1) Georgia State University Sued by Publishers over E-Reserves
2) Harvard’s OA Mandate
3) The Google Book Search Settlement
4) The Launch of the HathiTrust
5) NIH Public Access Policy Enacted, Challenged
6) The Move Toward Open Source
7) The Section 108 Report
EPA Libraries Reopen
9) South Carolina Slashes PASCAL
10) The Sad Story of Orphan Works
Read about all top ten at: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6626579.html?nid=3603
PHOENIX – So you have a seemingly random set of symptoms and are ready to call the doctor but you reach for the mouse first, right? Access to health information through the Internet has expanded exponentially, allowing all of us to “play doctor” from the comfort – or discomfort as the case may be – of sitting with our laptop.
But how do you navigate the myriad sites that can describe the differences between everyday aches and pains and serious conditions? Well, don’t just punch up WebMD or Google “arthritis,” say two experts on the subject.
Librarians from The University of Arizona and Arizona State University refer to an acknowledged list of the top 10 consumer health Web sites, according to criteria set by the Medical Library Association...
See entire post here: http://www.evliving.com/2009/01/29/2859/health-librarians-highlight-best-health-info/
The Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI)and the Information Literacy Group (ILG) of the Maricopa Community College District Committee are sponsoring a *free* workshop at the Rio Salado College Conference Center on February 6, 2009, from 9am – 3pm, at Rio Salado.
University of Hawaii Librarian Randy Hensley will lead two interactive sessions. The morning session will focus on practical ways to apply creativity, curiosity, and capacity in classroom and online environments. Randy will ground these best practices by discussing learning research as it applies to Web 2.0 concepts using Information Literacy as an example. The afternoon session will focus on faculty and librarian collaboration and how it can help lead to increased student achievement, retention, and lifelong learning.
Register for one or both sessions at http://infolitgroup.blogspot.com/.
Please see the attached flyer for details.
Wanda Pearson, executive director of Brownsburg (IN) Public Library, often wondered how many people left her library discouraged after not finding what they needed or a person to answer their question.
She hopes a program that just started this week makes sure she never has that concern again.
“Self service is important, but there are people in a library who need help,” she said. “We aren’t a Barnes & Noble. We are paid by taxpayers and our services are paid by the taxpayers, so we need to be there to help.”
The new initiative, called the roving reference approach, puts a reference librarian near the front door to be more readily available to visitors. Every 15 minutes or so, that librarian pushes a cart with a laptop or just carries an electronic notepad and walks through the library looking for those who may need help.
“The Roving Librarian”…anybody got that domain snagged yet?
Found on: http://lisnews.org/getting_librarians_out_behind_their_desks_and_turning_them_roving_librarians
I KNOW not all librarians love to read as much as I do, but what can I say, I AM a bit of a dork! I discovered this list on a blog and since I enjoyed it, I thought you might, too. It is from Shelf Talk: The Seattle Public Library Blog via Dusty Shelves, the U Wyoming library blog. Enjoy!
1. I will reread a book I loved as a child.
2. I will finally read that classic from high school that I’ve been avoiding.
3. I’ll find a book of poetry and read some aloud.
4. I’ll spend an hour in aimless browsing at a library.
5. I’ll read a book written in the year I was born.
6. I’ll create a journal and keep notes about the books and magazines I read.
7. I will assemble a list of my favorite people and send them my ideas about books -favorites, recent reads, and the like.
8. I will read a book to a child.
9. I will gather a few friends and read a play out loud.
10. I will read a book on the history of my town.
11. I will read a book written from a political point of view totally opposite my own.
12. I’ll read a book about a place I’ve never been.
13. I will reread a book that I just “didn’t get” when I was eighteen.
14. I will read a book written by a non-American.
15. I will ask a librarian to show me some print and online resources for readers.
These, I may just be able to keep! Do you have such a list?
Washington DC—The implications of mobile technologies and mobile users for academic libraries is highlighted in the current issue of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Bimonthly Report, no. 261. This issue also reports on a survey that explored ARL member libraries’ innovations in virtual resource development and instructional programming.
In the lead article, Joan K. Lippincott, Associate Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information, discusses mobile technologies, learning, and libraries. Lippincott provides examples of innovative ways in which a limited number of academic libraries are already designing services around mobile technologies and mobile users and lays out the issues that should be discussed on individual campuses that would like to examine their role in the move to mobile.
Crit Stuart, Director of Research, Teaching & Learning, ARL, reports on a survey that invited ARL libraries to describe innovative experiments in virtual resource development and instructional programming. The survey responses indicate that ARL libraries are setting a rapid pace for experimentation as they replace or supplement traditional information literacy classes with a variety of library engagements in classrooms, through course management systems, and in the virtual spaces inhabited by students and faculty.
See entire article here: http://www.arl.org/news/pr/br261-8jan09.shtml
‘It is just political correctness gone daft’
Edinburgh librarians are apparently “seething” after the powers that be decided they should henceforth be known as “audience development officers” as part of a plan to drag libraries kicking and screaming “into the 21st century”.
That’s how the Caldeonian edition of the Sun describes the move by “barmy” council bosses, which prompted one irate “book-stamper” to offer the obligatory: “It is just political correctness gone daft. No one can see the point of this. The public will still call a librarian a librarian. It is idiotic.”
The change of job title was prompted by the decision to deploy “self-service borrowing systems similar to those found at supermarket checkouts”. Up to 40 librarians could be for the off, and those who do hold onto their jobs will be expected to “run computer courses, hold talks and encourage kids to read”.
Accordingly, the council reckons the reinvented librarian is best described by the shiny new term which better reflects “the extra responsibilities and more hands-on role of modern-day librarians”.
Sadly for the council, a union poll saw 95 per cent of workers reject the proposed changes. The opposing sides will meet for “crunch talks” today amid the threat of industrial action. Read entire article here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/13/audience_development_officers/
The UA College Of Medicine-Phoenix, in Partnership with ASU is currently seeking 2 student workers in the Arizona Health Sciences Library-Phoenix. This position will be unsupervised and will report to the librarian on call. Rate of pay: $10.00 per hour, not to exceed 16 hours per week.
Work Schedule
Saturday and Sunday 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Monday-Thursday 6:00 p.m. -10:00p.m.
*Hours may be a combination of evenings and weekends.
Job duties
Minimum Requirements
To apply for this position, please email letter of interest and resume to Jessica Coronado, Human Resources Representative at jrcorona@arizona.edu or fax to 602-827-2065
Refreshments will be served, including cake from Polly Rosenbaum?s 100th birthday cake’s recipe.
Please RSVP by January 7 if you plan to attend. Specify whether you would like to take a tour of the facility after the ceremony. RSVP via email to faza.events@gmail.com or by phone to 602-770-5057. More information (pdf).
AZ Republic Article on New Archives Building, January 5, 2009
