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VuStuff

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:19:18 +0000

the intersection between scholarship and technology

http://vustuff.org/vustuff/schedule

Oct. 12, (All day) 2011

Villanova University's Falvey Memorial Library

VuStuff is an annual conference on the intersection between scholarship and technology, held at Villanova University's Falvey Memorial Library. This year's conference, VuStuff II, will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 at Falvey Library, Villanova University. As with last year, the event is free to attend and lunch will be provided. You can see the schedule at the following link:

http://vustuff.org/vustuff/schedule

If you haven't already signed up for this year's event, I encourage you to do so ASAP as space is once again limited. To register for this year's event, follow this link:

http://vustuff.org/vustuff/registration/

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How the Secularization of Religious Houses Transformed the Libraries of Europe

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:17:12 +0000

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb/MigrationofKnowledge.htm

Event Organizer:

Bodleian Libraries

Oxford

Mar. 22, - Mar. 24, 2012

Bodleian Libraries, Centre for the Study of the Book

The Bodleian Libraries, Centre for the Study of the Book, presents a three-day conference:

How the Secularization of Religious Houses Transformed the Libraries of Europe

Oxford, 22-24 March 2012

The dissolution of religious houses transformed both the physical and intellectual spaces in which books and manuscripts were held. The process broke the Church's earlier dominance in learning and libraries.

All of Europe felt these changes between the 16th and 19th centuries, but the results were different in each country. In some cases libraries were scattered or destroyed; in other cases books were taken over as state property. This was an epochal change, affecting thousands of libraries and millions of books, and it transformed the shape of libraries and widened access to heritage books. It increased turnover in the book-market, opened a new interest in collecting books, and fostered the growth of public libraries.

This conference draws together international scholars to examine, for the first time in comparative perspective, the impact that the secularization of libraries had on the intellectual patrimony of Europe.

For registration information and to see the full list of speakers and themes, visit:

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/csb/MigrationofKnowledge.htm

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Great Lakes E-Summit

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:53:44 +0000

a regional conference focused on electronic resources

http://greatlakese-summit.blogspot.com/p/registration.html

Dayton

Oct. 10, - Oct. 11, 2011

Wright State University, Ohio

Great Lakes E-Summit

Ervin J. Nutter Center

Wright State University

Dayton, Ohio*

*October 10 – 11, 2011*

Greetings!

Registration is now open for the first annual *Great Lakes E-Summit*, a regional conference focused on */electronic resources/*. We have an interesting and informative program planned, which includes notable regional practitioners speaking on all aspects of e-resources. Of special note is a workshop on e-resources access issues that will provide a better understanding of the workflow and information needs for all parties in the e-resources information chain, as well as best practices to implement in your workplace.

We hope you can join us for this exciting conference!

*Registration

*Individuals - $100

NASIG members - $50.00 (NASIG members must provide membership number to receive discount.)

To register: http://greatlakese-summit.blogspot.com/p/registration.html

/_Please note - space is limited so register early! Registration will close as soon as it is full! _/

*For more information

*Check out our web presence at: http://greatlakese-summit.blogspot.com/

Questions?*

Email us at: GreatLakesSummit@gmail.com<mailto:GreatLakesSummit@gmail.com>

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Life and Literature Conference on Digitization

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:40:28 +0000

http://www.lifeandliterature.org

Chicago

Nov. 14, - Nov. 15, 2011

Chicago, IL

Life and Literature

Biodiversity Heritage Library Hosts Conference on Digitization

The Biodiversity Heritage Library will host a two-day conference titled “Life and Literature” Nov. 14 and 15 at the Field Museum in Chicago. The conference will unite librarians, biologists, computer scientists, publishers and students to set the agenda for biodiversity literature digitizing and its networked environment for the next five years.

“Life and Literature” seeks to engage current and future constituencies concerned with biodiversity literature. Sessions will discuss the interoperability of major biodiversity and digital library programs, continued integration of digitized literature within biodiversity databases and publishing models for legacy scientific literature.

