online conference - Colorado Academic Library Association

The 2014 Colorado Academic Library Association's biennial Summit will be held completely online. Presenters from around the world are encouraged to take advantage of this golden opportunity (you can present in your pajamas - only you will know!) to share expertise related to the theme, "Educating in a World of Diversity." Please see the full call for presentation proposals here (including submission form): http://bit.ly/1dAg6IE

E-Resources and Libraries 9th Annual Conference

E-Resources and Libraries 9th Annual Conference is taking place next month in Austin, TX and online March 16 – 19, 2014. You don’t need to attend ER&L to take a ½ day course in Austin. Learn a new skill and a fresh perspective on your work with aworkshop. Learn how to assess the accessibility and usability of e-resource interfaces at Influencing and Improving Products: Structured Interface Reviews. Learn the basics of programming (skills we need in order to improve the way work gets done in our libraries) at Outsourcing Library Work to Your Computer with Python basics and Rails Workshop using the RailsBridge Curriculum, co-hosted with the LTG Summit. Learn how to be more comfortable at a negotiation table or in communicating your ideas at work with improv training (run by an improv troupe) at Improv in the workplace? Improve in the Workplace. Learn best practices in project management at Introduction to Project Management for Libraries. Learn how to manage, preserve and make accessible our library’s data at Electronic Resources & Data Management: A Love Story. Learn how to empower yourself and your organization by understanding what it takes to cultivate resilience at Forever Changes: cultivating resilience in times of change, challenge, uncertainty - and opportunity. Learn the best crowd-sourced workflows for managing e-resources at Developing workflow from TERMS: Techniques for Electronic Resource Management View the complete 1/2 day workshops course list and descriptions:http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/workshops ER&L 2014 KEY DATES Feb 20 | Regular Registration Closes Mar 7-11 | SXSW Interactive Mar 16-19 | ER&L 2014 in Austin, Texas or Online March 18 | ER&L UX Day (Learn more:http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/erlplus/uxday) March 19 | ER&L Workshops Mar 20-21 | LTG Summit (Learn more: http://www.ltgsummit.org/)

FREE Online conference - LYRASIS Preservation Town Hall Series

We are excited to announce the LYRASIS Preservation Town Hall Series.  This is a forum to bring together libraries and other cultural heritage organizations to discuss methods for safeguarding and sustaining valuable collections. The LYRASIS Preservation Town Hall Series is hosted by LYRASIS and supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). These meetings provide an opportunity to learn about and share best practices, firsthand experiences, and helpful resources from experts in the community and your colleagues. All sessions will be FREE for participants.

The series will kick off with the Cooperative Community Emergency Response and Recovery Town Hall meeting, which will be held twice - first on October 8 at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and then again on December 6 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Atlanta, GA.  The Atlanta session will be a webcast live for participants who are unable to travel.

There are many examples throughout the United States of cultural heritage organizations working with emergency management agencies to create community-wide networks that support joint planning, response and recovery. These partnerships also foster emergency readiness amongst the individual members of the network. Regardless of whether the disaster affects just one building or multiple states, these networks have been successful. Yet, every network is unique. Individual communities have developed their networks in a variety of ways to address political, organizational, and geographic issues. These meetings will focus on how local planning can lead to successful regional disaster response and recovery efforts.

Featured speakers for the October 8 Town Hall at Temple University include:
Lori Foley, Vice President for Emergency Programs, Heritage Preservation
Michele Stricker, Deputy Director, New Jersey State Library
Mary Anne Farrell, Delaware Disaster Assistance Team (DDAT)
Alix Bentrud, Preservation Services Librarian, LYRASIS

Featured speakers for the December 6 Town Hall at Georgia Tech include:
Lori Foley, Vice President for Emergency Programs, Heritage Preservation
Christine Wiseman, Head, Digital Services Unit, Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center and Heritage Emergency Response Alliance - Atlanta,
Steering Committee
Mona K Vance, Archivist, Columbus-Lowndes Public Library
Alix Bentrud, Preservation Services Librarian, LYRASIS


Visit our Town Hall page  to learn more.

