From ritterbushjr at UNK.EDU Fri Apr 1 12:06:32 2016 From: ritterbushjr at UNK.EDU (Jon Ritterbush) Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 12:06:32 -0400 Subject: Position Opening - Coordinator of Library Technology Services Message-ID: Coordinator of Library Technology Services, University of Nebraska at Kearney. (Assistant/Associate Professor, Tenure-track) Calvin T. Ryan Library at the University of Nebraska at Kearney is seeking a collegial and enthusiastic Coordinator of Library Technology Services. The person in this position will oversee Web Services, Electronic Resources, Systems, Workstation Support and a future Institutional Repository. Calvin T. Ryan Library staff focus on collaboration in the provision of outstanding academic support. This is a terrific opportunity for the tech-savvy librarian who is excited about using their expertise to enhance and expand academic support for students and faculty. Salary minimum $69,000 For full position description and to apply visit: http://unkemployment.unk.edu Direct questions about the position to: Rochelle Krueger, Search Committee Chair, 308-865-8276 Direct questions about the on-line application process to: (308) 865-8522 or employment at unk.edu UNK is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity employer. Veterans and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. www.unk.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From l.alvare at CGIAR.ORG Fri Apr 1 12:24:00 2016 From: l.alvare at CGIAR.ORG (Alvare, Luz Marina (IFPRI)) Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 16:24:00 +0000 Subject: New Job Position: Senior Digital Products Manager Message-ID: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as Senior Digital Products Manager to drive the process for Web projects for its Communications and Knowledge Management Division. The successful candidate will be responsible for increasing the efficiency of digital projects and will oversee Web content, lead a small technical web team and work closely with research divisions to produce a variety of communications and knowledge management tools, expand IFPRI's utilization of relevant social and scholarly network platforms, and foster development of open data resources. Specific duties include to lead the process of web updates and drive organizational online communications alignment between research divisions and other departments of the organization, lead kick off meetings, who will help champion a new culture of web governance. For full position description and to apply visit: Senior Digital Products Manager Luz Marina Alvar? | Deputy Division Director, Communications and Knowledge Management Division | International Food Policy Research Institute | www.ifpri.org 2033 K Street N.W., Washington DC 20006| Tel: +1 202 862 5614 | Fax: +1 202 467 4439 Email: l.alvare at cgiar.org | Skype: lmalvare or ifprihomeoffice ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pgo at IIT.EDU Fri Apr 1 13:25:59 2016 From: pgo at IIT.EDU (Paul Go) Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 12:25:59 -0500 Subject: 2016 LITA Forum - Call for Proposals Message-ID: Please excuse cross posting The 2016 LITA Forum Committee seeks proposals for the 19th Annual Forum of the Library Information and Technology Association in Fort Worth Texas, November 17-20, 2016 at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel . *Submit your proposal at this site* The Forum Committee welcomes proposals for full-day pre-conferences, concurrent sessions, or poster sessions related to all types of libraries: public, school, academic, government, special, and corporate. Collaborative and interactive concurrent sessions, such as panel discussions or short talks followed by open moderated discussions, are especially welcomed. We deliberately seek and strongly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups, such as women, people of color, the LGBT community and people with disabilities. *The Submission deadline is Friday April 29, 2016.* Proposals could relate to, but are not restricted to, any of the following topics: - Discovery, navigation, and search - Practical applications of linked data - Library spaces (virtual or physical) - User experience - Emerging technologies - Cybersecurity and privacy - Open content, software, and technologies - Assessment - Systems integration - Hacking the library - Scalability and sustainability of library services and tools - Consortial resource and system sharing - ?Big Data? ? work in discovery, preservation, or documentation - Library I.T. competencies Proposals may cover projects, plans, ideas, or recent discoveries. We accept proposals on any aspect of library and information technology. The committee particularly invites submissions from first time presenters, library school students, and individuals from diverse backgrounds. Vendors wishing to submit a proposal should partner with a library representative who is testing/using the product. Presenters will submit final presentation slides and/or electronic content (video, audio, etc.) to be made available on the web site following the event. Presenters are expected to register and participate in the Forum as attendees; a discounted registration rate will be offered. If you have any questions, contact Tammy Allgood Wolf, Forum Planning Committee Chair, at tammy.wolf at asu.edu. *Submit your proposal at this site* More information about LITA is available from the LITA website , Facebook and Twitter . Paul Go Systems Librarian / Library Technology Manager Paul V. Galvin Library Illinois Institute of Technology 35 West 33rd Street Chicago, IL 60616 312.567.7997 pgo at iit.edu *Driving Innovation through Knowledge and Scholarship* ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-01 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ksgerrity at AMHERST.EDU Sun Apr 3 11:00:42 2016 From: ksgerrity at AMHERST.EDU (Kathleen Gerrity) Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 15:00:42 +0000 Subject: Job Posting: Metadata/Discovery Librarian at Amherst College In-Reply-To: <31E25C3551CFC74B8DD90F228A8932B8012B5529D1@EX10-MC1-NODE03.amherst.edu> Message-ID: [Apologies for cross-posting] Metadata/Discovery Librarian, Amherst College (MA) The Amherst College Library seeks a talented librarian to join a collaborative and dynamic team as the Metadata/Discovery Librarian. Amherst has profoundly transformed its student body in terms of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and nationality, among other areas. Today, nearly one quarter of Amherst's students consists of Pell Grant recipients, and many more are first-generation students; nearly half of our students are non-immigrant minorities. We seek candidates who have experience working in a multicultural environment and/or are interested in supporting a diverse student body. You will work with a cross-departmental team to a) create and maintain metadata that provides or improves access to digital library collections and b) enable and facilitate the discoverability of resources. The Metadata/Discovery Librarian will participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of metadata policies, goals, and procedures and also work to provide optimal access to e-resources through user-focused practices with existing and potential discovery tools and systems. Principal duties and responsibilities: - Supports discovery of and access to digital library collections through metadata creation, analysis, enrichment, quality assurance, and maintenance according to national metadata standards and best-practices. - Implements policies, goals, and procedures for non-MARC metadata, in consultation with the Metadata Management Librarian. - Assists with establishing appropriate approaches for the creation of metadata for individual projects or classes of materials in consultation with various stakeholders. - Provides instruction and training of graduate school Interns and Residents based in Technical Services in all aspects of metadata production, with an emphasis on building skills to support the evolution of bibliographic control, to improve metadata quality, consistency, efficiency, and output. - Participates with Metadata Manager on digital collections and digital scholarship projects in partnership with faculty and/or students. Provides instruction in description, controlled vocabularies, tagging, and discovery as needed. - Works closely with Research, Instruction & User Experience Librarian to support usability, coordination, and assessment of resources in an online environment. - Continually develops expertise with emerging technologies and identifies, monitors, assesses, and relays information about trends and innovations in e-resources and discovery to others. - Initiates improvements to the design and development of how electronic resources are delivered-informed by user preferences, communication with external service providers, and user communities. Works with the Head of Serials to integrate new features in discovery, solve issues, and provide optimal access to the Library's electronic resources. - Serves at a Reference desk, up to 5 hours a week. - Actively participates in outreach activities, committees and work groups of the Library, the College, and Five Colleges and regional and national organizations as appropriate. - Demonstrates and facilitates effective communication throughout the Library and across the College. Qualifications: Required: - Master's degree from a program accredited by the American Library Association or foreign equivalent required. Preferred: - Demonstrated knowledge of cataloging rules, metadata schemas, standards, tools and their application, such as RDA, LCSH, LCC, MARC21, OCLC, MODS,VRA Core, Dublin Core, DCRMs, DLF MODS Guidelines, and DACS. - Knowledge of emerging trends and practices with linked data, semantic web applications, ontologies, and authority/identifier initiatives related to metadata - Experience with principles of authority control, including selecting and applying controlled vocabularies. - Experience with Oxygen or similar XML editor, macros, and/or tools for transforming metadata. - Experience with e-resource discovery and access, the creation of dynamic web content, and user testing. - Familiarity with an integrated library system, discovery layers, and link resolvers. - Strong user-centered approach and knowledge of assessment tools in decision-making. - Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with proven success in independently prioritizing work and managing competing deadlines. - Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to advocate for the Library to a variety of constituents; positive customer service orientation. - Commitment to work closely with colleagues, undergraduates, faculty, staff, and college administrators. - Willingness to tackle challenges in an academic library with energy and enthusiasm, showing patience, tact, and affable benevolence. - Competence and sensitivity in working at a college in which students are broadly diverse with regard to gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and religion. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume and the names and contact information of three professional references to http://apply.interfolio.com/34549. A review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-03 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From becky at OPENPRESERVATION.ORG Mon Apr 4 04:20:09 2016 From: becky at OPENPRESERVATION.ORG (Becky McGuinness) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 09:20:09 +0100 Subject: veraPDF 0.12 released alongside first version of wiki validation rules Message-ID: The latest software release features improved PDF/A-2b and PDF/A-3b validation and the fully featured REST API. veraPDF 0.12 has the following features: Conformance checker: * PDF/A-2 and PDF-A/3 improvements: implemented checks for optional content, JPEG2000 requirements * full compliance with BFO test suite (PDF/A-2b) * PDF/A-1b fix: check for form field appearance * code refactoring to enable PDF model implementation via different PDF parsers performance and memory optimization Test corpus: * full coverage of all predefined XMP properties Documentation: * The first version of the wiki identifying all PDF/A validation rules is available at: https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-validation-profiles/wiki Infrastructure: * veraPDF-library project refactored into multiple projects * PDF Box validator implementation in separate project * Automated source packaging with dependencies * Corpus test results published online The veraPDF validation engine implements the PDF/A specification using formalisations of each requirement in PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3. The wiki determines each rule used by the software and provides details on the error(s) triggering a failure of the rule. Download veraPDF 0.12 at: http://downloads.verapdf.org/rel/verapdf-installer.zip Release notes are published at: https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/releases/tag/v0.12.4 veraPDF is building the definitive, open source PDF/A validator. Please download and test the software. If you encounter problems, or wish to make suggestions, please add them to the project?s GitHub issue tracker ( https://github.com/veraPDF/veraPDF-library/issues). Your feedback is very important, it helps to improve the software. Keep up to date with the latest developments of veraPDF by subscribing to the veraPDF consortium?s newsletter ?, or follow us on Twitter? . Led by the Open Preservation Foundation and the PDF Association, the veraPDF consortium is developing the definitive open source, file-format validator for all parts and conformance levels of ISO 19005 (PDF/A). The software is designed to meet the needs of memory institutions responsible for preserving digital content for the long term. The veraPDF consortium is funded by the PREFORMA project . PREFORMA (PREservation FORMAts for culture information/e-archives) is a Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) project co-funded by the European Commission under its FP7-ICT Programme. -- Becky McGuinness | Community Manager @openpreserve | Skype: becky.mcguinness1 *Open Preservation Foundation* *http://openpreservation.org/ * To find out more about becoming an OPF member or software supporter visit: http://openpreservation.org/about/join/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pgo at IIT.EDU Mon Apr 4 14:42:41 2016 From: pgo at IIT.EDU (Paul Go) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 13:42:41 -0500 Subject: chiCode4Lib mini-conference - registration open Message-ID: Come join us for a chiCode4Lib mini-conference (get together, hangout, trading of ideas, if you will) on Monday, May 23rd. We'll meet at *Paul V. Galvin Library* on Illinois Institute of Technology's Mies campus. The event is scheduled from 9am-5pm (ish). this will allow us plenty of time for lunch (being close to Chinatown has its advantages). The format will include talks from members in the morning, lunch, then breakout sessions in the afternoon. *Register! * Once you've registered for the event, you might want to sign up to speak during the morning session. The Galvin conference is offering something we're calling "*Lightning Talks Plus *." Our spreadsheet will allow you to select from 5, 10, 15, and 20 minute increments, and will keep a running tally on how many minutes are available. We're also asking for ideas on breakout discussions on the wiki page . Space is limited to 50 seats, so don't forget to register. Hope to see you in May! Paul Go Systems Librarian / Library Technology Manager Paul V. Galvin Library Illinois Institute of Technology 35 West 33rd Street Chicago, IL 60616 312.567.7997 pgo at iit.edu *Driving Innovation through Knowledge and Scholarship* ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From JShedd at LIBRARY.MSSTATE.EDU Mon Apr 4 16:11:17 2016 From: JShedd at LIBRARY.MSSTATE.EDU (Shedd, Julie) Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 20:11:17 +0000 Subject: CFP: MSState Libraries Scholarly Communications Summit: The State of Data Services Message-ID: Cross-posted. The Mississippi State University Libraries Scholarly Communication Summit: The State of Data Services will be held on Friday, July 22, 2016. Micah Vandegrift will join us as our keynote, presenting "Digital, Data, Documentation? We're not in ScholComm Kansas Anymore." http://library.msstate.edu/scholcommsummit We're looking for your ideas and proposals for concurrent sessions at the Summit. Submissions will be accepted until May 2. Call for Participation Increasingly, researchers rely on academic libraries for support with the data lifecycle. As responses to these needs emerge within our profession, it is vital to come together to share ideas, struggles, and successes. The MSU Libraries are providing an opportunity to collaborate and strategize at the inaugural Scholarly Communication Summit, on Friday, July 22, 2016. We invite you to join us and submit proposals to share your experiences and expertise in providing data services to researchers. Registration is free, and lunch will be provided. We invite proposals for workshops, panels, lightning talks, posters, and presentations. We welcome topics that focus on: * Data Management Services and Tools * Data Management & Institutional Repositories * Data Management & Open Access * Data Storage Solutions * DMPTool * Open Data and Open Scholarship * Data Visualization * Data Sharing and Scholarly Impact * Strategies for disciplinary specific data * Any topics that might further inform our discussion about the role of academic libraries in Open Data and Data Management. This is not an exhaustive list; we encourage creative and collaborative proposals. Submit an abstract up to 200 words by May 2, 2016. http://library.msstate.edu/scholcommsummit Thank you, MSU Libraries' Scholarly Communications Summit Planning Committee Questions: contact Summer Mord smord at library.msstate.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Julie D. Shedd Digital Initiatives Librarian, Mississippi State University Libraries (662) 325-0300 | jshedd at library.msstate.edu | http://library.msstate.edu/juliedshedd ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-04 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From niso-announce at NISO.ORG Tue Apr 5 13:05:51 2016 From: niso-announce at NISO.ORG (NISO Announce) Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 13:05:51 -0400 Subject: Register Now -- April 20, NISO Virtual Conference, Justifying the Library Message-ID: *NISO Virtual Conference:* *Justifying the Library: Using Assessment to Justify Library Investments* April 20, 11:00am - 5:00pm EST ? Learn more and register at: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/virtual_conference/apr20_virtualconf/ Assessment exercises for institutional libraries are frequently a double-edged sword; they?re as readily used to justify cuts as they are to bolster budgets. This NISO virtual conference provides expert insights into how data gathered in the normal course of activities can be leveraged to demonstrate value to the parent institution. Data represent the raw material for building your case. What data are available? How is their quality? What is the appropriate context for persuasively presenting that data to deans, provosts and other administrators? This virtual conference will address the very hot topic of library assessment in the context of a changing educational environment and features a complete roster of expert speakers, including: - ? *Steven J. Bell*, Associate University Librarian, Temple University - ? *Nancy Turner*, Assessment and Organizational Performance Librarian, Temple University - ? *Jocelyn Wilk*, University Archivist, Columbia University - *Elisabeth Brown*, Director of Assessment & Scholarly Communications Librarian, SUNY-Binghamton - ? *Ken Varnum*, Senior Program Manager for Discovery, Delivery, & Learning Analytics, University of Michigan - ? *Jan Fransen*, Service Lead for Researcher and Discovery Systems, University of Minnesota - *Kristi Holmes*, Directer, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University - *Starr Hoffman*, Head, Planning & Assessment, University of Nevada - Las Vegas - ? *Carl Grant*, Chief Technology Officer and Associate University Librarian for Knowledge Services, University of Oklahoma The preliminary agenda and pricing information for this event may be found at: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/virtual_conference/apr20_virtualconf/ As a bonus, register for the virtual conference and receive an automatic registration for the follow-up training webinar, *Making Assessment Work: Using ORCIDS to Improve Your Institutional Assessments*, on Thursday, April 28! http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/training_thursday/apr28_tt/ Instructors for that session are Alice Meadows (ORCID), Christopher Erdmann (Harvard University) and Merle Rosenzweig (University of Michigan). For more information about this event, please contact Jill O?Neill ( joneill at niso.org). Other questions for NISO? Get in touch at: NISO 3600 Clipper Mill Road Suite 302 Baltimore, MD 21211-1948 Phone: +1.301.654.2512 Email: nisohq at niso.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-05 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kdweeks at VT.EDU Wed Apr 6 12:23:26 2016 From: kdweeks at VT.EDU (Kimberli Weeks) Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 12:23:26 -0400 Subject: Call for proposal WADL 2016 deadline extended to April 17! Message-ID: Please excuse cross postings*************** The Web Archiving and Digital Libraries #WADL workshop submission deadline has been extended to April 17th http://fox.cs.vt.edu/wadl2016.html . WADL 2016 Web Archiving and Digital Libraries JCDL 2016 (http://www.jcdl2016.org), Rutgers University; 6/22-6/23 Workshop Please see approved workshop proposal at: http://fox.cs.vt.edu/WADLjcdl16.pdf Submissions (please provide contact and supporting info in <= 1 page): - EasyChair submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wadl2016 - Due: April 17, 2016 (extended from original date April 3, 2016) - Notifications: May 2, 2016 - Categories are: - Poster + lightening talk - Demonstration + lightening talk - 20 min. presentation + 10 min. Q&A - 30 min. panel with interactive plenary discussion - Please indicate which one of these 4 categories best describes your submission. Description: - Selected works will likely be published in a special issue of IEEE TCDL Bulletin, and may lead to a journal publication next year in the International Journal on Digital Libraries (IJDL). These results were the case with works presented at WADL2015. - This will explore the integration of web archiving and digital libraries, over the complete life cycle: creation/authoring, uploading/publishing in the Web, ? issue of the - It will cover all topics of interest, including but not limited to: Archiving (events) Big data Classification, clustering Client/proxy/server side collecting Crawling (focused) Curation, quality control Databases / collections (of webpages) Discovery Extraction & analysis Filling gaps Globalization, languages Social sciences Linking archives Metadata Mobile devices Network science Preservation Resource description Standards, protocols Systems, tools Tweet collections and connections Objectives: - to continue to build the community of people integrating web archiving & DLs - to help attendees learn about useful methods, systems, and software in this area - to help chart future research and improved practice in this area - to promote synergistic efforts including collaborative projects and proposals - to produce an archival publication that will help advance technology and practice Workshop Co-chairs: - Chair, Edward A. Fox, Professor and Director Digital Library Research Laboratory, Virginia Tech, fox at vt.eduhttp://fox.cs.vt.edu, 540-231-5113 - Co-chair, Zhiwu Xie, zhiwuxie at vt.edu, Associate Professor and Technology Development Librarian, Center for Digital Research and Scholarship, University Libraries, Virginia Tech, 540-231-4453 - Co-chair, Martin Klein, UCLA, martinklein at library.ucla.edu Program Committee: - Jefferson Bailey, Internet Archive, jefferson at archive.org - Mohamed Magdy Farig, Virginia Tech, mmagdy at vt.edu - Vinay Goel, Internet Archive, vinay at archive.org - Gina Jones, Library of Congress, gjon at loc.gov - Deborah Kempe, Frick Art Reference Library, kempe at frick.org - Frank McCown, Harding University, fmccown at harding.edu - Michael Nelson, Old Dominion Univ., mln at cs.odu.edu - Christie Peterson, George Washington U. Libraries, cspeterson at gwu.edu - Thomas Risse, L3S Research Center, Leibniz Universitat Hannover, risse at L3S.de - Nicholas Taylor, Stanford U., ntay at stanford.edu - Matthew Weber, Rutgers U., matthew.weber at rutgers.edu - Robert Wolven, Columbia U., wolven at columbia.edu Closely related event and results: - Web Archiving and Digital Libraries (WADL'15), 24 June, at JCDL 2015, see website and proceedings in a special issue of the IEEE TCDL Bulletin, V. 11, Issue 2, Oct. 2015 - Working with Internet Archives for Research (WIRE 2014) NSF workshop, 17-18 June 2014, Cambridge, MA ? seehttp://wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu/nsfia/ - Web Archiving and Digital Libraries (WADL?13), 25-26 July, at JCDL 2013, see http://www.ctrnet.net/sites/default/files/JCDL2013WorkshopWebArchiving20130603.pdf and report in SIGIR Forum http://sigir.org/files/forum/2013D/p128.pdf - Web Archive Globalization Workshop, WAG 2011 ? see http://cs.harding.edu/wag2011/ , with 4 organizers plus 5 presenters and about 20 participants, held in Ottawa after JCDL 2011 (June 16-17) - Ongoing work by attendees in this area, growth in collaborative activity involving the Internet Archive, and specific community building successes like the Web Archive Cooperative ? see http://infolab.stanford.edu/wac/ - Annual meetings of the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC), partner meetings of the Internet Archive (Archive-It), and ten workshops held with ECDL/TPDL: International Web Archiving Workshop (IWAW), 2001-2010 ----- Kimberli Weeks kdweeks at vt.edu (540) 231-2674 Technical Director, Digital Library Development, Research & Informatics University Libraries, Virginia Tech http://scholar.lib.vt.