Guest lecturers include Richard Pyle and George Dyson. Pyle, a zoologist at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, is an expert of the taxonomy and biogeography of coral-reef fishes. He has written more than 100 scientific articles and has been featured in several documentary films. Dyson is a scientific historian of technology whose interests include the development of the Aleut kayak (Baidarka, 1986), the evolution of digital computing and telecommunications (Darwin Among the Machines, 1997) and the exploration of space (Project Orion, 2002).

Headquartered at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, the Biodiversity Heritage Library is the literature digitization component of the Encyclopedia of Life, a global effort to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants and other forms of life on Earth. BHL is a consortium of 12 major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries and research institutions. Its goal is to contribute to the global “biodiversity commons” by digitizing and aggregating the resources housed within each of the participating institutions, providing free and open access to the legacy literature that underpins the work of the natural science community.

For more information about the conference, visit http://www.lifeandliterature.org. To further explore the BHL, visit http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org.

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12th Interlending and Document Supply (ILDS) Conference.

admin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:56:51 +0000

http://www.ilds2011.org

Chicago

Sep. 20, (All day) 2011

12th Interlending and Document Supply (ILDS) Conference.

If you are considering attending the ILDS Conference in September, you'd better hurry because early registration ends Sunday, July 31. We've added an exhibition, tours of local libraries, and an additional hotel to accommodate the last-minute reservations that have poured in! Don't be left out - registeron or before July 31 and make your hotelreservations quickly because rooms are selling out and rates go up in August. The program includes papers on new ILL technologies, cost studies, sharing digital resources, cooperative collection development ventures, and purchase-on-demand programs. Abstracts for all conference papers are available here.

What does registration cost?

On or before July 31:
ALA or IFLA members: $375
Non-members: $425
After July 31:
ALA or IFLA members: $450
Non-members: $500

What do you get for your money?

Admission to all programsessions
Admission to the conference exhibition, including: OCLC, Relais International, RapidILL, Copyright Clearance Center, NILDE, and REP Industries
ILDS conference bag
All-conference dinner on Monday evening at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art
Lunch on Monday and Tuesday
Morning and afternoon coffee breaks
Optional tours of the Center for Research Librariesand the University of Chicago's Mansueto Libraryon Wednesday afternoon

An optional Chicago Skyline Boat Touris scheduled for Tuesday evening, September 20, and costs $50 per person.

Chicago... home to the blues, deep dish pizza, the Magnificent Mile, and now the 12th ILDS Conference! Full program information, online registration, hotel information, and anything else you'd want to know about the meeting is at www.ilds2011.org

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THATCamp MCN (Museum Computer Network)

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:02:11 +0000

The Humanities and Technology Camp - Museum Computer Network

http://mcn2011.thatcamp.org/

Event Organizer:

Center for History and New Media, George Mason University

Atlanta, GA

Nov. 19, (All day) 2011

TBA/downtown Atlanta

#THATCamp

THATCamp (The Humanities and Technology Camp) is an open meeting where humanists and technologists of all skill levels learn and build together in sessions proposed on the spot. It is an unconference, which means that there are no presentations, and all participants work together to form the program. On Saturday, November 19 in downtown Atlanta, GA, the Museum Computer Network is sponsoring THATCamp MCN, a free unconference for anyone interested in how new technologies and platforms are changing the landscape of museums.

Graduate students in museum studies or related disciplines, museum professionals, and developers are all encouraged to register. Topics for discussion might include everything from managing software projects to uses of social media for museums, and participants are also encouraged to propose coding sessions and co-writing sessions where the emphasis is on doing, not talking. We plan to have a draft program up by September 1, but participants can continue to submit session ideas even as the unconference is taking place. There will also be free workshops at THATCamp MCN on technologies such as the Omeka web exhibit builder, and $500 fellowships are available courtesy of the Kress Foundation to make it possible for early-career museum professionals and students to travel to THATCamp MCN. The fellowship application deadline is August 1.