Click here for Cooperative Community Emergency Response and Recovery Town Hall.   http://www.lyrasis.org/LYRASIS%20Digital/Pages/Preservation%20Services/Cooperative-Community-Emergency-Response-and-Recovery-.aspx

To Register   http://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/EventDetail.aspx?Eid=DE4CD4D4-E304-E311-B7F7-002219586F0D

Online Conference – Preservation: Back to Basics

Amigos Library Services Presents Online Conference – Preservation: Back to Basics DALLAS, TX, August 19, 2013 – Amigos Library Services will present a one-day online conference “Preservation: Back to Basics”  Thursday, September 19.  The conference will cover a variety of topics, including in-house book and paper repair, emergency preparedness and disaster planning, preservation of analog and digital photos, audio cassette reformatting, and much more. “We have been getting more calls about basic preservation issues, so we wanted to meet that need,” said Gina Minks, Imaging and Preservation Manager. Minks says that preservation is often a low priority and in the current economy many people are being asked to do an array of preservation tasks without having any training. With over 15 sessions offered, the “Back to Basics” online conference hopes to help fill some of those knowledge gaps. Among the scheduled sessions are: ·         Working with Qualified Vendors to Preserve Analog Video, presented by Kimberley Tarr of New York University and Peter Oleksik of The Museum of Modern Art ·         Getting Started with Standard Audio Cassette Reformatting, presented by Anna Lamphear of University of Texas Libraries ·         Care and Identification of Photographs, presented by Jessica Phillips of University of North Texas ·         Disasters on a Budget: What You Can Do Now to Make Recovery Easier, presented by Susan Knoer of Master Plans, Inc. Visit the conference webpage for the complete conference information, including schedule and registration.  Early bird registration ends September 6, 2013.  If you are unable to attend, recorded sessions are available at a nominal fee.

Free Online Open Meeting: The Learning Commons and the Academic Library: Using Emerging Technologies and New Partnerships to Build Student Success

Free Online Open Meeting:

The Learning Commons and the Academic Library: 

Using Emerging Technologies and New Partnerships to Build Student Success

Monday, March 25, 2013, 1-2:30 pm

Many new library spaces, such as learning or information commons, lend themselves to providing both library and non-library services to students, a situation that provides its own challenges and opportunities. If you have such a space or are planning to develop one, the RUSA MARS LSS Committee invites you to join us for a free online open meeting on the Learning Commons on Monday, March 25 from 1-2:30PM EST.

While the event is free we ask that you register online at: http://learningcommons.eventbrite.com. After you register, you will receive a link to join the meeting. Space is limited so be sure to register in advance. More information is also available on ALA Connect at: http://connect.ala.org/node/203511 .

What: RUSA MARS LSS Committee Online Open Meeting on "The Learning Commons and the Academic Library: Using Emerging Technologies and New Partnerships to Build Student Success"

When: Monday, March 25 1-2:30PM EST

Where: Online - You will receive a link after you register

Register: http://learningcommons.eventbrite.com

Title:  The Learning Commons and the Academic Library: Using Emerging Technologies and New Partnerships to Build Student Success.

Description: Has your library partnered with academic support services to offer a “learning commons” in the library, or are you discussing/planning such a partnership? If so, please join us for a follow-up to the discussion forum “The Learning Commons and the Academic Library: Using Emerging Technologies and New Partnerships to Build Student Success” held at Midwinter 2012. Attend the online open meeting and learn how these libraries have developed partnerships and designed spaces to support student learning.

Speakers:
Ameet Doshi - Head, User Experience Department Georgia Tech University

Doshi will describe the role of the student advisory board in the design of the Library and the learning commons at Georgia Tech, known as the Clough Commons. The Clough Commons provides group study spaces, academics support services and a wide variety of technology for students to use.

Michelle Paon - Reference & Instruction Librarian, Dalhouise University
Marc Comeau - IT Manager, Dalhouise University

Eleven stakeholders currently share space in Dalhousie University's Killam Learning Commons, with services ranging from GIS and statistical computing consultations to traditional research assistance and the IT help desk. Paon and Comeau will identify the service areas located in the facility as well as touch on the innovative technologies that havebeen deployed in the commons.


