From jameslefager at GMAIL.COM Fri Jan 2 12:08:59 2015 From: jameslefager at GMAIL.COM (Jim LeFager) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 11:08:59 -0600 Subject: Amazon EC2, Azure, Google Compute for web hosting Message-ID: Hi, We are curious if anyone is using or planning to use Amazon EC2, Windows Azure, or Google Compute for any web hosting. Specifically we are interested in anyone hosting Wordpress or Omeka on these services, but if you are hosting other projects on these we'd love to hear about them. A few questions we have: - Are you using any of the built-in support packages that Amazon or Azure offer? - How many staff or approximately how much staff time is dedicated to managing these services? - Are you using Bitnami or a similar service to run Amazon Web Services? - Any insights, recommendations, issues or experiences with using these services? Thanks, *Jim LeFager* Systems and Applications Librarian DePaul University JTR 213-B, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore Ave., Chicago IL 60614 office: 773-325-3265 | Google Voice: 224-725-3786 | jlefager at depaul.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From online.northwest at GMAIL.COM Fri Jan 2 17:32:04 2015 From: online.northwest at GMAIL.COM (Online Northwest) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 14:32:04 -0800 Subject: Early bird Registration for Online Northwest Ends Soon! Message-ID: *Secure your discounted Early bird Registration for Online Northwest ? register today!* The 2015 Online Northwest conference will be held on *Friday,* *February 13th*, at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center on the Oregon State University campus, Corvallis, Oregon, from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. *REGISTER ONLINE* Registration rates and deadlines for Online Northwest 2015 are as follows: ? Early bird registration $100* (ends January 9, 2015)* ? Regular registration $130 ? Onsite registration $150 Online Northwest is a conference addressing issues at the intersection of libraries, technology and culture. This year we have an exciting program that includes presentations and workshops on digital inclusion, wearable tech, library as publisher, code playgrounds, digital assets management, data visualization and more. View the conference program at: http://onlinenorthwest.org/2015-program/ Mita Williams , User Experience Librarian at the University of Windsor, will start off the day with her keynote presentation: *Teach for America. Code for America. Librarianing for America.* The motto for Code for America is "a new kind of public service". The motto of CrisisCommons is "we help connect people to help those in need". This talk is not going to dwell on the matter that librarians lack a good word - much less an official motto ? to describe the work we do. Instead, a case will be made for a new program to be designed to get more librarians working within more organizations in more communities. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From listuser at CHILLCO.COM Fri Jan 2 22:52:17 2015 From: listuser at CHILLCO.COM (Cary Gordon) Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 09:22:17 +0530 Subject: Amazon EC2, Azure, Google Compute for web hosting In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We use AWS for our infrastructure. After four years of watching, evaluating and testing, we migrated our data centers in 2011, and are very pleased with the results. You may certainly host Wordpress or Omeka or any other internet-based software on AWS. Understand that AWS does not provide direct support for applications, but many folks do. I am also not a big fan of using paid of free application images, although some of them might offer support. We generally use AWS Linux ? pretty much a well supported CentOS variant ? for most projects. The latest version supports Docker, which we use. AWS has a great suite of deployment and management tools. We have become AWS Consulting Partners. So to answer your questions: We are currently using AWS paid support, but it would be a marginal value for limited use. It would be cheaper for you to have us host it, and we would offer more comprehensive support. We manage a lot of servers and services, but we employ a lot of automated services including monitoring, testing and deployment, so the staff load is relatively low. As I mentioned, these are not a great fit for us and result in too much platform sprawl. Recommendations Invest time in fully reading the documentation and training manuals, and creating test deployments. Do not commit to a reservation until you are certain that you will fully use it on one hand, and not outgrow it in the reservation period. On the same point, use one year reservations for anything larger than the smallest servers as AWS has a (great) habit of offering new options that are usually faster and cheaper. Use as much of the full suite as possible, including their Route53 DNS. This will make your system much more flexible in case you need to scale a service. Alternatively, consider hiring us, We could manage your systems, train you, or both. Thanks, Cary > On Jan 2, 2015, at 10:38 PM, Jim LeFager wrote: > > Hi, > > We are curious if anyone is using or planning to use Amazon EC2, Windows Azure, or Google Compute for any web hosting. Specifically we are interested in anyone hosting Wordpress or Omeka on these services, but if you are hosting other projects on these we'd love to hear about them. > > A few questions we have: > > Are you using any of the built-in support packages that Amazon or Azure offer? > How many staff or approximately how much staff time is dedicated to managing these services? > Are you using Bitnami or a similar service to run Amazon Web Services? > Any insights, recommendations, issues or experiences with using these services? > Thanks, > > Jim LeFager > Systems and Applications Librarian > DePaul University > JTR 213-B, DePaul University, Lincoln Park Campus, 2350 N Kenmore Ave., Chicago IL 60614 > office: 773-325-3265 | Google Voice: 224-725-3786 | jlefager at depaul.edu ============================ > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2015-01-02 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-02 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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After a one-year hiatus, it's time for another Deathwatch, and this one does include a few death of books/death of libraries items. Policy: ?: Going to Extremes pp. 15-24 Starting with 69 citations on copyright extremism (from both sides), this roundup includes two dozen items that still seemed worth noting. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-04 From lanaamy52 at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 5 11:37:41 2015 From: lanaamy52 at GMAIL.COM (Amy Lana) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 10:37:41 -0600 Subject: Fwd: ALCTS Technical Services Managers IG at Midwinter In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Apologies for duplication! The ALCTS Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries Interest Group will meet on Saturday, January 31st from 8:30-10:00 a.m. Come talk with your colleagues from around the world about the following topics: library-vendor relations; duplication of effort at libraries using a catalog and a discovery layer; the effects of ADA compliance on technical services work; linked data--is anyone using it yet?; marketing technical services; in-house collaborative work. The roundtable format of these discussions will provide focused conversations and there's no need to ask questions in front of a large group! Amy Lana Chair, Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries IG lanaamy52 at gmail.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Library hslibrary.ucdenver.edu seeks resourceful, energetic and innovative candidates to fill a new position as Clinical Librarian, a non-tenure-track faculty position that primarily collaborates with and lends support to clinicians on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU Anschutz) and at University of Colorado Hospital (UCH). The successful candidate will assist in the planning, coordination, and promotion of the library's resources and programs to clinical departments, graduate medical education, and individual clinical professionals, trainees, and students within the CU Anschutz and UCH. The CU Anschutz includes the Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dental Medicine, Public Health, the College of Nursing, the Graduate School, and the University of Colorado Hospital. Our $35 million, state-of-the-art library is the physical and digital hub of knowledge on the campus. The Health Sciences Library provides the largest collection of health sciences information resources in Colorado. Go to hslibrary.ucdenver.edu/about/mission-values-goals to read about the Library's Mission, Vision, and Values. Come live at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. The greater Denver area has a variety of museums, all major sports teams, hiking trails, theaters, restaurants, and nearly 300 days of sunshine a year. Enjoy the feeling of a small town with all the amenities of a big city. SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES The Clinical Librarian collaborates with and lends support to clinical departments, graduate medical education, and individual clinical professionals, trainees, and students within the CU Anschutz and UCH, and is pivotal to defining and expanding the Library's role in supporting the clinical mission of the university. With a demonstrated understanding of the work of the clinical enterprise, the Clinical Librarian develops and provides training and professional library services in the use of clinical knowledge management, information and data resources, and supports clinical research and data management. This position will work both as a team member and independently. The Clinical Librarian may also provide database searches and support for CU Anschutz family practitioners affiliated with the Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN) program. APPLICATIONS Deadline to apply is January 19, 2015. Applicants must submit: * a letter of application, * names and contact information for three references, and * a resume or curriculum vitae. Salary range: $50,000-$68,000 maximum. Starting salary will be based on qualifications and experience. Applications are accepted electronically at www.jobsatcu.com, refer to job posting F02020. 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URL: From varnum at UMICH.EDU Thu Jan 8 10:04:01 2015 From: varnum at UMICH.EDU (Ken Varnum) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 10:04:01 -0500 Subject: REMINDER: Chapter Proposals for "Exploring Discovery" Due January 16 Message-ID: ** Apologies for cross-posting ** REMINDER: Deadline for Proposals is January 16, 2015 This call for chapter proposals is for a book tentatively titled Exploring Discovery: The Front Door to a Library?s Licensed and Digitized Content, edited by Ken Varnum (University of Michigan), to be published by ALA Editions (http://www.alaeditions.org/). Proposal Submission Deadline: January 16, 2015 About the Book Exploring Discovery will examine the range of discovery-focused tools and technologies being deployed by libraries. It will provide a series of case studies illustrating the interfaces and technologies that can be used by libraries today. What cutting-edge tools and services are emerging from the growing suite of discovery interfaces and indexes? Where is ?discovery? going, and what tools and techniques are emerging as standard elements in the library technology toolbox? Chapter topics include, but are not limited to: - Implementations of discovery tools based on commercial products such as Summon, EBSCO Discovery Service, Primo Central, and WorldCat Discovery Services. - Implementation of discovery tools using locally developed or other back-end databases and services. - Novel discovery implementations using open source tools such as Blacklight, Solr, Hydra/Fedora, VuFind, etc. - Investigations and/or implementations of user-focused services based on discovery tools. - Case studies about integrating services and tools from multiple discovery vendors into a single system. Target Audience Librarians and library technology staff who work with discovery interfaces, course management systems, provide current awareness or alert services, or are otherwise involved in electronic resource reference. How to Submit a Proposal Chapters will be in the range of 3,000-4,500 words. To propose a chapter, please prepare a brief (300 word) abstract of your proposed chapter and a brief biographical paragraph for each author. Email it to Ken Varnum, varnum at umich.edu, by January 16, 2015. Compensation: one complimentary copy per published submission no matter how many co-authors. Authors retain copyright in their own contribution. Important Dates January 16, 2015: Final deadline for chapter proposals January 31, 2015: Notification of proposal decisions April 15, 2015: Chapter first drafts due May 15, 2015: Editor?s comments returned to authors June 15, 2015: Revised drafts due July 15, 2015: Final acceptance notification July 31, 2015: Final revision due August 15, 2015: Submission of manuscript to publisher Contact for More Information Submit proposals and questions to Ken Varnum by January 16, 2015. -- Ken Varnum | Web Systems Manager | University of Michigan Library varnum at umich.edu | @varnum | 734-615-3287 http://www.lib.umich.edu/users/varnum ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-08 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Adams, MSLS Electronic Resources Librarian/Assistant Professor Angelo & Jennette Volpe Library Tennessee Tech University (931) 372-3545 sjadams at tntech.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-08 From niso-announce at NISO.ORG Fri Jan 9 13:53:54 2015 From: niso-announce at NISO.ORG (NISO) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:53:54 -0500 Subject: NISO January 14Webinar: Net Neutrality: Will Library Resources Be Stuck in the Slow Lane? Message-ID: NISO January 14Webinar: Net Neutrality: Will Library Resources Be Stuck in the Slow Lane? Date: January 14, 2015 Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern time Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/webinars/net_neutrality/ ABOUT THE WEBINAR Net Neutrality is an issue that has been increasingly in the news, but it is something that has affected libraries for a lot longer. Many public libraries are in underserved communities where patrons may not have personal access to the internet, so the use of the public libraries' resources is critical for them. Without net neutrality, those public libraries may not be able to cost-effectively provide such Internet service. For the scholarly and academic communities, scholarly resources could be resigned to the slow lane of the net, if content providers and libraries don't have the resources to pay for the "fast lane." As resources increasingly go multimedia, requiring greater bandwidth, will libraries and content platform providers be saddled with taking on added costs to ensure reliable access? In this webinar, presenters will help define Net Neutrality, what could happen without it, and how it can impact public and academic libraries, and the wider information community. Topics and speakers are: * Network Neutrality Principles and Policy for Libraries & Higher Education - Larra Clark, Deputy Director, Office for Information Technology Policy, American Library Association * Network Neutrality: The Public Library Perspective - Holly Carroll, Executive Director, Poudre River Public Library District * Academic Libraries and Net Neutrality - Jonathan Miller, Library Director, Olin Library of Rollins College REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on January 14, 2015 (the day of the webinar). Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) members receive one free connection as part of membership and do not need to register. (The LSA member webinar contact will automatically receive the login information. Members are listed here: http://www.niso.org/about/roster/#library_standards_alliance . If you would like to become an LSA member and receive the entire year's webinars as part of membership, information on joining is listed here: http://www.niso.org/about/join/alliance/.) All webinar registrants and LSA webinar contacts receive access to the recorded version for one year. Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/webinars/net_neutrality/ Be sure to check out NISO's discounted subscription packages for webinars (http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/webinars/#packages) and virtual conferences (http://www.niso.org/news/events/2015/virtual_conferences/#subscription ) for 2015. New in 2015: NISO Training Thursdays. Three technical webinar training sessions directly related to the previous weeks' virtual conference. Registrants to the related virtual conference receive a free login to the Training Thursday. You can also register separately for just the training session. 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The department supports CaltechAUTHORS and other repositories on the EPrints platform; digitized Archives collections on the Islandora digital Library platform; the III ILS and SFX discovery tools; the Library's website; public and staff desktop computing; and core infrastructure. There is more on the website including basic and preferred qualifications. Applications must be submitted through the Caltech HR website, which is linked at the bottom of the page. We are also recruiting a Head of Research Services http://library.caltech.edu/about/jobs/HeadResearchServices.html George S. Porter Interim Head, Research and Information Services Sherman Fairchild Library Caltech, 1-43 Pasadena, CA 91125-4300 626-395-3409 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-09 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Job is in Raleigh, NC Wake County is consistently rated as one of the best places to live and work in America. Wake County offers a comprehensive benefit package as well as other programs, resources, policies and practices that integrate work/life strategies. -- Kevin Smith Digital Library Manager Wake County Public Libraries ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From walsh.260 at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 12 18:16:43 2015 From: walsh.260 at GMAIL.COM (Maureen P. Walsh) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:16:43 -0500 Subject: CALL for Proposals: DSpace Interest Group OR2015 Message-ID: *Call for Proposals - DSpace Interest Group at Open Repositories 2015* Conference Theme: LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD: OPEN REPOSITORIES AT THE CROSSROADS Conference Dates: June 8-11, 2015 Conference Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Conference Website: http://www.or2015.net/ *Important dates* 30 January 2015: Deadline for proposal submissions 10 April 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to interest groups 8-11 June 2015: Conference program The DSpace Interest Group program committee invites your contributions to OR2015, whether you?re a developer, researcher, repository manager, administrator or practitioner. We invite one to two-page proposals that focus on the use of the DSpace platform and that describe novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of DSpace repositories. Presentation formats could include panels, tutorials, facilitated round table discussions, stories, or presentations of varying length. Please indicate the preferred format in your proposal. *Specific areas of interest for OR2015:* ? Supporting Open Scholarship, Open Science, and Cultural Heritage Online ? Managing Research (and Open) Data ? Integrating with External Systems ? Re-using Repository Content ? Exploring Metrics and Assessment ? Managing Rights ? Developing and Training Staff ? Building the Perfect Repository *Submitting your proposal:* Visit the Open Repositories 2015 conference website to submit your proposal online: http://www.or2015.net/ For inquiries, please contact the DSpace Interest Group Chair, Maureen Walsh at walsh.260 at osu.edu We look forward to receiving your proposals! 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Cook Library invites applications for a permanent status track Librarian to lead the library?s information technology operations, head the Library IT Department, and participate in library decision-making as a member of the Library Management Council. *Responsibilities:* Direct and oversee Library?s information technology resources, services, and infrastructure including hardware and applications to support library operations and library users. The principle responsibilities of the Information Technology Librarian are: ? Planning, development and evaluation of the Library?s information technology infrastructure, operations and services in collaboration with other Library departments, the campus Office of Technology Services, and the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) Library Consortium. ? Management, training, and development of Library Information Technology staff. ? Planning and oversight of Library technology budget and expenditures. ? Investigation, development, and implementation of library information technology, such as discovery tools, integrated library systems, resource sharing and mobile applications. ? Leadership of library web initiatives. ? Development and implementation of technology applications for research, information literacy instruction, and resource access. ? Teaching course-integrated information literacy classes. ? Serving as liaison to faculty in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences. ? Providing technology training for library employees and university faculty. ? As Head of the Library Information Technology Department and member of the Library Management Council, participate in planning and resource deployment decisions for the entire library. Towson University librarians are expected to progress successfully along the promotion and permanent status track and participate fully as members of the library faculty. Appointment will be made at the rank of Librarian I or II, depending on qualifications. *Qualifications: * MLS or equivalent from an ALA-accredited institution. Minimum 3 years post-MLS professional library experience, including experience in library information technology, library instruction, and web development. Background in computer science, information science or information systems required. Demonstrated knowledge of library operations software and systems; experience in developing and implementing web and database applications; knowledge or experience with web client and server applications, databases, web programming environments, HTML, CSS, XML, PHP, and scripting languages; knowledge or experience working with integrated library systems and the application of technology to improve library operations. Experience with library discovery tools and knowledge or experience with Drupal preferred. Experience working with library APIs desirable. Demonstrated knowledge of standards, information technology best practices, and issues in academic libraries. Demonstrated ability to plan, manage and oversee complex projects with diverse technological needs. Evidence of innovation in implementing emerging information technologies in libraries. Proven ability to manage in a highly collaborative environment. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Evidence of commitment to professional development and scholarship. For more information about the position, visit http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/employment *Towson University:* Towson University (www.towson.edu) was founded in 1866, is recognized by U. S. News and World Reports as one of the top public universities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, is Baltimore?s largest university, and is the largest public, comprehensive institution in the University of Maryland System. TU enrolls over 18,000 undergraduates and approaching 4,000 graduate students across six academic colleges (business, education, fine arts, health professions, liberal arts, science & mathematics), has over 865 full-time faculty, and offers more than 65 bachelor?s, 45 master?s, and 5 doctoral programs. Our centrally located campus sits on 330 rolling green acres and is 10 miles north of Baltimore, 45 miles north of Washington D.C., and 95 miles south of Philadelphia. *Application Process*: *Preference given to applications received by January 31, 2015.* Position is open until filled. Please submit a cover letter addressing the position requirements, resume and contact information for at least three professional references. Transcripts will be requested of final candidates. Submit application materials to: Diane Cascella Information Technology Librarian Search Albert S. Cook Library Towson University 8000 York Road Towson, MD 21252 Electronic applications are encouraged and should be submitted to dcascella at towson.edu. A Criminal Background Investigation if required for the hired candidate and the results may impact employment. *Please be sure to visit **http://www.towson.edu/odeo/applicantdata.asp* * to complete a voluntary on-line applicant data form. The information you provide will inform the university?s affirmative action plan and is for statistical-related purposes only. The information will not be used for any other purpose. Please note that the search number for which you have applied is: LIB-N-28**.* *Towson University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and has a strong institutional commitment to diversity. Women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.* *--* *Kimberly Miller* Research & Instruction Librarian for Emerging Technologies Liaison to Department of Psychology Albert S. Cook Library, Towson University 410-704-6324 kimberlymiller at towson.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-13 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rlitwin at GMAIL.COM Tue Jan 13 12:36:00 2015 From: rlitwin at GMAIL.COM (Rory Litwin) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:36:00 -0800 Subject: Concepts of User-Centered Design (online class) Message-ID: Concepts of User-Centered Design Instructor: Carolyn Ellis Dates: February 2-27, 2015 Credits: 1.5 CEUs Price: $175 http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/045-user-centered.php In this four-week course, you will learn the key concepts of user-centered design and how to employ them in your website projects. You learn how to incorporate usability heuristics throughout the web project process. We will discuss processes and techniques to make your website more usable in all stages of development: requirements gathering, conceptual design, prototype development, and then finally launch and ongoing testing. This course can be taken as one of six courses needed to earn our Certificate in User Experience (UX), but can be taken as a stand-alone course as well. Carolyn Ellis is the Digital User Experience Librarian at The University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries. She holds a bachelor?s degree in art history from Trinity University and a master?s degree in library and information science from The University of Texas at Austin. She has over 15 years of experience in developing and managing web projects, user-centered design, usability testing, project management, change communications and process improvement while working in libraries, information technology and community development organizations. Course structure This is an online class that is taught asynchronously, meaning that participants do the work on their own time as their schedules allow. The class does not meet together at any particular times, although the instructor may set up optional sychronous chat sessions. Instruction includes readings and assignments in one-week segments. Class participation is in an online forum environment. Payment info You can register in this course through the first week of instruction. The "Register" button on the website goes to our credit card payment gateway, which may be used with personal or institutional credit cards. (Be sure to use the appropriate billing address). If your institution wants to pay using a purchase order, please contact us to make arrangements. Library Juice Academy P.O. Box 188784 Sacramento, CA 95818 Tel. 218-260-6115 Fax 916-415-5446 inquiries at libraryjuiceacademy.com http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/ Testimonials: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/testimonials.php Twitter: http://twitter.com/libjuiceacademy Check out our jingle: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/news/?p=139 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-13 From rlitwin at GMAIL.COM Wed Jan 14 12:49:20 2015 From: rlitwin at GMAIL.COM (Rory Litwin) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:49:20 -0800 Subject: Introduction to GIS and GeoWeb Technologies (online class) Message-ID: Introduction to GIS and GeoWeb Technologies Instructor: Eva Dodsworth Dates: February 2-27, 2015 Credits: 1.5 CEUs Price: $175 http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/069-intro-GIS.php Since the emergence of easily accessible dynamic online mapping tools, there has been a drastic increase in geographic interest and awareness. Whether for personal, social, professional or academic uses, people are using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to communicate information in a map format. Whether it?s using Google Earth to study urban change, or creating Google Map Mashups to deliver library resources, more and more members of society are turning to mapping programs for their visualization needs. With so many using GIS technology in their daily lives, library staff are now more than ever assisting library clients with their mapping queries. This course will introduce students to a variety of mapping tools and GIS technologies such Google Earth and the creation of dynamic KML files; ArcGIS Online and webmap publishing; Google Fusion Tables and geocoding; and GIS fundamentals with geospatial data creation. Students will be able to apply their GIS skills in their reference work, in digitization projects, in webpages, in library instruction, and more. Through hands-on exercises, pre-recorded demonstrations and lectures, students will receive a thorough overview of mapping resources that will enhance and expose their library?s resources. Eva Dodsworth is the Geospatial Data Services Librarian at the University of Waterloo Library where she is responsible for the provision of leadership and expertise in developing, delivering, and assessing geospatial data services and programs offered to members of the University of Waterloo community. Eva is also a part-time instructor at a number of Library and Information Science schools where she teaches users GIS and how to apply GIS technology in library services. Eva is the author of Getting Started with GIS: a LITA Guide, and is currently co-authoring a book on historical cartographic resources. Read an interview with Eva Dodsworth about this course: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/news/?p=493 Course structure This is an online class that is taught asynchronously, meaning that participants do the work on their own time as their schedules allow. The class does not meet together at any particular times, although the instructor may set up optional sychronous chat sessions. Instruction includes readings and assignments in one-week segments. Class participation is in an online forum environment. Payment info You can register in this course through the first week