This unconference is offered in conjunction with the Museum Computer Network conference, but if you are attending the MCN meeting, you must still register separately for THATCamp MCN. You do not need to register for the MCN meeting in order to attend THATCamp MCN.

Contact Amanda French at mcn@thatcamp.org with any and all questions, and follow @THATCampMCN on Twitter for updates.

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Online Northwest Conference 2012

admin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:19:57 +0000

http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/

Corvallis

Feb. 10, (All day) 2012

CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon

Proposal/Absctract Deadline:

Fri, 2011-10-21

Online Northwest

February 10, 2012

Call For Proposals - Deadline October 21, 2011

Online Northwest is a one-day conference focusing on topics that intersect libraries, technology and culture. The conference is sponsored by the Oregon University System Library Council.

The 2012 conference will be held at CH2M Hill Alumni Center, Corvallis, Oregon (on the Oregon State University campus) on Friday, February 10, 2012.

The conference explores how technology is being applied within library settings and how technology is affecting library patrons and services.

Academic, public, school, and special librarians are strongly encouraged to submit proposals.

Online Northwest seeks 60-minute presentations or 5-minute lightning talks on all topics relating to technology and libraries including:

* Cloud computing

* Institutional repositories

* Augmented reality

* Semantic web

* Virtual research environments

* Information discovery

* Web 3.0

* Library apps

* Mobile computing

* Technology competencies

* Electronic books

* Other topics related to technology in libraries are welcome

Submit Proposals: http://goo.gl/gx9bs

Proposal Submission Deadline: Friday, October 21, 2011

For more information and examples of past presentations, see:

http://www.ous.edu/onlinenw/

Blog: http://onlinenw.blogspot.com/

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/onlinenw

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12th Interlending and Document Supply (ILDS) Conference

admin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:27:50 +0000

Resource Sharing in the Digital Age

http://www.ilds2011.org/

Chicago

Sep. 19, - Sep. 21, 2011

Feinberg Theater at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies Chicago IL

About the Conference

Conference Venue

Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
610 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60605
(1+) 312-322-1700

Conference Language

The conference will be held in English.

Registration Fee

Postmarked by July 15:
ALA or IFLA members: $375
Non-members: $425

Postmarked after July 15:
ALA or IFLA members: $450
Non-members: $500

Registration fee includes:

Admission to all program sessions
ILDS conference bag
All-conference dinner at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Lunch on Monday and Tuesday
Morning and afternoon coffee breaks

Social Events

Pre-Conference Get Together (18 September)

The American Library Association's resource sharing section, STARS, invites all ILDS participants to a pre-conference cocktail reception at Moe's Cantina River North. Join your STARS hosts and colleagues from around the world for Mexican food and margaritas on Sunday evening, 18 September. See final Program for details on exact time and location. This event is not included in your registration fee.

Conference dinner (19 September)

All participants are invited to join us Monday evening for the conference dinner at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). Located just one block east of the Magnificent Mile, the MCA offers outstanding examples of visual art from 1945 to the present with a strong focus on surrealism, minimalism, conceptual photography, and work by Chicago-based artists. After dinner, wander the galleries and enjoy the collections, or take in the view of Lake Michigan from the atrium. The conference dinner is included in your registration fee; additional guest tickets are available for purchase at a rate of $60 each. Catering is provided by Wolfgang Puck Catering.

Chicago Skyline Boat Tour (20 September)

One of the best ways to see the city is from the water, so we have scheduled an optional boat cruise along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan shoreline. The First Lady sets sail Tuesday evening, and of course cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served! Tickets are $50 per person and available for purchase when you register for the conference.