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-06 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This position is a Sabbatical Leave Replacement for the 2016-2017 Academic Year. This position reports to the Division Dean. Representative Duties and Job Characteristics: 1) Teach effective research strategies in print and online resources. 2) Provide reference services in a multimedia environment to students, staff, and faculty. 3) Act as a library liaison to at least one instructional division and to help develop the library's collection to support that academic discipline. 4) Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. 5) Participate in campus and district professional activities; which may include, but are not limited to, committee membership, and staff meetings. 6) Assist in the development and maintenance of online library tutorials and the library's web pages. Minimum Education & Experience: Master's degree in Library Science, Library and Information Science, or the equivalent. You will be required to upload your transcripts. You must upload all applicable transcripts, credentials, and/or certificates required to meet minimum qualifications for the position for which you are applying. Any degrees earned outside the United States must have an official US evaluation (course by course) of the transcripts and must be submitted with the application. In the case that the file you are uploading is too large or you do not have your transcripts readily available, please upload a document in place of stating you will be sending the documents to the Office of Human Resources, 7600 Dublin Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Dublin, CA 94568, or by fax (925) 485-5254, by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date. Degrees in Progress: To be conferred on or before July 1, 2016 will be considered, provided that the applicant also submits (1) an up-to-date transcript, (2) a photocopy of the degree requirement from the school catalog, and (3) proof of current course(s) and enrollment. Please provide your explanation and background material by using the optional document upload called "Other Document." If you are unable to upload the above, please upload a document in place of that states you will be sending the documents to the Office of Human Resources, 7600 Dublin Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Dublin, CA 94568, by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date. Applicants applying under the "Equivalent provision" must provide details that explain at time of application how their academic preparation is the equivalent of the degree listed above. Please provide your explanation by using the optional document upload called "Equivalency Statement." Minimum Qualifications - Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Demonstrate sensitivity to and an understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical and/or learning disabilities. Minimum Qualifications - Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Continued): Desirable Qualifications: 1) Experience providing instruction in an academic library. 2) Familiarity with information competency/literacy concepts and programs. 3) Awareness of various learning styles and teaching strategies. 4) Enthusiastic approach to working collaboratively with students, faculty, and staff including those who have not had an opportunity to use new technologies. 5) Willingness to facilitate student's learning by working to develop varied and innovative learning environments. 6) Experience with HTML, CSS, Social Media technologies and web/mobile apps, multimedia and presentation software, including key web applications like Libguides 2 and online tutorials like Captivate. 7) Experience teaching classes utilizing effective search strategies to access resource. 8) Experience developing and teaching online courses. 9) Excellent interpersonal and team collaboration skills. 10) Interest and experience in promoting library services to a multicultural population. 11) Experience with Blackboard or other web course management software. Supplemental Questionnaire The following essay is intended to seek information regarding your ability to teach Library skills. Please write an essay of 200-250 words that discusses how to implement the concepts of information competency for traditional and non traditional students, both in an online as well as in a campus environment. Do not write your essay on the application form. Special Instructions to Applicants: The purpose of the personal qualifications statement is for you to provide information on how your education and experience relate to the requirements and duties of the position. There is no form to complete. Applicants are requested to provide their personal qualifications statement by uploading a document, the same way as you do for your cover letter. The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District reserves the right to close or not fill any advertised position. 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I would like to take this opportunity to cordially invite you to submit your work for consideration in this publication. I am familiar with your research interests and expertise in the area of book and I am certain that your contribution on this topic and/or other related research areas would make an excellent addition to this publication. Please visit *http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2007* for more details regarding this publication and to submit your work. You can also find detailed manuscript formatting and submission guidelines at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ . If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. 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AGRIS is a database that aggregates bibliographic data, and through this core data, related content across online information systems is retrieved by taking advantage of Semantic Web capabilities. This webinar will present AGRIS international initiative and partnership in the usage of AGRIS bibliographic data as a gateway to enable researchers and policy makers to retrieve agricultural and scientific information. The end-user based webinar will explain the basic fundamentals of AGRIS, overview the AGRIS interface, and how users can initiate their searches using both the simple and advanced search functionalities. REGISTRATION The session is open to anyone but places are limited. If you are interested to attend the webinar, send an e-mail to AIMS at fao.org, containing the following information: your name, affiliation, email and country. [1] http://aims.fao.org [2] http://aims.fao.org/activity/blog/webinaraims-using-agris-portal-choice-access-agricultural-research-and-technology [3] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20160428T16&p1=215&p2=108&p3=166&p4=33&p5=4&p6=269&p7=170&p8=45&p9=26&p10=370&p11=232&p12=263 [4] http://aims.fao.org/community/profiles/thembanimalapela [5] http://www.fao.org/home/en/ Kind regards, Karna Wegner On behalf of the AIMS editorial team http://aims.fao.org Karna Wegner Office of Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 06 570 52263 [cid:image001.jpg at 01D193EB.F1FE2F60] ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The idea is to translate tacit knowledge from local farmers as well as fundamental knowledge from universities, research institutes, and government agencies into a computerized system. The system alerts and suggests solution for farmers based on two sources of input: Weather data observed automatically from weather stations and contextual data collected by farmers. We also propose an observation object named WarnCon (Warning Content) and an algebraic model to reduce the semantic gap in agriculture early warning management. The results are collected from a real experimental farm in Thailand where the local farmers are currently use our system to reduce risk in plant disease. REGISTRATION The session is open to anyone but places are limited. If you are interested to attend the webinar, send an e-mail to AIMS at fao.org, containing the following information: your name, affiliation, email, country and the name of the webinar. [1] http://aims.fao.org [2] http://aims.fao.org/activity/blog/webinaraims-collective-intelligence-platform-early-warning-and-risk-reduction-pest [3] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20160419T00&p1=215&p2=28&p3=95&p4=759&p5=176&p6=33&p7=57&p8=170&p9=4&p10=41&p11=263&p12=136 [4] http://www.ece.ubc.ca/~teerawat/ Kind regards, Karna Wegner On behalf of the AIMS editorial team http://aims.fao.org Karna Wegner Office of Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 06 570 52263 [cid:image001.jpg at 01D194B4.45FA22E0] ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-12 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As in prior years, SWIB16 will be organized by the ZBW - German National Library of Economics / Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and the North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz). The conference language is English. ? Is there an interesting service, research topic or project that you would like to present at the conference? Would you like to offer a pre-conference tutorial or workshop on the afternoon of 28 November? ? We appreciate proposals on the following or related topics: ? Projects & Applications ????* integration of LOD into productive library applications ????* authorities and knowledge organization systems (thesauri, classifications, ontologies) ????* re-use of published linked library data & mash-ups (using data from different sources) ????* presenting and visualizing LOD ????* end-user environments for interaction with LOD (e.g. annotation) ????* crowdsourcing/gamification approaches involving LOD sources ????* linking research data ? Technology (focus on Open Source software) ????* semantically enhanced data publication ????* named entity recognition ????* data transformation/integration/cleansing/enhancement/mapping/interlinking ????* data flow management ???* searching/information retrieval ????* read/write linked data ????* linked data and library systems Standards & Best Practices ????* open web standards relevant for libraries ????* application profiles & provenance information ????* providing updates & syncing data sources ????* preservation & sustainability ????* open data licensing ?? We are looking forward to receiving your proposals for presentations or workshops by *8 May 2016*. Please submit an abstract of 1000-1500 characters using our website at https://www.conftool.net/swib16. ? Proposals will be reviewed by the SWIB programme committee: ????* Uldis Bojars (National Library of Latvia) ????* Valentine Charles (Europeana Foundation, Netherlands) ????* Christina Harlow (Cornell University Library, USA) ????* Jana Hentschke (German National Library) ????* Anja Jentzsch (HPI, Germany) ????* Niklas Lindstr?m (National Library of Sweden) ????* Joachim Neubert (ZBW, Germany - Chair) ????* Adrian Pohl (hbz, Germany - Chair) ????* Dorothea Salo (UW-Madison, USA) ????* MJ Suhonos (Ryerson University, Canada) ????* Osma Suominen (National Library of Finland) ????* Jakob Vo? (GBV Common Library Network, Germany) We also have space left for satellite events in the morning of 28 November. Contact us if you want to seize the opportunity to get together in the context of SWIB16. Website: http://swib.org/swib16 Hashtag: #swib16 Twitter: @swibcon Take a look at previous SWIB conferences at http://swib.org/swib16/history. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions: Adrian Pohl hbz Tel. +49-(0)221-40075235 E-mail: swib(at)hbz-nrw.de or Joachim Neubert ZBW Tel. +49-(0)40-42834462 E-mail: j.neubert(at)zbw.eu or SWIB Organizing Team E-mail: swib(at)hbz-nrw.de ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-13 From clwillia at HUNTER.CUNY.EDU Fri Apr 15 17:00:31 2016 From: clwillia at HUNTER.CUNY.EDU (Claibourne Williams) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 21:00:31 +0000 Subject: An App for laptop loan checkout? Message-ID: Hunter College is an urban, primarily commuter school with about 15,000 FTE. Our laptop and tablet loan program has about 300 checkouts/day for most of the semester. We are wondering if anyone uses or has written an app for an iPad (or other device) with a card reader attached that would take over the check in/out process for our equipment loan using the student's ID. What we are hoping for is a way around an accumulation of paper since the students do sign a "contract" which isn't a short document. Ideally, the receipt would be via email. The machines are checked out as an item in the catalog. Our staff is considering writing one of our own, but it is often good to check and see what else might be out there first Thanks in advance Clay Williams ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimfhahn at GMAIL.COM Fri Apr 15 17:27:11 2016 From: jimfhahn at GMAIL.COM (Jim Hahn) Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 21:27:11 +0000 Subject: An App for laptop loan checkout? In-Reply-To: <6A2E6647C8B0E0448AE9131D05ECB61C0207CE8326@h-mem1> Message-ID: We just wrote something for this that we are getting ready to roll out this summer! We may be able to share parts of the code, though I'd have to ask around first unfortunately it isn't on a public repo currently. It works as you describe: the students sign on a touch screen and the receive a pdf of the completed agreement -- we used our campus exchange servers for email (a Spring web app running in Tomcat takes care the logic of sending the email) and two really helpful JS/HTML5 tools : 1) jsPDF https://github.com/MrRio/jsPDF 2) Signature Pad inspired by Square: https://github.com/szimek/signature_pad Right now our public service staff are evaluating if they want to use a touch screen montior or move to a tablet with stylus for checkout. - Jim Hahn On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 4:00 PM Claibourne Williams < clwillia at hunter.cuny.edu> wrote: > Hunter College is an urban, primarily commuter school with about 15,000 > FTE. > > Our laptop and tablet loan program has about 300 checkouts/day for most of > the semester. We are wondering if anyone uses or has written an app for an > iPad (or other device) with a card reader attached that would take over the > check in/out process for our equipment loan using the student?s ID. What we > are hoping for is a way around an accumulation of paper since the students > do sign a ?contract? which isn?t a short document. Ideally, the receipt > would be via email. The machines are checked out as an item in the catalog. > > Our staff is considering writing one of our own, but it is often good to > check and see what else might be out there first > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Clay Williams > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2016-04-15 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Our laptop and tablet loan program has about 300 checkouts/day for most of the semester. We are wondering if anyone uses or has written an app for an iPad (or other device) with a card reader attached that would take over the check in/out process for our equipment loan using the student's ID. What we are hoping for is a way around an accumulation of paper since the students do sign a "contract" which isn't a short document. Ideally, the receipt would be via email. The machines are checked out as an item in the catalog. Our staff is considering writing one of our own, but it is often good to check and see what else might be out there first Thanks in advance Clay Williams ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-15 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-18 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rachelvidrine at GMAIL.COM Wed Apr 20 09:20:10 2016 From: rachelvidrine at GMAIL.COM (Rachel Vidrine) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 09:20:10 -0400 Subject: "About Us" pages in websites Message-ID: Hi, I am trying to decide the best way to balance a user-focused "About the Library" page with a Policies page on a library website. Should there be two separate pages, one user-focused that addresses common patron questions, and another, more formal document written as a policies manual? Is there a way to combine the two? Or is it more typical to keep a policies/procedures manual as an internal document that staff can refer to when needed? It is of my opinion that the important information that patrons want should be extracted from the policies manual and rewritten to be user-friendly, but it is not always possible to get colleagues and managers on board with that. Thanks for any insight, Rachel Vidrine ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fwfr at SAFR.ORG Wed Apr 20 09:36:18 2016 From: fwfr at SAFR.ORG (Fred Friedman-Romell) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 09:36:18 -0400 Subject: "About Us" pages in websites In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello Rachel, It depends on whether the policies and procedures are public documents for a public library. I would then recommend the typical [About Us > Policies and Procedures] though placing them with board minutes is common too. You might be able to by by pass the colleagues and managers road blocks by asking the director to pose the question to the board as a legal issue. Is the library required to make them available? Thus where is your only issue. Policies are set by the board and as such, should be in the minutes of board meetings. You are only making access to them easier. It might help to think you are a conduit for the board/director and only doing what you required to do. In general policies are library "rules" and as such are very helpful to have available to your patrons. The procedures are more internal operational guidelines and probably do not have a place on the website for public consumption. If you are a private special library, then where/if they go on the website is entirely up to the supervising librarian. Best of luck. 2cents. On 04/20/2016 09:20 AM, Rachel Vidrine wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to decide the best way to balance a user-focused "About > the Library" page with a Policies page on a library website. Should > there be two separate pages, one user-focused that addresses common > patron questions, and another, more formal document written as a > policies manual? Is there a way to combine the two? Or is it more > typical to keep a policies/procedures manual as an internal document > that staff can refer to when needed? It is of my opinion that the > important information that patrons want should be extracted from the > policies manual and rewritten to be user-friendly, but it is not > always possible to get colleagues and managers on board with that. > > Thanks for any insight, > Rachel Vidrine > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2016-04-20 > -- ttfn, Frederick 1.216.857.8941 fwfr at hyfr.org https://www.hyfr.org/fwfr/ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From AUrie at TCMC.EDU Wed Apr 20 10:55:58 2016 From: AUrie at TCMC.EDU (Urie, Allyson) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:55:58 +0000 Subject: "About Us" pages in websites In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Rachel, Please note that I am first and foremost a librarian! I have minimal web design experience and inherited a pretty ugly library website to maintain when I started working here in 2013. I?m in the final steps of redesigning our library website. Our old website had multiple, separate pages full of lots of text about the library and our policies . After a lot of research over the last few years, I found that users will not read huge chunks of information aka ?walls of text? on a website. I cut all of these pages down to the bare minimum amount of information, written in very user friendly language ( No library jargon). Our About Us page is very simple. It contains our library mission statement, our staffed hours and staff contact information. We also don?t have an FAQ section on the library website. We are a very small medical institution and our users are comfortable coming up to us and asking questions. For this reason, I made the decision to not have a FAQ section. I do however, have many places on the website to contact the library via phone and email. Our institutional policies are on our school?s Blackboard portal and are very accessible, so I didn?t feel the need to reiterate them on the library website. If you have any questions, feel free to email me off list! Thanks! Allyson Allyson Urie Web Services Librarian Commonwealth Medical College 525 Pine Street Scranton, PA 18519 570-687-9678 aurie at tcmc.edu From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Rachel Vidrine Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 9:20 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] "About Us" pages in websites Hi, I am trying to decide the best way to balance a user-focused "About the Library" page with a Policies page on a library website. Should there be two separate pages, one user-focused that addresses common patron questions, and another, more formal document written as a policies manual? Is there a way to combine the two? Or is it more typical to keep a policies/procedures manual as an internal document that staff can refer to when needed? It is of my opinion that the important information that patrons want should be extracted from the policies manual and rewritten to be user-friendly, but it is not always possible to get colleagues and managers on board with that. Thanks for any insight, Rachel Vidrine ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-20 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eanderson at PELHAMLIBRARY.ON.CA Wed Apr 20 11:16:33 2016 From: eanderson at PELHAMLIBRARY.ON.CA (Elaine) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:16:33 -0400 Subject: "About Us" pages in websites In-Reply-To: <97C1B31E7CE63C4CB6EEC1FA8FFC2A59018A31D94E@TCMC-MBX01.TCMC.LOCAL> Message-ID: We are also redesigning our website. Our survey told us that people go to our website to look at the catalogue, look for our hours and to find out information about programs. Although we are going to include some policies, they are going into the last dropdown menu and we are including only minimal information. Elaine Anderson Public Services Coordinator Pelham Public Library 43 Pelham Town Square Box 830 Fonthill, ON L0S 1E0 (905) 892-6443 www.pelhamlibrary.on.ca From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Urie, Allyson Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 10:56 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] "About Us" pages in websites Hi Rachel, Please note that I am first and foremost a librarian! I have minimal web design experience and inherited a pretty ugly library website to maintain when I started working here in 2013. I?m in the final steps of redesigning our library website. Our old website had multiple, separate pages full of lots of text about the library and our policies . After a lot of research over the last few years, I found that users will not read huge chunks of information aka ?walls of text? on a website. I cut all of these pages down to the bare minimum amount of information, written in very user friendly language ( No library jargon). Our About Us page is very simple. It contains our library mission statement, our staffed hours and staff contact information. We also don?t have an FAQ section on the library website. We are a very small medical institution and our users are comfortable coming up to us and asking questions. For this reason, I made the decision to not have a FAQ section. I do however, have many places on the website to contact the library via phone and email. Our institutional policies are on our school?s Blackboard portal and are very accessible, so I didn?t feel the need to reiterate them on the library website. If you have any questions, feel free to email me off list! Thanks! Allyson Allyson Urie Web Services Librarian Commonwealth Medical College 525 Pine Street Scranton, PA 18519 570-687-9678 aurie at tcmc.edu From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Rachel Vidrine Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 9:20 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] "About Us" pages in websites Hi, I am trying to decide the best way to balance a user-focused "About the Library" page with a Policies page on a library website. Should there be two separate pages, one user-focused that addresses common patron questions, and another, more formal document written as a policies manual? Is there a way to combine the two? Or is it more typical to keep a policies/procedures manual as an internal document that staff can refer to when needed? 