ArLiSNAP Category Name Change
Posted: May 28, 2009 Filed under: ArLiSNAP Structure, Opportunities: Professional Development Comments OffAll,
I just wanted to alert you to a category name change. What was once “Opportunities: Training and Courses” is now “Opportunities: Professional Development.”
If you have any concerns, please feel free to comment below.
Thanks!
May I have your (un)divided attention?
Posted: May 27, 2009 Filed under: Discussion 1 Comment »There have been a few recent items about the scarcity of attention in our hectic lives full of texting, social networking, “ambient awareness,” and “digital intimacy.” Two articles stand out as having interesting implications for libraries and librarians: “Is Google Making Us Stupid” (Nicholas Carr, Atlantic Monthly) and “In Defense of Distraction” (Sam Anderson, New York Magazine).
In his discussion of Google’s effect on our behavior, Carr asks how the internet is changing the ways we think and read. Is online reading changing the way we approach other forms of text? Carr says yes, and laments what he sees as the loss of “deep reading” and “deep thinking”–extended, critical engagement with texts, our own thoughts, other people, etc.:
What Taylor did for the work of the hand, Google is doing for the work of the mind.
Incidentally, I don’t think Carr is saying that Google is solely responsible for this change. Rather, I think he’s using “Google” as a stand-in for a much larger shift in internet usage and behavior.
Anderson’s defense of overstimulation makes an interesting read alongside Carr’s Atlantic Monthly piece. Anderson notes that we are experiencing a “poverty of attention,” and the conventional wisdom seems to be:
Google is making us stupid, multitasking is draining our souls, and the “dumbest generation” is leading us into a “dark age” of bookless “power browsing… We are, in short, terminally distracted. And distracted, the alarmists will remind you, was once a synonym for insane.
Anderson points out that there’s little we can do to turn back the clock. Instead, he’d like to know how we can adapt to this new reality. Anderson ends the piece by noting that despite widespread disdain for the divided attention of “digital natives,” their skill at multitasking could be recognized as something new and valuable that could be harnessed for good.
Some of the questions that came up for me while reading these two pieces…
- How do you see the scarcity of attention affecting our interactions with users?
- How does the realization that attention may be the scarcest of resources change the kinds of collections and services librarians provide?
- How do you communicate effectively with your users knowing that they are in a near-constant state of information overload?
- How have you seen users’ information-seeking behavior and demonstrated information literacy skills change in this world of attention scarcity?
Have thoughts? Let’s duke it out in the comments.
Professional development at ALA-Annual in Chicago
Posted: May 27, 2009 Filed under: ALA, Opportunities: Conferences, Publication, Workshops | Tags: Professional Development Comments OffFor those of you planning to attend the American Library Association’s annual Conference in Chicago, July 9 – July 15, here are two great programs which may be of interest to new librarians.
The Conference Mentoring Program (sponsored by the New Members Round Table, NMRT) is open to all ALA members and is designed to connect a first time conference attendee with a ‘seasoned professional’ who can help them navigate the ALA Annual Conference.
For the guidelines and an online application form please visit http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm/mentor/conferenceMentorApp.cfm . The application deadline is June 15, 2009. Applicants will be matched with a Conference Mentor in June and communicate via email or telephone prior to the conference and then meet during the conference. Note: there will be a separate Career Mentoring Program for those interested in professional guidance, details TBA.
ACRL Research Writer’s Consultations - New for ALA Annual – Are you an ACRL member working on a research article? Would you like some constructive feedback? Submit a draft research paper for consultation. They will match new writers with experienced writers and the groups will meet face-to-face during the Chicago conference. Draft research papers must be submitted by June 1, 2009. Papers will be shared only among members of the designated groups. Submission details can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/ryqju9
More info to come on meetings and events of note as the conference approaches.