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Technology Ideas and Insights Series: Positioning your Library in the Mobile Ecosystem: Content and Delivery (Atlanta, GA)

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:37:36 +0000

http://www.lyrasis.org/Classes%20and%20Events/Ideas%20and%20Insights%20Series/Technology%20Ideas%20and%20Insights%20Series%20Atlanta%20GA.aspx

Event Organizer:

Lyrasis

Atlanta, GA

Sep. 12, (All day) 2011

Georgia Tech Conference Center

Technology Ideas and Insights Series: Positioning your Library in the Mobile Ecosystem: Content and Delivery (Atlanta, GA)

Date:
Monday, September 12, 2011

Location:
Georgia Tech Conference Center
800 Spring St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30308

For Driving Directions, please click here

Light breakfast and a boxed lunch are provided!

Technology Ideas and Insights Series!

LYRASIS’s Ideas & Insights series presents Technology Ideas & Insights: POSITIONING YOUR LIBRARY IN THE MOBILE ECOSYSTEM: CONTENT AND DELIVERY

These events will help you and your library find your footing in delivering content and services within the new and changing technological landscape. Presentations will include success stories and best practices from local, real-world librarians, insights from thought leaders in the world of library technology, and dynamic discussion sessions on topics of interest to you.

All this, plus the opportunity to network and trade ideas with your colleagues from around the region.

AGENDA

9:00 AM-9:15 AM

Welcome: Cal Shepard

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Dominating the mobile flow of content and engagement

Explore the current landscape of mobile content and how to position delivery and interaction in the life flow of contemporary consumers. Find out about the trends that will disrupt publishing and libraries and how to prepare for an increasingly social mobile information landscape.

Joe Murphy, Yale University

10:30 AM-10:45 AM

Break

10:45AM-11:30 PM

Transforming Library Services: Models for Implementing Emerging Technologies

Over the last several years, Georgia State University Library has undergone dramatic physical and virtual transformations to better meet the needs of our diverse and changing student population. We have implemented new research guides, search and discovery tools, social media outreach, online reference, and mobile services, to name a few. In this session, we will share best practices and tips for strategic planning, division of labor, creating buy-in, assessment, and ongoing management of these technologies and others.

Sarah Steiner and Jason Puckett, Georgia State University

11:30 PM-12:30 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM-1:15 PM

Ideas & Insights Exchange—Peter Murray, LYRASIS

1:15 PM-1:30 PM

Break

1:30PM-2:30 PM

Weaving the Fabric of Transliteracy Through Embedded Librarianship

How can today's students negotiate an ever-changing information landscape? Learn how librarians can help students take an inquiry stance on information literacy by constructing their own personalized and portable learning environments with web-based and mobile applications. This session will explore how students can craft a learning toolbox of applications for accessing, evaluating, organizing, and sharing information as well as engaging in collaborative knowledge construction.

Buffy Hamilton, Creekview High School

2:30 PM -3:30 PM

The Library in the Mobile Ecosystem: Trend, Transition, or Transformation?

In a technology driven age of information, is the role of libraries simply being challenged, or is it the beginning of the end of the library as an institution? From either point of view, it is clear that libraries and the physical printed word are facing fiscal challenges, revolutionary technological change, and significant cultural transitions. Can libraries co-exist with Google or have we already been replaced? Are there things that a library can do to become a vibrant player in the emerging information culture that demands connectivity everywhere, for everything, and all the time?

Dr. J. Richard Madaus, College Center for Library Automation, Tallahassee Florida

3:30 PM-4:00 PM

Closing thoughts and comments—Tim Daniels

Speaker Information:

Joe Murphy
Joe Murphy is a Librarian at Yale University and an influential innovator. His professional work focuses on technology trends and assisting information stakeholders in meeting the constantly evolving landscape. Joe makes an impact helping libraries and publishers identify, understand, and adapt to trends in technology and information engagement as a regular professional speaker and through his influential Twitter account @libraryfuture and his blog http://joemurphylibraryfuture.com/

Sarah Steiner
Sarah Steiner is the Social Work and Virtual Services Librarian at Georgia State University in Atlanta. She co-founded the Carterette Webinar Series and is an associate editor for Georgia Library Quarterly. She co-edited the top-selling ACRL volume The Desk and Beyond: Next Generation Reference Services in 2008, and will publish a volume on strategic planning for social media for the second Tech Set series in 2011. She was named a LYRASIS NextGen Librarian in 2009, and a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2011.

