Thanks for Linking to ArLiSNAP
Posted: January 31, 2007 Filed under: ArLiSNAP Press, Blogs Comments OffI just wanted to give a warm thank you to Art & Museum Library & Information Student Society (Amliss), University of Colorado at Boulder’s Department of Art & Art History, Jessica Fadel, S. Carter, Distillation, and SSBar for hyperlinking to ArLiSNAP.
Thanks also to those of you who have talked or written about ArLiSNAP at regional meetings, on your listservs, and in general conversation. We appreciate you getting the word out.
Cheers,
Bryan
Student Writing and Development Award LAMA/YBP
Posted: January 31, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Scholarships Comments OffLAMA/YBP Student Writing Award Deadline March 1
Students enrolled in American Library Association (ALA)-accredited
library and information studies programs are invited to submit essays
in the Student Writing and Development Award competition sponsored by
the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) and YBP
Library Services, Inc. The deadline for entries is March 1, 2007.
The LAMA/YBP Student Writing and Development Award honors the best
essay submitted on a topic in the area of library administration and
management. The topic for the 2007 competition is the LAMA
President’s theme — “Library Associations: Learning, Leading,
Looking Forward.”
In celebration of LAMA’s 50th anniversary, entrants are asked to
address the relevance of membership in professional library
associations for library school students and new librarians. The
essay can address one or more of the following questions:
What features attract new librarians to engage in professional
associations or other networks?
How does involvement in an association enhance a new librarian’s
professional and personal growth?
How does association membership compare to other real or virtual
professional networks? Is association involvement worth the time
and resources required from a member?
What changes should LAMA and similar associations make to best meet
the needs and interests of new librarians?
The award recipient must be a current student member of ALA and LAMA.
The winning article will be published in the fall 2007 issue of
Library Administration & Management magazine. The award recipient
also will receive a travel grant of up to $1,000, provided by YBP
Library Services, Inc., to support attendance at the 2007 ALA Annual
Conference.
For more information, article guidelines, criteria, and an
application, go to the LAMA Web site at www.ala.org/lama, click on
the “Awards” navigation item and then select LAMA/YBP Award, or
contact LAMA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; 1-800-545-2433
x5032; e-mail: freuland@ala.org.
The mission of the Library Administration and Management Association
(www.ala.org/lama)is to encourage and nurture current and future
library leaders, and to develop and promote outstanding leadership
and management practices. LAMA is a division of the American Library
Association.
Lorraine Olley, Executive Director
After February 2, 2007 please direct all messages to Fred Reuland at
312-280-5032 or freuland@ala.org
LAMA, a division of ALA
50 E. Huron St. Chicago IL 60611
www.ala.org/lama
LAMA 1957-2007
Celebrating 50 Years Supporting Library Leadership!
Art & Architecture Librarian, New York Institute of Technology
Posted: January 31, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Job Postings Comments OffNew York Institute of Technology, seeks a full time Librarian for its Art & Architecture Library. Reporting to the Director of Branch Services, the Art Librarian works as a member of a collaborative staff providing information and collection content services in support of the university’s architecture, design and graphic arts programs; provides reference, research and instructional services, both traditional and electronic; participates in faculty outreach; designs, delivers and assesses special and ongoing projects related to the collection and web-based projects; assists with circulation desk coverage, serials management and other library operations; identifies and promotes new digital resources and provides instructional services to students and faculty.
Candidates must possess an ALA accredited Master’s degree in Library Science. A background and/or degree in art history along with university academic library experience is strongly desired. The successful candidate is required to have competencies in a full range of text and electronic services in the arts and related areas along with excellent organizational/time management skills, and demonstrated commitment to providing excellent public services in a university academic environment.
For immediate consideration, please submit cover letter and resume to humanresources@nyit.edu. We will contact only those persons selected for further consideration. EOE
Bridgeman Art Library Internship
Posted: January 31, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Internships Comments OffAbout the Library
The Bridgeman Art Library is the world’s leading source of fine art images.
Based in London, New York, Paris and Berlin, the Library represents
thousands of museums, private collections and artists throughout the
world in licensing their images for reproduction.
Our clients worldwide include publishers, designers, advertising
agencies and other image-using creative professionals.
About the Internship
We offer voluntary work experience placements(for a minimum of three
months) at the London office based in Bayswater.
This role will involve supporting the Picture Research, Rights,
Cataloguing, Marketing and Administration departments.
The successful intern will have varied responsibilities, providing a
good opportunity for hands-on experience.
A nominal five pounds a day allowance is paid towards expenses.
