We aren’t disappearing altogether, so if you’d like to follow along with our (totally unrelated) sites, visit MashupMom.com (Rachel) and Reading the Past (Sarah).

If you’re looking for other places to find professional development opportunities, we suggest:

• A Library Writer’s Blog
• Library Professional Development
• Dolores’ List of CFPs

Thanks for reading along and subscribing to the site – we hope you’ve found it useful!

– Sarah and Rachel

Book Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.

Co-editor: Carol Smallwood, editor/co-editor of several anthologies such as The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times, American Library Association, 2011
http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3090

Chapters sought from U.S. practicing librarians for an anthology by practicing academic, public, school, special librarians sharing practical know-how about alerting the public what libraries contribute, why they deserve support even in tight economic times.

Possible topics: working with the media; National Library Week Activities; library newsletters; community outreach; service organization participation; holding political office; online promotion, and social networking; working with elected local/state officials; holding open house.

Concise, how-to chapters using bullets, headings, based on experience to help colleagues promote their library. No previously published, simultaneously submitted material. Up to three co-authors/one complimentary copy per chapter as compensation; 3,000-4,000 words.

To receive a Go Ahead, please e-mail 2-3 topics each described in 2-3 sentences by April 14, 2011 with brief biography sketch(s). Please place MARKETING/your name on the subject line: smallwood@tm.net

Bringing Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts into the Library

Book Publisher: American Library Association

Editor: Carol Smallwood, MLS
Writing and Publishing: The Librarian’s Handbook, American Library Association, 2010 http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2646
The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times, American Library Association, 2011
http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3090

Chapters sought from U.S. and Canadian librarians who’ve worked with visual and performing artists to bring the arts into libraries to keep them vibrant community cultural centers. Innovative public, school, librarians who have encouraged painters, photographers, musicians, writers, and other creative talent of various ages.

No previously published, simultaneously submitted material; 3,000-4,000 words written by one or up to three co-authors. Concise, how-to chapters, using bullets, headings. Compensation: a complimentary book, discount on additional copies.

Possible topics: community programs and outreach, working with students, security and legal concerns, using the media, open houses, readings and book launches, displays, collaborations with community groups, workshops, grants.

To avoid duplication, please e-mail 2-3 topics described separately in 2-3 sentences by April 24, 2011 with a brief bio. Kindly place, ARTS/Your Name, on the subject line to: smallwood@tm.net

Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers  and Related Materials

Book Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Co-Editors, Carol Smallwood, The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times, American Library Association, 2011;  Elaine Williams, MLS, Highland County District Library, Lynchburg, Ohio.

Chapters sought for an anthology by librarians who’ve worked with historical societies and/or their libraries in preserving local history, newspaper preservation, managed manuscript/book collections of local authors, photography collections, kept student oral and written interviews, and have done/are doing related activities. Tips needed on overcoming liability and invasion of privacy issues, what to save, ways to preserve local material. Librarians are often the last chance important aspects of local culture have of being conserved.

No previously published, simultaneously submitted material; 3,000-3,500 words. Concise, how-to chapters, using bullets, headings. One author or  two co-authors. Compensation: one complimentary book per chapter, discount on additional copies.

Please e-mail 2 topics described separately in 2 sentences by April 24, 2011 with a short bio. Kindly place, PRESERVING/Your Name, on the subject line to: smallwood@tm.net

Date: April 13, 2011

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific Time.

Description: This session will give an overview of some of the specific challenges in repository metadata including working with both user submitted data and automated processes. The presentation will discuss how repository data may be searched and repurposed and the fields that are needed for interoperability to work most effectively. Some relevant metadata schemes will be discussed. The speaker will offer suggestions for ways to look at data from a variety of perspectives to ensure that it meets the organization’s most critical needs.

Audience: Anyone with an interest in institutional repositories and the significance of metadata will find this webinar of interest

Presenter: Wendy Robertson, Digital Resources Librarian, is responsible for helping to expand support of electronic scholarship and e-publishing, including supporting locally published e-journals and managing the institutional repository. Robertson performs data analysis on digital collections related to batch loading, migrating from one system to another, and aggregating with other information resources.

Wendy received a B.A. in History from Grinnell College in 1988, and an M.L.I.S. from The University of Iowa in 1992. She has worked at The University of Iowa Libraries since 1988. Her previous work positions include Electronic Resources Systems Librarian in Enterprise Applications, Electronic Resources Management Unit Head, Serials Cataloger and Supervisor in Technical Services.