Jason Puckett
Jason Pucket is Communication Librarian at Georgia State University.

He’s the author of the book Zotero: A Guide for Librarians, Researchers and Educators. He's also the co-host and co-producer of the Adventures in Library Instruction podcast, http://adlibinstruction.blogspot.com/. You can follow Jason’s adventures via his blog, Librarian X, http://jasonpuckett.net/. He was named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker for 2010.

Tim Daniels
Tim Daniels is currently the Manager for Lyrasis Technology Services. Previously, he was the Assistant State Librarian for Technology and Infrastructure at the Georgia Public Library Service. Before this, he was Learning Commons Coordinator at Georgia State University. He has held positions at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was the liaison for the College of Computing, and at the Asheville-Buncombe Library System as branch manager. He has worked in Archives and Special Collections and at a Community College library. During much of his library career he has been involved in technology and technology training. Tim has a B.S. in History with a concentration in Public History and minors in Computer Information Systems Management and English from Appalachian State University in North Carolina. His library degree is from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Peter Murray
Peter Murray is the Assistant Director for Technology Services Development at LYRASIS, the nation’s largest regional membership organization serving libraries and information professionals. He received a MLIS from Simmons College and a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Analysis from Miami University. Peter’s current activities include studying the evolution of library discovery layers and the promotion of open source in libraries. His other interests include the application of JPEG 2000 for long term access and preservation to still and moving image content, distributed identity management systems, and – with the moniker “The Disruptive Library Technology Jester” – the rapid advancement of library services in a “Web 2.0” world.

Buffy Hamilton
Buffy Hamilton is the founding librarian of “The Unquiet Library” at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia. Hamilton, a nineteen year veteran educator, is passionate about creating learning experiences for her students that will encourage them to be lifelong learners; she collaborates extensively with the teachers and students in her school to cultivate multiple literacy skills in the context of subject area studies to foster students’ information fluency and digital citizenship skills, the cultural capital students need to fully participate in today’s society. She blogs at The Unquiet Librarian as well as ALA Learning.

Buffy is one of Tech and Learning's 30 EdTech Leaders of the Future, Georgia (GLMA and GAIT) School Library Media Specialist of the Year 2010, and one of the National School Boards Association's "20 to Watch" educators for 2010; her media program at Creekview HS was also named one of two exemplary high school programs for the state of Georgia in 2010. Her Media 21 program is also an ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) 2011 Cutting Edge Service Award winner. Buffy is also a 2011 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and recognized for her work as a change agent.

Buffy Hamilton

Dr. Richard Madaus
Dr. Madaus is Chief Executive Officer of the College Center for Library Automation (CCLA) in Tallahassee, Florida. As CEO of CCLA, he has primary responsibility for the statewide automated library system that serves the 28 colleges in Florida with their 81 campuses in 65 cities from Key West to Pensacola. The LINCC (Library Information Network for Cooperative Content) system enables Florida’s nearly one-million community college students to access a union database of statewide community college library holdings and a variety of electronic information resources

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2011 ACRL/NY Annual Symposium

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:31:42 +0000

The Global Librarian: Information without Borders"

New York, NY

Dec. 2, (All day) 2011

The William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus Conference Center Baruch College, CUNY

Save the date! Mark your calendars! You don't want to miss the 2011 ACRL/NY Annual Symposium!

When: Friday, December 2, 2011

Title: "The Global Librarian: Information without Borders"

"Academic librarians serve increasingly diverse populations, across a variety of platforms at home and around the world. As higher education becomes more global - and mobile - physical distance is no longer a barrier to teaching and learning. Through innovative use of progressive technologies, academic librarians are mastering the skills needed to navigate this expanding environment. At this symposium, we will see how information is not bound by physical borders - nor is the global librarian."

