A few days ago I saw this announcement in American Libraries Direct and clipped it for inclusion in my Dean’s Update.
An online community for graduate students
Steven Bell writes: “A potential source of help for grad students may be a new online community developed by ProQuest for graduate students called GradShare (in beta, of course). According to an interview with a GradShare spokesperson, ‘Gradshare will become a way for graduate students to use peer mentoring to get answers to questions that they’re either not comfortable asking their advisors or unable to ask their advisors.’”...ACRLog, Jan. 30; Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 29
Just a few hours later I saw this announcement that UK had become one of the first members of the new social network. http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?artid=4343
Should be interesting to explore what the possible options for involvement there are for the Libraries.
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
New Digital Collection to be Created by ASERL
ASERL (of which UK is a member) has announced plans to create a new shared digital collection entitled “Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War. This new online collection will contain 5,000 digital items from rare and special collections held by the 38 research libraries that belong to ASERL. The items will be online for public use by 2011, which is the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War.” The full press release is available on the ASERL web site at http://aserl.org/documents/ASERL_Intellectual_Underpinnings_Civil_War.pdf
FoKAL Appoints First Committees
FoKAL (Federation of Kentucky Academic Libraries) has appointed its first three committees:
Advocacy – chaired by Stacey Nickell (West Kentucky CTC)
Terry Birdwhistell will represent UK on this committee
Information Literacy – chaired by Marcia Freyman (Bluegrass CTC)
Debbie Sharp will represent UK on this committee
ILL & Reciprocal Borrowing – chaired by Carolyn Tassie (Transylvania University)
Pat Wilson will represent UK on this committee
More information on the full membership and charge to the committees is available at the FoKAL wiki committees page at http://fokal.pbwiki.com/Committees
Reminder about Food and Drink Policy in the Young Auditorium
One of the challenges of working in a library is adhering to the same policies you want to apply to your users. I have noticed a deterioration in our own adherence to the “no food and drink” policy in the Young Auditorium. I once had to askPresident Todd not to take his coffee in and I’ll admit I have trouble adhering to the policy as well. I read this blog entry recently and thought it well captured the spirit of why we ask you, our faculty and staff, to adhere as well.
From Library Garden – http://librarygarden.blogspot.com/2009/02/open-letter-to-visiting-professionals.html
An Open Letter to Visiting Professionals
By Cynthia Lambert
Welcome!
Thank you for coming--we love to share our space and are happy to have you here. As in many libraries (and I suspect in yours), we have a policy here that states: No Food or Drink in the Library. We hate to tell our patrons no, but have no choice—this is a sensible policy as food and drink stain furniture and carpets and destroys library materials. In this age of the ubiquitous Starbucks cup, coffee cop is one of the worst parts of our jobs.
We try to enforce the rules fairly, but sometimes we do not see the offense. However, when you approach the public desk with a steaming cup of coffee in your hands, you should expect to be told about the policy. Please do not roll your eyes, sigh, or scowl—as you know, we are on the front-lines and just doing our job. When you follow-up with "I am here for the [Insert meeting name here]", please understand that is the library equivalent of a celebrity exclaiming ‘Do you know who I am’. It does not change the rule which we are duty bound to enforce fairly.
Please keep this in mind when visiting another library—we understand your desire to have coffee while at your meeting. We understand you are careful and are unlikely to spill. We do not want to tell you no. However, we can not make an exception for you. It is unfair. It makes our job harder. Please do not ask. You see, the other patrons do not know who you are.Thank you.
From Library Garden – http://librarygarden.blogspot.com/2009/02/open-letter-to-visiting-professionals.html
An Open Letter to Visiting Professionals
By Cynthia Lambert
Welcome!
Thank you for coming--we love to share our space and are happy to have you here. As in many libraries (and I suspect in yours), we have a policy here that states: No Food or Drink in the Library. We hate to tell our patrons no, but have no choice—this is a sensible policy as food and drink stain furniture and carpets and destroys library materials. In this age of the ubiquitous Starbucks cup, coffee cop is one of the worst parts of our jobs.
We try to enforce the rules fairly, but sometimes we do not see the offense. However, when you approach the public desk with a steaming cup of coffee in your hands, you should expect to be told about the policy. Please do not roll your eyes, sigh, or scowl—as you know, we are on the front-lines and just doing our job. When you follow-up with "I am here for the [Insert meeting name here]", please understand that is the library equivalent of a celebrity exclaiming ‘Do you know who I am’. It does not change the rule which we are duty bound to enforce fairly.
Please keep this in mind when visiting another library—we understand your desire to have coffee while at your meeting. We understand you are careful and are unlikely to spill. We do not want to tell you no. However, we can not make an exception for you. It is unfair. It makes our job harder. Please do not ask. You see, the other patrons do not know who you are.Thank you.
Virtual Resources and Instructional Initiatives: Snapshots of Library Experiments
“Virtual Resources and Instructional Initiatives: Snapshots of Library Experiments”
In the December 2008 ARL Bimonthly Report, there was an article by Crit Stuart, Director of the ARL Research, Teaching and Learning Program, about virtual resources and instructional initiatives. The subtitle of the article is Snapshots of library experiments. It's a quick read but has some interesting ideas and experiments that other libraries have underway related especially to collaborations with teaching faculty. You can find it online at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-261-vrii.pdf
In the December 2008 ARL Bimonthly Report, there was an article by Crit Stuart, Director of the ARL Research, Teaching and Learning Program, about virtual resources and instructional initiatives. The subtitle of the article is Snapshots of library experiments. It's a quick read but has some interesting ideas and experiments that other libraries have underway related especially to collaborations with teaching faculty. You can find it online at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-261-vrii.pdf
LITA's Top Tech Trends
From American Libraries Direct
LITA’s Top Tech Trends
Greg Landgraf writes: “LITA’s traditional Top Tech Trends discussion played to a standing-room-only crowd January 25, although the event was briefly delayed by a fire alarm. Participants focused on four topics: the management of open-source software, the growth of geolocational technologies, linked data, and the effect of the economy on technology choices in libraries. The LITA Blog liveblogged the session, and the session was also streamed.”...AL Inside Scoop, Jan. 25; LITA Blog, Jan. 25; Ustream.tv
LITA’s Top Tech Trends
Greg Landgraf writes: “LITA’s traditional Top Tech Trends discussion played to a standing-room-only crowd January 25, although the event was briefly delayed by a fire alarm. Participants focused on four topics: the management of open-source software, the growth of geolocational technologies, linked data, and the effect of the economy on technology choices in libraries. The LITA Blog liveblogged the session, and the session was also streamed.”...AL Inside Scoop, Jan. 25; LITA Blog, Jan. 25; Ustream.tv
Did You Miss American Libraries' Digital Supplement?
From American Libraries Direct
Did you miss American Libraries’ digital supplement?
It was emailed in mid-January, but you can read it at the link above. It’s a 37-page Winter 2009 issue, hosted on ZMags and powered by page-turning software. Features include: discovering high-tech, high-touch LIS opportunities; ALA continuing education resources; ALA-accredited master’s programs; and three views on service learning in library education....
Did you miss American Libraries’ digital supplement?
It was emailed in mid-January, but you can read it at the link above. It’s a 37-page Winter 2009 issue, hosted on ZMags and powered by page-turning software. Features include: discovering high-tech, high-touch LIS opportunities; ALA continuing education resources; ALA-accredited master’s programs; and three views on service learning in library education....
2009 Horizon Report
From American Libraries Direct
The 2009 Horizon Report
The annual Horizon Report is a collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative. Each year, the report identifies and describes six areas of emerging technology likely to have a significant impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression in higher education. Those cited this year are: mobile devices, cloud computing, geo-everything, the personal web, semantic-aware applications, and smart objects....Educause Connect, Jan. 20
The 2009 Horizon Report
The annual Horizon Report is a collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative. Each year, the report identifies and describes six areas of emerging technology likely to have a significant impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression in higher education. Those cited this year are: mobile devices, cloud computing, geo-everything, the personal web, semantic-aware applications, and smart objects....Educause Connect, Jan. 20
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