LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Conferences interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:50:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThoughtsAndExperiments/~3/sUhMv1au5xM/ Over the last four or five hours I have listened to presentations that stimulate ideas. When does it make sense to virtualize desktops How to provide access to specialized software Identification of strategic vs. tatical Making the decisions to optimize the resources to align with the strategic. Managing expectations by communicating what the organization does or does not Attacking work through the lens of play and learning Consideration of the next steps in career   (planning vs taking advantage of opportunities that present) Currently, I am in a session on career planning.  The focus of this session is about the non-technical skill set of the IT manager.    People who know the business of IT, the academy, priority setting, understanding of constituent needs, and balancing the demands of the situation. The presenter’s words of advise Know theyself – Figure out what you are good at, what are you struggle at, etc.. What are other’s impression of your strengths and weaknesses Establish goals to work through Know your community do not forget that there is business mixed among all this technology know the academy learn how to get things done  in a timely way and use the limited resources hone your project management skills and be good at identifying opportunity costs learn how to talk, listen, write, present, and generally tell a story of projects, tasks, work, etc.. Learn Excel – it is the language of business/organization Presentation is 80% of acceptance   – when the story is told well… Respect time – particularly when it is other people’s time make a point of sticking to agenda when you are done be done even if there are 20 minutes remaining when talking to executives remember the true value is your interactions with them not the words that come from your mouth. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:53:03 +0100 825036 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=33160 Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy (PDF; 582 KB) Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS) After the first Gulf war, in 1991, a new peace process consisting of bilateral negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon achieved mixed results. Milestones included the Israeli-Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Declaration of Principles (DOP) of September 13, 1993, providing for Palestinian empowerment and some territorial control, the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty of October 26, 1994, and the Interim Self-Rule in the West Bank or Oslo II accord of September 28, 1995, which led to the formation of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to govern the West Bank and Gaza Strip. However, Israeli-Syrian negotiations were intermittent and difficult, and postponed indefinitely in 2000. Israeli-Lebanese negotiations also were unsuccessful, leading Israel to withdraw unilaterally from south Lebanon on May 24, 2000. President Clinton held a summit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders at Camp David on final status issues that July, but they did not produce an accord. A Palestinian uprising or intifadah began in September. On February 6, 2001, Ariel Sharon was elected Prime Minister of Israel, and rejected steps taken at Camp David and afterwards. On April 30, 2003, the United States, the U.N., European Union, and Russia (known as the “Quartet”) presented a “Road Map” to Palestinian statehood. It has not been implemented. Israel unilaterally disengaged (withdrew) from the Gaza Strip and four small settlements in the West Bank in August 2005. On January 9, 2005, Mahmud Abbas had become President of the PA. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:12:36 +0100 824938 http://www.teleread.org/images/softskullinterviewRichardNash.mp3 I know this sounds a bit loony but…. Last summer, Richard Nash proposed a talk about the Novel in 2050  for South by Southwest (SXSW).  As usual, the geeks at SXSW voted it down (this happens to many worthy panel ideas).   Then I thought, these questions are good; why not have the same session anyway and have it in some room somewhere at South by Southwest?  Even if Richard Nash isn’t there to run it, I’m sure there will be enough literary geeks at SXSW to keep a good discussion going. So I wrote a little announcement about it.  If any readers plan to make it, you may run into some familiar names on Teleread. Richard Nash has a prior commitment, but he says he will show up anyway.  (Read Chris Meadows’ article about  Richard Nash here  and an audio interview David Rothman did with him last year). It will be on Sunday March 14 at 2:00 PM at South by Southwest. Location TBA. It could be awesome, or it could totally suck. South by Southwest attracts more people in web design/multimedia/politics than in publishing, but a lot of literary/freelance types end up showing up.  SXSW will have  a handful of interesting panels, including one or two about the iPad. See also: Chris Meadows about whether ebook conferences create a kind of  ebook elite.  Also, some artists have started to do live illustrations of SXSW panels which can be stunning to look at. See these panels and Honoria Starbuck’s amazingly fun abstract drawings.  (The picture you see was for last year’s Aristotle on Twitter panel). Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:01:18 +0100 824961 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/09/the-end-of-anonymity/ BBC – “Thanks to the internet, there is no such thing as anonymity. So says Dr Ari Juels, the chief scientist of RSA, the security vendor behind the world’s biggest security conference. If you think about all the digital crumbs we leave all over cyberspace, Dr Juels’s assertion is not that hard to understand.” (Source: Library Stuff) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:00 +0100 824951 http://freegovinfo.info/node/2926 Gov 2.0 International: Global Innovation Meeting Local Challenges, "The O'Reilly Gov 2.0 Online Conference." Thursday, March 11th. Cost: Free. 9:00am - 11:15am US-PST 12:00pm - 2:15pm US-EST Gov 2.0 is a worldwide revolution—from the United States to Australia and everywhere in between. Members of government are interacting with citizens via social media and open data efforts are spreading from city to city. At this Gov 2.0 Online Conference, you'll hear about open government efforts in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Israel. The speakers will share stories and lessons learned, and answer your questions. Learn about some of the Gov 2.0 best practices that have helped effect important change in other countries, and discuss effective ways to use specific tools and processes in other settings. (Source: Free Government Information (FGI) blogs) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:04:04 +0100 824904 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/vdMlcx_1ZH4/ Nieman Journalism blogger Martin Langeveld posts a whitepaper currently being presented at a journalism conference at the University of Missouri in Columbia. The whitepaper reflects on the ways that the iPad will change the face of publishing. Langeveld writes: iPad is not a linear, incremental development. It’s not a simple next step after everything that has preceded it (even iPhone); it’s a new direction that will have unpredictable impacts on digital behavior. He then proceeds to…predict these “unpredictable impacts”. They include a substantial increase in mobile shopping, as the iPad provides a much better display medium than a smaller-sized smartphone screen, and a decline in print and “insert” advertising as ads move increasingly to the mobile web. It is even possible that mail-order catalogs will stop being shipped by post, as the iPad and tablets like it end up as “coffee table” devices. Langeveld lays out a list of assumptions for publishers to make, and strategies to pursue, based on this idea. Papers should “reinvent content for the mobile Web and iPad,” and journalists should “develop new streams of content, in new formats and with new kinds of interactivity and connectivity.” In some ways this reminds me of the “burn your boats” advice from Marc Andreesen that I covered the other day. Langeveld seems to be saying that the iPad is going to bring a sea change in the way things are done, and you must adapt or get swept away. On the one hand, I’m not sure I buy it. It seems a little early to start predicting The End Of The World As We Know It before the device even hits store shelves. On the other hand, prognostication is an important part of doing business, so if you don’t try to predict what’s coming you might end up getting left behind. Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:15:00 +0100 824969 http://acrlog.org/2010/03/09/now-is-the-time-to-get-ala-annual-on-your-mind/ Editor’s Note: Last month we shared news about our new ACRLog-ALA Emerging Leaders Group. Each month one of our Emerging Leaders will contribute a guest post, and each will focus on some aspect of gearing up for the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC. To get the series started this month’s post is from Wendy Girven, Public Services Librarian at University of Alaska Southeast. Spring is in the air, which means before you know it, ALA Annual will be upon us. This year’s conference is in the nation’s capital, Washington DC, which coincidentally, is where my first Annual conference was while I was still a LIS student in 2007. My conference goals involved attending a session during every time slot, finding a job, and coming home with a few new books and ideas. Then I walked in the door of the convention center and was lost in a sea of people. I must admit, I was overwhelmed by the size! Luckily, a few friends showed me the ropes of finding out where to get my badge, figuring out the conference buses, and getting to the new member orientation programs. One of these programs that you can attend is the ACRL 101 session (with breakfast!) during the conference, where you can meet others who are new to ACRL, and make connections with librarians who are interested in/work in academic libraries. If you are in library school and have yet to decide the path you might want to choose for your career, ACRL 101 session offers a chance to explore. In addition to that meeting, there are mini-sessions held on the exhibit floor. All of these ACRL 101 sessions have an informal feeling and provide opportunity to learn names and faces. (I’ll be at each of the mini-sessions this year, come say hi!). The main lesson I learned from my first ALA was not to worry about hitting the most possible events, but to prepare yourself to be ready for all of the opportunities that can arise spontaneously. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825026 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Digitization101/~3/WgyFr1FuX_s/blue-ribbon-task-force-report.html Below is a press release that I received via email. The idea of preserving our digital knowledge is something we all know and something that many of us ignore. The fact is that our reliance on digital information means that our knowledge could be lost very quickly, if saving it is not made a priority.Blue Ribbon Task Force Report: Preserving Our Digital Knowledge Base Must be a Public Priority Dollars Won't Do It Alone: Deluge of Digital Data Needs Economically Sustainable Plans Addressing one of the most urgent societal challenges of the Information Age - ensuring that valued digital information will be accessible not just today, but in the future - requires solutions that are at least as much economic and social as technical, according to a new report by a Blue Ribbon Task Force.The Final Report from the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, called "Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-term Access to Digital Information", is the result of a two-year effort focusing on  the critical economic challenges of  preserving an ever-increasing amount of information in a world gone digital. The full report is available online at http://brtf.sdsc.edu/biblio/BRTF_Final_Report.pdf ."The Data Deluge is here.  Ensuring that our most valuable information is available both today and tomorrow is not just a matter of finding sufficient funds," said Fran Berman, vice president for research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and co-chair of the Task Force. "It's about creating a "data economy" in which those who care, those who will pay, and those who preserve are working in coordination."The challenge in preserving valuable digital information - consisting of text, video, images, music, sensor data, etc. generated throughout all areas of our society - is real and growing at an exponential pace. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824895 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2010/03/blue-ribbon-task-force-report.html Below is a press release that I received via email. The idea of preserving our digital knowledge is something we all know and something that many of us ignore. The fact is that our reliance on digital information means that our knowledge could be lost very quickly, if saving it is not made a priority.Blue Ribbon Task Force Report: Preserving Our Digital Knowledge Base Must be a Public Priority Dollars Won't Do It Alone: Deluge of Digital Data Needs Economically Sustainable Plans Addressing one of the most urgent societal challenges of the Information Age - ensuring that valued digital information will be accessible not just today, but in the future - requires solutions that are at least as much economic and social as technical, according to a new report by a Blue Ribbon Task Force.The Final Report from the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, called "Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-term Access to Digital Information", is the result of a two-year effort focusing on  the critical economic challenges of  preserving an ever-increasing amount of information in a world gone digital. The full report is available online at http://brtf.sdsc.edu/biblio/BRTF_Final_Report.pdf ."The Data Deluge is here.  Ensuring that our most valuable information is available both today and tomorrow is not just a matter of finding sufficient funds," said Fran Berman, vice president for research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and co-chair of the Task Force. "It's about creating a "data economy" in which those who care, those who will pay, and those who preserve are working in coordination."The challenge in preserving valuable digital information - consisting of text, video, images, music, sensor data, etc. generated throughout all areas of our society - is real and growing at an exponential pace. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824845 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/tim-berners-lee-at-ted2009-conference-the-year-open-data-went-worldwide/ From the Introduction in The Huffington Post: At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for “raw data now” — for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the Web. At TED University in 2010, he shows a few of the interesting results when the data gets linked up. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. He leads the World Wide Web Consortium, overseeing the Web’s standards and development. In the 1980s, scientists at CERN were asking themselves how massive, complex, collaborative projects — like the fledgling LHC — could be orchestrated and tracked. Tim Berners-Lee, then a contractor, answered by inventing the World Wide Web. This global system of hypertext documents, linked through the Internet, brought about a massive cultural shift ushered in by the new tech and content it made possible: AOL, eBay, Wikipedia, TED.com. The segment runs about 5.5 minutes. Source: TED2010, Huffington Post See Also: More from Tim Berners-Lee at Ted2010: The Next Web (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:30:24 +0100 824764 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/ZAxXudFtFK0/jean-strouse-selected-as-first.html "Jean Strouse, biographer and director of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, is the recipient of the first BIO Award, to be given each year by members of Biographers International Organization (BIO) to a colleague who has made a major contribution to the advancement of the art and craft of real-life depiction. Strouse will receive the honor during the 2010 Compleat Biographer Conference, on May 15 at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she will deliver the keynote address" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:05:01 +0100 824743 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/03/08/2010-library-journalgale-cengage-learning-library-of-the-year/ 2010 Library Journal/Gale Cengage Learning Library of the Year “All libraries are good, some are great. Library Journal is looking for role-model libraries to vie for the honor of being the 2010 Library Journal/Gale Cengage Learning Library of the Year. The $10,000 prize celebrates the library that most profoundly demonstrates: service to the community; creativity and innovation in developing specific community programs or a dramatic increase in library usage; and leadership in creating programs that can be emulated by other libraries. Along with the cash award, the winner is featured in the June 15, 2010 LJ cover story and honored with a gala reception at the American Library Association Annual Conference. Past winners have gained immeasurable prestige within their community and national media attention, often resulting in improved relations with local politicians and increased budgets. It is an honor that resonates for a lifetime.” So nominate or apply already! Stephen (Source: Stephen) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:46:11 +0100 824672 http://plablog.org/2010/03/final-slate-of-programs-for-pla-virtual-conference-confirmed.html The final slate of programs for the PLA 2010 Virtual Conference is now confirmed. On March 25-26, 2010 the Public Library Association (PLA) will share a condensed, live and online PLA 13th National Conference with public librarians and public library workers who can’t make the trip to Portland. The Virtual Conference will include many familiar elements of the live conference, including high-quality educational programming, poster sessions and networking opportunities with colleagues. Each day will feature five live programs – the same programs available to in-person conference attendees. During the lunch hour, Booklist editor Donna Seaman will interview notable authors on “Inside the Author’s Studio.” Thursday’s author is Mary Roach, author of “Stiff” and “Spook,” and Friday’s author is Debra Gwartney, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award and author of “Live Through This.” The Virtual Conference programs include: • If You Didn’t Work Here, Would You Come Here? • Cross-Over Advisory: Adult Books for Teens and Teen Books for Adults • LITA’s Top Technology Trends • Marketing as Conversation: How to Interact with Your Community Through Your Website • S.Y.A.S.S. Save Your After School Sanity • Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey: Words vs. Numbers • Adrift or Right on Target: Perspectives on Floating Collections • Advanced Black Belt Librarians: The Top Ten Security Issues in Public Libraries \ • Books: The Top Five of the Top Five • Shortcuts to Greatness or 10 Things That Great Libraries Know and Maybe You Don’t PLA is offering both individual and group registrations for the Virtual Conference. The group rate allows a single location to host the virtual conference for multiple attendees. Cost is determined by number of attendees. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0100 824691 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/03/08/cosugi-executive-track/ It was a great time in Orlando chairing the COSUGI Executive Track sessions that I helped organize before leaving SirsiDynix. I gave an endnote for the track on top trends and here are the slides: Cosugi2010 View more presentations from stephenabram1. Lots of nice converstaions with library leaders for a few days. That’s my idea of heaven. I always end up enjoying conferences in Disney World, even thoug it takes some time to remove the cynical cloak. It didn’t help this time that it was freezing in Florida! Stephen (Source: Stephen) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:19:28 +0100 824674 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThoughtsAndExperiments/~3/tR7_tiDyRFE/ With the ever increasing push to move things to the cloud, I decided to take advantage of this workshop at the NERCOMP pre conference session.  The major focus is on the Amazon services for file storage and web services. My main focus in this is to try and crystalize where I view it appropriate to use cloud resources and when it is important to use oncampus resources on projects. Products focused on in this session - Amazon Web Services (aws) Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) Google Apps Rackspace A quick checklist for when it makes sense to use cloud duration of the project Type of services needed Amount of data used IDEA – Use S3 to deal with the file storage problems of Sports Marketing and Information.   An addon to speed things up (and I possibly useability) is Cloud Front (CDN).  There is additional fees Tagged: @mrichwalsky, NERCOMP 2010 (Source: Thoughts and Experiments) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:44:04 +0100 824637 http://lisnews.org/who_does_what_wikipedia Who Does What On Wikipedia? The quality of entries in the world's largest open-access online encyclopedia depends on how authors collaborate, UA Eller College Professor Sudha Ram finds. The patterns of collaboration between Wikipedia contributors have a direct effect on the data quality of an article, according to a new paper co-authored by a University of Arizona professor and graduate student. Sudha Ram, a UA's Eller College of Management professor, co-authored the article with Jun Liu, a graduate student in the management information systems department (MIS). Their work in this area received a "Best Paper Award" at the International Conference on Informations Systems, or ICIS. (Source: LISNews.org) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:33:59 +0100 824556 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/transcripts-academy-awards-speeches-backstage-interviews/ One more Academy Awards item today. The following resources might be useful at the reference desk not only today but throughout the year. Particularly, the final item, a searchable database. On this page you can find complete transcripts of the speeches award winners gave onstage as they received their Oscar AND also access the transcripts of the press conferences that take place backstage with each winner or winners, minutes after an award is presented. These transcripts are for the awards presented last night. Transcripts of hundreds of onstage speeches from many years of award shows can be found in this searchable database (free) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Some entries also include video clips. Source: AMPAS (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:05:52 +0100 824611 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/z4yQcOg6hDM/ Off to New York to attend the Publishing Business Conference & Expo on Monday and Tuesday and then the Th(ink) E-Readers 2010 Summit on Wednesday. Karen Holt will also be there, so between the two of us we should be able to keep you informed. If any of you are coming, I’ll be moderating the panel “New Business Models Made Possible With the Advent of E-Books”. We’ll have Susan Danziger, CEO of DailyLit: Josh Koppell, co-founder of Scroll Motion; Andrew Malkin, VP, Book Content, Zinio; and Richard Rhorer, Director of Business Development, Macmillan. It will be at 11:30 am on Tuesday at the Odets Suite on the 4th floor. Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:16:01 +0100 824275 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/v6pPtsP5uE8/survey-of-academic-librarians-use-of.html Survey of Academic Librarians: Use of Associations, Blogs, Listservs, Conferences, & Publications about Libraries imparts highly specific data about academic librarian use of library oriented blogs, listservs, publications, association membership and attendance at library conferences. The report includes detail on the percentage of academic librarians who read print publications about libraries, or use library listservs and blogs, as well as the amount of time spent daily on these pursuits. It also includes data on library assocation membership and money spent on library conferences and related expenses. The report's results are based on a representative survey of 555 full time academic librarians in the United States and Canada. Data is presented in the aggregate and broken out by various characteristics such as gender, age, library work title or field, institutional enrollment, Carnegie class, level of education, USA or Canada and other factors. The 44-page report has approximately 100 tables of data as well as explanatory commentary. From Primary Research (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:58:04 +0100 824255 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/ZaVM65Pozz8/ First web copyright crackdown coming http://icio.us/ntafpv # Smoke got in my eyes http://icio.us/ctr1zq # Federal Intellectual Property Enforcement Gears Up http://icio.us/10roe2 # People and Ideas on the Future of Repositories-in-the-Cloud http://icio.us/3pp4is # DigitalKoans Break http://bit.ly/9hqtHe # HighWire Press 2009 Librarian eBook Survey http://bit.ly/beJZTz # Librarian for Digital Technologies and Learning at NCSU http://bit.ly/blD1Cw # "GBS March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement" http://bit.ly/bIXDTe # Systems and Electronic Services Librarian at Lebanon Valley College http://bit.ly/bW2B4q # SPARC: Campus-Based Open-Access Publishing Funds http://bit.ly/d5zdDU # Northeastern University Libraries sign SCOAP3 Expression of Interest http://icio.us/j4zxdm # The Ethics of Open Access and Copyright Infringement http://icio.us/ue4fvp # EFF demands FCC close copyright "loophole" in net neutrality http://icio.us/0rysff # Digital Video: Peter Suber on the Future of Open Access http://bit.ly/dvJ2uR # Applications Programmer/Analyst Associate at University of Michigan http://bit.ly/961HjL # Unintended Consequences: 12 Years Under the DMCA http://bit.ly/cUgwo9 # Programmer/Analyst, Digital Library Tools at Indiana University http://bit.ly/c0T97y # DSpace 1.6 Released http://bit.ly/9WlK0l # Supreme Court Sends Tasini Case Back to Appeals Court http://icio.us/kas5b5 # Library Groups Join in Filing Motion on Copyright Appeal http://icio.us/vproo3 # BURO crashes through 9000 items barrier http://icio.us/2sw1jw # Open Access to Research Outputs Institutional Policies and Researchers' Views: Results From Two Surveys http://icio.us/eddeo1 # Aptara Survey Reveals Publishers’ Evolving Response to eBooks http://icio.us/khh3lz # Digital initiative starts http://icio.us/sflmuz # Fighting a Copyright Charge http://icio.us/th1tii # Top 10 Best Security Plugins for Wordpress http://icio. ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 824224 http://vivabibliotecaviva.blogspot.com/2010/03/estudos-sobre-mulher-na-ciencia-da.html Adjabeng, A.,  "Las bibliotecas como recurso para Acrecentar y Apoyar el Desarrollo Económico para la Mujer".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 70, 2004. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla70/papers/037s_trans-Adjabeng.pdfDescriptores: Mujeres/Bibliotecas/Aspecto económico/Aspecto social/Discriminaión socialResumen: Los asuntos que se centran en la mujer han asumido una dimensión más profunda. Muchas actividades se han llevado a cabo para alarmar a los gobiernos, a organizaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales, instituciones políticas, sociales y económicas sobre los problemas de la mujer en general. Una de dichas actividades la Década para la Mujer de las Naciones Unidas 1975-1985, un periodo creado por las Naciones Unidas para crear una amplia conciencia en todo el mundo sobre los asuntos centrados en la mujer. Adjabeng, A.,  "Libraries as a source of relevant information to support and enhance economic development for women".  IFLA Council and General Conference, No. 70, 2004. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla70/papers/037e-Adjabeng.pdfDescriptores: Mujeres/Bibliotecas/Aspecto económico/Aspecto social/Discriminaión socialResumen: Issues concerning women have assumed a wider dimension. Many activities have been carried out to alert governments, governmental and non-governmental organizations, political, social and economic and academic institutions about the problems of women in general. One of such activities was The United Nations Decade for Women 1975-1985, a period set aside by the United Nations to create a widespread awareness in the whole world on issues concerning women. Alfaya Lamas, E., Fernández Mariño, P., and Villaverde Solar, D.,  "Análisis de datos mediante observación documental en las noticias de prensa sobre misoginia".  Jornadas Españolas de Documentación, No. 11, 2009, pp. 298-301 . http://www.fesabid. ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825058 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/03/07/last-weeks-digitalkoans-tweets-2010-03-07/ First web copyright crackdown coming http://icio.us/ntafpv # Smoke got in my eyes http://icio.us/ctr1zq # Federal Intellectual Property Enforcement Gears Up http://icio.us/10roe2 # People and Ideas on the Future of Repositories-in-the-Cloud http://icio.us/3pp4is # DigitalKoans Break http://bit.ly/9hqtHe # HighWire Press 2009 Librarian eBook Survey http://bit.ly/beJZTz # Librarian for Digital Technologies and Learning at NCSU http://bit.ly/blD1Cw # "GBS March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement" http://bit.ly/bIXDTe # Systems and Electronic Services Librarian at Lebanon Valley College http://bit.ly/bW2B4q # SPARC: Campus-Based Open-Access Publishing Funds http://bit.ly/d5zdDU # Northeastern University Libraries sign SCOAP3 Expression of Interest http://icio.us/j4zxdm # The Ethics of Open Access and Copyright Infringement http://icio.us/ue4fvp # EFF demands FCC close copyright "loophole" in net neutrality http://icio.us/0rysff # Digital Video: Peter Suber on the Future of Open Access http://bit.ly/dvJ2uR # Applications Programmer/Analyst Associate at University of Michigan http://bit.ly/961HjL # Unintended Consequences: 12 Years Under the DMCA http://bit.ly/cUgwo9 # Programmer/Analyst, Digital Library Tools at Indiana University http://bit.ly/c0T97y # DSpace 1.6 Released http://bit.ly/9WlK0l # Supreme Court Sends Tasini Case Back to Appeals Court http://icio.us/kas5b5 # Library Groups Join in Filing Motion on Copyright Appeal http://icio.us/vproo3 # BURO crashes through 9000 items barrier http://icio.us/2sw1jw # Open Access to Research Outputs Institutional Policies and Researchers' Views: Results From Two Surveys http://icio.us/eddeo1 # Aptara Survey Reveals Publishers’ Evolving Response to eBooks http://icio.us/khh3lz # Digital initiative starts http://icio.us/sflmuz # Fighting a Copyright Charge http://icio.us/th1tii # Top 10 Best Security Plugins for Wordpress http://icio. ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824483 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2010/03/event-ecdl-2010-glasgow-sept-6-10-2010.html Received via email. Please check the web site for updates on proposal deadlines, etc.14th European Conference on Digital LibrariesSeptember 6-10, 2010Glasgow, UKhttp://www.ecdl2010.orgThe European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL) is the leading European scientific forum on digital libraries and associated  technical, practical, and social issues, bringing together  researchers, developers, content providers and users in the field.  