evaluation and assessing impact from business and from other part of the public service and academia? Health libraries are a core part of the infrastructure underpinning clinical practice, teaching, research and delivery of healthcare around the world. Too often they are seen as support services which, while making a valuable contribution to the development of the knowledge base in health, are particularly vulnerable in difficult economic times. As Nigel Crisp makes clear. nobody else can demonstrate the value of what we do. Meeting his challenge will require a rigorously scientific approach to assessment, a detailed knowledge of the expectations of policy makers and management and the communication skills to demonstrate that we can meet them.

Evaluation is where science and policy meet. This session will teach us about scientific approaches to assessing the delivery of health information and how the findings of this assessment support planning and demonstrate how essential our work is to the goal of better health outcomes for all.

Papers may cover some of the following topics:

Measuring the impact of health libraries: what models should we be using?
What should we be assessing? We all gather data on usage but what does it actually demonstrate?
Science is not all about numbers: how have libraries used qualitative methods to measure impact and demonstrate value?
Why should policy makers/funders/management care? How aware are we of the needs of management and the issues that currently concern them?
We know what we do is valuable but how do we get it across? Communicating the findings of research and evaluation needs to be tailored to the audience receiving the message.

It is anticipated that presentations be 20 minutes with time for questions at the end of the session.

Important dates:

Friday February 17th 2012: Deadline for submission of abstract
Friday March 16th 2012: Notification of acceptance/rejection
Friday May 4th 2011: Deadline for submission of text

Submission Guidelines

The proposals must be submitted in an electronic format and must contain:

Title of paper
Summary of paper (250 - 350 words maximum)
Speaker's name, address, telephone and fax numbers, professional affiliation, email address and biographical note (40 words)

The final paper should preferably be presented as a paper (that may be published on the IFLA website and as an option in the IFLA Journal). If the final presentation will be in the format of a power point, a substantial abstract will be required, including references such as URLs and bibliographies

Submissions should be sent by email to: bgalvin@hrb.ie before Friday February 17th 2012

Brian Galvin. Chair, IFLA Health and Biosciences Libraries Section.

Proposals will be reviewed by a sub-committee of members of HBS Standing Committees.

Please note

All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors/presenters if that is required.

CFP: What is library and information science

2011-12-28T20:25:00.001-08:00

CFP: What is library and information science (New Journal from National Graduate School of Information Sciences and Libraries)

What is LIS?

The National Graduate School of Information Sciences andLibraries (École nationale supérieure des sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques--ENSSIB) located in Lyons, France isplanning to create a new scholarly journal in its areas of expertise.

Each number of this new journal will include a thematicsection. For the first issue the themewill be an investigation of the question: "What is library and informationscience?"

The editor for this theme will be Raphaële Mouren whoserves as a professor (Maître de conférences) at the University de Lyon-ENSSIB.

In the English speaking world the term "library andinformation science" is widely used in titles of publications and as thename of an academic discipline; in addition LIS serves to designate schools and departments as well as diplomas, andspecialized library collections.

In Europe, and especially in France, the domain of LIS isless well defined.
Twenty years ago,in 1992, the phrase "information sciences" was added to the nameof the National Graduate Library Schoolof France (l'Ecole nationale supérieure des bibliothèques -ENSB) when it wastransformed into an institution of higher education that integrated researchwith professional training. Thus theterm "Information sciences and libraries"
came into being. But what exactly does that phrase cover? Does it include all the specializations covered at l'ENSSIB: informationscience and
communication on the one hand, and historical study onthe other? Is it
understood in Europe as being solely a field ofprofessional training for future librarians, or has it also become a field forscholarly research?

For the first number of the ENSSIB journal we are seekingproposals that attempt to define and document the history of library andinformation science**. Authors should submit their proposals of no more than1,000 words by January 15th. Authorswhose proposals are accepted should plan to submit their completed manuscriptsby June 1, 2012.

Email : raphaele.mouren@enssib.fr

Fax : +33 (0)4 72 44 43 44

Que sont les SIB?

L'École nationale supérieure des sciences del'information et des bibliothèques (enssib, Lyon, France) souhaite créer unenouvelle revue scientifique dédiée à ses domaines de compétence.

Chaque numéro de cette nouvelle revue devra comprendreune partie thématique. Pour son premier numéro, cette partie thématique seraconsacrée à : « Que sont les Sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques ?». Elle est coordonnée par Raphaële Mouren, maître de conferences à l'enssib.

L'expression « Library and Information Sciences » estcouramment utilisée dans le monde anglo-saxon, aussi bien dans des publicationsque dans le domaine universitaire, où elle sert à désigner des facultés, desdiplômes, des fonds documentaires.

En Europe, et plus particulièrement en France, le domainereste moins bien défini. En 1992, il y a vingt ans, l'expression, traduite enfrançais, a été utilisée pour transformer l'Ecole nationale supérieure desbibliothèques en une institution d'enseignement supérieur intégrant larecherche aux activités de formation professionnelles. Les « sciences del'information et des bibliothèques » étaient nées. Mais que recouvrent-elles ?Englobent-elles l'ensemble des domaines de compétence de l'enssib, les sciencesde l'information et de la communication d'un côté, l'histoire de l'autre ?Sont-elles comprises en Europe comme un domaine de formation professionnelledes futurs bibliothécaires uniquement, ou bien aussi comme un champ de larecherche scientifique ?

Les articles proposés dans ce premier numéro de la revuede l'enssib tenteront de définir et faire l'histoire des « Sciences del'information et des bibliothèques ».

Les propositions (1000 mots maximum) sont à envoyer pourle 15 janvier.

Les textes acceptés devront être envoyés pour le 1er juin2012.

Email : raphaele.mouren@enssib.fr

Fax : +33 (0)4 72 44 43 44

CFP: IFLA volume on Marketing Library & Information Services

2011-12-28T20:22:00.000-08:00

CFP: IFLA volume on Marketing Library & Information Services

To be published in:
‘Green-Back’ IFLA publication Series, by De Gruyter Saur, Munich (Germany)

IFLA’s role in bringing marketing closer to libraries is of significance in many ways. Its formation of a new Section on
Management and Marketing in 1996 was an important step in this direction. This section has taken up many initiatives to bring marketing into the heart of libraries and librarians. It has organized many workshops/ conferences and made the marketing theme popular; brought out many useful publications putting marketing jargon in simple ways; promoted the marketing theme for inclusion in the course curricula; and worked for identifying best practices through instituting international award on marketing.

In 2006, the publication ‘Marketing Library and Information Services: International Perspectives’, edited by Dinesh K. Gupta, Christie Koontz, Angels Massisimo and Rejean Savard was brought out under the auspicious of IFLA. The publication was well received in the library community world over and was reviewed in many international journals
in English and other languages.

To continue the efforts, new publication ‘Marketing Library and Information Services: A Global Outlook’ is being planned and which will be published by IFLA’s official publisher De Gruyter Saur under the ‘Green-Back’ Publication Series, in the last quarter of 2012.

Library and information professionals (practitioners, researchers, faculty members, consultants, and others) who have put exemplary marketing efforts are encouraged to share their experiences by way of contributing papers for the volume broadly related with the following areas:
1. Changing marketing concepts
2. Marketing library and information services (MLIS) in different countries
3. Marketing library and information services in different kind of libraries
4. Education, training and research
5. Web based marketing

We would also request contributors to focus on recent developments in the field like: marketing of e-resources, digital library marketing, consortia based library marketing, marketing of e-products/ services, marketing through training/ information literacy, marketing library services to global community, and other such aspects which are contemporarily significant on the theme and which they would like to share with the library community worldwide.

Select papers will be put together in the volume to bring the global outlook of marketing library and information services.

The Editorial Team: The team consists present & past members of IFLA Management and Marketing Section:

Dinesh K. Gupta, Dept. of Library and Infromation Sc., Vardhaman
Mahaveer Open University, Kota, India
dineshkg.in@gmail.com

Christie Koontz, School of Information Studies, Florida State
University, Florida, USA
christie.Koontz@cci.fsu.edu

Angels Massisimo, University of Barcelone, Spain
amassisimo@ub.edu

Dateline:
Submission of expression of interest with proposal- 31st January. 2012
Confirmation to authors for the contribution: 15th March 2012
Submission of full papers-31st May 2012

CFP: Timberline Acquisitions Institute

2011-12-28T20:20:00.000-08:00

CFP: Timberline Acquisitions Institute (2012)

WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?
* Since 2000, the pre-eminent Western North America conference on acquisitions and collection development held at Timberline Lodge.

* A small, informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Northwestern setting.

* A three-day conference focusing on the methods and madness of building and
managing library collections to be held May 19-22, 2012.

Please visit the Acquisitions Institute home page at: http://www.acquisitionsinstitute.org/ for more information
WHAT TOPICS are we looking for?
The planning committee is open to presentations on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management. Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion. Panel discussions are well received. The planning committee may wish to bring individual proposals together to form panels.

The committee is especially looking for submissions on the following topics:

All aspects of managing and directing acquisitions and/or collection development operations
Acquisitions functions in open source catalogs, networked integrated library systems, etc.
Evolving consortial roles in collection development and acquisitions
Staffing, training and development, and recruiting issues, challenges, successes
The future of scholarly communication--its impact on acquisitions and collection development
Data curation and management and other new roles for subject librarians and technical services specialists
Web 2.0 applications and implementation in collection services
Patron-driven acquisitions, purchase on demand, streaming content, and other user-centered collection services
The development and management of digital collections, electronic resources
The impact of discovery services on collection and content access and usage
External and internal factors driving a library's collection management decisions
Assessment tools, methods, and projects-- (i.e., linking collections with learning outcomes; usage studies)
Return on investment studies—how do we demonstrate our impact?
Acquisitions and collection development: the small academic library or public library perspective
The future of print: what are the collection management issues?

The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is December 30, 2011.

To submit a proposal, send an abstract of 200 words or less to:

planning@acquisitionsinstitute.org

CFP: Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adult Issue on Twenty-First Century Literacies.

2011-12-28T20:18:00.000-08:00

CFP: Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adult Issue on Twenty-First Century Literacies.

Call for Papers Spring 2012
JRLYA seeks papers for its Spring 2012 issue on the theme of Twenty-First Century Literacies.

URL: http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/

The issue will feature articles focusing on different twenty-first century literacies. Possibilities include information literacy, traditional literacy, multicultural literacy, transliteracy, visual literacy, media literacy, civic literacy, or economic literacy, to name a few.

Contributors are invited to submit articles that focus on literacies from different theoretical, pedagogical, practical, policy and research perspectives. Guidance can also be found in YALSA’s National Research Agenda.

Please contact Sandra Hughes-Hassell, editor, at yalsaresearch@gmail.com to discuss submissions and use the author guidelines.

Submission Deadline: February 13, 2012

CFP - Columbia University Libraries Symposium

2011-12-22T21:13:00.001-08:00

9th Columbia University Libraries Symposium
"New Models of Academic Collaboration"
Will be held on March 16th, 2012
Columbia University, Uris Hall

The planning committee for the 9th Columbia University Libraries Symposium invites submissions of proposals for presentations to be delivered at the symposium at Columbia University in the City of New York on March 16, 2012.

The theme for this year's symposium, ?New Models of Academic Collaboration? will focus on how research libraries are discovering the value of collaboration among and within institutions. As these collaborative models evolve, they foster new approaches to scholarship among faculty, students, library professionals, and institutions. The symposium will address questions such as: What are these new models and approaches? How are they being applied? How can they be replicated or adapted? Alternative topics within the umbrella theme will also be considered. All proposals should explore both the challenges and possible resolutions and can be based on either actual experience or hypothetical proposition.

Abstracts should focus clearly on the theme of the symposium, and should convey in 250-500 words the scope, conclusions, and relevance of the presentation. Formats for presentations are flexible. We will consider talks, panels, and Pecha Kucha style (lightning talks). Submissions will be accepted until January 18, 2012, and should be submitted by e-mail to refsymposium@libraries.cul.columbia.edu. Please include your complete contact information with your submission. Responses from the committee will be sent by Feb 12, 2012.

In your submission please state the type of presentation you would like to give. Audio and visual technology needs will be accommodated. The final presentations will be due on March 11, 2012, and represent a commitment on the part of the submitter to present the paper at Columbia University on March 16th, 2012.

Please send questions to the planning committee at refsymposium@libraries.cul.columbia.edu

CFP - Journal of Library and Information Service for Distance Learning

2011-12-19T09:45:00.000-08:00

The Journal of Library and Information Service for Distance Learning, a peer-reviewed journal published by Routledge, welcomes the submission of manuscripts.

The journal is devoted to the issues and concerns of librarians and information specialists involved with distance education and delivering library resources and services to this growing community of students.

Topics can include but are not limited to:

Faculty/librarian cooperation and collaboration
Information literacy
Instructional service techniques
Information delivery
Reference services
Document delivery
Developing collections

If you are interested in submitting an article, this journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts (previously Manuscript Central) to peer review manuscript submissions. Please read the “Guide for ScholarOne Authors” at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/submission/ScholarOne.asp before making a submission. Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1533-290X or can be emailed to you directly. WLIS receives all manuscript submissions electronically via their ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/WLIS. ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform. ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support can be accessed via http://scholarone.com/services/support/.

Inquiries and questions are welcome and can be sent directly to the editor, Jodi Poe, at jpoe@jsu.edu.

Please note: We accept manuscript submissions through the year. The deadline to have your article appear in our next issue, if accepted, is January 1, 2012. Accepted and approved manuscripts received after this date have no guarantee of being included in the next published issue.