Where:

The William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus Conference Center

Baruch College, CUNY

55 Lexington Avenue (at 24th Street) Room 14-220 (14th floor)

New York, NY

Stay tuned for upcoming details and registration information!

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Brick and Click Libraries

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:26:14 +0000

http://brickandclick.org

Event Organizer:

Kathy Hart & Carolyn Johnson

Maryville, Missouri

Nov. 4, (All day) 2011

Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri

Please join us for the 11thAnnual

Brick and Click Libraries:

http://brickandclick.org

November 4, 2011

Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri

To Register: http://bit.ly/BCccard

“Brick and Click” offers a wide variety of content for a reasonable price ($135). Presentation topics include transliteracy, library as a place, promoting/marketing resources and services, embedded librarianship, flexible staffing, combining service points, mobile technologies.

See the full program of session descriptions and presenters athttp://bit.ly/BCsessions

Comments from last year's attendees (used with permission):

+Accessible, turn-key ideas for immediate use at my library. There were several presentation in each session in which I was interested, made it hard to pick, but easy to stay engaged.

+Really down to earth, practical ideas

+The conferences is a tremendous value- very high quality presentations on topics of immediate relevance, packed into a short time frame, at a very affordable cost

Questions?
http://bit.ly/contactBC

Hope to see you at Brick & Click,

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CILIP CoFHE (Colleges of Further and Higher Education) Annual Study Conference

joeyanne — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:27:08 +0000

Staying positive in difficult times: Maintaining quality services

http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/c-of-he/conference/pages/conference-2011.aspx

Event Organizer:

CILIP CoFHE

Wrexham

Jun. 15, - Jun. 17, 2011

Glyndwr University (Catrin Finch Centre)

http://conferencevenues.glyndwr.ac.uk/en/Wrexham/RoomSpecifications/CatrinFinchCentre/

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=glyndwr+university&hnear=Wrexham&hl=en&msa=0&msid=203373237627710392618.00049f0fa3a6ea31c3b36&source=embed&ll=53.055467,-3.005512&spn=0.013593,0.042272&z=15&iwloc=lyrftr:m,2024425812243620427,53.053983,-3.004589

Keynote speakers already confirmed are: Marilyn Hawkins, Principal of Barnet College, Robert Russell, Financial Development Manager for the Association of Colleges Lloyd Ellis, Chair of CILIP Cymru Wales. A further keynote speaker will be confirmed shortly. Delegates will be able to choose from four workshop strands. Confirmed already are · Merged services, multi-skilling and maximising resources · The e-factor : mobile technologies · Career development · Safeguarding and e-safety Within the above, proposals already received include workshops on: · The new CLA licence · How your service can make an impact · A new online resource for teaching information skills · Multi-skilling and maximising resources and staff in a Functional Skills Centre · Sustainable libraries and LRCs in an age of austerity · OFSTED and the Limiting Grades : safeguarding and equality and diversity for learning resources staff · E-Guides@The Library : developing LRC staff to support ILT developments and e-learning throughout the college Please note that it is in the nature of conference organisation that some workshops are confirmed quite near the event. We anticipate the final workshop list to be 16 sessions. Social events will include a conference quiz on Wednesday evening, and our traditional conference dinner on the Thursday evening followed by after-dinner speaker and a disco. CoFHE conferences are always friendly, and we make a particular effort to welcome first time delegates. We also try to support the development of young professionals by offering sponsored places to some first time delegates. Details of these will be announced in the next bulletin. Conference will also include an exhibitors’ mall where delegates will be able to catch up with suppliers and see new product lines and services. This year’s conference theme could hardly be more appropriate, as colleagues struggle to manage the seismic changes that are now confronting our services in both the FE and HE sectors. It has never been more important that we share our knowledge and expertise as we face the many challenges ahead. We do hope you can join us in Wrexham in June for what we are sure will be a lively and highly relevant event.