of instruction. The "Register" button on the website goes to our credit card payment gateway, which may be used with personal or institutional credit cards. (Be sure to use the appropriate billing address). If your institution wants to pay using a purchase order, please contact us to make arrangements. Library Juice Academy P.O. Box 188784 Sacramento, CA 95818 Tel. 218-260-6115 Fax 916-415-5446 inquiries at libraryjuiceacademy.com http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/ Testimonials: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/testimonials.php Twitter: http://twitter.com/libjuiceacademy Check out our jingle: http://libraryjuiceacademy.com/news/?p=139 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-14 From niso-announce at NISO.ORG Thu Jan 15 11:27:38 2015 From: niso-announce at NISO.ORG (NISO) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:27:38 -0500 Subject: NISO Publishes Recommended Practice on Metadata Indicators for Accessibility and Licensing of E-Content Message-ID: NISO Publishes Recommended Practice on Metadata Indicators for Accessibility and Licensing of E-Content The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has published a new Recommended Practice on Access License and Indicators (NISO RP-22-2015) that defines metadata to be used to indicate free-to-read content and a link to license terms for the use/re-use of that content. Developed by the NISO Working Group on Access License and Indicators (formerly Open Access Metadata and Indicators), the recommended practice proposes the adoption of two core pieces of metadata and associated tags: and . The first tag would indicate that the work is freely accessible during the specified timeframe (if applicable). The second tag would contain a reference to a URI that carries the license terms specifying how a work may be used. "Publishers provide articles that are "free to read" under a wide range of re-use terms and licenses," explains Cameron Neylon, Advocacy Director, PLOS, and Co-chair of the NISO Access License and Indicators Working Group. "Currently, publishers of hybrid journals have no simple mechanism for signaling the "free to read" status of specific articles or the re-use rights of downstream users. Funders find the lack of information and cooperation between stakeholders creates difficulty in determining whether a specific published article is compliant with their policies. Authors have difficulty confirming whether they are compliant with a given funder policy. Readers face the burden of figuring out what they can and cannot do with specific articles. Aggregators and platform or knowledgebase providers have no consistent mechanism for machine-processing metadata and identifying the accessibility or rights status. Adoption of and metadata designations will allow both humans and machines to assess the status of content." "The combination of the two metadata tags can particularly be useful in indicating the subtle nuances of different Open Access content," states Greg Tananbaum, Consultant at SPARC and Co-chair of the NISO Access License and Indicators Working Group. "The indicators include a date component so that content with access and re-use rights that change over time can be adequately understood. This supports the existing embargo practices in use by some publishers. By including URIs to applicable licenses in the metadata, more detailed explanations of rights can be made available." "The recommended metadata tags can easily be incorporated into existing metadata distribution channels, encoded in XML, and added to existing schemas and workflows," said Ed Pentz, Executive Director, CrossRef, and Co-chair of the NISO Access License and Indicators Working Group. "Publishers and platform providers can also use the tag to automate the display of appropriate status icons to users and for signaling or determining compliance with most funder and institutional policies." "Adoption of these two metadata indicators can have a significant positive impact on all the participants in the scholarly communications chain," stated Todd Carpenter, NISO Executive Director. "This NISO Recommended Practice also complements a number of other related efforts, including the CrossRef FundRef service; the HowOpen Is It? guide developed by PLOS, SPARC, and OASPA; EDItEUR's ONIX-PL specification for communicating licensing term; and the Linked Content Coalition initiative ." Access and License Indicators (NISO RP-22-2015) is available for free download from the ALI Working Group webpage on the NISO website at: www.niso.org/workrooms/ali/. Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information Standards Organization chodgson at niso.org 301-654-2512 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vkwong at IUSB.EDU Fri Jan 16 10:04:10 2015 From: vkwong at IUSB.EDU (Kwong, Vincci) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:04:10 +0000 Subject: Survey on Library Web Services. Message-ID: Please share this survey with colleagues that are working with Web Services or may have an interest. You are invited to participate in a survey related to Library Web Services. To participate, please click the survey link below: https://iu.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_57oTv3PN98oCSi1 Your responses are anonymous and your participation is completely voluntary. Information collected from this survey may be published. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at vkwong at iusb.edu. Thank you for your consideration in completing the survey! Vincci. ____________________________ Vincci Kwong Associate Librarian Franklin D. Schurz Library 574-520-4444 vkwong at iusb.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-16 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jfelts at COASTAL.EDU Mon Jan 19 16:10:00 2015 From: jfelts at COASTAL.EDU (John Felts) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:10:00 -0500 Subject: Position Opening at Coastal Carolina University: Electronic Resources Librarian Message-ID: Please note that Dr. Barbara Burd, Dean of Library Services at Kimbel Library/CCU is attending ALA Midwinter and is making herself available to discuss this position for any potential candidates or interested parties. Please email Dr. Burd at bburd at coastal.edu if you would like to schedule a time to meet with her. Assistant/Associate Librarian - Electronic Resources Librarian Kimbel Library at Coastal Carolina University seeks a creative, innovative, service-oriented librarian to manage the library's electronic resources and related products that are used to manage electronic resources throughout their life cycle including evaluation, setup, implementation, and troubleshooting. Reporting to the Head of Library Technology and Systems, this twelve month, tenure-track position at either the assistant or associate level will coordinate the acquisition, evaluation, and maintenance of electronic resources, assess the effectiveness of electronic resources and identify ways to make access more effective and efficient. The Electronic Resources Librarian serves as the primary liaison to vendors regarding electronic resource trials, acquisitions and licensing, pricing, and technical issues. This position works with database providers, vendors, publishers, consortium partners, and other personnel to resolve problems with accessing electronic resources, proactively manage technical changes to preempt resource access problems, and responds to end-users' issues with electronic resources in a timely manner. This position is also responsible for maintaining very accurate usage data in a variety of systems such as our link resolver, usage consolidation tool, and discovery platform knowledge base (EBSCO's EDS). Must be intellectually curious with the aptitude to identify and track changes and trends in technology, business models, organization structures and user culture that may impact the management of electronic resources at Kimbel Library. This position will be a bibliographer for electronic resources, keeping abreast of new resources and recommending these resources for the curriculum, and will ultimately become responsible for the entirety of collection management responsibilities as they relate to electronic resources. Required: MLS degree or equivalent from an ALA-accredited institution; Demonstrated professional experience working with electronic resources; Evidence of flexibility, innovative thinking, and demonstrated excellence in organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills; Knowledge of the electronic product market, publishing issues, pricing models, and serials issues; Experience with an integrated library system, preferably Innovative Interfaces, Inc.; Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with internal and external parties and diverse constituencies, including faculty and staff, cross-department committees and teams, and patrons; Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office, including Outlook and Excel; Ability and interest in fulfilling tenure and promotion requirements for job performance, scholarship, professional development, and service. Preferred: 2-3 years demonstrated experience working with electronic resources; Experience with EBSCO Usage Consolidation Tool, Usage Loading Service, and knowledge of SUSHI/ COUNTER statistics harvesting initiative and usage report standards; Knowledge of ILLiad, HTML, CSS3, and Adobe CS Suite, and experience working in various vendors' web-based electronic resources administrative interfaces. Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located just nine miles from the Atlantic coast resort of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Coastal enrolls more than 9,900 students from 45 states and 58 nations. The University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the baccalaureate and selective master's degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in educational leadership, and a Ph.D. degree in Marine Science. Candidates should submit electronically a letter of application, a current CV, copies of transcripts, and names, phone numbers, and addresses (postal and email), of three current references to: https://jobs.coastal.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Official transcripts for required degrees must be received prior to any offer of employment. Coastal Carolina University is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates. CCU is an EO/AA employer. ________________________________ John Felts Head of Library Technology and Systems Kimbel Library Coastal Carolina University P.O. Box 261954, Conway, SC 29528 843-349-5040 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-19 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Imma.Subirats at FAO.ORG Tue Jan 20 03:46:23 2015 From: Imma.Subirats at FAO.ORG (Subirats, Imma (OPCC)) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:46:23 +0100 Subject: Open Repositories 2015: proposal submissions due January 30, 2015 Message-ID: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2015 The deadline for main conference and interest group proposal submissions and scholarship programme applications is January 30, 2015. The Tenth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2015 , will be held on June 8-11, 2015 in Indianapolis (Indiana, USA). The organizers are pleased to invite you to contribute to the program. This year's conference theme is: LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD: OPEN REPOSITORIES AT THE CROSSROADS OR2015 is the tenth OR conference, and this year?s overarching theme reflects that milestone: Looking Back/Moving Forward: Open Repositories at the Crossroads. It is an opportunity to reflect on and to celebrate the transformative changes in repositories, scholarly communication and research data over the last decade. More critically however, it will also help to ensure that open repositories continue to play a key role in supporting, shaping and sharing those changes and an open agenda for research and scholarship. OR2015 will provide an opportunity to explore the demands and roles now expected of both repositories and the staff who develop, support and manage them - and to prepare them for the challenges of the next decade. We welcome proposals on this theme, but also on the theoretical, practical, organizational or administrative topics related to digital repositories. We are particularly interested in: 1. SUPPORTING OPEN SCHOLARSHIP, OPEN SCIENCE, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ONLINE 2. MANAGING RESEARCH (AND OPEN) DATA 3. INTEGRATING WITH EXTERNAL SYSTEMS 4. RE-USING REPOSITORY CONTENT 5. EXPLORING METRICS AND ASSESSMENT 6. MANAGING RIGHTS 7. DEVELOPING AND TRAINING STAFF 8. BUILDING THE PERFECT REPOSITORY Submissions that demonstrate original and repository-related work without these themes will be considered, but preference will be given to submissions which address them. KEY DATES * 30 January 2015: Deadline for submissions * 27 March 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to general conference * 10 April 2015: Submitters notified of acceptance to Interest Groups * 8-11 June 2015: OR2015 conference SUBMISSION PROCESS * General Conference: * DSpace Interest Group: * EPrints Interest Group: * Fedora Interest Group: SUBMISSION SYSTEM: PDF format is preferred for submissions. CODE OF CONDUCT: SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME: PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS * Holly Mercer, University of Tennessee * William J Nixon, University of Glasgow * Imma Subirats, FAO of the United Nations contact: LOCAL HOSTS * Indiana University Bloomington Libraries * University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library * Virginia Tech University Libraries contact: CONFERENCE WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA * website: * twitter:@OR2015Indy and #or2015 * Facebook: ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-20 From becky at OPENPRESERVATION.ORG Tue Jan 20 06:41:01 2015 From: becky at OPENPRESERVATION.ORG (Becky McGuinness) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:41:01 +0000 Subject: Final call for OPF Digital Preservation Community Survey: deadline 30 January Message-ID: Thank you to everyone who has participated in the survey so far which aims to assess the current state-of-the-art in digital preservation practices. We have received nearly 100 replies. We are keen to reach over 100 so if you have not yet had the chance to participate the deadline has been extended until Friday 30 January. The results and data from the survey will be published openly. We are interested to hear from a wide range of types and sizes of organisations who have a responsibility to preserve long-term access to digital content. There are 20 questions in the survey. It should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. We ask that you only provide one response per organisation. Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/opf-digital-preservation-community-survey-2014 . Guidance notes to explain the purpose and format of each question: http://openpreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/OPFCommunityDigitalPreservationSurvey-GuidanceNotes.pdf . Best Regards, Becky McGuinness -- Becky McGuinness | Community Manager @openpreserve | Skype: becky.mcguinness1 *Open Preservation Foundation* *http://openpreservation.org/ * ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Elizabeth.Swanson at ARTSTOR.ORG Tue Jan 20 08:59:59 2015 From: Elizabeth.Swanson at ARTSTOR.ORG (Elizabeth Swanson) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:59:59 +0000 Subject: job opening - Library Relations Account Manager - Artstor Digital Library & Shared Shelf E-Resource Tool - NYC, NY Message-ID: Artstor Account Manager New York City Artstor provides premier resources in digital technology to enhance scholarship, teaching, and learning in the arts and sciences. Our peerless educational tools include Artstor Digital Library, a database of over 1.8 million high quality images, and Shared Shelf, a media management software that allows for cataloging, managing, and distributing digital media. Our community-built collections comprise contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists, and we strive towards innovation, partnering with the best in the academic, museum, art, and science worlds. Artstor is a nonprofit organization, based in New York City, committed to cultivating an idea rich environment. Our culture is one of collaboration, strong interdepartmental relationships, independence, and quinoa salad and cupcake parties. We are looking for new smart and engaged employees, who are equally excited about our mission. The Account Manager, formerly named Library Relations Associate, will be responsible for working with the academic community to increase subscriptions to the Artstor Digital Library and Shared Shelf and to manage and develop relationships in higher education institutions and museums. This position includes some travel (10%-30%), and requires a self-motivated, flexible, organized team player who thrives in an environment of constant change. Duties and Responsibilities: * Sales of Artstor digital content and tools by developing relationships with a diverse group of decision makers, including academic librarians, administrators and faculty members. * Prospect for new accounts introducing educational institutions, departments, and libraries to Artstor products and services. * Demonstrate digital products and tools, providing librarians and faculty members with useful information and strategies for promoting Artstor as a campus-wide resource and platform. * Work with team members to meet and exceed participation and revenue goals on an annual basis. * Communicate Artstor's mission, messages, and fees to potential customers. * Respond to inquiries, update customer information management tool and pipeline, negotiate basic terms of License Agreements, give remote demonstrations, and set up trial access. * Represent Artstor at conferences and other events. * Keeps up-to-date on various Artstor initiatives and developments and being able to communicate these initiatives to potential participants. * Additional special projects as assigned by managers and other senior staff members. Qualifications: * 1-3 years of experience working with the library or e-resources community, supporting or selling digital content or software solutions to librarians and other decision makers in higher education, or building relationships. * Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a related field. * Excellent communication skills in a variety of settings. * Attention to detail and accuracy. * Ability to work well as a team member. * Comfortable with technology, including familiarity with metadata structures, trends, and Web development. * Exceptional organizational skills. * Able to perform independently, be self-motivated, adapt to constant change, and juggle multiple tasks with a positive attitude. * Strong commitment and interest in the use of images in an educational setting. Additional Preferred Qualifications: * Familiarity with the Artstor Digital Library and/or Shared Shelf. * Library, education, art, art history, architectural, or software background. * Business development, marketing, and/or academic library experience. * Working knowledge of image management software and database technology. * Experience with customer relationship management software (Talisma, Sales Force, or other). Artstor is an equal opportunity employer. Artstor offers a competitive salary and a collegial working environment. Our excellent benefits include employer paid medical, dental, vision, life and accident, disability, and business travel insurance. Artstor also has pension accounts and an optional supplemental retirement saving plan. Nominations and applications, including a cover letter, resume and salary requirements should be emailed to: careers at artstor.org. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brad.eden at VALPO.EDU Tue Jan 20 09:52:23 2015 From: brad.eden at VALPO.EDU (Brad Eden) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:52:23 -0600 Subject: CFP on Open Access and the Future of Academic Libraries Message-ID: Beginning in early 2015, Rowman & Littlefield will begin publishing a series of volumes on the future of academic libraries. Nine volumes in the series are currently in the works with Dr. Brad Eden, Dean of Library Services at Valparaiso University, serving as the series editor. A tenth volume is now being planned, which will focus on open access and how the movement toward open access is impacting and will continue to impact library services. The editor of this volume will be Kevin Smith of the Duke University Libraries. Proposals for essays to be included in this volume are now welcome. Proposals regarding any topics related to open access and the future of research libraries are welcome; the following is a non-exclusive list of areas that papers could address: Library services and open data Libraries as publishers ETDs and the anxiety of openness The impact of open access on journal publication Metrics for measuring the impact of OA Disciplinary approaches to open access MOOCs and OERs Openness and library literature The mechanics and politics of library-published OA journals A title and proposal of no longer than 300 words should be sent to Kevin Smith at kevin.l.smith at duke.edu by February 15, 2015; final manuscripts of accepted papers will be due by October 1, 2015. Rowman & Littlefield will only ask for 1st publication rights for these chapters; the author will retain all other rights, including deposit into an IR. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bkim at HSHSL.UMARYLAND.EDU Tue Jan 20 12:43:05 2015 From: bkim at HSHSL.UMARYLAND.EDU (Kim, Bohyun) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:43:05 +0000 Subject: Join the LITA UX IG Meeting at ALA Midwinter! Message-ID: ***Apologies for cross-posting*** LITA User Experience IG Meeting at ALA Midwinter Sunday, February 1, 2015 - 10:30am to 11:30am McCormick Place West W176b http://connect.ala.org/node/233748 At the ALA Midwinter Meeting, LITA User Experience IG will have the following three 10-min. presentations and Q&A (5 min) after each presentation at the LITA UX IG meeting. We will also have discussion time for any UX topics on-site. If you have any UX-related topics you would like to discuss, please bring them with you! Service Design: Towards a Holistic Assessment of the Library -Joe Marquez, Reed College I lead our Library Usability Group and our Student Working Group through a Service Design approach to better understand how our services are delivered. We used service design to get a better and more holistic understanding of service delivery within the context of the Reed College Library. The key to our project was to look at our library as a whole, with the student at the center. By taking a more systems approach to a user's experience, we were (and are) able to get a better grasp of actual experience. It has also provided us with some insight into what student expectations are of service and the physical library. Year one was focused on learning how the students use the space and the resources. Year two will see us looking at specific spaces on our main floor as well as where to move one of our public service touchpoints. Connecting library instruction to web usability: Improve user experience -Yoo Young Lee, IUPUI I, as a digital user experience librarian, conducted an experiment with one of the instructional librarians at my institution in order to investigate the intersection between user's web behavior and library instruction. We thought that library instruction plays a key role in web usability and affects the ways students behave on the library website, yet very little research has combined these two realms. During instructional sessions, freshman students were asked to perform a series of information seeking tasks on the library website both prior to, and immediately after, instruction. A usability tool - Verify - recorded individual student use of the website during the completion of each of these tasks. We'd like to share the results we found. The results allowed us to investigate how students behaved on the library website to complete the tasks and how the steps demonstrated by the librarian during instruction strongly influenced how students completed the tasks afterward. A/B Testing in Library Emails -Amanda L. Goodman, Darien Library Email is not dead -- in fact, your library's emails are delivered to your patrons' inboxes more than 90% of the time while Facebook continues to diminish how many of your followers even see your content. The trick then is to get your patrons to open your emails and then interact with the content in a way to drive value for your library. At Darien Library, we are using A/B testing to discover how to design email newsletters that get opened and acted upon. Our most recent test of changing a subject line generated 10% additional opens. Then by adding a digital service to an email, we increased usage of the service by 151%. In this short session, Amanda will go over some of the metrics you can test for in your email campaigns. She will be focusing on MailChimp, but other email campaigns also offer insights on how your users interact with your library's emails. --- Hope to see you there! Bohyun Kim, LITA UX IG chair bkim at hshsl.umaryland.edu Rachel Clark, LITA UX IG vice-chair rachael.clark at wayne.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lauren at ARCH-IVE.ORG Tue Jan 20 17:15:44 2015 From: lauren at ARCH-IVE.ORG (Lauren Meyers) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:15:44 +0000 Subject: Registration is open for TCDL 2015! Message-ID: Register now for the 2015Texas Conference on Digital Libraries?(#tcdl2015)?to get discountedearly registration rates.? Early registration ends March31. TCDL 2015 will be held April 27-28, in Austin?at the AT&T ExecutiveEducation and Conference Center.?Faculty and staff at TexasDigital Library member institutions and students are eligible foradditional discounts. | ? About TCDL 2015 The?Texas Conference on Digital Libraries?covers topics relevant to the creation, promotion and preservation of research, scholarship and cultural heritage digital materials.? The goal of TCDL is to bring together those working on digital projects -- including outreach librarians, repository managers, cataloguers, faculty members, technical staff, and others -- in order to build a practical, usable and sustainable model for digital libraries. Bess Sadler from Stanford University Libraries (pictured at right) will serve as the keynote speaker for TCDL 2015. An open source advocate and self-described library ?geek,? Bess Sadler is Manager for Application Development at Stanford and was formerly Chief Architect for the Online Library Environment and Research and Development Librarian at University of Virginia Library. She is a co-founder of several successful open source software projects including Blacklight (http://projectblacklight.org) and Hydra (http://projecthydra.org), which are used by libraries, museums, archives, and cultural institutions around the world. ? For more information about the event and program, please visit the TCDL 2015?conference website. | ? | Deadline for Proposals is February 9 The TCDL 2015 committee continues to accept proposals for presentations, panels, posters, and workshops through Monday, February 9. ?See the full Call for Proposals for more information about requirements and submission procedures. 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We seek someone who is passionate about service and about delivering a dynamic digital collection, seamlessly and reliably, to our community. We offer a supportive, team-oriented library environment where discussion of innovative ideas and experimentation with new ways of planning and implementing the library of the future are a part of our culture. Located in Dothan, Alabama, ACOM was established in May 2010 as a non-profit, private institution in direct response to addressing the critical shortage of primary care physicians in the state. In August 2013 the inaugural class of 162 students began its studies, with full enrollment projected for a total of 648 students across all four years of the curriculum by 2016. We have a team of 60 basic science and clinical faculty and staff located at the ACOM campus in Dothan. ACOM's third- and fourth-year clinical curriculum will be delivered throughout the state of Alabama and beyond at community-based hospitals and clinics utilizing a network of over 650 physicians. The academic division of the Houston County Healthcare Authority, ACOM is under the same organizational umbrella as the major regional medical center, the Southeast Alabama Medical Center (SAMC). The primary focus of this current position is to spearhead the planning and delivery of resources and services at the SAMC hospital library. In fulfilling this objective, the successful candidate will participate at the same level of engagement at both the SAMC and the ACOM sites as we create a new digital library within a growing academic medical center. Please see the following url for the library website which is evolving during this foundational stage of the library's development: http://www.acomedu.org/library/ Position requirements: * Master's degree in library or information science (MLS or MSLS) from an ALA-accredited program. * Minimum of 3 years of relevant library experience. Preferred qualifications: * Membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals * Experience in an academic medical library. Salary minimum: $60,000 To apply, please go to the SAMC HR website: http://www.samc.org/index.php/careers/available-positions and select job category "ACOM" to locate the position: "Information Technology Librarian" Inquiries about the position are welcome by e-mailing Barbara Shearer, Director, Learning Resource Center, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, 445 Health Sciences Boulevard, Dothan, AL 36303 E-mail: bshearer at acomedu.org/ Application review is ongoing and will continue until the position is filled. Nicole Nicole Mitchell, MLIS, MA Information Technology Librarian Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine 445 Health Sciences Blvd. Dothan, AL 36303 Phone: 334-944-4067 nmitchell at acomedu.org Need help? Ask your friendly librarian! ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-21 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The American Library Association?s Privacy Toolkit demarcates a broad territory for the profession to safeguard: ?In libraries, the right to privacy is the right to open inquiry without having the subject of one?s interest examined or scrutinized by others? (Privacy and Confidentiality: Library Core Values ). Nevertheless, patron data can now be scrutinized not just by FBI agents with secret warrants, but also by database and e-book vendors, social media companies, and Internet marketers. The digital nature of today?s information sources has allowed for mass collection of patron data--as demonstrated by the NSA?s covert collection of telephone and Internet records. Our profession has been slow to respond. In this new technological and political landscape, which privacy violations pose a threat to our mission of promoting free speech and free thought? How can librarians convince those in power that patron privacy is crucial to our institutions and our communities? Can we negotiate contracts with vendors that protect reader privacy? How should we talk to our students about these issues, and what can we learn from them about the future of privacy? The LACUNY Institute seeks proposals that explore all aspects of privacy in libraries, with a special emphasis on academic settings. We welcome proposals from those inside and outside the profession. This year, we will feature two kinds of presentations: *Paper Presentations* (20 minutes) The Institute will include several moderated panel presentations, which may be historical, theoretical, legal, or practical in nature. Please include time for questions and discussion. A few examples include: ? Library Code of Ethics and its relevance today ? Current laws and precedents relating to privacy ? The information economy and user data ? Predictive analytics ? Assessment and student privacy ? The Dark Web *Lightning Presentations* (10 minutes) At the close of the Institute, attendees will disperse to a number of simultaneous lightning presentations. These should be highly practical in nature and focused on a single, specific issue. The goal is to provide attendees with concrete steps for action. Please build in substantial time for questions and discussion, and plan to bring handouts or other takeaways. A few examples include: ? Lesson plans for teaching students about privacy ? How to read vendor contract*s* and negotiate for privacy rights ? Privacy-protecting alternatives to common tools and websites (e.g., ownCloud, DuckDuckGo) ? Setting up a Tor relay ? Proven steps for promoting privacy initiatives among faculty and administrators Please submit proposals for paper and lightning presentations, including a 300-500 word abstract, to http://lacuny.org/institute-call-for-proposals/ by *January 23, 2015*. Questions may be directed to Jennifer.Poggiali at lehman.cuny.edu. 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This full-time faculty librarian position has two main areas of responsibility: to provide leadership in all areas of archives and special collections, including, among others, the acquisition, processing, preservation, and digitization of materials, the development of a robust digitization program, the continuing development of finding aids and web guides, and the use of modern archival software and metadata standards and strategies; and to provide reference and library instructional support to university students, faculty, and staff. Based on her/his skill set and the needs of the library, the incumbent will serve on library and university committees and taskforces and will be assigned additional library responsibilities. --- Candidates must hold a master's degree in library science from an A.L.A. accredited program, with a second masters or doctorate in history or a related field (all degrees to be completed no later than June 2015). The candidate must have one or more years of academic library experience; excellent customer service orientation and skills; knowledge and experience in the development, storage, and management of archival materials; knowledge and expertise with relevant reference databases and resources; and a high level of comfort and proficiency with technology. As part of a successful on-campus interview process, selected candidates will be expected to provide a demonstration of teaching effectiveness and evidence of understanding diverse populations. --- Knowledge and experience in the use and management of digital repositories and assignment of metadata. Knowledge and expertise with current relevant technologies including web editing and management, image editing, video editing, social networking, tutorial creation software. Knowledge and expertise with assessment of library services. Substantial understanding of current trends, issues, and standards used in an academic environment. --- All candidates must apply online at https://jobs.ship.edu. Materials submitted in other formats, including paper applications, will not be considered. For an application to be considered complete, candidates must submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness, names and contact information for three references, and unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts (official transcripts required if granted an on campus interview). Incomplete applications will not be considered. Review of applications will begin February 15 and will continue until the position has been filled. 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These include taking a leadership role in the development of relationships between the university library and faculty in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines; developing and delivering a range of innovative library services that facilitate the curricular and research needs of students and faculty in STEM disciplines; providing beginning through advanced level support for searching scientific databases; providing assistance to students in developing excellent skills in scholarly communication in the sciences; providing high-level assistance with core data management tools (i.e. Excel, SPSS) as well as basic support for more specialized tools (i.e. Mathematica, MATLAB, R, etc.); taking a leadership role in the promotion and support of original undergraduate research, particularly in the sciences; and maintaining general librarian responsibilities including participation in strategic planning, reference services, and library instructional services to university students, faculty, and staff. Based on her/his skill set and the needs of the library, the incumbent will serve on library and university committees and taskforces and will be assigned additional library responsibilities. --- Candidates must hold a master's degree in library science from an A.L.A. accredited program; additionally, a second masters or doctorate degree is required (all degrees to be completed no later than June 2015). The candidate must have a graduate or undergraduate degree in a STEM discipline (science [natural, physical, or computer], technology, engineering, or mathematics). The candidate must have excellent customer service orientation and skills, a high level of comfort and proficiency with technology, academic library experience, reference and library instruction experience, knowledge and expertise with relevant reference databases and resources, experience with scientific writing and knowledge and understanding of what it means to write scientifically, awareness of technology issues, and knowledge of assessment of library services. --- Highly desirable qualifications include a graduate degree in a STEM discipline; substantial understanding of current trends, issues, and standards used in an academic environment; knowledge and experience using statistical, reporting, or data graphing software such as Veusz, Mathematica, MATLAB, SPSS, NVivo, SAS, Liseral, R, etc.,; and familiarity with computer programming skills. As part of a successful on-campus interview process, selected candidates will be expected to provide a demonstration of teaching effectiveness and evidence of understanding diverse populations. --- All candidates must apply online at https://jobs.ship.edu. Materials submitted in other formats, including paper applications, will not be considered. For an application to be considered complete, candidates must submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness, names and contact information for three references, and unofficial undergraduate and graduate transcripts (official transcripts required if granted an on campus interview). Incomplete applications will not be considered. Review of applications will begin February 15 and will continue until the position has been filled. 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The meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to participate. *NISO Update* 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The NISO Update provides the latest news about NISO's current efforts. Working group members and staff will provide updates on projects, some newly underway or recently completed standards projects: NISO Strategic Directions (Todd Carpenter, NISO) Open Discovery Initiative (Laura Morse, Harvard University) Access & Licensing Indicators (Nettie Lagace, NISO) SUSHI and SUSHI Lite (Oliver Pesch, EBSCO Information Services) Z39.7 Data Dictionary (Martha Kyrillidou, Association of Research Libraries) NISO Altmetrics Initiative (Todd Carpenter, NISO) NISO Bibliographic Roadmap (Nettie Lagace, NISO) *Visit NISO at Booth #2917 in the Exhibits area.* *We look forward to seeing you!* --------------------- Nettie Lagace Associate Director for Programs National Information Standards Organization (NISO) 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 302 Baltimore, MD 21211 Mobile: 617-863-0501 Fax: 410-685-5278 E-mail: nlagace at niso.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-22 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: *WHAT* *Spring Conference Round-Up!* A free webinar presented by the ACRL University Libraries Section (ULS) Technology & Libraries Committee. This post-conference online session will provide attendees with an overview of some of the best presentations from spring conferences. We plan to feature SXSW 2015 and the Library Technology Conference . If you have attended another tech conference you think we should feature, let us know. We?re open to ideas. We hope that speakers from a variety of university libraries will present overviews of what they learned at the conferences in a lightning-round fashion. *WHEN* Wednesday, March 31st, 1pm-2pm CDT / 2-3pm EDT *ARE YOU ATTENDING ONE OF THESE CONFERENCES?* We need volunteers to present as part of this webinar! If you are attending SXSW, the Library Technology Conference or another tech conference and would like to share what you learned in 10 minutes or less, please reply to Nicole Sump-Crethar at sumpcre at okstate.edu with your title and institution. We hope to hear from you! On behalf of the ACRL-ULS Technology and Libraries Committee, Barb Mann, Georgia Regents University Britt Fagerheim, Utah State University Nicole Sump-Crethar, Oklahoma State University Emily Thompson, University of Tennessee Chattanooga Annie Pho, University of Illinois at Chicago Marwin Britto, University of Saskatchewan ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you find this useful or if you have suggestions regarding communications like this for future ALA meetings, please contact the current chair of the Standards Committee with your feedback at prolla at ucsd.edu *Friday, January 30* *Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group* *Description:* Shawne Miksa (University of North Texas), Gretchen Hoffman (Texas Woman's University), Allyson Carlyle (University of Washington) ? library science professors who teach cataloging ? will present their perspectives on the state of cataloging and metadata education. Panelists will address course content, the balancing of theory and practice, and pedagogical approaches. Discussion will explore the challenges of teaching cataloging in the context of the broader, and rapidly evolving, metadata landscape. Meeting will also seek input concerning the drafting of a cataloging and metadata core competencies document. *Where:* McCormick Place West, W176a *When:* January 20, 2015 - 1:00-4:00 p.m. *Link:* http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25674 *Saturday, January 31* *Cataloging Norms Interest Group* *Description*: Presentations include: ?Utility of the legacy MARC records: Analyses and Ways to Support Discovery Services;? ?Ready?Set?URIs? Actionable! --Experiencing a Linked Data Mindset Now. --Preparing For the Next Generation Search and Discovery Environment;? ?MarcMaker: A Metadata Creation Tool.? *Where*: McCormick Place West, W181c *When*: January 31, 2015 - 10:30-11:30 a.m. *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25794 *Catalog Management Interest Group* *Description*: Presentations include: ?OCLC Hybrid records;? ?RDA Enrichment at the University of Colorado Boulder;? and ?Full catalog RDA enrichment in a cloud-based LMS.? *Where*: McCormick Place West, W196C *When*: January 31, 2015 - 1:00-2:30 p.m. *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25808 *MARC Formats Transition Interest Group* *Description*: Presentations include: ?Experiments in BIBFRAME: A modular approach,? by Nancy Fallgren, Metadata Specialist Librarian, National Library of Medicine; ?BIBFLOW: An IMLS Project,? by Xiaoli Li, Co-head of Content Support Services Department, University of California Davis. *Where*: McCormick Place West, W187a *When*: January 31, 2015 - 3:00-4:00 p.m. *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25860 *Sunday, February 1* *Linked Library Data Interest Group* *Description:* The ALCTS/LITA Linked Library Data Interest Group is hosting three presentations during its meeting at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Chicago. Presentations include: ?The Linked Data for Libraries project: an update,? by Nancy Lorimer, Interim Head of Metadata Department at Stanford University Libraries; ?Opening up science with VIVO,? by Kristi Holmes, Director of Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern University and a VIVO Project Engagement Lead; ?BIBFRAME: A Way Forward. Moving Libraries into a linked data world!? by Victoria Mueller, Senior Information Architect and System Librarian, Zepheira. *Where:* McCormick Place West, W192b *When: *February 1, 2015* - *8:30-10:00 a.m. *Link:* http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25876 *Metadata Interest Group* *Description*: The meeting will include two presentations to be followed by a brief business meeting. Jennifer Wright and Matt Carruthers from the University of Michigan Libraries will present ?Breaking the Bottleneck: Automating the Reconciliation of Named Entities to the Library of Congress Name Authority File.? Nancy Fallgren and Barbara Bushman from the National Library of Medicine will present ?Linked Data Initiatives at NLM.? *Where*: McCormick Place West, W176c *When*: February 1, 2015 - 8:30-10:00 a.m. *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25875 *Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group* *Description*: Three presentations and discussions of cataloging-related research and projects. Presentations include: "Cataloging in Publication: Moving Beyond the Print," presented by Caroline Saccucci, Dewey Program Manager and Acting CIP Program Manager, and Camilla Williams, CIP Program Specialist at the Library of Congress; "Establishing Best Practices: Cataloging Unpublished Screenplays with RDA,? presented by Laura Evans, Metadata/Cataloging Librarian at Binghamton University Libraries; "MARC and Non-MARC Metadata for Digitized Government Documents," presented by Kathryn Lybarger, Head of Cataloging & Metadata, University of Kentucky Libraries. *Where*: McCormick Place West, W176a *When*: February 1, 2015 - 10:30-11:30 a.m. *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25806 *Continuing Resources Standards Forum* *Description*: Discussion of timely topics in continuing resources standards, including demand-driven acquisition (DDA) and access and license indicators. *Where*: McCormick Place West, W474b *When*: February 1, 2015 - 10:30-11:30 a.m. *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25173 *LC BIBFRAME Update Forum* *Description*: Opportunity to share progress and concerns about BIBFRAME, the new bibliographic framework initiative led by the Library of Congress. *Where*: McCormick Place West, W196a *When*: February 1, 2015 - 10:30-11:30 a.m. *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25170 *Acquisitions Managers and Vendors Interest Group* *Description*: ?Using what we?ve got ? analyzing data in a useful way? ? Usage data has become more and more important in collection development today, but how are librarians to use this information in a way that informs collections thoughtfully. Should historical usage drive acquisitions, or should collections be built with maximum usage in mind? What kinds of decisions are made based on usage patterns? How much weight should be given to usage versus ?just in case? collection building. The panelists will speak of