Award - H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Award

2011-12-19T09:42:00.000-08:00

2012 Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Award.

This award of up to $3,000 supports research activities by ARLIS/NA members in the fields of librarianship, visual resources curatorship, and the arts. The award seeks to promote research which benefits the professions of art librarianship and visual resources as well as the broader library profession. Proposals may address the compilation and dissemination of information, translation of original scholarship, analysis of the professions, or the enhancement of access to information. Eligible projects include those which result in original scholarship in the arts (performing, architectural, visual, etc.) or aspects of visual and material culture.

Applications and accompanying material must be postmarked by February 3rd, 2012.

Guidelines and application form are available on the ARLIS/NA website: http://arlisna.org/about/awards/wilson_guidelines.html
Previous award winners can be found here: http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/researchawards_history.html#wilson

Questions? Please contact the Research Award Committee Co-Chairs
Kathy Edwards, Clemson University, kathye@clemson.edu
Cara List, University of Oregon, clist@uoregon.edu

Internship - Library of Congress

2011-12-19T09:38:00.000-08:00

The Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern program (10 weeks) provides a competitive selection of undergraduate and graduate students’ insights into the environment, culture, and collections of the world's largest and most comprehensive repository of human knowledge. Through the Junior Fellows program, the Library of Congress furthers its mission to provide access to a universal record of human knowledge and creativity as exemplified by its collections, while supporting current and future generations of students and scholars. The interns inventory, catalog, arrange, preserve and research a backlog of copyright or special collections in many different formats in various divisions. Near the end of their time at the Library, the interns join together to present a one-day exhibit of the rarest, most historically significant, and compelling gems they have discovered during the course of their work. This group celebration of their internship and the important finds they have brought to light from the Library’s collections is open to members of Congress, Library staff, the press and is always an eagerly anticipated event.

More information and application procedures
Frequently Asked Questions
2010 Library of Congress Junior Fellows Webcast
Gazette Article (pages 4-5) [PDF, 2.1 MB]

From: http://www.loc.gov/hr/jrfellows/

Symposium - Toronto Convention. About Photographic Collections: Definitions, Descriptions, Access

2011-12-18T20:31:00.000-08:00

We would like to inform you of the Ryerson Image Centre's 2012
symposium, *Toronto
Convention. About Photographic Collections: Definitions, Descriptions,
Access*. This event is being held from January 19-21, 2012. *
*

Organized by Dr. Thierry Gervais, the symposium will bring together
international speakers to Toronto for lectures and panel discussions.
During these three days, we aim to highlight the multifaceted nature of the
photographic object and the necessity to define terms of vocabulary and
vocabulary-related standards in use to describe and to make photographs
accessible. This symposium is one of several events leading up to the
launch of the Ryerson Image Centre (RIC), which will open it's doors to the
public in September 2012. This symposium has been made possible through the
generous support of Les Amis de la Bibliothèque Clémentine, The Howard and
Carole Tanenbaum Family Charitable Foundation and the Consulat Général de
France à Toronto.

Due to limited seating, if you wish to attend the conference, please
register online at http://aboutphotographiccollections.eventbrite.com. For
further information about the symposium discussions and speakers, please
consult the attached program.

All the best,

--
Chantal Wilson, MA
Media Collections Assistant

RYERSON IMAGE CENTRE
Gallery. Research. Collections.

Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street | Toronto, ON | M5B 2K3
P: 416.979.5000 x.2642
F: 416.979.5368
chantal.wilson@ryerson.ca
*
Ryerson Image Centre*
http://www.ryerson.ca/ric

*The Black Star Collection at Ryerson University*
http://www.ryerson.ca/collection

CFP - Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization

2011-12-18T19:36:00.000-08:00

2nd Milwaukee Conference on the Ethics of Information Organization

June 15-16, 2012
Milwaukee, WI

https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/groups/sois/webdocs/events/MKE_EIO-CFP2012.pdf

Information organization, like other major functions of the information professions, faces many ethical challenges. In our literature, ethical concerns have been raised with regard to, topics such as, the role of national and international tools and standards, provision of subject access to information, deprofessionalization and outsourcing, education of professionals, and the effects of globalization. These issues and many others like them have serious implications for quality and equity in information access. The Information Organization Research Group and the Center for Information Policy Research of the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee join in presenting this second conference to address the ethics of information organization.

Like the first Ethics of Information Organization conference held in Milwaukee May 2009, this conference (June 2012) welcomes papers on ethics and any element of information organization from cataloging standards to tagging; subject access; technology; the profession; cultural, economic, political, corporate, international, multicultural and multilingual aspects.

Invited speakers will include:
Opening speaker: Jens-Erik Mai, University of Toronto
Closing speaker: Richard Smiraglia, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Other invited speakers will be announced.

We invite submission of proposals for papers which will include: name(s) of presenter(s), title(s), affiliation(s), contact information and abstracts of 300-500 words. Presentations will be 20 minutes. Time will be set aside for questions as well as broader discussion. All abstracts will be published on the Web site of the UW-Milwaukee Information Organization Research Group. Full papers will be published in a special issue of Knowledge Organization .

Abstracts due: February 15, 2012
Notification of acceptance by: March 15, 2012
Full papers due: July 15, 2012

Submit proposals via email to:
Hope A Olson, Conference Chair ( holson@uwm.edu )

Grant - Carroll Preston Baber research grant

2011-12-17T19:20:00.000-08:00

Carroll Preston Baber research grant call for proposals

Do you have a project that is just waiting for the right funding? Are you thinking about ways that libraries can improve services to users?

The American Library Association (ALA) gives an annual grant for those conducting research that will lead to the improvement of services to users. The Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant is given to one or more librarians or library educators who will conduct innovative research that could lead to an improvement in services to any specified group of people.

The grant, up to $3,000, will be given to a proposed project that aims to answer a question of vital importance to the library community that is national in scope. Among the review panel criteria are:

1) The research problem is clearly defined, with a specific question or questions that can be answered by collecting data.
2) The applicant(s) clearly describe a strategy for data collection whose methods are appropriate to the research question(s). A review of the literature, methodologies, etc. is not considered research (e.g., methodology review rather than application of a methodology) for purposes of the award, except where the literature review is the primary method of collecting data.
3) The research question focuses on benefits to library users and should be applied and have practical value as opposed to theoretical.
4) The applicant(s) demonstrate ability to undertake and successfully complete the project.
5) The application provides evidence that sufficient time and resources have been allocated to the effort. Appropriate institutional commitment to the project has been secured.

Any ALA member may apply, and the Jury would welcome projects that involve both a practicing librarian and a researcher. Deadline is December 12, 2011.

Check out this web site to find procedures and an application form:
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/ors/orsawards/baberresearchgrant/babercarroll.cfm

Questions? Contact Randy Call, rcall@detroitpubliclibrary.org

J. Randolph Call
Assistant Director for Technical Services
Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
313-481-1312
FAX: 313-832-0877
rcall@detroitpubliclibrary.org

SCHOLARSHIPS - Archives

2011-12-17T19:18:00.000-08:00

ARCHIVAL SCIENCE STUDENTS WANTED

HEY! Do you need financial assistance to pursue graduate education in archival science? Or financial support to attend a professional conference? If so, then check out these opportunities from the SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS . . .

***SCHOLARSHIPS***

F. GERALD HAM SCHOLARSHIP
$7,500 in financial support to graduate students in their second year of archival studies at a United States university.
See http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-ham

MOSAIC SCHOLARSHIP
$5,000 in financial support to minority students pursuing graduate education in archival science. Must be citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada.
See http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-mosaic

JOSEPHINE FORMAN SCHOLARSHIP
$10,000 in financial support to minority students pursuing graduate education in archival science. Must be citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
See http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-forman

***TRAVEL AWARDS***

DONALD PETERSON STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
$1,000 in support of registration, travel, and accommodation expenses to attend SAA Annual Meeting in San Diego in August 2012. Must be a SAA member who is currently enrolled in a North American archival education program or who graduated from an archival education program in the previous calendar year.
See http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-peterson

HAROLD T. PINKETT MINORITY STUDENT AWARD Complimentary registration and related expenses for hotel and travel to attend SAA Annual Meeting in San Diego in August 2012. For minority undergraduate and graduate students. See http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-pinkett

******
Deadline for Applications: February 28, 2012. Get yours at http://www2.archivists.org/recognition

Society of American Archivists

SCHOLARSHIP - Association of Jewish Libraries

2011-12-17T19:07:00.000-08:00

AJL SCHOLARSHIP

The Association of Jewish Libraries is pleased to announce a scholarship of $1000
to a student enrolled or accepted in a graduate school of library and information science.

For information about the scholarships, from the official website, www.jewishlibraries.org:

"In order to encourage students to train for, and enter, the field of Judaica librarianship, the Association of Jewish Libraries awards a scholarship to a student attending or planning to attend a graduate school of library and information science. Prospective candidates should have an interest in, and demonstrate a potential for, pursuing a career in Judaica librarianship."

For information about applying and eligibility, please visit:

http://www.jewishlibraries.org/main/AboutAJL/AwardsGrants/StudentScholarship.aspx

Fellowship - Google Policy Fellows

2011-12-14T21:11:00.000-08:00

The American Library Association’s Washington Office is participating in the Google Policy Fellows program. For the summer of 2012, the selected fellow will spend 10 weeks in residence at the ALA Washington Office to learn about national policy and complete a major project. Google provides the stipend for the summer, but the work is directed by ALA and the fellow. The Google Washington office provides an educational program for all of the fellows, such as lunchtime talks. Complete details and a link to the application are here:
http://tinyurl.com/7mv8faj

Applications are due by February 3, 2012. Please direct questions to: Alan Inouye, Director, ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) at ainouye@alawash.org.

Internship - Preservation and Conservation Internship

2011-12-14T20:45:00.000-08:00

Iowa State University is accepting applications for the 2012 Lennox Foundation Preservation and Conservation Internship. This twelve (12) week internship is intended to give current graduate students and recent graduates of preservation and/or conservation programs the opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge of care and treatment of library and archives materials in an academic library. Interns will learn about the overall functioning and organization of the Preservation Department and will undertake and complete a project based on their interests and skills, and the needs and capabilities of the Department.

Eligibility and requirements:
* Applicants must currently be graduate students, in good standing, in a program of library and archives preservation administration or conservation; or a recent graduate of such a program;
* Applicants must have completed at least four preservation or conservation courses before the anticipated start date of this internship;
* Applicants must commit to 12 consecutive weeks of full-time employment as interns;
* Internship must be completed between March 1 and November 15, 2012;
* At the end of the internship, the intern will be required to submit a final report or project;
* Applicants must have student or working visas if not U.S. citizens.

The 2012 Lennox Foundation Internship provides a $3,200 stipend and university housing for 12 weeks.

For more information see:
http://parkslibrarypreservation.wordpress.com/lennox-foundation-internship/

To apply for the Lennox Foundation Preservation and Conservation Internship please submit the following items: cover letter; current resume; contact information for two professional references (include address, phone number and e-mail address); statement of interest (include projects of interest); graduate program description including requirements and course descriptions (indicate the classes you have completed).

Deadline for application is Thursday, January 19, 2012

Submit these items to:
Hilary T. Seo
Lennox Foundation Internship
Iowa State University
441 Parks Library
Ames, IA 50011-2140

Send electronic applications to: hseo@iastate.edu

Archival Internship - National Museum of American History

2011-12-14T01:45:00.000-08:00

Christopher B. Cope and Jamie J. Shaw Archival Internship, Summer 2012 (http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/b9_copeshaw.htm)

The Archives Center is seeking a qualified graduate student for one paid archival internship. Qualified candidates must be enrolled in a graduate degree program and have completed graduate course work in archival, library, or information management, and/or graduate course work in American history, American Studies, Museum Studies, Public History. Recent graduates may also apply.

Interns in the Archives Center will participate in a wide variety of projects under the direction of professional archival staff. Students will gain career-relevant archival experience in a Museum setting while contributing to the work of the Institution. The internship stipend is $5,000 and is subject to tax. Housing, benefits, and transportation are not provided.

The Cope/Shaw Internship is open to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or national origin.

Internships are located in the Museum's Archives Center, a manuscripts and special collections repository with more than 1,200 collections in a wide range of subject areas and a full time staff of eight. See http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/b-1.htm for more details. The internship experience is designed to assist the Archives Center staff with its reference functions.

Reference Internship: Assist researchers in the reading room; retrieve and re-shelve materials; help staff respond to public inquiries concerning Archives Center collections; assist in research in collections and compose replies; make reproductions of audiovisual materials and photocopies from collections; digitize and create usable metadata for collection materials under the supervision of the Reference Team. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
A commitment of 40 hours per week (Monday-Friday) for a 10 week period is required. United States citizenship is not required but nonresident aliens must apply for the appropriate U.S. visa if selected. Selected candidate should have basic computer skills; be proficient in English; have good handwriting, be flexible to changing situations; be reliable and responsible; be able to work independently as well as in a group environment; be able to accept supervision; be able to perform repetitive tasks; have good organizational skills; be detail oriented; and have the ability to lift a 40 lb box.

Applying
Applicants must apply through the Smithsonian online application system SOLAA. Applications submitted outside of SOLAA or after the deadline will not be accepted. All application materials will be made available to the Archives Center staff and its advisors. The Archives Center cannot arrange an internship project or award a stipend to all qualified candidates.

