Inside ZSR
On Monday and Tuesday I participated in the NCLA Library Instruction 2.0 Conference with Roz, Susan, and Giz. Roz, Susan, and I gave a panel presentation on Monday on the 2.0 techniques we teach with at ZSR. We must be onto something at ZSR, because after the presentation I heard from several other librarians that... more ›
(Cross posted on my blog.) I had hoped to write up every day of the institute and post as soon as possible, but internet connections were shaky, and we didn’t spend much time with computers, so instead you’re getting a summary. The North Carolina Library Association Leadership Institute is The Best Leadership Training program that... more ›
Yesterday Giz and I helped give a NCLA workshop hosted in a beautiful facility at Elon University. As an officer of NCLA’s Technology and Trends Roundtable, I helped pull together the group of speakers that also included Lynda Kellam and Amy Harris of UNC-G and Ed Hirst of Rowan Public Library (also an officer). The... more ›
Since Leslie has already done such a good job of summarizing the keynote address of the RTSS Spring Workshop, I will discuss the next most useful session I attended, “Next Generation Cataloging Standards: RDA + FRBR,” presented by Erin Stalberg, Head of Metadata and Cataloging at North Carolina State University. RDA, or Resource Description and... more ›
Following Dr. Griffith’s keynote address, summarized by Leslie, I attended the concurrent session on the UNC System Pilot Institutional Repository (IR), which UNC-Greensboro hosts for Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, UNC-G, UNC-Pembroke, and UNC-Wilmington. Presenters were Eleanor Cook (ASU), Stephen Dew (UNC-G), Adina Riggins (UNC-W), and Rob Wolf (UNC-Pembroke). Their discussion included a history... more ›
RTSS 2008 – The Future of Bibliographic Control At NCLA’s Resources & Technical Services Section’s Spring workshop, held this year on May 22 in Raleigh, the keynote speaker was Jose-Marie Griffiths, Dean of the Library School at Chapel Hill, and also a member of a working group charged by the Library of Congress to: (1)... more ›
Carolyn and I presented a poster session titled “Utilizing ILL Deflection to Improve Workflow” on Thursday, October 18. Many fellow librarians stopped by and inquired about the new OCLC ILL deflection feature. As an ILL lender, we receive requests for all types of materials. Popular movies and TV series, such as 24 and Sex and... more ›
Is Library 1.0 Ready for Web 2.0: Library 2.0 ca 2007 Technology and Trends Roundtable Robert H. McDonald, UC San Diego, Director Strategic Data Alliances Supercomputer Center Met another Twitter friend! He’s the presenter. This is fun! Hired by Supercomputer Center because a large part of that is working with cultural heritage centers like libraries... more ›
Poet Mark Smith-Soto spoke and read poetry. Various NCLA folks talked about the state of NCLA. Attendance at this conference is over 1000. A number of awards were announced. GladysAnn Wells, director and state librarian of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records Full text will be included in conference edition of (I think)... more ›
Trust, the Glue of Effective Libraries Community and Junior College Libraries Crystal Baird (Associate Dean, Library and Planning Services, Davidson County Community College) I’m attending this session because a lot of Library 2.0 is about trust: libraries trusting their users (to leave comments in the catalog, to tag, to write on a graffiti wall, etc)... more ›