Articles, job-hunting advice, professional development opportunities, and other news and ideas on how to further your library career. Compiled by the Library Job People, Sarah Johnson and Rachel Singer Gordon.
May 9th, 2008 rachel
Are you (or do you know) a Library/Information Science student
interested in Sci-Tech Librarianship? The Student Relations Committee
of the Sci-Tech Division of SLA is offering two FREE one-year
memberships in SLA (includes affiliation with the Sci-Tech Division as
well as one chapter affiliation). To be eligible for one of the free
student memberships, all you have to do is come up with some creative
& relevant ways that the Sci-Tech Division should engage with library/
information science students who are looking forward to a career in
Sci-Tech librarianship. Check out what we already do at the Sci-Tech
Division website:
http://units.sla.org/division/dst/index.html.
To apply, send your creative ideas, along with your name, email, phone
number, address, and the library/information science program in which
you are enrolled to hilary_davis@ncsu.edu. Deadline: May 25th, 2008
If you are not selected for one of the two free memberships, you can
still become connected to a wealth of professional development
opportunities, colleagues, and mentors by applying for the SLA one-
year student membership ($35/year). Visit http://www.sla.org/content/membership/ [nexgenlib]
Tags: memberships, sci-tech, sla, students
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May 9th, 2008 rachel
Just wanted to remind you to mark your calendars for the webinar we have scheduled for next Wednesday (5/14) at 1 pm Central time. Here is a link about the webinar, joining, etc: http://www.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=13496
ARSL’s very own Patty Hector and Bonnie McKewon, as well as George Needham from OCLC, and others, are all set to deliver this session on professional development, our upcoming conference and lots of other goodies.
This is a chance for all of us to tell the world about the ARSL conference…please join us and tell your friends.
Here’s our description of the webinar:
This webinar is all about making the most of upcoming conference opportunities. Whether you have the privilege of attending the ARSL Fall Conference or ALA Annual, or you’re just looking for a way to grow professionally through virtual conferences, this session is designed to help you leverage the opportunities that are out there. A variety of speakers will address the following topics:
· Patty Hector will preview the ARSL conference and let us know what’s in store for Sacramento in September
· George Needham will give us a taste of what he’ll deliver at the ARSL conference
· Tips for making the most of any live conference - exhibit hall, getting into hot sessions, etc.
· Virtual conferencing - what’s out there?
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Tags: arsl, hector, mckewon, needham, virtual
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May 9th, 2008 rachel
You are invited to attend the upcoming SirsiDynix Institute webinar – Wednesday, May 21 at 11 a.m. EST.
Please follow the link to register for this webinar:
http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/register.php
May 21, 2008 - 11 a.m. EST
Frank Cervone, Professor of Education and Director of the Library, Information, and Media Studies program, Chicago State University
Trends in e-learning: What does it mean for libraries?
While in some sectors e-learning may seem “old hat”, the world of e-learning continues to change at a rapid pace. With newer technologies such as mobile devices, technologies such as Second Life, litigation in the e-learning vendor arena, and evolving standards, e-learning remains a dynamic area that we have to keep our eye on. And while many libraries have fully developed e-learning environments, many are just getting beginning to explore the possibilities. This workshop will focus on issues related to how availability and interoperability are changing the way e-learning is being delivered as well how developments in open source and open access as well as social networking are changing the way e-learning occurs.
About the Presenter:
Frank Cervone, MSEd, Ph.D. is the author of numerous articles and four books on topics related to information technology, he writes a regular column for OCLC Systems and Services: International Digital Library Perspectives and has been an invited speaker at library conferences in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and Brazil. He was a member of the NISO working group on metasearch and is the past chair of the CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) Learning Objects Task Force. He has a MSEd with a specialization in online teaching and learning from the California State University, an MA in Information Technology Management from DePaul University and a Ph.D. in Management and Information Systems from Northcentral University.
Register today to receive your webinar log in information and to hear Frank Cervone’s presentation Wednesday, May 21!
Tags: cervone, elearning, SirsiDynix
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May 8th, 2008 sarah
On June 4, NISO will hold a one-day forum on “Metadata in a Digital Age:
New Models of Creation, Discovery, and Use” before the opening of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) conference June 5-8 in Phoenix, AZ. This session will cover the role that metadata plays in the lifecycle of content, from publisher to end user, including looking at the shifting bibliographic supply chain, various needs that metadata answers, and questions around exchange processes and how different metadata is used.