Complete applications in SOLAA must include the following:
• Internship Program application form
• Cover letter
• CV/Resume
• An essay (no more than 3 pages single spaced) exploring how history is relevant today and why archival work is an important part of our society.
• Graduate transcripts (unofficial transcripts are acceptable)
• Two letters of reference

All materials must be submitted to the online application system by February 11, 2012 for consideration. One offer will be made by April 9, 2012. The internship begins on or after June 4, 2012.

For further information contact:
Alison L. Oswald, Archivist
Archives Center Internship Coordinator
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Archives Center, Room 1100, MRC 601
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Phone (202) 633-3726
Fax (202) 786-2453
Email oswalda@si.edu

Online classes - reference and archives

2011-12-08T16:28:00.000-08:00

Travel budgets are being cut, staff time is stretched, and training sources are going away. Master Plans Inc has an affordable alternative for libraries, archives, and students!

Master Plans Inc has added a second online self-paced course to catalog. AR 101 - Dating Photographs is designed for anyone who needs to date photos - librarians, archivists, genealogists, or historians. The class covers dating photographers and studios, identifying and dating processes, and dating by clothing and hair styles. Both print and online sources are given. Students earn one CEU and can print a transcript when they complete it. The cost is only $30.

The class joins LS 101- The Reference Interview. This online course will provide opportunities to learn the effective reference interview. You will learn ways to assist diverse groups of patrons, including those with disabilities or who are not native English speakers. You will learn search methods and specialized resources for specific topics, tips and practical techniques that can be used immediately, plus a webliography. Quizzes and exercises are included. Three CEUs are granted. The cost is only $100, and if you are training a group of new employees, there is a 20% discount for five or more classes per calendar year (with December 2011 included in the 2012 year).

To get started, just go to http://masterplansinc.myicourse.com/menu/menu/43833

We also keep a rolling list of events and calls for participation at http://masterplansinc.blogspot.com/

For more resources, check us out at http://www.masterplansinc.com/mp%20home.htm or on Facebook

Grant - European Librarianship

2011-11-28T21:22:00.000-08:00

The Western European Studies Section (WESS) is pleased to announce the establishment of the WESS-De Gruyter European Librarianship Study Grant which will provide funds ($3,000) for an academic librarian to travel to Europe to research library resources from or relating to Europe.

Applications are now being accepted through Jan. 13, 2012! Please consider applying!

For more details on the grant including submission requirements, criteria and eligibility, please see: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/awards/nijhoffstudy.cfm . Please also see the attached flyer.

Many thanks to the Walter de Gruyter Foundation for Scholarship and Research [Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Forschung] for its generous support of this grant.

Please contact me with any questions.

Brian Vetruba

Chair, WESS Award Committee

Past Chair, Western European Studies Section (ACRL)

bvetruba@wustl.edu 314.935.4824

CFP - LOEX of the West

2011-11-28T21:20:00.000-08:00

The LOEX of the West 2012 Conference Committee invites you to submit proposals to be considered for presentation at the LOEX of the West (LOTW) Conference, June 6-8, 2012 at Woodbury University, Burbank, California.

Our theme for the conference is : Creative Landscapes: Designing Information Literacy for All Terrains

For more information on submitting proposals, please see the LOTW 2012 website at:

http://woodbury.libguides.com/lotw2012

Diane Zwemer

(LOTW 2012 Conference Committee)

Library Instruction Coordinator

Woodbury University

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Many Faces of Information Competence

2011-11-28T21:18:00.000-08:00

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Many Faces of Information Competence

Academic Exchange Quarterly

Fall 2012, Volume 16, Issue 3

Focus:

Academic librarians are increasingly instructing targeted groups within the academic environment. Such groups include freshman learning communities, international students, graduate students, and faculty. Each of these groups is far from homogenous because of the diversity of their expectations of libraries and their information-seeking experiences. Even into the twenty-first century, many faculty members, for example, are reluctant to use electronic resources. How can we develop instruction programs that will address the shared needs of such groups and the diverse needs of individuals? What assessment tools are available to measure the success of such programs? How can we identify constituencies being underserved? Manuscripts are sought that describe successful (and even unsuccessful) approaches to information literacy for targeted groups and/or diverse populations in higher education. Manuscripts are also sought that report on quantitative or qualitative evaluations of the impact of information literacy programs, courses, and components of courses.

Who May Submit:

Manuscripts are sought from academic librarians, teaching faculty, and administrators in higher education who work with information literacy competencies. Please identify your submission with keyword: LIBRARY

Submission deadline:

Any time until the end of May, 2012; see details for other deadline options like early, regular, and short.

Submission Procedure:
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/library.htm

Feature Co-editors
Heidi Blackburn, Undergraduate Services Librarian, Assistant Professor
Kansas State University - Salina
E-mail: hblackbu@ksu.edu
&
Lisa Craft, Graduate and Faculty Services Librarian, Assistant Professor
Kansas State University - Salina
E-mail: lmccraft@k-state.edu

Heidi Blackburn, MLS
Undergraduate Services Librarian
Kansas State University - Salina
2310 Centennial Rd
Salina, KS 67401
(785) 826-2637
hblackbu@sal.ksu.edu

Conference on Privacy and the Challenge of Technology

2011-11-28T21:10:00.000-08:00

The Information Ethics Roundtable
Conference on Privacy and the Challenge of Technology
Hunter College
New York, New York
April 27, 2012

Keynote Speaker: Helen Nissenbaum, (Media, Culture, and Communication, NYU), author of Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life (Stanford Law, 2010)

Invited speaker: James Stacey Taylor (Philosophy, Religion, and Classical Studies, College of New Jersey), author of Stakes and Kidneys: Why Markets in Human Body Parts are a Moral Imperative (Ashgate, 2005).

In one sense information technology has been a boon for privacy. For instance, ATMs and online banking mean that we seldom have to present ourselves to a teller. Online shopping offers similar benefits. However, technology can also pose a serious threat to privacy, since so much of what we now do leaves an enduring digital record. This information can then be recombined to create detailed personal profiles that could not have emerged in pre-digital days. Moreover, this information can be distributed far, wide, and immediately without our consent or even knowledge.

Information ethics studies the value questions that arise from the creation, control, and access to information. The Information Ethics Roundtable is a yearly conference that brings together philosophers, information scientists, librarians, and social scientists to discuss ethical issues such as intellectual property, intellectual freedom, and censorship. This year's conference will address conceptual, empirical, and ethical issues related to privacy and the connection between privacy and information technology. Questions addressed will include:

Is privacy valuable?
To what extent does privacy benefit from technology?
To what extent is privacy threatened by technology?
When is the sharing of others' personal information appropriate or inappropriate?
To what extent is privacy law keeping up with changes in technology?
Should people generally enjoy a high degree of anonymity when in public?
Does privacy have a future?

Submit an abstract of up to 500 words on any of the above or closely related topics. E-mail submissions to tdoyle@hunter.cuny.edu. Include your full name, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address. Address any queries about the conference to Tony Doyle at the address given above.

Submission Deadline: January 2, 2012

Acceptance Notification: January 31, 2012

Internship - Seaport Museum

2011-11-28T20:46:00.000-08:00

Archival Internships

Seaport Museum

Internship Description:

The Museum of the City of New York has assumed management of
the Seaport Museum and now seeks library school students interested in an
archives internship. Interns will work
with two archivists and will assist with inventorying, assessing, and providing
a basic level of physical and intellectual control for a collection of photographs,
prints, ship plans and personal papers. Interns
will work with the museum’s archival collection and will have the opportunity
to gain experience in cataloging, handling fragile objects, re-housing objects,
collection processing, and/or writing basic finding aids or collection guides.

Requirements:

Interns are required for a minimum commitment of one full
day a week (7 hours), scheduled during the Monday - Friday workweek.
Internships are unpaid. Candidates must
be currently enrolled in a Masters program for Library Science. Interns
must be able to lift boxes weighing up to 40 pounds. Students with a focus in Archival Studies are
encouraged to apply.

To be considered for this
opportunity, please send a cover letter and resume to Anne DiFabio, Assistant
Archivist, adifabio@seany.org.

Fellowship- Increasing African American Diversity in Archives

2011-11-25T12:25:00.000-08:00

Increasing African American Diversity in Archives:
The HistoryMakers Fellowship, Mentoring, Training and Placement Institute

The HistoryMakers is proud to announce the 2nd Increasing African American
Diversity in Archives: The HistoryMakers Fellowship, Mentoring, Training and
Placement Institute, a year -long fellowship (Monday, June 4, 2012 through
Saturday June 1, 2013) working in African American archives. This program is
made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS) in the amount of $800,000. The purpose of this fellowship program is to
provide training for African American archivists and other archivists
interested in working with African American archival collections. The year will
include 3-month immersion training program at The HistoryMakers Chicago
location (Monday, June 4, 2012 - Friday, August 24, 2012) and an on-site
residency (Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - Saturday, June 1, 2013). Applicants
must identify their top 3 choices from the following list of host institutions:

 Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
[http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/]
 Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
[http://avery.cofc.edu/]
 Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Chicago, IL
[http://www.chipublib.org/branch/details/library/woodson-regional]
 Franklin Library at Fisk University, Nashville, TN
[http://www.fisk.edu/Academics/Library/SpecialCollections.aspx]
 The HistoryMakers, Chicago, IL
[http://www.thehistorymakers.com/]
 Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, MD
[http://www.msa.md.gov/]
 Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum, Culver City, CA
[http://www.claytonmuseum.org/]

Please see the Fellowship Listing (R:\Foundation Grants\IMLS Grant\IMLS Laura
Bush 21st Century\2011-2012 ('12-'13 Fellows)\Outreach\Flier\HistoryMakers
Fellowship Listing (2013).pdf) for more information.

The HistoryMakers will be accepting applications for the 2012-2013 fellowship
program until Tuesday, February 14, 2012. A complete application packet should
be sent to:

Jessica Levy
2012-2013 Archive Fellowship Program
The HistoryMakers
1900 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616

Webcasts - ALA Office for Diversity

2011-11-25T12:22:00.000-08:00

The ALA Office for Diversity is presenting a series of three webinars beginning December 1. The webinars are part of a new series, “Diversity Leadership Online,” which aims to help build Diversity advocates in libraries. Each session is $20 for ALA members and $25 for non-members.

The series includes:

The Diversity Committee: Your Library’s Competitive Advantage. Presented by Valerie Bell, Chief Librarian, Branch Services, Ocean County Library – Thursday December 1, 2011 at 2:00 Eastern Time

How Diversity Matters: Micro-Practices that Keep Libraries Relevant. Presented by Karen Downing, University Learning Communities Liaison and Foundation & Grants Librarian, University of Michigan – Thursday December 8, 2011 at 3:00 Eastern

The Diversity Conversation: Why You Need to Have It and How to Start It. Presented by Miguel Figueroa, Director, Office for Diversity, American Library Association – Thursday December 15, 2011 at 2:00 Eastern

Complete details and session descriptions are available on the series website.

CFP - Library Hi Tech

2011-11-25T12:19:00.000-08:00

Library Hi Tech has issued two calls for papers:

Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems
Green technology in libraries
The submission deadline for the next issue is 15 January 2012. Articles for the following issue should ideally be submitted by the end of March. With enough papers on these topics, LHT will consider doing special issues.

Articles should be between 4000 and 8000 words. References should use the Harvard style. Please submit completed articles via the Scholar One online submission system.

Library Hi Tech is a peer-reviewed, ISI-indexed journal published by Emerald Group Publishing, Ltd.

Best wishes ... Michael Seadle

CFP - ACA Conference

2011-11-25T12:09:00.000-08:00

Call for Poster Submissions
2012 ACA Conference
³In Search of Archival Gold²
Thursday, June 7th 2012

High Country Inn
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

The ACA 2012 Program Committee is pleased to invite submissions of abstracts
for poster presentations. Topics relating to the 2012 conference theme ³In
Search of Archival Gold² are especially encouraged, though other topics
addressing any aspect of archives and/or records management will be
considered. For more information on conference theme, visit the ACA website
at http://www.archivists.ca/content/program.

A poster presentation is one in which information is summarized using texts
and images, and presented in a poster format. This is an excellent
opportunity to highlight your repository, a digitization project, a research
project or other initiative, and share your work with your colleagues from
around the country.

The posters will be on display, with trade show exhibits, at the High
Country Inn on Thursday, June 7th 2012, during the afternoon from 3 to 5 pm.
Up to 12 poster presentations will be selected by the Program Committee for
display. ACA reserves the right to cancel the posters in the event that
insufficient submissions are received

A poster should be 48² wide (121 cm), and up to 48² high (121 cm), and can
either be professionally printed or created by hand. ACA provides the
posters display stands (Afix display units, www.afix.ca
). Successful applicants will receive additional
detailed information about these display units with poster production
recommendations, including paper type.

Please include the following in your submission:

* Your name, telephone number, postal address and e-mail address; and
* The title and abstract of your poster presentation (max 250 words).

We ask that you limit yourself to only one poster per submission.

The deadline for submissions is: Monday, January 16th, 2012

Questions and submissions should be sent to Catherine Bailey, Chair, ACA
2012 Program Committee, via e-mail: catherine.bailey@bac-lac.gc.ca

FREE online conference - Power to the Patrons

2011-11-23T15:29:00.000-08:00

Free LJ Tech Summit, Dec 8

Power to the Patrons: From Systems to Services: Stay one step ahead of technologies driving the user-centric library. December 8, 2011, 10 AM-6:00 PM

This day-long conference offers a full program featuring keynote speaker Bryan Alexander, senior fellow at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE), chair of the 2010 Horizon Report and author of The New Digital Storytelling, as well as panel presentations and Q&A with thought leaders from libraries around the country. Throughout the day, the industry’s leading vendors will showcase their latest innovations with presentations and webcasts throughout the show. And don’t forget to visit the Exhibit Hall for product demos and give-aways from our sponsors!