For further information
Please visit www.bridgemanart.com
or email for further information.
To apply
Please send your CV and covering letter to the above email address or
by post to:
Pandora Mather Lees
The Bridgeman Art Library
17-19 Garway Road
Museums and the Web 2007
Posted: January 30, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Conferences Comments OffA Second Life for your Museum: The use of 3D collaborative virtual environments by museums
Paul Marty, Florida State University, USA
Michael Twidale, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Richard Urban, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
http://lis.uiuc.edu
Museums have been exploring the use of collaborative virtual environments (CVE) for more than a decade, often in the form of proprietary virtual worlds built for select audiences such as teachers and students. Since launching in 2003, the online virtual community of Second Life (www.secondlife.com) has attracted over 800,000 dedicated “citizens” who are laying the foundations for widespread adoption of CVE.
In many ways, the growth of CVE mirrors the growth of the Web, as new functionalities and technologies transition from small scale prototypes constructed by researchers at great expense to large scale, rapidly growing mainstream products available to the general public. These products are not only used by many people, but are co-created by them. With the Web this was a matter of using hypertext to create websites, initially derived from various genres of print media, and soon evolving their own genres. In the case of CVE like Second Life (SL) users can create 3D artifacts, buildings, and social spaces where people interact. The social nature of Second Life is a critical component of understanding how it is, can, and should be used.
Already we see a range of museum-like activities occurring in Second Life. Physical museums are establishing a virtual presence. But also SL citizens are creating their own spaces – sometimes explicitly called museums, sometimes just having museum-like qualities. These experiments in a new medium can tell us a lot about what we should try to build next, as well as how we might want to inform and re-merge with our physical resources. SL museums can be about historical re-enactment, such as dressing up and walking around Ancient Rome with other citizens acting in character – a variant on Real Life (RL) re-enactments. There are SL museums containing digitizations of RL artifacts. There are other museums of ‘born digital’ artifacts created in SL which these museums collect, preserve and curate. There are outdoor sculpture parks. There are places that are more like art galleries, or venues to support Warhol-like art happenings. There are labels, lectures, tours, audio guides, docents, even museum shops.
The museum community has learned a great deal about reaching audiences in online and virtual environments. How does what we have learned apply in these new virtual spaces? What can the museum community contribute to the development of Second Life educational initiatives? What do we have to learn from avatar audiences and how do we measure and evaluate our success? What are the limitations and risks involved in representing your museum in these new spaces? How do RL museums work with citizen-created SL museum installations? This paper will present a census of current museum and museum-like activities in Second Life and related virtual communities. Drawing on the experience and lessons learned from past museum virtual environments, non-museum collaborative spaces, and recent research on learning in multiplayer online games, we will provide a guide for museums interested in establishing a virtual presence in Second Life.
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/abstracts/prg_325000947.html
Pratt Institute, SILS, 4th Summer Institute in Florence
Posted: January 30, 2007 Filed under: International, Opportunities: Professional Development 2 Comments »Pratt Institute, School of Information & Library Science is pleased to
update you on its 4th Summer Institute in Florence, “Florentine Art & Culture,
Explorations and Documentation,” a 3-credit, 3-week course, May 28-June 15,
2007.
Meeting of Art Librarians on Second Life
Posted: January 26, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Meetings, Technology 6 Comments »The Alliance Library System of Illinois has developed an extremely
innovative presence in the virtual world known as Second Life
www.secondlife.com . Alliance and their sponsors are very generously
making virtual space available for a number of library organizations
and individual librarians to work/play at imagining the future of
library services.
Some colleagues and I have claimed a spot for art librarians to
meet. We invite you to get together with us and brainstorm. This is
an opportunity to develop arts-related services and events within
Second Life, as well as to explore the potential of the gaming
environment as an element of library service.
Details are below. Hope your avatar will be able to make the first
meet-up, in-world at 9:00 a.m. PST, on Monday, February 5th.
Best regards,
Rookie Voyager
a.k.a. Claire Eike, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Welcome, art librarians of Second Life!
Librarians (and wanna-be’s) for the arts, architecture, and design:
meet-up in SL
every Monday at 9:00 a.m. SL time (PST)
starting February 5, 2007.
Everyone is welcome — just show up.