NASIG incoming president Jill Emery said, “NASIG welcomes this opportunity to partner with NISO by bringing their insights and standards development together with NASIG’s 2008 Annual Conference:
Taking the Sting out of Serials (http://www.nasig.org/conference/2008/).
Our conference this year is focused on finding best practices for serials management, and NASIG is excited to invite NISO to present a rich pre-conference program reflecting their commitment to help make all information management easier and more reliable through standards application. NASIG hopes that this collaboration will lead to more such programs in the future.” Emery is Head of Acquisitions at the University of Texas Libraries.
Speakers at the NISO pre-conference forum include:
– Kevin Cohn, Director of Client Services, Atypon Systems, Inc.
– Tiffany Coker, Director, Product Management, ScholarOne, Thomson Reuters
– Les Hawkins, Serial Record Division, Library of Congress
– Helen Henderson, Managing Director of Information Power, Ringgold
– Regina Reynolds, Head, U.S. ISSN Center, National Serials Data Program, Library of Congress
– Steven C. Shadle, Serials Access Librarian, University of Washington
Additional presenters are being finalized. Visit the NASIG conference site (http://www.nasig.org/conference/2008/) for registration, hotel information, and more.
The NISO Metadata forum is generously sponsored by Swets Information Services.
Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson@niso.org
Phone: 301-654-2512
Tags: metadata, nasig, NISO
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May 8th, 2008 sarah
NEDCC ANNOUNCES PRESERVATION 101 - THE FREE ONLINE PRESERVATION COURSE
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THE NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER (NEDCC) is proud to offer PRESERVATION 101, a free, comprehensive, self-paced online course on the preservation of paper collections and related formats.
THE COURSE IS ACCESSIBLE FREE OF CHARGE at www.preservation101.org, and is intended to benefit professionals who are responsible for the preservation of library and archival materials. Participants will learn how to put preservation basics to work in the context of small and moderately-sized collections - how to identify deteriorated materials, how to care for collections, and how to set priorities for preservation.
GOALS FOR PRESERVATION 101:
- To educate those working with paper-based and related media collections about the basics of preservation
- To help users raise their level of knowledge about preservation and better understand their collections’ preservation needs
- To enable and motivate users to take action, including implementing practices and planning, on both a short-term and long-term basis
- To help users make the case for preservation in their institution
- To provide access to more specialized information
DEVELOPMENT OF PRESERVATION 101 WAS FUNDED BY an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership grant. A live version of the course in workshop format was taught in the Pacific Northwest, hosted by the University of Washington in Seattle. Faculty came from the University of Washington, NEDCC, SOLINET, Amigos Library Services, CCAHA, and the OCLC Western Service Center. NEDCC and its Web production / e-learning consultant, WGBH Educational Foundation in Boston, produced this online version of the course.
We are interested in your feedback. Send your comments about Preservation
101 to: jcarlson@nedcc.org
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THE NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER is a nonprofit, regional conservation center specializing in the preservation and conservation of paper-based materials for libraries, archives, museums, and other collections-holding institutions. The Center presents preservation workshops and conferences including the upcoming Digital Directions (The NEW School for Scanning) in Jacksonville, Florida, June 10-12.
http://www.nedcc.org/about/news.php
For more information about NEDCC and its extensive online resources on preservation,
visit: www.nedcc.org
NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER
100 Brickstone Square
Andover, MA 01810
(978) 470-1010
Tags: NEDCC, preservation
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May 7th, 2008 sarah
Be sure to make your research openly accessible.
Don’t be obscure.
E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and
Special Librarianship is looking for outstanding
articles in all areas of academic and special
librarianship–regrardless of region or country.
Send your manuscript as an attachment in your e-mail
to phaschak@usouthal.edu
E-JASL is an independent, international, professional,
permanently archived, indexed/abstracted,
peer-reviewed, open access, electronic library
journal.
E-JASL is on the WWW at
http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org
E-JASL begins its 9th year as an open access,
electronic library journal in 2008.
E-JASL is indexed/abstracted by Library Literature,
LISA, LISTA, and ISTA.
We have published articles by authors from China,
India, Pakistan, Iran, Chile, South Africa, Botswana,
Nigeria, Finland, Greece, Vietnam, Australia, Canada,
and the United States.
