New Librarians Global Connection Webinars

“New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations“

“New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations“ is a new series of free quarterly webinars on issues of interest to new librarians, models of library associations and library schools working with new professionals, and groups by and for librarians. The free webinars are presented by IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning  and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group in partnership with ALA.

Below, the date and time of the first webinar. Save the date!

January 17, 2011

2:00 p.m. CST
3:00 p.m. EST
8:00 p.m. CET
7:00 a.m. EDT (next day)

Instructions for Registration: Coming soon!

Speakers:

Dr. Alex Byrne, New South Wales State Librarian and Chief Executive of the State Library NSW in Australia. IFLA President 2005-2007. Highlighting the topics: LIS school curriculum, gained skills and degrees vs. “the reality” at work. Bridging the gap between theory and practice. How to deal with generational differences at work?

Janice Lachance, J.D., CEO of the Special Libraries Association. Featuring a model of a library association’s work with new professionals in various regions of the globe.

JP Porcaro, Head of Library Acquisitions and Technological Discovery at New Jersey City University. Co-founder of ALA Think Tank, and originator of the Make It Happen philosophy for librarians. Featuring a group by and for librarians.

Future webinars

Speakers featured in upcoming webinars include:
Kay Raseroka, IFLA President 2003-2005
Maureen Sullivan, ALA President Elect
Barbara Ford, Director, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, ALA President 1997-1998
Jukka Pennanen and Mace Ojala, Cycling for Libraries
Rachel Bickley, LIS New Professionals Network

The series explore useful topics to help new professionals at various stages of their career, including:

·         LIS school curriculum, gained skills and degrees vs. “the reality” at work. Bridging the gap between theory and practice. How to deal with generational differences at work?

·         Mentoring and best practices including pros and cons of different approaches like peer-to-peer, and classical mentor-mentee relationships.

·         How to develop leadership skills as a new professional: programs, mentoring, learning by doing. Working abroad, leaving your home country.

·         Continuing Professional Development for new professionals, how to stay up to date from the very start even if conditions at work (funding/permission to attend conferences, support with writing articles, etc.) are not the best.

The webinars will be recorded and made available at a later date. For more information and updates: http://npsig.wordpress.com/webinars/

Questions and requests for information:
Loida Garcia-Febo
Coordinator of the series
loidagarciafebo@gmail.com

ALA Annual Presentation Opportunity

If you're an ALA-NMRT member interested in presenting in Anaheim this year, see below:


The NMRT President's Program at ALA Annual this year will be all about
NETWORKING, and we want to know how you've made it work for you.  If
networking has helped you land a job, develop as a professional, or
otherwise get ahead in the library world, tell us about it.  What's
your story? How did you network, and how did it help you?  What tips
and recommendations do you have for other new librarians based on your
experiences?

As part of our program in Anaheim, FIVE library professionals will
have the opportunity to give Pecha Kucha (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha )-style presentations about
how they've made networking work for them.  We're looking for success
stories peppered with practical tips and tricks.

Got a story?  Want to share it?  To be considered for this
presentation opportunity, send an email to kirby.mccurtis@gmail.com
with "NMRT Program" in the subject line.  Tell us what you'd share in
your presentation in 250 words or less, and attach a CV or resume.
Applicants must be members of NMRT who can commit to being in Anaheim.
Applications will be accepted until January 13, 2012, and our speakers
will be announced after Midwinter.

Questions? Contact the NMRT President's Program Planning Committee at
overhaue@ipfw.edu.

What would you like to see?

What kinds of opportunities would you like SCLA or NMRT to provide for you as part of your membership?  What benefits were you looking for when you joined this organization?

NMRT officers will be meeting after the holidays to discuss goals and plans for the year.  We'd love to have more input from members about how the organization can play a greater role in your professional growth.  Please feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail your ideas to me at aconger at myrcpl dot com.

Happy holidays!

Endnotes Journal

Did you know about ALA's NMRT journal, Endnotes?  Written by NMRT members, it offers articles of interest to early-career librarians, and provides an opportunity for scholarly publication.  See submission guidelines here. 