Library Journal set up a code for free registration - TechSmt11MS

From Matt Harp: When it asks for a credit card I just selected Bill Me Later… then on the next screen entered the promo code which changes the price to zero.

CFP - LOEX

2011-11-23T14:24:00.000-08:00

The Columbus LOEX Committee invites 1) graduate students in library and information science programs and 2) library fellows and residents to submit proposals to host a poster session at the 40th Annual LOEX Conference, May 3-5, 2012.
http://www.loexconference.org/

The deadline to submit poster session proposals is January 27, 2012. More details, including the proposal submission form, can be found at http://www.loexconference.org/posters.html

If you have any questions, please contact Vanessa Earp at posters2012@loexconference.org

Fellowhip - Digital

2011-11-22T20:52:00.000-08:00

The Alabama Digital Humanities Center at the University of Alabama
(http://www.lib.ua.edu/digitalhumanities) is pleased to invite
applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Digital
Humanities. The post-doctoral fellow will hold a joint appointment in the
University Libraries and the History Department in the College of Arts &
Sciences. The fellow will conduct his or her own research and work in
conjunction with the ADHC staff to promote and develop the digital
humanities community on campus.

The committee welcomes all applicants with an active research agenda in
History or a related discipline (such as Classics, Middle Eastern Studies,
American Studies, or Religious Studies). The successful applicant will
have attained a Ph.D. by June 2012 and will bring an historical research
project whose strong digital component could serve as a model for other
faculty at the University of Alabama.

Candidates should consult the full position description posted at
http://www.lib.ua.edu/digitalhumanities/post-doc and then apply
athttp://facultyjobs.ua.edu. Inquiries may be
directed to Prof. David A. Michelson, Search Committee Chair,
david.a.michelson@ua.edu.

Review of applications will begin January 4, 2012 and continue until the
position is filled.

Call for papers: Digital Humanities and Information Visualization

2011-11-20T14:00:00.000-08:00

Call for papers: Digital Humanities and Information Visualization:
Innovation and Integration

SIG-AH and SIG-VIS (Arts & Humanities, Visualization-Images-Sound) of
ASIST are joining forces to examine the digital humanities and
information visualization with a group of papers to be published in an
upcoming special issue of the Bulletin of the American Society for
Information Science and Technology. Geotags, participatory content,
automatic classification methods, statistical analyses, visualization
techniques and other technological methods have enhanced the pedagogy
and scholarship within the humanities in recent years. With this in
mind papers are being sought which present an overview of the digital
humanities and information visualization, or which address the current
and potential future intersection of the two topics. Special topics
for your consideration include: the development of digital
technologies and digital humanities tools, data mining applications in
the humanities, visualization techniques, the use and re-use of
historical data sets, and innovative practices and definitions within
the digital humanities and information visualization. We also eagerly
invite topics of your choosing which address any aspect of technology
within humanities.

Papers should be approximately 1000-2000 words in length and submitted
by December 31, 2011 to: Sarah Buchanan and Joan
Beaudoin . We welcome you to contact either
of us in the interim to discuss potential papers and we look forward
to hearing from you.

Workshop- PRESERVATION BEST PRACTICES

2011-11-20T13:56:00.000-08:00

Educational Opportunity in Allentown & Scranton

PRESERVATION BEST PRACTICES FOR OPTIMAL COLLECTIONS CARE
Archivists, collections managers, librarians, curators, and other staff members involved in collections care must manage a variety of tasks, including implementation of collections management plans and policies, management of environmental controls and storage conditions, and provision for safe use and exhibition of collections. This program will provide participants with an overview of the preservation standards for the many aspects of collections care.

Allentown
December 6, 2011 - Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, Lehigh County Historical Society

Scranton
December 7, 2011 - Albright Memorial Library, Lackawanna County Library System

Registration Fee: $25 Pennsylvania institutions / $75 out-of-state institutions

Registration Deadline: November 30, 2011

Registration, secure credit card payment, and additional program information are available at www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar )

Can't make it to Allentown or Scranton? This program will also be offered in:
Philadelphia January 11, 2012
York January 13, 2012

Questions? Call CCAHA at 215.545.0613, or email us at pso@ccaha.org

Preservation Best Practices for Optimal Collections Care is part of Save Pennsylvania's Past, a statewide effort to preserve the millions of objects and historic artifacts that shape the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's history and define our nation. As part of this two-year project, the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) will present six training programs in Pennsylvania's eight regions to prepare staff to address the challenges threatening Pennsylvania's world-class collections.

Save Pennsylvania's Past is an initiative led by CCAHA in partnership with the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations, and LYRASIS. The project is supported by an Institute of Museum and Library Services Connecting to Collections Statewide Implementation Grant and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

The following programs are coming to Allentown & Scranton in early 2012:

DIGITIZATION BASICS
This program will cover basic issues in digital preservation, including an introduction to digitization, and will provide information on handling guidelines for digitization, selection of materials, conducting pilot projects, creating access to digitized materials, funding sources, and the benefits of collaborating with other institutions.

UNDERSTANDING ARCHIVES: AN INTRODUCTION TO ARCHIVAL BASICS
Participants will learn about the fundamentals of archival appraisal, acquisition, and access; proper storage materials; and the most common preservation problems associated with paper-based archival collections. This program will touch briefly on processing, arrangement, and description.

About CCAHA

The Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is the country's largest nonprofit conservation facility serving cultural, research and educational institutions, as well as individuals and private organizations. CCAHA's mission is to provide expertise and leadership in the preservation of the world's cultural heritage. CCAHA specializes in the treatment of works of art on paper, such as drawings, prints, maps, posters, historic wallpaper, photographs, rare books, scrapbooks, and manuscripts, along with related materials like parchment and papyrus. CCAHA also offers digital imaging services, on-site consultations, educational programs, fellowships, and emergency conservation services.

For information on additional educational opportunities, visit www.ccaha.org or find us on Facebook.

KIMBERLY MAGYAR
Preservation Services Assistant
264 S. 23RD STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
t 215.545.0613 f 215.735.9313
e KMAGYAR@CCAHA.ORG

CFP - Joint Conference on Digital Libraries

2011-11-20T13:50:00.001-08:00

JCDL (Joint Conference on Digital Libraries) 2012 Call For Papers
June 10-14, 2012 GWU Washington, DC, USA

Hosted by George Washington University
June 10-14, 2012 Washington, DC, USA

http://www.jcdl2012.info/

Call for Papers

The ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, organizational, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term digital libraries, including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions and organizations; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, distributing, and accessing digital content; theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing; and theory and practice of use of managed content in science and education.
Important Dates

* Full Papers due January 23, 2012
* Short Papers, Panels, Posters, Demonstrations, Workshops, Tutorials due January 30, 2012
* Notification of acceptance for Workshops and Tutorials: March 1, 2012
* Notification of acceptance for Papers, Panels, Posters, and Demonstrations: March 21, 2012
* Doctoral Consortium Abstract submissions due March 31, 2012

Conference Focus

The theme for JCDL 2012 is #sharing #linking #using #preserving. Digital libraries, under a variety of names and modalities, are often part of the every day web experience. The challenge is how digital libraries can enhance user experience through providing stability in changing information environment, breaking down information silos, integrating into accepted practices of the web, and providing a range of access and services to resources across the web, both to human and machine users.

The intended community for this conference includes those interested in all aspects of digital libraries such as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content; services; digital preservation; system design; scientific data management; workflows; implementation; interface design; human-computer interaction; performance evaluation; usability evaluation; collection development; intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user communities; and associated theoretical topics. JCDL welcomes submissions in these areas, and submissions associated with the JCDL 2012 theme of social media influenced themes of linking, sharing, usage, and preservation are particularly welcome. The conference sessions, workshops and tutorials will cover all these aspects.

Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of established and emerging disciplines and professions including computer science, information science, web science, data science, librarianship, data management, archival science and practice, museum studies and practice, information technology, medicine, social sciences, education and humanities. Representatives from academe, government, industry, and others are invited to participate.

JCDL 2012 will be held in Washington DC on the campus of the George Washington University. The program is organized by an international committee of scholars and leaders in the digital libraries field and attendance is expected to include several hundreds of researchers, practitioners, managers, and students.

JCDL 2012 invites submissions of papers and proposals for posters, demonstrations, tutorials, and workshops that will make the conference an exciting and creative event to attend. As always, the conference welcomes contributions from all the fields that intersect to enable digital libraries. Topics include, but are not limited to:

* Collaborative and participatory information environments
* Cyberinfrastructure architectures, applications, and deployments
* Data mining/extraction of structure from networked information
* Digital library and Web Science curriculum development
* Distributed information systems
* Extracting semantics, entities, and patterns from large collections
* Evaluation of online information environments
* Impact and evaluation of digital libraries and information in education
* Information and knowledge systems
* Information policy and copyright law
* Information visualization
* Interfaces to information for novices and experts
* Linked data and its applications
* Personal digital information management
* Retrieval and browsing
* Scientific data curation, citation and scholarly publication
* Social media, architecture, and applications
* Social networks, virtual organizations and networked information
* Social-technical perspectives of digital information
* Studies of human factors in networked information
* Theoretical models of information interaction and organization
* User behavior and modeling
* Visualization of large-scale information environments
* Web archiving and preservation

Paper Submissions

Paper authors may choose between two formats: Full papers and short papers. Both formats will be included in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Both formats will be rigorously peer reviewed. Complete papers are required--abstracts and incomplete papers will not be reviewed.

Full papers report on mature work, or efforts that have reached an important milestone. Short papers will highlight efforts that might be in an early stage, but are important for the community to be made aware of. Short papers can also present theories or systems that can be described concisely in the limited space.

Full papers must not exceed 10 pages. Short papers are limited to at most 4 pages. All papers must be original contributions. The material must therefore not have been previously published or be under review for publication elsewhere. All contributions must be written in English and must follow the ACM http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html formatting guidelines. Papers are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012

All accepted papers will be published by ACM as conference proceedings and electronic versions will be included in both the ACM and IEEE digital libraries.
Poster and Demonstration Submissions

Posters permit presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. Proposals must follow the conference's formatting guidelines and are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. Accepted posters will be displayed at the conference and may include additional materials, space permitting. Abstracts of posters will appear in the proceedings.

Demonstrations showcase innovative digital libraries technology and applications, allowing you to share your work directly with your colleagues in a high-visibility setting. Demonstration proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors and should not exceed 2 pages. Proposals must follow the conference's formatting guidelines and are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012. Abstracts of demonstrations will appear in the proceedings.
Panels and Invited Briefings

Panels will complement the refereed portions of the program with lively discussions of controversial and cutting-edge issues that are not addressed by other program elements. Invited briefings will explain a topic of interest to those building digital libraries - they can be thought of as being mini-tutorials. We are not soliciting formal proposals for panels or invited briefings, but if you have an idea for one that you'd like to hear, please send email directly to the panels/briefings chairs (Noha Adly adly@bibalex.org and Haowei Hsieh haowei-hsieh@uiowa.edu ).
Tutorial Submissions

Tutorials provide an opportunity to offer in-depth education on a topic or solution relevant to research or practice in digital libraries. They should address a single topic in detail over either a half-day or a full day. They are not intended to be venues for commercial product training. Experts who are interested in engaging members of the community who may not be familiar with a relevant set of technologies or concepts should plan their tutorials to cover the topic or solution to a level that attendees will have sufficient knowledge to follow and further pursue the material beyond the tutorial. Leaders of tutorial sessions will be expected to take an active role in publicizing and recruiting attendees for their sessions.

Tutorial proposals should include: a tutorial title; an abstract (1-2 paragraphs, to be used in conference programs); a description or topical outline of tutorial (1-2 paragraphs, to be used for evaluation); duration (half- or full-day); expected number of participants; target audience, including level of experience (introductory, intermediate, advanced); learning objectives; a brief biographical sketch of the presenter(s); and contact information for the presenter(s).

Tutorial proposals are to be submitted in electronic form via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012.
Workshop Submissions

Workshops are intended to draw together communities of interest - both those in established communities and also those interested in discussion and exploration of a new or emerging issue. They can range in format from formal, perhaps centering on presentation of refereed papers, to informal, perhaps centering on an extended round-table discussions among the selected participants.

Submissions should include: a workshop title and short description; a statement of objectives for the workshop; a topical outline for the workshop; identification of the expected audience and expected number of attendees; a description of the planned format and duration (half-day, full-day, or one and a half day); information about how the attendees will be identified, notified of the workshop, and, if necessary, selected from among applicants; as well as contact and biographical information about the organizers. Finally, if a workshop has been held previously, information about the earlier sessions should be provided -- dates, locations, outcomes, attendance, etc.

Workshop proposals are to be submitted in electronic form via The conference's EasyChair submission page:http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012.
Doctoral Consortium

The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for Ph.D. students from all over the world who are in the early phases of their dissertation work (i.e., the consortium is not intended for those who are finished or nearly finished with their dissertation). The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice on using the research environment in a constructive and international atmosphere.

Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should submit an extended abstract describing their digital library research. Submissions relating to any aspect of digital library research, development, and evaluation are welcomed, including: technical advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design advances, and innovative applications in the sciences, humanities, and education.

