Hello Colleagues, Has your U.S. university or college begun to plan or implement the retrospective digitization of older (non-ETD) theses or dissertations? If so, you are enthusiastically invited to assist in a research study on the WHY of retrospective digitization. A brief survey on the reasons, perceived benefits and unexpected challenges of retrospective digitization is now underway. It is expected
Wikispaces for Higher Education – FREE!http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/highered We are giving away all of the features of our Plus wikis (normally $50/year).No fine print, no usage limits, no advertising, no catches. * Post, Publish, and Share with Ease Unlimited pages let you and your students share text, images, files, and more. * Set Privacy You can decide who has access to your
Info about the controversial decision by HarperCollins to limit Overdrive e-books to 25 checkouts. Essentially this turns overdrive into a rental service.——————————–Library journal articlehttp://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/889500-264/harpercollins_overdrive_respond_as_26.html.csp NYT posthttp://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/a-limit-on-lending-e-books/ HC’s response to librarians here:(shortened to:)http://is.gd/CMcBdO ..and the ebook users bill of rights:http://librarianbyday.net/2011/02/28/the-ebook-user%E2%80%99s-bill-of-rights-hcod-ebookrights/
So, when I did my dossier for promotion (I go through a rank and promotion process which is somewhat similar to tenure but *not* tenure) , I did it in Jquery. I wanted something that represented my skills as well as meet the format of the dossier.You can see it live embedded below or go to http://www.robinfay.net/cv/ <br><p>Your browser does
The Digital Commons @ Kennesaw State and the Horace W. Sturgis Library arepleased to announce “Giving Undergraduate Research a Worldwide Voice:Institutional Repositories as Publishers,” a free one-day conference oninstitutional repositories and their place in undergraduate education. Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011Location: KSU Continuing Education The keynote speaker will be Nancy Hensel, Executive Officer for the Councilon Undergraduate Research. This free
Georgia librarians (& any other interested parties):If you’re interested in volunteering for the 2011 Access Services Conference:https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG12dXRveVJ3ZHZqd0FYUnRKaG82QXc6MQ Information about the conference is available here:http://www.accessservicesconference.org/
Logi Insight for Libraries with Voyager ILSFeaturing Kevin Kidd, Manager of Libraries, Boston College Date & Time: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 1pm EST Duration: 45 minutes Presenters: Kevin Kidd, Manager of Libraries, Boston College Matt Hoffman, Director of Library Solutions, LogiXML Who Should Attend: Deans, Systems Librarians, Electronic Resources Librarians, etc. Join us for a webinar on our new
A colleague and I are gathering data on succession planning in the library. We invite you to respond to our survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XGHZGG3, and share with us your voice regarding succession planning at your library. We will share the results with you once our project is completed.Thank you,Angiah Davis ——————–Angiah Davis, MSLISReference Librarian, Information & Research ServicesRobert W. Woodruff Library
For those who might be interested: (snip)Changes that will directly benefit members include:New Member Advisory/Interest Groups to enable members to contribute to the development of LYRASIS programs and services;The creation of the Ideas & Insights Series to allow members to share their knowledge and experience with other professionals in the field;Broadened Professional Development and Consulting services to support member Web
the U.S. Department of Education 2011 Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Call for Peer ReviewersFebruary 4, 2011 as the deadline for receiving resumes of potential reviewers. The announcement is available here, http://www2.ed.gov/programs/lsl/lslpeers2011.doc