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URL: From mikejone at USC.EDU Wed Apr 20 11:58:51 2016 From: mikejone at USC.EDU (Mike Jones) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:58:51 +0000 Subject: Job Posting: Programmer Analyst III, USC Libraries Message-ID: https://jobs.usc.edu/postings/64757 We are currently seeking a Programmer Analyst III to join our USC Libraries - Information Technology department. The Programmer Analyst III will be key in providing a variety of programming support to the USC Libraries. The successful candidates will be responsible for building plugins and applications that are needed to make various packages and systems compatible with the USC environment. These systems include: Aeon, Archivespace, the Digital Library, and the Libraries website. The ideal candidate should possess experience with Ruby on Rails and PHP. He/she should have a minimum of three years of experience in the areas of programming and systems analysis and be able to code and modify moderately to highly complex programs under general supervision. The USC Libraries actively support the discovery, creation, and preservation of knowledge. We develop collections and services that support and encourage the academic endeavors of faculty, students, and staff; build a community of critical consumers of information; and help develop engaged world citizens. USC has 23 libraries and information centers and the USC Digital Library. The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is located in the heart of downtown L.A. and is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. As an employee of USC, you will be a part of a world-class research university and a member of the "Trojan Family," which is comprised of the faculty, students and staff that make the university a great place to work. Qualifications * Must have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience * Must possess a minimum of 3 years of experience with programming * Must possess a minimum of 3 years of experience with Ruby on Rails * Must possess a minimum of 3 years of experience with PHP * Demonstrated knowledge of programming and documentation procedures and methods. * Typically possesses experience with programming methods and program flow charts. * Typically possesses 5 years of experience in programming and/or systems analysis * Typically possesses experience with Drupal and Front End Developing * Must be able to code and modify moderately to highly complex programs under general supervision. * Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills * Ability to work in a fast paced environment, adjust to changing priorities, and balance support and project work * Must be available to handle after-hours on-call duties as required. * Ability to coordinate multiple projects and adjust to changing priorities in a fast paced environment. * Demonstrated strong personal mastery, including ethics, interpersonal skills, and engage in continuous learning. Job Accountabilities: * Designs, codes, tests, debugs, installs, documents, and maintains moderately complex software applications * Develops test data and routine required to test and revise application(s). Ensures application(s) is thoroughly tested before release. Writes reports of test results * Detects, defines, and debugs programs whenever problems are reported or encountered Interacts with users to determine their software application objectives, scope and requirements * Produces the required analysis and application design, either individually or by actively participating in development process. Produces design specification documents * Translates design specifications into programming languages * Prepares developer and end-user documentation for other programmers and users in accordance with internal and external standards * Trains users and programmers as required * Provides leadership, guidance, and direction to other programmers, as needed. Reviews the work of others, as requested * Stays informed of new developments and technologies by reading journals and other pertinent publications, maintaining contact with vendors, and participating in professional organizations, meetings and seminars. * Performs other related duties as assigned or requested. The university reserves the right to add or change duties at any time. Preferred Qualifications: * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science * Experience with Drupal and Front End Developing * 3 years of experience with PHP and Ruby on Rails * 5 years of general programming experience The University of Southern California values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment. ------------------ Mike Jones, PMP Technical Project Manager USC Libraries 651 W 35th St, LVL 301F Los Angeles, CA 90089-2571 (213) 821-2298 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Ryan.Hess at CITYOFPALOALTO.ORG Wed Apr 20 15:09:52 2016 From: Ryan.Hess at CITYOFPALOALTO.ORG (Hess, Ryan) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:09:52 +0000 Subject: "About Us" pages in websites In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hey Rachel, We did this when I was at DePaul University. The idea was to make our Contact Us page reflect the common questions that people would want to contact us about. When it made sense, like with Billing, we would put a direct link to the policy. You can see it in action here: http://library.depaul.edu/about/contact-us/Pages/default.aspx M Ryan Hess | Senior Librarian for Information Technology & Collections 3700 Middlefield Road | Palo Alto, CA 94301 Phone: 650.329.2620 | Email: ryan.hess at cityofpaloalto.org [PAC_Library_Logo email] From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Rachel Vidrine Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 6:20 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] "About Us" pages in websites Hi, I am trying to decide the best way to balance a user-focused "About the Library" page with a Policies page on a library website. Should there be two separate pages, one user-focused that addresses common patron questions, and another, more formal document written as a policies manual? Is there a way to combine the two? Or is it more typical to keep a policies/procedures manual as an internal document that staff can refer to when needed? It is of my opinion that the important information that patrons want should be extracted from the policies manual and rewritten to be user-friendly, but it is not always possible to get colleagues and managers on board with that. Thanks for any insight, Rachel Vidrine ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-20 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From diane at KOVACS.COM Wed Apr 20 17:53:35 2016 From: diane at KOVACS.COM (Diane K. Kovacs) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 17:53:35 -0400 Subject: Web Design Projects for Beginning Students - again - for LIS590LWL Summer and/or Fall 2016 :) Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Thank you all for your good projects and participation over the past decade. :) I'm happily, again, teaching LIS590LWL/LW2 Web Design and Construction for Organizations" for UIUC LEEP again Summer and Fall Semesters 2016. We cover HTML5, CSS3, Usability, Accessibility, User-Centered Design principles, Technology options, etc. I require each student to work with a 'client' to redesign an existing Web site or create a new Web site for a non-profit organization, preferably a special, academic, school, or public library, or library organization, but other organizations or even for profit small business sites are welcomed. The Summer 2016 semester is May 16 - August 4., 2014. The Fall 2016 semester is August 22 - December 7. These are Library School students working through Distance Learning who are just beginning with Web Design, HTML5 and CSS3. What we are looking for is small scale redesign projects, e.g., one area of a larger site - or a new design for a special patron group. Students will provide for you an example or dummy site constructed with simple HTML5 and CSS3, that you may choose to use or not use. They will also choose an open source CMS or template site as a secondary option to implement your example or dummy site design. That also you may choose to use or not use. (e.g, Wordpress, Googlesites, Weebly) Please NOTE: We cannot work with anyone who is looking for Web development (e.g., PHP/Python programming, Mysql or other database management, server maintenance, proprietary content management systems, etc.) and We cannot work with those who merely want link-checking, spell-checking, and general clerical work. I cannot guarantee that any of my students will choose your projects. Also, it is possible we could take on some larger scale projects, the students may form teams to work on them. Students may also choose the library they currently work in or a non-profit organization known to them to work with. So, if you would like to be on the list of projects for my students to consider please email me with the following information: What I need from you: 1. Contact person(s) with email and telephone numbers (this would be the 'client' that students are expected to interview and interact with cooperatively to come up with design options) 2. The URL of the current Web site (if there is one - otherwise URL of the overall site associated with your organization) 3. Brief description of what you would like to have done with the site. 4. A commitment by the contact person(s) to be available by email or during the Summer and/or Fall 2016 semesters to work with my students. Availability of a contact person is critical. I will respond to you with additional questions and/or whether your project fits our scope in terms of time and expertise of students and verify you want to be on the list. Thank you! Diane -- A Web-based Teacher - Kovacs Consulting: Internet and Web Training - Teacher-Led Web-based Continuing Education and Professional Training for Librarians and Other Information Professionals *Diane K. Kovacs* - Librarian at Large and Web Teacher - https://www.kovacs.com/dianevitae.html Project Coordinator for /Design for Learning: 21st Century Online Teaching and Learning Skills for Library Workers ; /IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant Project Adjunct Assistant Professor, SJSU iSchool - LIBR250 Design and Implementation of Instructional Strategies for Information Professionals Visiting Lecturer, UIUC GSLIS - LIS590LWL Web Design & Construction for Organizations 7 Steps to Effective Online Teaching , ALA Editions: Chicago (forthcoming 2015) Finding a Public Voice , Coeditors Danielle Theiss and Diane Kovacs (2014) diane at kovacs.com ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-20 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Featured speakers include Alice Meadows, Director of Community Engagement and Support, ORCID, who will talk about ORCID's new Collect & Connect program. Collect & Connect aims to build trust in the research infrastructure by ensuring that ORCID IDs are embedded in key researcher workflows?grant and manuscript submission systems, research information management and profile systems, and more. Christopher Erdmann, Head Librarian, Wolbach Library, Harvard University, will talk about the adoption of ORCID identifiers in the context of a specific research community in close conjunction with a government agency, NASA. University of Michigan librarian Merle Rosenzweig will talk about her institution?s highly successful integration of ORCID in various units and web-based systems. For more on the event, including registration information, please visit: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/training_thursday/apr28_tt/ *May 4, 1:00 PM* *?2:30 PM, EST Supporting Research on Your Campus* Libraries serve as important conduits of research. Not only is information about previous activities important, libraries also support ongoing research activities through the provision of information resources, repository activities, and information-management assistance to research teams. In providing these services, academic libraries support the overall research mission of many institutions and make the library more visible and valued in its community. This webinar will highlight some successful libraries that have integrated their services into the research activities in their institutions. Speakers will describe offering more than traditional library services to support researchers, and how they have become more engaged in research activities though the provision of tools, data, resources, and skills. Featured speakers include Dr. Paul J. Bracke, Associate Dean, Research & Assessment, Purdue University; Dr. Greg Raschke, Associate Director for Collections and Scholarly Communication, North Carolina State University; and Kenning Arlitsch, Dean of the Library, Montana State University. For more on the event, including registration information, please visit: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2016/webinars/may4_webinar/ Other questions for NISO? Get in touch at: NISO 3600 Clipper Mill Road Suite 302 Baltimore, MD 21211-1948 Phone: +1.301.654.2512 Email: nisohq at niso.