Workshop proposals are to be submitted via the conference's EasyChair submission page: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jcdl2012
Important notes for all Submissions

All contributions must be submitted in electronic form via the JCDL 2012 submission Web page, following ACM http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html format guidelines and using the ACM template. Please submit all papers in PDF format.

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Michael Witt, Purdue University
Interdisciplinary Research Librarian
Assistant Professor of Library Science
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/research/witt/

FELLOWSHIP - PUBLIC INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE

2011-11-20T13:40:00.000-08:00

Apply by: December 13, 2011 to be considered for all forms of financial aid

For more information, go to http://ils.unc.edu/esopi21/

EDUCATING STEWARDS OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE (ESOPI²)

MASTER'S DEGREE FELLOWSHIP:
~ Focuses on the development and integration of technical and organizational
policies to support the responsible stewardship of public information (e.g.
agency records, datasets, citizens’ information).
~ Fellows receive a $16,000 annual stipend for two years, a tuition remission,
and health insurance in return for engaging in 15-hour per week internship
responsibilities.
~ Fellows earn a dual degree: MSLS/MSIS (Master of Science in Information
Science or Library Science) from the School of Information and Library Science
and an MPA (Master of Public Administration) from the School of Government.

Award - Zora Neale Hurston Award

2011-11-20T13:32:00.000-08:00

The deadline for the Zora Neale Hurston Award is December 15th, so there is
still time to make a submission! This award from RUSA/CODES honors ALA members
who have
demonstrated leadership in promoting African American literature through
projects such as a program, display, collection building efforts, a special
readers’ advisory focus, or innovation in service.

The winner will receive $1250.00 in funds to attend the ALA Annual Conference,
tickets to the Literary Tastes breakfast and the FOLUSA Author tea, and a set
of the Zora Neale Hurston books published by Harper Perennial.

To nominate yourself or someone you know, please download the nomination form
located on the award web page at
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/awards/znh/index.cfm

In addition to the form you need to send the following:

**A nomination letter that describes the project

**Photos, booklists, screen captures, or other forms of illustration of the
project

**A brief essay—approximately 250 words—explaining how attending the ALA
Annual Conference will help further the nominee’s efforts to support and
promote African American literature.

The deadline for nominations is December 15th.

Please email, fax, or mail the nomination packet to Cynthia Crosser, Chair,
Zora Neale Hurston Award Committee.

Email: cynthia.crosser@umit.maine.edu
Fax: (207) 581-1653.

Fellowships - Appalachian Sound Archives

2011-11-20T13:29:00.001-08:00

Berea College Appalachian Sound Archives Fellowships 2011-2012

The Fellowship program's purpose is to encourage scholarly use of Berea's
non-commercial audio collections that document Appalachian history and
culture, especially the areas of traditional music, religious expression,
spoken lore, and radio programs. Awards in support of such research range
from one to two months, with stipends of $3,000 per month.
The fellowships must be taken up between July 2011 and June 2012. All
Fellowship supported work must be finished by June 30, 2012. Fellows are
expected to be in residence during the term of the fellowship and are
encouraged to participate in campus and community activities.
Proposals are continuing to be accepted until December 15, 2011 for
projects that will be completed by June 30, 2012.

Berea's recordings collections are especially strong in the areas of
traditional music, religious expression, spoken lore and radio programs.
They include extensive documentation of fiddle and banjo tunes; ballads
and songs; Old Regular Baptist singing and preaching; folktales and
legends; and related interviews with musicians, preachers, and
storytellers, 1950 to the present. Radio material heard in the region for
the years 1936 to the mid 1950s, documents a wide range of Kentucky,
national, and world political figures and events. Entertainment programs
include country music, soap operas, musical variety shows and sporting
events.

There is no application form. Applicants are asked to submit a proposal
that includes:

1. Identifying and contact information, applicant's background and
interest in the particular subject area.
2. A summary of the proposed project.
3. Detailed description of the anticipated use of Berea collections.
Please discuss specific collection material and their relevance to the
project.
4. Anticipated research outcomes (e.g., teaching, print publication,
web-based resources).
5. The length of time needed for the project (one month minimum, two
months maximum), and preferred dates of residence. The duration of award
is requested by the candidate, but the final decision is made by the
Fellowship Committee.
6. Three letters of recommendation from colleagues familiar with the
applicant's work and who are qualified to judge the proposal. For
graduate degree candidates, the recommendations must include those of the
professor directing the applicant's research and the department chair.
Applicants are responsible for contacting all persons providing
recommendations.

For information about Berea's Sound Archives and other traditional music
collections, see
http://www.berea.edu/hutchinslibrary/specialcollections/specialsound.aspx

For additional information about Berea's Appalachian Sound Archives
Fellowships, see
http://www.berea.edu/hutchinslibrary/specialcollections/amfp/amfp.asp

Proposals or inquires should be sent to

Harry Rice
Special Collections & Archives
Berea College, Berea, KY 40404
harry_rice@berea.edu

U.S. DOT Paid Summer Internship Opportunities

2011-11-20T13:27:00.000-08:00

U.S. DOT Paid Summer Internship Opportunities--Washington, D.C.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Research Library and National Transportation Library (NTL), both located in the Washington, D.C. area, are seeking students pursuing MLS degrees (or equivalents) for paid, full-time internships for the period June 4 - August 10, 2012. These internships are being offered as part of the United States Department of Transportation’s Summer Transportation Internship Program for Diverse Groups (STIPDG). The internships include a $5,000 stipend, along with housing and travel (relocation) arrangements for participants whose permanent residences are more than 50 miles away from their assignment locations. The deadline for submitting an application is December 31, 2011. For more information on the program, including requirements and application instructions, please see: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/education/Stipdg.htm. If you have further questions about applying, please send an email to DOTSTIPDG@twc.edu.

Note: When applying, please select your interest areas as the Federal Highway Administration (with specialty Research and Development) and the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (with no specialty). List FHWA Research Library and/or National Transportation Library in the space provided for specifying areas of interest that are not included.

The following are potential internship projects. Responsibilities may be modified depending on the number of accepted applicants and the interest areas of the candidates. For more information about individual projects, please contact Deena Adelman at deena.adelman@dot.gov or 202-493-3058.

PROCESSING ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

Responsibilities: For both libraries: Arrange textual, cartographic, and/or photographic materials; create inventories and finding aids; apply subject headings; implement preservation measures; select materials for digitization and display.
For FHWA only: Conduct background research on FHWA laboratories and past executives.
For NTL only: Assist in furthering NTL’s social media efforts to promote library resources and services.

Desired Qualifications: Coursework towards a specialization in archives; familiarity and/or experience with archival practices, EAD, and DACS; knowledge of LCSH and MARC; strong communication, organizational, and analytical skills; willingness to adapt to changing situations, take on new tasks, and meet established deadlines with products that reflect professionalism.
For FHWA only: Experience conducting historical research.
For NTL only: Familiarity and/or experience with social computing, social networks, photography or videography.

CATALOGING

Responsibilities: For both libraries: Create catalog records for a unique technical sub-collection; perform simple and complex copy cataloging; assist in the creation of original cataloging records; assign subject headings and call numbers; perform collection assessment and prioritization; participate in workflow assessment. For NTL only: Contribute to traditional and digital repository cataloging systems, database integration, and taxonomy development; assist in furthering NTL’s social media efforts to promote library resources and services.

Desired Qualifications: Cataloging coursework and/or experience; familiarity and/or experience with AACR2, MARC; knowledge of LCSH; knowledge of LC Classification System; excellent communication, organizational, and analytical skills; ability to meet established deadlines with products that reflect professionalism.
For NTL only: Knowledge of and/or familiarity with non-MARC metadata (e.g., Dublin Core); familiarity and/or experience with social computing, social networks, photography or videography.

For more information about the libraries, please see the following web sites:

Federal Highway Administration Research Library: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/library

National Transportation Library: http://ntl.bts.gov

Scholarship - Code4Lib

2011-11-20T13:21:00.000-08:00

Oregon State University and the Digital Library Federation are
sponsoring five scholarships to promote gender and cultural diversity.
Each scholarship will provide up to $1,000 to cover travel costs and
conference fees for one qualified attendee to attend the 2012 Code4Lib
Conference, which will be held in Seattle, Washington, from
Monday,February 6 through Thursday, February 9.

The Code4Lib scholarship committee will award two scholarships per
category, awarding the remaining scholarship to the best remaining
candidate in either category. The Code4Lib scholarship committee will
award these scholarships based on merit and need.

ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants, if eligible, may apply for both scholarships, but no
applicant will receive more than one scholarship. Past winners of
either scholarship are not eligible for either scholarship.
Scholarship recipients will be required to write a short trip report
to be submitted to the scholarships committee by February 17, 2012.

CONFERENCE INFO:
For more information on the Code4Lib Conference, please see the
conference website:http://code4lib.org/conference/2012

and write-ups of previous Code4Lib Conferences:
http://eprints.rclis.org/11670/1/code4lib_journal_article_-_revised3.pdf
http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/2717
http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/998
http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/72

THE OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE DIGITAL LIBRARY FEDERATION
DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS
The Gender Diversity Scholarships will provide up to $1,000 to cover
travel costs and conference fees for two qualified applicants to
attend the 2012 Code4Lib Conference. Any woman or transgendered person
who is interested in actively contributing to the mission and goals of
the Code4Lib Conference is encouraged to apply.

THE OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE DIGITAL LIBRARY FEDERATION
MINORITY SCHOLARSHIPS
The Minority Scholarships will provide up to $1,000 to cover travel
costs and conference fees for two qualified applicants to attend the
2012 Code4Lib Conference. To qualify for this scholarship, an
applicant must be interested in actively contributing to the mission
and goals of the Code4Lib Conference and must be of Hispanic or
Latino, Black orAfrican-American, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific
Islander, or American Indian or Alaskan Native descent.

HOW TO APPLY:
To apply, please send an email to Jeremy Frumkin
(frumkinj@u.library.arizona.edu) with the following:
- Indication of which scholarship (Gender or Minority or both) to
which you are applying
- A brief letter of interest, which:
1. Describes your interest in the conference and how you intend to
participate
2. Discusses your statement of need
3. Indicates your eligibility
- A résumé or CV- Contact information for two professional or academic
references

The application deadline is Dec. 9, 2012.

The scholarship committee will notify successful candidates the week
of Dec. 19, 2012.

CFP - Handheld Librarian VI

2011-11-20T13:17:00.000-08:00

CALL FOR PRESENTERS
Handheld Librarian VI: Mobile Solutions for Libraries That Work

LearningTimes invites librarians, library staff, vendors, graduate students, and developers to
submit program proposals related to the topic of mobile library services for the online Handheld
Librarian VI: Mobile Solutions for Libraries That Work conference to be held February 1-2,
2012. Proposals are due December 5, 2011.

Go to http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/proposal-submissions to submit a proposal

The Handheld Librarian VI conference will feature interactive, live online sessions. We are
interested in a broad range of submissions that highlight current, evolving and future issues in
mobile library services. These include but are not limited to the following program tracks:

* ebooks * location-based social networking * augmented reality *
twitter * apps * device and OS trends * QR codes * reference * mobile
trend spotting * mobile technologies impacting society * web/app development
best practices

Online presentations may be conducted in one of two formats:

* a 45-minute live online session (i.e. synchronous webcast)
* a 15 minute lightning round presentation

Conference registration fees are waived for speakers. Presenters Are Expected To:

1. Conduct your session using Adobe Connect (computer, Internet, mic required)
2. Provide a digital photo of yourself for the conference website
3. Respond to questions
from attendees
4. Attend an online 30-60 minute training on Adobe Connect prior to the
conference

Proposal Submissions: Submit your proposal by completing the web form at http://
www.handheldlibrarian.org/submissions-form .

Fellowship - Preservation

2011-11-05T16:26:00.000-07:00

The University of Michigan Library and the Department of Preservation and Conservation are pleased to announce the Cathleen A. Baker Fellowship in Conservation.

The Baker Fellowship provides financial support for conservators at various levels in their careers to enable them to spend time in the University of Michigan Library's Conservation Lab to increase their knowledge about the conservation of paper-based collections. Projects that center on the conservation of related non-paper materials, such as papyrus or parchment/vellum, will also be considered. While most fellows will work with U-M Library conservators to increase their own knowledge and skills, a fellow may also join the lab primarily to pass on her/his expertise to the U-M conservators. Building and sharing knowledge are the primary goals of this fellowship.

The Cathleen A. Baker Fellowship in Conservation was established in April 2011 by a gift from Dr. Baker, Senior Conservator of Paper and Books at the University of Michigan Library, and Fellow of the AmericanInstitute for Conservation. The 2012–2013 round of applications is the first to be offered, and future announcements calling for applications will occur annually in the autumn.

For more information about the Fellowship and how to apply, please go to the web site: http://www.lib.umich.edu/cathleen-baker-fellowship-conservation.

Deadline for applications is January 31, 2012, for projects to be completed between September 1, 2012, and August 31, 2013.

FREE webinar - Seeking Synchronicity

2011-11-05T16:21:00.000-07:00

Seeking Synchronicity #orss

Attend this webinar to learn about our research findings that will inform future development and inspire effectiveness for virtual reference services.

In this webinar, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at OCLC, and Marie L. Radford, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Communication & Information, Rutgers, will discuss the key findings of their multi-year study that were recently published in the report, Seeking Synchronicity: Revelations and Recommendations for Virtual Reference.

