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2010 Charleston Conference
November 3 – 6, 2010
Historic Downtown Charleston

Application deadlines are approaching for the Juried Product Development Forums and the all new Fast Tech Talks.

The Forums are focus groups designed for publishers and vendors to gather market input from librarians on the development of a particular product or service, and for librarians to discuss market issues with publishers and vendors invited to participate in a forum. Through the JPDF’s, publishers and vendors have a unique opportunity for feedback from librarians regarding the design, features, feasibility or pricing of a particular product or service that addresses internal debates about development and shortens the sales cycle.

Applications are available on the Conference website at http://www.katina.info/conference/events.php#jpdf.

For the first time in 2010, we are offering the Tech Talks to give publishers and vendors 30 minute time slots to demonstrate and promote their newest and most innovative products on the market.  Saturday in “Innovation Day” for the Conference, and in that spirit we are offering a limited number of concurrent slots for product demonstrations that morning.  A laptop, projector, internet connection will be provided in the meeting room, and attendees can get food at the Continental Breakfast buffet and eat while watching your presentations. Fee is $500 for each slot, or $300 for Vendor Showcase or JPDF participants.

Applications are available online at http://www.katina.info/conference/events.php.

Thanks to a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), LYRASIS will host a national discussion to explore development of a framework for collaborative archiving and retention of print monograph collections. Much has been accomplished in recent years to design and implement collaborative approaches for long-term retention of journal, newspaper, and government document collections, but approaches for monographs, due in part to the format’s complexities, have not been addressed on a broad, collaborative scale.

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Semantico, a leading provider of services and technology for online publishing, has added a fourth research project to the Modern Language Association of America’s essential style guide, the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.

A supplement to the print edition, the online research project narratives outline the steps successful students take in researching and writing papers. Each narrative in the online Handbook includes a sample paper. In addition to the research narratives, sample papers, and the full text of the print version of the MLA Handbook, the online edition offers two hundred extra examples to illustrate the text. Users can search across the full text and the additional content to find the information they need easily and quickly.

Continue reading Semantico update: The MLA Handbook

Version one of the Open Access Journals Bibliography is now available from Digital Scholarship. Open access journals publish articles (typically peer-reviewed articles) that are free of charge and, depending on the journal, may be able to be reused under an open license (e.g., a Creative Commons license).

This bibliography presents selected English-language scholarly works that are useful in understanding open access journals. It does not cover works about e-prints or works that include open access journals in a treatment of diverse types of research materials. Most sources have been published from 1999 to the present; however, a few key sources published prior to 1999 are also included. The bibliography primarily includes books and published journal articles. A limited number of magazine articles and technical reports that are deemed to be of exceptional interest are also included. The bibliography includes links to freely available versions of included works.

http://digital-scholarship.org/oajb/oajb.html

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Description: This introductory webinar on the proposed cataloging rules, Resource Description and Access (RDA), will highlight the critical differences between the current cataloging rules, AACR2, and RDA. It is designed as a primer for both front line catalogers and library administrators in all types of libraries who need to learn how bibliographic and authority records will change when RDA is implemented.

The session would be an excellent introduction to record changes for both original catalogers and copy catalogers.

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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

Continue reading ALCTS web course: Fundamentals of Acquisitions starting in September

Are you new to the field and are looking for ways to gain professional experience? Are you a new graduate that is having a hard time finding an entry level position? There are strategies to building a network and getting on a path toward your goals. The ALCTS New Members Interest Group (ANMIG) wants to share those strategies with you.

Please join us for an informal 1 hour chat on Wednesday September 15th, 2010 at 10 am Pacific Time. ANMIG team member Erica Findley will be your host. If you cannot make the chat don’t worry. The transcript will be made available in ALA Connect. This chat is open to all ALA members of all types.

To join the chat:

On September 15th log in to ALA Connect and navigate the the ANMIG page. Look for the Meebo chat room embedded in to our ALA Connect page http://connect.ala.org/node/85257.

Continue reading ANMIG September Chat – Paths to employment

Upgraded Springer site connects eBooks and journals through semantic linking and provides digital content previews

Springer has relaunched its online platform SpringerLink ( www.SpringerLink.com ), which hosts nearly five million documents, including eBooks, journals and reference works. The redesigned site has a new and fresh concept that includes semantic linking and connects related content across eBooks and journals.

SpringerLink now also contains a PDF Preview feature that provides all readers with a free look inside eBook chapters to be certain that the content matches their information needs. Subscribers not only have access to an instant overview of the entire eBook, they can also scroll and browse within different chapters of the book and can immediately download the desired content.

The redesigned site includes newly-integrated software that presents links to related content within journal articles and eBook chapters. When users perform a search, the technology analyzes each search result and compares its digital fingerprint to all other documents. This determines which documents are most similar to that article or chapter, ensuring that readers discover content that best meets their research needs.

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Emerald appoints Deanna Wamae as Senior Vice President of the Americas

Emerald Group Publishing Inc., a leading international publisher of journals and books, is pleased to announce the appointment of Deanna Wamae as Senior VP of the Americas. Based at the US head office in Boston, MA, Deanna will focus on driving sales growth and usage development across North and South America.

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NASIG 26th Annual Conference
Gateway to Collaboration
June 2-5, 2011
St. Louis, Missouri

The 2011 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals for preconference, vision, strategy, and tactics sessions. The program planners are interested in hearing from publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the field of serials and electronic resources about issues relating to scholarly communication, publishing, and resource acquisition, management, and discovery. Proposals based on emerging trends, case studies, and descriptive and experimental research findings are encouraged.

To propose a program or idea, please use the online form. This Call for Proposals will close on September 17, 2010.

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You are all cordially invited to register for the North Carolina Library Association Resources and Technical Services Section’s Fall Workshop, “Navigating the New Frontier,” which will be held at University of North Carolina-Greensboro’s (UNCG) Elliott University Center, Thursday, September 30, 2010.

The workshop will include sessions on the future of technical services; cataloging non-print resources; lending e-book readers; purchase-on-demand collection development; community analysis; e-resource accessibility from the catalog; print preservation; and the challenges facing technical services personnel today.

Continue reading Registration Now Open: NCLA Resources and Technical Services Section (RTSS) Fall Workshop

The American Chemical Society (ACS) Board of Directors today announced the appointment of Christopher W. Jones, Ph.D., as Editor-in-Chief of ACS Catalysis, the newest journal in ACS’s suite of highly cited, peer-reviewed journals.

ACS Catalysis will officially launch in January 2011 dedicated to publishing original research on and at the interfaces of heterogeneous catalysis, homogeneous catalysis and biocatalysis. Application coverage of ACS Catalysis will include life sciences, drug discovery & development, household products, polymer discovery & production, environmental protection and energy & fuels.

For more information, view the full press release.