Lori Mestre - Head Undergraduate Library, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Mestre will share UIUC's process for creating the initial plans for the Learning Commons and how student need for multimodal projects has resulted in the Learning Commons becoming a Media Commons  (including floor layout, services, furniture, technology, class support, use patterns, partnerships, loanable technology acquisition). She will discuss how UIUC incorporated technology and designed the layout based on assessment of student needs.

FREE conference - CURATEcamp: AVPres

The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) Open Source Committee is happy to announce CURATEcamp: AVPres, an online, video conference-based CURATEcamp, focused specifically on the digital preservation and access needs of audiovisual collections.  The camp will take place on April 19, 2013 from 12pm EST through the day (end time is still TBD).  The sessions will be mostly held online via Google Hangout, with physical sites helping to gather archivist colleagues together locally. The outcome we're hoping for is a series of concrete digital moving image preservation roadblocks or issues that might be addressed via code and developer participation at a hackathon, to be proposed to be a part of the AMIA conference in Richmond, Virginia in November of this year.

You do not need to be a digital preservation specialist or software engineer to participate.  The goal of CURATEcamp: AVPres is to collect the challenges of caretakers of audiovisual collections and work toward eventual software solutions to those.  Everyone is welcome!  Be ready to share your challenges, and even better, some of your data.

More information on CURATEcamp: AVPres can be found on our wiki.  If you are interested in participating, we are now gathering topics (please be as specific as possible!) and registrations via the online survey linked here.

Organizers contact information can be found there, in case you have questions about participating. Find out more about other CURATEcamps here.

Online workshop - Periodical/Database Indexing

I would like to announce an online workshop which might be of interest to archivists: Periodical/Database Indexing which will be given through the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science this fall. This workshop provides a comprehensive introduction to the standards and best practices of indexing all types of periodicals, including magazines, journals, newsletters, and newspapers. The principles and practices of periodical indexing can also be applied to indexing historical documents, collections of documents on a website, and internal documents for a large company. More information is available at http://alanis.simmons.edu/ceweb/workshop.php?id=59 $275 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $220) April 1 - May 12, 2013 - PDPs: 25 Instructor is Linda Dunn, a freelance periodical/database indexer of more than thirty years experience. I have presented several workshops on periodical indexing and creating controlled vocabularies, including previous online workshops on periodical/database indexing for Simmons College GSLICE. Any questions can be directed to: Linda47Dunn@yahoo.com

Fellowship - ER&L/EBSCO Information to Inspiration

ER&L/EBSCO Information to Inspiration Fellowship EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L) are pleased to announce the inaugural “Information to Inspiration” Fellowship. Designed to advance the careers of highly motivated library professionals and the field of librarianship, this unique program will provide up to $4,000 to support a library professional or a team of library professionals interested in conducting research about issues related to management of electronic resources in the ever-evolving information industry. Read the full news release here: http://www2.ebsco.com/en-us/NewsCenter/Pages/ViewArticle.aspx?QSID=638 ER&L encourages you to submit an application. After 7 years of working to cull thought provoking and valuable research into the annual ER&L conference, we are excited to share this new opportunity with the library community. "Rooted in a shared belief that our individual efforts and leadership can and will impact the field of librarianship, ER&L is pleased and proud to partner with EBSCO Information Services to serve as the inaugural launch pad for the EBSCO Information to Inspiration Fellowship--an award which will directly fund research by library professionals working to advance our field." -- Bonnie Tijerina, ER&L Conference Coordinator/ Harvard University Fellowship Area of Focus This award is seeking library professionals work on measuring and evaluating use, users and usage. Some example topics of interest include: Practical implementation and support of analysis techniques to increase usage and maximize the value of electronic resources Measuring value or impact of library resources with data Determining return on investment ER&L Strongly encourages applications from the library community. Learn details about the award, uses for funding, eligibility, selection criteria and application process: http://bit.ly/ebscofellow Application Deadlines Jan. 18, 2013: Round 1 deadline. Jan. 22, 2013: Round 1 applicants advised of results. Feb. 4, 2013: Round 2 deadline. Feb. 1–11, 2013: Committee review applications. Feb. 15. 2013: Winning applicant notified. March 17–20, 2013: Winner announced, brief presentation by award winner. Committee A committee of ER&L community members and EBSCO representatives will be evaluating applications. Committee members include: Anna Creech, University of Richmond Ellen Conrad, Denison University Katie Gohn, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Bonnie Tijerina, Harvard University & ER&L Conference Coordinator EBSCO Representatives Read the full news release with links to the application here: http://www2.ebsco.com/en-us/NewsCenter/Pages/ViewArticle.aspx?QSID=638 If you have any questions, please contact erl.sponsor@gmail.com.