best practices for obtaining, analyzing, and putting to use the myriad data available today. *Where*: McCormick Place West, W176a *When*: February 1, 2015 - 1:00-2:30 p.m. *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25643 *Collection Evaluation and Assessment Interest Group* *Description*: Tentatively includes three presentations about collection assessment projects to support data-driven decision making in academic libraries. Presentations include: ?Planning for certain future cuts when the future is uncertain,? by Beth R. Bernhardt, Assistant Dean for Collection Management and Scholarly Communications, University of North Carolina Greensboro; ?Right sizing the print collection: collection assessment methods for ensuring that Shippensburg University has the ?right books? for its users,? by Ashley N. Esposito, Collection Development and Assessment Librarian, Shippensburg University; ?Assessment methodology: information gathering for serials review,? by Carol Seiler, Account Services Manager, EBSCO Information Services and Kelli Getz, Assistant Head of Acquisitions, University of Houston. *Where*: McCormick Place West, W184d *When*: February 1, 2015 - 1:00-2:30 p.m. *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25639 *NISO Annual Update Meeting* *Description*: The NISO Update provides the latest news about NISO's current efforts, including standards, recommended practices and community meetings covering many areas of interest to the library community. Working group members will provide updates on projects newly underway or recently completed. Presenters include Nettie Lagace, Associate Director of Programs, NISO, and Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO. *Where*: McCormick Place West, W475b *When*: February 1, 2015 - 1:00-2:30 p.m. *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/26373 *Collection Management and Electronic Resources Interest Group* *Description*: ?Resource Sharing of Electronic Resources: Problems, Opportunities, and Alternatives? ? We will discuss how resource sharing electronic resources differs from interlibrary loan services based on physical materials. Changes in technology, license terms, business models, and best practices for electronic resources management require that libraries reinvestigate how to provide the best possible information services to the contemporary user. What are the implications of these changes for libraries in terms of administration, organizational structure, and professional specialization, as well as routine business processes and workflows? *Where*: McCormick Place West, W176c *When*: February 1, 2015 - 3:00-4:00 p.m. *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25645 *PCC Participant's Meeting* *Description*: Program on linked authority data, bibframe and the future of cooperative metadata projects *Where*: McCormick Place West, W196a *When*: February 1, 2015 - 4:30-5:30 p.m. *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25937 *Monday, February 2* *Subject Analysis Committee II (Cataloging and Metadata Management Section)* *Description*: Presentation from 1:00-2:00 p.m. by Gordon Dunsire, Chair of the Joint Steering Committee for RDA, titled ?What is an RDA subject?? Abstract ? The JSC agreed at its meeting in Washington, D.C., November 3-7, 2014, to add the high-level relationship ?Subject? to RDA. It will be applicable only to the Work entity. Subject relationship designators will be accommodated in a new appendix M in RDA Toolkit. This presentation will describe the reasoning behind the JSC's decisions and the intended impact on the utility of RDA. Specific issues include alignment with the FRBR and linked data (Dublin Core Abstract Model) models, clarification of the treatment of embedded descriptions in RDA such as Expressions which contain (meta)data describing another RDA entity, and changes to the RDA element set, relationship designators, and RDA Registry. *Where*: Hilton Chicago, International South *When*: February 2, 2015 - 1:00-4:00 p.m. (presentation from 1:00-2:00 p.m.) *Link*: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25682 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-23 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Connecting library instruction to web usability: Improve user experience -Yoo Young Lee and Eric Anton, IUPUI I, as a digital user experience librarian, conducted an experiment with one of the instructional librarians at my institution in order to investigate the intersection between user's web behavior and library instruction. We thought that library instruction plays a key role in web usability and affects the ways students behave on the library website, yet very little research has combined these two realms. During instructional sessions, freshman students were asked to perform a series of information seeking tasks on the library website both prior to, and immediately after, instruction. A usability tool - Verify - recorded individual student use of the website during the completion of each of these tasks. We'd like to share the results we found. The results allowed us to investigate how students behaved on the library website to complete the tasks and how the steps demonstrated by the librarian during instruction strongly influenced how students completed the tasks afterward. A/B Testing in Library Emails -Amanda L. Goodman, Darien Library Email is not dead -- in fact, your library's emails are delivered to your patrons' inboxes more than 90% of the time while Facebook continues to diminish how many of your followers even see your content. The trick then is to get your patrons to open your emails and then interact with the content in a way to drive value for your library. At Darien Library, we are using A/B testing to discover how to design email newsletters that get opened and acted upon. Our most recent test of changing a subject line generated 10% additional opens. Then by adding a digital service to an email, we increased usage of the service by 151%. In this short session, Amanda will go over some of the metrics you can test for in your email campaigns. She will be focusing on MailChimp, but other email campaigns also offer insights on how your users interact with your library's emails. Usability and Accessibility in Libraries - The Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure Jim Tobias, the Trace Center, University of Wisconsin "Accessibility and usability are highly intertwined. A website that is designed to be highly usable has a high chance of being accessible as well. However, some patrons with disabilities need access to additional features or assistive technologies (AT). Managing usability and accessibility together is the most effective and efficient approach. In this session, we will present the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (GPII; www.gpii.net ). The GPII's cloud architecture allows any patron to use built-in operating system features for enhanced usability, and AT as needed, without significant staff assistance or expense, while preserving library network security. Using the GPII, patrons can explore various accommodations, and carry their needs and preferences across multiple information and communication technologies. We will demo the Library-GPII-System (LGS), a library-focused implementation of the GPII that will be piloted in public and university libraries beginning in March 2015. The LGS aims to provide library access to patrons without disabilities, without posing any security or disruption risks to libraries' information technology networks. The LGS is being developed by Raising the Floor Consortium members (www.raisingthefloor.org) as part of a US Department of Education grant." --- Hope to see you there! 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We offer two major trainings to new employees: a comprehensive training on our ILS and a customer service training. We also offer various other, smaller-scale trainings on specialized modules of our ILS (e.g. cataloguing) to our technicians and librarians. We are looking at converting these smaller training sessions into an online format in order to make them more convenient for employees and to reduce our training budget. We will also be migrating our ILS (Millennium to Sierra) this year and would like, wherever possible, to offer online training on the new ILS. We are looking for a way to create video tutorials and then test the participants' knowledge. So far, I have looked at Moodle, an online courseware tool which offers a lot of great possibilities but may be overkill for our needs, as well as the possibility of using Camtasia and a separate survey tool to test the participants' knowledge. Has anyone implemented online trainings for employees of their library network? What kinds of trainings did you choose to adapt for distance learning? What software/tools did you use, and were you satisfied with them? How did you test employees' knowledge? Thank you for your replies. Robyn Maler Biblioth?caire Division de la planification et du d?veloppement du r?seau des biblioth?ques Direction des Biblioth?ques Service de la culture Ville de Montr?al 801, rue Brennan, 5e ?tage Montr?al (Qu?bec) H3C 0G4 T?l?phone: 514 872-4253 T?l?copieur: 514 872-0530 robyn.maler at ville.montreal.qc.ca bibliomontreal.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-26 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are especially interested in theoretical and methodological studies, although we may also accept novel practical experiences. We publish articles in English or Spanish. Please follow the rules for authors on: http://www.elprofesionaldelainformacion.com/criterios.html [1] Please submit your manuscript through our journal management and publishing system (OJS) on RECYT (Spanish Repository of Science and Technology), EPI section: http://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/EPI/index [2] VERY IMPORTANT FOR AUTHORS If you are not registered as an author in EPI-RECYT, please go here to register: http://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/EPI/user/registerJournal [3] DEADLINE: MARCH 10TH, 2015 ARTICLE EVALUATION This journal uses double-blind peer review, with two or more reviewers assigned to each submission. EPI is committed to answer with the results. DATABASES "El Profesional de la informaci?n" (EPI) is indexed by the following databases and evaluation systems: Academic search, Communication source, Dialnet, Econom?a y negocios, Business source, Francis, Fuente acad?mica, Hceres (formerly Aeres, France), Inspec, Isoc-Csic, Ista, Lisa, Lista, Pascal, Scopus (SJR 2013 = 0.345), and ISI social SCI (WoS) (JCR: IF 2013 = 0.402). EPI meets the 36 Latindex quality criteria. PLEASE NOTE Since January 2015 EPI is being published exclusively online. EPI is an independent, subscription-fee journal published since 1992 by a small non-profit company in Barcelona, Spain. In order to cover production costs in January 2014 we began charging authors 200 Euros per published article. Receive kind regards, _TOMAS BAIGET_, Director http://elprofesionaldelainformacion.com [4] http://elprofesionaldelainformacion.metapress.com [5] (until February 25th 2015) baiget at gmail.com Links: ------ [1] http://www.elprofesionaldelainformacion.com/criterios.html [2] http://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/EPI/index [3] http://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/EPI/user/registerJournal [4] http://elprofesionaldelainformacion.com [5] http://elprofesionaldelainformacion.metapress.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-26 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From online.northwest at GMAIL.COM Mon Jan 26 19:16:09 2015 From: online.northwest at GMAIL.COM (Online Northwest) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:16:09 -0800 Subject: Regular registration for Online Northwest closes soon =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=93_?=register today! Message-ID: *Regular registration for Online Northwest closes February 6th ? register today !* The 2015 Online Northwest conference will be held on *Friday,* *February 13th*, at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center on the Oregon State University campus, Corvallis, Oregon, from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. *REGISTER ONLINE * Registration rates and deadlines for Online Northwest 2015 are as follows: ? Regular registration $130 *(ends February 6, 2015)* ? Onsite registration $150 Online Northwest is a conference addressing issues at the intersection of libraries, technology and culture. This year we have an exciting program that includes presentations and workshops on digital inclusion, wearable tech, library as publisher, code playgrounds, digital assets management, data visualization and more. View the conference program at: http://onlinenorthwest.org/2015-program/ Mita Williams , User Experience Librarian at the University of Windsor, will start off the day with her keynote presentation: *Teach for America. Code for America. Librarianing for America.* The motto for Code for America is "a new kind of public service". The motto of CrisisCommons is "we help connect people to help those in need". This talk is not going to dwell on the matter that librarians lack a good word - much less an official motto ? to describe the work we do. Instead, a case will be made for a new program to be designed to get more librarians working within more organizations in more communities. 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The librarian will play a key role in supporting our Open Access resolution, our institutional repository (Open Works), digital projects developed under our current grant, institutional research data, born digital scholarship, and digitized content. The Digital Scholarship Librarian will serve as a liaison to one or more academic departments and participate in the Libraries research and instruction programs. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with a library staff focused on user needs and committed to developing an evolving library program that best supports the mission of the College. See: http://www.wooster.edu/offices/hr/jobs/opportunities/faculty/digital-lbry/ Thanks Mark Gooch -- Mark D. Gooch Collection Management & Discovery Services Librarian The College of Wooster Libraries 1140 Beall Avenue Wooster, Ohio 44691 Phone: 330/263-2522 FAX: 330/263-2253 mgooch at wooster.