Beta Phi Mu scholarships and fellowships – March 15 deadline
Beta Phi Mu, the international library & information science honor society, is now accepting applications for its 2011 scholarships and fellowships. The deadline for applications is March 15. Please share this information with current and potential students. Thank you!
Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships – $3000
Up to six fellowships may be awarded.
Sarah Rebecca Reed Scholarship – $2250
For a student beginning library or information studies.
Blanche E. Woolls Scholarship – $2250
For a student beginning library and information studies with the intention of pursuing a career in school library media service.
Frank B. Sessa Scholarship – $1500
For continuing professional education of a Beta Phi Mu Member.
Harold Lancour Scholarship – $1750
For foreign study by a librarian or LIS student.
For more information and online application forms, please visit the Beta Phi Mu website:
http://www.beta-phi-mu.org
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Award - SLA travel grant
The SLA-PAM Professional Development Committee is pleased to announce that IOP Publishing is once again sponsoring four conference travel stipends to help new librarians with the expenses of attending the SLA Annual Conference. The stipends aim to accelerate the advancement of new librarians entering science/technology librarianship by mentoring them to access educational and professional opportunities within the SLA. This is the third year running that IOP Publishing and the PAM Division have proudly offered these travel stipends.
The selected recipients will each receive a $1,000 stipend to assist in defraying the cost of attending the 2011 SLA conference in Philadelphia, PA in June, 2011. Learn more about the IOP Travel Stipend Award today and nominate yourself, or someone you know.
Eligibility
* Applicants should be recent graduates of a library science program.
* Applicants should have less than 3 years of professional library information experience.
* Applicants must work in a library focusing on one or more of the PAM disciplines (physics, astronomy, mathematics, or computer science) or act as a library’s subject specialist for one or more of these disciplines.
* Applicants should be first-time attendees of the SLA annual conference, or first-time attendees in a PAM discipline.
The committee reserves the right not to grant any of the four awards if not enough applications meet all eligibility requirements and adhere to all the application procedures.
Only applicants who meet all the eligibility requirements at the time of application are submitted to the SLA-PAM review committee for travel stipend consideration.
Candidate Expectations
* Candidate must attend the SLA Annual Conference the year the award is given.
* Candidate must attend the PAM business meeting and breakfast.
* Candidate should be willing to attend PAM sessions and events at the Annual Conference and participate in a group photo session administered by SLA.
Application Procedure
1. Prepare a brief letter (approximately 750 words), answering the questions:
§ How do you meet the criteria?
§ What do you hope to gain from attending the 2011 SLA conference?
§ How do you expect/hope to be involved with the PAM division?
2. Submit current curriculum vitae OR resume.
Applications can be submitted via email to Nedelina Tchangalova at nedelina@umd.edu (subject line should begin with PAM Travel Stipend). Applications will be accepted until February 1, 2011.
Notification
Applicants will receive notification of award status by March 1, 2011. The award check will be presented at the PAM business meeting and breakfast.
The selected recipients will each receive a $1,000 stipend to assist in defraying the cost of attending the 2011 SLA conference in Philadelphia, PA in June, 2011. Learn more about the IOP Travel Stipend Award today and nominate yourself, or someone you know.
Eligibility
* Applicants should be recent graduates of a library science program.
* Applicants should have less than 3 years of professional library information experience.
* Applicants must work in a library focusing on one or more of the PAM disciplines (physics, astronomy, mathematics, or computer science) or act as a library’s subject specialist for one or more of these disciplines.
* Applicants should be first-time attendees of the SLA annual conference, or first-time attendees in a PAM discipline.
The committee reserves the right not to grant any of the four awards if not enough applications meet all eligibility requirements and adhere to all the application procedures.
Only applicants who meet all the eligibility requirements at the time of application are submitted to the SLA-PAM review committee for travel stipend consideration.
Candidate Expectations
* Candidate must attend the SLA Annual Conference the year the award is given.
* Candidate must attend the PAM business meeting and breakfast.
* Candidate should be willing to attend PAM sessions and events at the Annual Conference and participate in a group photo session administered by SLA.
Application Procedure
1. Prepare a brief letter (approximately 750 words), answering the questions:
§ How do you meet the criteria?
§ What do you hope to gain from attending the 2011 SLA conference?
§ How do you expect/hope to be involved with the PAM division?
2. Submit current curriculum vitae OR resume.
Applications can be submitted via email to Nedelina Tchangalova at nedelina@umd.edu (subject line should begin with PAM Travel Stipend). Applications will be accepted until February 1, 2011.
