Comments on: News You Need to Start the Week http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/02/news-you-need-to-start-the-week-57/ Linking librarians, publishers and vendors Sat, 18 May 2013 19:36:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: gilsont http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/02/news-you-need-to-start-the-week-57/comment-page-1/#comment-42038 gilsont Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:05:46 +0000 http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=24326#comment-42038 Our thanks to Terri for pointing out that the ARL PD Bank is not openly accessible. She is correct. The FAQ file says: “Who has access to the ARL PD Bank? Registered and approved users from ARL institutions.” However, the ARL announcement that we linked to does not mention “registered and approved users” it uses the softer phrase “participating academic and research libraries.” And the introductory paragraph in this same announcement sounds pretty inviting: “Would you like to search job descriptions at your peer libraries from a single interface? Could you use a digital archive of job descriptions from your own institution? The new ARL Position Description (PD) Bank—launched today—could be just the tool for you.” Terri also raises an interesting question about the future intent of possibly making the ARL Position Description Bank openly available. We will inquiry if such open accessibility is part of an eventual plan and report to our readers. Our thanks to Terri for pointing out that the ARL PD Bank is not openly accessible. She is correct. The FAQ file says:

“Who has access to the ARL PD Bank?
Registered and approved users from ARL institutions.”

However, the ARL announcement that we linked to does not mention “registered and approved users” it uses the softer phrase “participating academic and research libraries.” And the introductory paragraph in this same announcement sounds pretty inviting:
“Would you like to search job descriptions at your peer libraries from a single interface? Could you use a digital archive of job descriptions from your own institution? The new ARL Position Description (PD) Bank—launched today—could be just the tool for you.”

Terri also raises an interesting question about the future intent of possibly making the ARL Position Description Bank openly available. We will inquiry if such open accessibility is part of an eventual plan and report to our readers.

]]> By: Terri http://www.against-the-grain.com/2013/02/news-you-need-to-start-the-week-57/comment-page-1/#comment-42035 Terri Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:59:34 +0000 http://www.against-the-grain.com/?p=24326#comment-42035 The ARL Position Description Bank is not openly accessible. "Access to the ARL PD Bank is currently limited to those individuals identified as the lead for their institution." Maybe the intent is to make it openly accessible in the future, but in the meantime it is of no use for academic libraries who are not ARL libraries. The ARL Position Description Bank is not openly accessible. “Access to the ARL PD Bank is currently limited to those individuals identified as the lead for their institution.” Maybe the intent is to make it openly accessible in the future, but in the meantime it is of no use for academic libraries who are not ARL libraries.

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