ECDL 2010, the 14th conference in this series, will be organised by the University of Glasgow.  The proceedings will be published as a volume of Springer's Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) series.Technorati tag: Digital LibrariesThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. (Source: Digitization 101) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824344 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2010/03/whats-new-and-how-to-stay-current.html First, the  Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) are now publishing a joint newsletter called "What's New".  The second issue was released this month.  This replaces the DCC's monthly Curation News Round-up and the DPC's quarterly bulletin 'What's new in Digital Preservation?'  I don't see an RSS feed for the site, so I hope this is something they will add, since having content delivered is better than going out to find it.Second, each time I teach a semester-long course in digitization, I have my students interview someone who is currently involved in a digitization project/program.  These interviews are educational for the students, since they get to hear what practitioners are doing and thinking. They are also educatinal for me, because I get a quick peak into many programs.  What I always find interesting from the interviews is how people learned about digitization as well as how they keep up with what's going on. Many practitioners learned about digitization by doing it, rather than from classes, etc.  Rarely do my students find someone who took extensive formal training, even though that traning exists.Most people stay up-to-date through email discussion groups, newsletters and conference sessions. Only a few people talk about anything formal that they do in order to stay current.  In looking at where people do go for information, there is no central location that everyone visits.  We all go in different directions.  That could mean that we're all not tripping over important information that could help us in our programs. ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824343 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Digitization101/~3/pTJyJE1jKCo/event-ecdl-2010-glasgow-sept-6-10-2010.html Received via email. Please check the web site for updates on proposal deadlines, etc.14th European Conference on Digital LibrariesSeptember 6-10, 2010Glasgow, UKhttp://www.ecdl2010.orgThe European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL) is the leading European scientific forum on digital libraries and associated  technical, practical, and social issues, bringing together  researchers, developers, content providers and users in the field.  ECDL 2010, the 14th conference in this series, will be organised by the University of Glasgow.  The proceedings will be published as a volume of Springer's Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) series.Technorati tag: Digital LibrariesThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. (Source: Digitization 101) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824259 http://libraryassessment.info/?p=493 Friday, January 15, 2010 1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Library Assessment Forum: Effective, Sustainable, and Practical Assessment InterContinental Hotel Griffin/Robinson Room Boston MA The forum focused on the recent IMLS grant on Return on Investment (ROI) awarded to ARL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Tennessee with a presentation by Carol Tenopir, co-PI, who led a discussion on the research that has taken place to this date and engaged the community to shape the ROI methodologies developed. The Forum also included a presentation by Linda Plunket (Boston University) regarding their efforts to create a culture of assessment. An update and community discussion about the 2010 Library Assessment Conference to be held on October 25–27 in Baltimore, Maryland, concluded the meeting. (Source: libraryassessment.info) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:35:13 +0100 824282 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/UzrDdmZnJ78/library-journal-library-of-year-award.html "All libraries are good, some are great. Library Journal is looking for role-model libraries to vie for the honor of being the 2010 Library Journal/Gale Cengage Learning Library of the Year. The $10,000 prize celebrates the library that most profoundly demonstrates: service to the community; creativity and innovation in developing specific community programs or a dramatic increase in library usage; and leadership in creating programs that can be emulated by other libraries. Along with the cash award, the winner is featured in the June 15, 2010 LJ cover story and honored with a gala reception at the American Library Association Annual Conference. Past winners have gained immeasurable prestige within their community and national media attention, often resulting in improved relations with local politicians and increased budgets. It is an honor that resonates for a lifetime." (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:23:56 +0100 824014 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/deEX9Debzyw/nfais-names-lorcan-dempsey-as-2010.html "The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), the premier membership association for organizations that create, aggregate, organize and facilitate access to authoritative information, has announced that Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President, Research and Chief Strategist, OCLC was presented with the prestigious Miles Conrad Award on March 1, 2010 at the NFAIS 52nd Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The objective of the Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture, established in 1965 in commemoration of NFAIS founder, G. Miles Conrad, is to recognize and honor those members of the Information Community who have made significant contributions to the field of information science and to NFAIS itself" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:21:55 +0100 824018 http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2010/03/afghanistan-backs-away-from-attempted.html It began last October with a ban by the U.S. military on embedded press photographing or filming soldiers killed in action. The story is here at the National Press Photographers Association website in an article by Donald R. Winslow dated October 14, 2009 for the News Photographer magazine. ...the U.S. military command in Bagram on Wednesday confirmed that is has [sic] banned journalists who are embedded with their forces in eastern Afghanistan from videotaping or photographing soldiers who are killed in action.U.S. Army Master Sgt. Thomas Clementson, a spokesman for Regional Command East, told News Photographer magazine tonight that commanders in Afghanistan are "trying to strike a balance" with the new policy.The change in the embed rules about photographing KIAs comes only a few weeks after a Pentagon uproar – raised chiefly by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates – after the Associated Press distributed a picture of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard when he was mortally wounded by a rocket-propelled grenade that was fired against him by insurgents during a battle in Afghanistan's Helmand province. (snip)"The comments relating to imagery of wounded service members and service members killed in action are a change to provide clarification of previous rules," the Master Sgt. told News Photographer. "Media have multiple ways to cover the war in Afghanistan and embedding is only one of the choices available. The press retains the option to report independently or as a media embed with military forces. When a reporter chooses to embed they are given unique and intimate access to our service members in a combat zone, which requires certain limits and rules be established to facilitate coverage and protect our forces. There are cases however, when protecting the privacy of our service members and propriety take precedence over media access," Clementson said. ... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824190 http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/023675.html Survey of Academic Librarians: Use of Associations, Blogs, Listservs, Conferences, & Publications about Libraries "The study imparts highly specific data... (Source: beSpacific) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824138 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2010/03/05/march-5th-stream.html new post: March 3rd Stream http://bit.ly/beOmXm [shifted] new post: March 3rd Stream http://bit.ly/dtFb5R [shifted] Watched Burn Notice — s3 | e15 — Good Intentions. Posted librarycourtney: More ALA service? Why not!. Posted Jenica: I wish organizations would stop saying they’re “going green” with the quotes included. Makes it sound incredibly insincere.. Posted Jason Griffey: Oh, ALA. I love you, but for serious…a downloadable Program in a format that I have to INSTALL SOFTWARE TO READ?!? KTHXBAI.. Posted emdigangi: Looking at the Annual Conference Preliminary on Nxtbook. Kinda cool. #ALA10. hellllooooo, #akla10 participants! hope to see you tonight for some gaming. lobby-ish after the dessert reception. fun & laughter guaranteed [shifted] “is there a tipping point where too much information becomes a bad thing? the answer to that is no.” — daniel russell, google #akla10 [shifted] new TSL post: The Mind of the Researcher — Daniel Russell (#akla10) http://bit.ly/aBlDtx [shifted] hey #akla10 participants– Wendy has games in the Adventure room. come play as part of her preso. it’ll be the funnest session you attend [shifted] new post: The Mind of the Researcher — Daniel Russell (akla10) http://bit.ly/bL4bo3 [shifted] Share: No tags for this post. (Source: The Shifted Librarian) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:57:00 +0100 823911 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14551 Librarian - Children's Services (Sno-Isle Libraries, Washington) Librarian – Children’s Services Job 7454 Closes: 3/24/2010 Full Salary Range $4092 - $5624/month, 40 hours/week, plus benefits Oak Harbor Library, WA Sno-Isle Libraries is offering an excellent career opportunity for a Librarian in Children’s Services who will plan, develop, and create programs and materials for presentation of children’s programs. Communicate with other agencies, institutions and organizations serving children in the community. Provide general readers’ advisory and reference services. Sno-Isle Libraries value diversity in its workforce. We are committed to seeking bi-lingual applicants. Go to www.sno-isle.org/employment for complete job information and required application process. ... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:40:02 +0100 823809 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14552 Librarian (Sno-Isle Libraries, Washington) Librarian Job 7455 Closes: 3/24/2010 Full Salary Range: $4092 - $5624/month, 40 hours/week, plus benefits Sno-Isle Libraries is offering an excellent opportunity for a Librarian who will provide general reader’s advisory and reference services to various age groups. Assess the needs for adults and seniors in the local community and develop services that respond to those needs. Sno-Isle Libraries value diversity in its workforce. We are committed to seeking bi-lingual applicants. Go to www.sno-isle.org/employment for complete job information and required application process. Applications must be received by Mail to HR, 7312 35th Ave. NE, Marysville, WA 98271, or FAX 360-651-7151 on the closing date. ... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:40:02 +0100 823808 http://info.pop.psu.edu/2010/03/05/5th-advanced-training-institute-on-health-behavior-theory/ The PRI Library has received announcement of the 5th Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Theory to be held July 25 to August 1, 2010 in Madison Wisconsin. (Source: News from the PRI Library and Data Archive) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:55:16 +0100 823899 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blogjunction/~3/23GuKXRtO0A/ We encourage those of you attending PLA2010 to attend this session put together by the Self-Represented Litigation Network: Public Libraries and Access to Justice (Oregon Convention Center Room E145-146), Thursday March 25th at 8:30 AM This session provides tools and training that will help public libraries serve as gateways to justice and governmental institutions, with a focus on collaboration with courts, law libraries, and legal aid programs. It introduces information and tools and how public librarians can appropriately help their patrons use these tools, such as those provided by legal aid and courts. Participants will learn about the national network of state Access to Justice Commissions, and how public libraries can participate in these groups. The session will also introduce the online “train the trainer” tools developed by the Self-Represented Litigation Network of the National Center for State Courts, as presented at a recent national conference funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Participants will receive tips and a template for creating a list of key resources, and ideas on how state access to justice partners can assist in the customization of that listing. For those of you who will not be going to PLA: We have also posted the PowerPoint presentation to WebJunction. This slideshow is absolutely chock full of information and links to additional websites and online resources, so be sure to check it out. Additional material resulting from the Self-Represented Litigation Network’s January training workshop on legal resources will also be posted to WebJunction in the coming weeks. (Source: BlogJunction) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:26:21 +0100 824194 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/05/spalding-speaks-librarythings-tim-spalding-delivers-a-keynote-at-lianza-conference/ Via Clyde Smith at Cultural Research, we learn of a video of LibraryThing Founder and Developer, Tim Spalding, talking about LibraryThing and social cataloging at the LIANZA (Library & Information Association New Zealand Aotearoa) Annual Conference Closing Keynote Address. It took place at the end of 2009 in Christchurch, NZ. The presentation is titled, “What is Social Cataloging?” and runs about 55 minutes. It’s an insightful and interesting presentation full of both facts and ideas to consider. Additionally, Spalding is an excellent speaker. What follows is a NON-COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF a Few Facts and Discussion Points from the keynote. It’s well worth the 50-some minutes to listen for yourself. We think LIS students will also find this presentation worthy of their time. LT and Social Cataloging: + Started in 2005 + 850K Members + Members Have Cataloged More than 44 Million Books + Social Cataloging Will Become More Important to Libraries + The Social Cataloging Ladder + LibraryThing is More About the Content and Less About Pictures, etc. + Largest Tag on LT is Cyberpunk + Comparing LT Tags to LCSH + Explains TagMashing + Collaborative Cataloging + Brings Various Editions of Books Together [Not FRBR but FRBR Like] + Members Adding Value by Adding Metadata and More Not Provided by the Publishers + Legacy Cataloging + Flash Mob Cataloging + LibraryThing for Libraries (A Fee-Based Service) + Traditional Cataloging Will Remain + Still Believes in Structured Data + End of Intellectual Structures Rooted in the Limited of the Physical World–David Weinberger + Humanizing the Catalog (ie. recommendations) + Library Catalogs are Not Links or Search Engines + LibraryThing Gets Twice as Much Traffic as WorldCat.org + Consider Open Source Products + Social Cataloging Can be a Way for Libraries to Join Web 1. ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:41:39 +0100 823887 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2010/03/05/the-mind-of-the-researcher-daniel-russell-akla10.html Daniel Russell, Google Search Quality & User Happiness 2010 Alaska Library Association Conference, opening keynote speaker Lewis & Clark left without a decent map it’s a complicated world out there and you don’t want to end up like the Donner Party (hey, go that way; it looks good) what does the current information map look like? let’s be adventurers but keep our eyes and minds open did a demo of Google Earth cost to put the flyover together = $0 and four minutes of time Google will crawl it within 48 hours when Lewis & Clark published about their trip, it took 10 years we see the world differently, and the library isn’t what it used to be stacks are no longer a core competence — the information landscape has radically changed 1200 exabytes of new content are generated each year (1.2 yottabytes if that helps or 1.2 billion terrabytes) 3.6 zetabytes per person per year (mostly music and video) libraries don’t have to curate and manage that — it stream to you text words per pseron per year = .1% of that total the good news is that the amount of reading per person per year has gone up by 3X since 1980 (primarily due to internet access); happening online, not print so need to develop new skills and new literacies showed Google Books can click on the places in a book and travel to all of them can actually recapitulate Huck Finn’s journey down the river LoC has 10 terabytes of text data or .01 petabytes he has 2 LoCs at home an exabyte = 50,000 years of DVD or 10 billion copies of The Economist (there aren’t enough trees in Alaska to print them all) we’re supporting this renaissance of access to print culture at the same time we’re expanding online content 1. ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:23:16 +0100 823913 http://nnlm.gov/gmr/blog/2010/03/05/mla-webcast/ We at the GMR are pleased to sponsor webcast sites across our region for the March 24, 2010, MLA Webcast: Now’s The Time: Understanding The Electronic Health Record Maze And Health Science Librarians’ Roles The complete list of sponsored sites is available at: http://nnlm.gov/gmr/funding/mlawebcastsites.html.  Please contact the site directly if you wish to attend. Find information about [...] (Source: The Cornflower) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:36:45 +0100 824097 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/05/scientists-save-even-more-time-keeping-up-to-date-with-the-new-materialsviews-com/ From the Announcement: MaterialsViews.com, the news service covering the latest developments in materials science, chemistry, and physics, has been updated with new features that help materials scientists keep up with the latest research. MaterialsViews.com’s professional scientific editors scan the materials science, chemistry, and physics literature, looking for the most interesting, exciting, and relevant breakthroughs in all of materials science as soon as they are published. They then distill the best papers into concise summaries that can be quickly scanned so busy scientists can identify the papers they want to spend more time reading. Finding articles is faster on the new MaterialsViews.com, with improved navigation and layout. New individual channels for hot subject areas–including nanotechnology, polymers, energy, electronics, photonics, surfaces, and more–let scientists focus on the stories most relevant to their research. [Snip] It’s also easier to find upcoming events and conferences, and the new MaterialsViews.com jobs page can help locate the perfect career opportunity anywhere in the world. MaterialsViews.com is a free resource. Source: Wiley (via KnowledgeSpeak.com) (Source: ResourceShelf) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:28:28 +0100 823893 http://gnomicutterance.livejournal.com/43496.html I find it aggravating that WebAIM will be presenting at this year's CSUN (International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference) on "The Myth of the Typical Screen Reader User", since its representatives on the WebAIM mailing list have made it very clear that they believe there IS a typical screen reader user: a computer illiterate technophobe with total lack of agency who needs to be handheld for all computer use.I also find it aggravating that CSUN isn't broadcasting any of the sessions. (You can charge people to see a webcast, you know!) Sure, they do seem to do a pretty good job for attendees with disabilities on site, but a lot of people with disabilities find it difficult to travel, you know? Not to mention how many people with disabilities have lower incomes than their able-bodied peers. A twitter feed is not a broadcast.(This is mirrored from an original post at Dreamwidth where there are comments. You can leave a comment here or over there. (Source: Ramblings on Librarianship, Technology, and Academia) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:18:42 +0100 823937 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/38Rk26MW3NU/ Social Media Talking Points View more presentations from Michael Stephens. (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:52:55 +0100 823638 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Blue_Mountains_Library_Manager_SWITCH_2009_Public_Libraries_in_a_--- SWITCH: Public Libraries in a Changing Environment 2009 NSW Public Libraries Conference & Exhibition Output Statement Key Facts about the NSW Public (Source: pligg - all) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:00:20 +0100 823683 http://hplbookhunt.blogspot.com/2010/03/our-patrons-are-traveling-world-of.html Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queenby Susan Gregg GilmoreThrough the ups, downs and everything in between, the only constant in Catherine Grace's life has been the Saturday afternoons spent at the Dairy Queen eating Dilly Bars. After endless hours of daydreaming about leaving her little southern hometown, she heads out for the big city life in Atlanta; but is it everything that she ever wanted?- Suzie M.Pride and Prejudiceby Jane AustenI found this book not an easy read as the language I guess, is old English, a bit stiff and formal.The story takes place in England, not far from London. The family consists of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and five daughters. Jane and Elizabeth are the eldest. Charlotte Lucas is Elizabeth’s close friend living next door. The purpose of parents of comfortable and well to do families is to marry off their daughters. The property near the Bennet’s is bought by young Mr. Bingsley. He arrives with his sisters, a brother in law and friend Mr. Darcy. Dances are held by different families so that the young people can socialize, leading to marriage. Mr. Bingsley is attracted to Jane and Mr. Darcy seems to be stiff and self absorbed. Mr. Collins, a young clergy man, a bore and long winded speaker, a cousin of Mr. Bennet and who will inherit Bennet’s estate as estate’s go to male relatives and not to daughters. He comes to visit the Bennet’s and proposes to Elizabeth. She refuses and he then turns to Charlotte who accepts. Mr. Collins’ benefactress in his vicarage is Mr. Darcy’s Aunt Catherine, a strong domineering woman with a sickly daughter who she wishes to see married to Mr. Darcy. Mr. Darcy starts to fall for Elizabeth and Bingsley’s sister is jealous as she adores Darcy, Elizabeth tells Darcy off as he told Bingsley he thought Jane didn’t care for him. Meanwhile, the third sister, Lydia runs away with Darcy’s soldier cousin. Darcy and Elizabeth’s uncle find them and get them married. ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823695 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/sPKclHleTBE/ The Berkman Center for Internet and Society has made Peter Suber on the Future of Open Access available on YouTube. Related Posts Peter Suber on "Ten Challenges for Open-Access Journals" Video Presentations from Open Access to Science Publications—Policy Perspective, Opportunities and Challenges Conference Peter Suber to “Step Back” from Blogging on Open Access News Peter Suber Receives Joint Fellowship at Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication and the Harvard Law School Library Peter Suber: “A Field Guide to Misunderstandings about Open Access” (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:05:31 +0100 824231 http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/ediscoverylaw/klgates/~3/Zl5eMKS8u2s/ One of the great things about the current rule-making process is the ability to see change on the horizon and adapt accordingly.  This year, absent any unforeseen objection or delay, Rule 26 will be amended to extend the scope of the work-product doctrine to encompass draft expert reports and most communications between experts and counsel.  Currently, the proposed amendment (and all proposed rule amendments, for that matter) is being considered by the Supreme Court.  Pursuant to statute, the Court must transmit prescribed amendments to Congress by May 1st.  Thereafter, absent legislation to reject, modify, or defer the rules, the prescribed amendments will take effect as a matter of law on December 1st.The proposed amendment to Rule 26 would “apply work-product protection to the discovery of draft reports by testifying expert witnesses, and, with three important exceptions, communications between those witnesses and retaining counsel.”  The exceptions would allow for discovery of communications between the lawyer and expert regarding:  “(1) compensation for the expert’s study or testimony; (2) facts or data provided by the lawyer that the expert considered in forming opinion; and (3) assumptions provided to the expert by the lawyer that the expert relied upon in forming an opinion. ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:08:21 +0100 824005 http://www.hsdl.org/hslog/?q=node/5413 Start: 04/21/2010 - 07:45 End: 04/21/2010 - 15:00 Timezone: US/Eastern The Harford Country Sheriff’s Office and MAGLOCLEN will be hosting a conference Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: Current Trends & Officer Safety in Bel Air, Maryland on April 21, 2010. This conference is open to criminal justice personnel only. “This course will provide an overview of current activity & trends in the area & officer safety when dealing with Outlaw Motorcycle Gang members & their associates.” (Source: HSDL Weblog - On the HomeFront) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:46:01 +0100 823384 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/JMADt_8ZFgc/mls-students-scholarship-to-attend.html Daniel F. Kissane Memorial ScholarshipFinancial assistance is available for a library school student to attend the annual SUNY Librarians Association (SUNYLA) conference at the College at Brockport, from June 16 - 18, 2010. The purpose of the Scholarship is to encourage involvement with SUNYLA and SUNY Libraries, as well as to provide professional growth opportunities to those entering the profession. The Scholarship is a voucher covering:Travel (maximum $ 350) and lodging costsRegistration feesConference meals You qualify if:You are currently enrolled in a New York State ALA accredited MLS program or its equivalent.To apply:Please write an essay of no more than 1,000 words on the following topic:It is more important than ever that libraries respond to the needs of the populations that we serve in order to remain a vital part of those communities. What kind of impacts can libraries have on our campus, local and national communities?  Please relate something from your own personal experience (e.g., an event, an incident, an exposure to a different people, etc.) to one of those needs or impacts, using it to help make your point.The essay will be judged on both content and the logical, literate development of your essay.   Deadline is April 23, 2010, and the recipient will be notified by May 7, 2010. Please e-mail as an attachment (.doc or .pdf) to lougenc@newpaltz.edu  OR send your essay along with your contact information to:Daniel F. Kissane Memorial Scholarship Committee, Colleen LougenSUNY New Paltz Sojourner Truth Library300 Hawk Drive New Paltz, NY 12561.SUNYLA, Libraries, LibrariansPowered by ScribeFire. (Source: Baby Boomer Librarian) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:58:00 +0100 823653 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=32957 Social Security Hearings Backlog Falls to Lowest Level Since 2005 Source: U.S. Social Security Administration Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today announced that the number of disability hearings pending stands at 697,437 cases — the lowest level since June 2005 and down more than 71,000 cases since December 2008, when the trend of month-by-month reductions began. In addition, the average processing time for hearing decisions has decreased to 442 days, down from a high of 514 days at the end of fiscal year (FY) 2008. … Social Security has actively addressed the hearings backlog and increased the capacity to hold more hearings. The agency hired 147 Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) and over 1,000 support staff in FY 2009, and has plans to hire an additional 226 ALJs this year. The agency now has four National Hearing Centers to help process hearings by video conference for the most hard-hit areas of the country. The agency also has aggressive plans to open 14 new hearing offices and three satellite offices by the end of the year. The first of these offices was opened in Anchorage, Alaska on February 19, 2010. + Information About Social Security’s Hearings and Appeals Process (Source: Docuticker) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:17:34 +0100 823453 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/03/04/the-future-wasnt-what-we-will-think-it-is/ Oh, all right: I’m only sidling up to the matter of predicting the technology/internet future, a venture that would have foxed even the greatest classical soothsayers, surely. The current augur of the moment is Google Vice President of Global Ad Operations, John Herlihy, who, according to SiliconRepublic.com, told a conference recently that “In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant. In Japan, most research is done today on smart phones, not PCs.” As of 9.30 GMT this morning, this was the top Twitter trending topic in the UK, according to The Independent. (Fortunately or not, it’s since been replaced by #everydayiwakeup.) Far be it from me to doubt the wisdom of a Google exec about such things. Yet, if he means that laptops and netbooks will also be swept aside in favour of thumbing things, I’ll lodge a small demurrer now. Why, we haven’t even had the iPad wave yet. As for me, it’s possible, I suppose, that having learned to think with nine digits instead of with a wrist and a right hand gripping a pen, I could learn to think with the two fat fingers as I search, research, and compose — but I’ll likely decline if it comes to that. At least that’s how I see my small part of the future. You? (Source: Slaw) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:47:21 +0100 824451 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/03/04/workshop-on-media-suppression/ If you’re around Toronto on the morning of Tuesday, March 16, you might want to attend the Workshop on Media Suppression: Life and Livelihood that’s being presented by York University’s IP Osgoode and the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security. Four panels of experts will address the following topics: Digital Rights Contracts The Thawing of Libel Chill The Role of Internet Giants in Totalitarian States Legal Recourse for the Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder of Journalists The workshop is free of charge and is being held in Room W132 of the Schulich School of Business between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Further information is available online. RSVP requested. And if you can’t get to the workshop but are interested in the topics, you might let IP Osgoode know, because they’ll be video recording the event and posting the link a few days later on their website. I’m sure they’d be happy to email you to tell you when the link is up. (Source: Slaw) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:05:45 +0100 824453 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/KVySOT1NlJg/ Mackinson seems to be one of those executives who “gets” the whole move towards ebooks and epublishing. In a presentation at the Digital Media & Broadcasting Conference in London he said: “The definition of the book itself, as far as we can see, is up for grabs. We don’t understand at the moment what the consumer is prepared to pay for them. We have opportunities to do more product marketing, by including a sales message at the end of every e-book for example.” “We’ll only find answers to these questions by trial and error by taking a dynamic approach to consumer pricing and improving our data analysis as we go.” “We’ll have to be religious about some key issues; the indivisibility of physical and digital rights for example. We will need to develop new skills in data analytics and consumer facing technologies will need to become more fluent with new media, new formats and content platforms. We will have to be innovative and take some risks. ” “We’ll need above all to listen to our readers and understand what they want and what they will pay for. If we can do all that, which is a big ask I agree, we will have a great and growing digital business.” More info here. Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:19:47 +0100 823481 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arlisnap/~3/lN_imhpcmqk/ Volunteer Opportunities Announcing Volunteer Opportunities for the 38th Annual ARLIS/NA Conference in Boston! Please consider contributing to our conference by volunteering for one or more of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: [ArLiSNAP]) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:02:44 +0100 823386 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/3DRwCClE3Bw/canadian-library-association-announces_04.html The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award Committee of the Canadian Library Association / Association canadienne des bibliothèques is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2010 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award. This award recognizes an illustrator of a noteworthy Canadian book, published in 2009, that appeals to children up to the age of 12 years. The winners of the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award and Honour Books will be announced prior to the Canadian Library Association National Conference. The award will be presented at the CLA National Conference and Trade Show at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton on June 3, 2010. The finalists for the 2010 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, in alphabetical order by title, are:* Have I Got a Book for You! / Illustrated by Mélanie Watt (Kids Can Press)* The Imaginary Garden / Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher (Kids Can Press)* It's a Snap! George Eastman’s First Photograph / Illustrated by Bill Slavin (Tundra Books)* Me and You / Illustrated by Geneviève Côté (Kids Can Press)* Perfect Snow / Illustrated by Barbara Reid (North Winds Press / Scholastic Canada)* Pierre Le Poof! / Illustrated by Andrea Beck (Orca Book Publishers)* Timmerman Was Here / Illustrated by Nicolas Debon (Tundra Books)* Vanishing Habitats / Illustrated by Robert Bateman (Scholastic Canada)* When Stella Was Very, Very Small / Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press)* You're Mean, Lily Jean / Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton (North Winds Press / Scholastic Canada) (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:33:32 +0100 823280 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14535 Cataloger Needed (Multi-Cultural Books and Videos, Michigan) Cataloging Librarian for Multi-Cultural Books and Videos Multi-Cultural Books and Videos is the one of the leading sources of foreign language material in North America. We are looking for a cataloging librarian who will join our team to provide libraries and educational institutions bestselling books, popular movies and chart topping music. We will be at the 2010 PLA Conference in Portland, OR (Booth 747) for interviews. Duties: - The Cataloging Librarian is responsible for the creation of original and adaptive Library of Congress MARC cataloging records for books and media. ... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:30:03 +0100 823258 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infoisland/~3/6-v63Jh708I/ The Future is Now Conference On Friday and Saturday, March 5th and 6th, there will be a conference focusing on libraries and museums in virtual worlds. “The Future is Now” will bring together dozens of people from around the world to explore and discuss current activities and future possibilities. Three keynote addresses will be given by the team of Sharon Tettegah and Cynthia Calongne, co-authors of the 2009 book, Identity, Learning and Support in Virtual Environments; Marilyn Johnson, author of the new book, This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All; and Tom Atkinson, chair of the Virtual Worlds Committee with AECT. Conference organizers include the ALA VCL MIG (Virtual Communities and Libraries, Member Initiative Group), the ACRL VW IG (Virtual Worlds Interest Group), the Alliance Library System, and TAP Information Services. The Gold Sponsor of this conference is LearningTimes, and Compendium Library Services is sponsoring the keynote series. More info about the conference is at http://www.opal-online.org/finindex.htm. The Sci-Fi & Fantasy Portal hosts its March Film Discussion Sunday, March 7 at 1 pm this month. (This coming Sunday, not Saturday.) DR. WHO Yes, that Dr. Who…the British Sci-fi television program presenting the adventures of the mysterious humanoid alien known as “The Doctor” or “Dr. Who”. The Guinness World Records lists it as the “longest-running science fiction television show in the world”. It began in 1963. It’s become a cult television favorite in the British Isles, quickly spread to other countries, and has influenced generations of TV professionals. Eleven actors have portrayed The Doctor. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot as a regeneration, whereby the Doctor takes on a new body, and slightly different personality (complete with individual quirks). ... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:24:49 +0100 824685 http://www.mdmlg.org/2010/03/mdmlg-meeting-april-15-2010.html April 15th – Don’t think Tax Day, think Spring, think Sun, think BASEBALLthat’s a natural connection to MDMLG!Join us in the green fields of Grand Blanc for a panel discussion on Nursing Resources. The kind people from EBSCO and Elsevier are sponsoring a lunch demonstration of their nursing resources (EBSCO’s Nursing Reference Center and Mosby’s Skills Online). Following the lunch, which will make you think you’re at the old ball park, several nurse educators will give an “in-the-trenches” view of what they really need and use. We invite you to invite your nursing executives to attend the demonstrations with you and add their input to the discussion. Seating will be limited so reserve early.Metro Detroit Medical Library Group (MDMLG)General Business Meeting and LunchThursday, April 15, 201011:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Topic: Take Me Out To the Ball Game!—Hitting a Home-run With Nursing Resources– a panel discussionPanel Members: Several Nurse Educators from Genesys, Karmanos Cancer Institute and othersLocation: Genesys Regional Medical Center Conference and Banquet Center Grand Blanc, MI Agenda: 11:15-11:30 Registration11:30-1:00 Lunch & Learn: EBSCO’s Nursing Reference Center & Mosby's Nursing Consult1:00-1:45 Business meeting1:45-2:00 Refreshment break2:00-3:30 Panel Discussion and Q&ALunch Cost: Lunch is being provided by EBSCO and Mosby(Hot dogs, or veggie burgers, pretzels, nachos & cheese, popcorn, chips, fruit, cookies and ICE CREAM!!)RSVP for lunch must be received by April 8, 2010. Space will be limited so please reserve early…if we have room we will open this up to other groups. Directions to Genesys: http://www.mdmlg.org/Genesys%20Directions.doc*************************************************************Please reserve by phone, by mail or fax to:Doris BlauetGenesys Regional Medical Center LibraryOne Genesys ParkwayGrand Blanc, MI 48439Phone : 810-606-5261dblauet@genesys. ... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824896 http://inseasonchristianlibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/03/faith-and.html Faith and...  Part OneWe've just finished a two day biennial conference at MPOW.  The topic was "Speaking of Faith."  For the library's part, we created a display of resources on hand.  In order to give more postings, I plan to post one topic at a time with the books.  My disclaimer for all of the lists is that they represent a variety of views designed to facilitate dialogue not necessarily dogma.Feel free to comment on the books and to suggest others.  Where possible, I've included the WorldCat link for full bibliographic information.The first topic dealt with American History and Native AmericansBordewich, Fergus M. Killing the White Man's Indian: The Reinventing of Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth CenturyCotten, Angela L. & Acampora, Christa Davis. Cultural Sites of Critical Insight: PHilosophy, aesthetics, and African American and Native American Women's Writings.Glancy, Diane  Stone Heart: A Novel of SacajaweaHauptman, Laurence M.  The Iroquois Struggle for Survival : World War II to Red Power.King, C. Richard & Spriingwood, Charles Fruehling, Eds. Team Spirits: The Native American Mascots ControversyKohn, Rita & Montell, W. Lynwood Eds..  Always a People: Oral Histories of Contermporary Woodland IndiansLincoln, Kenneth.  Speak Like Singing: Classics of Native American LiteratureOskison, John Milton  The Singing Bird: A Cherokee NovelPeyer, Bernd C. American Indian nonfiction: An anthology of Writings, 1760s-1930sTodkill, Ans. My Lady PokahontasWarrior, Robert.  The People and the Word: Reading Native NonfictionWeaver,Jace; Womack, Craig S.; & Warrior, Robert.  American Indian Literary Nationalism (Source: The In Season Christian Librarian) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824188 http://invisibleweblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/lisna.html LISNA (Library and Information Science News Agency) was officially launched yesterday. It aims to cover events in the LIS area including conferences' news, new LIS publications, library services, LIS related activities in various organizations and so on. (Source: The Invisible Web Weblog) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824183 http://ddc.typepad.com/025431/2010/03/dewey-breakfast-at-pla-2010.html Please join us for the Dewey Breakfast/Update at the PLA National Conference 2010 on Thursday, March 25, 7:00–8:00 a.m., Doubletree Hotel Portland, Oregon Room. To keep you up to date with all matters Dewey, we will have presentations on the new WebDewey 2.0 (the development of which is coming along nicely) and on applications of our linked data web service dewey.info (with an exciting real-live demo of how the service has been implemented using mobile devices to support multilingual access into a public library’s catalog). There will also be an open discussion period—bring those burning Dewey questions and suggestions! If you haven’t done so already, please register for the Dewey Breakfast/Update here. See you soon in Portland! (Source: 025.431: The Dewey blog) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824179 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/03/eastern-contentdm-2010-users-group-call.html Eastern CONTENTdm 2010 Users Group – Call for ProposalsDates: Wednesday – Friday, August 4 – 6, 2010Host: United States Military Academy Library, West Point, NYThe Eastern CONTENTdm Users Group Planning Committee is accepting proposals to present a pre-conference workshop, conference talks, and/or panel discussions at its 2010 Annual Meeting being held this August at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY. Please consider participating as a speaker or part of a panel discussion. Proposals are due by June 1, 2010.More information about the conference is available on its website, http://www.libraries.psu.edu/ecdmug (Source: A Library Writer's Blog) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824121 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/03/acrl-2011-call-for-participation.html ACRL 2011 Call for ParticipationAt the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, John Hancock said: “There must be no pulling different ways; we must all hang together.” Ben Franklin remarked: “We must indeed all hang together, or assuredly we will all hang separately.” The ACRL 2011 National Conference theme, “A Declaration of Interdependence,” reflects the promise and the challenge of the delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Academic and research libraries share a common set of principles. To be successful, libraries must cooperate with each other and interconnect with their campus communities. The ACRL 2011 National Conference invites you to explore new ideas, engage in active learning, and consider the interdependency that exists in our academic and library community.Submit a proposal for the ACRL 2011 National Conference to be held in historic Philadelphia, March 30 - April 2, 2011. The ACRL National Conference attracts and engages many of the brightest minds in our profession. We encourage you to participate in this exciting and energizing exchange of ideas—bring your latest research, cutting-edge practices, and innovative developments to share with your colleagues. We invite you to submit your innovative or radical proposals to help us make ACRL 2011 a truly revolutionary conference!URL: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/national/2011/program/index.cfm (Source: A Library Writer's Blog) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824120 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LawLibrarianBlog/~3/ALnmHFdr4TI/just-how-deep-has-google-penetrated-the-consciousness-of-attorneys-when-conducting-legal-research.html Greg Lambert reports on attending the The Ark Group/Managing Partner Magazine's 4th Annual "Best Practices & Management Strategies for Law Firm Library & Information Service Centers in his 3 Geeks and a Law Blog post entitled, Ark Conference Review: Lawyers... (Source: Law Librarian Blog) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823747 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/8fiKQx22_9s/over-4000-developers-at-google-io-2010.html As of today, this year's Google I/O conference has sold out and registration is closed. That means more than 4,000 developers will be joining us on May 19-20 at Moscone West in San Francisco.Like years past, I/O will feature over 90 in-depth sessions and the opportunity to meet and learn from other developers, including those from the more than 160 companies that will demo in the Developer Sandbox. For those unable to attend, video recordings of technical sessions will be available on YouTube following the conference.From now until May, we'll continue to list new speakers, new sessions, and new Sandbox participants on the Google I/O website. To keep up with the latest event info and details, follow us on Twitter.Posted by Vic Gundotra, Vice President of Engineering (Source: Official Google Blog) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823433 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnBattellesSearchblog/~3/hwoWAETrkoI/005140.php Today in Signal we take a walk down memory lane, of sorts, because sometimes such a journey helps us prepare for what lies in the path ahead.   