See below for the table of contents for the November issue:

Volume 2, Number 1, November 2011

Website Reviews

Publish, Not Perish: The Art & Craft of Publishing in Scholarly Journals - reviewed by Abigail O. Garnett

Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki - reviewed by Matt Francis

WritersNet: Writers, Editors, Agents, Publishers - reviewed by Megan Hodge

Book Reviews

The Internet Book of Life: Use The Web to Grow Richer, Smarter, Healthier, and Happier, by Irene E. McDermott – reviewed by Matthew Olsen

Scholarly Articles

Management Training in Library School: Do Graduate Programs Prepare an Individual for Real World Demands? by Susan A. Schreiner and Barbara M. Pope

How to Become an Essential Librarian by Breanne Kirsch

WorldCat Local and the Clinician: Is Discovery Improved? by Linda C.K. Crook

Conference Session: Lose the Desk: Mobile Services and Digital Checkouts

Program:  Lose the Desk:  Mobile Services and Digital Checkouts

Presenters:  Rogan Hamby, S.C. State Library, and James Stubbs, Florence County Public Library

Date:  Thursday, October 20, 2011, 10:30-11:30 am, SCLA Annual Conference

Program Description:  Over the last two years, Florence County Library System began a major push toward using mobile devices such as the iPad to mobilize staff around the library, and began supporting portable reading and listening devices for downloadable content.  These were our experiences and lessons learned.

Please view the link for the presentation slides:  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6577852/Lose%20the%20Desk%20version%202.pdf

(Thanks to Rogan for sharing!)

Conference Session: Library Research Consultations: Who Benefits Most?

Program:  Library Research Consultations:  Who Benefits Most?

Presenters:  Allison Faix & Brooke Taxakis (Kimble Library), & Amanda MacDonald (English Department); Coastal Carolina University

Date:  Thursday, October 20, 2011, 2:30-3:30pm, SCLA Annual Conference

Program Description:  Library research consultation appointments can be an effective way to help students develop information literacy skills, but the personalized, individual attention that contributes to the success of these sessions also makes sessions time consuming and difficult for librarians to schedule when demand is high.  This study looks at research consultations from the student’s perspective, comparing underclassman student perception of the usefulness of library research appointments.

-      Inspiration:  Reference and User Services Quarterly article about required reference desk consultation for student papers (Ref and User Svcs Quarterly 49.4 (2010) 333-40)
-          CCU study compared usefulness of freshman and senior individualized library consultations
-          Needed to look at processes because CCU enrollment doubled, library staff and space did not, creating problems with enough space for classes and with staff time for research consultations
-          Compared ENG 102 and PSY 497 (student research) classes.  Very low numbers of students in study. 
-          Had students fill out research consultation request forms
-          Results:
       o   Most freshman consults were 5-15 minutes long
       o   10 of 17 freshmen would do consult again
       o   90% of seniors would do the consult again
       o   36% of senior consults lasted 10-20 minutes; 43% lasted 20-30 minutes
       o   The freshman English class that was required to set up library research consultations had lower grades compared to classes that only had 1-hr group instruction sessions in the library.  The class who was required to set up individual appointments used too many references in their papers and also used those references indiscriminately.
-          Implications:
       o   Research consultations should be modified for every student
       o   Seniors benefit more from consults than freshmen
       o   Faculty/librarian communication is essential
       o   Knowing where to say no is what staff learned
       o   Send freshmen to the reference desk; more helpful than research consultations
       o   Good to have statistics to back up prioritizing senior appointments over freshmen

Conference Session: Wrap It Up: Quick Strategies to Engage Students and Assess Learning

Program:  Wrap It Up:  Quick Strategies to Engage Students and Assess Learning

Presenters:  Amy Edwards and Brent Appling, Thomas Cooper Library (USC)

Date:  Thursday, October 20, 2011, 10:30-11:30am, SCLA Annual Conference

Program Description:  Looking for new tools to engage your students in the classroom but have limited prep time and few resources?  Come join us for this session and learn about some inexpensive, easy-to-prepare tools that can be used in a variety of instructional settings.  These tools take just a few minutes of class time but can provide insight into your student’s learning and into the effectiveness of the instructional approach.

