Showing posts with label Library Technical Services. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Library Technical Services. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

CFP: ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College and Research Interest Group

CFP: ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College and Research Interest Group

The ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College and Research Libraries Interest Group (CRS C&RL IG) requests presentation proposals for our Midwinter Meeting in Boston on Sunday, January 17, 2010 from 10:30am-12:00pm.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

- Pay per view pricing for journal articles
- Withdrawing print when libraries also have online access
- Regrouping after serials cancellations: have / how have your workflows changed?
- RDA and FRBR, as they pertain to serials
- MARC Format for Holdings Data
- KBART and knowledge base management
- Next generation OPACs and serial displays
- Other topics?

Each presentation should be approximately 20 minutes. There will be time for discussion.

Please e-mail proposals by to Beth Bernhardt, Beth_Bernhardt@uncg.edu

Please include in your proposal:

- Title of presentation
- Brief summary of proposed presentation
- Name(s) and position(s) of presenter(s)
- E-mail address(es) of presenter(s)

Many thanks. We hope to see you in Boston!

Sincerely,

Beth Bernhardt, Co-chair, ALCTS C&RL IG
Electronic Resources Librarian, Jackson Library
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Beth_Bernhardt@uncg.edu

Rebecca Kemp, Co-chair, ALCTS C&RL IG
Serials Coordinator Librarian, Randall Library
University of North Carolina Wilmington
kempr@uncw.edu

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

CFP: NASIG 25th Annual Conference

CFP: NASIG 25th Annual Conference
An Oasis in Shifting Sands: NASIG at 25 June 3-6, 2010 Palm Springs, California

The 2010 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals and/or program ideas for pre-conference, 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, licensing, and cataloging. Proposals based on both descriptive and experimental research findings are especially welcome. The Program Planning Committee will review all submitted proposals for their content and timeliness and may work with potential presenters to blend or refocus proposals to maximize their relevance to attendees and avoid duplication.

This Call for Proposals will close on September 25, 2009.
The Program Planning Committee hopes to notify applicants of the status of their proposals in December 2009.

Inquiries may be sent to the PPC co-chairs, Morag Boyd and Anne Mitchell at: prog-plan@nasig.org

For additional details and to suggest a proposal or idea, please complete the online form [ http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=BSqVUMJpzvVcqWhMk1okCg_3d_3dL]

(Apologies for Cross-Posting)

Morag Boyd
Acting Head, Special Collections Cataloging The Ohio State University Libraries
(614) 247-8622
boyd.402@osu.edu

Marilyn M. Carney
Publicist, NASIG, Inc.
mmcarney@waketech.edu

Friday, June 26, 2009

CFP: Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

CFP: Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

CCQ welcomes the submission of research, theory, and practice papers relevant to the broad field of bibliographic organization.

This journal, published now 8 times a year by Taylor & Francis, LLC, is respected as an international forum that emphasizes research and review articles, description of new programs and technologies relevant to cataloging and classification, and considered speculative articles on improved methods of bibliographic control for the future.

Articles are particularly welcome in areas dealing with research-based cataloging practice, including user behavior, user needs and benefits.
Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts via email with attached word document to the Editor, Sandra K. Roe, Bibliographic Services Librarian, Illinois State University email: skroe@ilstu.edu.

Special Issues
Colleagues interested in guest editing a special issue or expanded double issue are invited to contact the Editor with a general proposal, tentative schedule, and CVs. Previous special issues have included:
*Metadata and Open Access Repositories (Michael Babinec and Holly Mercer, Guest Editors)
*Bibliographic Database Quality (Jeffrey Beall and Stephen Hearn, Guest Editors)
*The Intellectual and Professional World of Cataloging (Qiang Jin, Guest Editor)
*Knitting the Semantic Web (Jane Greenberg and Eva Méndez, Guest Editor)
*Cataloger, Editor and Scholar: Essays in Honor of Ruth C. Carter (Robert Holley, Guest Editor)

Annual Best Paper Award
Taylor & Francis sponsors an annual prize for CCQ with a small financial stipend for the Best Paper of the Year.

Complimentary Print Sample
A free print specimen copy may be obtained by sending an email to Jason McAndrew jason.mcandrew@taylorandfrancis.com

Free Digital (Electronic) Sample...(available immediately)
a) go to: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792303976~db=all
b) Go down five lines to this line (it will be in light blue)
Subscribe....Sign in...Online Sample
Please note in advance that registration is required for obtaining
the complimentary online sample.

