Art in School and Public Libraries
Posted: February 7, 2008 Filed under: ALA, NEH, Opportunities: Grants, Public Libraries, School Libraries Comments OffPicturing America℠ is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA). The goal of Picturing America℠ is to enhance the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture by bringing some of America’s greatest works of art into school classrooms and public libraries.
Picturing America℠ will provide K-12 schools and public libraries with 40 images of American art, an illustrated teachers resource book, and a web site containing additional information including lesson plans. Educators and librarians are invited to apply online from January 7 through April 15, 2008.
ALA Poster Session Application Deadline – January 31st
Posted: January 17, 2008 Filed under: ALA, Opportunities: Calls for Papers Comments OffProposals for the 2008 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA are due on January 31st.
Poster sessions may present any of the following:
- a description of an innovative library program
- an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort
- a report of a research study
Click here for much more information, including samples and abstracts of previous poster sessions.
ALA Midwinter: Ideas For Making Your Catalog The Best It Can Be
Posted: December 7, 2007 Filed under: ALA, Catalogs/OPACs 1 Comment »- Confused (and/or excited) by all the talk of the “next-generation” library catalog?
- Wonder how it can make a difference to YOUR users?
- Crave some communication with other library professionals about these topics?
If so, you should plan to attend the ALA Midwinter discussion session – “Ideas For Making Your Catalog The Best It Can Be.” The Catalog Use Committee (RUSA/RSS) will hold this discussion on Sunday, January 13th from 10:30-noon in Crowne Plaza, Liberty C.
Topics will include:
- Pushing the catalog out to users (things like RSS feeds, Firefox extensions, Facebook apps, etc.)
- Alternate discovery tools (when it’s NOT your catalog – Amazon, LibraryThing, WorldCat)
- Assessment and usability for information seeking behaviors (different age groups and the same catalog!)
If you would like to attend and are on Facebook, please add our event and invite others: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=19601121312
Best, Tiffany
From Tiffany A. Hebb at DePauw, via NGC4LIB
Getting Involved and Conference Attendance for “Newbies”
Posted: November 29, 2007 Filed under: Advice, ALA Comments OffThe ACRL Blog has a piece about new members attending ALA’s Midwinter conference by Josh Petrusa titled “Attempt at Midwinter.”
In youthful naiveté, I assumed being a new member of the profession (and ALA) that I would just go to Midwinter, attend some stuff, get involved, etc.
There’s been some really good feedback in the Comments about whether section meetings are open to non-members, attending as many discussion groups as you want, and interacting with vendors.
See previous comments on ArLiSNAP about volunteering for ARLIS/NA committees, volunteering for Chapter committees, and volunteering at the conference registration desk. If you have additional ideas, please add a comment below!
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
Do Libraries Innovate: Blogging at ALA
Posted: June 27, 2007 Filed under: ALA, Museums, Professional Associations, Technology 2 Comments »Check out this quasi-transcript (and this one too) of the session “The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate?” Topics discussed include why libraries aren’t innovative, the relationship between IT profession and library profession, and how to promote change in an professional organization (ALA)–all very relevant to art librarians/VR curators. ALA conference program description:
The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate?
LITA
Track: Transformation & Innovations
Libraries did not invent Google Book Search, Library Think, Facebook, or any other innovation critical to the new information era/knowledge economy. We make use of these inventions. But is that enough? What prevents us from being more inventive? Join four thought-provoking speakers for a debate on these questions and a search for answers.
Speakers: Roy Tennant, California Digital Library; Stephen Abram, SirsiDynix; Joseph Janes, University of Washington; Karen Schneider, Florida State University
We’ve discussed changes we’d like to see in ArLiS/NA, but maybe the question “Do [Art] Libraries innovate?” would be help us get to the root of the issue. I think that innovation can increase the significance, not to mention status, of our profession and professional organization. We are an imaginative, resourceful group of people who value creativity (in visual art, architecture and other fields) — it follows that art librarians would or could be an innovative group of professionals. What do you think?
Eye to I: Visual Literacy Meets Information Literacy
Posted: May 31, 2007 Filed under: Academic Librarianship, ALA, Opportunities: Conferences 1 Comment »The ACRL Arts Section and Instruction Section invite you to visit the
Virtual Poster Sessions being offered in connection with their joint
program at ALA 2007 in Washington, D.C. The conference program, titled
“Eye to I: Visual Literacy Meets Information Literacy,” will explore the
relationship between these two sets of abilities. The poster sessions
and more information about the conference program can be found at:
http://eye2i.wordpress.com
The poster sessions offer practical approaches to teaching information
literacy and visual literacy, new ideas for integrating multiple
literacy skills into your instruction, and tips for collaborations that
connect information literacy, visual literacy, and student learning.
Visitors to the site are encouraged to submit comments in order to
engage in a dialogue with the presenters virtually.
We look forward to seeing you at the IS/AS conference program on Sunday,
June 24, 2007, 1:30-3:30pm, Renaissance Hotel, Grand Ballroom South.
Meghan Sitar
Instruction and Outreach Librarian
Library Instruction Services
University of Texas Libraries
The University of Texas at Austin
Booth Volunteers needed for Resume Review Service at ALA
Posted: May 31, 2007 Filed under: ALA, Opportunities: Conferences, Opportunities: Volunteer, Resumes Comments Off*Please excuse cross-posting.
Colleagues
The 2007 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. is coming very soon! NMRT Resume Review Service needs you! Please consider volunteering to greet participants.
Consult the current ALA 2007 Annual Conference Volunteer Booth Schedule [http://nmrtrrs.wikispaces.com/Annual2007Schedule] for available time slots.
Sign-up early and reserve your preferred time slots. The location of the booth will be in Hall E of the Convention Center in downtown Washington, D.C.
Once you’ve consulted the schedule and picked a preferred time to greet people, please e-mail Maureen Cropper at maureen.cropper@kctcs.edu.
See the RRS wiki at http://nmrtrrs.wikispaces.com/ for more information and email me at keoghkm@gmail.com if you have any questions.
–
Kristina Keogh
NMRT Resume Review Committee
Reference Librarian for the Arts
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Going to ALA’s Annual Conference? We’d Like to Talk to You :)
Posted: May 16, 2007 Filed under: ALA, Opportunities: Conferences, Opportunities: Volunteer 5 Comments »In preparing for a next-gen OPAC proposal, Megan Macken & myself are looking for resources to tap.
If you’re going to this year’s annual ALA conference in Washington, DC, we’d like you to check out any sessions that would shed some more light on next-gen OPACs & their users. There is one program in particular that would be of interest -
1. Saturday (June 23rd), 1:30-2:30
Transforming Your Library, and Your Library’s Future, with Technology
ALA GOVERNANCE
Track: Transformation & Innovations
Technology can transform your library and its services, as it is transforming the lives of your patrons. From do-it-now technology improvements to next-generation implementations, from software to SOPACs, from in-your-face competition to over-the-horizon transformations, three accomplished experts will instruct, enlighten and challenge you to use technology to make your library more relevant to your patrons — today and tomorrow.
Speakers: Alan Kirk Gray, co-Chair, Darien (CT) Library; John Blyberg, co-Chair, Ann Arbor District Library, MI; Lori Ayre, The Galecia Group; Casey Bisson, Plymouth State University, NY; Roy Tennant, California Digital Library
Also, the Digital Information & Technologies track seems very next-gen oriented.
There are also sessions like “Building the Next Generation Public Library Web Site with Drupal” that do not fall under the afore mentioned track but seem possibly pertinent.
Finally, I’m willing to throw in a little incentive. Last year’s ALA conference was in New Orleans. I attended & shot quite a few pictures. I’ll print, frame, & send you a digital print of the Piazza D’Italia.
Please e-mail Bryan Loar at webmaster [at] arlisnap.org, if you are interested.
Thanks 
Jim Rettig elected ALA President
Posted: May 3, 2007 Filed under: ALA, News, Professional Associations 2 Comments »From the ALA website (complete article here):
CHICAGO – James Rettig, university librarian at the University of Richmond (Va.), has been elected president of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 2008-2009 term, defeating Nancy Davenport, president, Nancy Davenport and Associates.
As ALA president, Rettig will be the chief elected officer for the oldest and largest library organization in the world. The ALA has a membership of more than 64,000 librarians, library trustees and library supporters. Its mission is to promote the highest quality library and information services and public access to information.
Rettig will become president-elect in July 2007, and will assume the ALA presidency in July 2008, following the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif. He will serve a one-year term as president and a one-year term as Immediate Past President.
continue reading the article on the ALA website…
ALA Conference and Career Mentoring
Posted: May 2, 2007 Filed under: ALA, Opportunities: Conferences, Opportunities: Mentoring 1 Comment »Are you going to the ALA conference in D.C. this year? If so, there are 4 more days to sign up for the Conference Mentoring program. 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.”
If you can’t make it to our nation’s capital during the week of June 21st – 27th, don’t fret! Check out ALA’s Career Mentoring, which is “a year-round program to connect a newer librarian with a seasoned librarian for a mentoring relationship relating to career development in librarianship.”
These programs are both sponsored by the New Member’s Round Table (NMRT), which is a natural starting place for students and newly-minted professionals!
