Conference - ARLIS/Ohio Valley

ARLIS/Ohio Valley 2012 Fall Conference November 1 – 2, 2012 Cleveland Museum of Art & Cleveland Public Library The ARLIS/Ohio Valley chapter invites you to join us in Cleveland, Ohio for our fall conference. To register for the conference or to find out additional information, please visit us online at http://arlisov.wordpress.com.

CFP - Online Northwest

Online Northwest February 8, 2013 Call For Proposals - Deadline October 15, 2012 Online Northwest is a one-day conference focusing on topics that intersect libraries, technology and culture. The conference is sponsored by the Oregon University System Library Council. The 2013 conference will be held at CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (on the Oregon State University campus) on Friday, February 8, 2013. The conference explores how technology is applied within library settings and its impact on access and services for patrons. Academic, public, school, and special librarians are strongly encouraged to submit proposals. Online Northwest seeks 45-minute presentations or 5-minute lightning talks on all topics relating to technology and libraries including: * Information discovery * Institutional repositories * Mobile computing * Electronic books and e-readers * Linked data and the Semantic Web * Cloud computing * Virtual research environments * User Experience Design * Web 3.0 * Library apps * Technology competencies * Augmented reality Other topics related to technology in libraries are welcome! Submit Proposals: http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/ Proposal Submission Deadline: Monday, October 15, 2012 For more information and examples of past presentations, see: http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/

Award - George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Preservation Award

George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Preservation Award The George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Preservation Award was established by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) to honor the memory of George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg, early leaders in cooperative preservation programming and strong advocates for collaboration in the field of preservation. The award acknowledges and supports cooperative preservation projects and/or rewards individuals or groups that foster collaboration for preservation goals. Recipients of the George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Award demonstrate vision, endorse cooperation and advocate for the preservation of published and primary source resources that capture the richness of our cultural patrimony. The award recognizes the leadership and initiative required to build collaborative networks designed to achieve specific preservation goals. Any person or group is eligible for this award; membership in ALA is not required. The Cunha/Swartzburg Award is sponsored by Hollinger Metal Edge and includes a $1,250 grant and citation. Send nominations, including the name of the person or group being nominated; address, phone number and email address of nominee and nominating party; a formal statement of nomination, with rationale for the nomination; resume, vita or extensive narrative career outline upon which the award jury can base its determination; and letters of support and endorsement, to Kris Kern, chair, Cunha/Swartzburg Jury, kernk@pdx.edu Visit the Cunha Swartzburg page for more information: http://www.ala.org/alcts/awards/profrecognition/lbicunhaswartz

FREE Lecture - Business Continuity and Disaster Mitigation

A “Roundtable” Discussion on Business Continuity and Disaster Mitigation Sponsored by the Ohio Preservation Council Date and time: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Location: OhioNet, 1500 West Lane Avenue, Columbus OH 43221 Objective: To enable sharing of useful, shared, practical knowledge and experience regarding business continuity planning and disaster mitigation efforts in cultural heritage institutions represented in the Ohio Preservation Council (OPC) membership and its partners. Presenters: · Jason A. Crabill, Manager, Curatorial Services, Ohio Historical Society, speaking about Mold remediation at historic properties, 2011-12. · Mark E. Briggs, ARM, CSP, Chief Risk Officer, Ohio State University, speaking about Developing and executing a request for proposal (RFP ) process to secure a full-service disaster response contractor, an outline of the Ohio State University effort in 2012. About our presenters: Jason Crabill is Manager of Curatorial Services in the Museum and Library Services Division at the Ohio Historical Society (OHS). His responsibilities include overseeing the curatorial staff, registrar’s office, cataloging unit & digital services unit of the institution and, as a result, he has played a key role in several disaster mitigation projects at OHS. Jason is the project director of Ohio Memory, a collaborative digital library that includes 360 libraries, historical societies and museums; he is co-director for the Ohio Newspaper Digitization Project, Ohio’s contribution to the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America project. Jason studied Anthropology at Ohio University, received his MLIS from Kent State University, and is a 2011 graduate of the Seminar for Historical Administration. Mark Briggs joined The Ohio State University (OSU) as Chief Risk Officer in 2011. In this position, Mark is responsible for centralized compliance, enterprise risk management, insurance management, business continuity, and related operations. Prior to joining OSU, Mark served as the vice president of Safety Management Resources for seven years and as risk manager for the University of Illinois for ten years. Mr. Briggs earned a Bachelor of Science from Illinois State University where he also served as an adjunct professor. He has earned the designations of Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM). He is an instructor for FEMA’s Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Higher Education and for the Department of Labor/OSHA. Mr. Briggs has completed numerous projects for FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Education. He has provided expert witness testimony in numerous legal proceedings and is a highly sought after speaker, including numerous annual and regional URMIA conferences. This event is free and open.