ALA Annual Conference website: http://www.ala.org/annual
Follow on Twitter: @alaannual
Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of New Mexico
Posted: May 24, 2009 Filed under: Opportunities: Job Postings Comments Off[via UT JobWeb]
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DIGITAL INITIATIVES LIBRARIAN University of New Mexico University Library Center SW Research Posting Number: 0800890 Position Summary: The University of New Mexico Libraries (UL) has an opening for a Digital Initiatives Librarian. This is a full-time, 12 month faculty position which reports directly to the Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources, Special Collections and the Center for Southwest Research (CSWR). The tenure status and faculty rank of this position is negotiable based on experience and professional qualifications. The annual salary is negotiable from a minimum of $50,000 and includes full benefits. Position Description Primary Duties Environment UNM enrolls nearly 26,000 students and employs 2,800 faculty and 4,400 staff. UNM offers 103 baccalaureate degrees, 75 master’s degrees and 45 doctoral degrees/professional degrees. The University of New Mexico is a Tier I Research Institution and a Hispanic-Serving Institution. UNM attracts a culturally diverse student population and has strong academic and research programs concerned with the Southwestern United States, indigenous studies, and Latin America. The University of New Mexico is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Albuquerque is ranked number one in creativity among medium-sized cities in Richard Florida’s book “Rise of the Creative Class.” Albuquerque is an ethnically diverse city with a rich culture and history located within minutes of the Sandia and Manzano mountain ranges which provide opportunities for hiking, biking, rock-climbing and skiing. Minimum Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: Posting Date: 03-16-2009 Position Type: Faculty APPLICATION INFORMATION: Additional requirements for this position: Special Instructions to Applicants: A list of reference contacts will be requested of selected candidates. QUICKLINK FOR POSTING: http://unmjobs.unm.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51859 |
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Metadata Specialist, Toronto Public Library
Posted: May 24, 2009 Filed under: Opportunities: Job Postings Comments Off[via Canadian Library Association]
Posting #: EXT-09-057
Posting Date: May 22, 2009
Closing Date: June 1, 2009
Job Title: Metadata Specialist
Location: Cataloguing Department – Collections Management
281 Front Street, Toronto, ON
Status: Permanent Full-Time
Hours Per Week & Schedule of Work: (Subject to change in accordance with Article 19)
35 Hours per week.
Job Summary:
The Metadata Librarian provides professional expertise and leadership in the development, implementation, coordination and management of metadata standards and strategies.
Duties:
- Leads in the development, implementation and maintenance of strategies for maximizing exposure of TPL-generated metadata, locally and on a Web scale.
- Maintains knowledge of national and international metadata standards and schema and is responsible for interpreting and adapting those metadata schema for local purposes.
- Collaborates with appropriate staff to advise on the application of current and emerging metadata schema to facilitate access to digital, and other online collections and resources.
- Keeps on top of developments in the information industry and makes recommendations related to promising new metadata or cataloguing tools, technologies or initiatives.
- Evaluates metadata standards to support the adoption, use and management of metadata strategies and tools required to achieve the integrated access goals of the Library.
- Provides ongoing analysis of the Library’s taxonomic structures to facilitate future migrations or enhancements; develops strategies for ensuring metadata schema integrity and monitors their implementation.
- Formulates, recommends, implements and maintains policies and standards for descriptive, technical and administrative metadata.
- Trains staff and supports staff training in metadata.
- Serves as a resource person on metadata issues.
- Develops project plans, establishes project teams, monitors project schedule and ensures deliverables are completed on time and to specification; prepares reports, as required.
- Directs project staff, establishes performance standards and provides verbal input into performance appraisals.
- Participates in appropriate library committees and working groups.
Qualifications:
- Master of Library Science (MLS) or Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) or Master of Information Studies (MISt).
- A minimum of three years experience working with recognized metadata schemas in a digital environment
- Extensive knowledge of emerging and existing non-MARC metadata schemes, thesauri, ontologies, tools, formats and technologies such as Dublin Core, XML, HTML, RDF-a, GRDDL, Microformats, EAD, METS, MODS, OAI-PMH andSemantic Web.
- Knowledge of principles, concepts and practices in organizing information, including key metadata format and content standards.
- Strong understanding of traditional cataloguing standards and practices including MARC, AACR2, LCSH and authority control.