We are published and distributed by the International
Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication
(ICAAP) in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada under the
auspices of Athabasca University.
We are permanently archived by the ICAAP at Athabasca
University and, independently, by the Library and
Archives Canada.
E-JASL is committed to the principles of open access
for academic research.
E-JASL is listed in the Directory of Open Access
Journals. www.doaj.org
E-JASL takes the “platinum route” to open access
publishing. “The ‘platinum route’ is the voluntary,
collaborative, no charge model that is usually
overlooked in the debates on OA.” quote from Tom
Wilson, Professor Emeritus in Information Management
at the University of Sheffield (UK).
Become a part of our success. Become a part of the
open access movement. Send your manuscript
electronically as an attachment to your e-mail to:
phaschak@usouthal.edu
Be sure you make your research openly accessible.
Don’t be obsure!
Submit your article to an open access journal that
takes the ‘platinum route.’
The staff at E-JASL looks forward to seeing your
manuscript submission.
Tags: academic and special librarianship, E-JASL
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May 7th, 2008 rachel
The Gender Issues SIG of ALISE is accepting proposals for the ALISE 2009 conference. The theme of the Gender Issues SIG’s program will be “Gender Issues in the Digital Age.” Please send a 300 word abstract of your proposed paper to Kay Cassell, SCILS, Rutgers University.
Your proposal should include a cover sheet with the paper’s title and author and contact information and a second page with the abstract that does not show your name or contact information. The proposals will be refereed by the program committee. Submissions should be sent in electronic format to Kay Cassell (kcassell@scils.rutgers.edu). Deadline: June 15, 2008.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any additional questions. [jesse]
Tags: alise, digital, gender, sig
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May 7th, 2008 rachel
Calling all New and Future Online LIS Instructors—
Do you want to learn more about successful practices for teaching online? How would you like three weeks of free training?
WISE+ is offering two Summer 08 sessions of its three-week online
introductory training workshop targeted at LIS faculty and doctoral students. During this program we will address the following:
* Exploring methods and strategies in online learning
* Engaging in a mostly asynchronous online environment with Moodle
* Participating in a live, synchronous learning session
* Observing distance education from the students’ perspective
* Creating documents to apply to future courses
Workshop Dates & Registration Deadlines:
Session 1: June 2 - 20
To register, please fill out our online form by May 30
https://webtools.uiuc.edu/survey/Secure?id=6740377
Session 2: July 7 - 25
To register, please fill out our online form by July 3
https://webtools.uiuc.edu/survey/Secure?id=9777271
Up to 20 participants may register per session. Registration and tuition are FREE for all interested participants in the LIS profession. The WISE Introduction to Online Pedagogy workshop is taught through the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information and funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.
For more information, please view the online Workshop Description:
http://www.wisepedagogy.com/workshopdescription.htm
Or contact:
Anne McKinney Visiting Coordinator of Instructional Design (WISE+) Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign amcki01s@uiuc.edu
(217) 244-2932 [jesse]
Tags: doctoral, faculty, lis, online, pedagogy, wise+
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May 6th, 2008 sarah
Join us Wednesday, May 14, 2008 (10 a.m. Pacific | 11:00 a.m. Mountain | 12:00 p.m. Central | 1:00 p.m. Eastern), to discuss and share ideas about green libraries and campuses. Please note earlier time for this OnPoint.
Conveners:
Mary Carr, Dean Instructional Services, Spokane Community College
Dr. Debra Rowe, President of the US Partnership for a Sustainable Future
From a library/librarians’ perspective, how are our library resources when it comes to sustainability? Are we supporting the college’s curricular efforts? What about the “greening” of the library and the campus? Can we practice sustainability? Can we promote it by speakers, presentations, etc.? What can we do within our library associations, and other professional groups?
· This OnPoint Chat session will engage colleagues in discussing the following questions:
· 1) The whats, whys and wherefores of sustainability?
· 2) What is happening on our campuses and in our communities regarding sustainability?
· 3) How can we support what is happening and how can we contribute to “moving the needle?
