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Application Deadline: March 15, 2010 The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is calling for proposals from museums, museum service organizations, and universities for projects that will enhance the professional development of museum staff. The 21st Century Museum Professionals grants are intended to have an impact on multiple institutions by reaching broad groups of museum [...] Announcing the JSTOR Participants’ Meeting at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston, MA. Our meeting is open to anyone who would like to attend as well as individuals from libraries and publishers already participating in JSTOR. Please also plan to stop by the JSTOR | Portico booth # 2649 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition [...] Accessible Archives, Inc.® is pleased to announce their decision to not increase either the annual maintenance fee or current product pricing for their family of Early and Colonial America databases through 2010. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announces the release of a new research brief, Service Trends in U.S. Public Libraries, 1997-2007. The brief identifies important changes public libraries have made to address patron needs in an increasingly Internet-centric environment and explores service differences in urban and rural communities. A comparison of more than 11 [...] E-LEARNING LIBRARIAN POSITION: Seeking a dynamic, student-centered librarian to work in a team-orientated library environment. The E-Learning Librarian supports student learning across disciplines by working with UW-L faculty/staff to facilitate the use of curriculum-specific information resources, provide access to course-specific online materials in course delivery systems and other online environments, [...] by Narda Tafuri (Acquisitions & Continuing Resources Librarian, The University of Scranton, Weinberg Memorial Library, Scranton, PA 18510; Phone: 570-941-7811; Fax: 570-941-7809) tafurin1@scranton.edu (Download pdf) University presses and libraries have begun to release rare and not so rare public domain books from their vaults and shelves and make them available through print-on-demand (POD) for well below the [...] by Jane Brodsky Fitzpatrick (Assistant Professor, Acquisitions & Collection Development Librarian, Mina Rees Library, The Graduate Center (CUNY) New York City, NY 10016; Phone: 212-817-7056) jfitzpatrick@gc.cuny.edu (Download pdf) I work at the Mina Rees Library of the City University of New York (CUNY), the Graduate Center, in the heart of Manhattan. The Graduate Center is the PhD [...] The ALCTS Scholarly Communications Interest Group will meet on Monday, January 18 from 1:30-3:30 pm in Room 105 of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC). Our guest will be Dan Hazen, Associate Librarian of Harvard College for Collection Development. Dan has extensive experience in collection development and is frequently invited to publish, speak, and consult [...] Regional Sales Manager (Central US and South America) The Journals Division of Taylor & Francis Group, a division of informa and leading academic publisher, has an excellent opportunity for a dynamic sales professional to join its growing sales team. Reporting to the Director of Journals Sales, the successful candidate will be responsible for the development and [...] Call for Papers for the Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge, near Portland, Oregon WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute? The pre-eminent Western North America conference on acquisitions and collection development, entering its tenth year at Timberline Lodge. LYRASIS announces a collaboration with The Library of Virginia and Virginia’s Community Colleges to provide a collection of current resources for job seekers in the state. The partnership is creating a customized collection of more than 250 electronic books and reference materials for online career and job seekers. The resources will be available to public [...] You are cordially invited to attend the following ALA Midwinter program sponsored by the ALA ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College and Research Libraries Interest Group. ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College & Research Libraries Interest Group Midwinter Meeting The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has selected ResearcherID by Thomson Reuters to reduce author ambiguity and enhance the robustness of its institutional repository, the HKU Scholars Hub, which provides open access support to the university’s scholarly content. HKU, Hong Kong’s oldest university, is the first institution worldwide to implement ResearcherID on this scale with [...] CALL FOR PAPERS – Deadline for submissions (2nd call): 8 January 2010 IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-SOCIETY 2010 Keynote Speaker (confirmed): Christina Preston, MirandaNet Founder, UK RERO, the Library Network of Western Switzerland, has agreed to contribute more than 4.8 million records for mainly French-, English- and German-language materials to WorldCat, and OCLC will provide import capabilities for cooperative cataloging for RERO libraries along with increased visibility of the libraries’ collections on the Web. The agreement is effective January 1, 2010 and [...] |
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