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The Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group (AABIG)

admin — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:09:11 +0000

AIM BIG: Assessment, Instruction, and Management of the classroom

https://sites.google.com/site/atlantaareabig/current

Event Organizer:

Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group

Atlanta

Jun. 10, (All day) 2011

Robert W Woodruff Library Atlanta University Center

BIG 2011

AIM BIG: Assessment, Instruction, and Management of the classroom

June 10, 2011

Robert W Woodruff Library
Atlanta University Center

The Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group (AABIG) is hosting its 10th annual conference
June 10, 2011 at the Robert W. Woodruff Library, at the Atlanta University Center. This year's
theme is AIM BIG, focusing on Assessment, Instruction, and Management of the classroom.
AABIG will include 20 and 45 minute sessions that address this theme.

Registration for the event is free. Attendees should expect to spend about $10 on parking
and to provide their own lunch. A list of local restaurants and eateries will be provided. Also,
attendees must have a photo ID to enter the facility.

Registration closes May 27. Register to attend here.

Click here for information about hotel accommodations.

Click here for directions to the Conference.

The 2011 Program is now available!

If you have any further questions, please contact Wesley Stewart (Wesley.Stewart@gpc.edu).

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American Theological Library Association Annual Conference

admin — Sun, 22 May 2011 22:42:33 +0000

http://www.atla.com/Members/conference/2011_conference/Pages/default.aspx

Event Organizer:

Chicago Area Theological Association (CATLA) and Association of Chicago Theological Schools (ACTS)

Chicago

Jun. 8, - Jun. 11, 2011

Chicago Mart Plaza Holiday Inn

http://www.martplaza.com/

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Holiday+Inn+Chicago+Mart+Plaza,+West+Mart+Center+Drive,+Chicago,+IL&aq=2&sll=41.888034,-87.636764&sspn=0.007396,0.015299&g=350+West+Mart+Center+Drive,+Chicago,+IL+60654&ie=UTF8&hq=Holiday+Inn+Chicago+Mart+Plaza,+West+Mart+Center+Drive,&hnear=Chicago,+Cook,+Illinois&ll=41.89033,-87.63382&spn=0.013993,0.030599&t=h&z=15&iwloc=A

$170 Members, $93 Student Members

With much excitement, we invite our fellow theological librarians to come to Chicago this summer and join us for a theological library block party. It promises to be a time of reconnecting with our professional neighbors as we learn, eat, and play together. The conference will begin high atop a skyscraper on the banks of the Chicago River in the heart of downtown and will finish with a day of events in beautiful Hyde Park hosted by the Catholic Theological Union. The Saturday session will conclude with an outdoor Chicago style block party on the shared green quad of the Lutheran School of Theology and the McCormick Theological Seminary.

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Getting Your Story Told: Media Strategies for Academic, Research, and College Libraries

Mon, 09 May 2011 19:01:59 +0000

http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/mediastrategies.cfm

Event Organizer:

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

Jun. 24, 2011

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ACRL Preconference - It Helps to Have Presence: Strategies for Personal and Library Leadership

Mon, 09 May 2011 19:00:47 +0000

http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/libraryleadership.cfm

Event Organizer:

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

New Orleans

Jun. 24, 2011

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ACRL Preconferrence - Action Research: How to Easily Incorporate Evidence-Based Librarianship into your Professional Practice

Mon, 09 May 2011 18:59:10 +0000

http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/evidencebased.cfm

Event Organizer:

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

New Orleans

Jun. 24, 2011

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Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group (AABIG) BIG2011

admin — Sat, 07 May 2011 10:52:36 +0000

Assessment, Instruction, and Management of the classroom

https://sites.google.com/site/atlantaareabig/current

Event Organizer:

Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group

Atlanta

Jun. 10, (All day) 2011

Robert W. Woodruff Library, at the Atlanta University Center

BIG 2011

AIM BIG: Assessment, Instruction, and Management of the classroom

June 10, 2011

Robert W Woodruff Library
Atlanta University Center

Registration closes May 27. Register to attend here.