Session notes:

-          Began session with “in a word” game to engage students.  Like $10,000 Pyramid, only harder!
-          Electronic Review Games – create in Prezi and PowerPoint
       o   Why use?  Relatable to younger generation, reinforce covered material, generate good library image
-          Prezi games in practice: 
       o   Easy to design questions to follow along different levels of cognitive process
       o   Inserting visuals is very simple
       o   Can make as easy or involved as you like
       o   Is embeddable in LibGuides
-          What’s Wrong With This Picture?
       o   Self-assessment activity
       o   Try it with a capture of your homepage and alter the screenshot with errors, then have students scrutinize it to locate the errors
       o   To create the error-filled page, use ctrl-alt-printscreen, paste in Paint, try to use pages with a lot of white space, edit using Eraser and Text Box tools
-          Create a Jeopardy Review Game using Powerpoint
       o   Strengths
           §  Info broken into categories
           §  Ask more advanced questions
           §  Adaptable
           §  Motivates students to participate
           §  Keeps students engaged, lives up session
-          Top Five
       o   An activity to add context to the lesson
       o   Slide:  “What do you need to conduct library research?”
           §  Fill in the blanks:  pass around index cards to generate ideas

Conference session: SCSL Digital Collections

Program: South Carolina State Library Digital Collections

Presenter: Amanda Stone, Innovation & Digital Librarian, South Carolina State Library

Date:  Wednesday, October 19, 2011  3:00-4:00 pm

Program Description:  In this session, the State Library presents its new Digital collections, an eclectic set of South Carolina-related online resources.  We will discuss the project history and workflow, as well as explore the historical special collections, online state documents, and tombstone project.

Session notes:

View the State Library’s digital collections at dc.statelibrary.sc.gov

-          Utilizes DSpace repository open source software

-          Amanda discussed 2 collections:  The SC State Documents Depository and the Union County Tombstone Project

The SC State Documents Depository:  online docs created by state agencies & state-supported academic institutions. 

-          Give citizens info about state government, statistics, annual reports, & a variety of topics. 

-          17 state agencies provide content, includes over 3300 documents from 1853-2011. 

-          Documents are searchable by keyword, and can browse by agency, collection, date, title, author, & subject

-          Organization is based on usability for citizens, state employees, and libraries

-          Documents in State Document Depository will be linked to records in SC Lends (this process has just started)

-          Featured collections in depository:

o   School Directories

o   Office of the Governor

§  Executive Orders

§  Governor Messages, Vetoes, Proclamations

§  Inaugural Addresses & State of the State Addresses

o   Legislative Audit Council Audit Reports (reports are done at the request of the General Assembly to ensure agencies are fulfilling their missions)

o   Great Towns (4-page documents touting particular towns, provides snapshot of area)

o   Public Library Annual Statistical Summary

o   Tobacco Reports

-          Quality Control:

o   Each document scanned has two sets of eyes to check errors, readability, and correct OCR (optical character recognition)

o   Save as PDF/A standard – specialized for digital preservation

o   Use IrfanView for multipage TIFs(freeware) – multiple pages in one file

-          Cataloging:  Use Dublin Core metadata for easy integration with SC Digital Library

Union County Tombstone Project:  documents tombstone transcriptions & photos from three Union Co. cemeteries

-          LST/IMLS-funded project, joint effort with Union Co. Library

-          Includes rubbings of gravestones, as well as transcriptions and photos

-          Title field is dead person’s name.  Can search by cemetery

-          Use volunteers!  Easy process:  volunteers take the photos, write the notes on cards, and type them in.  No need for specialized equipment beyond computer and digital camera.  Digital storage space is main concern.

Future plans for digital collections:

-          Handbook of SC, 1907

-          State School Building Survey, 1937

-          Comprehensive harvesting of state agencies’ born-digital documents

-          Add select collections to the digital library

Elections

Many thanks to all who attended the NMRT meetup and session at the annual conference.  It seems as though everyone enjoyed themselves... what delightful people SC librarians are!

18 people attended our Friday morning NMRT-sponsored session.  Elections were held at the conclusion of the program and the following are your roundtable officers for 2011-2012:
Chair:  Amber Conger, Richland County Public Library
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect:  Megan Johnson, Coker College
Secretary:  Hunter Deas, Florence County Public Library

On a personal note, this was my first SCLA conference and I must say, it was fruitful, productive, and fun!  The sessions were interesting and well-presented, the venue lovely, and the people warm and welcoming.  I do hope that more NMRT members can make plans to attend next year's event in Columbia.

Session notes will be posted soon.

It's showtime!

Can't make it to the conference?  Join in on Twitter via the hashtag #scla2011!

