Showing posts with label Update 8-29-08. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Update 8-29-08. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Director, Archives, Special Collections and Digital Programs
As part of its ongoing review of vacant position, the Executive Committee has approved proceeding with the filling of the Director, Archives position. The position will be posted this week on the University’s online position recruitment website.
Call for Volunteers for Search Committee
Call for Volunteers for Search Committee for the Director, Archives Position
Of course, with recruitment beginning for this position, we need to form a search committee! If you are interested in serving on this committee, please send me a message no later than Monday, September 8.
Of course, with recruitment beginning for this position, we need to form a search committee! If you are interested in serving on this committee, please send me a message no later than Monday, September 8.
Poet Natasha Trethewey to Read
As part of the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, noted poet, Natasha Trethewey, will read her poetry in the Young Library Auditorium on Friday, September 12, from 4:30 to 5:30. The event is free and open to the public. The UK Libraries is co-sponsoring this reading with the Conference and I hope some of you will plan to attend. You can read more about the conference and Trethewey at http://www.uky.edu/WWK/
Career Enhancement Program - IMLS Grant
Planning continues for our participation in the ARL/IMLS grant for a minority fellowship program. The call for applications is now online at http://www.arl.org/news/pr/career-enhancement-18aug08.shtml. Please encourage any eligible library school students to consider this opportunity. Our Working Group began meeting this week to prepare to host our first fellows in 2009. More information will be forthcoming.
Young Library Information Services Changes
As we continue to look for the best ways to serve our students and faculty, Information Services in the Young Library has implemented the following changes for the fall semester. The service desk for the 2nd floor is now located in the Atrium just outside the Rotunda. This desk will provide reference assistance and is the service desk for PNM. The desk will be staffed from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. They have also expanded their Chat Reference Service. The Chat icon is now on the desktop of every machine in Young Library. This allows users to get assistance without leaving their machine. Chat will be available all hours the 2nd floor desk is open. Plans are to expand this service to all hours Young is open later in the semester. The Chat service will be shared by staff in Research and Education and Circulation. Another change is in the handling of the phone reference. Telephone reference will now be handled in the office area, allowing the staff at the Atrium desk to concentrate on walk in clientele.
Opt Out of Printed Pay Stub
Now that direct deposit of your paycheck is mandatory and now that the University has provided a way for you to check that paystub online (see 8-13-08 email instructions from Judy Sackett and http://www.uky.edu/HR/ESSOverview.html), I’d encourage you to “opt out” of receiving a printed pay stub. Not only will it save the printing costs, it will save much time for the Business Services staff who organize and distribute the printed pay stubs. It will also save time in your unit for the person who must retrieve those pay stubs from the Office of the Dean every pay day. Please let your student workers know about this option as well.
Publisher-Author Agreements and the NIH Public Access Policy
“ARL has released ‘PubMed Central Deposit and Author Rights: Agreements between 12 Publishers and the Authors Subject to the NIH Public Access Policy,’ by Ben Grillot ….
To help authors make informed choices about their rights, Grillot compares how the agreements of 12 publishers permit authors to meet the requirements of the recently revised National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy and share their works while they are under embargo. The NIH Public Access Policy requires authors of NIH-funded research to deposit their works in PubMed Central and make them publicly available within 12 months of publication.
Grillot focuses his analysis on how the agreements differ in: the terms and procedures of deposit of the work, the length of any embargo period, and the rights of the author to use and share the work during the embargo period. Grillot presents summary tables that .. show the similarities and differences across agreements. He also analyzes the implications of these agreements.”
The pdf is available from the ARL Web site at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/grillot-pubmed.pdf.”
To help authors make informed choices about their rights, Grillot compares how the agreements of 12 publishers permit authors to meet the requirements of the recently revised National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy and share their works while they are under embargo. The NIH Public Access Policy requires authors of NIH-funded research to deposit their works in PubMed Central and make them publicly available within 12 months of publication.