Notification
Applicants will receive notification of award status by March 1, 2011. The award check will be presented at the PAM business meeting and breakfast.
CFP - Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian
Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian is now accepting manuscripts for volume 30(3). The submission deadline is February 25, 2011.
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
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
Webinar - Intro to Information Architecture
ASIST Webinar – Intro to Information Architecture
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 1:30-2:30pm (EST)
Registration: $20 ASIS&T Members / $49 Non-Members
Description: In this virtual seminar, you’ll learn all about
information architecture – what it is, why it’s so important to do
well and the major things to do and not to do.
We’ll discuss:
- how people look for information and what they need to do with it
when they find it
- different ways you can organize information and when they are
suitable
- exactly how (processes) you can figure out the best ways to organize
your content
- the tricky issue of what to call things
- other key IA tips
It’s all based on Donna’s experience designing information
architecture, navigation and content for a wide range of information
systems (usually big ones) such as government and corporate websites,
intranets and document management systems.
To register please go to the ASIS&T website
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/2011/intro-to-ia.html
Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 1:30-2:30pm (EST)
Registration: $20 ASIS&T Members / $49 Non-Members
Description: In this virtual seminar, you’ll learn all about
information architecture – what it is, why it’s so important to do
well and the major things to do and not to do.
We’ll discuss:
- how people look for information and what they need to do with it
when they find it
- different ways you can organize information and when they are
suitable
- exactly how (processes) you can figure out the best ways to organize
your content
- the tricky issue of what to call things
- other key IA tips
It’s all based on Donna’s experience designing information
architecture, navigation and content for a wide range of information
systems (usually big ones) such as government and corporate websites,
intranets and document management systems.
To register please go to the ASIS&T website
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/webinars/2011/intro-to-ia.html
Webinar - Using Authority Data to Enhance the Semantic Web
Back From the Endangered List: Using Authority Data to Enhance the Semantic Web
Register now for NISO’s February webinar: “Back From the Endangered List:
Using Authority Data to Enhance the Semantic Web,” to be held on February 9 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (Eastern).
ABOUT THE WEBINAR
Librarian use of authority files dates back to Callimachus and the Great Library of Alexandria around 300 BC. With the evolution of powerful computerized searching and retrieval systems, authority data appears to some to have outlived its usefulness. However, the Semantic Web provides an opportunity to use authority data to enable computers to search, aggregate, and combine information on the Web. Join this webinar to learn about the amazing services that can result when the rich data included in name authority files, and other standardized vocabularies are linked via the Semantic Web.
SPEAKERS AND TOPICS
. Linking Things and the Virtual International Authority File – Jeff Young, Software Architect, OCLC Research Is “NISO” a “controlled access point” or an “organization”? Because different authority agencies disagree on the literal form of the “controlled access point,” the basis for associating them in VIAF must be through a more intuitive concept like “organization,” “person”, “place,” etc. Linked Data encourages us to assign HTTP URIs to these conceptualized resources and to describe them with existing ontologies (e.g. FOAF, SKOS, OWL) to further enhance their reuse outside the library community. With these Linked Data tools, VIAF and its contributors illustrate the potential interplay between centralized and decentralized interoperability of authority information.
. Authorities as Linked Data Hubs – Richard Wallis, Technology Evangelist, Talis As the Web of Data appears, hubs of information are naturally forming. The Linked Data approach to publishing information is one of reuse and linking to others. It is no surprise therefore that DBpedia [Linked Data derived from Wikipedia] has become one of the most linked to hubs–not because of the authority of Wikipedia data, but because of the reusable identifiers used to link it. In the same way governments are becoming hubs for identifying schools, locations, departments, laws, etc., the library community has the opportunity to become the respected source for identifiers in this world. What we collectively refer to as authorities have the potential [if published openly, simply, and soon] to become hubs for the linking of library and non-library information across the Web of Data.
However, just encoding what we have in RDF and pushing it out there may not be enough. Applying Linked Data principles and approaching it from the data consumers’ point of view will help the continuation of the centuries old library mission into a Semantic Web future.