Conference - 2012 KCAA Fall Symposium

2012 KCAA Fall Symposium Taming the Object Nightmare: An Introduction to Object Care When: Thursday, October 11th, 2012 -Free behind-the-scenes tour at 12:00 -Symposium from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Where: Kansas City Toy & Miniature Museum (5235 Oak Street Kansas City, MO 64112; free parking in front) Cost: Free for members; $15 for non-members and $10 for students Credit: 2 Archival Recertification Credits for the Academy of Certified Archivists Please RSVP to Alexis Fekete at a897f743@ku.edu by October 8th. This year’s symposium topic is “Taming the Object Nightmare: Introduction to Object Care.” Whether we like it or not, we all have objects in our collections. The question is, “what do we do with them?” This year’s symposium is intended to help you care for these objects to museum standards in the most efficient ways possible. This symposium will focus on textiles, plastics, and framed objects. If you have any specific types of textiles, plastics, or framed objects in your collection, please make sure to mention them in your RSVP. Speakers Paul Goudy, speaking on textiles, is currently the Records Manager/Archivist for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County. He has 28 years of experience as a director, curator and archivist at small and medium sized museums. Goudy’s training includes an internship at the Smithsonian, adjunct employment at the British Museum, and two seminars with the National Trust. Whitney Baker, discussing plastics, is the Head of Conservation Services for KU Libraries. She previously worked in conservation at the Library of Congress and the University of Kentucky. Baker teaches MUSE 706, Conservation Principles and Practices, for the KU Museum Studies program. On sabbatical in 2011, she conducted extensive research into the history and development of bumper stickers. Peggy Van Witt, talking about framed objects, is a third generation paintings conservator and works in private practice in Kansas City. Through the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC), of which she is Professional Associate, she has deepened her expertise through intensive workshops like Mastering in Painting, Adhesives for Conservation, Modular Cleaning workshops and Early European Paintings at Yale University. If you have any questions, or would like a postcard, please e-mail Kristine Schenk at kschenk@ku.edu.

CFP - Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian is now accepting manuscripts for volume 32(2). The submission deadline is December 3, 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: Assessment 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

CFP - Code4lib 2013

We are now accepting proposals for Code4lib 2013. Code4lib 2013 is a loosely-structured conference for library technologists to commune, gather/create/share ideas and software, be inspired, and forge collaborations. The conference will be held Monday February 11th (Preconference Day) - Thursday February 14th, 2013 in Chicago, IL. More information can be found at http://tigger.uic.edu/~kayiwa/code4lib.html **Prepared Talks** Head over to the call for proposals page at http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_talks_proposals and submit your idea for a prepared talk for this year's conference! Proposals should be no longer than 500 words, and preferably many less. Prepared talks are 20 minutes (including setup and questions), and focus on one or more of the following areas: * tools (some cool new software, software library or integration platform) * specs (how to get the most out of some protocols, or proposals for new ones) * challenges (one or more big problems we should collectively address) The community will vote on proposals using the criteria of: * usefulness * newness * geekiness * uniqueness * awesomeness Proposals can be submitted through Friday, November 2nd, 5pm PT. Voting will commence soon thereafter. The submitter (and if necessary a second presenter) will be guaranteed an opportunity to register for the conference. Proposals for preconferences are also open until November 2nd, 5pm PT. http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_preconference_proposals We cannot accept every prepared talk proposal, but multiple lightning talk and breakout sessions will provide everyone who wishes to present with an opportunity to do so. Looking forward to seeing your proposals! -Cynthia aka TheRealArty Program Committee Lead