An interesting article from CIO Magazine’s website which talks about tips to the business/market research crowd. I have to agree with Jessamyn West that the writer, Margaret Locher M.L.S., does a great job representing libraries and librarians in the age where everyone “googles” everything. The six tips are very good to keep in mind. I’ve been using tip 1 and 2 when I teach my library workshops to college students. Even when the teacher bans the “use” of Wikipedia as a source, it shouldn’t stop the student from using Wikipedia as gateway to other reliable sources.
Do you have an idea for a great conference or continuing education program? Would you like to share your knowledge and experiences with your professional peers? The New York Library Association is seeking proposals for professional development programs, specifically programs for the 2008 NYLA Annual Conference, NYLA Institutes and NYLA Pre-Conference Continuing Education Programs. In order to be presented as part of the 2008 NYLA Annual Conference, programs must be endorsed by, and sponsored by one of NYLA’s Sections, Roundtables or Committees.
To submit a professional development proposal, please complete and submit the printed or online form by December 10, 2007. The complete form is also available for download [PDF] or the form may be completed electronically.
Program proposals are accepted on an ongoing basis, but those wishing to be considered for the 2008 NYLA Annual Conference must be submitted by December 10, 2007. Due to the high volume of submissions only those programs which have been accepted for presentation will be notified.
For questions please contact:
Jeremy Johannesen
New York Library Association
Deputy Director
252 Hudson Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
phone: 518-432-6952 Ext. 102
e-mail: events@nyla.org
“Ready, Set, Digitize” a series of 10 one-day workshops
Date/Time:
Friday, December 7, 2007, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Location:
Country Inn and Suites, Cortland, NY
Instructor:
Joy Paulson, Cornell University
Registration:
$30/SCRLC and CLRC members; $35 non-members;Lunch and refreshments included.
Support:
This training is funded in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Over time (and not a very long time!) hardware, software, and technology changes will severely impact the viability and accessibility of your digital project. This workshop will explore the following key issues in the preservation of digital collections:
How do the decisions I make when I’m creating a digital collection affect my ability to preserve it?
Do I need to preserve everything?
What preservation options are available?
What level of technical expertise is needed?
How much will it cost?
This workshop will teach you where to look for answers to these and other key questions for the useful life of your digital collection. Attendance at prior Ready, Set, Digitize! sessions is not required.
Joy Paulson is the Preservation Librarian at Mann Library, Cornell University. In addition to traditional preservation responsibilities, she is involved in digital library collection development and digital preservation at Mann Library. She has been instrumental in developing two historic digital collections at Mann, CHLA (Core Historic Literature of Agriculture, http://chla.library.cornell.edu) and HEARTH (Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition, and History, http://hearth.library.cornell.edu). Joy is currently a member of Cornell University Library’s Large-Scale Digitization Initiative Steering committee, which is managing projects that will digitize one million volumes from Cornell’s collections with Microsoft and Google over the next five years.
Ready, Set, Digitize is a series of one-day workshops cosponsored by SCRLC and CLRC (Central NY Library Resources Council). These training events are designed to develop a regional cadre of people able to digitize and manage resources to contribute to their libraries’ collections and the SCRLC regional repository. This training is funded in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
The SMART Booth won the best in show for the NYLA 2007 Annual Conference! Thanks to everyone who helped decorate and voted for the booth at the conference!
THE DEADLINE for completing the 2007 INTERNET CONNECTIVITY SURVEY is NOVEMBER 25, 2007.
To date, 32.96% of New York’s targeted libraries have responded. If you have not completed the survey yet, please do so as soon as possible. The higher the response rate, the greater the reliability of data received.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Libraries participating in the Gates Foundation Opportunity Online Hardware Grant Program MUST complete the survey in order to remain eligible for receiving their computer allotment as part of this program.
BACKGROUND
A national survey of public library computer and Internet access was mailed to public libraries in early September 2007. The study, funded by the American Library Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and conducted by researchers from Florida State University’s Information Use Management and Policy Institute, is a three-year project that builds on research since 1994 on Internet connectivity in public libraries.
Your participation in the survey provides public libraries, state library agencies, the ALA, policymakers, and others with extremely important data regarding public library computer and Internet access issues, what it takes to sustain public access computer and Internet services in your library, and the impacts of such public access services on the communities that your library serves.
The survey is web-based and has a total of 21 questions. It can be accessed at http://survey.pnmi.com. You will need your state assigned Library ID code included in the survey announcement letter you received to initiate the survey. If you have lost that ID number, you can look it up on the survey site.
You can also view or print your responses to the 2006 survey at http://survey2006.pnmi.com. That might make it easier to complete this year’s survey, particularly at it relates to budget questions. More information on this project is available at http://www.ala.org/plinternetfunding/. Thank you for taking the time to complete this important national survey.