- Proven familiarity with metadata management software.
- Proven familiarity with asset or content management software.
- Proven ability to plan, organize and implement projects.
- Knowledge of issues and trends in digital library development and metadata standards.
- Demonstrated experience with systems that manage and provide access to digital objects; basic knowledge of the processes involved in digitization and development of digital content discovery and delivery systems.
- Demonstrated experience with database design and data modeling
- Understanding of relational database design and structure.
- Proven leadership ability.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task and work collaboratively with diverse constituencies.
- Demonstrated ability to be flexible and responsive in a rapidly changing work environment.
Salary: $72,381.40 per annum (Job Evaluation and Pay Equity 2008 Wage Rate)
Application requirements for job vacancies:
- Applications must include the posting number.
- Each posting number requires a separate application.
- All applications must:
- List all qualifications as stated on the job posting.
- Provide daytime phone number, cell phone number (if available) and email address (if available).
c) Be received by mail, fax or email, by midnight on the day of closing.
Please use one of the following methods:
Mail: Human Resources Department
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street Toronto ON M4W 2G8
Fax: 416-395-5925
Note: Please retain your fax confirmation sheet.
Email: recruitment@torontopubliclibrary.ca
Notes:
- The Posting Number should be quoted in the subject line of all email submissions and please retain your original email.
- Please remember to type/sign your name under the signature section of the application form.
Please do not send duplicates
We thank all applicants and advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Personal information collected is used in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act.
Assistant Coordinator, Visual Media Resources, Bard Graduate Center
Posted: May 24, 2009 Filed under: Opportunities: Job Postings Comments Off[via VRA Job Opps]
Assistant Coordinator, Visual Media Resources
Department: Visual Media Resources
Reports to: Chief Librarian
The Bard Graduate Center, a graduate institute affiliated with Bard College, offers MA and PhD programs in the study of the cultural history of the material world and is committed to the encyclopedic study of things, drawing on methodologies and approaches from art and design history, economic history, history of technology, philosophy, anthropology, and archaeology.
The Visual Media Resources Department seeks an assistant coordinator to help maintain the Bard Graduate Center’s collection of images used for teaching. The image collection consists of approximately 50,000 slides and 18,000 digital images that are made available for students and faculty using MDID (the Madison Digital Image Database). The Visual Media Resources Department also provides equipment, support, and training for students and faculty using visual resources, and is currently transitioning the slide collection to a fully digital platform.
Responsibilities include:
Image Production, Processing, and Workflow
- Oversee image production. Enter faculty book and slide image orders into Filemaker Pro database; print order and image lists; scan slide or book images and correct in Photoshop; prepare image orders for cataloging.
- Manage image uploads to MDID image delivery system.
- Supervise work-study students and ongoing scanning projects.
- Manage and monitor image backup-servers maintained by IT. Maintain organization of images on external hard rive; backup images to network server; organize CD backup project.
- Maintain VMR equipment and calibrate monitors and scanners.
Student and Faculty Services
- Assist students and faculty with scanning, Photoshop, PowerPoint, CD burning, ArtStor, MDID, digital cameras, and digital voice recorders. Help faculty locate, organize, store, and present images. Work with Senior Coordinator and Library staff to provide workshops and instruction.
- Work with Senior Coordinator to provide A/V support for events hosted by Academic Programs and for regularly scheduled classes during the academic year.
- Develop and maintain online and offline documentation for image research, copy stand photography and scanning, and presenting digital images.
- Manage user accounts in MDID.
Administrative
- Submit check requisitions
- Order office supplies and printer cartridges
- Maintain departmental forms (order forms, equipment signup and reserve sheets)
- Perform weekly maintenance on equipment
Qualifications:
- Thorough knowledge of digital imaging, scanning and image correction in Photoshop, digital cameras, copy stand photography, digital voice recorders, ArtStor, PowerPoint, and MDID or similar platform, and general knowledge of computers and related technology.
- Familiarity with Filemaker Pro or similar library or museum collection database.