This is the second in a series of four webinars about institutional repositories to be offered between January and June 2011. The webinars included in the IR series are:

January 26, 2011 – Copyright and Contracts: Moving Beyond Text in IRs
April 13, 2011 – Repository Metadata: Challenges of Interoperability
May 11, 2011 – Engaging Your Campus in Utilizing Institutional Repositories, with Marianne Buehler
June 1, 2011 – Re-engineering the Institutional Repository to Engage Users, with Suzanne Bell and Nathan Sarr

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To Register, complete the online registration form at http://www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/reg/webinar.cfm for the session you would like to attend.

Fees for individual sessions:

Group Rates – ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $99

Individuals – ALCTS Members: $39; Non-Members: $49

Participants outside the United States may register at the ALCTS member rate.

Pricing for IR Series: (All 4 webinars)
Group Rates – ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $346 (save $50)
Individuals – ALCTS Members: $120 (save $36); Non-Members: $160 (save $36)
Participants outside the United States may register at the ALCTS member rate.

ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact Tom Ferren, ALA Senior Registration Coordinator at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4293 or tferren@ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or jreese@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee

Proposal Submission Deadline: April 16, 2011

Recent Developments in the Design, Construction and Evaluation of Digital Libraries

A book edited by Dr. Colleen Cool and Dr. Kwong Bor Ng

Queens College, City University of New York

Introduction

Over the past two decades there has been an evolutionary change in the world of libraries from mostly print based collections to today’s current environment in which the phrase digital library is no longer new, but rather, is synonymous with library itself.  Scholars and practicing librarians continually grapple with issues and challenges as the digital library continues to evolve and change the library landscape. Chapters  in this volume will address recent developments in the design, construction and evaluation of digital libraries in a variety of library environments. Emphasis will be on practical strategies and lessons learned from real world case studies. A context for understanding current trends will be created by an introductory historical framework that discusses the evolution of digital libraries and a unifying framework that looks at digital library users, content and evaluation. Authors will include academics and practicing professionals, with strong representation from the international community.

Objective

This volume will include the diverse writings of designers, content builders and evaluation specialists in the digital libraries arena, in order that scholars and practitioners have a unified and better understanding of this multifaceted topic area. This work will inform both theory and practice, with the following objectives:

•                    Presenting a critical analysis of the subject to assist faculty and practicing librarians;

•                    Presenting  case studies displaying innovation and creative use of technology in libraries in and outside of the United States?

•                    Bringing  to the attention of scholars and practitioners the global perspectives on digital libraries represented in these practical case studies;

•                    Synthesizing  current approaches to the evaluation of digital libraries, from both user and system oriented approaches;

Target Audience

The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers working in the field of digital libraries and electronic archives. Moreover, this book will provide faculty and graduate students in LIS programs a thorough and comprehensive reference for teaching and learning of the growing area of digital librarianship.

Recommended topics discussed in the case studies include, but are not limited to, the following:

•                    Competing concepts of the digital library

•                    Essential components of a digital library

•                    Evaluation metrics and library services of digital library

•                    Approaches to user-centered digital library design, lessons learned and challenges ahead

•                    For whom are digital libraries being created, and for what purpose?

•                    Digital libraries for Individuals, Communities and Societies

•                    Digital collection building, collection development policy and content management

•                    Techniques for creating collections

•                    Traditional and novel methods for evaluating digital libraries from system-oriented and user-centric perspectives

•                    Library services in digital library environments

•                    Changes and future challenges in digital librarianship

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 21, 2011, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the objective and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by June 1, 2011 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters (7000+ words) are expected to be submitted by Aug 16, 2011. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global, publisher of the “Information Science Reference”, as part of the book series, Advances in Library Information Science (ALIS), edited by Mirela Roncevic.  For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.

Proposals for chapters should be sent to both:

Colleen Cool:  colleen.cool@gmail.com

Kwong bor Ng: kbng@qc.edu

Catholic Library World is the official journal of the Catholic Library Association.  Established in 1929, CLW is an international refereed quarterly journal. CLW publishes articles that focus on all aspects of librarianship, especially as it relates to Catholicism and Catholic Studies.  CLW articles are intended for an audience that is interested in the broad role and impact of various types of libraries, including, but not limited to academic, public, theological, parish and church libraries, and school libraries.  CLW respects diverse Christian traditions as well as non-Christian and welcomes relevant articles from a variety of religious traditions.  CLW will not publish material that is pejorative to any religion.

The preferred method for submitting manuscripts is as a word-processed attachment in e-mail.  Author’s full name, affiliation, and e-mail address must accompany any manuscript submission.