For More Details
Further details may be found at the CCQ home page: http://catalogingandclassificationquarterly.com/

Call for Reviewers, Technical Services Quarterly

Call for Reviewers, Technical Services Quarterly
Technical Services Quarterly is looking for reviewers to contribute to the column, Tech Services on the Web. We are always interested in learning which sites are useful for your own work, so please consider sharing your expertise with our readers. Contact Column Editor: Marta Deyrup marta.deyrup@shu.edu
Site URL:
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792306978~db=all

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

CFP: ALCTS CCS Catalog Management Interest (ALA Annual, Chicago)

CFP: ALCTS CCS Catalog Management Interest (ALA Annual, Chicago)

The ALCTS CCS Catalog Management Interest Group invites proposals for presentations for our meeting at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The group will be meeting on Saturday, July 11th, from 1:30-3:30.

Topics for presentations are open, but must fit within the group's mission statement, outlined below:

To discuss the various issues involved with cataloging, classification, and authority control after the initial cataloging has been performed. In this respect, catalog management is defined as the continuous upgrading and updating of a catalog, regardless of its format, be it card, microform, book or on-line. The group will provide a forum for exchanging information and discussing techniques, new developments, and problems in managing the bibliographic integrity of library catalogs.

Deadline for submissions is May 22, 2009. Please submit proposals and any questions to:

Melissa De Fino
Chair, ALCTS CCS Catalog Management Interest Group, 2009
Special Collections Catalog Librarian
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
mdefino@rci.rutgers.edu
(732)445-5903

Monday, February 09, 2009

CFP: Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2009

Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2009

Conference http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/OVGTSL2009

Opening Doors, Opening Minds: The Impact of Open Access & Open Source

Free access to information is the hallmark of US libraries. Technical innovations in the last 10 years have made such access to information faster, more timely, and more convenient for information seekers, while creation unique possibilities and hurdles for libraries. OVGTSL's 2009 Conference will focus on library technical service units' work overcoming obstacles of, and monopolizing on the opportunities provided by Open Access.

Call for Papers:

The OVGTSL 2009 Conference Planning Committee invites you to submit a 50 minute presentation. Proposals will include presenter contact information, paper title, 200-300 word abstract, and indication of technology needs. Papers should relate to open source or open access projects or principles in technical service library work. The deadline for paper submission is March 1, 2009.
Example topics include but are not limited to:

* Implementing an open source ILS such as Evergreen
* Use of open source content management systems such as Drupal
* Catalogers' participation in institutional repository development
* Building open access journals at your library
* Cataloging open access resources
* Open source software as your library's primary public software applications
* Utilizing and developing Web 2.0 library applications
Submit Papers Here: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB228MZHE6LXR
For more on call for papers visit: http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/OVGTSL2009/callforpapers

Contacts: http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/OVGTSL2009/contact

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: ALCTS Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group (ALA Annual)

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: ALCTS Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group (ALA Annual)

Name: ALCTS Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group
Event: Annual discussion and business meeting
Date: Sunday, June 29, 2008
Time: 8:00-10:00 (business meeting from approx. 9:15-10:00)
Place: Disneyland Hotel, North Exhibit Hall, Meeting Room B

The summer meeting of the Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group at ALA Annual will consist of a discussion followed by a business meeting. The topic of the discussion is “IT Support in Cataloging Departments.”

In March of this year, Erin Stalberg from NCSU posed some questions on the metadatalibrarians list about the existence of organizational models which combine both metadata competencies and MARC competencies. The questions elicited few answers and much interest. We would like to devote our meeting time to an open discussion of issues such as technical competencies, metadata competencies, workflows which accommodate both Marc and other metadata schemas, and ways in which these skillsets can be brought into our departments and have them support all of our workflows.

Please contact me if you are interested in helping lead this discussion. I would like to have 2 or 3 people who can draw out questions from the audience and then help facilitate a discussion around them. This is not a formal presentation, rather a forum for exploring the ways in which technological skills and cataloging skills may be combined in an organizational structure.

If you have related questions which you would like addressed during the discussion, please send them along by replying directly to me. I will summarize for the lists.

Thanks.