Suggested background readings:
· Inside Higher Ed blog “getting to green” http://insidehighered.com/views/blogs/getting_to_green
· Do Colleges Need Green Czars?” Inside HigherEd. April 15, 2008. http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/15/sustainability
· Greening your library blog http://greeningyourlibrary.wordpress.com/
NOTE: All ACRL OnPoint chats are free and open to the public. Sessions are unmoderated, 30 to 45 minutes long, and take place in a Meebo chat room. While no registration is necessary to participate, ACRL recommends creating a quick and easy Meebo account for the best experience while participating in ACRL OnPoint discussions. Full details are available on the ACRL Web site at www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/OnPoint/onpoint.cfm.
Other ACRL OnPoint chats:
June 2008: ACRL 101. Find your path to participation to get the most out of your ACRL membership and discuss ACRL activities at the 2008 ALA Annual Conference.
March 27, 2008: NIH Public Access Policy. Now that the NIH Public Access Policy is mandatory, libraries could leverage this opportunity on campus. Chat archive now available at: www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/OnPoint/archives/2008-03-27.cfm
· Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Section 108 Study Group Report, an independent report sponsored by the U.S. Copyright Office and the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program of the Library of Congress.
Chat archive now available at: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/OnPoint/archives/2008-04-28.cfm
Tags: ACRL, green libraries
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May 6th, 2008 sarah
The IS Mentoring Program is happy to announce its debut! The program will pair experienced teaching librarians with librarians new to instruction or the Instruction Section OR simply pair teaching librarians who want to share ideas. The program will be a forum for learning opportunities, networking, and new ideas.
As this is the inaugural year for the program, the committee seeks both mentors and mentees. Participation is primarily virtual, though there will be opportunities to meet in person at ALA Annual and midwinter conferences. Mentoring pairs will be matched after the Annual conference this summer. Deadline for applications is June 20, 2008. Participants must be ACRL/IS members.
Sign up and see more information about the program at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/iscommittees/webpages/mentoring/ismentoring.cfm
(http://tinyurl.com/427r62 )
Alexa Minetola, MLIS
Documentation/Training Specialist
PsycINFO/American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
(202) 572-3012
(800) 374-2722
Fax: (202) 336-5633
Email: aminetola@apa.org
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May 6th, 2008 sarah
The International Journal of Multicultural Education (IJME) is a peer-reviewed open-access e-journal for scholars, practitioners, and students of multicultural education. Committed to promoting educational equity, cross-cultural understanding, and global awareness in all levels of education.
IJME, the successor of EMME (Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education), publishes two issues a year. Spring issues, appearing at the end of June, are typically on open themes of multicultural education. Fall issues on special themes come out at the end of December.
If interested in contributing as an author, book reviewer or peer reviewer, or for author and reviewer guidelines please register on line at www.ijme-journal.org. The journal editor may also be contacted at IJME@eastern.edu. [uls-l]
Tags: book reviews, multicultural education, peer reviewers
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May 2nd, 2008 rachel
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Expanding Literacy Studies is an International, Interdisciplinary Conference for Graduate Students to be held April 3-5, 2009, at The Ohio State University.
Literacy Studies is a recent construct. At the same time, it addresses long-standing questions and concerns within and across disciplines. But what is literacy? Who is studying it? And how is it being studied?
Literacy is traditionally defined as reading and writing. Contemporary constructs, however, include everything from cyber and health literacy to mathematical and visual literacy. The potential advance this broadened view might represent is complicated by historical myths about literacy, persistent fears about declines in literacy, and failure to connect literacy research across disciplines.
Addressing the need for an expanded conversation about literacy that exceeds disciplinary boundaries, this conference is a space for graduate and professional students from all fields to ask questions, consider directions, examine representations, make connections, and share investigations of literacy, broadly defined. This conference aims to expand the dialogue and explore the landscape and intersections of literacy studies as a framework of critical investigation. This approach is meant to do the double work of expanding the field while critiquing the expansion. To that end, we invite proposals from graduate and professional students in ALL fields.