Articles should provide something new to the existing literature.  The word count should be 3500- 5000 words and should adhere to The Chicago Manual of Style (humanities is preferred).  The style should be accessible and well-documented.

Submission deadline: Submissions are ongoing.

For more information, please visit this website: http://www.cathla.org/catholic-library-world-clw

Send submissions and queries to:

Sigrid Kelsey, General Editor, skelsey@lsu.edu

NISO’s two-part April webinar on RFID Systems in Libraries will provide background on the use of RFID in libraries and bring attendees up-to-date on the recent standards and what they mean to both system vendors and libraries.

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO RFID SYSTEMS IN LIBRARIES

The first part of the webinar, to be held on April 13 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.

(Eastern time), will provide a broad look at RFID, giving libraries a better understanding of what benefits using RFID tags brings to libraries and giving attendees some information about how what roles various players in the supply chain play in the provision of RFID tags and associated services.

User Perspective — Alan Gray, Assistant Director, Operations, Darien Library Learn why a library might implement RFID and how, including a look at both the benefits and risks. Hear about some things to consider when purchasing an RFID system/service for your library, including how the ISO and NISO recommendations might play a role in the decision making process.

Supply Chain Perspective — Rob Walsh, President & Co-founder, EnvisionWare, Inc. and a second speaker TBA Two supply chain representatives — a technology supplier and a service supplier — will help you better understand what services a supplier might provide, from putting RFID tags on library items to coding RFID tags and post-sale services.

PART 2: STANDARDS FOR RFID SYSTEMS IN LIBRARIES

The second part, to be held on April 20 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. (Eastern time), looks more closely at the ISO RFID standard and the NISO Recommended Practice on RFID in U.S. Libraries. This webinar will focus on key portions of the documents to help attendees better understand what they might need to know when implementing RFID locally in order to ensure interoperability.

The RFID Data Model — Vinod Chachra, President & CEO, VLTS Inc. and Co-chair, NISO RFID Revision Working Group An outline will be given of the standardized data model for meeting the needs of libraries and its application in U.S. libraries. The main goal of the model is to provide interoperability so that libraries can invest in RFID with confidence that they will be able to read tags on items from many other libraries and will have choices in purchasing RFID equipment and tags in the future.

RFID Security Issues — Paul Sevcik, Senior Product Development Specialist, 3M Library Systems and Co-chair, NISO RFID Revision Working Group There are several approaches available for securing library items using RFID, each with its own advantages and drawbacks. Learn more about what these might be, what is recommended, and why.

RFID Privacy and Vandalism

Dan Walters, RFID Consultant

Two issues are often brought up as concerns when it comes to implementing RFID in libraries: privacy and vandalism. Learn more about how RFID technology assures patron privacy and confidentiality and how vandalism can be avoided.

REGISTRATION

You can register for either part independently or for both parts.

Registrants for both parts receive a 25% discount. NISO and NASIG members receive a member discount and there is also a student discount available.

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and includes access to the online recorded archive of the webinar for one year. Can’t make it on the webinar date/time? Register and watch the recorded version at your own convenience.

For more information and to register, visit the event webpages:

Part 1 webpage:

http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/nisowebinars/rfidpartone/

Part 2 webpage:

http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/nisowebinars/rfidparttwo/

74th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Bridging the Gulf: Communication and Information in Society, Technology, and Work

Complete Call  http://asis.org/asist2011/am11cfp.html

The ASIST Annual Meeting is the main venue for disseminating research centered on advances in the information sciences and related applications of information technology.

ASIST 2011 will have the integrated program that is an ASIST strength by using six reviewing tracks, each with its own committee of respected reviewers to ensure that the conference meets your high expectations for standards and quality. These reviewers, experts in their fields, will assist with a rigorous peer-review process.

1)    Papers, Panels, Workshops & Tutorials: Deadline for submissions:  May 31

2) Posters, Demos & Videos: Deadline for submissions:  July 1

Submission URL http://www.softconf.com/asis/AM_2011/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit

Education*

* Digital Copyright*

Online (asynchronous)

$250 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $200)

April 1 – April 30, 2011

PDPs: 15

This four-week workshop gives students a hands-on, nonacademic view of copyright. Bring your own real-life scenarios for class discussion. Who owns the works I create? When can I use text, images and music created by others?

Learn how to determine if an item is in the public domain. If it is not, learn how to determine if the library/archive or another user exception in copyright law allows your use. If the user exceptions don’t fit your need, learn how to make a good faith Fair Use evaluation. Finally, learn some tips about getting permission to use others’ works.

Assignments include: registering for a copyright, creating a creative commons license for a work you’ve created, searching the Copyright Clearance Center (copyright.com) for permissions and designating a copyright agent with the Copyright Office (optional).

