Educational Opportunities
Posted: May 9, 2012 Filed under: Academic Librarianship, Blogs, Cataloging, Opportunities: Calls for Papers, Opportunities: Events, Opportunities: Professional Development Leave a comment »Please note the first two items in bold are happening tomorrow!
Blended Librarian Webcast: Flipping the Classroom: Overturning the Traditional Lecture Thursday, May 10th @ noon (12pm) EDT
This is a free event & no registration is needed. There are a limited number of seats that are available on a first come first served basis. Please go to the BL site http://www.blendedlibrarian.org/ and log in to the “Quick Login” early to obtain your seat. It will be the webcast listed at the top of the webpage.
(Note: You need to be a member of the Blended Librarians Online Learning Community to participate. No fee to join. To join go to the following page http://www.blendedlibrarian.org/join.html prior to logging on to LearningTimes to join the webcast – you should do this at least 12 hrs prior to attending a webcast.)
METRO & ACRL/NY Present: Catablogging – Leveraging Blogging Software to Present Your Collections on the Web
Speaker Chela Weber
Chela Scott Weber is the Associate Head for Archival Collections at the Tamiment Library & Robert f. Wagner Labor Archives at NYU. Prior to coming to the Tamiment, she was the Director of Library & Archives at the Brooklyn Historical Society, where she implemented Emma, their WordPress based catablog of archives and special collections. She holds a Master of Library and Information Science and Certificate of Archival Administration from Wayne State University in beautiful Detroit, MI.
This event is co-sponsored/hosted with ACRL/NY Special Collections and Archives Discussion Group.
Visit the event website for more information and to register:
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS — ARCHIVING THE ARTS
The AMIA Student Chapter at New York University invites presentation proposals for Archiving the Arts, to be held jointly with IMAP in New York City on Saturday, October 13, 2012 as part of New York Archives Week organized by Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York.
Please submit a 250-word proposal to Kathryn Gronsbell atNYU.AMIA@gmail.com Priority will be given to submissions received by Friday, May 4, 2012.
FINAL DEADLINE for submissions is Friday, July 13, 2012.
The 3rd annual ShareAcademy will be held on Tuesday, August 7th, 2012 at the CPCC Harris campus in Charlotte, NC. The theme for this year’s ShareAcademy is:
“Under New Management: Adventures in Leadership”
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Share with us your challenges, joys, reflections, techniques, skills and eye-opening moments about becoming a better, more efficient, more productive leader and manager. What habits or tricks have you learned or utilized to manage yourself, your time or your staff? How have you identified your strengths and skills and used them to your best advantage?
Workshop proposals are expected to be interactive, hands-on, and engaging for participants.
Call for proposals CLOSES: May 30
ShareAcademy Registration OPENS: June 4
*ShareAcademy is created and hosted by CPCC Library, but is open to anyone interested in the conference theme. Our primary goal is to provide a conference full of practical, hands-on material for its attendees.*
Submit your proposal here! http://www.cpcc.edu/library/shareacademy
ALCTS webinar: Rare Materials and RDA: Exploring the Issues
Date: May 23, 2012
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.
Description: Are you unsure about how (or whether) to apply RDA to rare materials? This webinar will present an overview of RDA provisions related to rare materials, including both bibliographic and authority records, and will explore how well RDA and Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials
(DCRM) can be used together to describe rare materials. The webinar will reflect work sponsored by the ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section’s Bibliographic Standards Committee, including a white paper prepared by the presenters.
Single Webinar Registration Fees: $39 ALCTS Member; $49 Non-member; $39 International; $99 Group (a group of people that will watch it together).
Check the ALCTS Web site for discount pricing for the entire webinar series.
For additional information and links to registration, please click here.
ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org. For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce@ala.org.
See educational opportunities, such as CFP, workshops, events, webinars, etc.? Please email Braegan Abernethy (bcabernethy@gmail.com) or Emilee Mathews (mathewse@indiana.edu) to get them posted here.