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-21 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The idea is to translate tacit knowledge from local farmers as well as fundamental knowledge from universities, research institutes, and government agencies into a computerized system. The system alerts and suggests solution for farmers based on two sources of input: Weather data observed automatically from weather stations and contextual data collected by farmers. We also propose an observation object named WarnCon (Warning Content) and an algebraic model to reduce the semantic gap in agriculture early warning management. The results are collected from a real experimental farm in Thailand where the local farmers are currently use our system to reduce risk in plant disease. REGISTRATION The session is open to anyone but places are limited. If you are interested to attend the webinar, send an e-mail to AIMS at fao.org, containing the following information: your name, affiliation, email, country and the name of the webinar. [1] http://aims.fao.org [2] http://aims.fao.org/activity/blog/webinaraims-increasing-openness-and-reproducibility-agricultural-research [3] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20160519T16&p1=215&p2=108&p3=166&p4=33&p5=4&p6=269&p7=170&p8=45&p9=26&p10=370&p11=232&p12=263 [4] https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-clyburne-sherin-30231383 Kind regards, Karna Wegner On behalf of the AIMS editorial team http://aims.fao.org ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-22 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Hicks, Kerri Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 11:07 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Web-based reference chat clients Hi all, I know that many of us use LibraryH3lp for our web-based reference/information chat service...but there are some others we've seen, including: RefChatter Mosio Live!Zilla Trillian Is your library using a chat client not on this list? Do you like it? Thanks for any thoughts you might have. --Kerri ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-22 ________________________________ ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-22 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks for any thoughts you might have. --Kerri ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-22 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-22 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-22 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ichan at CSUSM.EDU Fri Apr 22 12:56:51 2016 From: ichan at CSUSM.EDU (Ian Chan) Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:56:51 +0000 Subject: Web-based reference chat clients In-Reply-To: <2840343762940388625@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: Hi, we use Kayako for our main research help desk chat queue. Separately, each instruction/reference librarian has a widget through Libraryh3lp. To interact with the incoming chats from both of those services, they use either Pidgin (Windows) or Adium (OSX) as the local client. We are planning to test Kayako?s own desktop client for interacting with chats received from that service. Their app is available for both Windows and OSX. It offers the advantage of seeing what page users are on and the option to push a proactive chat box to the user. The interface is quite nice, as well. Ian Chan Systems Coordinator University Library California State University San Marcos ichan at csusm.edu | 760-750-4385 | biblio.csusm.edu | Skype: ian.t.chan From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Laura Robbins Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 8:34 AM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Web-based reference chat clients A chat client we have used successfully is Pidgin. Laura Pope Robbins Professor/Reference Librarian Dowling College On Apr 22, 2016, at 11:31 AM, "Langlois, Rachel" > wrote: LibAnswers & LibChat and we love it! 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If you would like to submit your own project for consideration, please use the Submission form rather than the Nomination form. For further information, please contact committee co-chairs Jodie Borgerding at *jborgerding80 at webster.edu * or Bill Marino atwmarino1 at emich.edu. http://acrl.ala.org/IS/instruction-tools-resources-2/pedagogy/primo-peer-reviewed-instruction-materials-online/ **Important note** All submissions will be acknowledged shortly after the submission deadline. If you submit a project for review and do not receive an acknowledgment after the submission deadline, please contact the PRIMO co-chairs with a request for verification that your submission was transmitted successfully. Jodie Borgerding and Bill Marino Co-chairs, ACRL IS PRIMO Committee ------------------------------------------------ Jodie Borgerding Webster University ? Emerson Library 470 E Lockwood Ave Saint Louis, MO 63119-3194 jborgerding80 at webster.edu 314-246-7819 Bill Marino Eastern Michigan University 955 W. Circle Dr. Ypsilanti, MI 48197 wmarino1 at emich.edu (734) 487-2514 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-22 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From demian.katz at VILLANOVA.EDU Mon Apr 25 11:16:53 2016 From: demian.katz at VILLANOVA.EDU (Demian Katz) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:16:53 +0000 Subject: VuFind 3.0 released Message-ID: (Apologies for cross-posting). Today sees the release of a significant VuFind release that paves the way for the future of the project (with Solr 5 integration and PHP 7 compatibility) while offering a straightforward migration path from past releases (this is not the same amount of change as was seen between the 1.x and 2.x lines). Reaching this milestone has been a team effort, and the release includes code from around the world. Thanks to everyone who contributed! Press release follows... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VuFind 3.0 Released Villanova, Pennsylvania - April 25, 2016 - Version 3.0 of the VuFind Open Source discovery software has just been released. This major release brings VuFind up to date with important PHP and Solr developments while also adding several new features and offering a straightforward upgrade path from the 2.x series of releases. Some key additions and changes: - Improved support for indexing multiple authors (and other types of creators). - New filtering options in "combined search" mode to make your "bento box" search even more flexible. - A database-driven record cache to improve performance and permanence when working with third-party APIs. - Compatibility with PHP 7 and Ubuntu 16.04. - Inclusion of Solr 5.5.0, which adds new indexing features and better Windows support. - A significantly rewritten front-end theme offering greater stability, improved ease of customization and a more consistent user experience. - New recommendation modules to help guide users to better search results. Additionally, several bug fixes, new configuration options and minor improvements have been incorporated. Questions about the new release or VuFind in general can be directed to Demian Katz, the lead developer of the project at Villanova University. The software and its documentation may be found at http://vufind.org. 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An Open-Source Strategy for Documenting Events: The Case Study of the 42nd Canadian Federal Election on Twitter by Nick Ruest and Ian Milligan How to Party Like it?s 1999: Emulation for Everyone ? by Dianne Dietrich, Julia Kim, Morgan McKeehan, and Alison Rhonemus How We Went from Worst Practices to Good Practices, and Became Happier in the Process by Amanda French, Francis Kayiwa, Anne Lawrence, Keith Gilbertson and Melissa Lohrey Shining a Light on Scientific Data: Building a Data Catalog to Foster Data Sharing and Reuse by Ian Lamb and Catherine Larson Creation of a Library Tour Application for Mobile Equipment using iBeacon Technology by Jonathan Bradley, Neal Henshaw, Liz McVoy, Amanda French, Keith Gilbertson, Lisa Becksford, and Elisabeth Givens. Measuring Library Vendor Cyber Security: Seven Easy Questions Every Librarian Can Ask by Alex Caro and Chris Markman Building Bridges with Logs: Collaborative Conversations about Discovery across Library Departments by Jimmy Ghaphery, Emily Owens, Donna Coghill, Laura Gariepy, Megan Hodge, Thomas McNulty, and Erin White -- Meghan Finch Assistant Professor Digital Assets Librarian Oakland University Rochester, MI mmfinch at oakland.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-25 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From artprofessor at GMAIL.COM Tue Apr 26 07:39:18 2016 From: artprofessor at GMAIL.COM (valerie colston) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 04:39:18 -0700 Subject: 12 LEU approved Arts and Crafts for Youth Librarians Message-ID: *Art and Crafts for Youth Librarians Workshop* The highly recommended and fun Arts and Craft for Youth Librarians is back with even more ideas. Are you the one responsible for creating arts and crafts programs? Do you need new creative art project ideas for your Summer Reading Program or other events? Tired of the same ole, same ole. This is your opportunity to develop a portfolio of ideas that you can use with your Preschool through Teen visitors. This 4 week online workshop is taught by an art instructor who has first hand experience developing library art programs. Interact with other youth librarians and a university art instructor and author. The online class is open 24/7. Access the online workshop at your convenience. Format: Illustrated Lectures, Interactive Forums, Multiple Resources. Visit* Art Teacher on the Net* at http://www.artmuseums.com/youthlibrarians.htm to sign up and for more information. 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Marketing also handles all the social media posting, in which I know many of our librarians would like to get involved. Thanks! -Margaret ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Margaret Alexander Librarian Manager, Technology & Facilities Eugene Public Library 100 w. 10th Ave Eugene, OR 541-682-6015 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-26 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bellm1en at CMICH.EDU Tue Apr 26 12:47:00 2016 From: bellm1en at CMICH.EDU (Bellmore, Eric N.) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 16:47:00 +0000 Subject: Quick survey of web work in libraries In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Margaret, We've got a full time manager of web services (me), a web/database developer and a graphic designer. The designer and I also sit on the marketing committee and I oversee/coordinate the social media accounts but have other library staff manage posting on a daily basis. -eric [verticallogo] Eric Bellmore Manager of Web Services CMU Libraries Central Michigan University Park Library 204a | 989.774.3946 [twitter] [facebook] [instagram] [youtube] From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of ALEXANDER Margaret Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 12:43 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] Quick survey of web work in libraries Hi folks - Just checking in to ask, in mid-sized to large public libraries, are your web staff aligned more, and are they from a marketing background, or are they more library services, librarians, etc.? 