The massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake on March 11, 2011 triggered a tsunami that struck the east coast, devastating much of the Tohoku area in Japan. Fifteen thousand people are confirmed dead with more than nine thousand still missing. Libraries in the region were also devastated in the region. The Minami-Sanriku Town Library disappeared without a trace. The chief librarian was killed.
Valdosta State University is surveying to find out what the core competencies of Library & Information Science. Here’s your chance to provide your thoughts and who knows, you might even help impact the curriculum, too. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VSUcorecomp
If you are aware of damage to libraries or other cultural institutions in the storm affected counties, please send a message to the HERA (Heritage Emergency Response Alliance) list: HERA@LISTSERV.CC.EMORY.EDU or Marlee Givens if you’re not able to get through there. If you have access to Facebook, you can also contact HERA via their page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/ATLHERA Or on Twitter: @ATLHERA
GeorgiaInfo, available in GALILEO and Digital Library of Georgia database menus, is a portal to historical, cultural, statistical, governmental, and geographical information on Georgia. The GeorgiaInfo team would like our feedback to help inform the redesign of this robust resource. Please see their message below. “We’re redesigning GeorgiaInfo! Please take our short user survey at http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu to help us improve
As many of you in the library community know, RDA is the new cataloging rules, which replace AACR2. RDA works within the FRBR and FRAD framework (for those who don’t know what those terms mean, they are essentially semantic web and linked data friendly schemas for library metadata for library materials, like books.) One of the key parts of the
Apparently only 1 Georgia Librarian has been nominated. Seriously and I know some great people (for whom I will write nominations…) For those of you with a competitive, or appreciative, spirit – ALA-APA is hosting a contest with no prize other than the knowledge that your state celebrates its library workers publicly on National Library Workers Day (NLWD), Tuesday, April
Georgia library employees:Do you have a great program, service, or idea that you’d like to share with your colleagues in webinar form? Then please consider acting as a speaker for the Carterette Series Webinars. No previous webinar delivery experience is necessary–we will provide training and assistance. Since June of 2010, over 1200 librarians from Georgia and around the world have
I need some feedback. I have multiple blogs out there. Some are more up to date than others; but none are particularly scandalous.From 2000-2006, I art blogged. I blogged my art process. I blogged new art works. I blogged my heath problems. I blogged a photo friday EVERY friday. I photoblogged from my camera. It was much more personal than
Andy Woodworth is doing a MARC Madness of library terms. It’s all in silly good fun and I encourage you to stop by his blog and participate. Who says librarians don’t have a sense of humor?
The ALA Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) invite you to apply to host Let’s Talk About It: Making Sense of the American Civil War, a reading and discussion program in America’s libraries. Online applications are available at www.ala.org/civilwarprograms and must be submitted by April 19. In June, 50 public, academic and community college libraries