Job Posting: AudioVisual Preservation Solutions – Project Cataloger
Posted: February 28, 2012 Filed under: Cataloging, conservation and preservation, Digital Libraries, Opportunities: Job Postings | Tags: archive studies, audio, audiovisual collection, audiovisual preservation solutions, avps, broadcast materials, Cataloging, image archives, new york city, profit sectors, video Leave a comment »AudioVisual Preservation Solutions – Project Cataloger
AudioVisual Preservation Solutions is seeking a short-term project cataloger to work on an audiovisual collection inventory. The position, ideal for current students and recent graduates of moving image archive studies or library science programs, would begin in early March and be full time for approximately 2 weeks. The ability to identify video and audio formats is an absolute must! The full commitment is required, as is an understanding of the basic principles of cataloging. Familiarity with generation types or production of broadcast materials is preferable. You must be computer and PC literate, able to work with basic image software, perform detail-oriented work of an often repetitive nature, work self-directedly, and follow concepts of controlled vocabularies and other cataloging needs. The work will take place at the AVPS offices located near Penn Station. This is a short-term position only.
AVPS is a full service media preservation and information management consulting firm providing effective individualized solutions in the areas of collection assessment, metadata management, digital preservation, facilities, workflows, and more. We work with national and international clients in universities, government, broadcasting, cultural arts, museums, and both the corporate and non-profit sectors to help ensure the preservation and long-term access to the valuable media and data they collect or create.
To apply, send resume and letter of interest to miwa@avpreserve.com
No phone calls please.
Job Posting: Assistant Visual Resource Manager (AAOA), Metropolitan Museum of Art
Posted: November 16, 2011 Filed under: Archives, Art Librarianship, Cataloging, Collections Management, Digital Imaging, Libraries: Museum Libraries, Museum Librarianship, Museums, Opportunities: Job Postings, Visual Resources, VRA | Tags: AAOA VRA, arrangement, arts of africa oceania and the americas, Assistant Visual Resource Manager, Cataloging, collections management, description, digital media, metropolitan museum of art, museum archivist, museums, Visual Resources Leave a comment »The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Assistant Visual Resource Manager, AAOA
Under the direction of the Collections Manager, the Assistant Visual Resource Manager will be responsible for arranging, describing, and cataloging the collections of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Visual Resource Archive (AAOA VRA). A successful candidate will work closely with the Museum Archivist and the Collections Management staff in the Digital Media Department to establish and maintain archival and cataloguing standards for the Museum. Incumbent will create processing plans, arrange, house, and describe the records; create detailed online finding aids and catalog records; assist patrons of the collections and respond to collections queries, and seek out additional methods for online presentation of the collections to the public. Background research on collections to be undertaken with the aid of departmental curators, when necessary.
Primary Responsibilities and Duties:
• Responsible for the identification, arrangement, inventory, organization, and preservation of photographs and manuscript materials so they are accessible for reference
• Maintain national archival standards and utilize specific archival training to catalog archival collections
• Create finding aids for individual collections
• Provide reference assistance and answer research queries of museum staff and outside researchers
• Train and supervise volunteers and interns in the care, processing, and digitization of photograph collections
• Undertake collections surveys and identify possible funding to improve presentation and access of collections
• Other related duties
Requirements and Qualifications
Experience and Skills:
• 3-5 years of professional experience processing archives, personal papers, or manuscripts
• Successfully demonstrated experience applying processing and descriptive standards including DACS, EAD, and MARC-XML
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office
• Proficiency with The Museum System (TMS) preferred
• Basic knowledge of the preservation and conservation practices for historical records
• Strong interpersonal skills, writing, and historical research skills
Knowledge and Education:
• Masters Degree from an ALA-accredited program in library and information science with a concentration in archives administration, special collections, or related discipline with coursework and experience in the care and management of historical photograph collections
• Demonstrated knowledge of Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS), Encoded Archival Description (EAD), and other professional standards
• Background in art history preferred
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or domestic partner status, genetic information, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity, HIV status, military status and any other category protected by law in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
Job Posting: Weekend/Evening Librarian at School of Visual Arts
Posted: July 6, 2011 Filed under: Art Librarianship, Cataloging, Catalogs/OPACs, Libraries: Art & Design Schools, Opportunities: Job Postings, Technical Services, Visual Resources | Tags: Cataloging, new york city, reference, school of visual arts, SVA, technical services, visual arts library Leave a comment »
DATE AVAILABLE: September 2011
JOB TITLE: Weekend/Evening Librarian (part-time)
DEPARTMENT: Visual Arts Library, School of Visual Arts
REPORTS TO: Head of Reference Services
SCHEDULE: Fall and Spring semesters only (September to May, no summers)
Hours: Saturday afternoons (2pm to 5pm) and Sunday afternoons (2pm to 6pm); plus one weekday evening 6pm to 9pm (specific weekday may vary semester to semester)
SALARY: $ 26.00 per hour
POSITION OVERVIEW: Provides reference service in the Visual Arts Library on weekends and one weekday evening. Participates in specialized cataloging projects. Provides support to circulation supervisors as needed.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Has primary responsibility during weekends and one weekday evening for assisting undergraduates, graduate students and faculty members with library navigation and use of online catalog and electronic resources.