Early last week I ran into Susan Wojcicki, VP of Product Management for Google. Now, Susan is more than just another Google VP, she's also on Google's operating committee. Oh, and the person in whose garage Google was founded, not to mention Sergey's sister in law. If Google were a family, Susan would be something of a matriarch. Susan had just gotten off stage at the annual IAB conference, and I caught up with her as we were both leaving. We got to talking about all things AdSense, and I mentioned a story I had heard recently - without divulging my source, the story went that some at Google believed AdSense had been rolled out too early, before it was ready for primetime. Now, nothing will provoke the ire of a product person more than a charge such as that, and I'll admit my own ignorance of this fact even as I spoke. Susan disputed my story, and then responded that if Google was too late on anything, it was putting a cookie into AdSense. "We didn't do that until late 2008!" she reminded me - and did so only as part of integrating DoubleClick into the Google Content Network. And the company didn't really commercialize that cookie until March of last year, when it implemented the Ads Preferences Manager, a sets of controls that I noted at the time was industry leading (and I've been a pretty harsh critic in this area, as you may recall.) All this stopped me short. Somehow I missed this story - I just assumed that AdSense dropped a cookie on all of us, and had done so since the service was launched back in 2001. After all, Google has been Keeblering the web for as long as I could remember, as a fair share of critics had already pointed out. I figured AdSense was just integrated into the master Google cookie - one Oreo to rule them all, right? Wrong. ... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823428 http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/2010/03/cfp-acrl-conference-2011-declaration-of.html There is a call for papers for the Association of College and Research Libraries conference that takes place in Philadelphia, USA, March 30 - April 2 2011, with the title A Declaration of Interdependence. Themes are: Diversify our Interdependence: Building Relationships; Evolutions in Higher Education; Harness Lightning: Technology in the Service of Libraries; Inventing Your Library’s Future; The Shape of Tomorrow: Liberating Collection Development; Unite with Users: Reinventing the User Experience; You Say You Want a Revolution: Next Generation Librarianship. Contributed Paper, Panel Session, Preconference, and Workshop proposals are due by May 10, 2010; and Zed Shed presentation, Poster Session, Roundtable Discussion, and Virtual Conference Webcast proposals are due November 1, 2010. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/national/2011/index.cfmPhoto by Sheila Webber: more student election campaign publicity. (Source: Information Literacy Weblog) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823354 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/arlisnap/~3/pqQ7psHiKas/ Call for Papers The College Book Art Association welcomes  proposals for its 2011 biennial conference: Word, Image, Text, Object Indiana University, Bloomington January 13-16, 2011 Proposals are due... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: [ArLiSNAP]) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:57:37 +0100 823387 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/0KZo-UeZDLk/ In an effort to connect to more members MLA is experimenting with meeting based social network site called CrowdVine.  Connie Schardt wrote a nice little piece about it on Medlib-l. MLA has created a customized CrowdVine site for the 2010 meeting to help participants interact “before, during and and after the meeting.”  The CrowdVine site links has links to the official meeting page, official blog, and allows members to set up RSS feeds into the site (blog posts, photo streams, social bookmarking, etc.)  As Connie mentions, “the real power of the service is its ability to identify participants that share common interests that they can seek out and meet, in person, at the conference.” Hop on CrowdVine look around and if you are interested sign up and start adding some of your information or join in a discussion.  If you are more of the lurking type, sign up and just watch what happens, who knows maybe you might go from lurker to occasional contributer. (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:04:31 +0100 823204 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/03/national-library-of-medicine-now-has-a-facebook-fan-page/ The NLM page went live the other day. You can access the NLM page here. From the Announcement: Click on the “Become a Fan” icon, at the top right of the screen. You’ll then be treated to updates in real time, as they’re issued. [Snip] The new Facebook page will post information about all aspects of the Library. Fans will be among the first to know about the latest NLM developments, receive notifications on conferences, guest speakers and other events, and be guided to the vast and various research resources NLM has to offer. They can also read the latest issues of NLM’s popular consumer magazine, NIH MedlinePlus, and its Spanish/English language counterpart, NIH MedlinePlus Salud. Viewers can browse through historical images and contribute to discussions on future projects, all via their favorite social networking site. The page will also lead users to content from NLM’s growing roster of social media sites. Source: NLM (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:01:05 +0100 823164 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/Udbi6kipuwA/india-english-books-millsandboon Publishers predict India will become the world's biggest market for books in the English language within a decadeIn among the slightly decrepit halls and the rubbish strewn grass of New Delhi's Pragati Maidan conference halls is a stand decked in pink and powder blue.Beneath the posters for Ruthless Magnate, Convenient Wife, and Accidentally Expecting, Manish Singh, Mills & Boon's country manager for India, is doing brisk business.The popular romantic novels were launched in India exactly two years ago and doubled their sales in the past year. "We are looking to expand still further in 2010," Singh says.The publisher, Harlequin Mills & Boon, is far from the only beneficiary of a boom in book sales that is sweeping India. Dan Brown's sequel to The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, has already sold 100,000 in hardback alone.Aravind Adiga's Man Booker winner The White Tiger has sold more than 200,000 copies since its publication in 2008.Driving the demand is the country's continuing economic boom – 6.7% growth in 2009 despite the global crisis – and the tastes of the new Indian middle class."It is a forward looking generation," said Singh. "The low hanging fruit for us is the single working woman who has money in her hands, the liberty to read, no responsibilities yet, no husband, children and so on."In the next decade, publishers forecast that India will become the biggest English language book-buying market in the world. New distribution networks and an increasing presence of chains of major bookstores are also fuelling the expansion."At the moment the market is probably about 5 million people," said Anantha Padmanabhan, Penguin's director of sales in India. "That is set to increase dramatically."India has a history of producing internationally successful prize-winning authors who have enjoyed huge popularity at home. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:37:31 +0100 823027 http://plablog.org/2010/03/be-a-part-of-plas-virtual-conference-with-virtual-poster-sessions-3.html Share Your Library’s Successes and Challenges PLA is seeking interested parties to submit virtual poster sessions as part of the upcoming PLA Virtual Conference. The topic of your poster session can be your choosing, but must be related to public librarianship. Virtual posters can be submitted as Web pages, PowerPoint presentations, or other formats which can be ‘mounted’ on the Web. Accepted posters will be mounted on the PLA Virtual Conference website prior to the event (the PLA Virtual Conference will be held on March 25 and March 26 during the PLA 2010 National Conference). Presenters are welcome to participate in online discussions about their posters via the Virtual Conference. To apply, please send an email to Kathleen Hughes (khughes) detailing your idea. Please include the following: Primary Contact Name, Phone Number, Email Address, Job Title and Institution, Name of Additional Contributors, Title of Proposed Virtual Poster Session, Brief Abstract (150-200 words) describing your poster session, Format of Virtual Poster (e.g., doc, html, pdf) and if any special files/software/effects will be incorporated. We have the ability to do voice-over narration, so if you would like to take advantage of that, just include it in your proposal. Proposals are due by March 8 at 4:00 p.m. Selected proposal will be notified by March 12, 2010. (Source: PLA Blog) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:05:16 +0100 824318 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2010/03/03/david-carnoy-self-publishing-is-minor-league-and-thats-good/ Way back in December 2008, I wrote about an article by David Carnoy, called “Self-Publishing a Book: 25 Things You Need to Know.” An editor at CNET, he was sharing useful lessons he’d learned while self-publishing his novel, Knife Music. I checked in with him the following month, asking about his experience purchasing a book review from Kirkus Discoveries, and meant, throughout 2009, to check in again to see how his experiment was going. At some point last fall, I noticed that his book had been taken down from Amazon–which, I assumed, meant that he had sold it to a traditional publisher. I was proven right when, last week, I saw a galley for Knife Music, to be published in July by Overlook Press, in the offices of Booklist. There’s still some experimenting going on–Carnoy and Overlook are allowing readers to vote on the new cover. (If you’d like to weigh in, you can do so on Facebook.) Thinking that Carnoy might have useful insight into the relationship between self-publishing and traditional publishing, I fired off the following questions via e-mail, and the obliging Carnoy fired his answers right back. How long did it take before a traditional publisher offered to publish your self-published novel? Were there other offers besides the one from Overlook?   About four months. NY1 (a local TV station in NY that also syndicates its content nationally) did a piece on the book (”Self-Publishing Is Not a Last Resort for Authors“) and it sparked some interest from publishers (there’s nothing like the power of TV to validate success). I was in the somewhat unique position of already having a major agency, Trident Media, behind the book. My agent was in discussions with other publishers, but Overlook was the first to make an offer. It was a two-book deal, which was appealing. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:46:09 +0100 823229 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/03/03/abstracts-invited-for-inventory-conference-behavior-and-climate-change-conference/ EPA Seeks Abstracts for Presentations at the 19th Annual International Emissions Inventory Conference The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites abstracts from interested parties who seek to present at the 19th Annual International Emissions Inventory Conference. The conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas, from September 27-30, 2010, and will provide a forum focused on the development and uses of emissions data. Conference participants are expected to include representatives from state, local, tribal, regional, and international agencies, as well as from industry. The conference will focus on how emission inventories can inform emerging issues in air quality and other environmental topics, such as: How inventories can be used to assess rapid growth in oil and gas production; How inventories need to change to include short-lived climate pollutants; and How emissions from new fuel technologies can be appropriately quantified. EPA is interested in receiving short abstracts on relevant topics that parties would like to present at the conference. Presentations can be made at a podium (orally), by poster (visually), or both. All abstracts are due by April 16, 2010. Interested parties can also suggest special topics to EPA for inclusion in the program beyond the list of established session areas. Specific ideas for special topics should be submitted by April 16, 2010, by using the link below. Finally, parties interested in showcasing software for emissions inventory applications should use the link below to complete the online survey about the conference’s software showcase. All information regarding submission, style guides, session areas, special topics, and software is available at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/conference/ei19/index.html. Abstracts Invited for 2010 Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change Conference The 2010 Behavior, Energy, and Climate Change (BECC) Conference invites abstracts for presentations and short talks. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:16:01 +0100 823181 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/03/03/is-there-any-hope-for-greener-gadget-consumers/ Read the full post at Treehugger. Coming back from the Greener Gadgets conference late last week, one of the topics mentioned – which it was bound to be brought up at some point – is how it is possible to have a green gadget at all. Electronics are inherently an environmentally messy issue, from the mining of materials to the energy use to the toxic e-waste generated when they’re discarded. So, is there any hope for greener gadgets? A new survey by Retrevo suggests we’re hanging by a thread, but there are several key drivers that can push sustainability into a more solid position within the consumer electronics industry. (Source: Environmental News Bits) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:59:23 +0100 823182 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/yZkpzFxtx5s/ They give it 3 1/2 out of five stars and don’t seem to be too thrilled with it. According to the reviewer it is sluggish and can take a few seconds to respond to a tap. K. T. Bradford says that several times it did not respond at all. As to the touch screen, Bradford feels that it contributed to more eyestrain than he noticed on non-touch readers, but the screen, itself, was crisp. On ergonomics, he found that swiping the screen to change pages “quickly became tedious; pressing a button to turn is far simpler”. This is something I thought about when I was at the press conference where it was introduced. I would find it extremely annoying to go swipe, swipe, swipe, time after time when reading for an hour or more. However, he does say that despite the units overall slowness, page turning is faster than the Nook and on a par with the Kindle 2. Overall he feels that the Kindle 2 still offers the best design with the Nook coming in second. Go over and take a look. Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:44:36 +0100 823128 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/en3V0GAIu0o/ Another one! Monday through Wednesday of next week I’ll be in New York covering the NAPCO annual Publishing Business Conference & Expo. This is a bit of a different duck than the others as it has two tracks – books and magazines. There are also going to be some high powered speakers including Steve Forbes. One of the different things about this conference is that I will be a participant. I’ll be moderating the panel New Business Models Made Possible With the Advent of E-books, which will be on Tuesday, March 9, at 11:30am. Please come by and say hello. Note: I follow in David’s tradition of making disclosures. NAPCO is the outfit that bought TeleRead but be assured that I’ll be treating the coverage exactly the same way I did for DPW and TOC. Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:10:42 +0100 823131 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/03/03/negative-reviews-can-be-good-for-business/ We’ve all heard the saying “there is no such thing as bad publicity” – but of course we don’t take that literally.  