Demonstration: Active Learning in the Library: The Library Is Not Just for Books Presenters: Cotina Jones, Phyllistine Poole, Julie Dornberger, Carl Leak, Chris Screen Instruction team includes both librarians and webmasters Realized a need for new types of library instruction Blackboard, active learning templates, gaming, and vodcasting Blackboard A place to house the projects Liked:... more ›
Opening Session Info (Frank Prochaska) Theme: Building Connections 8th UNC TLT conference largest yet, close to 500 registered attendees large number of private, community college, and K-12 folks here (in addition to UNC system folks) ed tech no longer an add-on, it’s a mission critical component for learning in 21st century Pointed out UNC Online... more ›
On Monday, March 12th, I joined Mary Scanlon, Ellen Daugman and Sharon Snow and headed to Chapel Hill for the 2007 Librarians’ Association of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Conference, which had the theme “From MySpace to OurSpace: Connecting With Millennials.” Here are the sessions I found most interesting: Are We Ready... more ›
I’m back from Pittsburgh, where the Music Library Association held its annual conference this year. The program was so breathlessly jam-packed that I’m just going to have to, unbloglike, post one long report at the end. Sorry! Dominating the sessions this year were the many creative ways music librarians are exploiting new technologies to enhance... more ›
ZSR needs one. Our internal materials that are born digital are not being preserved in any systematic way. There also may, in the future, be a scholarly publication archive developed that would need preservation. more ›
Moderated by Joyce Ray, Assoc. Deputy Director for Library Services, IMLS Steven Wheatley, VP, American Council of Learned Societies, spoke on the ACLS Report – Our Cultural Commonwealth, in which he said ‘most expressions of human creativity in the US will be born digital’. Brett Bobley, Director, Digital Humanities Initiative, National Endowment for the Humanities... more ›
Digitization for Access and Preservation Strategies at the Library of Congress Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services, Library of Congress Deanna Marcum addressed issues in digital preservation: Digital media lacks permanence Depends on computers for readability Multiple formats Marcum suggested these strategic methods: Develop better digital media storage Refresh digita data Migrate to newer,... more ›
Ann Russell, NEDCC – urged national digital preservation stategy, regional centers of digital preservation expertise, and a state-wide approach to providing solutions. Robin Dale, OCLC/RLG – spoke on auditing and certification of digital repositories. Her topic covered establishing Trusted Digital Repositories. Sue Medina, Director, Network of Alabama Academic Libraries – spoke on their state-wide solution... more ›
Panel moderated by Gunther Waibel, OCLC Kristen Laise, Heritage Preservation – Kristen discussed the Heritage Health Index Institutions must give priority to providing safe conditions for their collection Every institution must develop an emergency plan Members of each institutions’ staff must be assigned to care for their collections The findings of the Heritage Health Index... more ›
In discussion with Priscilla Kaplan, she told me that we were a step ahead of most other states because we have NCEcho. Using their standards puts ZSR in a good position to produce quality digital projects. In Florida, where Kaplan is, they’ve hired Kathy Wisser, from NCEcho, to come down and help them out as... more ›