Grillot focuses his analysis on how the agreements differ in: the terms and procedures of deposit of the work, the length of any embargo period, and the rights of the author to use and share the work during the embargo period. Grillot presents summary tables that .. show the similarities and differences across agreements. He also analyzes the implications of these agreements.”
The pdf is available from the ARL Web site at http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/grillot-pubmed.pdf.”
SOLINET Training Calendar for fall available online
The printable Fall 2008 Quarterly Class Schedule is now available on the SOLINET website. They have introduced 2 new Training Tracks and 14 new classes this fall.
New Training Tracks
Open Source: Evergreen Software Track
Disaster Prevention and Response Track
New Classes (Live Online)
Evergreen Guided Tour and DemoEvergreen Circulation and OPAC Module
Evergreen Cataloging Module
Evergreen Administration and Statistics Module
Managing Student Assistants in Academic Libraries
20 Questions: Music Resources
20 Questions: Art Resources
Establishing Emergency Response Networks for Cultural Collections
Archives Preservation
Using WorldCat on the Web: WorldCat.org
New Classes (Self-Paced)
Dreamweaver
General Cataloging Principles and Practices
Designing with Style!
Interpreting the MARC Record
New Training Tracks
Open Source: Evergreen Software Track
Disaster Prevention and Response Track
New Classes (Live Online)
Evergreen Guided Tour and DemoEvergreen Circulation and OPAC Module
Evergreen Cataloging Module
Evergreen Administration and Statistics Module
Managing Student Assistants in Academic Libraries
20 Questions: Music Resources
20 Questions: Art Resources
Establishing Emergency Response Networks for Cultural Collections
Archives Preservation
Using WorldCat on the Web: WorldCat.org
New Classes (Self-Paced)
Dreamweaver
General Cataloging Principles and Practices
Designing with Style!
Interpreting the MARC Record
Weekly Schedule Resumes Sept. 12
The next Dean’s Update will appear on September 12. At that time I’ll resume a weekly schedule.
Beloit College Mindset List
Every fall the folks at Beloit College release their “mindset” list about this year’s incoming freshman class (Class of 2012). You’ll find the details at http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/
Star in your own READ mini poster
From American Libraries Direct
Star in your own READ mini poster
Jenny Levine writes: “One of the fun projects I’ve gotten to shepherd at work is now available for you to play with—the READ Mini Poster Generator. Useful for web badges, profile pictures, and especially graphics for events such as Banned Books Week (which is coming up in September). It’s just like the generators on fd’s Flickr Toys because it was created by John Watson, Mr. fd himself. If you post yours to Flickr, be sure to add it to the READ posters pool.”...The Shifted Librarian, Aug. 7
Star in your own READ mini poster
Jenny Levine writes: “One of the fun projects I’ve gotten to shepherd at work is now available for you to play with—the READ Mini Poster Generator. Useful for web badges, profile pictures, and especially graphics for events such as Banned Books Week (which is coming up in September). It’s just like the generators on fd’s Flickr Toys because it was created by John Watson, Mr. fd himself. If you post yours to Flickr, be sure to add it to the READ posters pool.”...The Shifted Librarian, Aug. 7
ACRL on the Desk and Beyond
From American Libraries Direct
ACRL on The Desk and Beyond
ACRL has released a new publication, The Desk and Beyond: Next Generation Reference Services, edited by Sarah Steiner and M. Leslie Madden of Georgia State University. The book provides a thorough exploration of the present and possible future applications of 11 of the most promising new reference delivery methods. This forward-looking collection is intended to provide inspiration for potential new digital and physical reference services at academic libraries....
ACRL on The Desk and Beyond
ACRL has released a new publication, The Desk and Beyond: Next Generation Reference Services, edited by Sarah Steiner and M. Leslie Madden of Georgia State University. The book provides a thorough exploration of the present and possible future applications of 11 of the most promising new reference delivery methods. This forward-looking collection is intended to provide inspiration for potential new digital and physical reference services at academic libraries....
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