CCLM’ers have book chapters published

Erika Bennett and Jaina Lewis, “The Amplified Library: Grabbing Users by the Ears,” in Carol Smallwood, Editor, Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for Innovative Librarians. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 20085-7.

Melissa Aho, Erika Bennett, and Susan Wakefield, “Me Publish? I Don’t Have a Clue: How to Get Published Online,” in Carol Smallwood, Editor, Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for Innovative Librarians. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2008: 48-50.

Melissa Aho and Erika Bennett, “Modern Mobilization: Creating a New Library Community,” in Carol Smallwood, Editor, Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for Innovative Librarians. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2008: 181-183.

Melissa Aho and Sommer Berg-Nebel, “New Distance Education Librarian: Tips and Tools from the Trenches,” in Carol Smallwood, Editor, Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for Innovative Librarians. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2008: 228-231.

ARLD Day

Registration for ARLD Day is open.

Please complete and return the attached form to register for ARLD (Academic & Research Libraries Division) Day.

Join us on Friday, April 25th, 9am-4pm at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen.

http://www.arboretum.umn.edu

This year’s theme is:

Riding the Swell: Effectively Reaching our Students

We are pleased that our keynote speaker will be Erin Walsh from the National Institute on Media and the Family. Erin will present “Why Do They Act That Way?”, her take on the brain development of our under–25 year old students, their media-use habits, and how these factors impact our services and interactions with them.

Please join us to share ideas, meet and greet colleagues, and gather new knowledge in the lovely Arboretum setting.

Program:

Keynote: Erin Walsh from the National Institute on Media and the Family will discuss the brain development of our under–25 year old students, their media-use habits, and how these factors impact our services and interactions with them.

Breakout sessions:

Capturing the Captive Audience

Speakers: Emily O’Connor & Amy Springer, Rasmussen College

Hundreds or thousands of students wandering around campus who need your information about library resources & Information Literacy – so why do we have so few attendees at open workshops and programs? The speakers will discuss several marketing and incentive tactics, from posters to faculty collaborations, designed to increase attendance and improve the quality of library workshops and programs. The floor will be open for attendees to share questions and best practices.

Teaching Web 2.0 to Student 1.5: Effective Methods for Introducing New Information Tools

Speakers: Robin Ewing and Melissa Prescott, St. Cloud State University

Contrary to the perception that undergraduate students are expert users of social networking and other Web 2.0 tools, reference and instruction librarians at St. Cloud State University have discovered that many students are unaware of Web 2.0 tools besides Facebook, Wikipedia, and YouTube. Drawing from classroom experiences as well as student feedback, this session will discuss ways to include Web 2.0 information tools such as podcasts, wikis, blogs, video streaming, social bookmarking, and RSS in information literacy instruction. The presenters will discuss techniques for introducing students to new information tools, ways to incorporate these tools into class assignments, and methods for evaluating the validity and usefulness of information presented via these tools. The presenters will also share what methods were less successful. In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to share methods they use to keep aware of new technologies as well as ways they have incorporated Web 2.0 information tools into their own teaching.

The Library Uncatalogued- the Making of an Information Literacy Film

Speaker: Anika Fajardo, College of St. Catherine

Video is available nearly everywhere from YouTube to iPods. The College of St. Catherine Libraries are capitalizing on this popular medium by using a film to help reach students. The Library: Uncatalogued is a fifteen minute video that provides information about the Library and presents the ACRL Information Literacy Standards in a fun and entertaining manner. Created especially for traditional first year college students, it uses humor, music, and even a Library Fairy to teach the skills students need to succeed in research. Learn about how the film was made and get tips on creating your own film.

Visioning a Student-Centered Library: Quick and Easy Methods for Listening to Our Students

Speakers: Chris Inkster, Michael Gorman, Jennifer Quinlan, & Rich Josephson, St. Cloud State University

How do our students really use our spaces and services? Are we meeting their needs? Do we really know our students? It’s time to let go of long-held assumptions about students and libraries, but how do we shake up our own thinking? In this session, we will share and discuss techniques for observing and interacting with students about who they are and about their experiences of our library spaces and services. We will also discuss how our work has been informed by the recent University of Rochester’s Undergraduate Research Project, and how participants can easily replicate our methods and use the resulting data to help their organization move toward a student-centered model.

Deadlines:

Registration is now open. See the attached form for more details.

Any questions should be submitted to: jmnewsome@stkate.edu

Thanks!
Jim Newsome Past Chair, ARLD

New ACRL Online Seminar

http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/ecolldev.cfm

Electronic Collection Development for the Academic E-Library
An ACRL Online Seminar
March 10-28, 2008

Course Description:
In this hands-on course you will learn to create an academic e-library collection development plan for free and fee-based Web-accessible resources for a patron community of your choice. Students will focus on developing a collection plan for one library patron group of their choice. Patron groups may include: faculty, students, researchers, general public, subject specialists, etc. This collection plan will be developed in five parts. Each part includes lecture, discussion and hands-on activities that will step participants through creating or assessing a collection plan for developing a e-library collection.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this seminar you will:

have developed selection criteria, plan for collection, evaluation, organization, and maintenance of an e-library collection for the patron group of your choice at your library.
have begun identifying, evaluating, selecting, and collecting appropriate free and fee-based Web-accessible resources for your e-library.
Participants will end the session with a completed collection development plan for the e-library collection they wish to develop including:

collection plan abstract or introduction
collection strategy
collection organization plan
collection maintenance plan

Audience:
Librarians and other information specialists who need to develop or expand academic e-library collections of high quality Web-accessible information resources. Some experience with information searching on the Web is assumed.

Experience working with the academic library patrons in the subject area chosen is assumed. Level of instruction is intermediate.

Participants should know how to use e-mail and a current standard Web Browser Mozilla/Firebird, Netscape 7.0 or IE 5.5 or higher is preferred. Some HTML or HTML editor experience will be useful.

Instructor:
Diane Kovacs, Kovacs Consulting

Course Requirements:
Your participation will require approximately three to five hours per week to:

Read the online seminar material
Post to online discussion boards
Complete online exercises, which will result in a collection development plan for your e-library
Complete a seminar evaluation form
Registration:
ACRL member: $135
ALA member: $175
CACUL member: Can$195 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $195
Student: $60

PLA Conference

The PLA Conference is coming to town in March.

Favorite authors talking include Nancy Pearl and Avi!

http://www.placonference.org/special_events.cfm

23 Things on a Stick!

23 Things on a Stick!

The 23 Things on a Stick: A Library Learning 2.0 Program is now open for registration. Technically, registration is open until February 15th, but why wait? Register today to begin exploring these 2.0 activities.

http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com

From the Minnesota’s Multicounty, Multitype Library Systems

Want to know more about Dance & Theater Studies?

Minitex is having a Reference Services Hands-On Training session for the Librarian who must do reference, collection development, etc in this subject. The event is on Friday, February 29, 2008.

For more information see their website at http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/

Want to know more about WorldCat?

WorldCat Basics Webinar Session from MINITEX

Classes offered:

Monday, January 07, 2008
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

WorldCat is available at no cost to all libraries in Minnesota via ELM. It is the world’s largest bibliographic database. This webinar gives an overview of WorldCat and covers basic searching, limiters, and working with results. This session will NOT cover using WorldCat as a cataloging or ILL tool.

Who should attend?: Librarians and media specialists who have little or no experience with WorldCat and for those who don’t use it on a regular basis.

For more info:
http://www.minitex.umn.edu/events/training/webinars.asp#170

Cataloging class at MCTC

Minneapolis Community and Technical College is offering INFS 2200 Introduction to Cataloging, a 3-credit course, Spring 2007. Classes meet on Wednesday evenings, from 5-7:45 p.m., beginning January 16 through May 7.

This course is a good course for:
* Librarians and paraprofessionals new to cataloging
* Librarians and paraprofessionals who would like a refresher
* Librarians and paraprofessionals who have been cataloging for some time, but would like more formal training.

This course provides a basic overview of descriptive and subject cataloging, using appropriate tools. While we’re using AACR2 as our primary model for description, we’ll be introducing concepts brought forward in RDA as well. Students will work with OCLC’s Connexion browser, building familiarity with that tool.

This course can be taken by non-degree seeking students, and can be audited or taken for a grade.

For more information, visit the Library Information Technology website at:
http://www.minneapolis.edu/academics/areaofstudy.cfm?aos_id=88

Or contact:
Virginia Heinrich
Instructor/Librarian
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
612.659.6296
AIM: MCTC Heinrich
virginia.heinrich@minneapolis.edu

Call for Proposals — SLA Contributed Papers

Have you broken the rules of the status quo to make improvements in your workplace? Have you reached out and “built bridges” to another organization to improve your service? Have you learned valuable lessons that could help other information professionals? If so, here is your opportunity to engage in scholarship and share that knowledge with your peers. Every SLA member is eligible and encouraged to apply.

**SLA is now accepting proposals for papers to be presented at the 2008 SLA Conference in Seattle **

Proposals should be 250-300 words in length and submitted to brandy.king@childrens.harvard.edu by December 15th.

Topics of the papers should be related to library science, information management, research or other issues related to customer service, technology, or administration in special libraries. Proposals will be judged in a blind peer-review process on their relevance to the conference theme Breaking Rules — Building Bridges or to the SLA tag line Connecting People and Information, as well on the strength of the idea, quality of writing, and potential member interest. The strongest proposals will be selected for development into full papers due 1 May 2008. In addition, this year, the paper that best demonstrates the theme of the conference will receive an award at the annual business meeting.

For more information see: http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/ac2008/Conference/callforpapers/index.cfm

I hope to hear from many of you!

Sincerely,
Brandy King, Chair of the 2008 Contributed Papers Committee

Brandy King, MLIS

Librarian, Center on Media and Child Health

Children’s Hospital Boston , Harvard Medical School , Harvard School of Public Health

(617) 355 – 4651

Call for papers on Reading & Writing Recipe Books

CFP: Reading and Writing Recipe Books: 1600-1800
University of Warwick, UK
8-9 August 2008

CFP Deadline: Jan 31, 2008
CFP URL: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/events/recipebooks/

This international interdisciplinary conference will provide a much-needed environment that allows recipe book scholars to meet and discuss important issues such as comparative methodologies and periodization, thereby offering a key opportuninity to shape the course of future research on this genre.

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Proposals for 20 minute papers on any aspect of recipe book studies are welcome, though we particularly encourage papers on the following topics:
Methodological essays from the disciplines of history of medicine, literature, material culture, culinary history, etc. Periodization of generic conventions Possibilities of new scholarly directions (e.g. recipe books as life-writing sources)

Editing recipe books for modern audiences
Evidence of larger cultural influences, such as gender, social status, and geography
How manuscript and printed recipe collections relate to one another

Please send your 300 word proposal to one of the co-organisers:

Michelle DiMeo (m.m.dimeo@warwick.ac.uk) or Sara Pennell (s.pennell@roehampton.ac.uk)