--Louise Ratliff
Chair, NRMIG

Louise Ratliff
Social Sciences Cataloger
UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center
Phone: (310) 206-5853
Fax: (310) 794-9357
lratliff@library.ucla.edu

Friday, April 18, 2008

Call for Proposals for 5th Annual SirsiDynix Northeast Regional Group Users Conference

Call for Proposals for 5th Annual SirsiDynix Northeast Regional Group Users Conference


The 5th Annual SirsiDynix Northeast Regional Group Users Conference, hosted by Lehigh University, is seeking proposals for presentations. The conference is June 15-18, 2008 in Bethlehem, PA.

Any SirsiDynix Unicorn, Symphony, or Horizon customer, as well as SirsiDynix staff may submit proposals. We are open to proposals in various tracks (circulation, technical services, systems, or general) Proposals are not required to be SirsiDynix-based presentations as other library topics are welcome.

Attendees that are presenting will receive a discount price of $70 for the full conference registration. (Full conference price is $125.)

Submit proposals for presentations to insnrg@lehigh.edu. Please send a working title, suggested audience (circulation, technical services, systems, general), and a brief summary of your proposal. The deadline for proposals is May 15, 2008.

For more information about the 5th Annual SNRG Conference, please visit
http://snrg08.lib.lehigh.edu

--
SNRG 2008 @ Lehigh university
June 15 - 18, 2008
Bethlehem, PA
insnrg@lehigh.edu


For more information, go to:
http://snrg08.lib.lehigh.edu/

Monday, March 03, 2008

CFP: OVGTSL 2008 (Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians)

CFP: OVGTSL 2008 (Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians)
THEME: Technical Services Taking Flight: Soaring to New Heights of Innovation

The Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL), serving
Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, will hold its annual conference at the
Hope Hotel and Conference Center, Dayton, Ohio, May 14-16, 2008.

Featured Speakers: Karen Calhoun, V.P. OCLC Worldcat & Metadata Services, and Thomas Mann, Reference Librarian, Library of Congress

The OVGTSL Program Planning Committee invites proposals for 50-minute presentations that explore the spectrum of library technical services. Presentations relating to academic, public, or special libraries from historical, theoretical, practical or visionary perspectives are welcome. Please visit http://www.libraries.wright.edu/conference/ovgtsl/proposals.htm for more detailed information.

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS:
OVGTSL invites all interested persons to submit proposals and suggested topics/speakers. Please include the following in your submission:
Name, Title, Institution, Address, E-mail address, Telephone number of all presenter(s)
Contact (primary) presenter Title of presentation Abstract (not to exceed 200 words)
Format: Individual presentation, panel discussion, poster session, etc. Equipment Needs

Proposals should be sent electronically as an e-mail attachment in Word or text format to:
Emily Hicks, Director of Information Acquisition & Organization, University of Dayton. Emily.Hicks@notes.udayton.edu

Extended Deadline: March 10, 2008

Friday, February 23, 2007

Call for Book Chapters: Innovative Redeign and Reorganization of Library Technical Services

Call for Book Chapters: Innovative Redeign and Reorganization of Library Technical Services

This is a call for book chapters for a new book titled _More... Innovative Redesign and Reorganization of Library Technical Services_. This book will be a companion book to the already published _Innovative Redesign and Reorganization of Library Technical Services: Paths for the Future and Case Studies_ (Libraries Unlimited, 2004). The editor is looking for interesting and provocative redesigns and reorganizations of library technical services, including reengineering of technical services staff for digitization and digital projects, training and new directions in non-MARC metadata projects and collaborations, redesigns and new foci for the presentation and searching of OPACs, reorganization of space and personnel in new and strategic directions, and combining staff functions and departments for greater efficiency and productivity, as examples. Case studies detailing how library organizations are flattening hierarchies, and combining both technical and public services in new and innovative ways are also encouraged. The editor is also interested in library organizations that are incorporating new types of leadership and motivational initiatives that are often seen in the business and corporate communities, such as ideas presented in books such as _Primal Leadership_. Opinion chapters on the future of technical services librarianship, or statistical information related to this area, are invited to submit a proposal as well.

Anyone interested in writing a chapter for this book should send a short proposal detailing what the chapter will be about, with title and authors, to the editor, by March 30, 2007. Final chapter drafts will be due to the editor by September 1, 2007. Please feel free to contact the
editor with any questions. Thank you.

Dr. Brad Eden
Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and Scholarly
Communication
University of California, Santa Barbara
Editor, _More... Innovative Redesign and Reorganization of Library
Technical Services_
eden@library.ucsb.edu