- Service-oriented, detail-oriented, and able to multitask.
- Excellent knowledge of art history, architectural history, or the history of decorative arts. B.A. in art history or related field.
- Working knowledge of French, German, or Italian desirable.
Please send letter of interest, including salary requirements, resume, and a list of three references to: acvmrsearch@bgc.bard.edu
Integrating Library Instruction into the Curriculum
Posted: May 21, 2009 Filed under: Advice, Discussion, Information Literacy, Instruction | Tags: Discussion, Instruction 5 Comments »Lately I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about library instruction. The art history department at my university has invited me to help develop a new course, tentatively titled “Information Technology for the Art Historian.” The course will focus on a variety of skills that are needed to be successful academically, such as conducting research, acquiring and using images, preparing presentations, and writing research papers. I’m really excited about this opportunity to include the library in the art history curriculum!
There seems to be a trend toward integrating library instruction in the curriculum, rather than the more traditional one-shot approach to library instruction. At the recent ARLIS/NA conference, I attended a discussion group that focused on making library instruction an integral part of student’s educational experience. Some suggestions included, using assessment tools such as Survey Monkey for pre-and post-testing during library instruction, incorporating games and group-work, and using visual mapping/mind mapping to teach the research process.
I’m wondering what other tips and tricks librarians can try to make the research process fun and interesting for students, especially in a semester-long course. Has your library integrated library instruction into course curriculum or developed a course (either required or for extra credit) for students at your institution? If so, what challenges and successes have you experienced?
Librarian, New York Film Academy (Los Angeles)
Posted: May 14, 2009 Filed under: Opportunities: Job Postings 8 Comments »[via UT JobWeb]
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LIBRARIAN New York Film Academy The New York Film Academy, an accredited film and acting college in the Los Angeles area seeks an energetic, creative, collaborative and flexible individual to manage its small library at the Universal City campus. The position is responsible for the collection development and management of library resources for graduate-level programs in film, acting, producing, and screenwriting, including ongoing assessment of collection strengths and weaknesses in relation to institutional needs. Provides general reference service in all of the library’s subject areas, and specialized research assistance, as needed, within the librarian’s areas of subject expertise. Works with faculty to design and provide course-related instruction to graduate classes. Provides general tours and orientations to students, prospective students and special guests. Participates in library planning and policy development, and represents the library on committees and task forces as needed. Required Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: Subject expertise and/or coursework in film, television or the performing arts. APPLICATION INFORMATION: Anyone wishing to be considered for this position should send materials to or fax to (818) 730-4074. |
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Katelyn Angell Questions the Need for Second Masters
Posted: May 13, 2009 Filed under: Advice: Students, ALA Comments OffAn interesting opinion article is in this month’s American Libraries.
Typically, employers expect potential hires to hold both an MLIS and an additional subject-specific master’s or PhD. Upon learning this daunting fact, two pressing questions immediately formed in my mind: How can people on a librarian’s salary afford to earn multiple graduate degrees, and why disregard strong undergraduate credentials or field experience?
American Libraries(CB). American Libraries (Volume 40, Issue 5, May 2009).
Chicago, IL, USA: American Libraries, 2009. p 39.
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ala/Doc?id=10290396&ppg=41
Copyright � 2009. American Libraries. All rights reserved.
While I’m sympathetic of Angell’s concerns (I have a similar experience), I also understand the need for having a very strong foundation when working in art libraries.
links for 2009-05-12
Posted: May 12, 2009 Filed under: delicious Comments Off-
"VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project's main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web."
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"ArtScope [is] a visual browsing tool that allows you to explore more than 3,500 artworks in [SFMOMA's] collection"
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"A Guide for SLA Chapters and Divisions to Establish Mentorship Programs"
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"The 21st Century Librarian Mentoring Program links prospective librarians, library students, and early career librarians with library professionals who have working knowledge and experience to share."
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Web 2.0 Tools and Applications
Introducing ArLiSNAP Discussion Opportunities & Coordinatoors
Posted: May 11, 2009 Filed under: ArLiSNAP, Blogs, Fun, News 2 Comments »As a result of feedback, you’re going to see a few new additions to the ArLiSNAP blog and community. One of the new features we’re rolling out is increased content on the site to help generate discussion about issues important to ArLiSNAP members.
Caley Cannon and Meredith Kahn are the current discussion coordinators, and we’ll be making weekly posts about a range of topics (emerging technologies, social networking sites, teaching, mentoring, transition from student to professional, changing role of art librarians, professional development, recent news in art and architecture, new developments in the publishing industry, etc.).
We hope you find these posts interesting and thought provoking, and that you feel compelled to participate in a discussion via the comments. If there are any topics you’d like us to address, please let us know.
And let the fun begin…
Mentoring at ALA Annual
Posted: May 8, 2009 Filed under: Opportunities: Conferences, Opportunities: Mentoring, Professional Associations | Tags: mentoring Comments OffThere may still be time to apply to have a mentor at ALA’s annual conference in Chicago this July if you act quickly.
Applications received after May 6th will be accepted with the understanding that mentor/mentee matches will be made based on the availability of a mentor or mentee.
But do check back to the link above in August if you are interested in applying to participate in ALA’s year round mentorship program.
Membership Group
Posted: May 7, 2009 Filed under: ArLiSNAP | Tags: membership 5 Comments »Hi Everyone!
Let’s use this space to get started with our planning!
We have two tasks:
-set up a directory for ArLiSNAP members
-profile individuals from the directory on the site
Shall we get started?
Jamie Lausch
University of Michigan
University Library Associate
Art, Architecture and Engineering Library
Curatorial Research Center Intern
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Candidate for M.S.I. 2010
Archivist & Digital Librarian, Columbia College (Chicago, IL)
Posted: May 6, 2009 Filed under: Opportunities: Job Postings Comments Off[via ALA JobList]
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| Status: Full-time | |
| Posted: 05/06/09 | |
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| Archivist & Digital Librarian, CBMR April 2009
Columbia College Chicago is an urban institution of over 12,500 undergraduate and graduate students, emphasizing arts, media, and communications in a liberal education setting. This position is responsible for arranging and describing archival collections and providing finding aids in EAD that can be mounted on the CBMR’s web page. Additional responsibilities include managing the CBMR’s online database, which provides bibliographic access to scores and ephemera in the CBMR Library’s collections; participating in planning for digital preservation; working with the digital services librarians at the Columbia College Library and the CBMR webmaster to make CBMR Library resources available online, as well as serving as the CBMR’s liaison to the Columbia College Library in the area of online digital services; providing reference service to researchers on a regular basis, as assigned; assisting with exhibitions, presentations to Columbia College classes, CBMR projects and grant proposals as required. A Master’s degree in library/information science from an ALA-accredited graduate program with a specialization in archives is required. Must possess training in EAD and appropriate computer markup languages. Ability to read music required. Coursework in music librarianship and music history is highly desirable. A familiarity with archival standards, including DACS and EAD is essential with knowledge of principles and standards of digital preservation. Columbia College Chicago encourages female, GLBT, disabled, international and minority classified individuals to apply for all positions. No phone calls, please. For consideration, please submit a resume and a cover letter to: Email: ArchivistAndDigitalLibrarian@colum.edu |
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Big-Screen E-Readers and the Future of Newspapers
Posted: May 4, 2009 Filed under: News, Technology 3 Comments »Interesting piece in the New York Times about larger e-readers and their potential for reading newspapers and magazines:
The screens, which are currently in the Kindle and Sony Reader, display no color or video and update images at a slower rate than traditional computer screens. That has some people in the magazine industry, in particular, keeping their hopes in check until E Ink evolves.
“I don’t think we would be anywhere near as excited about anything in black and white as we would about high-definition color,” said Tom Wallace, the editorial director of Condé Nast, publisher of glossy magazines like Vogue and Wired. “But technology changes at a pretty high clip these days, and if we are now in the Farmer Gray days, it will be only a very short while until we are in the video game era.”