POSSIBLE TOPICS AND POINTS OF ENTRY:
- health literacy
- literacy and technology
- visual literacy
- representations of literacy
- definitions of literacy
- law and literacy
- art literacy
- uses and abuses of literacy
- motivations for literacy
- symbol systems
- the sociology of literacy
- the teaching of literacy
- reading and writing
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- literacy and science
- performances of literacy
- literacy and popular culture
- the future of literacy
- histories of literacy
- intersections of literacy
- production and consumption of texts
- multiple literacies
- the literacy myth
- literacy and social change
- sites of literacy
- literacy in communities
- work literacy
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WAYS TO PARTICIPATE:
- Facilitate a Roundtable Conversation
- Lead an Interactive Workshop
- Present a Creative Performance or Work of Art
- Participate on a Panel (present a paper or discuss a poster)
- Serve as a Discussant on a Panel of Presentations
- Share and Discuss Your Research in a Dissertation Workshop
WAYS TO COLLABORATE:
To facilitate cross-discipline and cross-institutional collaboration on proposals, we will begin posting requests for collaborators on the conference website immediately. Visit the site to connect with people who have submitted requests and/or submit your own request for collaborators. Please include a description of the topic and format (presentation, performance, workshop, etc.) you are interested in collaborating on, along with your contact information.
CONFERENCE SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Keynote Panel: “Responses to The Literacy Myth: 30 Years Later”
- In honor of the 30th Anniversary of the publication of The Literacy Myth: Literacy and Social Structure in the Nineteenth Century, author Harvey J. Graff will discuss “the literacy myth” past, present, and future with a panel of graduate students from various disciplines. Graff is currently Ohio Eminent Scholar in Literacy Studies and Professor of English and History at The Ohio State University.
- Other Plenary Sessions To Be Announced
DEADLINE:
We will begin reviewing conference proposals September 1, 2008.
Proposals will not be accepted after October 15, 2008.
To learn more about the conference and to submit proposals, please go to http://literacystudies.osu.edu/conference.
This conference is sponsored by Literacy Studies @ The Ohio State University. [jesse]
Tags: graduate students, literacy studies, ohio
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May 2nd, 2008 sarah
Proposals for ACRL 14th National Conference contributed papers, panel
sessions, preconferences, and workshops are due May 12, 2008.
“Pushing the Edge: Explore, Engage, Extend,” to be held March 12-15,
2009 in Seattle, will offer a forum for an exciting and energizing
exchange of ideas on research, practices, developments, and visions in
the field of academic and research librarianship. The ACRL National
Conference Executive Committee invites submitters to send their edgiest,
most “out-there” proposals, to help make ACRL 2009 a truly
groundbreaking conference.
Complete details about the conference, including the online submission
form, are available at http://www.acrl.org/seattle. [collib-l]
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May 2nd, 2008 sarah
GOT ELECTIONS? INFORMING THE PUBLIC
ACRL-LPSS/GODORT Preconference THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 8:30-5:30
Event Code: GO1
Are you as knowledgeable about elections as you wish to be? Most
librarians and instructors admit: we are in dire need of training to
better assist students and library users with elections questions. Does
the caucus-to-convention cycle leave you scratching your head? You’re in
excellent company! Do elections energize and excite you? Better yet!
Join us for a lively full-day workshop with nationally recognized
speakers, and learn Who Decides? (Information on Voters), Who Runs?
(Information on Candidates), Who Cares? (Information on Issues), and Who
Wins? (Information on Election Results).
Speakers: Rhodes Cook (RhodesCook.com, longtime editor of America Votes),
Adelaide Elm Kimball (Project Vote Smart & Follow the Money.org), Kay
Bruce (League of Women Voters), Kris Kasianovitz (UCLA), Stephen Woods
(Penn State), Chris Palazzolo (Emory), John Hernandez (Princeton), Erik
Estep (East Carolina University), Herbert Chihak (Pepperdine School of
Law) and others.
Sponsored by CQ Press, Readex and LexisNexis, this vital training
opportunity occurs on Thursday, June 26, from 8:30am to 5:30pm at the
Pollak Library, California State University, Fullerton. Refreshments,
lunch, and transportation to & from the Anaheim Convention Center included
in registration fee. Learn more at the GODORT News page at
http://www.ala.org/ala/godort/godortnews/index.cfm or contact
jhernand@princeton.edu.
Participants not required to pay for ALA registration unless they are
attending that conference as well.
More information about the ALA Annual Conference (including preconference
registration) can be found at:
http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2008a/registration.htm.
Cass Hartnett
GODORT Chair Elect/ GODORT Program Chair
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Cassandra Hartnett, U.S. Documents Librarian
Government Publications
Box 352900 - Suzzallo Library
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-2900
206-685-3130 fax=206-685-8049
cass@u.washington.edu [uls-l]
Tags: ACRL-LPSS/GODORT, ala, elections, preconferences
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