Talis Cybrary City (221,166,24)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City/221/166/24
Feel free to contact Rookie Voyager if you have questions or
suggestions:
in SL, just IM Rookie
outside of SL, e-mail rvoyager@gmail.com
Metadata Librarian
Posted: January 26, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Job Postings 1 Comment »The Ohio State University Libraries
1858 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1286
Position: Metadata Librarian
Position Available: Immediately
Responsibilities: Under the direction of the Head of the Scholarly Resources Integration Department, incumbent researches, evaluates, and interprets developments in metadata standards, and recommends and designs appropriate metadata schema to facilitate the use of OSU collections. This responsibility is in part within the context of the OSU institutional digital repository. Catalogs materials using a variety of metadata schema. Actively participates in the library research and development efforts and in the local and national discussions relating to the access, retrieval and management of objects in digital library and repository systems and as needed works closely with the Head of Special Collections Cataloging on describing digital objects. The incumbent may supervise students or staff and/or act in place of the Department Head. This position has faculty status with accompanying university expectations and requirements for tenure and promotion, include teaching, service, and research and publication.
Qualifications: Required: MLS from an ALA accredited program or equivalent degree. Demonstrated experience with OAI, at least one XML DTD (EAD or TEI) and with two or more of the following: DC, LOM (or SCORM), MARC, MODS or METS. Demonstrated communication skills; ability to interact with diverse teams and to effectively articulate abstract ideas. Must be self directed, flexible and adaptable to change, analytical and results oriented. Interested in professional development and research including involvement in professional organizations. Desired: Experience with instructional technology. Working knowledge of cataloging tools such as AACR2, LCRI, LCSH and other controlled vocabularies. Understanding of principles of database structure and design.
Salary and Rank: $41,000 minimum plus benefits. The position has faculty status with rank based on experience and qualifications.
Benefits: The University offers competitive benefits in the form of 22 days vacation, 15 days sick leave, 10 holidays, hospitalization, major medical, surgical-medical, dental, vision, and long-tern disability insurance at 2.5 times one’s annual salary. State and alternative retirement choices are also available.
Founded in 1870, The Ohio State University is a comprehensive, state-assisted university offering a complete environment for learning for its 3,000 faculty and 56,000 students. Additional information about The Ohio State University Libraries is available at http://library.osu.edu
Application: Applications will be accepted until the position(s) are filled.
Preference will be given to applications received by March 16, 2007. Send letter of interest with a current resume and name, address, phone, and email address of three references to Linda S. Gonzalez, Assistant Director for Libraries’ Administrative Services, 5810 Ackerman Library, 600 Ackerman Road, Columbus, OH 43202; phone(614)292-5863 FAX(614)292-7859;e-mail:gonzalez.107@osu.edu
The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Call for proposals: Connections 2007
Posted: January 26, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Calls for Papers Comments OffCall For Proposals
Connections 2007
12th Annual Conference FOR AND BY DOCTORAL STUDENTS in Information Studies
May 18-20, 2007
The iSchool at Drexel
Philadelphia, PA, USA
http://connections2007.ischool.drexel.edu
Deadline for submitting a proposal is February 26th, 2007
For over a decade the Connections conference has given doctoral students in information studies the opportunity to network, share ideas, present research, and receive feedback from an audience of fellow students.
Doctoral students working in all areas of information studies are invited to submit proposals. In an effort to provide all doctoral students with an opportunity to present their work we encourage students to submit proposals to present research at various stages of completion.
Proposals should outline research in the fields of:
• Library Science
• Information Science
• Information Systems
• Management Information Systems
Proposals should include a brief summary of the research, a title, author’s name(s), contact information, and affiliation. See http://connections2007.ischool.drexel.edu for more detailed information.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline February 26th, 2007
Acceptance Notification March 19th, 2007
Final Submission Deadline April 23rd, 2007
Please forward this to anyone who may be interested!
Download Conference Flyer http://connections2007.ischool.drexel.edu/Documents/Advertise/connections2007-flyer.pdf
Thank you for your attention!
Christine Wania & George Abraham
Connections 2007 Conference Chairs
The iSchool at Drexel
College of Information Science and Technology
Drexel University
3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia PA 19104, USA
connections@ischool.drexel.edu
Publication Op: “Voices of the New Library Professionals”
Posted: January 26, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Calls for Papers Comments OffSpecial issue call for papers
- Library Review
“Voices of the New Library Professionals”
2007 sees Library Review celebrate its 80th anniversary. Part of the
celebrations will encompass publications from the archives of the journal
discussing different aspects of librarianship through the years the journal
has been published. In the final issue of the anniversary year it is our
intention to publish a selection of papers from students of library and
information science from around the world. The topics of the articles can
be on any aspect of modern librarianship, but what we are looking for is
writing that discusses librarianship and your views on its future as the
professionals who will be the backbone of the profession for the coming
decades. Topics can include, but are not limited to:
? Libraries, information and society
? Developing information services
? Hybrid and digital libraries
? Information literacy and e-learning
? Metadata and distributed searching
? Library collaboration and resource sharing
? Library history
? Training and professional development
? Academic and public libraries
? Special libraries and collections
? Information strategy and knowledge management
? National and international policy.