FYI, I'm soliciting session notes to post here after the conference so that we can share session info with those of you who couldn't make it.  I understand that it's not always possible to attend conferences, especially when you're new and not yet high enough on the totem pole for your employer to sponsor your travel.  I'll do what I can to bring the conference to you!

If you're reading this from Charleston, don't forget the NMRT session on Friday at 9 am in Meeting Room 11.  Elections will be held at the conclusion of the meeting.

Grant to attend 2012 ALA Annual - December 16 deadline

APPLICANTS SOUGHT FOR 3M/NMRT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT
Deadline: December 16th

We are excited to announce that members of ALA's New Members Round Table (NMRT) can apply to receive a grant, sponsored by 3M Library Systems, which will cover expenses to attend the ALA Annual Conference, June 21 – 26, 2012 in Anaheim, CA.

Curious about being a 3M/NMRT award winner? Take a look at the 2006
winner's conference journal in Footnotes:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/news/footnotes/august2006ab/JillRatzan3Mlog.cfm

The application form and further information about the grant is available on the NMRT website at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/initiatives/applyforfunds/3mawardinformation.cfm.
You must be a current member of NMRT in order to apply. To join NMRT, visit the ALA website at http://www.ala.org/ and follow the "Join ALA" link to add to your ALA membership.

For further information about the grant, please contact:
Laura Krier, Chair, 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant Committee
California Digital Library
laura.krier@gmail.com
510-987-0832

SCLA NMRT Conference Meetup and Session Info

Join us for a very informal NMRT meetup on Wednesday evening from 5:30-6:30 during the manager’s reception at the Embassy Suites.  Free drinks and snacks will be provided by the hotel as part of their daily reception.  There will be an announcement at the first general session and also postings on Twitter.   Stop in and say hello!

The NMRT-sponsored program will be held on Friday, October 21 from 9-10 am.  “Conducting Yourself With Class:  The Unwritten Rules of Professionalism” is the session topic and the business meeting will be held immediately afterward.

NMRT elections will be held at the conclusion of the meeting.  Nominations are currently being accepted and will be also be taken from the floor at the meeting.  Current nominations include:

o   Chair:  Amber Conger, Richland County Public Library (Clarification: I’ve not yet been officially elected since reviving NMRT this year!)

o   Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect:  Megan Johnson, Coker College

o   Secretary:  Vacant

Free Job-Hunting Webinar on October 10

Tactics for Library Job Hunting in a Tough Market
Monday, October 10, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Hone your job-hunting skills in a free interactive webinar with Jeannette Woodward, author of A Librarian’s Guide to an Uncertain Job Market (ALA Editions). A seasoned administrator with experience in both academic and public libraries, Woodward will focus on the application package, the interviewing process, and the distinguishing features of how libraries recruit.

Click here for details and registration:  http://ala-publishing.informz.net/ala-publishing/archives/archive_1822321.html

Scholarships to Attend ALA Midwinter

CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer five scholarships for librarians to attend the 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Dallas. The meeting takes place Jan. 20 - 24, 2012, and offers an opportunity for continuing education, meetings and interaction with colleagues.

Each EBSCO scholarship will be in the amount of $1,500, and one of the five scholarships will be awarded to a first-time conference attendee. The scholarship money is to be used for conference registration, travel and expenses.

Deadline for entry is Nov. 1, 2011; scholarship recipients will be notified no later than Dec. 12, 2011.  To apply, candidates must complete the application criteria and submit an essay that addresses the following topic: “If you could change anything about your current workplace or job responsibilities, how would you position them to meet future needs?” Essays and applications will be judged by a jury designated by ALA.

Can't we all use some grant money?

Tammy Ivins, a new reference librarian with Francis Marion University, shared this opportunity for funding for the development of library resources.  Tammy said, "It strikes me as being a good opportunity for new librarians looking for activities to relate to tenure."  Public and school libraries would be eligible for this money as well, so take a good look. 

Carnegie-Whitney Awards up to $5,000

The American Library Association Publishing Committee provides a grant of up to $5,000 for the preparation of print or electronic reading lists, indexes or other guides to library resources that promote reading or the use of library resources at any type of library.

Funded projects have ranged from popular, general-reader proposals such as "ReadMOre," a reading list for Missouri's state-wide reading program, to more specialized, scholarly proposals such as "Librarianship and Information Science in the Islamic World, 1966-1999: An Annotated Bibliography."

Applications must be received by Nov. 4, 2011. Recipients will be notified by the end of February 2012.