Online course: Introduction to the Semantic Web

Instructor: Robert Chavez Dates: Jan. 1 - Jan. 28, 2013 Credits: 1.5 CEUs Cost: $175 http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/020-intro-semantic-web.php One of the main goals the semantic web (sometimes referred to as Web 3.0) is to allow the web to be treated like a database through structured metadata, controlled vocabularies, and data linking. Simply put, semantics is the process of adding description and information to resources to help us understand the meaning of these resources. This is not a foreign concept to LIS professionals, the language and tools of semantic organization, however, are a new and evolving discipline. This course will provide an introduction to semantic web standards (RDF, RDFa, OWL, SPARQL) and their application. RDF is the foundation of the semantic web and most related standards so we will spend a significant portion of time learning the basics of the RDF framework and how to craft RDF in an XML format. In addition, we will explore how to create semantic models to link/share different types of resources, and how to create a basic ontology using the Web Ontology Language. Course outcomes will include: learning the RDF framework understanding the differences between RDF and XML learning how to create standard ontologies learning how RDF is published and queried understanding how the semantic web relates to library standards (such as MARC) understand how semantic technologies such as ontologies and SKOS relate to libraries efforts in the field of classification, indexing, and knowledge management understand how semantic technologies are changing the way we create and use library software systems Robert Chavez holds a PhD in Classical Studies from Indiana University. From 1994-1999 he worked in the Library Electronic Text Resource Service at Indiana University Bloomington as an electronic text specialist. From 1999-2007 Robert worked at Tufts University at the Perseus Project and the Digital Collections and Archives as a programmer, digital humanist, and institutional repository program manager. He currently works for the New England Journal of Medicine in as Content Applications Architect.

Online Workshop - Preservation of Audiovisual Materials

Online Workshop Debuts in December: Preservation of Audiovisual Materials Does your special collection include audiovisual treasures that must be preserved, but you haven’t received enough training to feel comfortable with your responsibilities? If this is you, you'll want to join Rebecca Elder, our Adjunct Field Preservation Services Officer, for convenient, at-your-desktop training December 12 and December 14 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and learn what you need do to keep your collection in optimal condition. Preserving the investment in your audiovisual collections presents a unique challenge to libraries, archives, and museums. The wide variety of A/V formats - videotapes, audiotapes, motion picture film, filmstrips, LPs, CDs, and DVDs - requires special attention to prevent deterioration caused by everything from daily use to storage problems. During these two 2-hour sessions you will learn to: Identify the audiovisual materials in your collections Describe the basic mechanisms of deterioration in audiovisual materials Design improved storage solutions for audiovisual materials Design improved care and handling procedures for audiovisual materials You will have Q&A opportunities with Rebecca regarding your particular situation both during class and via email. A homework assignment will be due one week after the final class. For more details on the training and to register for this brand new workshop, go to http://www.amigos.org/learning/catalog/shopping/product_details.php?id=263 or contact Elizabeth Klein, klein@amigos.org or (800) 843-8482, ext. 2844