. The Getty Vocabularies: ‘Non-Authoritarian’ Authority Files for Art, Architecture, and Material Culture – Murtha Baca, Head, Digital Art History Access For more than two decades, the Getty Vocabulary Program, a unit of the Getty Research Institute (GRI), has been building electronic thesauri containing structured terminology for art, architecture, decorative arts and other material culture, archival materials, visual surrogates, and bibliographic materials. Compliant with international standards, the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AATR), Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGNR), and Union List of Artist Names (ULANR) provide authoritative information for catalogers and researchers, and can be used to enhance search and retrieval in databases and Web sites. The Getty Vocabularies grow through contributions from their constituent communities. The Getty Vocabulary Program is a participant in VIAF. The newest Getty vocabulary, currently in development, is CONAT (Cultural Objects Name Authority), a structured vocabulary containing authority records for cultural works, including architecture and movable works such as paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, textiles, ceramics, furniture, other visual media such as frescoes and architectural sculpture, performance art, archaeological artifacts, and various functional objects that are from the realm of material culture and of the type collected by museums.
REGISTRATION
Registration is per site (defined as access for one computer). NISO and NASIG members may register at a discounted rate. A student discount is also available. Can’t make it on the scheduled date or time? Registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year, which can be viewed at your convenience.
For more information or to register, visit the event webpage:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/nisowebinars/authoritydata/
Register now for NISO’s February webinar: “Back From the Endangered List:
Using Authority Data to Enhance the Semantic Web,” to be held on February 9 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (Eastern).
ABOUT THE WEBINAR
Librarian use of authority files dates back to Callimachus and the Great Library of Alexandria around 300 BC. With the evolution of powerful computerized searching and retrieval systems, authority data appears to some to have outlived its usefulness. However, the Semantic Web provides an opportunity to use authority data to enable computers to search, aggregate, and combine information on the Web. Join this webinar to learn about the amazing services that can result when the rich data included in name authority files, and other standardized vocabularies are linked via the Semantic Web.
SPEAKERS AND TOPICS
. Linking Things and the Virtual International Authority File – Jeff Young, Software Architect, OCLC Research Is “NISO” a “controlled access point” or an “organization”? Because different authority agencies disagree on the literal form of the “controlled access point,” the basis for associating them in VIAF must be through a more intuitive concept like “organization,” “person”, “place,” etc. Linked Data encourages us to assign HTTP URIs to these conceptualized resources and to describe them with existing ontologies (e.g. FOAF, SKOS, OWL) to further enhance their reuse outside the library community. With these Linked Data tools, VIAF and its contributors illustrate the potential interplay between centralized and decentralized interoperability of authority information.
. Authorities as Linked Data Hubs – Richard Wallis, Technology Evangelist, Talis As the Web of Data appears, hubs of information are naturally forming. The Linked Data approach to publishing information is one of reuse and linking to others. It is no surprise therefore that DBpedia [Linked Data derived from Wikipedia] has become one of the most linked to hubs–not because of the authority of Wikipedia data, but because of the reusable identifiers used to link it. In the same way governments are becoming hubs for identifying schools, locations, departments, laws, etc., the library community has the opportunity to become the respected source for identifiers in this world. What we collectively refer to as authorities have the potential [if published openly, simply, and soon] to become hubs for the linking of library and non-library information across the Web of Data.
However, just encoding what we have in RDF and pushing it out there may not be enough. Applying Linked Data principles and approaching it from the data consumers’ point of view will help the continuation of the centuries old library mission into a Semantic Web future.
. The Getty Vocabularies: ‘Non-Authoritarian’ Authority Files for Art, Architecture, and Material Culture – Murtha Baca, Head, Digital Art History Access For more than two decades, the Getty Vocabulary Program, a unit of the Getty Research Institute (GRI), has been building electronic thesauri containing structured terminology for art, architecture, decorative arts and other material culture, archival materials, visual surrogates, and bibliographic materials. Compliant with international standards, the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AATR), Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGNR), and Union List of Artist Names (ULANR) provide authoritative information for catalogers and researchers, and can be used to enhance search and retrieval in databases and Web sites. The Getty Vocabularies grow through contributions from their constituent communities. The Getty Vocabulary Program is a participant in VIAF. The newest Getty vocabulary, currently in development, is CONAT (Cultural Objects Name Authority), a structured vocabulary containing authority records for cultural works, including architecture and movable works such as paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, textiles, ceramics, furniture, other visual media such as frescoes and architectural sculpture, performance art, archaeological artifacts, and various functional objects that are from the realm of material culture and of the type collected by museums.
REGISTRATION
Registration is per site (defined as access for one computer). NISO and NASIG members may register at a discounted rate. A student discount is also available. Can’t make it on the scheduled date or time? Registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year, which can be viewed at your convenience.
