Stacey Greenwell has been selected as one of 40+ fellows of the 2009 Frye Leadership Institute to be held this summer at Emory University. “The Frye Leadership Institute is designed to develop the next generation of higher education leaders emerging from IT and library backgrounds. … Participants begin their Frye experience on their home campus with discussions involving the president, provost, CFO, CIO, and dean of libraries, providing important context for their residential experience. From May 31 – June 11, 2009 participants will gather at Emory University for an intensive residential experience that exposes them to higher education leaders and luminaries from around the country. A significant amount of personal and professional growth results from the networking and group exercises that bring a diverse set of international participants together to share, explore, and learn. Presentations are intermixed with case studies, brainstorming, role-playing, problem-solving, and reflecting. After the Institute concludes, graduates have the opportunity to participate in follow-up activities that will help them put their lessons-learned into perspective.” Some of you will remember that Mary Molinaro participated in this program in 2003.
You can learn more about the program at http://www.fryeinstitute.org/program.asp. The full list of participants can be found at http://www.clir.org/pubs/issues/issues67.html#frye
Congratulations Stacey!
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
WorldCat Local
For some time, Kelly Vickery, Tari Keller and I have been following the development of OCLC’s WorldCat Local service. At the recent ALA midwinter meeting, I learned that OCLC would be making a special offer to the SAALCK Libraries to participate in a demo/pilot of the service. The SAALCK Directors and their IT folks participated in a webinar last week to consider the opportunity and have decided to proceed with a trial this spring. At the end of the demo, we would want to make a decision about whether to purchase the product.
So what is WorldCat Local? An extensive description can be found at http://www.oclc.org/worldcatlocal/default.htm . I have extracted a few sentences of explanation:
“WorldCat Local is a unique service that works in conjunction with WorldCat.org and provides Web access to WorldCat—the world’s richest database for discovery of materials held in libraries.
WorldCat Local gives your library users a Web-scale experience with each and every search, and provides Web visibility for your library on a far-greater level than you could achieve on your own. Powerful social networking tools also let users share opinions and expertise with online peers. And because WorldCat Local operates on a network level, your library immediately benefits from all future updates and improvements made to the service at no extra charge.
WorldCat Local interoperates with existing locally maintained services like circulation, resource sharing, full text and local digital collections to create a simplified search, discovery and delivery experience for your users.”
Features of the system can be found here: http://www.oclc.org/worldcatlocal/features/default.htm
You can also experience an implementation of the interface at the University of Washington and at Ohio State University.
· http://www.lib.washington.edu/
· http://library.osu.edu/
WorldCat Local would have a number of advantages for us
So what is WorldCat Local? An extensive description can be found at http://www.oclc.org/worldcatlocal/default.htm . I have extracted a few sentences of explanation:
“WorldCat Local is a unique service that works in conjunction with WorldCat.org and provides Web access to WorldCat—the world’s richest database for discovery of materials held in libraries.
WorldCat Local gives your library users a Web-scale experience with each and every search, and provides Web visibility for your library on a far-greater level than you could achieve on your own. Powerful social networking tools also let users share opinions and expertise with online peers. And because WorldCat Local operates on a network level, your library immediately benefits from all future updates and improvements made to the service at no extra charge.
WorldCat Local interoperates with existing locally maintained services like circulation, resource sharing, full text and local digital collections to create a simplified search, discovery and delivery experience for your users.”
Features of the system can be found here: http://www.oclc.org/worldcatlocal/features/default.htm
You can also experience an implementation of the interface at the University of Washington and at Ohio State University.
· http://www.lib.washington.edu/
· http://library.osu.edu/
WorldCat Local would have a number of advantages for us
- A web like interface which places UK owned resources at the top of the list but includes all of the records of WorldCat
- An easy way for users to initiate ILL requests from the catalog for materials not owned by UK
- 54 million articles have been added to the database and that number is growing
- Harvesting of digital assets in the same search
- A one stop search experience similar to MetaLib will be added by the end of the year without the additional expense of that software
- Very similar costs to what we are already spending on a variety of services
What happens next? Kelly and the Encore Development Working Group are going to take on this project and are already hard at work on the remaining decisions to be made for our implementation. Then a demo of the product will be made available for review and feedback. You’ll hear more from Kelly and the Working Group once a timeline has been completed.
