FREE webinar - Library Safety and Security

AL Live on library safety and security, free broadcast “Library Safety and Security” on Thursday, March 14 (1:00 pm Central time, 2:00pm Eastern, noon Mountain, 11:00am Pacific) is the upcoming episode of AL Live, the popular free streaming video broadcast from American Libraries. Library security expert Warren Graham will lead a discussion about how to keep your library, staff and patrons safe and secure. While demand for library services has increased in a slow economy, budget and staff cuts have forced many librarians to do more with less—a tough proposition when it comes to security.

In this episode, Graham will be joined by panelists Elisabeth Doucett—Director of the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick, Maine, and Brett Lear, Director of the Martin County Library System in Florida. They’ll engage in an interactive discussion that you can help shape via chat, Twitter and Facebook. The panel will discuss several aspects of library security, including topics like setting effective policies and training staff.

To join, just visit www.americanlibrarieslive.org at the time of the event, or pre-register at http://goo.gl/JmO2T .

You can view AL Live from anywhere--your home, library or favorite wi-fi spot—and watch broadcasts about library issues and trends in real time as you interact with hosts via a live chat, offering immediate answers to your questions. With the help of real-time technology, it’s like having your own experts on hand. The programs and archives are easy to view; you can find out more, including how to catch the March 14 episode, at http://www.americanlibrarieslive.org

Future broadcasts include:
April 11: The Present and Future of Ebooks
May 9: Library Learning Goes Online
June 6: New Technologies in Library Equipment
July 30: Discovery Services: The Future of Library Systems
Sept. 12: Digging into New Databases

We hope you’ll take advantage of and enjoy this new free way to stay updated on the issues.
http://www.americanlibrarieslive.org

FREE online lecture - The Federal Theatre Project

The Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress announces the 63rd presentation in the Topics in Preservation Series (TOPS): "The Federal Theatre Project: Uncovering Changes in Playscripts of Popular Performances" Pickford Theater, Madison Building, 3rd floor Library of Congress 101 Independence Avenue SE Washington DC 20540 Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:00-3:30 p.m. Amy Brady will discuss the Federal Theatre Project (FTP), America's first and only nationally subsidized theater, and how hyperspectral imaging helped to elucidate the history of some of the FTP's most popular performances. With the support of a CLIR/Mellon fellowship, Amy Brady, a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, spent nine months researching in the FTP archive at the Library of Congress. This archive houses more than 500,000 pieces of Federal Theatre-related ephemera, including playscripts that were marked up by directors and other FTP personnel. These markings have faded over time or were intentionally erased, but some of them were recovered via the Library's hyperspectral imaging unit housed in the Preservation and Testing Division. The recovery of these markings allows Amy and future scholars to learn more about the scripts' evolution from creation to final performance. Amy Brady is an instructor at Kean University and a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is completing a dissertation that combines textual analyses and performance reconstruction of plays performed for and written by the Federal Theatre Project. Much of her dissertation data was gathered at the Library of Congress thanks to a generous CLIR/Library of Congress Mellon Fellowship for Dissertation Research in Original Sources. Webcast opportunity: If you would like to participate via webcast, send email to mwilson@loc.gov no less than three days in advance of the event. Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-1076 or ADA@loc.gov. The Topics in Preservation Series lectures are free and open to the public. The next TOPS lecture, on November 19, 2012, will feature Father Justin, the librarian of St. Catherine's Monastery, and Michael B. Toth, the Sinai Palimpsest Project Program Manager, discussing how advanced spectral imaging is revealing ancient texts in the remote library of a Greek Orthodox monastery in Egypt's Sinai desert. For further details and updated information about the series, please visit Fenella G. France PhD, MBA, FAIC Chief, Preservation Research and Testing Division Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave SE Washington DC, 20540-4560 Tel: (202) 707-5525 Fax: (202) 707-1525 email: frfr@loc.gov

Webinar - The Future of Audio Visual Materials

Title: Fast-Forward>>The Future of Audio Visual Materials When: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Central, Friday, September 7, 2012 Where: Online - from the comfort of your office Website: http://www.amigos.org/fast_forward The Fast Forward conference brings together a group of speakers who have practical experience working with all types of collections and the issues surrounding them. Preservation and access is an immediate concern for these collections, and developing a strategy of how to deal with them is imperative. Well known speaker George Blood knows about this firsthand and will kick off the conference with his keynote. Two concurrent sessions will run throughout the day. Among the scheduled sessions are: --Sounds like...?:Assessment Tools for Audio/Visual Collections, presented by Ann Marie Willer of MIT --How Can My A/V Collection Become Relevant Again?, presented by Jennifer M. Eustis of University of Connecticut Libraries --Reeling in Your Library's Film Materials: Identification & Care Basics, presented by Nadia Ghasedi of Washington University in St. Louis --Solving Processing Problems by Siobhan C. Hagan of the University of California at Los Angeles --Audiovisual Preservation You Can Hold On To, presented by Kimberly Peach of the Association of Recorded Sound Collections For the complete schedule and to register, click here, http://www.amigos.org/fast_forward. Early bird registration ends August 24, 2012. Don't forget - with Amigos Online conferences - you not only attend the live sessions you want but also get access to ALL the recorded presentations!

