INTRODUCING THE FLASCH DIGITAL LIBRARY
Posted: October 17, 2007 Filed under: Libraries: Art & Design Schools, [ Libraries and Collections ] Comments OffIntroducing the JOAN FLASCH ARTISTS’ BOOK COLLECTION Digital Library
The John M. Flaxman Library at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has recently introduced a new digital library interface for the Joan Flasch Artists’ Books Collection: http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/jfabc
The Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection includes close to 5,000 artists’ books, multiples, video and audio recordings, periodicals, digital works, reference books, ephemera, exhibition catalogs, and examples of experimental art practices, all created over the last four decades by artists of local, national, and international significance. Renowned and unique in its vast scope and easy accessibility the collection is housed in its own study room. Students, faculty, and the general public are welcome to drop in or to arrange in advance for formal presentations. The Flasch Collection also hosts readings, performances, seminars, and other campus events addressing the production, use, or context of experimental art practices.
The new JFABC Digital Library allows worldwide access to a growing catalog, provided for educational and research purposes. Powered by CONTENTdm software, it currently contains descriptions and discovery images for approximately a third of the items in the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, with more added continuously. A richly indexed online collection, the new catalog can be searched and browsed by criteria such as artists, titles, and terminology specific to our holdings. The site also includes a growing list of links to artists’ books resources world wide, as well as a calendar for exhibitions and events occurring in the book room.
Ingenta Research Award
Posted: October 17, 2007 Filed under: ALA, Digital Imaging, Opportunities: Grants Comments OffNote: Deadline date January 31, 2008 for applications.
Ingenta Research Award
Purpose
The Ingenta Research Award is given annually by the Library Research Round Table of the American Library Association to support research projects about acquisition, use, and preservation of digital information.
Example areas of research include:
* The analysis of online journal usage data to develop conclusions and predictive models which may be used by libraries and publishers in determining future behavior * An investigation of the issues surrounding institutional archiving, particularly costs, preservation and securing the participation of faculty * A study of information seeking behavior of readers and/or authors * The development of future models for verifying the relative usefulness of publications Other topics related to digital publications will also be considered.
Eligibility
Applications are welcome from practicing librarians, faculty and students at schools of library and information science, and independent scholars.
Criteria
The Ingenta Award Jury will evaluate applications on the basis of the following criteria:
1. Appropriateness of the proposed project to understanding of seeking and use of digital information. 2. Significance of the problem. 3. Design of the study. 4. Qualifications of the investigator(s). 5. Realism of the timetable.
Amount
The grant consists of up to $6,000 for research and up to $1,000 for travel to a national or international conference to present the results of the research. Expenditures must directly support research; the award does not cover indirect costs or overhead. Half of the research amount will be paid within one month of the selection of the awardee; the remaining half will be provided approximately six months later upon the receipt of a satisfactory progress report as determined by the Ingenta Award Jury Chair and the ALA staff liaison to the Ingenta Award Jury. How to apply
Send: 1. Proposal of no more than 6 double-spaced pages that provides 1. overall statement of the project 2. relation of the project to previous research 3. research questions 4. method/plan of investigation 5. timetable for the work 6. significance of the project 7. plan to disseminate the results 2. Budget (1 page) 3. Curriculum vitae (2 pages)
Deadline
All submissions must reach the ALA address on or before Thursday, January 31, 2008. You will receive confirmation via e-mail within two days. Before Thursday, January 31, 2008, email the Proposal, budget and curriculum vitae to:
Letitia Earvin American Library Association 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: (800) 545-2433, ext. 1-4274 Fax: (312)280-4392 E-mail: learvin@ala.org
If email attachments are not possible, applicants must send nine (9) printed copies to the address above and they must be received by Thursday, January 31, 2008.
Obligations
Authors retain the right to present and publish their findings where they choose. Ingenta reserves the right to post an abstract about the project on their website.
If you are interested in applying for this award, please consult: http://www.ala.org/ala/ors/orsawards/ingentaresearchaward/ingentaresaward.htm and read the following for more information:
* Schedule and Procedures
* 6-Month Report
* Final Report Listing of previous Ingenta Research Award Recipients
Carnegie-Whitney Grant Awards
Posted: October 17, 2007 Filed under: ALA, Bibliographies and Pathfinders, Opportunities: Grants Comments OffGRANT DEADLINE APPROACHING!
Carnegie-Whitney Grant Awards up to $5000
The American Library Association Publishing Committee provides a grant of up to $5000 for the preparation of print or electronic reading lists, indexes, or other guides to library resources that promote reading or the use of library resources at any type of library.
Funded projects have ranged from popular, general-reader proposals such as ReadMOre,” a reading list for Missouri’s state-wide reading program, to more specialized, scholarly proposals such as “Librarianship and Information Science in the Islamic World, 1966-1999: An Annotated Bibliography.”
Applications must be received by November 5, 2007. Recipients will be notified by the end of February 2008.
For more information and guidelines, visit http://www.ala.org/work/pubs/Carnegie.html or contact Mary Jo Bolduc, Grant Administrator, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611; Fax 312-280-5275; e-mail: mbolduc@ala.org
Mary Jo Bolduc
Senior Administrative Assistant to Don Chatham
AED Publishing Department
American Library Association
50 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone (312) 280-5416
Fax (312) 280-5275
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