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URL: From athena at UCF.EDU Tue Apr 26 15:55:12 2016 From: athena at UCF.EDU (Athena Hoeppner) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:55:12 +0000 Subject: LITA Forum - Call for Proposals Message-ID: When: 26 Apr 2:00PM-26 Apr 2:30PM. Where: *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ _____________________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Go Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 1:26 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] 2016 LITA Forum - Call for Proposals Importance: Low Please excuse cross posting The 2016 LITA Forum Committee seeks proposals for the 19th Annual Forum of the Library Information and Technology Association in Fort Worth Texas, November 17-20, 2016 at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel. Submit your proposal at this site The Forum Committee welcomes proposals for full-day pre-conferences, concurrent sessions, or poster sessions related to all types of libraries: public, school, academic, government, special, and corporate. Collaborative and interactive concurrent sessions, such as panel discussions or short talks followed by open moderated discussions, are especially welcomed. We deliberately seek and strongly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups, such as women, people of color, the LGBT community and people with disabilities. The Submission deadline is Friday April 29, 2016. Proposals could relate to, but are not restricted to, any of the following topics: * Discovery, navigation, and search * Practical applications of linked data * Library spaces (virtual or physical) * User experience * Emerging technologies * Cybersecurity and privacy * Open content, software, and technologies * Assessment * Systems integration * Hacking the library * Scalability and sustainability of library services and tools * Consortial resource and system sharing * ?Big Data? ? work in discovery, preservation, or documentation * Library I.T. competencies Proposals may cover projects, plans, ideas, or recent discoveries. We accept proposals on any aspect of library and information technology. The committee particularly invites submissions from first time presenters, library school students, and individuals from diverse backgrounds. Vendors wishing to submit a proposal should partner with a library representative who is testing/using the product. Presenters will submit final presentation slides and/or electronic content (video, audio, etc.) to be made available on the web site following the event. Presenters are expected to register and participate in the Forum as attendees; a discounted registration rate will be offered. If you have any questions, contact Tammy Allgood Wolf, Forum Planning Committee Chair, at tammy.wolf at asu.edu. Submit your proposal at this site More information about LITA is available from the LITA website, Facebook and Twitter. Paul Go Systems Librarian / Library Technology Manager Paul V. Galvin Library Illinois Institute of Technology 35 West 33rd Street Chicago, IL 60616 312.567.7997 pgo at iit.edu Driving Innovation through Knowledge and Scholarship ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-01 Athena Hoeppner UCF Libraries athena at ucf.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-26 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athena at UCF.EDU Tue Apr 26 15:55:48 2016 From: athena at UCF.EDU (Athena Hoeppner) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 19:55:48 +0000 Subject: LITA Forum - Call for Proposals Message-ID: When: 27 Apr 2:00PM-27 Apr 2:30PM. Where: Not Specified *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ _____________________________________________ From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Go Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 1:26 PM To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [WEB4LIB] 2016 LITA Forum - Call for Proposals Importance: Low Please excuse cross posting The 2016 LITA Forum Committee seeks proposals for the 19th Annual Forum of the Library Information and Technology Association in Fort Worth Texas, November 17-20, 2016 at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel. Submit your proposal at this site The Forum Committee welcomes proposals for full-day pre-conferences, concurrent sessions, or poster sessions related to all types of libraries: public, school, academic, government, special, and corporate. Collaborative and interactive concurrent sessions, such as panel discussions or short talks followed by open moderated discussions, are especially welcomed. We deliberately seek and strongly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups, such as women, people of color, the LGBT community and people with disabilities. The Submission deadline is Friday April 29, 2016. Proposals could relate to, but are not restricted to, any of the following topics: * Discovery, navigation, and search * Practical applications of linked data * Library spaces (virtual or physical) * User experience * Emerging technologies * Cybersecurity and privacy * Open content, software, and technologies * Assessment * Systems integration * Hacking the library * Scalability and sustainability of library services and tools * Consortial resource and system sharing * ?Big Data? ? work in discovery, preservation, or documentation * Library I.T. competencies Proposals may cover projects, plans, ideas, or recent discoveries. We accept proposals on any aspect of library and information technology. The committee particularly invites submissions from first time presenters, library school students, and individuals from diverse backgrounds. Vendors wishing to submit a proposal should partner with a library representative who is testing/using the product. Presenters will submit final presentation slides and/or electronic content (video, audio, etc.) to be made available on the web site following the event. Presenters are expected to register and participate in the Forum as attendees; a discounted registration rate will be offered. If you have any questions, contact Tammy Allgood Wolf, Forum Planning Committee Chair, at tammy.wolf at asu.edu. Submit your proposal at this site More information about LITA is available from the LITA website, Facebook and Twitter. Paul Go Systems Librarian / Library Technology Manager Paul V. Galvin Library Illinois Institute of Technology 35 West 33rd Street Chicago, IL 60616 312.567.7997 pgo at iit.edu Driving Innovation through Knowledge and Scholarship ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-01 Athena Hoeppner UCF Libraries athena at ucf.edu ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-26 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aselby at STEAMBOATLIBRARY.ORG Tue Apr 26 18:57:41 2016 From: aselby at STEAMBOATLIBRARY.ORG (Alysa Selby) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 16:57:41 -0600 Subject: Quick survey of web work in libraries In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I don't know if we qualify as mid-sized, but here at Bud Werner we do not have a marketing person, instead the Digital Services librarian manages all of our online services and social networking presence + builds/manages the websites and intranet. Alysa Selby Digital Services Librarian * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I'm currently reading: -- Mirage by Matt Ruff I am listening to: -- A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman Visit my Bookshelf 1289 Lincoln Ave. Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 970-879-0240 ext. 329 970-819-9860 Cell On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 10:42 AM, ALEXANDER Margaret < Margaret.Alexander at ci.eugene.or.us> wrote: > Hi folks ? > > Just checking in to ask, in mid-sized to large public libraries, are your > web staff aligned more, and are they from a marketing background, or are > they more library services, librarians, etc.? > > We currently have a Librarian 2 coordinating content for our LibGuides, > and as our web tech expert, but our Marketing staff pretty much have final > say over everything else, and write text for all policy pages and service > pages, as well as design. Marketing also handles all the social media > posting, in which I know many of our librarians would like to get involved. > > Thanks! > > -Margaret > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > *Margaret Alexander* > *Librarian Manager, Technology & Facilities* > *Eugene Public Library* > *100 w. 10**th** Ave* > *Eugene, OR* > *541-682-6015 <541-682-6015>* > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2016-04-26 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-26 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WrightJ at FREELIBRARY.ORG Wed Apr 27 09:59:33 2016 From: WrightJ at FREELIBRARY.ORG (Jennifer Maguire-Wright) Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 13:59:33 +0000 Subject: Free Library of Philadelphia - Information Management Analyst 2 job Message-ID: *Apologies for cross posting* The City of Philadelphia is now accepting applications for the position of Information Management Analyst 2. Information Management Analyst 2, open-competitive Deadline 5/6/16 https://phila.peopleadmin.com/postings/29855 Salary: $46,715-$60,064 Residency is not required to apply, but employees will have 6 months to move into the City after being hired. Close date for applications ? 5/6/2016 Positions in the Free Library of Philadelphia may include doing data analysis on collections, programs, library use, and other logistical analysis. Please share this with anyone who might be interested! Jennifer Maguire-Wright Chief, Materials Management Free Library of Philadelphia 2000 Hamilton St., Suite 201 Philadelphia, PA 19130 215-686-5385 [cid:image001.png at 01C8A20F.06E46660]www.freelibrary.org What I?m reading: [https://know.freelibrary.org/covers/medium/2031053.jpg] The Lie Tree ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-27 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jlolis at WHITEPLAINSNY.GOV Wed Apr 27 11:10:47 2016 From: jlolis at WHITEPLAINSNY.GOV (Lolis, John) Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:10:47 -0400 Subject: Quick survey of web work in libraries In-Reply-To: Message-ID: As far as being a mid-sized to large public library, we serve a population of about 52,000, wherever that places us. I head the IT Dept and have two people reporting to me. In addition to supporting our technology infrastructure and staff & patrons, we're also responsible for our website which is hosted in-house. One of the guys on my staff learned WordPress, and he handled the design of our new site while I handled the server configuration. While we don't have any marketing staff, our director provides great direction in that regard, as he's always sending us examples of what he considers very well-designed websites and making his druthers known. Thinking about it, everyone on staff here is encouraged to market the library and our services, even if only in an implicit way. As for content, children and adult library staff are tasked with writing blog posts, and our publicity librarian vets them. As for policies, when necessary, staff will work on revisions but they always go before the Board of Trustees for approval. John Lolis Coordinator of Computer Systems White Plains Public Library 100 Martine Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 tel: 1.914.422.1497 fax: 1.914.422.1452 http://whiteplainslibrary.org/ On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 12:42 PM, ALEXANDER Margaret < Margaret.Alexander at ci.eugene.or.us> wrote: > Hi folks ? > > Just checking in to ask, in mid-sized to large public libraries, are your > web staff aligned more, and are they from a marketing background, or are > they more library services, librarians, etc.? > > We currently have a Librarian 2 coordinating content for our LibGuides, > and as our web tech expert, but our Marketing staff pretty much have final > say over everything else, and write text for all policy pages and service > pages, as well as design. Marketing also handles all the social media > posting, in which I know many of our librarians would like to get involved. > > Thanks! > > -Margaret > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > *Margaret Alexander* > *Librarian Manager, Technology & Facilities* > *Eugene Public Library* > *100 w. 10**th** Ave* > *Eugene, OR* > *541-682-6015 <541-682-6015>* > > > > ============================ > > To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib > > Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ > > 2016-04-26 > ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-27 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marshall.breeding at LIBRARYTECHNOLOGY.ORG Thu Apr 28 10:19:29 2016 From: marshall.breeding at LIBRARYTECHNOLOGY.ORG (Marshall Breeding) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:19:29 +0000 Subject: Seeking participation in a library consortia assessment study Message-ID: I am distributing this message on behalf of Anya Arnold: All: Just as libraries are charged to demonstrate value to their patrons, funding agents, and stakeholders, so too should library consortia. So far the research and literature of assessment and value has focused mainly on libraries and not on consortia. As a result there has been very little insight as to how members of library consortia value their membership within a given consortium. This is your chance to change that! My colleague and I have developed a survey to try and determine what the value of your consortium participation is and most importantly why. The survey should take about 10-20 minutes of your time. The link is found here: https://uidaho.