Showing posts with label Update 12-12-08. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Update 12-12-08. Show all posts
Friday, December 12, 2008
Deirdre Scaggs Appointed Director of Archives
Deirdre Scaggs, currently University Archivist, has been hired as the new Director of Archives, Special Collections and Digital Programs Division. She will be responsible for the administration of an archival program which includes Manuscripts, University Archives and Records Program, Audio-Visual, Public Policy Archives and the Bert T. Combs Appalachian Collection. Deirdre will begin her new assignment on January 1, 2009. Congratulations, Deirdre!
Jeff (Podge) Rion Apppinted Computer Support Specialist
Jeff (Podge) Rion, formerly a student and then a STEPS employee in the Information Technology Division, will move into a regular position on January 5. As Computer Support Specialist II, he will continue to provide first-level computer hardware and software support to the Libraries. Welcome, Podge!
Coordinator of Metadata and Caraloging Position
The search for a Coordinator of Cataloging and Metadata has not resulted in a hiring. However, the position description has been updated and a new search will be announced soon.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
ConsultFour Report on R&E and IT
This report from our consultants, Marilu Goodyear and Beth Warner, will be presented at meetings early next week on Tuesday. The full report will be posted in Office of the Dean SharePoint site under ConsultFour Report after those meetings. A PowerPoint presentation summary will also posted which lays out the key observations and recommendations as well as next steps.
Article in Kentucky Libraries by Kopana Terry
Check out the most recent Kentucky Libraries (vol. 72, no. 4) which includes an article by Kopana Terry entitled “Paging Through the Past: Kentucky’s Newspapers on the National Newsstand.” Congratulations Kopana!
Science experiments: reaching out to users
From American Libraries Direct
Science experiments: Reaching out to users
Convincing faculty and students in the sciences of the value of libraries and librarians can be a particularly hard sell as more and more of their primary journal literature becomes available online everywhere. Six science librarians from the University of Washington experimented with both traditional and unconventional ways to engage their users. They tried meeting in the users’ spaces, luring them into the library’s, and using creative initiatives that included blogs, giveaways, and geocaching....Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, no. 55 (Fall)
Science experiments: Reaching out to users
Convincing faculty and students in the sciences of the value of libraries and librarians can be a particularly hard sell as more and more of their primary journal literature becomes available online everywhere. Six science librarians from the University of Washington experimented with both traditional and unconventional ways to engage their users. They tried meeting in the users’ spaces, luring them into the library’s, and using creative initiatives that included blogs, giveaways, and geocaching....Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, no. 55 (Fall)
Europeana goes online, gets overwhelmed
From American Libraries Direct
Europeana goes online, gets overwhelmed
A new digital library of Europe’s cultural heritage crashed just hours after it went online and will be out of operation for several weeks, the European Commission said, attributing the failure to as many as 10 million hits an hour. Europeana, a website of 3.5 million documents and images, opened November 20 with international publicity. But by the next day, those trying to log on were greeted with a message telling them that the service may not be running again until mid-December, while computer capacity is upgraded. Watch the BBC report (1:55) on the Europeana launch....New York Times, Nov. 21; European Commission, Nov. 21; BBC News, Nov. 21
Europeana goes online, gets overwhelmed
A new digital library of Europe’s cultural heritage crashed just hours after it went online and will be out of operation for several weeks, the European Commission said, attributing the failure to as many as 10 million hits an hour. Europeana, a website of 3.5 million documents and images, opened November 20 with international publicity. But by the next day, those trying to log on were greeted with a message telling them that the service may not be running again until mid-December, while computer capacity is upgraded. Watch the BBC report (1:55) on the Europeana launch....New York Times, Nov. 21; European Commission, Nov. 21; BBC News, Nov. 21
Social Networks and citation tools for scientists
From American Libraries Direct
Social networks and citation tools for scientists
Lorcan Dempsey writes: “The emergence of social-network services is symptomatic of the move from website to workflow as our unit of attention on the Web. We want to get things done, by tying things together ourselves or by having them tied together in prefabricated services. It is interesting to see how many of them strongly feature literature resources.” Here are a handful of useful tools for science researchers....Lorcan Dempsey’s Weblog, Dec. 1
Social networks and citation tools for scientists
Lorcan Dempsey writes: “The emergence of social-network services is symptomatic of the move from website to workflow as our unit of attention on the Web. We want to get things done, by tying things together ourselves or by having them tied together in prefabricated services. It is interesting to see how many of them strongly feature literature resources.” Here are a handful of useful tools for science researchers....Lorcan Dempsey’s Weblog, Dec. 1
Promote your federal depository collection
From American Libraries Direct
Promote your federal depository collection
Using the theme, “Easy as FDL: Free information, Dedicated service, and Limitless possibilities,” this video (5:10) demonstrates what makes federal depository libraries essential to the American public. Librarians and others knowledgeable about the Federal Depository Library Program were interviewed and asked to explain its benefits. The video is downloadable for use on library websites....FDLP Desktop, Nov. 3
Promote your federal depository collection
Using the theme, “Easy as FDL: Free information, Dedicated service, and Limitless possibilities,” this video (5:10) demonstrates what makes federal depository libraries essential to the American public. Librarians and others knowledgeable about the Federal Depository Library Program were interviewed and asked to explain its benefits. The video is downloadable for use on library websites....FDLP Desktop, Nov. 3
What do stduents want in a library newsletter?
From American Libraries Direct
What do students want in a library newsletter?
Brian Mathews conducted an informal assessment of student reactions to the Georgia Institute of Technology’s library newsletter: “I tested different layout styles to see how much text was too much text, what types of images or themes students liked, and what they remembered based upon a quick glance. The editorial group is working through that data now.” He sums up the things that male and female students liked to see in the publication....The Ubiquitous Librarian, Dec. 2
What do students want in a library newsletter?
Brian Mathews conducted an informal assessment of student reactions to the Georgia Institute of Technology’s library newsletter: “I tested different layout styles to see how much text was too much text, what types of images or themes students liked, and what they remembered based upon a quick glance. The editorial group is working through that data now.” He sums up the things that male and female students liked to see in the publication....The Ubiquitous Librarian, Dec. 2
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