House Rehashes Bill Blocking Free Access to Research
From American Libraries Direct
House rehashes bill blocking free access to research
The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, which would block free access to research conducted by taxpayer-funded organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, was introduced February 3 in the House by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.). H.R. 801 duplicates word-for-word H.R. 6845, which was shelved at the end of 2008. The legislation essentially bars government agencies from requiring authors to transfer their copyright in order to receive public funding for their research....American Libraries Online, Feb. 20
House rehashes bill blocking free access to research
The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, which would block free access to research conducted by taxpayer-funded organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, was introduced February 3 in the House by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.). H.R. 801 duplicates word-for-word H.R. 6845, which was shelved at the end of 2008. The legislation essentially bars government agencies from requiring authors to transfer their copyright in order to receive public funding for their research....American Libraries Online, Feb. 20
Libraries, Literacy and gaming grants
From American Libraries Direct
Libraries, literacy, and gaming grants
ALA will award ten $5,000 grants to libraries that demonstrate creativity, capacity, sustainability, and a strong commitment to literacy-related gaming services for youth. The winning libraries will receive ongoing support and technical assistance from a team of nationally recognized library gaming experts. Winners will be announced during National Library Week, April 12–18. The grant application is available online. The deadline to apply is March 20....
Libraries, literacy, and gaming grants
ALA will award ten $5,000 grants to libraries that demonstrate creativity, capacity, sustainability, and a strong commitment to literacy-related gaming services for youth. The winning libraries will receive ongoing support and technical assistance from a team of nationally recognized library gaming experts. Winners will be announced during National Library Week, April 12–18. The grant application is available online. The deadline to apply is March 20....
ARL Calls on OCLC to Revised its WorldCat Policy
From American Libraries Direct
ARL calls on OCLC to revise its WorldCat policy
An Association of Research Libraries task force has issued a report (PDF file) that calls on OCLC to develop a new policy for the use and transfer of WorldCat records to replace the one it released in November 2008. The task force report includes a brief overview of the policy and the task force’s understanding of the policy’s intent....Association of Research Libraries, Feb. 20
ARL calls on OCLC to revise its WorldCat policy
An Association of Research Libraries task force has issued a report (PDF file) that calls on OCLC to develop a new policy for the use and transfer of WorldCat records to replace the one it released in November 2008. The task force report includes a brief overview of the policy and the task force’s understanding of the policy’s intent....Association of Research Libraries, Feb. 20
Visualizing World News
From American Libraries Direct
Visualizing world news
Andrew Vande Moere writes: “Is there finally a news outlet that steps into the information design terrain? TimeSpace from the Washington Post is an interactive map that allows users to navigate articles, photos, video, and commentary from around the globe. One can discover news hot-spots where coverage is clustered, use the slider timeline to illustrate peaks in coverage, or customize news searches to a particular day or specific hour.”...Information Aesthetics, Feb. 20
Visualizing world news
Andrew Vande Moere writes: “Is there finally a news outlet that steps into the information design terrain? TimeSpace from the Washington Post is an interactive map that allows users to navigate articles, photos, video, and commentary from around the globe. One can discover news hot-spots where coverage is clustered, use the slider timeline to illustrate peaks in coverage, or customize news searches to a particular day or specific hour.”...Information Aesthetics, Feb. 20
Kate Nevins Talks about the SOLINET Merger
From American Libraries Direct
Kate Nevins talks about the SOLINET merger
Daniel A. Freeman writes: “Earlier this month, regional library cooperatives SOLINET and PALINET finalized and approved plans to merge to become one of the largest and most influential library cooperatives in the country. SOLINET Executive Director Kate Nevins was kind enough to agree to an email interview with us. She helps explain how this merger came to fruition, and what it will mean in terms of service, technology, and the reach of the new organization.”...ALA TechSource, Feb. 23
Kate Nevins talks about the SOLINET merger
Daniel A. Freeman writes: “Earlier this month, regional library cooperatives SOLINET and PALINET finalized and approved plans to merge to become one of the largest and most influential library cooperatives in the country. SOLINET Executive Director Kate Nevins was kind enough to agree to an email interview with us. She helps explain how this merger came to fruition, and what it will mean in terms of service, technology, and the reach of the new organization.”...ALA TechSource, Feb. 23
What Libraries can learn from Facebook
From American Libraries Direct
What libraries can learn from Facebook
Peter Bromberg writes: “While looking at one end of the Facebook dustup (big corporation trampling on privacy rights) we might be missing some important lessons on the other end (big corporation letting customers control their own information in exchange for a highly engaging experience). Our choice to disallow customers’ control of their own information means that their needs for connection and social networking go unmet. Why aren’t libraries creating and offering these experiences?”...Library Garden, Feb. 19
What libraries can learn from Facebook
Peter Bromberg writes: “While looking at one end of the Facebook dustup (big corporation trampling on privacy rights) we might be missing some important lessons on the other end (big corporation letting customers control their own information in exchange for a highly engaging experience). Our choice to disallow customers’ control of their own information means that their needs for connection and social networking go unmet. Why aren’t libraries creating and offering these experiences?”...Library Garden, Feb. 19
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