These findings indicate that today's students, scholars and citizens are not just looking to libraries for answers to specific questions—they want partners and guides in a lifelong information-seeking journey. By transforming virtual reference (VR) services into relationship-building opportunities, libraries can leverage the positive feelings people have for libraries in a crowded online space where the biggest players often don't have the unique experience and specific strengths that librarians offer.

Specific details that Connaway and Radford will discuss in the webinar include:

The exaggerated death of ready reference
The importance of query clarification in VR
Ways to boost accuracy and build better interpersonal relationships in VR
What can be learned from VR transcripts
How convenience is the "hook" that draws users into VR services
Generational differences in how people perceive reference interactions and determine success
The need for more and better marketing
This webinar is free and open to all but advanced registration is required.

Register here* to attend this webinar on 15 November 2011 at 2 p.m. EST (UTC 19:00).

A recording of this webinar will be made publicly available on our website and in iTunes in November.

*After you register to attend online, you will receive an e-mail message that contains instructions for logging on to WebEx, where you will view the meeting slides online through your Web browser (please note that WebEx recommends using Internet Explorer or Firefox, as Chrome and Safari are not supported). When you log in to the webinar, you may chose to either listen to the presentation audio through your computer speakers or headset, or dial in to listen by telephone.

If you have questions or need assistance, please call WebEx technical support directly by phone at US/Canada Toll-Free: +1 866 229-3239 or International Toll: +1 408 435-7088.

FREE online conference - Library 2.011 Worldwide Virtual Conference

2011-10-31T20:42:00.000-07:00

We're counting down the days until the inaugural Library 2.011 Worldwide
Virtual Conference begins on November 2. For more information, please visit:
http://www.library20.com

More than 3,500 information professionals from 149 countries have signed up to
join the global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. The
groundbreaking event will be a whirlwind of information with 160 presentations
scheduled over two days!

Participants can view the schedule of all 160 sessions in customized pages for
each of the world's 36 time zones. Presentations will cover a variety of
pertinent subject strands that affect the LIS industry and the changing roles
of libraries and librarians in our digital world.
Library 2.011 Worldwide Conference November 2-4, 2011

Eastern Standard Time Workshop Schedule at
http://www.library20.com/page/library-2-011-schedule-gmt-4

Central Standard Time Workshop Schedule at
http://www.library20.com/page/library-2-011-schedule-gmt-5

Mountain Standard Time Workshop Schedule at
http://www.library20.com/page/library-2-011-schedule-gmt-6

Pacific Standard Time Workshop Schedule at
http://www.library20.com/page/library-2-011-schedule-gmt-7

Other time zones http://www.library20.com/page/sessions-and-schedule

Keynote addresses will be scheduled over the course of the two-day conference.
Keynote speakers include:

.Dr. Sandra Hirsh (USA)
.Dr. Lennart Bjoerneborn (Denmark)
.Dr. Michael Stephens (USA)
.Dr. Christine Bruce (Australia)
.Ms. Ellen Tise (South Africa)
.Mr. Stephen Abram (USA)

As a reminder, the conference will be held entirely online and is FREE to
attend. For more information, please visit: http://www.library20.com

We'll see you online November 2!

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS:
http://www.library20.com/page/conference-partners

Please excuse cross-postings, and feel free to forward this email.

Alys Jordan, Ed. Sp.
Distance and Instructional Services Librarian

*************************
Nova Southeastern University
Alvin Sherman Library

Phone: 954.262.4538
Fax: 954.262.6830
Email: alys.jordan@nova.edu
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Free webinar - Reference Online

2011-10-21T12:11:00.000-07:00

The Credo Reference Online Seminar Series--Fall 2011 begins Tuesday, October 25 at 1:00 PM EST with guest speaker Dr. Lana Jackman, President of the National Forum on Information Literacy (http://www.infolit.org). Dr. Jackman is passionate about information literacy and committed to mainstreaming it throughout every sector of American society. She starts the series with a lively talk about information literacy, primary sources and academic support. Join us for an interactive, lively hour-long discussion just in time for National Information Literacy Awareness Month.

For more information about upcoming seminars and registration links, visit Libraries Thriving: http://www.librariesthriving.org/home/online-seminars/11-fall-2011/58-fallseries.

Webinar - New Discovery Tools: Moving Beyond Traditional Online Catalogs

2011-10-20T22:02:00.000-07:00

The migration of traditional online academic and public library catalogs to
the notion of "discovery platforms" promises new ways to expose library
collections and other resources tailored to individual patron needs. For
patrons, this personalized search and discovery experience can encompass
functions and tools unheard of just a few years ago, such as powerful
faceted searching tools and tagging, and can provide a collaborative portal
for social media and other online scholarly community initiatives. For
libraries, the discovery platform can provide an efficient method for
maximizing the use of and investment in its online resources.

NISO's November webinar, New Discovery Tools: Moving Beyond Traditional
Online Catalogs-to be held on November 9, 2011 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.-will
explore the areas of the discovery platform marketplace, selection and
implementation strategies, and usability.

Topics and speakers are:

. A Web Scale Discovery Refresher - Athena Hoeppner (Electronic Resources
Librarian, University of Central Florida Libraries) will put web-scale
discovery systems in context by reviewing the core concepts and terminology
and looking at the major systems side-by-side.

. Usability Testing of Discovery Interfaces - Rice Majors (Faculty Director
for Libraries IT/Librarian, University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries)
will share data about the methodology and results of his own research: a
task-based usability test of vendor-provided next-gen catalog interfaces and
discovery tools (Encore Synergy, Summon, WorldCat Local, Primo, and EBSCO
Discovery Service).

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and includes access to
the online recorded archive of the webinar for one year. Can't make it on
the webinar date/time? Register and watch the recorded version at your own
convenience. NISO and NASIG members receive a member discount and there is
also a student discount available.

For more information and to register, visit the event webpage:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/nisowebinars/discovery/

This webinar is sponsored by CrossRef (www.crossref.org).

Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson@niso.org
Phone: 301-654-2512

CFP - 2012 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums

2011-10-20T21:58:00.000-07:00

Call for Session Proposals for the 2012 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums (November 15, 2011 Deadline)

This is an invitation to submit proposals for sessions for the 2012 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums to be held June 4-7, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Cherokee-owned Hard Rock Casino and Resort. The four-day conference will bring together cultures from across the nation and around the world to exchange best practices for indigenous archives, libraries, and museums. The conference features six pre-conference workshops, two pre-conference tours, 56 concurrent sessions, two general sessions, three keynote luncheons, and a post-conference Town Hall-style meeting. Conference tracks focus on library, archive, and museum collections, programs, and services, as well as specialized topics such as cultural tourism, advocacy, oral history projects, language programs, digitization, preservation, and fundraising. The conference is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and sponsored by the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums and the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. To view past conference programs and/or submit a proposal before the November 15 deadline, visit www.atalm.org. Please direct questions to atalminfo@gmail.com

We hope to see you in Tulsa!

Susan Feller, Conference Director

405-522-3259

Melissa Brodt, Project Manager

405-522-3515

Tom Mooney, CA

Archivist

Cherokee National Historical Society, Inc.

PO Box 515

Tahlequah, OK 74465

918-456-6007 x6152

Fax 918-456-6165

Internship - WGBH Media Library & Archives

2011-10-20T21:52:00.000-07:00

WGBH Media Library & Archives – Digital Library Projects
Internship

WGBH is public service media for New England--on TV, radio, the Web, and out in the community. We're the single largest producer of PBS prime time and online programming, and a major source of programs heard on public radio from coast to coast. We're a pioneer in educational multimedia and in media access technologies for people with hearing or vision loss.

Department Description:

The WGBH Media Library & Archives manages all physical and digital media and paper records, including materials that need to be retained for production, legal, fiscal, historical or administrative purposes, for the WGBH Educational Foundation. The WGBH Archives currently house more than 10,000 boxes of material and more than 50,000 audio, video, and film masters, many containing active as well as historical and archival materials. The MLA also manages all aspects of film research: cataloging, tracking, and organizing the stock and originally shot footage and images that go into our productions. The MLA negotiates and administers discount stock footage deals with major footage archives, and licenses WGBH stock footage to outside clients. Our web sites provide glimpses into the work and projects of the WGBH Media Library & Archives:
http://openvault.wgbh.org
http://footagesales.wgbh.org
http://bostonlocaltv.org
http://americanarchiveinventory.org

Internship Description:

The WGBH Media Library & Archives has opportunities for graduate students in library science, computer science, linguistics andrelated fields to work in a film and media archive. Come and learn what happens to all the materials that went into that FRONTLINE you saw after it aired on TV. Help to make them accessible for researchers, student and teachers online!

Digital library interns will work with the MLA Project Managers and Production Assistants on collaborative inventory and cataloging projects with external archives partners. Interns will assist with research, communications, cataloging, and partner support. Interns will write blog entries about their experiences, archival issues, and interesting “finds” in the archives and conduct research regarding digital humanities and moving image archives. Interns can gain hands-on experience preparing archival media for web access by transcribing, applying metadata and encoding transcripts, logs and basic catalog records. This is an opportunity to learn moving image cataloging and the PBCore metadata schema (pbcore.org).

Skills Preferred:

Basic computer skills, familiarity with Macintosh computers.
Attention to detail and precise work extremely important.
Professional phone and email communication styles required.
Internet savvy, with good web and library search skills.
Knowledge of XML helpful.
Familiarity with digital libraries and library practices also helpful.

WGBH Internship Requirements:
1. WGBH internships are open only to students enrolled in an accredited college or university
2. Internships are unpaid.
3. Interns are expected to commit 60 hours over the course of a semester. Fulfilling hours over schoolbreaks is allowed. Daily scheduling is flexible during normal business hours.

Applicants interested in the Internship should send a resume and a statement of interest by email to:

human_resources@wgbh.org

or by mail to:

WGBH Educational Foundation
Human Resources Department
One Guest Street
Boston, MA 02135

Free webinar - Technology and Health 2.0

2011-10-15T16:57:00.000-07:00

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011

Start Time: 12 Noon Pacific

1PM Mountain

2PM Central

3PM Eastern

This webinar will last approximately one hour. Webinars are free of charge and registration is ONLY done on the day of the event on the WebEx server. No Passwords are required. For Tips and Registration Information, please go to http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/tips.html

For more information and to participate in the October 20 webinar, go to http://infopeople.org/training/technology-and-health-20

In the past several years, two major phenomena have dramatically changed the way people find and share information: mobile devices and social media. It is no secret that patrons are using smart phones and mobile devices for much more than making phone calls. For health information, these devices have become pocket medical encyclopedias, fitness coaches, nutrition calculators, medication reminders, and much more.

Studies report that people are increasingly sharing personal health information on the Internet. Librarians are hard-wired to look for authoritative resources; but can user-contributed health information be trusted? With thousands of health-related apps and sites available, how is it possible to sort the good from the bad?

This webinar will focus on:

· the use of mobile devices and social networking for finding and sharing health information

· the implication of using these devices for library staff

· the benefits and issues around health-related social networking sites

· examples of well-designed, safe sites

· quality health apps and mobile sites, evaluation tips, and resources to point

At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:

· Be aware of the landscape of mobile devices and understand the differences between apps and mobile sites

· Be able to evaluate and guide patrons to quality health-related content for mobile devices

· Be familiar with the benefits and caveats of social networking for health information

· Be able to incorporate knowledge of technology and electronic resources into services for patrons

This webinar will be of interest to public library staff, including reference librarians or reference desk staff, adult and teen services librarians, and staff from organizations who provide health information to consumers and members of the public.

Do you require an accommodation?

Closed captioning will be provided upon request. For this service, please notify ipweb@infopeople.org at least 72 hours before the webinar.

If you are unable to attend the live event, you can access the archived version the day following the webinar. Check our archive listing at:

http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar/archived

Fellowhips - The Harry Ransom Center

2011-10-14T11:49:00.000-07:00

The Harry Ransom Center, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, annually awards over 50 fellowships to support research projects that require substantial on-site use of its collections. The fellowships support research in all areas of the humanities, including literature, photography, film, art, the performing arts, music, and cultural history.

The fellowships range from one to three months, with stipends of $3,000 per month. Also available are $1,200 to $1,700 travel stipends and dissertation fellowships with a $1,500 stipend. Complete applications for the 2012-2013 Research Fellowships in the Humanities must be received by February 1, 2012.

More information about the fellowships and the Ransom Center¹s collections is available online at http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fellowships/. Questions about the fellowships should be directed to Bridget Gayle at brigayle@mail.utexas.edu or 512-232-3214.

CFP: Theme Issue on Library Services to Distance Learners

2011-10-13T23:29:00.000-07:00

CFP: Theme Issue on Library Services to Distance Learners - Urban Library Journal (ULJ)

The Urban Library Journal (ULJ), a publication of theLibrary Association of the City University of New York and a peer-reviewed,open access journal, welcomes article proposals for a special themed issue onlibrary services to distance learners.

The editors invite proposals for articles reflectingoriginal research, case studies, literature reviews and theoreticalconsiderations of relevant topics. Topics may include, but not be limited to:

• Urban distancelearners: serving users when distance learning involves very little physicaldistance
• Welcomingoutside distance learning students from other institutions
• Public librarysupport of college students in distance learning programs
• UrbanStudents/Rural Students, Urban Studies/Rural Studies - library support when thecollection is not built for the discipline
• Campus supportfor libraries serving distant learners
• Internationalstudents working from a distance and what they need from libraries
• Inter-libraryrelations for supporting distance learning students

All proposals should be submitted for consideration byNovember 14, 2011. Send proposals to theeditors listed below.

Final articles should be submitted for peer review byJanuary 16, 2012. Publication is plannedfor spring 2012.

For access to previous issues of ULJ please visit http://ojs.cunylibraries.org/index.php/ulj.
We look forward to your submissions.

CFP: Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Popular Culture

2011-10-13T23:28:00.000-07:00

CFP: Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Popular Culture Area of the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Annual Meeting (Boston 2012)

The Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association annual conference will be held April 11 - April 14, 2012 in the Copley Marriott Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Scholars from numerous disciplines will meet to share their Popular Culture research and interests.

The Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Popular Culture area is soliciting papers dealing with any aspect of Popular Culture as it pertains to libraries, archives, museums, or research. Possible topics include descriptions of research collections or exhibits, studies of popular images of libraries or librarians, analyses of social networking or web resources such as Wikipedia and YouTube, Popular Culture in library education, the future of libraries and librarians, or reports on developments in technical services for collecting Popular Culture materials.

Papers from graduate students are welcome.

Prospective presenters should email a one-page abstract with full contact information by December 20, 2011, to:

Allen Ellis
Professor of Library Services
W. Frank Steely Library
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY 41099-6101
USA
859-572-5527
Email: ellisa@nku.edu

For more information see the associations' website at:
http://www.pcaaca.org/conference/national.php

CFP: Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians

2011-10-13T23:26:00.001-07:00

CFP: Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2012Conference (OVGTSL 2012)

Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2012Conference
Catching the Next Wave of Technical Services
University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, Indiana
May 2-4, 2012

Hosted by: University of Evansville, University of SouthernIndiana, and Evansville Vanderburgh County Public Library

The conference program committee invites forward thinkingsubmissions in all areas of technical services librarianship (acquisitions,cataloging, serials, electronic resources, and preservation.) Participants areencouraged to think of where we are headed in librarianship and its impact inthe technical services environment. Proposals are invited for reports on recentresearch, addressing emerging trends, or showcase new services, projects, or technology.

Please submit proposals by November 30, 2011. Presenterswill be notified of proposal acceptance by February 1, 2012.

For more information, please seehttp://www.usi.edu/library/OVGTSL_2012/program.html

The Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians(OVGTSL) was founded in 1924 and draws its membership from the states ofIndiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. The annual conference rotates among these threestates on a regular basis. Membership is open to anyone interested in librarytechnical services.

CFP - Transitions from Print to Digital

2011-10-13T23:25:00.001-07:00

Transitions from Print to Digital Call for Presenters (Michigan Library Association March 16, 2012)

Transitions in Collections from Print to Digital:
Books, Bytes & Beyond
Novi Public Library- March 16, 2012
Call for Proposals – Submission accepted through 11/4/11

Are you working at the forefront of an emerging issue inelectronic resources? Are you doing orhave you done something that you believe may benefit fellow MLA members toraise awareness in this area or that you believe we may need to move towards orlean against? If you answered yes, thenwe’d like to invite to take advantage of this 1-day workshop forum to allow youto share your knowledge, experience, or expertise.

This event will explore the emerging trends in digitalresources as they are used in public, school and academic libraries and theissues relating to accessing, quality, licensing, managing, and maintenance ofdigital resources.

Please submit 1-2 paragraphs about yourpresentation. Please include
• Session Title
• Description oftalk
• Length of timeof talk
• 1 Goal / 3objectives of your session
• Number ofpresenters
• Presenter(s)’names, titles, organization
• Presenter(s)’contact information

Information will be accepted via email through FridayNovember 4, 2011.
Please indicate in your email Subject Line:
2012 MLA P2D Call Proposal + your presentation Title +your Last Name

Send proposal's to:
Cynthia Dopp cdopp01@baker.edu
Barb Dinan bdinan@plymouthlibrary.org
Denise Cook cookd@mlcnet.org

CFP: Michigan Academy 2012 Conference

2011-10-13T23:23:00.000-07:00

CFP: Michigan Academy 2012 Conference

CFP: URL: https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=MASAL&WebCode=callforpapers

Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters - Call for Papers for 2012 conference. Submit a 200 word abstract by 11/28/11. See themichiganacademy.org website for CfP and to submit your abstract. Conference location is Alma College, Alma, Michigan on Friday, March, 2, 2012. This multi-disciplinary/interdisciplinary conference includes more than 30 sections (disciplines) in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. College faculty, administrators, graduate students, and undergrads (must be sponsored by faculty members)are invited to submit abstracts. Also invited to submit abstracts are: researchers from non-profit and for-profit organizations, librarians, government employees, K-12 employees, and other professionals.

NOTE: Here is the contact information for the Libraries and Information Sciences Section:
https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=MASAL&WebCode=library

Karen Gross, Director
Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters
Alma College, 614 W. Superior, Alma, MI 48801
ph. (989)-463-7969
fax (989)-463-7970
Email: michiganacademy@alma.edu
Visit the website at http://themichiganacademy.org

CFP: Library Technology Conference 2012

2011-10-13T23:18:00.000-07:00

CFP: Library Technology Conference 2012

CRP URL: http://www.macalester.edu/libtechconference/for-presenters.html
Conference URL: http://www.macalester.edu/libtechconference/index.html

The 2012 Library Technology Conference will be held March 14th and 15th, on the campus of Macalester College in St. Paul, MN.
The conference grew out of a very successful Midwest Library Technology conference held in St. Paul, MN in May 2008 which attracted about 250 participants from five states. Each year since, participation levels have continued to grow with the conference reaching full attendance capacity of 500 total participants each of the last two years. This year's conference is again expected to attract full participation levels as it provides an opportunity for librarians to come together to discuss the technologies that are affecting library services; to see examples of what libraries are doing with these technologies; and to allow participants to learn specific skills or knowledge that they can take back and adapt for use within their own library.
This conference should be attended by library staff and the technologists who support them. Sessions will be offered on a wide range of topics and at varying skill levels. Anyone interested in the changing technologies that are affecting libraries should plan to attend.

Some suggestions for possible session topics include:

Web 2.0 technologies
Digital Preservation
Mobile technologies in libraries
Cloud computing uses for library services
Social networking for outreach /service promotion
Strategies for staying current with library technology trends
Digital copyright/licensing
Technology & Information Literacy
Web / interface design

Library technology space planning
Virtual Learning
Search engines
Specific tools—Sharepoint, LibGuides, others
Multimedia creation spaces
QR codes
Managing digital collections
Privacy and freedom of speech in a hyperlinked world
Working with vendors in the digital age

Please do not let this list of suggestions limit your imagination on session proposal topics.

We are looking for the following types of sessions:

Traditional Conference Session - sixty minute traditional lecture-style presentation highlighting a technology, resource or service.

Hands-On Session - two hour session offering participants a more in-depth, active learning opportunity or hands-on experience working with a technology tool/resource or learning the details of a software resource.

Workshop Session - two hour session offering participants a more in-depth active learning opportunity with a technology-related topic.

Poster Session - poster sessions include posters and handouts describing and explaining a technology resource or service of interest to libraries.

Webinar - RDA in a Nutshell

2011-10-13T21:26:00.000-07:00

2nd Friday Series: RDA in a Nutshell (Live Online)

This session is part of the LYRASIS second Friday series, a series of workshops providing information about and sharing new ideas and resources for resource sharing, electronic resources, and cataloging.

The likely next edition of cataloging rules, Resource Description and Access (RDA) is dominating discussions of cataloging's future. For administrators and anyone outside of cataloging but with an interest in it, this session will provide an overview of the essentials of RDA and its relationship to FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records), review the current timeline for RDA implementation in the US, and highlight some differences in cataloging practice RDA would introduce. Catalogers who are just beginning to think about RDA and FRBR will find it a useful introduction as well.

Date: Friday, November 11, 2011
Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm (EST)
Fee: FREE for members, $25 for non-members

Seats are available! Visit us online for more information and to register!

Not a member yet? Find out more!

CFP - 40th Annual LOEX Conference

2011-10-13T00:47:00.000-07:00

40th Annual LOEX Conference
May 3 - 5, 2012
Columbus, Ohio
Proposals due: Friday, November 18, 2011

Instruction librarians know that it's essential to Energize! their teaching, Accelerate! change, and Transform! student learning. We invite you to contribute your recipes for instructional excellence at LOEX 2012, in Columbus, Ohio.

Successful proposals will model best practices, provide useful information that participants can use at their libraries, showcase effective and innovative practices, support collaboration, and be as applicable as possible to a wide range of academic institution types.

Successful proposals should attempt to reflect elements of one of seven tracks:

* Cocktails: Shake it up -- Engaging students with active learning
* Salads: A mixture of unique ingredients -- Reaching diverse populations
* Entrees: The foundation of every meal -- Developing your teachers and your program
* Combo Platter: One from column A, one from column B -- Collaborating across campus and with different institutions
* To Go: Take it with you -- Learning on the go, anytime, anywhere
* Chef's Surprise: Something different and unexpected -- Pursuing cutting-edge trends in teaching and learning
* Dessert: Always leave room for this -- Measuring the effectiveness of programs and learning

Breakout Session Formats

Two types of proposals will be accepted:

* Presentation: A 50-minute session that includes time for a 40-45 minute presentation and 5-10 minutes of question and answer. Most feature a successful program, practice or key issue related to instruction or information literacy. Presentations are intended for an audience typically of 30-70 people. Presenters should include in the proposal description the topic and an outline of the presentation.

* Interactive Workshop: A 50-minute session where the presenter facilitates a learning experience in which attendees develop or explore teaching and/or research techniques. Presenters are expected to facilitate a well-planned and interactive session. Workshops are intended for an audience typically of 30-50 people. Proposals should include a description of the topic and details on how the presenter will make this session a "hands-on" experience for attendees.

In addition to breakout sessions:
1. Students currently enrolled in a Master's program in library and information sciences, along with librarians in resident or intern programs, will be invited to propose poster sessions. Details about poster sessions will be issued in a separate call for proposals.

2. (New this year!) Lightning Talks--short (eight minutes or less) presentations given during a single Saturday session by different presenters. There will only be handful (~ five) lightning talk presentations, as they are intended to be an energizing, but small, part of the conference. Proposals will be due in late January. More details about Lightning Talks will be issued in an early November call for proposals.

Submission Information

Proposals can be submitted only through the online submission form and must be received by Friday, November 18, 2011. The primary contact for the proposal will receive a message indicating receipt of the proposal when it is submitted and will be notified if the proposal has been accepted for presentation by Friday, January 13, 2012.

If your proposal is accepted, then up to three presenters will be automatically registered for the conference and required to pay registration in full by Monday, March 26, 2012.
More information, including the proposal submission form, can be found at:
http://www.loexconference.org/breakoutproposals.html

If you have any questions about submitting a proposal, contact Catherine Cardwell at sessions2012@loexconference.org.

Learn more about the LOEX 2012 Conference at http://www.loexconference.org/
Learn more about LOEX at http://www.emich.edu/public/loex/index.html

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Brad Sietz
Director, LOEX Clearinghouse for Library Instruction
Bruce T. Halle Library
Eastern Michigan University
734-487-0020 x2152

Reviewers - Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

2011-10-13T00:43:00.000-07:00

The Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship is initiating a new Book Review column. Please consider sharing your expertise with our readers.

For a preview of JERL articles and features, visit the Website at:
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wacq20/current

If you are interested in joining our new group of book reviewers, please contact me with your qualifications so we can get started!
******************************************
* Mary Mallery, Ph.D.
* Book Review Editor, Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship
* Assoc. Dean for Technical Services
* Harry A. Sprague Library
* Montclair State University
* Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
* Phone: 973-655-7150
* Fax: 973-655-7780
* E-mail: mallerym@mail.montclair.edu

Fellowship- UCLA Library Special Collections

2011-10-13T00:40:00.000-07:00

UCLA Library Special Collections

The James and Sylvia Thayer Short-Term Research Fellowships support the use of special collections materials by visiting scholars and UCLA graduate students. Collections that are administered by the newly integrated UCLA Library Special Collections and available for fellowship-supported research include materials in the humanities and social sciences, medicine, life and physical sciences, visual and performing arts, and UCLA history.

Research residencies may last up to three months between February 1 and December 14, 2012. Recipients receive stipends ranging from $500 to $2,500. (Awards vary yearly. Grants in 2010 averaged $1,013; in 2011, $1,167.) Those receiving fellowships are expected to provide a report on the results of their research that can be mounted on the UCLA Library Web site. Fellows may have the opportunity to speak about their research at an informal brown-bag session with local scholars during their visit.

United States citizens and permanent residents with the legal right to work in the U.S. who are engaged in graduate-level, post-doctoral, or independent research are invited to apply.
Application Contents

Applications are due November 18, 2011, and should include:

Cover letter
Curriculum vitae
Outline of research and special collections to be used (two pages maximum)
Brief budget for travel, living, and research expenses
Dates to be spent in residence
Two letters of recommendation from faculty or other scholars familiar with the research project. Please note that the committee cannot consider letters of recommendation from librarians or staff of the UCLA Library.

Application Instructions

Application materials can be submitted in PDF format by email, which is the preferred submission method. Letters of recommendation in PDF format can also be sent by email, either by the people writing them or by the applicant.

Applications can also be submitted in print format; mail to:
James and Sylvia Thayer Fellowship Program
UCLA Library Special Collections
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

Questions about the fellowships can be mailed to the address above or emailed.