· Works on special cataloging projects under the supervision of the technical services/systems librarian.
· Performs administrative-related tasks in reference services as required.
· Provides support to weekend and evening managers with student supervision, resolution of patron issues, facilities problems, etc.
· Reports any patron or staff problems/issues to supervisor. Recommends weekend and evening service improvements.
QUALIFICATIONS:
· MLS degree and graduate-level Art History degree, or strong background in art & design history
· Ability to work 10 hours per week, including weekends and one weekday evening
· Experience using online art and design databases
· Excellent customer services skills
· Cataloging experience, preferably with a variety of formats, in an academic environment
· In-depth knowledge of AACR2, LCRI, LCC, LCSH and MARC
· Experience with OCLC Connection and ExLibris Voyager preferred
· Ability to work independently
· Detail oriented, with ability to maintain focus on long-term projects.
The School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City is an established leader and innovator in the education of artists. From its inception in 1947, the College has instituted numerous educational innovations, including the selection of professionals working in the arts and art-related fields as instructors. SVA provides an environment that nurtures creativity, inventiveness and experimentation, enabling students to develop a strong sense of identity and a clear direction of purpose.
Find out what it’s like to work at SVA. Visit http://www.sva.edu/workingatsva
To apply for this position, please send a cover letter and resume to working@sva.edu. No walk-ins please.
The School of Visual Arts is an equal opportunity employer.
Job Posting: Senior Image Cataloger and Support Specialist, Princeton
Posted: June 25, 2011 Filed under: Art History, Art Librarianship, Cataloging, Digital Imaging, Images, Libraries: Academic Art & Architecture, Opportunities: Job Postings, Visual Resources | Tags: archaeology, art, princeton university, Senior Image Cataloger and Support Specialist, visual resources collection Leave a comment »Senior Image Cataloger and Support Specialist
Visual Resources Collection, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University
The Visual Resources Collection in the Department of Art and Archaeology Department seeks an energetic and detail-oriented individual. This position is responsible for cataloging, collection development, public service, and maintenance of the image collection under the general supervision of the Director of Visual Resources, Department of Art and Archaeology. The senior cataloger works closely with the faculty to determine and fulfill their image needs for teaching and research. This involves researching and acquiring new images, cataloging images, enhancing the cataloging system and the revision, correction, and reorganization of existing image metadata. The senior cataloger works on all aspects of making images available including uploading digital images and data and supporting users of images in multiple software applications (Almagest, PowerPoint, ARTstor). The position takes primary responsibility in offering support for scanning instruction and technical aspects of image use.
Qualifications:
- BA in Art History or equivalent with significant Art History background
- Experience in a Visual Resources Collection or Library or related facility.
- Reading ability of at least one European language, knowledge of the history of art, and familiarity with literature in the field
- Knowledge of image cataloging standards and practices
- Research skills using print and electronic resources
- Experience with technologies for digital imaging and presentation
- Knowledge of photographic processes and ability to evaluate analog and digital image quality
- Excellent communication, organization, interpersonal, and customer service skills
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work in environment with frequent interuptions
- Ability to take initiative, solve problems and prioritize work effectively
- Demonstrated ability to work flexibly, independently and collaboratively with colleagues, faculty and students in a rapidly changing service-oriented environment
Prefer
- Masters degree in Art History or library and information science preferred
- Familiarity with databases, preferably image databases
- Demonstrated skill with Microsoft Office applications
- Knowledge of digital image technology
For further details or to apply for the position, please visit “Jobs at Princeton”
https://jobs.princeton.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp
(Requisition number 0110341)
Summer Archival Internships at Museum of the City of New York
Posted: April 14, 2011 Filed under: Archives, ArLiSNAP, Cataloging, Museums, Opportunities: Internships | Tags: archives, ephemera, Internships, manuscripts, museum of the city of new york, new york city, theater Leave a comment »Archival Internships
Museum of the City of New York
Summer 2011
Internship Description:
The Museum of the City of New York is currently seeking two library school students interested in a summer archives internship. Interns will work with the Museum’s Theater Collection or Manuscripts and Ephemera Collection and will have the opportunity to gain experience in cataloging, handling fragile objects, evaluating the condition of the object for conservation and preservation, collection processing, and/or writing finding aids. Interns may assist with reference inquiries and the Museum’s ongoing digitization project, as needed. Projects will vary according to an individual’s skill set and interests.
About the Collections:
Theater Collection
The Museum’s Theater Collection documents theatrical activity in New York City from the late 18th century to the present day. Tracing the relationship between New York City and the theater, collection holdings include: over 5,000 costumes and props, costume renderings, theatrical posters and window cards, drawings and photographs of theatrical personalities, a Yiddish theater collection, and 17,000 folders documenting local productions since the 1800s.
Manuscripts and Ephemera Collection
These objects document the day-to-day life of New Yorkers over the last 300 years with the bulk of the materials dating to late 19th and early 20th centuries. The ephemera comprise a variety of formats, including print material such as menus, invitations, pamphlets, and handbills; textiles such as pennants, sashes, ties, and scarves; and three-dimensional artifacts such as badges, buttons, children’s identification tags, and promotional items. The manuscript collection includes papers of influential New Yorkers and their families. The subject of the material encompasses a wide scope of events and subjects pertaining to development of New York City.
Requirements:
Each internship requires a minimum commitment of one full day a week (7 hours), scheduled during the Monday – Friday workweek. Internships are unpaid. Preference will be given to students completing the internship for course credit. Candidates must be currently enrolled in a Masters program for Library Science. Interns must be able to lift boxes weighing up to 40 pounds. Students with a focus in Archival Studies are encouraged to apply
To be considered for this opportunity, please send a cover letter and resume to Morgen Stevens-Garmon, Theater Collections Archivist at mgarmon@mcny.org.
Call for Chapters: New Directions in Information Organization
Posted: April 6, 2011 Filed under: Cataloging, News, Opportunities: Calls for Papers, Web 2.0 | Tags: call for chapters, Cataloging, dr. jung-ran park, dr. lynne c. howarth, information organization, ischool at drexel, new directions in information organizationw, open access, university of toronto, web 2.0, writing Leave a comment »Call for Chapters: New Directions in Information Organization
Accepted Full Chapters Due: December 15, 2011
INTRODUCTION
New information standards and digital library technologies are being developed at a rapid pace as diverse communities of practice seek new ways to organize massive quantities of digital resources. Today’s environment creates an increased demand for new perspectives, methods and tools for research and practice in information organization. New Directions in Information Organization, co-edited by Drs. Jung-ran Park and Lynne Howarth, seeks to provide a better understanding of future directions, leading edge theories, and models for research and practice in information organization. This book also seeks to provide readers with the current state of the digital information revolution with associated opportunities and challenges to information organization.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: new generation library catalogs, Resource Description and Access (RDA), classification systems and/or theory, metadata standards and/or applications, semi-automatic metadata generation and management, Semantic Web, linked data, social tagging, markup language (e.g., XML), Web 2.0 modules and social networking in relation to information organization and user access, information architecture, and open access.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit a 1-2 page chapter proposal by April 30, 2011 detailing the background and structure of the proposed chapter. Authors will be notified in short order as to the status of their proposal. Full chapters (7500-9000 words) are expected to be submitted by December 15, 2011. All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Final revised manuscripts are due on May 1, 2012.
INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS can be forwarded electronically to the book editors:
Dr. Lynne C. Howarth -lynne.howarth@utoronto.ca
(h/t: a library writer’s blog)
Thinking about How We Label Images
Posted: July 23, 2008 Filed under: Cataloging, Exhibitions, Museums | Tags: labels HullHouse Chicago exhibitions 1 Comment »As an image cataloger I don’t often have the opportunity to write such long descriptions of art work as these, but I do assign many short or one-word labels to images. In response to the question below, I’m often the one who gets to decide. For example, many painting titles refer to rape scenes as abductions (or vice versa), yet both are listed in the Library of Congress Subject Authority. Either would probably help people find images, but the implications are quite different, in my opinion. Have any of you encountered this particular issue of labeling images? How do you approach it?
From the Jane Addams Hull House Museum:
Alternative Labeling Project
Was Mary Rozet Smith Jane Addams’s companion, lesbian lover, or life-long partner? Why should we care? What is at stake in how we describe their relationship? Who gets to decide?
Please take a few minutes to participate in our civic engagement and reflection project. Choose one of three labels that you think best describes the portrait of Mary Rozet Smith.
To comment, visit the Hull-House Response Board inside Jane Addams Hull-House museum or participate in our weblog HERE.
http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/newdesign/labelingproject.html
Midwest Art Catalogers Meeting, June 13, Notre Dame, IN
Posted: April 2, 2008 Filed under: Cataloging, Opportunities: Meetings Comments OffMarsha Stevenson has graciously agreed to host the next meeting of the Midwest Art Catalogers’ Group at the University of Notre Dame. Please save the date!
Friday, June 13, 2008
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame IN 46556
http://www.geocities.com/midwestartcatalogers/
If you plan to attend please contact:
Kristan Hanson
Assistant Visual Resources Librarian
The Art Institute of Chicago
khanson1 at artic dot edu
Multilingual Dictionaries for Art Librarians
Posted: October 10, 2007 Filed under: Bibliographies and Pathfinders, Cataloging, reference Comments OffThis informal bibliography of multilingual or polyglot dictionaries was recently posted on ARLIS-L by Kim Collins at Emory:
- Jones, Lois Swan. Art Information: Research Methods and Resources. 3rd ed. Publication Information: Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., c1990. See Appendix B and D.–Pages 299-328 consist of dictionaries of art terms in French, German, Italian, etc.
- Multilingual glossary for art librarians : English with indexes in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish. München ; New Providence : K.G. Saur, 1996
- Ian Sheridan’s An Art Librarian’s Glossary, published in 1984 by the IFLA Section of Art Libraries. It’s a dictionary type book of art terms in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and German
- Haggar, Reginald George. A dictionary of art terms: painting, sculpture, architecture, engraving and etching, lithography and other art processes, heraldry. [1962] reprinted 1984 According to Marmor and Ross¹ Guide to the Lit. of Art History 2: Glossary contains separate lists of French, German, and Italian terms, With English equivalents, useful for students preparing for graduate art history language exams.
- Elsevier’s dictionary of architecture in five languages : English, French, Spanish, German, and Dutch / compiled by J.-P. Vandenberghe. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science Publishers, 1988.
- Das Grosse Fachworterbuch fur Kunst und Antiquitaten / herausgegeben und zusammengestellt von Christian Mu?ller, unter Mitarbeit von Roger Franz … [et al.]. Other Title: Art and antiquities dictionary. Publisher: Munchen : Weltkunst Verlag, c1982- ISBN: 3921669006
- Dictionnaire polyglotte des termes d’art et d’archeìologie. Edition: [1. eìd.] /Reìau, Louis, 1881-1961 Publisher: Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1953 and “Dictionnaire polyglotte des termes d’art et archéologie” , repr. 1977, orig. ed. 1953 If you look at the Metropolitan Museum’s Watsonline (their OPAC), you will find the full citation for both editions.
- Elsevier’s Dictionary of art history terms: in French-English and English-French / compiled by Jean-Pierre Michaux = Elsevier’s dictionnaire des termes d’histoire de l’art : français-anglais et anglais-français / par Jean-Pierre Michaux. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, c2005.
- That sounds a lot like a pamphlet I used to use that was an aide for art catalogers. If you put dictionaries–polyglot‹art into WorldCat, you¹ll put up similar stuff.
- online version of the IFLA dictionary: http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm
- English-German dictionary, art history-archaeology = English-deutsches Wörterbuch für Kunstgeschichte und Archäologie / von Mary L. Apelt. Published/Created: Berlin : E. Schmidt, c1987. Since the student is actually studying for a German exam, I’d recommend: M. Apelt, English-German dictionary: art history-archaeology (1982 and 1987). Out of print, but many libraries have it.
- Dictionary of Translated Names and Titles, by Adrian Roon. French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian from “Aachen” to “Utopia.”
Blogs = Serials?
Posted: April 30, 2007 Filed under: ArLiSNAP, Blogs, Cataloging, News 3 Comments »After all our talk of blogs and blogging in Atlanta, I was interested in a recent post on the (very new) Library of Congress Blog.
It seems that at least some folks over at the Library of Congress consider (corporate) blogs to be serials, and may already be assigning ISSN numbers to them.
There’s an interesting discussion going on over there, including some mentions of an IBSN (Internet Blog Serial Number). Is ArLiSNAP a serial? Should it have an ISSN? An IBSN (http://ibsn.org/register.php)? I thought about going ahead and registering us for an IBSN, but then wondered what that would imply about ArLiSNAP as a “publication”, when I tend to think of it more as a community. Your thoughts?
Midwest Art Catalogers Discussion Group, Chicago Meeting
Posted: February 2, 2007 Filed under: Cataloging, Opportunities: Meetings 1 Comment »Announcing the next meeting of the Midwest Art Catalogers Discussion Group.
The Midwestern Art Cataloging Discussion Group (MACDG) is a loosely organized group of librarians who meet three times a year. Anyone interested in art and architecture or visual resources cataloging is welcome to attend.
MACDG will hold the next meeting at the Art Institute of Chicago on February 23, 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
A Blog-Based Catalog?
Posted: December 8, 2006 Filed under: Blogs, Cataloging 1 Comment »A Blog-Based Catalog? Mellon-Funded Project Would Use LC Records
WordPress is a popular format for blogs—an open-source content management system. It is also the backbone for WP-OPAC, a pushing-the-envelope project from Casey Bisson, information architect at Plymouth State University (PSU), NH, which will use Library of Congress (LC) catalog records and redistribute them free under a Creative Commons Share-Alike license or GNU. Bisson was presented with a $50,000 Mellon award for Technology Collaboration for the project at the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) meeting in Washington, DC, on December 4. PSU will use the money for the LC records. The WP-OPAC will allow users to tag and comment on records, which will be more readily searchable by search engines. The still-emerging project represents a challenge to business as usual for catalogers. OCLC has been the source for catalog records for libraries, and its license restrictions do not permit reuse or distribution. However, LC catalog records have been shared via Z39.50 for several years without incident. “Libraries’ online presence is broken. We are more than study halls in the digital age. For too long, libraries have been coming up with unique solutions for common problems,” Bisson said. “Users are looking for an online presence that serves them in the way they expect.” PSU is committed to supporting Bisson’s project, and will be offering it as a free download from its site, likely in the form of sample records plus WordPress with WP-OPAC included. The internal data structure works with iCal for calendar information and Flickr for photos, and can be used with historical records. It allows libraries to go beyond LC subject headings, Bisson said. Other winners include: Open University (Moodle), RPI (bedework), University of British Columbia Vancouver (Open Knowledge Project), Virginia Tech (Sakai), Yale (CAS single signon), University of Washington (pine and IMAP), Internet Archive (Wayback Machine), and Humboldt State University (Moodle).
from Library Journal Academic Newswire (12.07.2006)
Image Indexing Survey
Posted: September 21, 2006 Filed under: Cataloging, Digital Imaging, Opportunities: Surveys and Studies 4 Comments »We would like your help with a survey on the topic of image indexing. We would like to gain a better understanding of how subject knowledge and indexing experience affect image indexing. We are interested in your participation because of your educational background and, or your experience with visual materials.
Participation in the survey is anonymous and voluntary. You may refuse to participate or discontinue participation at any time. If you have any questions about the survey you are welcome to contact us kate.mccain@drexel.edu, or jeb56@drexel.edu at any time about the survey. You may also contact Drexel University’s IRB Office at 215 875-5849 or at research@drexel.edu.
The online survey, consisting of ten questions and viewing-indexing of eight images, should take less than 30 minutes of your time. Your assistance in providing invaluable information about this topic is much appreciated.
Dr. Katherine W. McCain
kate.mcain@drexel.edu
Joan Beaudoin
jeb56@drexel.edu
Follow this link to access the survey: http://websurveyor.net/wsb.dll/32488/images.htm
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