Click here for information about hotel accommodations.

Click here for directions to the Conference.

If you have any further questions, please contact Wesley Stewart (Wesley.Stewart@gpc.edu).

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SSP Annual Meeting 2011

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It's What Counts: How Data Transforms Our World

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Society Of Scholarly Publishing

Boston

Jun. 1, - Jun. 3, 2011

The Westin Hotel Copley Place

The SSP Board of Directors, Annual Meeting Program, and Education Committees are pleased to present the program for the 33rd SSP Annual Meeting, "It's What Counts: How Data Transforms Our World." You'll find a wide range of important scholarly publishing topics in the pre-meeting seminars, keynote, plenary and concurrent sessions, and discussion roundtables.

The SSP Annual Meeting is the focal point for those engaged in scholarly communication. By bringing professionals together in an open exchange of the newest technical information, the meeting provides the highest standard in professional communication.

Early registration ends on May 13, 2011, and special hotel rates apply until May 9, 2011, so be sure to make your plans soon to join us in Boston.

We look forward to seeing you!

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52nd Annual Preconference of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section 2011 RBMS Preconference

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In the Hurricane's Eye: Challenges of Collecting in the 21st Century

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Event Organizer:

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section ACRL

Baton Rouge

Jun. 21, - Jun. 24, 2011

Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center

Conferences

Since 1959, RBMS has held an annual preconference in conjunction with the ALA annual conference:

2011 RBMS Preconference

Past RBMS Preconferences
RBMS Preconference Scholarship Program Assessment
Past RBMS/ALA Annual Conference Programs
RBMS/ALA Meeting Schedules

See also the Conference Development Committee Manual, which contains scheduling and other information relating to upcoming and past RBMS preconferences.

2011 RBMS Preconference

The 52nd Annual Preconference of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section will be held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tuesday, June 21 through Friday, June 24, 2011. The theme of the preconference is “In the Hurricane's Eye: Challenges of Collecting in the 21st Century.” In addition to plenary sessions, a variety of case studies, discussion groups, and seminars will be offered, as well as tours and workshops.

The preconference hotel will be the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center, a five-star hotel located in downtown Baton Rouge. Reservations are not yet being accepted, but the preconference rate will be $139 per night, single or double. Dormitory accommodations on the Louisiana State University campus will also be available. The Baton Rouge Metro Airport (BTR) is served by American, Continental, Delta, and US Airways. For those going on to the ALA Annual Conference, flying into Baton Rouge and out of New Orleans will be an economical option, as there is no public transport available from the New Orleans airport to Baton Rouge. Bus transportation will be offered for a fee for those going on to the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans.

Questions? For Local Arrangements, contact Elaine Smyth, smyth@lsu.edu. For programming, contact Steven Smith, stevensmith@library.tamu.edu.

Preconference Theme:

In the last several years special collections and archives have assumed a new and more prominent role within our larger host institutions as well as in the wider library community. Once perceived as peripheral to core library services, our collections are now viewed as central. Despite – or perhaps because of – this centrality, we face a perfect storm of increasing needs in a time of decreasing support. How can we keep building and providing effective access to collections that will remain central in the future, fulfilling our obligation to provide stewardship of the cultural record?

While we continue to collect a multiplicity of formats from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries – with the attendant issues of physical storage space, preservation, and access – the twenty-first century offers a new set of evolving challenges. Demographics in the United States and elsewhere are shifting dramatically, and human use of digital technologies is changing what makes up the historical record, in both format and content. How do we capture records of the evanescent “now” without abandoning the documentation needs of the recent past?

Engaging attendees using a variety of session formats, the 2011 Preconference will present current work in the profession, both theoretical and practical, that can be used for modeling possible solutions to such challenges. The spectrum of issues that we will consider includes negotiating collection development for digital collections, collecting across cultural divides, generating buy-in and support from our proliferating audiences, and considering how “uniqueness” and artifactual value will change in an age of born-digital objects.

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