The deadline for submission of papers is Monday the 30th April 2007, and
successful submissions will be informed by Friday the 15th June 2007 for
publication in late 2007. Submissions should be between 2500-4000 words,
and can be emailed directly to the editor, David McMenemy:
david.mcmenemy@cis.strath.ac.uk
Please state that your submission if for the special issue when emailing it
on. For further information please see the following link:
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/authors/writing_for_emerald/calls/special
jsp
Best wishes
David McMenemy
—————————————————————————
Lecturer
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
University of Strathclyde
Livingstone Tower
Richmond Street
Glasgow
G1 1XH
Tel: 0141 548 3045
Email: david.mcmenemy@cis.strath.ac.uk
Text, Image, Form
Posted: January 25, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Events Comments Off
Text, Image, Form
Hopkins Hall Gallery
The Ohio State University
128 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
Tuesday, January 30th – Thursday, February 15th
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 30th, 5–7pm
Welcoming the return to campus of the Logan Elm Press as part of the OSU Libraries Center for Book Arts, this exhibition explores the book as art. From unique hand-made objects to short-run fine press editions, the exhibition spotlights text and texture, color, graphics, bindings, fine and raw papers and unexpected materials. It explores the conceptual and structural stretching of the word “book,” exemplified by works produced at Logan Elm and other small presses, starting in the 1970s, selected from OSU special collections and loans from individual artists/collectors.
http://arts.osu.edu/3news_events/e_hopkins_gallery/hhg_winter_2007/winter_2007_exhibits.html
Two ARLIS/NA Chapters Offer Travel Awards
Posted: January 25, 2007 Filed under: 2007 ARLIS/NA Conference Atlanta, Opportunities: Conferences, Opportunities: Travel Awards Comments OffLOIS SWAN JONES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD
ARLIS Texas Mexico members voted at this year’s
business meeting to offer two awards at $500 each to
assist travel to the 2007 ARLIS/NA conference in
Atlanta. Read the rest of this entry »
Current Studies in Librarianship (CSiL): Publication Opportunity
Posted: January 25, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Calls for Papers Comments OffLibrary and information science students . . .
. . . would you like to be published?
. . . would you like to join the knowledge creation cycle?
. . . would you like to enrich your resume?
If the answer to any of the above questions is “yes,” you should consider submitting a manuscript to Current Studies in Librarianship (CSiL). The mission of CSiL is to publish readable, timely, and scholarly articles by library and information science (LIS) students. The editors welcome both original papers as well as papers prepared as part of the requirements for seminars and other LIS classes. Read the rest of this entry »
Corporate Nomenclature Taxonomist, Disney
Posted: January 24, 2007 Filed under: Opportunities: Job Postings 2 Comments »Hootan Altafi – Talent Acquisition
The Walt Disney Company | ph: 818-558-2229 | tie: 8247-2229 | fax: 818-563-2648
http://www.disneycareers.com
Title / Category:
Corporate Nomenclature Taxonomist. Project Hire, 2007
Summary:
The Disney Corporate Taxonomist serves as a subject matter expert for media metadata and as a committee facilitator involving Companywide media asset management (MAM) initiatives.
The Disney Corporate Taxonomist is responsible for identifying and guiding a comprehensive strategy for semantic interoperability by researching industry and government standards, technical writing, digital media cataloguing, and advising the Company on metadata standards and practices to support initiatives including digital production, preservation, re-use, and distribution. The position involves four distinct areas in semantic technology: Read the rest of this entry »
Bunce/Midstates Travel Award – DEADLINE EXTENDED: Friday, February 9th, 2007!!
Posted: January 24, 2007 Filed under: 2007 ARLIS/NA Conference Atlanta, Opportunities: Conferences, Opportunities: Travel Awards Comments OffDEADLINE EXTENDED: Friday, February 9th, 2007!!
Dear ArLiSNAPers,
The deadline for applications for the William C. Bunce/ARLIS Midstates Travel Award has been extended to Friday, February 9th, 2007. See below for award history, criteria, and application procedures.
Please forward this information to any individuals whom you think would qualify for this award. Remember, it is not necessary to meet all criteria in order to be considered. Also, think about applying even if you are not currently enrolled in a degree program. For example, members who are new professionals or are not receiving institutional funding are encouraged to consider applying.
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Co-Coordinator 2011-2013