Apparently, though, research has shown that when it comes to online reviews, negative reviews can result in more sales than positive reviews. That was one of the points made by Mitch Joel during his keynote address on Monday at Fanshawe College’s eMarketing conference.  (I spoke at one of the breakout sessions on “Digital Law”.) He says there are two reasons for that.   First, people tend to trust the business more as they feel the business is being open and candid.  Second, what is important in a negative review is what is actually said.  The reviewer’s reason may be irrelevant to other buyers.   That’s not to say its a good thing if every review trashes the product – but a few negative reviews don’t seem to hurt. Many of us have had clients complain about negative online comments about them that they don’t feel are justified, and reputation management is a growing field. The message here is that when lawyers are asked to advise on these issues, we need to understand this in order to give the right advice, and to avoid the Streisand effect. (Source: Slaw) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:10:00 +0100 824457 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/bxe4_Bf8djU/canadian-library-association-announces.html The Young Adult Services Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2010 Young Adult Book Award. This award recognizes an author of an outstanding English-language Canadian work of fiction (novel, collection of short stories or graphic novel), published in 2009, that appeals to young adults between the ages of 13 and 18. The winner of the award, and the Honour Books, will be announced prior to the Canadian Library Association National Conference and Trade Show. The award will be presented at the conference in Edmonton, Alberta on June 3, 2010. The finalists for the 2010 CLA Young Adult Book Award, in alphabetical order by author, are:* Poster Boy by Dede Crane (Groundwood)* Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant (Alfred A. Knopf)* Not Suitable for Family Viewing by Vicki Grant (HarperCollins)* Haunted by Barbara Haworth-Attard (HarperCollins)* Girl on the Other Side by Deborah Kerbel (Dundurn)* Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston (HarperCollins)* The Gryphon Project by Carrie Mac (Puffin)* Dragon Seer by Janet McNaughton (HarperCollins)* Vanishing Girl by Shane Peacock (Tundra)* The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade (HarperCollins) (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:36:39 +0100 823075 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/3l-43-cwbng/bogle-pratt-international-library.html Susan Matveyeva is the 2010 recipient of the American Library Association International Relations Committee's "Bogle-Pratt International Library Travel Fund." The Bogle Memorial Fund and the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science will provide a $1,000 cash award for Matveyeva to attend her first international conference in Madrid, Spain. The award is in recognition of Sarah Comly Norris Bogle, a prominent U.S. librarian who made notable contributions to international library service (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:22:12 +0100 823077 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2010/03/03/at-cosn-day-2/ Today’s conference began again bright and early at 8 am and already I’ve been to 2 sessions and the trade show, and now I’m waiting for the 3rd session. The first presentation on Interactive Technologies was actually about how one school system installed 1200 Promethean interactive whiteboards, one in every classroom, over the summer holidays [...] (Source: Education.au Blog) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:02:11 +0100 822871 http://www.traffick.com/2010/03/go-deep-with-our-paid-search-training.asp Are you and your company dabbling in paid search, but feel that you're far from maximizing the assets you have? Or you're thinking about investing, but don't know how to get fully up to speed in the shortest time possible? Or maybe you were into it five or six years ago but need a serious refresher course, or are an SEO, developer, or another related professional looking to diversify your skill set.Well, you can browse the forums or sample the short presentations at the conferences, but to get as much as possible in the shortest possible space of time, nothing beats a full day of paid search training, with detail-by-detail examinations of fundamentals, new ideas, live workshop sessions, and more.Led by me and Mona Elesseily, the Page Zero paid search training course takes place in conjunction with SES New York on March 22, 2010. What's even better - you can take 20% off the already low price if you use coupon code SESPPC20 when you sign up.Check out the agenda, and sign up early to avoid disappointment. ----- Download a FREE E-Book by Andrew Goodman: Google AdWords: A Brave New World Are you new to search marketing and looking to come up to speed quickly to Google AdWords? Or maybe you’ve just fallen a tiny bit behind, and you’re looking to re-engage with the latest thinking. If so, Andrew's free e-book is for you. (Source: Traffick) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824526 http://invisibleweblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-horizons-in-lis-research.html I just arrived home after a busy day, as the executive director of the conference on “Research in Library and Information Science: Approaches, Procedures and Implications". I also had a presentation over there entitled “Qualitative Approach and New Horizons in LIS Research”. The conference’s news is already available on a number of news agencies including IBNA (Iranian Book News Agency) in this and this links. (Source: The Invisible Web Weblog) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824185 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zcGn/~3/_FDxyi9bTeI/trendy-topics.html I'm excited to part of a great line up of marketers for the Trendy Topics Online Conference on Marketing for Libraries is scheduled for Tuesday, March 9. Here's a link to everything you need to know. Hope to "see" you there. -NancySPEAKERS:Alison Circle of Columbus Metropolitan Library and blogger for "Library Journal", will be the opening keynote speaker at 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time. I'm speaking at 1:30 :-) hope to see you there. 11:00What Libraries Can Learn From Corporate America About MarketingKitty Pope, Alliance Library System 12:30The Challenges of Reaching a Library’s Diverse AudienceTrisha Noack, Peoria Public Library 1:30 Is Mobile Marketing Right for Your Organization?Nancy Dowd, New Jersey State Library 3:00Marketing Basics for an Academic LibraryToni Tucker, Milner Library, Illinois State University 4:00Get Social with your Customers!Cynthia Hart, Virginia Beach Public LibraryHope you can join us!The M Word Blog teaches your library and non-profit tips, tricks and trends of the marketing trade (Source: The "M" Word - Marketing Libraries) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824030 http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf/dx/03032010014018PMMVAPWA.htm This year marks the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. In recognition of this important anniversary, the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day – which is observed worldw... (Source: UN Pulse | A Service/Blog of the United Nations Library) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823907 http://www.cla.ca/divisions/cacul/regenerations/2010/03/ambassador-visit-to-slis.html This week, I was fortunate to convene an ambassador visit organized by CACUL's Re:Generations committee (thanks Christina and Dale!) at the University of Alberta's School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS). Our thanks go out to LISSA (SLIS's Library and Information Studies Student Association) for providing bagels and other snacks which were greatly appreciated over the course of the lunch hour!On the panel, we were fortunate to have two librarians representing the University of Alberta Libraries, as well as a librarian from MacEwan University and King's University College. The strength of the panel was the breadth of the experience, from new librarian to experienced librarian to library director. Also, the diverse natures of the academic libraries the panel represented, including large research university, medium size and small college environments, gave the students present a wide range of opinions to consider. Our hour long session was structured as an informal Question & Answer session. The students were eager to ask questions, and the range of questions differed as much as the range of experience on the panel!A popular topic was current academic library trends, and the panel discussed issues such as the:state of the post-recession job market increasing emphasis placed on user experienceshift from library as a place for books to a place of social gatheringincreasing importance of information literacy instructiondelivery of library services and programs to students who are already technically savvyThe panel also discussed doing research and obtaining tenue - the extend of which differently greatly depending on the institution. All librarians stressed the importance of marketing the library to and nurturing relationships with faculty. Also mentioned were possible conferences to attend (don't forget about ALA!), professional development opportunities and training provided to new-hires. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823373 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/15908 Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services Announce Trendy Topics  2010:  Teens and Technology Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services are pleased to announce the third in a dynamic monthly series of online workshops librarians can enjoy right at their desktops on hot topics.  The latest conference on Teens and Technology is scheduled for Tuesday, April 13.  Kelly Czarnecki from the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County is the keynote speaker.  She will talk about “A Great Fit: Teens, Technology and Libraries!”  Kelly’s talk will take a look at how libraries throughout the country are engaging teens with technology and why. Then she will address ways (low budget!) that libraries can integrate more technology programs and services for teens in their library and community and convince their administrators along the way.   ·             Other speakers for this inspiring  day-long conference include:   ·             Dodie Ownes, Edito (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823217 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/15909 The latest edition of Best of Web4Lib for the month of February 2010 is here: Best of Web4Lib <http://bestofweb4lib.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/best-of-web4lib-2/> This month includes questions about digitization projects, thought-provoking discussions about the intrinsic and explicit value of library conferences, configuring analytics, and the meaning of various acronyms. ************************************************* Robert L. Balliot Skype: RBalliot Bristol, Rhode Island http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm ************************************************* _______________________________________________ Web4lib mailing list Web4lib-Lfqs8nn97uZKgiwHgTXaBw< at >public.gmane.org http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/ (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823216 http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/2010/03/survey-on-north-american-librarians-use.html Primary Research has published a new report entitled Survey of Academic Librarians: Use of Associations, Blogs, Listservs, Conferences, & Publications about Libraries:"The study imparts highly specific data about academic librarian use of library oriented blogs, listservs, publications, association membership and attendance at library conferences. The report includes detail on the percentage of academic librarians who read print publications about libraries, or use library listservs and blogs, as well as the amount of time spent daily on these pursuits. It also includes data on library assocation membership and money spent on library conferences and related expenses. "'The report’s results are based on a representative survey of 555 full time academic librarians in the United States and Canada."One has to pay to order the full version of the report but ResourceShelf provides a summary of the findings:Survey participants spent an average of 22.26 minutes per day (median of 10 minutes and maximum of 500 minutes) reading print publications pertaining to the librarian profession.Librarians age 60 and over spent the most time reading print publications, averaging 31.41 minutes per day.Librarians age 30 or less spent the most time reading library oriented blogs, averaging around 19 minutes per day.Librarians in their current job for 10-20 years spent the most time reading library oriented listservs, averaging 23.12 minutes per day.Approximately 72% of survey participants belong to a library professional association.Canadian librarians spent over 60% more than US librarians ($2,419 & $1,484 respectively) on travel, meals and lodging associated with library conferences over the past two years.Among all library departments, circulation and public services librarians spent the least on library conference fees over the past two years, averaging a mean cumulative two year total of just $142.[Source: ResourceShelf] (Source: Library Boy) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823159 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Elsua/~3/f-gtLFEzXyk/ Yes, indeed, it is that time of the year where very soon I will be on the road again for my second and third business trips of the year and already working towards finalising the last few details, before I embark on the not-to-be-missed and always interesting Lotusphere Comes To You events. That’s right! Next week Tuesday and Thursday, 9th and 11th of March, I will be in both Madrid and Barcelona, respectively, presenting a couple of times per event on the topic of the Social Enterprise (What else, right? hehe). If you would want to find more details about the various Lotusphere Comes To You events around the world you can go and have a look into them over here, or at this particular link, where you will find the scheduling; in this case for Europe, but you could also access other geographies from there. The main Web site though for the Spanish Lotusphere Comes To You events can be accessed over at this link. From there onwards, you can have a look into how you may be able to register for the event (If you happen to be around…), as well as check the agenda that has been put together for both events. Lots of interesting and rather relevant topics related to the main Lotusphere 2010 event that took place in January, as you may be able to see; I have now taken the liberty of sharing this screen shot of the agenda below so you can get a glimpse of what to expect: You will see how in the agenda there is a key concept permeating throughout the entire event for both locations and that is the one on Collaboration. But not just collaboration for the shake of collaboration alone; more along the lines of Social Collaboration (i.e. The Social Enterprise) and Smart Work / Collaboration. ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:30:47 +0100 823200 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/yDsfOqz8f8U/ Dr Michael Stephens delivered the Dr Laurel Anne Clyde Memorial Keynote Address at the ASLA XXI Biennial Conference, held in Perth, Western Australia, from 29 September to 2 October 2009. Reprinted with permission from the Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) Access 2010 24(1): 5. The evolving Web is an open and social place. The Web has changed everything. Its impact on every facet of our lives — home, work and school — would be difficult to measure but the ‘always on, always available’ Internet is certainly a game changer. Can you recall the first time you realised that the Internet would change your job? Your school? Your students? Dr Laurel Anne Clyde recognised the power and potential for emerging technologies in schools and spent time exploring the implications. As technology evolved, so did her research. Her work examining weblogs was one of the first scholarly endeavours with emerging Web 2.0 tools. Now many of us study and move in a world of hyperconnected spaces: Facebook, WordPress Multi- User Blog communities (WordPress MU), Flickr and any number of socially enabled sites. What a world Dr. Clyde would see today! Sadly, this world includes the fact that many libraries are suffering financial setbacks. The recent news that Australian school libraries are in dire need of support all too well illustrates that changes are needed. The press release from the Australian School Library Association (ASLA 2009) detailed the findings of a 2007 study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), including: That means ensuring there are enough qualified teacher librarians as well as maintaining and improving infrastructure. Having a new or refurbished school library is important, but the full potential of these resources cannot be realised without a qualified teacher librarian in place as well. This fact cannot be ignored. Schools need qualified librarians. ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:09:41 +0100 822933 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/02/survey-of-academic-librarians-use-of-associations-blogs-listservs-conferences-publications-about-libraries/ The report (44 pages/100 Data Tables) is fee-based ($85). More info here. However, some interesting highlights are available at no charge. The report’s results are based on a representative survey of 555 full time academic librarians in the United States and Canada. Data is presented in the aggregate and broken out by various characteristics such as gender, age, library work title or field, institutional enrollment, Carnegie class, level of education, USA or Canada and other factors. + Survey participants spent an average of 22.26 minutes per day (median of 10 minutes and maximum of 500 minutes) reading print publications pertaining to the librarian profession. + Librarians age 60 and over spent the most time reading print publications, averaging 31.41 minutes per day. + Librarians age 30 or less spent the most time reading library oriented blogs, averaging around 19 minutes per day. + Librarians in their current job for 10-20 years spent the most time reading library oriented listservs, averaging 23.12 minutes per day. + Approximately 72% of survey participants belong to a library professional association. + Canadian librarians spent over 60% more than US librarians ($2,419 & $1,484 respectively) on travel, meals and lodging associated with library conferences over the past two years. + Among all library departments, circulation and public services librarians spent the least on library conference fees over the past two years, averaging a mean cumulative two year total of just $142. Source: Primary Research (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:59:31 +0100 822850 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=5569 Do you want to go to an emergency preparedness conference, meet with responders, learn more about their concerns, and promote how libraries can support them with needed health information? The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region would like to send you. We want to subsidize staff from two Network institutions to attend such a meeting. Institutions will receive up to $1,200 per institution to send staff to an emergency planning meeting. http://nnlm.gov/mcr/funding. Eligibility: Members of NN/LM MCR who have submitted a continuity of operations plan to the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Toolkit: http://nnlm.gov/ep . Be one of the first two Network members to complete and submit an application for travel subsidy. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=u3bGuEtFSlet7ncgiMUfFQ_3d_3d. Responsibility: Register for a conference that takes place by the end of April 2010. Attend and participate in conference sessions. Share your experiences with the region through a newsletter article, presentation, or a way mutually agreed upon with the NN/LM MCR. For more information contact Claire Hamasu chamasu@rml4.utah.edu 1-800-338-7657 option #1, #1 or Jim Honour jhonour@uwyo.edu 1-800-338-7657 option #1,#2, #8. [jh] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:46:08 +0100 822870 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechsourceBlog/~3/BkrJStW-TgM/planning-for-a-mobile-website.html Mobile, mobile, mobile.  It’s all we hear these days.  Mobile…it’s the new black.  Mobile…you just GOTTA.  At my library, mobile web browsers have only accounted for .3% of the total site traffic so far this semester.  Taking all the public PCs into account (the default webpage for which is of course the library web page) only takes this up to .5%.  So, should my staff and I still put effort into a mobile library site, just to serve this handful of people? In a word, yes. Yes, there is a lot of hype right now, but nonetheless, this traffic will continue to grow. With some initial planning like that so thoughtfully presented by Beth Ruane, Missy Roser, and Courtney Greene of DePaul University, at the ALA Midwinter meeting in Boston, a mobile-optimized website is within every library’s reach. How does one create a mobile website for one’s library?  There are many resources available for those who want to dig in and get it done.  Creating a mobile version of our website is a goal for this year in my library, so I’ve been focussing professional development efforts on this lately.  At ALA Midwinter in Boston, I participated in a half-day pre-conference workshop sponsored by ACRL, titled “Anytime, Anywhere, Any Device: Developing a Mobile Website for Your Library,” taught by three librarians from DePaul University. This workshop was great for two reasons: the content was excellent, and its delivery was stellar.  In a single afternoon, each participant learned what makes an effective mobile website and left the room with a plan for devising one for his or her home institution. The teachers (for they taught us; they did not merely present to us) meted out the concepts one pearl at a time, giving us time to digest, reflect, and write.  The icing on the cake: we were left with a blank copy of the workshop handouts and an online toolkit with which we can replicate this process in our own library. ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:39:21 +0100 822894 http://blogs.ala.org/nrmig.php?title=call_for_bloggers_information_about_meta&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Do you have an interest in metadata and digital library projects? Have you recently read a good article on the subject? Have you developed a new project or workflow? Have you attended a workshop or conference of interest to the community? Would you like to connect and get your name out to other metadata librarians? If so, become a contributor to the Metadata Blog: http://blogs.ala.org/nrmig.php. The official blog of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Metadata Interest Group has traditionally been used to advertise and report on events at ALA conferences. We are expanding our focus to keep the metadata community informed throughout the year on related research, projects, and events. Contributions can include summaries of articles or research, links to educational opportunities, calls for papers, descriptions of interesting projects, conference reports, requests for assistance, or anything else of potential interest to the community. Posts may contain original content or link to existing content, as appropriate. What are the requirements to become a contributor? -Have knowledge, interest, or experience in metadata and/or digital library projects. -Be willing to write at least one post for the Metadata Blog during 2010 (more are welcome!) -LIS students and new librarians are encouraged to participate. If you are interested, contact Kristin Martin, Blog Coordinator for the Metadata Blog at kmarti@uic.edu. Please provide some brief information on your background and ideas for contributions. Initial posts to the blog will be reviewed prior to posting. After that, contributors will be able to post directly to the blog as new information comes up to be shared. (Source: ALA Weblog Service) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:09:21 +0100 822860 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/jmDgMmsmoTw/24th-annual-preservation-conference-usa.html 24th Annual Preservation Conference: Plan for Preservation: Assess, Prioritize, and Manage - March 18, 2010 - Washington, DC, USA (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:05:43 +0100 822771 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/qpn81y1kkXU/3631 After coming from a conference where all of the publishers want to know how to make money if they give things away for free, it was nice to find this news item: Two years to the day after the Faculty of Arts and Sciences became the first school at Harvard to vote an open-access policy, the Harvard Business School enacted their own policy on February 12, 2010, becoming the fifth Harvard school with a similar policy. Under the HBS policy, Like the previous policies, faculty agree to provide copies of their scholarly articles for distribution from the university’s DASH repository and grant the university a waivable license to distribute the articles. The more colleges that enact open access policies the more accessible reliable research papers will become to those who can’t afford to pay for professional journals and/or databases. (Source: What I Learned Today...) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:38:59 +0100 823140 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2010/03/02/at-cosn-for-day-1/ This morning I listened to really a inspiring Keynote by Larry Keeley called Finding the Future First. The conference theme is innovation, ingenuity, and insight. Larry took us through the basics of innovation and some thinking about what we need to get innovation in education, which is typically sluggish to adopt and adapt. Among the points [...] (Source: Education.au Blog) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:36:09 +0100 822500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/9Wd8-8Xap7M/madison-selected-for-margaret-mann.html "The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is announcing that Olivia Marie A. Madison, dean of the library, Iowa State University, is the recipient of the 2010 Margaret Mann Citation presented by its Cataloging and Classification Section (CCS). The award will be presented on June 27, at the ALCTS Awards Ceremony during the 2010 American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. The Mann Citation, recognizing outstanding professional achievement in cataloging or classification, includes a $2,000 scholarship donated in the recipient's honor by OCLC, Inc. to the library school of the winner's choice. Ms. Madison has chosen the University of Missouri School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, Library Science Graduate Program to be the recipient of this year's scholarship award" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:16:45 +0100 822777 http://lisnews.org/10_takeaways_o%E2%80%99reilly_tools_change_conference_librarians 10 Takeaways from the O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference for Librarians Earlier this week Sue Polanka attended the O’Reilly Tools of Change (TOC) Conference for the first time. Over 1250 attendees gathered in New York City to discuss and network about issues and trends in publishing, in particular, digital publishing. While much of the information presented was for the publishing industry, she did manage to find several great ideas and concepts that relate to libraries. She'd like to share these with you, in no apparent order. (Source: LISNews.org) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:48:06 +0100 822683 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/fefT23z9gF4/shooting-star-barry-hannah-dies Award-winning author of nine novels and four short story collections passed away at home in Oxford, MississippiAcclaimed US author Barry Hannah, who won the William Faulkner award for his debut novel Geronimo Rex in 1972, died on Monday, age 67.According to the University of Mississippi, where Hannah taught creative writing for more than 25 years to students including The Secret History author Donna Tartt, the writer passed away at his home in Oxford, Mississippi. He had been diagnosed with cancer 15 years ago, and his death appeared to be due to a heart attack, according to his son, the university said.Born in Clinton, Mississippi in 1942, Hannah was the recipient of a host of literary prizes for his nine novels and four collections of short stories. Geronimo Rex, set in the American south of the 1950s and 1960s, was nominated for the National Book Award as well as taking the William Faulkner, while his 1978 short story collection Airships, about the Vietnam war, the civil war and the modern south, won the Arnold Gingrich Short Fiction award.Fellow novelist and Mississippi native Richard Ford told the Associated Press that Hannah was "a shooting star". "Barry could somehow make the English sentence generous and unpredictable, yet still make wonderful sense, which for readers is thrilling. You never knew the source of the next word. But he seemed to command the short story form and the novel form and make those forms up newly for himself," Ford said, telling the newswire that the two friends often discussed the nature of "southernness"."We circled the whole issue of southernness differently," said Ford. "I think he embraced it in a way that he took sustenance from. He chose to live in William Faulkner's town, chose to stay in the south, to his great strength and credit. But he was not a regional talent. He was much larger than that. ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:23:03 +0100 822734 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/I2QfCZ-3eaY/smile-though-your-heart-is-breaking-pauline-prescott HarperCollins, £18.99I was 16, and about to give birth to my own baby doll, hoping that the US airman who had told me his name was Rock Hudson and had bought me some sweets would come back from Virginia to claim me for his bride. My parents came from ordinary, respectable working-class families™ and were very unhappy. "We'd best have baby Paul adopted," they said.Two years later I met the most handsome man I'd ever seen, a cross between Humphrey Bogart and Cary Grant. Unfortunately he walked past me and I had to make do with his chubby friend. John was a man of few words, though not necessarily in the right order, but I recognised that this big-hearted, sensitive, passionate, clever man™ was my soulmate. 'Don'tcomesoppyalloverlass," he said, "Cardsplayrightmarrygetwhenbackfromboatnexttrip."Our first son was born a year later. John wanted to call him John. I wanted to call him Athan. So we compromised on Johnathan. Who said my big-hearted, sensitive, passionate, clever John™ was stubborn? A year or so later we had another son, David, though by this time my big-hearted, sensitive, passionate, clever John™ had been sacked from his job, being a union shop steward. Luckily he soon became MP for Hull East.Nothing particularly interesting happened for the next 27 years. Initially I found it difficult that we were apart so much and I asked my big-hearted, sensitive, passionate, clever John™ if I could join him in London. "Crampingstylemyyouwillbe," he said. And he was right. I was better suited to being a traditional wife who believes in being a doormat. And it's not as if I didn't have enough to do in Hull updating the soft furnishings at our castle.There was a moment after John Smith died when my big-hearted, sensitive, passionate, clever John™ considered running for the leadership. ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:28:45 +0100 822736