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1Ggy2JOqLOD6ZI9 About this survey: This survey is part of a research study conducted by Anya N. Arnold, who is an independent library consortia consultant, and Rick Stoddart, Head of User and Research Services at University of Idaho Library. This project has been certified as EXEMPT form the Institutional Review Board at University of Idaho and has been assigned a project number of 16-1199. Thank you for your participation, Rick Stoddart and Anya N. Arnold Rick Stoddart, Ed.D. Associate Professor Head of User & Research Services University of Idaho Library (208) 885-2504 VIVO Researcher Profile Anya N. Arnold Library Consortia / Information Technology Consultant e. anyaarnold at gmail.com m. 614.203.6117 t. @AnyaNArnold Projects: Library Technology Jobs editor (http://librarytechnology.org) BLC - Impact Study Consortia Membership Survey ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-28 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From artprofessor at GMAIL.COM Thu Apr 28 10:38:23 2016 From: artprofessor at GMAIL.COM (valerie colston) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 07:38:23 -0700 Subject: 12 TLEU Graphic Design for Librarians Message-ID: Join other librarians and staff for this highly recommended TLEU (ISL) approved, 4 week online workshop. For more information and sign up visit http://www.artmuseums.com/graphicdesign.htm Starts May 2nd. Enroll through May 9th. All welcome. No prior Art experience necessary. ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-28 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pgo at IIT.EDU Fri Apr 29 10:33:30 2016 From: pgo at IIT.EDU (Paul Go) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:33:30 -0500 Subject: 2016 LITA Forum - Call for Proposals, Deadline Extended Message-ID: please excuse cross-postings The LITA Forum is a highly regarded annual event for those involved in new and leading edge technologies in the library and information technology field. Please send your proposal submissions here by May 13, 2016, and join your colleagues in Fort Worth Texas. The 2016 LITA Forum Committee seeks proposals for the 19th Annual Forum of the Library Information and Technology Association in Fort Worth Texas, November 17-20, 2016 at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel . Submit your proposal at this site The Forum Committee welcomes proposals for full-day pre-conferences, concurrent sessions, or poster sessions related to all types of libraries: public, school, academic, government, special, and corporate. Collaborative and interactive concurrent sessions, such as panel discussions or short talks followed by open moderated discussions, are especially welcomed. We deliberately seek and strongly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups, such as women, people of color, the LGBT community and people with disabilities. The New Submission deadline is Friday May 13, 2016. Proposals could relate to, but are not restricted to, any of the following topics: - Discovery, navigation, and search - Practical applications of linked data - Library spaces (virtual or physical) - User experience - Emerging technologies - Cybersecurity and privacy - Open content, software, and technologies - Assessment - Systems integration - Hacking the library - Scalability and sustainability of library services and tools - Consortial resource and system sharing - ?Big Data? ? work in discovery, preservation, or documentation - Library I.T. competencies Proposals may cover projects, plans, ideas, or recent discoveries. We accept proposals on any aspect of library and information technology. The committee particularly invites submissions from first time presenters, library school students, and individuals from diverse backgrounds. Vendors wishing to submit a proposal should partner with a library representative who is testing/using the product. Presenters will submit final presentation slides and/or electronic content (video, audio, etc.) to be made available on the web site following the event. Presenters are expected to register and participate in the Forum as attendees; a discounted registration rate will be offered. If you have any questions, contact Tammy Allgood Wolf, Forum Planning Committee Chair, at tammy.wolf at asu.edu. Submit your proposal at this site More information about LITA is available from the LITA website , Facebook and Twitter . Or contact Mark Beatty, LITA Programs and Marketing Specialist at mbeatty at ala.org Paul Go Systems Librarian / Library Technology Manager Paul V. Galvin Library Illinois Institute of Technology 35 West 33rd Street Chicago, IL 60616 312.567.7997 pgo at iit.edu *Driving Innovation through Knowledge and Scholarship* ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-29 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Kari.Schmidt at MONTGOMERYCOLLEGE.EDU Fri Apr 29 12:08:30 2016 From: Kari.Schmidt at MONTGOMERYCOLLEGE.EDU (Schmidt, Kari) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:08:30 -0400 Subject: Position Announcement - Web Services & Communications Librarian - Montgomery College Libraries, Maryland Message-ID: Montgomery College This is an opportunity to empower students to change their lives and enrich our community. Montgomery College has endless possibilities! Job Title: Librarian II Position #: S03756 Grade: K Bargaining Status: Non-bargaining FLSA: Exempt Location: Rockville Salary Range: $63,772.80 - $86,236.80 per annual Online applications must be received by Thursday, May 19th 2016 Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, has need for a full-time, Librarian II, #S03756, in the College Libraries. The normal work schedule is Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Job Summary: This position provides user-centered, innovative and service-oriented leadership in the vision, development, planning, coordination, maintenance and evaluation of the Libraries web presence, with an emphasis on enhancing the user experience. This position manages the Libraries' external communications and outreach/marketing efforts to ensure consistent and strategic branding and service and event promotion via multiple communications methods. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: * Serve as the Chair and lead the Libraries' Web Services Committee. * Utilize user-centered design focus, work closely with the E-Resources & Discovery Services Librarian and lead the Libraries' Web Services Committee in the planning for current and future web development/technologies. * Act as point person overseeing migration of Libraries website content to new College Content Management System. * Establish and manage training program for Libraries employees to input and manage content on website for their functional areas. * Collaborate with the E-Resources & Discovery Services Librarian to enhance and improve the Libraries' discovery services environment through user testing, adherence to industry best practices and integration of new services. * Create and charge a Libraries' Marketing Committee. * Serve as the Chair of Marketing Committee and work collaboratively with members from across the Libraries' departments to create and implement a College wide marketing strategy for the Libraries. * Produce and coordinate production of graphic and editorial copy for Libraries' external communications, including service announcements, policy changes, events and programs. * Design and edit external promotional and information materials with a focus on online methods. * Coordinate creation of selected communications in print form. * Work closely with the College Communications Office to create Libraries' brand strategy including re-design of the Libraries logo and color scheme for implementation on the Libraries' website and external communications. * Coordinate the Libraries' social media presence, including Facebook, Twitter and news blog. * Coordinate production of an annual report of Library services. * Maintain current awareness of web design and development practices in libraries, with an emphasis on enhancing user experience. * Actively participate in local, national and international meetings and organizations that relate to web services, user experience and marketing and communications. * Keep abreast of new trends and developments in the library field. * Read professional literature. Required Qualifications: * Master's degree in library science from an ALA (American Library Association) accredited institution. * Three (3) years of progressively responsible professional library experience in a functional area or specialized services in academic, research, or public library. * Knowledge of the principles and practices of library science as applied to the operation of academic libraries. * Ability to instruct and assist students in the use of library resources. * Ability to remain current in trends, topics, developments and issues in area of information and library technology, by attending training, workshops, and credit and non-credit classes provided by colleges and universities, and professional organizations. * Ability to communicate effectively. * Demonstrated initiative, resourcefulness, creativity and an open mind; flexibility, excellent teamwork and team leadership skills; strong listening skills; professional competence using research tools in an online environment and basic Microsoft Office Software. * Eligible applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States and not require employer visa sponsorship. Preferred Qualifications: * Two (2) years of experience with user-centered web design, instructional design theory and usability, and an understanding of information seeking behaviors in the online library environment. * Technical fluency with web authoring standards (HTML, JavaScript, CSS), accessibility standards, and content management systems. * Experience in gathering and evaluating analytics related to the website and other web-based services, and making data-driven decisions regarding website usability, architecture, and design. * Experience with social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, blogs) as a communications tool. * Experience with mobile website and services development. * Experience with OmniUpdate Campus CMS. * One (1) year of experience with coordinating print and online communications and marketing materials. * Experience with graphic design and relevant software. * Experience working on projects or initiatives with libraries and their parent institution (college, university, etc.). Application Process: * Online applications must be received by Thursday, May 19th 2016. To apply, please visit http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/employment * The application process includes 10 steps. * Step 10 is a Summary of your information. You can update and edit information up to the closing date for the receipt of applications for a specific job announcement. * For consideration, you must: 1. Include dates of employment in your application or attachment; 2. Complete a set of pre-screening questions (Step 4); and 3. E-sign your application. (Step 9) Failure to complete the pre-screening questions or to e-sign your application will automatically result in your elimination from consideration for this position. As a condition of employment, the following are required at the time of hire: * Successful completion of a background check * Participation in a retirement plan * Submission of an official transcript of the degree required for the position Note: This recruitment effort can take 6-12 weeks (from the deadline date) to fill. Montgomery College is a tobacco-free and smoke-free workplace. For disability- related accommodations, please call 240-567-5353 or send an email to: hrstm at montgomerycollege.edu at least two weeks in advance. Montgomery College is an academic institution committed to promoting equal opportunity and fostering diversity among its student body, faculty, and staff. 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This site will save the producers of COUNTER usage reports time and duplicated effort and ensure improved compliance with the COUNTER Code of Practice. Scope of this call for proposals This call seeks proposals for the development of the COUNTER Report Validation Tool, as detailed in the requirements document. Bidders will also find the NISO SUSHI Protocol helpful background. COUNTER will work with the successful contractor in creating final user stories and detailed specifications, and expects an agile approach with frequent interaction with the team and is expecting a collaborative approach To learn more about this development call, please see here: http://www.projectcounter.org/news.html The deadline for submissions is: noon UK time on Friday, 27 May 2016 ============================ To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/ 2016-04-29 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: