Articles, job-hunting advice, professional development opportunities, and other news and ideas on how to further your library career. Compiled by the Library Job People, Sarah Johnson and Rachel Singer Gordon.
September 1st, 2010 sarah
The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), in support of the Department of Defense (DoD) Scientific and Technical Information Program, solicits student papers for consideration on the agenda of its annual conference. Selected student authors will be invited to present their papers at the 2011 DTIC Conference, April 4-6, 2011 in Alexandria, VA (see http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/announcements/conference.html).
For more details and submission instructions, see the pdf announcement:
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/pdf/announcements/StudentPaper2011.pdf
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August 31st, 2010 sarah
Call for Submissions: Rethinking Reference
Public Services Quarterly (PSQ) invites submission of manuscripts for a special thematic issue (volume 7, issue 1/2) on “Rethinking Reference.”
Theme:
As reference statistics from traditional reference desks decline each year, librarians are rethinking delivery of reference services. From combined service desks (reference and circulation) to tiered models (an information desk serving as triage to the reference office) to roving reference, librarians continue to search for ways of reaching out to patrons at their point of need.
In this special issue, we seek to explore new and innovative ways of the delivery of reference services. Some questions that may be addressed include, but not limited to:
- If you’ve done away with a traditional reference desk, what service replaces it?
- How do you balance delivery of in-person and virtual reference services?
- In staffing an Information Commons, do you need technology support, librarian support, both, or librarian as technology support?
- What are the skills and knowledge required of reference librarians in the 21st century?
- How, if at all, do generalist reference librarians develop subject specialist expertise, and vice versa? Are the two roles complimentary?
Nicole Cooke, Librarian/Assistant Professor at Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, and Ellen Keith, Reference Services Coordinator and Librarian for Sociology at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, will edit this special issue of PSQ.
Deadlines:
- Manuscript submissions are due December 1, 2010.
- Accepted authors will be notified on January 3, 2011.
- Author revisions are due February 1, 2011.
Please submit manuscripts and direct questions to the special issue editors, Nicole Cooke (cooken@mail.montclair.edu) and Ellen Keith (ekeith@jhu.edu).
Publication:
Public Services Quarterly, a Taylor & Francis Group/Routledge publication, is a peer reviewed journal that examines traditional and nontraditional areas of public service in academic libraries. This special issue of PSQ will NOT be refereed.
This special issue is scheduled for publication in June 2011.
For more information on Public Services Quarterly and the Instructions for Authors, please visit:
http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1522-8959
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August 29th, 2010 rachel
Call for Papers….
The Journal of Access Services welcomes the submission of research, theory, and practice papers relevant to the broad field of access services in libraries, archives and information services of all types. This journal, now published by Routledge, is under the Editorship of Dr. Bede Mitchell, Dean of the Library and University Librarian, and Professor, Georgia Southern University. Former President of the Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA) of ALA, Dr. Mitchell has published widely in areas comprising access services. He co-edited Best Practices in Access Services, a recent special issue of JAS.
Call for Papers
Articles are particularly welcome in all areas dealing with major responsibilities now subsumed under access services, including stacks maintenance, circulation services, collection maintenance, and the full range of access issues affecting libraries today, including electronic/remote access as well as traditional forms. (See also: Evolution of Access Services, at the end of this announcement.)
Examples of recent articles
“Technology for Access Services”
“On the Merit of Case Studies in Access Services”
“Personnel Management in Access Services”
“Stacks Maintenance: An Organic Approach to Growing Space”
“Evolution of the Georgia Tech Library Circulation Department”
“Improving Circulation Services Through Staff Involvement”
“Phantom Use: Quantifying In-Library Browsing of Circulating Materials”
“Managing Lost and Missing Books”
“Shelf Reading as a Collaborative Service Model”
“Changing Services and Space at an Academic Library”
Special Issues
Previous special issues of the journal include:
*Accessibility to Library-Related Services (Guest Editor: Ravonne Green)
*Best Practices in Access Services (Guest Co-Editors: Lori Driscoll and Bede Mitchell)
Instructions for Authors/Free Digital Sample Copy
A full “Instructions for Authors” as well as complimentary online sample copy may be obtained from: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WJAS
Prospective authors may also contact the Editor, Dr. Bede Mitchell <wbmitch@georgiasouthern.edu>. Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts via email with attached word document.
Free Print Sample Copy
To request a free print sample copy, E-mail: customerservice@taylorandfrancis.com, Or, call 1-800-354-1420
Tags: access services
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August 29th, 2010 rachel
Fundamentals of Acquisitions (September 6 – October 1, 2010)
The Fundamentals of Acquisitions (FOA) web course focuses on the basics of library acquisitions:
- goals and methods of acquiring monographs and serials
- financial management of library collections budgets
- relationships among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers, subscription agents, and publishers
Description: This course provides a broad overview of the operations involved in acquiring materials after the selection decision is made.
In FOA, we distinguish between collection development, which involves the selection of materials for the library; and acquisitions, which orders, receives, and pays for those materials. In many libraries, selecting and acquiring materials may be done in the same department—in the smallest libraries perhaps even by the same person. In larger libraries, selection may be done by a collection development department and/or designated subject specialists, while a separate department acquires the selected materials. Acquisitions, in essence, is the business side of bringing materials into the library or licensing access to library resources.
Instructors: Morag Boyd and Kate Kasimor
For additional details and registration information see: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/foa/ol_templ.cfm
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
Tags: acquisitions, ALCTS
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August 29th, 2010 rachel
Overview
The aim of this special issue is to explore the importance and the many possibilities of evaluating Web search engines. This includes a wide spectrum of topics, but we are especially interested in papers dealing with new approaches to search engine evaluation, as well as papers describing thoroughly conducted empirical studies.
A Web search is clearly the foremost method for finding information today. According to ComScore, more than 130 billion search queries were posed to search engines in a single month in 2009. This explains why search engine research is not only of interest to a community working on improving them, but also to a society whose members rely heavily on search engines. In contrast to the importance of search engines, there are still relatively few studies dealing with their quality. The question is how search engines can be best evaluated considering their wide use and the typical user behaviour towards them.
Search engines are not only used for general-purpose queries, but in many different contexts. The spectrum of queries ranges from trivial to highly specific; the usage scenarios range from private to professional. Therefore, evaluations should not only focus on the general user, but on certain user groups and/or search topics.
While there are only a few major search engines determined to cover the whole of the web, there are specialized engines focussing on certain parts of the web (e.g., language areas or individual topics). However, it remains unclear how much these add to the quality of Web search.
While the quality of results is surely the most important factor when evaluating search engines, there are other areas of interest as well. The quality of a search engine’s index is important to determine whether this engine would be suitable to produce relevant results. For the professional searcher, the quality of the search features also is important. Mal-functioning search features can have a negative effect on the results for less sophisticated queries. Last, but not least, the usability of search engines must be considered in evaluations. Usability is a major factor for users in deciding which search engine to use.
Topics of interest may focus on but are not restricted to:
• Retrieval effectiveness
• Reliability of search results
• Language handling
• Index sizes and overlap comparisons
• Query log analysis
• User behaviour
• Results presentation
• User surveys
• User guidance in the search process
• Ability of search engines to deal with different query types
• Index and/or results freshness
• Diversity of results
• Search features comparison
• Influence of search engine optimization (SEO) on results quality
Submissions
Papers must spell out the implications of the findings for online information (these should be discussed in the introduction, discussion and conclusion sections of your paper).
In general only research-based submissions will be considered. Such submissions may be any type of research, including technical or conceptual. Viewpoints, literature reviews or general reviews are generally not acceptable.
Papers should ideally be 4000 to 6000 words in length and references and citations should be in our journal style. Please see our author guidelines at http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=oir for more details and submission instructions. Following these guidelines closely will avoid delay in your paper being assessed and improve your chances for acceptance. Please ensure that you submit your paper under the special issue rather than the regular journal issue.
Important dates
Deadline for authors to submit papers: 15 September 2010
Notice of review results: 15 December 2010
Revisions due: 31 January 2011
Author notification: 15 February 2010
About the journal
Online Information Review is a refereed, ISI-ranked journal devoted to research in the broad field of online information, including both transactional and transformational aspects, in the academic, corporate, government, scientific and commercial contexts. It addresses issues related to online resources, systems and services, information quality, content and evaluation, with a particular focus on online and digital information creation, storage, retrieval and applications (including social, political and ethical aspects).
Journal information page: http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=oir
Contact
Prof Dirk Lewandowski
Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Department Information
Berliner Tor 5
D – 20099 Hamburg
Germany
E-Mail: dirk.lewandowski@haw-hamburg.de
Website: http://www.bui.haw-hamburg.de/lewandowski.html
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August 29th, 2010 rachel
The 66th Canadian Library Association (CLA) National Conference and Trade Show will be held in Halifax from Wednesday, May 25 to Saturday, May 28, 2011.
CLA is pleased to invite librarians and other interested parties to propose program submissions for this national event.
Proposals are being solicited on any topic relevant to the Canadian library and information professional community. The conference has no set theme, and there are no defined subject streams – proposals on all topics of professional interest will be considered. The Program Committee would like to encourage proposals which express innovative and creative ways for presenting information to delegates.
Sessions may be presented in any format: panels of speakers, single speakers, round-table discussions, debates, “un-conference” session, interviews – let your imagination guide you! The only restriction is time: you may request either a 60 minute or 90 minute slot in the schedule.
Poster presentations are also being solicited. These presentations take the form of display boards, with presenters available for one-to-one discussion with delegates at a specified time. Again, any topic of broad interest to the library and information profession will be considered.
All proposals will be reviewed by the CLA Conference Program Committee. The submission deadline is October 1, 2010.
Please visit the conference website for more information: http://www.cla.ca/conference/2011/
Tags: canadian library association
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August 29th, 2010 rachel
Are you looking for funds to help pay for your trip to ALA Annual 2011 in New Orleans?
Apply by Tuesday, December 14, 2010 for the NMRT Shirley Olofson Memorial Award and you may receive a $1000 check to help defray the cost of attendance!
Applicants must:
1. Be a member of ALA and NMRT
2. Be active in the library profession
3. Show promise for activity in the area of professional development
4. Have valid financial need
5. Have attended no more than five ALA annual conferences
To apply, please visit:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm/awolofson/Shirley_Olofson_Award.cfm
Tags: ala, shirley olofson
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August 28th, 2010 sarah
Dear Librarian Colleagues:
Consider writing a chapter for the forthcoming book, “Getting started
with cloud computing: A LITA guide”.
Edward Corrado and Heather Moulaison, editors, are looking for 8-12 page
(double spaced standard font) chapters on either:
1. Applications and services used by librarians in the cloud and how
they might be used in a variety of libraries, including information on:
a. The tool itself (what it does, why it could be of use to libraries)
b. Why librarians should know about this application or service
2. Descriptions of best practices/ok practices/not good practices in
using cloud services, including information on:
a. The background to the project: Describe your library, your
collection, your resources, or any other element that will be necessary
to understand what you did and why
b. The project: Describe what you did, why you did it, who did what, and
how, being sure to mention any special funding you needed or resources
you used
c. The assessment: How have you assessed your project and what are the
results of that assessment
Possible topics: Using Amazon S3 for backups/storage, Hosting Websites,
blogs, wikis, etc., in the Cloud, Hosting Library Subject Guides in the
Cloud, Using Google Docs and other Google Applications, etc.
Examples can focus on all kinds of libraries, including public, special,
museum, academic, etc.
Projected deadline for chapter: Nov. 1, 2010.
Authors will receive a copy of the book as compensation.
If you are interested in submitting an idea for consideration, please
send a rough outline of your proposed chapter to ecorrado@ecorrado.us
before Sept. 15, 2010. Clearly indicate in your email your name, contact
information, and any other information the editors should take into
consideration about the context of your proposal. / via collib-l
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August 26th, 2010 rachel
Call for Proposals
Urban Library Journal
The editors of Urban Library Journal (ULJ) announce a call for proposals for the Winter 2011 issue.
Urban Library Journal, an open access, refereed journal of research and discussion dealing with all aspects of urban libraries and librarianship, welcomes articles dealing with academic, research, public, school, and special libraries in an urban setting.
Manuscript length should fall between 2,500 and 5,000 words. Full author guidelines can be found on the ULJ website: http://ulj.lacuny.org/. Proposals are due by September 20, 2010. Full manuscripts are due by December 15, 2010. For more information about ULJ and to see the latest issue: http://lacuny.org/ulj/index.php/current-issue/47-issue-161-spring-2010.
Proposals should be one page or less and include an overview of the topic as well as its relevance to urban libraries.
Please email queries and proposals to the journal co-editors:
Lisa Finder
Hunter College Libraries
lfinder@hunter.cuny.edu
Lauren Yannotta
Hunter College Libraries
lyannott@hunter.cuny.edu
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August 26th, 2010 rachel
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, is pleased to offer a new non-credit continuing education course.
Emerging Technologies in Librarianship
In this class, participants will explore select emerging technologies while building those imperative and complementary skills of discovery and evaluation. The focus will be on web-based and open-source softwares that have potential to create value for library users.
Assignments will expose participants to journals and other media that illuminate trends in technology, and will encourage participants to develop a personalized rubric for evaluating the merit of new tools.
What will be covered:
Week One: Web 2.0 Basics: The Democratic Web Week Two: Online Productivity Week Three: Building Community Week Four: Mobile Technology Week Five: The Fun Stuff: Virtual Worlds and Gaming Week Six: The Library as Web 2.0 Entrepreneur
Dates: September 20 – October 29, 2010
Times: Online asynchronous format
Cost: $300
Instructor: Jason Kovac, Ph.D.
Intended audience: Librarians and information professionals interested in using emerging technologies in their libraries.
For additonal information and to register, visit:
http://www.lis.illinois.edu/academics/programs/cpd/emerg-tech
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August 26th, 2010 rachel
Both the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) and the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) have prepared an excellent lineup of professional development opportunities scheduled for the coming months. I hope you’ll consider joining us for one or more of these online events—all of which you can attend from the comfort of your office or home computer.
Please forward this message to any colleagues or distribution lists who might be interested in these learning opportunities.
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**ASCLA Virtual Convergence**
For four days—January 18-21, 2011—ASCLA will host the inaugural Virtual Convergence. The Convergence will present a multitude of webinars offered at various times throughout the day on topics relevant to your job performance. We are currently seeking topics and presenters for these webinars. Whether you are an expert in a particular topic area, or you are willing to serve as a “program planner” and recruit a speaker or panel of speakers on a topic that is of importance to the library community, we welcome your submissions! More information is at the ASCLA blog.
Potential program topics include consulting and independent librarianship; collaborative digitization; accessibility of libraries and library services; services to special populations including differently-abled library users, as well as all ages of incarcerated populations; issues affecting networks and cooperatives; and topics pertinent to state libraries. Presenters will be compensated. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Submit a proposal now using the online proposal form.
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RUSA Online Courses, Fall 2010
The schedule for RUSA’s fall online courses is in place, and registration is now open! Regardless of your job function or library type, these learning opportunities are appropriate for both seasoned professionals and those looking to expand their skill sets and build their resumes.
Register online now! All pricing and comprehensive course descriptions are available at the RUSA website.
- Genealogy 101 Sept. 20–Oct. 22 Covering genealogy reference basics, and providing skills for confidently assisting family history researchers.
- Reference Interview Sept. 13–Oct. 22 A comprehensive course focusing on the methods of evaluating reference service, behavioral aspects of reference service, and the different types of questions that can be used to help patrons identify what they need.
- Business Reference 101 Oct. 4–29 Demystifies business reference while providing an overview of business reference resources and preparing you to answer basic business reference questions.
- Readers’ Advisory 101 Oct. 4–Nov. 11 This course offers online practice sessions to increase your comfort with providing RA services.
As of Sept. 1, group discounts will only be available to organizations with current memberships with ALA. Until then, all organizations can take advantage of significant savings when two or more employees sign up for the same course. Details are in the Professional Development section of the RUSA website.
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Remember, these events are open to all, but division members get the best price on registration! If your professional expertise and interests align with either ASCLA or RUSA’s areas of work, we encourage you to join! Become a member at www.ala.org/membership or call 1-800-545-2433, option 5.
Learn more about ASCLA at www.ala.org/ascla ,and RUSA at www.ala.org/rusa.
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August 26th, 2010 rachel
Are you a tech savvy librarian using new technologies in innovative ways? Adapting existing technologies to reach user needs? Here is an opportunity to share your innovations with your colleagues, library administrators, and others at ACRL 2011.
The ACRL 2011 Cyber Zed Shed Committee is looking for proposals that document technology-related innovations in every area of the library. Whether you are teaching in a classroom; answering questions from patrons; acquiring, cataloging, processing or preserving materials; or providing other services, we’re interested. We invite you to submit your most innovative proposals to help us make Philadelphia the site of a truly groundbreaking conference. Cyber Zed Shed presentations are 20 minutes, with 15 minutes to present a demonstration, and five additional minutes for audience Q&A. Presentations should document technology-related innovations in academic and research libraries. A computer, data projector, screen, microphone, and stage will be provided in the Cyber Zed Shed theater. You will be responsible for bringing all other equipment required for your demonstration, except as agreed to in advance.
The deadline for submission is November 1, 2010.
ACRL Proposal Submission homepage: https://www.goeshow.com/acrl/national/2011/proposal_submission_home_1page.cfm
Questions about Cyber Zed Shed submissions should be directed to:
Kenley Neufeld, Santa Barbara City College, kenleyneufeld@gmail.com
Emily Rimland, Pennsylvania State University, erimland@psu.edu
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August 26th, 2010 sarah
*CALL FOR PRESENTATION PROPOSALS*
The University Libraries and College Libraries Sections invite proposals
for our 2011 ALA Annual Conference Program:
*Academic Librarian Lightning Round! Innovative New Roles*
Innovative College and University Librarians are increasingly assuming
new academic, governance, professional, and service roles and
responsibilities. By forging new pathways and partnerships, academic
librarians can reassert the centrality of the library in their colleges
and universities, and expand their expertise to benefit the core
missions of their library and their institution. This fast-paced
program features a variety of Lighting Talk presentations (also known as
Pecha Kucha presentations) that dive right to the heart of the issue and
engage the audience.
RULES: 5 minute presentation, 20 slides, 15 seconds per slide
EXAMPLES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZOt6BkhUg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKe_cX5Ms_w&feature=related
Proposals should include a title and 75-word description of the
presentation. They can be submitted here: Submission Form
<https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFZyb1MzVGtodWtTT0hHNENZeUtmdGc6MQ>.
Proposals will be due *SEPTEMBER 15, 2010*.
Notifications of acceptance will be made by November 1, 2010.
For more information, please contact Catherine Doyle,
cdoyle0@zimbra.naz.edu
For an archive of past messages from the ILI listserv, visit: http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/ili-l.
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August 23rd, 2010 sarah
Call for Papers….
The Journal of Access Services welcomes the submission of research, theory, and practice papers relevant to the broad field of access services in libraries, archives and information services of all types. This journal, now published by Routledge, is under the Editorship of Dr. Bede Mitchell, Dean of the Library and University Librarian, and Professor, Georgia Southern University. Former President of the Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA) of ALA, Dr. Mitchell has published widely in areas comprising access services. He co-edited Best Practices in Access Services, a recent special issue of JAS.
Call for Papers
Articles are particularly welcome in all areas dealing with major responsibilities now subsumed under access services, including stacks maintenance, circulation services, collection maintenance, and the full range of access issues affecting libraries today, including electronic/remote access as well as traditional forms. (See also: Evolution of Access Services, at the end of this announcement.)
Examples of recent articles
“Technology for Access Services”
“On the Merit of Case Studies in Access Services”
“Personnel Management in Access Services”
“Stacks Maintenance: An Organic Approach to Growing Space”
“Evolution of the Georgia Tech Library Circulation Department”
“Improving Circulation Services Through Staff Involvement”
“Phantom Use: Quantifying In-Library Browsing of Circulating Materials”
“Managing Lost and Missing Books”
“Shelf Reading as a Collaborative Service Model”
“Changing Services and Space at an Academic Library”
Special Issues
Previous special issues of the journal include:
*Accessibility to Library-Related Services (Guest Editor: Ravonne Green)
*Best Practices in Access Services (Guest Co-Editors: Lori Driscoll and Bede Mitchell)
Instructions for Authors/Free Digital Sample Copy
A full “Instructions for Authors” as well as complimentary online sample copy may be obtained from: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WJAS
Prospective authors may also contact the Editor, Dr. Bede Mitchell <wbmitch@georgiasouthern.edu>. Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts via email with attached word document.
Free Print Sample Copy
To request a free print sample copy, E-mail: customerservice@taylorandfrancis.com, Or, call 1-800-354-1420 / via collib-l
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August 23rd, 2010 sarah
Journal Articles are needed for Academic Exchange Quarterly
Featured Editors: Alys Jordan and Matt Buckley
Manuscripts that address the following questions are sought.
1. What are the best methods to help faculty to successfully teach in this
environment?
2. What are the most effective teaching practices, methods, and strategies
for this environment?
3. What instructional design processes and techniques are the most
successful in developing high quality Web-based distance education courses?
4. How do we support students in this environment to ensure their success?
5. What are the most innovative uses of technology to deliver courses in
this environment?
Who May Submit:
Ideal contributors will be those who teach Web-based distance education
courses or who are responsible for various elements of these courses. This
can include faculty, librarians, administrators, instructional designers,
graduate students, and various other academic personnel. Please identify
your submission with keyword in the subject heading of your email:
DISTANCE-4
Manuscript format and guidelines are available here:
http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/rufen1.htm
Submit Manuscript to academicexchange@yahoo.com and in the subject heading
indicate: DISTANCE-4
If you have additional questions contact: Alys Jordan (alys.jordan@nova.edu)
or Matt Buckley (mbuckley@nova.edu),
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/4distance.htm / via collib-l
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