FREE workshop and webcast

NN/LM Washington DC Power Outage Summit September 5, 2012 9:00am - 12:30pm program 1:30pm - 4:30pm workshop and class Library of Congress James Madison Building, 6th Floor, Mumford Room Please join us for a morning of speakers and discussion about the impact of a power outage on library services and collections and the roles libraries and librarians can play in their communities or institutions in response to a major power outage. Separate afternoon sessions will feature a workshop on building your library’s readiness and a disaster information specialization certificate course. There is no charge to attend the morning or afternoon sessions. Seating is limited. Please register at: http://nnlm.gov/sea/training/register.html. Contact Dan Wilson (danwilson@virginia.edu) for further information. cid:image003.gif@01CD6FFC.7A2BE070 Speakers from: National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Pepco (unless they are in emergency operation mode) District of Columbia Public Library Library of Congress (Preservation Directorate and Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness) Medical Reserve Corps National Library of Medicine’s Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) American Red Cross Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD) This program (morning session) will be webcast and recorded. If you are outside the DC area and would like to attend via webcast, please send email to anha@loc.gov by August 31.

Webcasts - ALA Office for Diversity

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.

Webcast - Open Digital University

eCornucopia 2011—The Open Digital University

The third annual conference at Oakland University will examine specific
examples about how openness is implemented in higher education and the
importance of increasing the transparency and accessibility of knowledge. We
will offer three tracks, Open Education (open educational resources), Open
Access (library journals) and Open Source (open computer code and
ramifications) , to further explore this topic as it relates to faculty,
librarians and instructional technologists respectively.

Our keynote speaker is Ray Schroeder, Professor Emeritus of Communication, and
founding director of the Center for Online Learning, Research, and Service at
the University of Illinois at Springfield. He will speak about The Open Future
of Higher Education.

Conference details:

* Thursday May 26, 2011
* 8:00 am – 4:45 pm
* Oakland Room in the Oakland Center at Oakland University in Rochester,
Michigan
* Includes continental breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack.

Registration now open!

Attend in person or online via Elluminate.

View the conference information and register at:
http://www2.oakland.edu/elis/conference.cfm?countrytabs=0 or
http://bit.ly/ecorn11

For questions, contact Diane Underwood at ddunderw@oakland.edu or 248-370-3661

Free webinar - Fall Book Buzz 2010

DATE: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 | TIME: 3:00-4:00 PM ET | REGISTER TODAY
Everyone loves the September 1 Fall Announcements issue from LJ, but what if those pages could talk to you? Register for the Fall Book Buzz 2010 and you’ll find out about read-alikes and new series titles, get tidbits about new authors and old favorites, and maybe even get the chance to win a galley giveaway or two!

Join our panelists from Greenleaf Book Group, HarperCollins, Random House, Workman/Algonquin and Library Journal Book Review editor Anna Katterjohn for sixty entertaining and informative minutes covering the best in front list and forthcoming titles.

REGISTER FOR THIS FREE WEBCAST TODAY AT www.libraryjournal.com/FallBookBuzz2010

PANELISTS
Katelynn Knutson, Marketing Associate, Greenleaf Book Group
Virginia Stanley, Director of Library Marketing, HarperCollins Publishers
Erica Melnichok, Associate Marketing Manager, Random House
Michael Rockliff, Director, Library Sales and Marketing, Workman/Algonquin

MODERATOR
Anna Katterjohn, Book Review editor, Library Journal
Can’t make it on August 17? No problem!

Register now and you will get an email reminder from Library Journal post-live event when the webcast is archived and available for on-demand viewing at your convenience!

Webcast - Copyright Law as Storytelling

William Patry, Copyright Law as Storytelling
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Copyright Law as Storytelling

William F. Patry is Senior Copyright Counsel at Google, Inc. and the author of a 7-volume treatise on U.S. copyright law entitled Patry on Copyright. He earned his J.D. degree at the University of Houston and was admitted to the bar in Texas, the District of Columbia, and New York.

Patry served as a copyright counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 1990s, and worked as a policy planning advisor to the United States Copyright Office, a part of the Library of Congress. He also held a post as Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardoza School of Law.

In 2009 he published Moral Panics and the Copyright War, and resumed blogging in support of the book.

May 7, 2010

11:30am-1:00pm

Ripley Center, Quad, Lecture Hall, Room 3027

This event will be webcast live

http://smithsonianlibraries.si.edu/smithsonianlibraries/2010/04/save-the-datewilliam-patry-copyright-law-as-storytelling.html