From Records to Data: Seeing and Sharing Digital Cultural Heritage Collections Differently with Recollection
Posted: May 6, 2011 Filed under: Digital Curation, Digital Libraries, Images, Lectures, Opportunities: Professional Development, Records Management, Software, Technical Services, Visual Resources, [ Opportunities ] | Tags: brooklyn public library, cultural heritage, digital collections, MODS, NDIIPP, open source, recollection, trevor owens Leave a comment »From Records to Data: Seeing and Sharing Digital Cultural Heritage Collections Differently with Recollection
Brooklyn Public Library
Trevor Owens, Digital Archivist with the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) at the Library of Congress, will give a lecture titled “From Records to Data: Seeing and Sharing Digital Cultural Heritage Collections Differently with Recollection” at Brooklyn Public Library’s Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture on Thursday, May 19th from 3-4:30pm.
Owens will introduce and demonstrate the utility of Recollection, a free open source platform for generating and customizing views (interactive maps, timelines, facets, tag clouds) that allow scholars, librarians and curators to explore digital collections in novel and intuitive ways. This demonstration will show how content stewards can ingest collections from spreadsheets, sets of MODS records, or RSS and Atom feeds and then generate a range of interactive visualizations, including charts and maps, as well as sophisticated faceted browser interfaces for users of their digital collections.
We especially invite students and professionals interested in cultural heritage, digital curation and preservation, information visualization and other similar fields to attend.
Brooklyn Public Library
Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
718-230-2762
www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org
Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation workshops
Posted: April 1, 2011 Filed under: Archival Management, Art Librarianship, conservation and preservation, Instruction, Lectures, Opportunities: Professional Development, Workshops | Tags: conservation, conservation center for art & historic artifacts, education, maymont foundation, preservation, Workshops Leave a comment »Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation workshops
Presented by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts
WATERFORD, NY – APRIL 27, 2011
Hosted and cosponsored by:
Bureau of Historic Sites
Peebles Island Resource Center (PIRC)
Division for Historic Preservation
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and
Historic Preservation
RICHMOND, VA – APRIL 29, 2011
Hosted by:
Maymont Foundation
Cosponsored by:
Virginia Association of Museums
Virginia Conservation Association
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Through thoughtful planning and effective grant writing, your organization can be competitive in the race for public and private funding to preserve cultural collections. This workshop will examine the planning process that funders want to see in place and the components that make a grant request compelling. With examples drawn from success stories at museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives, program participants will gain an understanding of how to effectively develop and implement a funding strategy to raise money for their collections.
The workshop will address:
§ Planning: Moving from a preservation needs assessment to a funding strategy
§ Potential funding sources: Triaging your time to focus on your best funding prospects
§ Writing the request: Anticipating the funder’s questions and answering them concisely
§ Evaluation: Incorporating the new standards
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lee Price, Director of Development at the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, has worked as a fundraising consultant for many regional and national cultural institutions. He has written successful grant requests for preservation funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Save America’s Treasures.
LOCATIONS, DATES & TIMES
Waterford, NY – April 27, 2011
Peebles Island Resource Center (PIRC)
Peebles Island State Park
Waterford, NY 12188
Richmond, VA- April 29, 2011
Maymont
1700 Hampton Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Program Times
8:45 am – 9:15 am: Registration & Refreshments
9:15 am – 4:45 pm: Program
4:45 pm: Optional Tours: Maymont Mansion, Richmond, VA & Conservation Laboratory, PIRC, Waterford, NY
Registration & Payment
Program Fee: $110
Registration Deadline: 2 weeks prior to program date
Registration, secure credit card payment, and additional program information are available at:
www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar
NOTES
§ Lunch will not be provided. However, a list of local restaurants will be available and
participants are welcome to bring lunch.
§ Refunds will be given until two weeks prior to the program date, minus a $25 cancellation fee.
§ If you have special needs, please contact CCAHA three weeks prior to the workshop date so that accommodations can be made.
COURSE CREDITS
The Academy of Certified Archivists will award five Accreditation Recertification Credits (ARCs) to eligible Certified Archivists (CAs) attending this program. For more information, go to: www.certifiedarchivists.org.
The Virginia Association of Museums (VAM) will award one credit in External Affairs or Collections Management to students in the Virginia Certificate in Museum Management program who attend this program. For more information about the VAM program, go to: www.vamuseums.org
This program was made possible with generous funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
To learn more about CCAHA and its programs and services, please visit our website at www.ccaha.org.
Questions? Call CCAHA Preservation Services at 215.545.0613 or email them at pso@ccaha.org.
Defining the Digital Humanities event at Columbia University
Posted: March 31, 2011 Filed under: Academic Librarianship, ArLiSNAP, Lectures, Libraries: Academic Art & Architecture, News, Opportunities: Professional Development, Technology, Workshops | Tags: columbia university, dan cohen, defining the digital humanities, digital humanities, dino buzzetti, federica frabetti, scholarly communication 1 Comment »What do digital humanities scholars see as the potential of this interdisciplinary field?
Find out.
Defining the Digital Humanities
Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 12:00-2:00 PM
555 Lerner Hall, Morningside
Guests who do not have a Columbia University ID must RSVP to kp2002@columbia.edu by Tuesday, April 5.
Panelists include Dan Cohen, Director of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University; Federica Frabetti, Senior Lecturer in the Communication, Media and Culture Program at Oxford Brookes University, UK; and Dino Buzzetti, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Bologna. More information.
RESEARCH WITHOUT BORDERS EVENT SERIES
The Scholarly Communication Program at CU Libraries/Information Services presents a speaker series for the 2010-11 academic year on today’s pivotal issues in scholarly communication.
Join us for the third year of events exploring changes in how scholars and researchers create, share, reuse, and preserve new knowledge. The series is free and open to the public.
For more info, email Kathryn Pope at kp2002@columbia.edu, or visit http://scholcomm.columbia.edu.
Follow the events remotely on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ScholarlyComm.
This Friday: ARLIS/NA Chat on Branding the Arts Library
Posted: February 22, 2010 Filed under: ARLIS/NA, Lectures, Opportunities: Professional Development, Outreach | Tags: Chats, marketing, Outreach, Professional Development, Webcasts Leave a comment »Don’t forget that ARLIS/NA’s Chat Series is offering up a great discussion later this week! I personally recommend “Marketing Today’s Academic Library” to anyone who is interested in user experience and branding for libraries. It’s a thought-provoking read and this week’s discussion promises to be every bit as interesting.
Technical info and details about past and upcoming chats at: http://www.arlisna.org/chats/index.html
In Search of Meaning: Building a Brand for an Arts Library
We will look at ways you can measure and build brand awareness for your library. In preparation for this chat, we recommend you take a look at Brian’s book “Marketing Today’s Academic Library” which includes helpful examples for library marketing and outreach. Although the focus is academic libraries, much of what is discussed may be applied to any type of library.
Moderator: Brian Mathews, author of Marketing Today’s Academic Library.
Friday, February 26, 2010, 11am Pacific – 12pm Mountain – 1pm Central – 2pm Eastern
- What is the difference between marketing, branding, advertising, and outreach?
- What is unique about Arts libraries?
- What do your patrons think about your library? How do you know?
- What types of marketing research have you conducted?
- What are some techniques and strategies you can use for building your brand?
Professional workshops & conferences roundup
Posted: January 26, 2010 Filed under: Lectures, Opportunities: Conferences, Opportunities: Professional Development, Professional Associations, SecondLife, SEI, Web 2.0 | Tags: conferences, events, Lectures, webcas, webinar Comments Off
I know you all are stoked for ARLIS/NA Annual in Boston - here are some other great events, workshops and conferences that may also be of interest.
SEI Pro – Summer Educational Institute For Visual Resources & Image Management – registration has officially opened.
Albuquerque, NM, June 8 – 11, 2010
This intensive workshop is intended to provide advanced instruction in visual resources and image collection management. ARLIS/NA and the VRAF are developing a special curriculum to offer in-depth training that is often not found in library and information science degree programs.
Info at http://www.vrafoundation.org/sei2010/
Online education offered by Lyrasis
This is just a small selection of upcoming events and workshops. Visit www.lyrasis.org for full schedule, Keyword: Classes and Events. Students and unemployed librarians receive a 50% discount, call for more info.
- 20 Questions: Art Resources
02/02/2010 10:00am-12:00pm EST - Digital Collections: Where to Begin?
02/04/2010 10:00am-12:00pm EST - Changes Ahead with AACR2, RDA, and FRBR
02/04/2010, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST - Pop Culture Literacy: Keeping Up With Your Patrons
02/09/2010 – 02/10/2010, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST - Gaming in Libraries
02/16/2010, 10:00am-12:00pm EST - Understanding Digital Photographs
02/18/2010, 10:00am-12:00pm EST
There are also few notable events related to mobile and virtual library and museum services:
Library in Your Pocket: Strategies and Techniques for Developing Successful Mobile Services (Free online webinar)
Hosted by EDUCAUSE Live! ; presenters: David Woodbury and Jason Casden from North Carolina State University.
This ‘sold out’ event has passed, but if you missed it, you can view the event archive (sound and images) at http://www.educause.edu/Resources/LibraryinYourPocketStrategiesa/195003
Handheld Librarian (Virtual Conference)
Online, February 17 – 18
Featuring a wide array of collaboration, learning and networking activities focused on Mobile Library Services.
Conference website: http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/
Going Mobile: Planning for Audience, Content and Technology in the Museum (Seminar)
San Diego, February 16 – 17
This two-day seminar is for museum professionals who want to explore the value of mobile devices and portable computing for their institutions, patrons and learners with renowned leaders in the new media field. Attendees will learn how to evaluate technology platforms and options, create interpretive content and deploy systems for supporting them.
Seminar Website: http://www.bpoc.org/mobile
The Future is Now: Libraries and Museums in Virtual Worlds (Virtual Conference)
Online, March 5-6, 2010
This weekend conference is presented by the ALA VCL MIG (Virtual Communities and Libraries, Member Initiative Group) and the ACRL Virtual Worlds Interest Group. Expect presentations and panel discussions, as well as tours, demonstrations, poster sessions, social gatherings, and other events presented in OPAL, Second Life and other virtual worlds. Discounts for ALA Members, students, and others.
Conference Website: http://www.opal-online.org/finindex.htm
Free Web Lecture: Charting Their Journeys: Explorers Record the Americas, 1500 – 1900
Posted: October 16, 2007 Filed under: Lectures Comments OffCharting Their Journeys: Explorers Record the Americas, 1500 – 1900From the search for a new trade route to the Orient to the race for a
lunar landing, explorers have charted their journeys in wonderfully
pictorial maps. What were the explorers’ impressions? What
experiences and observations prompted the explorers to record them on
maps and charts? Who knew what, when? Join Ed Redmond, Geography and
Map Reference Specialist, Library of Congress, as we glimpse these
journeys to the Americas through the eyes of those who lived them.
Brought to you by the librarians of the Library of Congress.
When: Wednesday, October 17, 2:00 p.m. (E.D.T.), 1:00 p.m. CST
To attend, go to
http://67.19.90.10/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs1641902f62b4
1. Click the “Download Here” button in the light blue rectangle
in the center of the screen.
2. Follow the directions to download and install the plugin.
3. Click the link in the orange rectangle to enter the room.
4. A gray box will appear with text asking permission to launch an
external application, webconference plugin. When the grayed out text
“Launch application” becomes black, click the “Launch
application” button.
5. Type your name (no password is necessary) for the conference and
click “Logon” to enter the online conference. NOTE: Allow yourself time to download the small software plugin needed
to participate in the conference. Depending on your network security
requirements, you may need assistance from your local technical support
group to download and install the plugin. Actual installation should be
very quick, depending on your computer and connectivity. Use of
Internet Explorer is recommended. The conference provides text chat and
Voice over IP (VoIP). To fully participate, consider attaching a
microphone to your computer.
For more information about upcoming programs, see Online Programming
for All Libraries (OPAL) at http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm.
To learn more about the Library of Congress, see http://www.loc.gov/,
especially:
Geography & Map Division -
http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/gmpage.html
Map Collections, American Memory -
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Virtual Programs & Services – http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/
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