For more information or to register, visit the event webpage:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/nisowebinars/authoritydata/
Free webinar - Libraries Are Essential: Providing Core Services for Readers
Webcast Alert! Libraries Are Essential: Providing Core Services for Readers
DATE: Thursday, January 27, 2011 | TIME: 2–3 PM EST | REGISTER FREE TODAY
Libraries are often a community hub, the place where everyone is welcome and where everyone can not only find the information they need, but also seek solace and support. In short, libraries are an essential part of any thriving community. In this first of a three-part series of webcasts on the essentialness of libraries, Robin Nesbit, Sharron Smith, and Duncan Smith explore the value of readers’ services and best practices for conveying that value to the community.
Providing Core Services for Readers is first in the three part Libraries are Essential series of webcasts.
REGISTER FOR THIS FREE WEBCAST TODAY AT: www.libraryjournal.com/novelistcoreservices
PANELISTS
Robin Nesbit, Director of Technical Services, Columbus Metropolitan Library in Ohio
Sharron Smith, Manager of Readers’ Advisory Services, Kitchner Public Library in Kitchner, Ontario
Duncan Smith, founder and Vice President, NoveList
The event will be moderated by Cheryl LaGuardia, Research Librarian, Harvard University, Cambridge; author of the e-Views Blog and e-Reviews columns for Library Journal and Editor of Bowkers’ Magazines for Libraries
Can’t make it on January 27? No problem!
If you are not able to make the live webcast of Libraries are Essential: Providing Core Services for Readers, register now and you will get an email reminder from Library Journal when the webcast is archived and available for on-demand viewing at your convenience. / via LJ
DATE: Thursday, January 27, 2011 | TIME: 2–3 PM EST | REGISTER FREE TODAY
Libraries are often a community hub, the place where everyone is welcome and where everyone can not only find the information they need, but also seek solace and support. In short, libraries are an essential part of any thriving community. In this first of a three-part series of webcasts on the essentialness of libraries, Robin Nesbit, Sharron Smith, and Duncan Smith explore the value of readers’ services and best practices for conveying that value to the community.
Providing Core Services for Readers is first in the three part Libraries are Essential series of webcasts.
REGISTER FOR THIS FREE WEBCAST TODAY AT: www.libraryjournal.com/novelistcoreservices
PANELISTS
Robin Nesbit, Director of Technical Services, Columbus Metropolitan Library in Ohio
Sharron Smith, Manager of Readers’ Advisory Services, Kitchner Public Library in Kitchner, Ontario
Duncan Smith, founder and Vice President, NoveList
The event will be moderated by Cheryl LaGuardia, Research Librarian, Harvard University, Cambridge; author of the e-Views Blog and e-Reviews columns for Library Journal and Editor of Bowkers’ Magazines for Libraries
Can’t make it on January 27? No problem!
If you are not able to make the live webcast of Libraries are Essential: Providing Core Services for Readers, register now and you will get an email reminder from Library Journal when the webcast is archived and available for on-demand viewing at your convenience. / via LJ
Thursday, January 13, 2011
CFP - Fellowship
The Filson Historical Society
Filson Fellowships & Internships
Deadline: February 15, 2011
The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky, invites applications
for fellowships to support research in The Filson's collections, and
internships. Applications must be received by February 15, 2011.
Detailed information about fellowships, internships, and application
procedures can be found on The Filson's Web site:
http://www.filsonhistorical.org/fellowships.html. Information about The
Filson's collections can be found on the online catalog.
The Filson anticipates that Fellows will publicize the results of their
research in _Ohio Valley History_, the peer-reviewed journal published
jointly by The Filson and the Cincinnati Museum Center.
Questions regarding the fellowships and internships program should be
directed to Dr. A. Glenn Crothers, Director of Research for The Filson
Institute: crothers@filsonhistorical.org or glenn.crothers@louisville.edu.
Filson Fellowships & Internships
Deadline: February 15, 2011
The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky, invites applications
for fellowships to support research in The Filson's collections, and
internships. Applications must be received by February 15, 2011.
Detailed information about fellowships, internships, and application
procedures can be found on The Filson's Web site:
http://www.filsonhistorical.org/fellowships.html. Information about The
Filson's collections can be found on the online catalog.
The Filson anticipates that Fellows will publicize the results of their
research in _Ohio Valley History_, the peer-reviewed journal published
jointly by The Filson and the Cincinnati Museum Center.
Questions regarding the fellowships and internships program should be
directed to Dr. A. Glenn Crothers, Director of Research for The Filson
Institute: crothers@filsonhistorical.org or glenn.crothers@louisville.edu.
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