CFP- HTML5 and CSS3

Topic: HTML5 and CSS3 Deadline for Proposals: December 14, 2012 Conference Date: February 8, 2013 Location: Online HTML5 and CSS3 are two major web development standards today. Both have moved web authors into the present with options for incorporating more semantic elements, easier audio/video inclusion, APIs, and an ever increasing formatting feature set. But how well supported are they today? Is it practical to use these standards with the browsers available today? Are there ways to incorporate parts of these standards or do web pages have to incorporate the entire standard? What are the "gotchas?" This is the focus of Amigos' February 8, 2013 online conference. We are looking for web developers that deal with library websites and have, either successfully or unsuccessfully, started incorporating HTML5 and/or CSS3 functionality. We're searching for practical stories of what worked, what didn’t, and what you learned along the way. Do you use an HTML5/CSS3-compliant content management system? Or try to? Have you incorporated multimedia using HTML5? Are you using media queries? Have you started using more advanced selectors? We want to hear about everything related to HTML5 and CSS3. The online conference will be held Friday, February 8th, 2013. We are looking for 45-minute sessions throughout the day. If you are interested, complete and submit our "Call for Proposals" form and we'll be in touch. If you know someone that might be interested, please forward this invitation to them. We are looking for anyone who does web development, even indirectly, on your library's website – whether they are library employees or not. All presenters will be comped for the conference! The deadline for submitting proposals will be Friday, December 14, 2012. FYI - We are fortunate to have Christopher Schmitt as our keynoter. Well-known for his work with the Web Standards Project , he heads the new media company and web design company called HeatVision.com and is the author of several books on standards-based web design. If you have questions, please contact Christine Peterson, 800-843-8482 x2891. Christine Peterson Continuing Education Librarian Amigos Library Services, Inc. 800-843-8482 x2891 www.amigos.org peterson@amigos.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

Lecture - Brewster Kahle

On October 16, Leo Baeck Institute will celebrate the launch of DigiBaeck (www.lbi.org/digibaeck) - a comprehensive digital version of its collections. DigiBaeck includes 3.5 million pages of material that ranges from personal papers and photographs of luminaries like Albert Einstein and Moses Mendelssohn to letters, diaries, recipes, and other ephemera chronicling the lives of everyday German-speaking Jews over five centuries. Keynote speakers Brewster Kahle and Nicholas Felton, and a panel moderated by New York Times science reporter Claudia Dreifus will discuss the implications and possibilities of putting this wealth of source materials online. Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 9:30 AM Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th St. New York, NY 10011 This event is free and open to the public and will also be streamed live at www.lbi.org/digibaeck RSVP to (212) 744-6400 or digibaeck@lbi.org More info: http://www.lbi.org/events/digibaeck-launch/

Please join us for the fifth Museums & Mobile Online Conference on October 23, 2012. Interact online with colleagues working in mobile interpretation from around the globe and walk away with practical knowledge you can immediately put to use. Registration is now open and early-bird rates are available until September 28th. Our exciting lineup includes engaging and interactive case studies looking at the planning and development of a new generation of mobile tools and experiences brought to you by experts from a wide range of cultural institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Museum of the American Indian, Cleveland Museum of Art, Royal Ontario Museum, British Museum and the Tate. Explore the use of augmented reality technologies within a museum context. Learn how museums have moved beyond the traditional mobile ‘tour’ model. Review projects that generate meaningful social sharing with visitors in mobile. Our conference keynote, Amy Heibel, Associate VP of Technology, Web & Digital Media at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, will share key strategy and decision-making processes that have resulted in one of the most innovative portfolios of mobile experiences in the museum world. A session not to be missed. Digital badges will again be part of our conference so you can translate what you learn into a powerful tool for your career development. More to follow on this front! We invite you to register now for the Museums & Mobile V Online Conference - before early-bird registration ends on September 28th. Our mailing address is: LearningTimes 450 Seventh Avenue Suite 1106 New York, NY 10123 http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fshoutlearning.us2.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Dd8009358a3233fc6bfe8c5763%26id%3D4b644fb4c0%26e%3De5711e4f3f&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEnvawycpqq4OmWXUFOIXOsMCB41Q

Online workshops - Library Juice

http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/ Library Juice Academy offers a range of online professional development workshops for librarians, with classes starting October 1st. These workshops earn Continuing Education Units, and are intended as professional development activities primarily for academic librarians. A partial schedule of workshops is below. Watch this page as we continue to add courses. We are currently accepting enrollments in the courses listed below. October 2012 Cataloging for the Non-Cataloger Instructor: Melissa Adler | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Considering an Open Source ILS Instructor: BWS Johnson | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Do-It-Yourself Usability Testing Instructor: Rebecca Blakiston | Credits: 0.75 CEUs | Cost: $90 Participatory Culture in the Library: Community-Driven Collecting, Cataloging, and Curating Instructor: Margaret Heller | Credits: 0.75 CEUs | Cost: $90 November 2012 Changing Lives, Changing the World: Information Literacy and Critical Pedagogy Instructor: Maria T. Accardi | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Advocacy for Librarians Instructor: Alison Lewis | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Exploring Fair Use Instructor: Rachel Bridgewater | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Online Instruction Instructor: John Doherty | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 So Now I Am an Archivist, Too?! Introduction to Archives Administration and Management Instructor: Christine D'Arpa | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Introduction to FRBR Instructor: Melissa Adler | Credits: 0.75 CEUs | Cost: $90 Introduction to Health Science Librarianship Instructor: Courtney Mlinar | Credits: 0.75 CEUs | Cost: $90 Consumer Health Information Instructor: Courtney Mlinar | Credits: 0.75 CEUs | Cost: $90 December 2012 Introduction to RDA Instructor: Melissa Adler | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Alternative Literature in Libraries Instructor: Rory Litwin | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 The Mechanics of Metadata Instructor: Grace Agnew | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Game-Based Learning in Library Instruction Instructor: Scott Rice | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Introduction to XML Instructor: Robert Chavez | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost $175 Embedded Librarianship Instructor: Courtney Mlinar | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost $175 January 2013 Diversity Plans for Academic Libraries Instructor: Julie Biando Edwards | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Introduction to the Semantic Web Instructor: Robert Chavez | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost $175 Introduction to Drupal for Libraries Instructor: Cody Hennesy | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 February 2013 Representing Geographic Information with Map Mashups Instructor: Olga Buchel | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Alternative Health Resources for Librarians Instructor: Candise Branum | Credits: 0.75 CEUs | Cost: $90 March 2013 Patent Searching Instructor: Martin Wallace | Credits: 1.5 CEUs | Cost: $175 Team-Based Work Structures and Productivity Instructor: Aliqae Geraci | Credits: 0.75 CEUs | Cost: $90 Working Faster, Working Smarter: Productivity Strategies for Librarians Instructor: Emily Drabinski | Credits: 0.75 CEUs | Cost: $90 Library Juice Academy - http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/ PO Box 25322, Los Angeles, CA Tel. 218-260-6115 inquiries@libraryjuiceacademy.com

Online workshop - ebooks

Register Now for SEFLIN’s Virtual Conference September 21, 2012 10:00am - 4:00pm (Eastern Time, US and Canada) Find out more and register at: http://goo.gl/ce2ZD Seats are limited, so register now! Produced by SEFLIN (Southeast Florida Library Information Network), this is a one-day online conference highlighting the impact of eBooks on libraries. Presenters include: Stephen Abram (Gale-Cengage Learning) Chad Mairn (Novare Library Services) Nik Osborne, J.D. (Indiana University) Jamie LaRue (Douglas County Libraries, Colorado) Sue Polanka (Wright State University Libraries) These leading experts will discuss eBook trends, self-publishing and digital textbooks, barriers to and models for eBook lending, helpful eReader tips and tricks for library staff, and the future of eBooks in libraries. This is a virtual conference, so there are no travel costs. Register as a group, so your entire staff can attend sessions that fit their schedules. Join information professionals around the world, and interact with library leaders and experts in the field. Hear about solutions and strategies for providing high demand e-content to your library patrons. Fully accessible via mobile devices too! Recordings of the conference sessions will be available after the conference for all registered attendees. Registration is Required for Attending this Conference: The registration fee is $25 for individuals and $45 for groups and is required for those outside of Florida. Registration fees for Library staff working in the State of Florida have been underwritten by grant funding. Find out more and register at: http://www.seflin.org

Virtual Conference: eBooks: Benefits, Challenges, and the Future

Register Now for SEFLIN’s Virtual Conference eBooks: Benefits, Challenges, and the Future September 21, 2012 10:00am - 4:00pm (Eastern Time, US and Canada) Find out more and register at: http://goo.gl/ce2ZD Seats are limited, so register now! Produced by SEFLIN (Southeast Florida Library Information Network), this is a one-day online conference highlighting the impact of eBooks on libraries. Presenters include: Stephen Abram (Gale-Cengage Learning) Chad Mairn (Novare Library Services) Nik Osborne, J.D. (Indiana University) Jamie LaRue (Douglas County Libraries, Colorado) Sue Polanka (Wright State University Libraries) These leading experts will discuss eBook trends, self-publishing and digital textbooks, barriers to and models for eBook lending, helpful eReader tips and tricks for library staff, and the future of eBooks in libraries. This is a virtual conference, so there are no travel costs. Register as a group, so your entire staff can attend sessions that fit their schedules. Join information professionals around the world, and interact with library leaders and experts in the field. Hear about solutions and strategies for providing high demand e-content to your library patrons. Fully accessible via mobile devices too! Recordings of the conference sessions will be available after the conference for all registered attendees. Registration is Required for Attending this Conference: The registration fee is $25 for individuals and $45 for groups and is required for those outside of Florida. Registration fees for Library staff working in the State of Florida have been underwritten by grant funding. Find out more and register at: http://www.seflin.org

Online workshops - UW-Milwaukee

The Professional Development Institute at the School of Information Studies (SOIS) at UW-Milwaukee has some online continuing education courses that may be of interest to those in the archives field. Document Detective Work September 17 - October 26 Instructor: Dr. Kimberly Anderson http://www4.uwm.edu/sois/CE/ Exploring Access and Privacy Legal Issues for Archivists, Librarians, and Information Professionals September 24 - November 2 Instructor: Menzi Behrnd-Klodt http://www4.uwm.edu/sois/CE/ Designing Marketing Materials Using Adobe Creative Suite (no software required) November 12 - December 14 Instructor: Rebecca Hall http://www4.uwm.edu/sois/CE/ Course Registration To see our diverse offers and register visit: http://www4.uwm.edu/sois/CE/ We've partnered with Ed2Go to offer online courses including beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses covering all the Microsoft & Adobe products, we design, and CSS. Explore all these options at: http://www.ed2go.com/uwm/

Online classes - Library Science eCourses

Registration for Library Science eCourses Available Through August 24th (Classes Begin August 20th) To register for any of these courses now, click here and select Library Science! https://nku.gosignmeup.com Collection Management 3 CEU Credits, Offered August 20 – October 12, 2012 Registration Fee $380 Research successful selection and weeding criteria. Examine processes and systems to facilitate acquisition of print and electronic materials. Gain an understanding emerging publishing practices that impact library budgets. Consider means to maximize of consortial collection building. Learn material preservation techniques. Communications and Teamwork in Libraries 3 CEU Credits, Offered August 20 – October 12, 2012 Registration Fee $380 Learn interpersonal skills to ensure positive relationships with customers and colleagues. Investigate outstanding customer service programs. Explore mediation styles or successful conflict resolution. Find out how listening and non-verbal communication skills can improve staff performance. Learn teamwork, leadership, and decision making techniques. Library Technology 3 CEU Credits, Offered August 20 – October 12, 2012 Registration Fee $380 Survey the range of current technologies used for library operations. Learn core information systems hardware design principles, software applications, and networking protocols. Gain knowledge of best practices in library IT program management. Investigate applications of Web 2.0 and other advancing technologies in libraries. Build a skill set for adapting to changing technological demands. To register for these and other available classes, or for more information, please visit https://nku.gosignmeup.com and click on Library Science. Via email, contact nkulibraryce@nku.edu for additional information. If you wish to unsubscribe from future course announcements, please reply to this email with your request.

Call for Papers -- Internet Reference Services Quarterly

Call for Papers -- Internet Reference Services Quarterly — New Authors Welcome!*** Internet Reference Services Quarterly is now accepting manuscripts for the 2012/13 volume year. http://www.tandfonline.com/WIRS >> Internet Reference Services Quarterly is a refereed journal presenting information about reference librarianship in the digital age. The journal offers studies and articles on technology and innovations related to the delivery of library user services, including reference, research consultation, instruction, information literacy, user design and usability, and electronic reference materials and sources. >> IRSQ welcomes articles on all aspects of library reference and information services, including professional practices, electronic communications, information literacy, training and education, managing reference services, evaluating information services and sources, software and technology, and user populations. >> IRSQ receives all manuscripts electronically via the journal's ScholarOne website: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/WIRS >>For more journal information and submission instructions, visit www.tandfonline.com/WIRS or contact Jason Sokoloff at sokolojk@jmu.edu.