For more information and guidelines, visit http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/publishing/sundry/alapubawrds/carnegiewhitney.cfm or contact Mary Jo Bolduc, Grant Administrator, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611; Fax (312) 280-5275; e-mail: mbolduc@ala.org.

SCLA Poster Deadline Extended to September 23

SCLA will be accepting submissions until 9/23/11 for the annual conference poster session in October.  See http://scla.org/content/scla-annual-conference-2011 for the guidelines and application.

Nominate an outstanding librarian now!

SCLA seeks nominations for three awards to be presented at the annual conference in October:

2011 Outstanding Librarian
2011 Outstanding Library Paraprofessional
2011 Friend of Libraries

The nomination deadline is September 15, so send your entries in ASAP!  Why not make the day of a deserving colleague?  The entry process is rather simple.

Find more information here:  http://www.scla.org/content/awards-committee

Public Library Section Needs Conference Volunteers

Hey public librarians, would you like a fun and easy way to meet people at the annual conference? The SCLA Public Library section needs helping hands to help run their booth between sessions. Volunteers would assist with selling raffle tickets and demonstrating e-readers, which would be a great networking opportunity for new SCLA members. Contact Georgia Coleman at gcoleman at myrcpl dot com for more information.

Midlands Tech's Library Offers Free Workshops

SCLA member Abbie Cook from the Midlands Technical College Library asked me to share with you about a series of free workshops offered by the library. 

Call or email Laura Baker at 822-3533 or bakerl@midlandstech.edu for more information

Poster Session Opportunity

Interested in presenting at the SCLA Annual Conference in October?  Submit a poster!


Applications are due on August 26!  From the SCLA website:

Poster sessions may present any of the following:

·               a description of an innovative library program or service

·               an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort

·               a report of a research study

 

Poster sessions consist of materials such as pictures, data, graphs, diagrams and narrative text placed on display boards.  During the conference time allotted for poster sessions, presenters informally discuss their projects with conference attendees.

Twenty-five (25) simultaneous poster sessions will be selected for presentation at SCLA 2011 in Charleston , S.C. Poster sessions will be presented on Friday, October 21, 2010 from 8am-9am.   

See http://scla.org/content/scla-annual-conference-2011 for more info.

Google+

Google+ remains in limited field trial for now, but that hasn’t tempered the buzz about Facebook’s new competition.  Users must be invited, but even with an invitation, you still might not get into the party for awhile. 


If you’re curious about all of the chatter, here’s the tour, plus a few notes from around Biblioterra:

David Lee King's "Google Plus - Should You and Your Library Be There?"
Sarah Houghton-Jan's "My Google+ Class @ the Library"
Roy Tennant's "Will Google+ Kill Facebook?"
Phil Bradley's "Searching on Google Plus for Librarians"

Conference Session Lineup

The schedule of sessions (for the annual conference) was released last week.  The current lineup of topics:

• South Carolina State Library Digital Collections
• Latino Materials and Programming Ideas for Families
• Libraries: Institutions for the Future
• “Building Relationships between Library & Information Technology Unity”
• “The Role of Libraries in Promoting Our Shared History”
• EBooks 101
• Brainstorming for the Future (tentative title)
• Tag You’re It:  Using the OPAC to Create a Virtual “Barnes and Noble” Fiction Collection at an Academic Library
• Running in Place & Coming Out Ahead, or “How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Renovation”
• Workforce Development Programming Workshop
• Loose the Desk:  Mobile Services and Digital Checkouts
• Beyond Use:  What Collection Managers (might) Want to Know About ROI
• DISCUS News:  Update on Current Database Evaluation Project
• Green is the New Black:  Creating Eco-Friendly Have Couture
• Wrap It Up:  Quick Strategies to Engage Students and Assess Learning
• Library Research Consultations:  Who Benefits Most?
• Panel Discussion on Assessment of Information Literacy Programs
• Five Plus Reasons You Should Be Using Google As More Than Just A Search Engine
• Nationwide and Statewide Workforce Development Resources
• “Managing Impacts of Organizational Change”
• “The Library Building from a Facilities Perspective:  Spaces Are Changing”
• Conducting Yourself With Class:  The Unwritten Rules of Professionalism
• Critical Inquiry:  Leveraging Library Instruction for Student Learning Outcomes
• Steampunk 101:  A Primer for Librarians