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-27 From rsandusky at GMAIL.COM Tue Jan 27 11:29:32 2015 From: rsandusky at GMAIL.COM (Robert Sandusky) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:29:32 -0600 Subject: Job: Linux Sys Admin at UIC Library Message-ID: Linux Systems Administrator for Research, Education and Big Data Apply your craft to support higher education and cutting-edge research! Complete our energetic and diverse team supporting students and faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago and across the world. Lead our Sys Admin team and mentor staff and graduate students. Design robust and highly reliable infrastructure for terabytes of unique digital research material. Looking for an enjoyable and rewarding work culture in the heart of a great city? The UIC Library makes a difference in the lives of our students. Apply at https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=48948 As the Library?s senior systems administrator, the Linux Systems Administrator contributes to the overall development of the Library?s web and digital library infrastructure and will help plan, select, and implement technologies to support the Library?s goal of anytime anywhere access to UIC?s scholarly information. This person will lead the unit in providing excellent customer service to UIC and University Library colleagues. The Desktop and Server Administration Unit is part of the Information Technology Division of the UIC University Library. The IT division supports the student, library patron, and staff technology needs at five library locations in Chicago (2 libraries), Peoria, Rockford, and Urbana. Responsibilities * Lead the Desktop and Server Administration Unit and supervise the work of the Assistant Systems Administrator, graduate assistant(s), and / or student assistant(s). Provide technical leadership and mentoring. * Deploy and maintain desktop computing systems in a mixed environment (Windows, Mac, Linux). * Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues with servers, networks, and storage. * Lead software upgrade and hardware deployment projects. * Maintain and monitor system access controls and maintain system security in accordance with University policies. * Liaise with campus IT organizations and governance bodies. * Maintain knowledge of new and emerging technologies and techniques to propose and recommend new methods to improve manageability and reliability. * Install, patch, and maintain server, operating systems, services and application packages(e.g., Linux, Apache, MySQL, DSpace). Minimum Qualifications 1. Any combination totaling two years from the following categories: 1.1 - progressively more responsible work experience in IT-related profession 1.2 - college coursework in Information Technology (IT), IT Management, or a closely related discipline, as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent: 1.2.1 - 60 semester hours or Associate?s Degree equals one year 1.2.2 - 90-120 semester hours or Bachelor?s Degree equals two years 2. Bachelor?s Degree in a technology field (e.g., Computer Science; Computer Engineering) 3. Demonstrated experience as a Linux Systems Administrator Minimum salary: $65,000 See more and apply at https://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=48948 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-27 From thayes at CUMBERLAND.LIB.NC.US Tue Jan 27 13:21:24 2015 From: thayes at CUMBERLAND.LIB.NC.US (Tiffany Hayes) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 18:21:24 +0000 Subject: Implementing online training sessions for library employees In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Robyn, You have a lot of things to consider in terms of online trainings. Moodle may indeed be too big for your needs, but it allows for communication between learner and instructor. Similar options to Camtasia would be Adobe Captivate (particularly if you have designers already working with Adobe Creative Suite products) or Articulate Storyline. Both of those have the option to build questions or knowledge tests as well as incorporate video or screen captures. They aren't intuitive and you'd need time for your designer to figure out how to build what you need! You might also choose to go with a synchronous online training option, using something like WebEx or Adobe Connect to create webinar trainings in addition to the self-paced tutorials. These could also be recorded for staff to view later, though adding in a comprehension test might be a challenge. Some things to consider: Do you want your staff members to interact with the instructor, either in real time as the instruction takes place or asynchronously as with Moodle? If you have self-paced trainings, will the participant have access to audio and video capabilities on the computer they use to complete the training? Will they be doing the training while at a service point? If so, you want the option to read captions, not audio, and to pause the training to do other things. What online training options do the ILS vendors offer? This can be a good starting point, but some vendor trainings tend to be "everything but the kitchen sink about this product" rather than "you will absolutely need to know these top-ten things the day we go live in the new system" or else they are not specific to the institution and give information about the system that conflicts with library policies. (Such as telling staff "you can change the password of any customer by doing X" when library policy states "The customer must come in with an ID to request a password change" or similar.) Will you use this tutorial only for initial implementation for the ILS change, or will you use it for training new staff on the ILS going forward? If you want to continue to use it, make sure the software and the design allow for easily changing out screen shots/video captures as upgrades make things look or work differently. If you're designing online training modules in-house, you need a subject expert who knows the ILS forward and backward and also knows the library's use of it and policies; an instructional designer who can figure out how to test understanding and measure completion; and a software expert who can build the exercises and tests required by the instructional designer. I feel like I've asked more questions than answered, but it might be a starting point. Oh, here's a nice customer service training which I think was probably done in Articulate: http://create.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/getting-started-library-customer-service I'm interested to hear if others have input on this topic. Online training is great, but getting started is time-consuming if you're trying to build modules in-house! Tiffany Hayes, Library Training Coordinator Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center Winner of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service 910-483-7727 ext. 1306 thayes at cumberland.lib.nc.us ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:34:19 -0500 From: XML in libraries Subject: Implementing online training sessions for library employees Hello, I am a systems librarian at the Montreal Public Libraries. I have been reading the questions and answers posted to this listserv for over a year now and generally find them to be very useful and interesting. I am writing today in the hopes of hearing from people who have implemented online trainings for employees at their libraries. We are a network of 45 public libraries with approximately 900 employees. We offer two major trainings to new employees: a comprehensive training on our ILS and a customer service training. We also offer various other, smaller-scale trainings on specialized modules of our ILS (e.g. cataloguing) to our technicians and librarians. We are looking at converting these smaller training sessions into an online format in order to make them more convenient for employees and to reduce our training budget. We will also be migrating our ILS (Millennium to Sierra) this year and would like, wherever possible, to offer online training on the new ILS. We are looking for a way to create video tutorials and then test the participants' knowledge. So far, I have looked at Moodle, an online courseware tool which offers a lot of great possibilities but may be overkill for our needs, as well as the possibility of using Camtasia and a separate survey tool to test the participants' knowledge. Has anyone implemented online trainings for employees of their library network? What kinds of trainings did you choose to adapt for distance learning? What software/tools did you use, and were you satisfied with them? How did you test employees' knowledge? Thank you for your replies. Robyn Maler Biblioth?caire Division de la planification et du d?veloppement du r?seau des biblioth?ques Direction des Biblioth?ques Service de la culture Ville de Montr?al 801, rue Brennan, 5e ?tage Montr?al (Qu?bec) H3C 0G4 T?l?phone: 514 872-4253 T?l?copieur: 514 872-0530 robyn.maler at ville.montreal.qc.ca bibliomontreal.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ ------------------------------ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-27 From patrice.chalon at GMAIL.COM Tue Jan 27 14:11:30 2015 From: patrice.chalon at GMAIL.COM (Patrice Chalon) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:11:30 +0100 Subject: WEB4LIB Digest - 23 Jan 2015 to 26 Jan 2015 (#2015-19) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello, After considering e-learning platform (Moodle and alike), we experimented the creation of Webcasts using Camtasia. The movies are hosted on a cloud service allowing to limit the page where the movie is shown. The movie are then embeded in our intranet (OpenAtrium based on Drupal): we created a group ("virtual classroom") to benefit from the calendar, the forum and the poll functionalities; and also webform (can be used for feeback / survey). Camtasia also allows to create a movie embeded into a webpage , in this case, there is a funcitonnality to provide quizz (not tested). I'm really satisfied with Camtasia, it replaced iMovie (Mac) and Premiere Elements in my workflow. Best, Patrice 2015-01-27 5:00 GMT+01:00 WEB4LIB automatic digest system < LISTSERV at listserv.nd.edu>: > [image: LISTSERV mailing list manager] [image: > LISTSERV 16.0] > > > 1. 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Mark your calendars to attend the 2015 Oregon Virtual Reference Summit OLA Preconference Eugene, Oregon; 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday, April 15, 2015, with an informal gathering from 8-9 a.m. The Oregon Virtual Reference Summit is Oregon's annual conference dedicated to reference services and technology. This year's Summit is an OLA Preconference at the Eugene Hilton, for all libraries and library staff. The program will focus on sharing ideas about reference services statewide and will feature main speaker Marie Radford of Rutgers University, a leading voice in the world of virtual reference. Meet library workers and virtual reference staff from around the state and exchange ideas. Presenters and attendees do not need to staff Answerland; all are welcome. The fee is $50, and registration is open! ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-27 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You may review the call for proposals here: http://www.or2015.net/call-for-proposals/ . * Submit your proposal here: https://www.conftool.com/or2015/ by Feb. 6, 2015 * We look forward to seeing you at OR2015! Imma Subirats ------------------------------------------------------------- Information Management Officer OPCC, FAO of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome (Italy) ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-28 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mtruitt at MTA.CA Wed Jan 28 15:23:52 2015 From: mtruitt at MTA.CA (Marc Truitt) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:23:52 -0400 Subject: [position available] : Data, Science and Systems Librarian, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada... Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, Interested in a tenure-track opportunity with *loads* of interesting IT and subject liaison responsibilities?, located in the heart of the Atlantic Provinces? Mount Allison is a small (~2400 students), research-intensive primarily undergraduate institution that consistently ranks at or near #1 in the Maclean's rankings for its category. We're located in peaceful, magical, Sackville (pop. ~5500), NB, "just close enough" to everything (49 km from Moncton, 8 km from Nova Scotia, and two hours from either PEI or Halifax). Like the out-of-doors and birdwatching? Sackville boasts hiking/waking in one of the best waterfowl parks you'll find anywhere! We have town and gown cultural activities too numerous to count, our own music festival, a first-rate farmers' market, *two* (count 'em!) local bookstores, and real estate that is actually affordable. Give us a look... and then apply for the position! cheers, - - mt ********************************* Mount Allison University Data, Science and Systems Librarian Mount Allison University Libraries and Archives invite applications from qualified candidates for the position of Data, Science and Systems Librarian. This is a probationary tenure track appointment at the rank of General Librarian and will be effective 1 July 2015. Hiring is subject to budgetary approval. Duties As a member of the team of librarians, the successful candidate will contribute to the planning and delivery of library services including: reference service, collection development, information literacy teaching, the development of reference and instructional materials and the participation in collegial governance by serving on Library and University committees. Responsibilities will include: Science - Provision of subject liaison support, including in-depth research assistance, for the Sciences (Aviation, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Environmental Science, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Psychology) - Working collaboratively with Science Faculty to ensure library resources and services meet the particular needs of Science students and researchers - Collection development and maintenance for the Sciences Systems - Overseeing the configuration, implementation, maintenance and upgrading of library systems, including the Integrated Library System, authentication and link resolving systems, discovery tools, archiving and repository systems, and other library and archival resources and databases - Monitoring and compiling usage data of electronic resources - Keeping current with new developments in information technology and working with librarian colleagues and staff, faculty and students to identify new tools and solutions that support the teaching, learning and research needs of the Mount Allison community Data - Playing a leadership role in exploring and implementing options for archiving, preservation, and access to research data - Serving as the primary resource person in the Libraries for use and analysis of data - Provision of in-depth assistance and instruction on data management and analysis - Acting as the Libraries? Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) / Nesstar contact - Working with colleagues on digitization initiatives and digital library collections The successful candidate may also be assigned responsibilities in other areas befitting the Libraries? priorities and dependent on the successful candidate?s strengths and expertise. Shift duties for reference service include evenings and weekends. Required qualifications: - ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent degree and an undergraduate degree in Science / Computer Science - Knowledge of the delivery of reference service and development of library collections - Knowledge of managing library systems and providing data-related library services - Knowledge of or experience in data management and analysis - Evidence of successful collaboration and leadership - Strong knowledge of resources and scholarship in data, science, and library systems with the ability to effectively communicate new developments in these fields to library and non-library staff - Ability to multitask and work in a complex and detailed environment - Demonstrated skills in project development and implementation - Demonstrated commitment to patron service - Strong oral and written communication as well as critical thinking skills - Knowledge of existing and emerging library technologies - Enthusiasm for an innovative and changing environment Additional qualifications (preferred): - A second advanced degree in a scientific discipline would be an asset - Knowledge of or experience in writing custom scripts in one or more computer programming languages - Experience with collection development, teaching, and providing reference services in an academic library setting - Demonstrated experience in research, scholarship, or professional development in librarianship/information sciences - Experience with SirsiDynix systems and / or open source alternatives - Knowledge of additional spoken languages This position is represented by the Mount Allison Faculty Association and participation and involvement in research, creative activity or scholarship, and service to the University are expected. The appointment will be made at the rank of General Librarian. Salary will be within the established range and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Review of applications will begin February 14th, 2015 and continue until the position is filled. A cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information for three referees should be sent to: David Mawhinney, Chair of the Search Committee Mount Allison University Libraries and Archives 49 York Street Sackville, NB E4L 1C6 Fax: (506) 364-2617 Applications will also be accepted in electronic form [pdf format or Microsoft Word] and should be e-mailed to Carol Wilson, Administrative Assistant, at cwilson at mta.ca. Applicants receiving further consideration may be asked to submit additional information as needed. Mount Allison University welcomes diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from all qualified women and men, including aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Canadian and permanent residents should indicate their citizenship status in their application. Mount Allison University, located in Sackville, New Brunswick, is a leader in providing quality liberal education to undergraduate students in arts, sciences, social sciences, fine arts and music. Mount Allison?s intimate educational environment extends learning beyond the classroom, encouraging the growth of the whole person through a full range of experiences in the campus and community. The Mount Allison University Libraries and Archives are committed to working with students and faculty in order to meet their academic and research needs. Mount Allison Libraries includes the Ralph Pickard Bell Library which is the main library, the Alfred Whitehead Music Library, and the University Archives. We invite you to look at our website for more information about the Libraries and about the University at www.mta.ca. For further information please consult the following websites: 1. Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) collective agreements: http://www.mafa.ca/collective-agreements/ 2. 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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:22:39 -0500 Subject: Job Posting: Digital Initiatives Librarian Message-ID: The William Madison Randall Library at The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) invites applications for the Digital Initiatives Librarian position. UNCW is a member institution of the University of North Carolina, a multi-campus university composed of all 17 of North Carolina's public institutions. UNCW is nationally recognized for its marine sciences teaching and research programs, and for its strengths in arts and sciences, business, education, and nursing. The University is situated on a beautiful arboretum campus located in an historic port city within five miles of the Atlantic Ocean and currently enrolls approximately 14,000 students. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Digital program development, data management, training and development, and general library faculty responsibilities constitute the core portfolio. Digital Program Development: Articulates the vision and develops the supporting roadmap for the Library?s digital program. Facilitates the development of the Library?s digital services programs. Serves as a lead on digital preservation and digital collection projects, including working with Archives and Special Collections librarians to identify collections/projects and working with the Digital Format and Metadata librarian on metadata creation and object input into our systems. Serves as a lead on institutional repository development, including supporting workflow for ingesting items for our IR. Develops a strategy for collecting and providing access to born-digital UNCW documents. Serves as an expert and contact for Library needs for digital archiving (i.e., storing originals of digital content). Serves as a lead and supports projects that collect or highlight UNCW research in digital formats, such as an Undergraduate Research digital collection, Honors College Papers, Theses & Dissertations, faculty research, etc. Incorporates appropriate design principles, information architectures, coding standards, and emerging technologies into the Library?s various systems and projects. Contributes to processes that deliver Library content to external discovery and delivery mechanisms, such as: APIs and RESTful web services, search engine optimization, mobile application development, OAI harvesters, and integration with campus learning management systems and social sites. Maintains knowledge of digital library trends, investigates their application in academic libraries, and helps to develop new web-based and digital services. Data Management: Articulates data and informatics issues, encourages conceptual dialogue regarding data and informatics efforts, and advocates for responsible but open access to data. Develops a strategy for how the Library can support the data management needs of UNCW faculty, working with Research and Instructional Services librarians and UNCW units to identify needs and market our services. Develops and supports the technical infrastructure for the identified data management solution. Networks with campus data managers supporting research programs, and works to understand their perspectives, practices and culture. Cultivates partnerships with library and non-library organizations sharing a common interest in data stewardship. Keep abreast of trends and developments in the area of data science and data curation, in the area of data consultancy and referral services, and in technologies and systems of data publishing that allow for re-use of data. Training and Development: Trains and works directly with Library staff to help make them more effective content contributors. Provides training, education modules, and workshops for Library staff and campus constituents on data management trends and best practices. General Library faculty responsibilities: Serves at the Learning Commons Help Desk during scheduled weekly shifts, providing individual research assistance in person, by phone, email and chat. Participates in the development, implementation, and review of Library policies, procedures and services. As a faculty member, participates in university and professional activities, including research, publication, planning and decision making processes for the division and the library. REQUIREMENTS: ALA-Accredited Master?s degree in library and information science. Experience with web development technologies such as HTML/XHTML/CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Ruby (especially JRuby), and REST APIs using Rails. Experience with databases such as SQL, MySQL, and SOLR. Experience with Windows and Linux server configuration and maintenance. Demonstrated track record developing and implementing user-centered digital projects. Experience applying or advising on digital preservation and storage best practices. Excellent interpersonal, organizational, oral, and written communication skills and strong service orientation. PREFERRED CHARACTERISTICS: Demonstrated commitment to transformative approaches to the management of digital projects. Demonstrated appreciation of the data challenge (roles and actions for academic libraries). Experience with digital library, institutional repository and/or content management software such as CONTENTdm, DSpace, Drupal, Archon, ArchivesSpace, Archivists' Toolkit. Working knowledge of MARC and non-MARC metadata applications. Knowledge of library policies and statement of mission, goals, and objectives. Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office applications. SALARY & BENEFITS: This is a renewable 11 month position with faculty status (lecturer, non?tenure track). Competitive salary and generous benefits package, including 22 days of vacation. To apply, please complete the online application process available on the Web at http://consensus.uncw.edu. Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachments are preferred. For questions regarding the online application process, contact Sherry Matson at (910) 962-3199. Priority review of applications will begin April 1, 2015. Position start date is negotiable. Under North Carolina law, applications and related materials are confidential personnel documents and not subject to public release. Criminal background checks will be conducted on finalists prior to offers of employment. For information about UNCW see http://www.uncw.edu/index.html; for information about Randall Library see http://library.uncw.edu; and for information about The University of North Carolina see http://www.northcarolina.edu/. UNC Wilmington actively fosters a diverse and inclusive working and learning environment and is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified men and women from all racial, ethnic or other minority groups, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. ____________________________________________________________________ Laura K. Wiegand Coordinator of Discovery Services William M. Randall Library University of North Carolina Wilmington 601 South College Road Wilmington, NC 28403-5616 wiegandl at uncw.edu Phone: (910) 962-3680 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-28 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Kathleen.Smith at SJVLS.ORG Wed Jan 28 20:04:44 2015 From: Kathleen.Smith at SJVLS.ORG (Smith, Kathleen) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 01:04:44 +0000 Subject: WEB4LIB Digest - 23 Jan 2015 to 26 Jan 2015 (#2015-19) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Patrice, I have an OpenAtrium question if you want to answer me off list. We?re also using OpenAtrium (version 7.2.x) for our intranet and I?ve created mp4 videos in Camtasia. When I embed them into a space, they play, but you cannot ?seek? either forwards or backwards. The only option they have is to watch from beginning to end every time. No skipping around. I didn?t have that problem in OpenAtrium 1.x. Just wondering if you?ve ever had that experience. Thanks. k Kathleen Smith, Associate Systems Librarian San Joaquin Valley Library System 2420 Mariposa Street, Fresno, CA 93721 kathleen.smith at sjvls.org 559-600-6256 From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Patrice Chalon Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 11:11 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] WEB4LIB Digest - 23 Jan 2015 to 26 Jan 2015 (#2015-19) Hello, After considering e-learning platform (Moodle and alike), we experimented the creation of Webcasts using Camtasia. The movies are hosted on a cloud service allowing to limit the page where the movie is shown. The movie are then embeded in our intranet (OpenAtrium based on Drupal): we created a group ("virtual classroom") to benefit from the calendar, the forum and the poll functionalities; and also webform (can be used for feeback / survey). Camtasia also allows to create a movie embeded into a webpage , in this case, there is a funcitonnality to provide quizz (not tested). I'm really satisfied with Camtasia, it replaced iMovie (Mac) and Premiere Elements in my workflow. Best, Patrice 2015-01-27 5:00 GMT+01:00 WEB4LIB automatic digest system >: [LISTSERV mailing list manager] [LISTSERV 16.0] 1. Implementing online training sessions for library employees * (01/26) From: XML in libraries > Browse the WEB4LIB online archives. [Powered by the LISTSERV Email List Manager] -- --------------- http://be.linkedin.com/in/patricechalon http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/patrice.chalon ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-27 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-28 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athena at UCF.EDU Fri Jan 30 16:07:41 2015 From: athena at UCF.EDU (Athena Hoeppner) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 21:07:41 +0000 Subject: Position: Electronic Resources Librarian for University of Central Florida Message-ID: The UCF Libraries seeks applications for an eResources Librarian. This is a new position. The current eResources Librarian (me) doesn't plan to leave any time soon and looks forward to having additional hands on board. ;-) https://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/40685 Position: Electronic Resources Librarian University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Responsibilities: To support the rapid expansion of its online collections, the Libraries at the University of Central Florida (UCF) seek a service-oriented Electronic Resources Librarian to join a dedicated team that works collaboratively to provide access to its online resources. This Electronic Resources Librarian will report to the Head of Acquisitions and Collection Services and will work with staff and librarians primarily in the Acquisitions and Cataloging departments to ensure consistent and reliable access to online resources. The person in this position will be engaged in all aspects of online resources at UCF, including acquisition, licensing, cataloging, troubleshooting, and ongoing bibliographic maintenance. As a key member of the E-Resources Team, the person in this position will help patrons and librarians resolve access issues. Responsibilities also include general technical support and usage analysis. The Electronic Resources Librarian will work closely with the librarians responsible for e-resource management and cataloging and help develop effective workflows between departments. Librarians at UCF have faculty status (non-tenure eligible) and contribute to the University's service and research mission. Qualifications: Required: * Master's degree from an American Library Association accredited institution, earned no later than January 31, 2015 Preferred: * Experience with electronic books, serials, streaming videos, and other media. * Strong user focus. * Cataloging and bibliographic maintenance experience. * Familiarity with AACR2, RDA, and FRBR. * Experience in an academic research library. * Ability to solve problems in a team environment. * Experience with Ex Libris' Aleph system or other ILS. * Experience with EDS or other discovery service and an understanding of the issues and trends in resource discovery. * Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite. * Broad familiarity with current issues in scholarship and academic libraries. * Aptitude for working and communicating in a cross-departmental, multi-cultural team environment. * Interest in open access and emerging trends in scholarly communication. * Excellent written and spoken communication skills. * Commitment to research and ongoing professional development Environment: The University of Central Florida is the nation's second largest public university, enrolling over 60,000 students and offering ninety-two bachelor's, eighty-three master's, and thirty-one doctoral programs. The UCF Libraries house a collection of more than 2.2 million volumes and 44,000 serials, and is a partial depository for government documents and patents. Full-time staffing of 116 includes forty-four faculty librarians. For more information about the UCF Libraries see library.ucf.edu. Salary and Rank: Commensurate with experience and qualifications. This is a twelve month, non-tenure track faculty position with excellent benefits, twenty-two days of paid annual leave, thirteen sick days, nine holidays and no state income tax. To Apply: For position number 37209, submit a letter of application addressing the stated qualifications, a full curriculum vitae, and contact information for three current professional references at https://www.jobswithucf.com/postings/40685 by the close date of March 12, 2015. Review of applications will begin immediately. Questions may be directed to Search Chair Kristine Shrauger (kristine.shrauger at ucf.edu). Searches are conducted in accordance with the state of Florida open-records laws. UCF is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2015-01-30 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: