Best Practices in Collection Development (Against the Grain)

CFP: Best Practices in Collection Development (Against the Grain)

Against the Grain is now accepting submissions of articles for the June 2007 issue. This issue will look at the topic of “Best Practices in Collection Development”

Possible Article Topics Could Include:

-cooperative collection development and/or library consortiums
-licensing electronic resources
-Working with foreign vendors
-Collection assessment
-Virtual Approval Plans
-Moving from print to electronic
-library/departmental liaison programs
-weeding a collection

The above are only suggestions. This topic is broad and articles on other
aspects of collections development are certainly welcome!

Against the Grain is a partially refereed publication, and articles are usually 2000 — 2500 words in length. Article proposals and / or abstracts of articles should be submitted by Monday, April 9, 2007. The deadline for submission of the articles themselves is Monday, April
30, 2007.

If you are interested in submitting an article, please let me know by return email (devoek@cofc.edu).

If you need more information or have further questions, please do not hesitate to ask. My contact information is below.

Thanks so much for your time and attention.

Sincerely,

Kristen DeVoe
Guest Editor of the June 2007 Issue of Against the Grain.

Kristen E. DeVoe
Electronic Resources Librarian
College of Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina 29424
Phone: (843) 953-6671
Email: devoek@cofc.edu

ACRL online class- Teaching Portfolios

ACRL is offering a new online seminar, “Teaching Portfolios for Librarians,” April 9-28, 2007.

This course will introduce the concept and structure of teaching portfolios, which are dynamic works of selected documentation and commentary that demonstrate teaching performance. The instructors will lead participants in activities designed to help them compose a teaching philosophy, write a portfolio narrative, and outline a plan for supporting documentation.

Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:

* explain the uses of a teaching portfolio for librarians
* articulate a teaching philosophy
* describe the portfolio creation process and the structural components of a teaching portfolio
* complete online writing and discussion activities to compose a teaching portfolio narrative
* identify supporting materials to include in their portfolio
* identify specific strategies and goals for how to use portfolios to support their professional development

ALA and ACRL members receive a registration discount.

ACRL member: $135
ALA member: $175
CACUL member: Can $195 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $195
Student: $60

Register today. Registration for this seminar is now open. For additional information and a link to the online registration form, visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/portfolios.htm

Librarians in US News and World Report

US News and World Report has “The Best Jobs for you: 2007 Career Guide” and librarians are listed!! Check out page 45, which lists a median salary $49,708!

US News and World Report, March 19, 2007

New news from CCLM members Nevanka Goonewardena and Melissa Aho

New news from CCLM members Nevanka Goonewardena and Melissa Aho:

Nevanka Goonewardena and Melissa Aho’s paper “Writing a New Chapter – Glocalization: Creating Libraries across the Globe – A Case Study in Sri Lanka” has been accept for presentation at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress, Durban, South Africa, in August 2007. Their paper will be 1 of 6 papers to be presented in the Asia and Oceania session and includes a 20 minute presentation by Nevanka and Melissa. The conference in South Africa will be attended by librarians from over 100 countries!

New SirsiDynix Institute webinar

Gaming in the Library

Presented by
Jenny Levine, Internet Development Specialist and Strategy Guide, American Library Association

March 13, 2007, 11 a.m. – noon Eastern, 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. Pacific

Much is happening in the world of gaming right now, and it’s not just a lot of teenage boys sitting in the basement staring at a screen for hours on end. No, gaming has tremendous potential for libraries to reach out to new users, offer new services, and help complement efforts in community building, information literacy, and other areas. Don’t know much about gaming, but want to know how it can benefit libraries? Not sure what kinds of services your library could offer (especially on a limited budget)? Are you an avid gamer who would like to offer services, but you need help convincing others? Just want to hear what other libraries are doing? We’ll cover all of these topics and more in just one hour. Get the scoop that helps you clarify your thinking about gaming and libraries.

Register now to take part in a FREE webinar that is sure to further your understanding of how to use gaming in your library.

Jenny Levine is the Internet development specialist and strategy guide at the American Library Association, where she splits her time between the Information Technology and Publishing departments. As part of her job, she blogs, creates wikis, bugs her colleagues to instant message, tests podcasting and vodcasting, teaches RSS, posts pictures on Flickr, explores Second Life, and does similar work with emerging technologies and tools in general. She is currently organizing the 2007 ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium, which will take place on July 22-24, 2007, in Chicago. Last year, Jenny had the pleasure of traveling around the United States and Europe to give more than 30 presentations. She is also the author of The Shifted Librarian blog, http://theshiftedlibrarian.com, a site that helps librarians understand the coming impact of ubiquitous, always-on Internet (and hence ubiquitous, always-on information) on our profession. She wrote the September/October 2006 issue of “Library Technology Reports,” titled “Gaming in Libraries: Intersection of Services,” and is an avid proponent of gaming services in libraries.

Register for this SirsiDynix Institute webinar at:
https://events.livemeeting.com/961/7248/reg.aspx

Want to Speak at Internet Librarian 2007?

Information Today, Inc. is pleased to announce the 11th annual Internet Librarian (Oct 29-31, 2007) — the ONLY conference for information professionals who are using, developing, and embracing Internet-, intranet-, and Web-based strategies in their roles as information architects and navigators, Webmasters and Web managers, content evaluators, developers and integrators, taxonomists, searchers, community builders, information providers, trainers, guides, and more. This year’s theme is “2.0: Info Pros, Library Communities, & Web Tools.”

https://secure.infotoday.com/ilspeakers/SpeakerSubmissions.asp

Library Questionnaire

Please take a moment to complete the Amazon.com Library Questionnaire if you use Amazon.com for book processing, ordering, reference, or reader’s advisory purposes. Information will be kept confidential and used for research purposes only. This questionnaire was created due to my prior position as a solo librarian, and how I used Amazon.com to assist me in everyday activities. By gathering other libraries ’experiences with Amazon.com I hope to write an article for the solo librarian newsletter. This questionnaire takes 3 minutes or less to complete.

http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB2268BW6QZ2Y

Thank you in advance for your participation.

Respectfully,
Kristen Mastel

Kristen Mastel, Reference Librarian
MINITEX, 15 Andersen Library
222 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Direct: 612-626-9843
WATS:800-462-5348
Fax: 612-625-3569
meye0539@umn.edu
http://www.minitex.umn.edu
http://blogs.minitex.umn.edu/reference/

FreePint Newsletter seeks book reviewers

Become a reviewer for the FreePint Newsletter. Read our guidelines http://www.onopoly.com/author/freepint/ and send ideas to editor@freepint.com.