Download 2012 Thayer Research Fellowships announcement (Adobe PDF document)

for more information go to http://www.library.ucla.edu/special/thayer.cfm

CFP - InterActions

2011-10-13T00:33:00.000-07:00

Call for Submissions: Special Issue on Archival Education and Human Rights

InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies

In a recent article in American Archivist, a group of some two-dozen archival faculty and doctoral students from programs around the world called on archival educators to develop a new educational framework that both reflects and reflects upon pluralist approaches to archival theory and practice.1 This article added to an ongoing conversation in archival education regarding the ethical imperative of faculty to engage students with culturally sensitive curricula and to promote a social justice agenda in and outside the classroom. At the same time, a growing body of archival studies literature has addressed the intersection of archives and human rights, interrogating the role of records and recordkeeping institutions in both facilitating human rights violations and holding oppressive regimes legally and historically accountable for such violations.

This special issue of InterActions seeks to bring together these two streams of archival thought in hopes of explicating the role of human rights and social justice in archival education. How are we to conceive of human rights at the nexus of archival education, research, and action? What ethical responsibilities do archival educators have in addressing human rights concerns in the classroom? What pedagogical strategies might educators employ in order to include discussions about human rights and archives within the context of professional training and practices, and the theories that undergird them? InterActions seeks to include a range of submissions, including (but not limited to) research articles, literature reviews, book reviews, exhibition reviews, featured commentaries, and position pieces. Submissions should incorporate critical perspectives that aim to bridge multiple discourses around the theme of the issue. All submissions will be subject to double-blind peer-review and authors are expected to adhere to the deadlines to ensure the timely publication of the special issue.

Possible research questions:
- How might "human rights" be defined in the context of archival education? What are the opportunities and difficulties of adopting an orientation toward human rights in archival education?
- What is the relationship between a social justice agenda and a human rights framework in the archival classroom? What roles might information technologies play in working toward classroom agendas for extending and supporting human rights?
- What theoretical positions might be taken up when considering the current and future state of research in the domains of human rights and archival education?
- What philosophical, pedagogical, political, and/or ethical questions are at play that might provide opportunities for strategic action?
- How might archival educators incorporate human rights genealogies and/or frameworks?
- What are the implications of globalization on discourses on human rights in archival education?
- How might archival education and/or human rights intersect with the roles and responsibilities of educational institutions within the public sector?

Timeline:
- Deadline for Submissions: January 15, 2012
- Tentative deadline for peer reviews of submitted manuscripts: March 15, 2012
- Tentative deadline for revisions to submitted manuscript: April 30, 2012
- Publication date for the Special Issue on Human Rights: Early June 2012

Please submit manuscripts at http://escholarship.org/uc/gseis_interactions or directly to the email addresses below. Any questions or inquiries about the special issue may be directed to:
- Andrew J Lau (UCLA; Information Studies Editor for InterActions):
andrewjlau@ucla.edu
- Michelle Caswell (University of Wisconsin, Madison; Guest Editor):
mcaswell@wisc.edu
- InterActions: interactions@gseis.ucla.edu

InterActions is a peer-reviewed on-line journal committed to the promotion of interdisciplinary and critical scholarship. Edited by students in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, the journal brings together senior and emerging scholars, activists, and professionals whose work covers a broad range of theory and practice. InterActions is published twice yearly with funding provided by the UCLA Graduate Students Association and the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.

For more information, please visit http://escholarship.org/uc/gseis_interactions.

CFP - ACRL 2012 Spring Virtual Institute

2011-10-13T00:08:00.000-07:00

ACRL 2012 Spring Virtual Institute

Call for Proposals
Don't miss the opportunity to play an active part in the 2012 ACRL Spring Virtual Institute, "Extending Reach, Proving Value: Collaborations Strengthen Communities." Submit a proposal now for an interactive webcast or lightning talk. Submissions will be accepted through December 15, 2011.

The ACRL Spring Virtual Institute, to be offered April 18-19, 2012, will explore how libraries are capitalizing on community collaborations in order to facilitate connectedness and demonstrate value. The institute will take place in an online conference community, which will provide an environment in which participants can gather electronically to learn, collaborate, and network. The institute will offer both synchronous and asynchronous sessions which will be archived after the institute for viewing on-demand. Proposals are invited for session formats including:

Interactive Webcast (Synchronous)
An interactive Webcast allows speakers to present in real-time, while also showing visuals, such as PowerPoint slides and desktop applications. Participants can also interact by talking with live audio or typing in questions and comments.

Lightning Talk (Asynchronous)
Lightning Talks are short, asynchronous presentations of 5-8 minutes, combining a PowerPoint presentation or other visual materials with voice narration by the presenters.

Submissions will be accepted through December 15, 2011. Full text of the Call for Proposals is available online. Questions about the Call for Proposals or the 2012 Spring Virtual Institute should be directed to msutton@ala.org, 312-280-2522

Margot Conahan

Manager, Professional Development

Association of College and Research Libraries

50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611

312-280-2522; fax: 312-280-2520

mconahan@ala.org

www.acrl.org

Award - Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Library Services

2011-10-12T21:14:00.000-07:00

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) is now accepting nominations for the Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence inReference and Adult Library Services, given annually to a library or library system for developing an imaginative and unique resource to meet patrons' reference needs. The award consists of a citation and a $3,000 prize. Nominations are due December 15, 2011.

The resource can be a bibliography, a guide to the literature of a specific subject, a directory, a database, or any other project that has helped the library meet adult or children's reference needs. Tools, guides or databases that have been developed for reader's advisory or adultservice questions and needs are also eligible for the award.

Application Instructions

Nomination materials should be submitted to the award committee chair (contact information below). Self-nominations are accepted. The materials should include a letter of nomination stating in detail how the resource has contributed to meeting patrons' reference needs.
In particular, the letter should include:

* A description of the resource and its format, e.g., card file, database, etc.
* A list of sources used to compile the resource.
* The target audience for the resource
* Criteria used in selecting material for inclusion. (If the resource is inclusive, please state so clearly.)
* The breadth of coverage, i.e. time and subject, of the resource.
* An explanation of what makes the resource imaginative or unique.
A sample of the resource (or entry, pages, printout, etc.) must accompany the nomination.

Questions about the award or the nomination process should be directed to the committee chair via phone or e-mail:

Michael Levine-Clark
michael.levine-clark@du.edu
303-871-3413

Further information, including a list of past winners, can be found here:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/awards/referenceadultservices/index.cfm

CFP - 2012 Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference

2011-10-12T21:03:00.000-07:00

ER&L Conference Planning Committee encourages you to submit a proposal
for the 2012 Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference!

http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/presenters/call-for-proposals
________________________________________

ER&L is seeking to advance the discussion in these following areas
with this 2012 Call for Proposals, with detailed descriptions included
below:

• Managing e-Resources in Libraries
• Collection Development and Assessment
• Workflow & Organizations
• External & User Relationships
• Emerging and Future Technologies
• Scholarly Communication & Licensing
• Library as Publisher

Proposal Evaluation: The committee will evaluate each proposal on the
basis of subject matter (including, but not limited to, the issues
listed in the topic descriptions), clarity, and timeliness. We will
also hold a period of open voting to allow potential attendees to help
shape the program. Proposals should be for original work that has not
been published. We may request that some presenters combine sessions
with complementary subject matter.
Proposal Types: ER&L is looking for individual presentations, panels
with differing perspectives, and half day, hands-on preconference
workshops. When submitting a proposal, choose one proposal type.
________________________________________

QUESTIONS

Policy/ Planning Committee Questions? Please direct questions about
the Call for Proposals and Workshops to Elizabeth Winter
(elizabeth.winter@library.gatech.edu) and Xan Arch
(xan.arch@reed.edu).

Submission Site/ General Questions? Please direct questions related to
the submission site to Sandy Tijerina (erl.sponsor@gmail.com) or to
Bonnie Tijerina (bonnie.tijerina@gmail.com).

Registration Questions? Information will be posted ER&L's web site.
Registration is open as of October 17, 2011 and the conference does
sell out.

________________________________________

PLEASE NOTE

• Visit the Instructions tab to walk you through the bullet points of
the submission process.

• In this site, Proposal Manager/Creator should be prepared to provide
a title, keywords, learning objectives, an abstract, proposal details,
presenter/ co-presenter contact details, as well as agree to recording
and use and speaker discount statements on this submission form.

• Submitters may revisit this site and make modifications to their submissions.

• Accepted proposals earn a 25% discount off of conference registration.

• The Proposal Creator will affirm acknowledgement of this discount in
the submission form.

• ER&L requests specific recording and use of it's presenters. The
Proposal Creator will agree to the ER&L recording and use policy in
this submission form.

• ER&L staff is available for questions about this site. Please do not
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CLS ProQuest Innovation in College Librarianship Award

2011-10-12T20:56:00.000-07:00

CLS ProQuest Innovation in College Librarianship Award

Who should apply for an innovation award in college librarianship?

Did your library undertake a unique project?
Is someone developing a new program for your staff or for students?
Is your new librarian starting a creative project ?
Are the faculty raving about a newly redesigned instruction program?

If you, a colleague or anyone on your staff is thinking outside the box, or even outside the library we would like to hear about it. Please encourage your staff or your colleagues to apply for the CLS ProQuest Innovation in College Librarianship Award. We encourage anyone with an innovative project, program, marketing plan, or other creative pursuit to apply. Nominations are also welcome!
Submission Deadline: Friday, December 2, 2011 See details below.

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/awards/clsproquest.cfm

CLS ProQuest Innovation in College Librarianship Award
Award

A $3,000 donation by ProQuest. The award is administered by the College Libraries Section of ACRL and is presented at the ALA Annual Conference.
Criteria

As nominee(s), the librarian(s) must have demonstrated a capacity for innovation in working with or serving undergraduates or instructors in the areas of programs, services, and operations; or creating innovations for library colleagues that facilitate their ability to better serve the library's community.
Eligibility

Any member of ALA is eligible for this award.
At least one applicant must have at least three years academic library experience.
Applicant(s) must be in an academic library setting primarily serving undergraduates.
Applicant could either be an individual or team with the primary applicant having three years of experience.
Nomination Process & Submissions

Electronic submissions are required. All electronic attachments should be emailed to CLSawardcommittee@gmail.com. Nominations should include the following:

Name, address, e-mail and phone number of self-applicant or the person you are nominating.
Letter supporting the nomination including (no more than 1,000 words):
Written description of the project explaining what made it innovative;
Written description of its impact;
What could other librarians learn from your experience?
Provide supplemental materials for the committee to understand the purpose, content, impact and innovation (limit of three items).
CV is required.
Letter of recommendation, if appropriate.
Completion of the online form.

Submission Deadline: Friday, December 2, 2011
Information and Assistance

Questions or requests for assistance in compiling an nomination should be directed to Amy E. Badertscher, Director of Library Services, Kenyon College Libraries, T: (740) 427-5605, E-mail: badertschera@kenyon.edu or Jessica O'Brien, Technology and Learning Support Librarian, Lenoir-Rhyne University Carl A. Rudisill Library, T: (828) 328-7452, E-mail: jessica.obrien@lr.edu or Megan Griffin, mgriffin@ala.org.

Online conference - Discovery, Literacy, Practice: Current Trends in Art Information

2011-10-12T15:09:00.000-07:00

Discovery, Literacy, Practice: Current Trends in Art Information

The Mountain West Chapter of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) is hosting a virtual conference on Thursday, November 3, 2011, 9:30am to 4:00pm MDT. For more information about the exciting conference program, registration, and Adobe Connect (the virtual conference platform), please visit the chapter's website: http://arlisna-mw.lib.byu.edu/2011_registration.html

Registration Deadline: October 31, 2011.

Conference attendance is open to anyone interested in the arts and information — we hope to see you in cyberspace!

Webinar - The RDA Vocabularies: Implementation, Extension, and Mapping

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NISO/DCMI Webinar: "The RDA Vocabularies: Implementation, Extension, and Mapping"
DATE: 16 November 2011
TIME: 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT (17:00-19:30 UTC)
REGISTRATION: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/dcmi/rda
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ABOUT THE WEBINAR

During a meeting at the British Library in May 2007 between the Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA and DCMI, important recommendations were forged for the development of an element vocabulary, application profile, and value vocabularies [1], based on the Resource Description and Access (RDA) standard, then in final draft. A DCMI/RDA Task Group [2] has completed much of the work, and described their process and decisions in a recent issue of D-Lib Magazine [3]. A final, pre-publication technical review of this work is underway, prior to adoption by early implementers.

This webinar will provide an up-to-the-minute update on the review process, as well as progress on the RDA-based application profiles. The webinar will discuss practical implementation issues raised by early implementers and summarize issues surfaced in virtual and face-to-face venues where the vocabularies and application profiles have been discussed.

[1] http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/meeting.html
[2] http://dublincore.org/dcmirdataskgroup/
[3] http://dlib.org/dlib/january10/hillmann/01hillmann.html

SPEAKERS:

Diane Hillmann is Vocabulary Management Officer for DCMI and a partner in the consulting firm Metadata Management Associates. She is co-chair (with Gordon Dunsire) of the DCMI/RDA Task Group and is the DCMI Liaison to the ALA Committee on Cataloging: Description and access, the US body providing feedback on RDA Development.

Thomas Baker, DCMI Chief Information Officer (Communications, Research and Development), was recently co-chair of the W3C Semantic Web Deployment Working Group and a W3C Incubator Group on Library Linked Data (report pending).

REGISTRATION:

For registration and webinar technical information, see http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/dcmi/rda. Registration closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on 16 November 2011.