Threaded discussions with classmates and the instructor will be the primary means of teaching.

Instructor: Mary Minow, J.D., A.M.L.S. is a Library Law consultant at librarylaw.com.

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For additional information or to register see http://gslis.simmons.edu/ce or contact gslisce@simmons.edu

A year ago Alexander Street Press sponsored one of the best-attended webcasts yet hosted by Library Journal, detailing the fast growing world of streaming video. A year later the topic has become even more important. In the past 12 months, the iPad has become a global phenomenon, and Hulu has more than doubled in size. We’ve seen new versions of the iPhone and Android operating systems—4G access holds the promise for high speed streaming of video to your mobile phone. In short, this area is HOT!

And video itself has become still more important. In 2010, 179 million individual Americans watched online video each month — a little over half of the nation’s entire population (307 million). In December 2010 alone, 88.6 million people watched online video on an average day, up 32 percent from December 2009. Total viewing sessions in December 2010 reached 8 billion. The consequences for libraries and librarians are important and growing more so.

This presentation will update you on the latest trends in video delivery for libraries. Packed with useful information, including checklists, standard licensing terms, and technical overviews, this webinar will give you everything you need to make informed decisions about how to deliver video services that best serve your patrons’ research, classroom, and entertainment needs.

Questions this session will help you answer:

* Why is video important for your library and your patrons?
* How does educational video “fit” into the broader context?
* What new technologies do you need to know about?
* What infrastructure and software options are available for libraries that want to deliver video?
* What about mobile video?
* What ways are there to integrate video in the curriculum?
* What technical models are prevalent currently?
* What are the benefits of downloading vs. streaming?
* What do you need to know about video copyright?
* What should you look for in business models and licensing terms when assessing video solutions?

Panelists:

Stephen Rhind-Tutt, president, Alexander Street

deg farrelly, librarian, Arizona State University

Moderator:

Cheryl LaGuardia, head of instructional services, Harvard College Library

If you are not able to make the live webcast of Streaming Video in the Library: Trends and Best Practices—One Year Later, register now and you will get an email notification from Library Journal after the event when the webcast is archived and available for viewing at your convenience.

Sign up here: https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=295260&sessionid=1&key=57C2872C2C5DCC6718D7251E13E97C5A&partnerref=ljemailalexander041911&sourcepage=register

Date: April 6, 2011

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific,  noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern Time.

Description: This webinar will address the pressing issue of training copy cataloging and acquisitions staff in the fundamentals of RDA. It will familiarize technical services managers with the crucial differences between AACR2 and RDA and will facilitate teaching the basics of RDA to their staff. It will provide guidance in navigating the shared cataloging environments like OCLC since now RDA records will increasingly populate both national and local databases. Based on the Columbia University Libraries experience some workflow suggestions will be discussed.

Audience: This webinar will be of interest to technical services managers, who will need to explain the essentials of RDA to support staff

Presenters: Irina Kandarasheva is a Copy Cataloging Unit Librarian in Monographs Processing Services Division at Columbia University Libraries. She is a copy cataloging manager and trainer with more than 10 years experience in the field. She holds an MA in Art History in addition to an MLS from Queens College.

Mark Wilson is a Precataloging Unit Librarian and Eurasian Cataloger in Monographs Processing Services Division at Columbia University Libraries. He has more than 20 years experience cataloging a variety of Non-Roman languages and scripts, training copy catalogers and automating library systems. He holds an MLS from Queens College.

This is the fifth is a series of five webinars on RDA. The webinars included in the RDA series are:

February 2, 2011 – Changes from AACR2 to RDA. Part 1: Description
February 9, 2011 – Changes from AACR2 to RDA. Part 2: Access Points
March 2, 2011 – RDA and Serials Catalogers: Will Our Work Really Change?

March 16, 2011 – Linked library data: tuning library metadata for the Semantic Web

April 6, 2011 – Preparing copy catalogers for RDA

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To Register, complete the online registration form at http://www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/reg/webinar.cfm for the session you would like to attend.

Fees for individual webinars:

Group Rates – ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $99

Individuals – ALCTS Members: $39; Non-Members: $49

Participants outside the United States may register at the ALCTS member rate.

Pricing for RDA Series: (All 5 webinars)
Group Rates – ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $346
Individuals – ALCTS members: $120; Non-members: $160

Participants outside the United States may register at the ALCTS member rate.

ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact Tom Ferren, ALA Senior Registration Coordinator at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4293 or tferren@ala.org. ALCTS webinar: For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or jreese@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.