From Kathleen.Delong at ualberta.ca Wed Mar 3 19:01:10 2010 From: Kathleen.Delong at ualberta.ca (Delong, Kathleen) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 17:01:10 -0700 Subject: [cla] FW: Culture Sector Survey 2010 / Sondage sur le secteur culturel (2010) Message-ID: <1E23D7B459F3294DBC861B047109E1B0338F4B@libmail2.ualibrary.ualberta.ca> Hello CLA members, I encourage you to fill out the following survey for cultural workers. We fall into the Heritage (Libraries, Archives, Museums) piece of the cultural sector. You can fill out the survey as an individual worker and I encourage library organizations to submit on behalf of their organization as well (employers in the cultural sector). In some part, this survey updates the basic data that was collected in the 8Rs study The Future of Human Resources in Canadian Libraries (http://www.ls.ualberta.ca/8rs/reports.html). It is not as granular as the 8Rs survey but will provide us with some understanding of trends and issues. I will report back on findings when the data is available. Thanks in advance for your support, Kathleen De Long CHRC Board Member and CLA member University of Alberta Libraries (La version fran?aise suit) 2010 Cultural Sector HR Study Questionnaires for Cultural Sector Survey The Cultural Human Resources Council works for and with all the cultural industries and arts disciplines in the cultural sector including: Live Performing Arts; Writing and Publishing; Visual Arts and Crafts; Film and Television Production; Broadcasting; Digital Media; Music and Sound Recording; and Heritage. The Cultural Human Resources Council has asked The Conference Board of Canada to examine the cultural sector workforce in Canada. We want to learn about your opinions on the opportunities, challenges, trends and issues that you face; as well as your suggestions for enhancing the quality and sustainability of Canada?s cultural sector. To help us, please answer the following questions. This questionnaire will take you about 25 minutes to complete. Please note that if you leave the questionnaire, you will not be able to return and resume where you left off, though your partially completed questionnaire will be captured. You are more than welcome to return to start a new questionnaire. All responses are important and greatly appreciated. The Cultural Human Resources Council and The Conference Board of Canada encourage you to forward this message to individuals and organizations involved in the cultural sector in Canada (e.g., employers, the self-employed, employees, the unemployed, volunteers or students). Please Note: Your answers will be treated confidentially. Individual data and comments will not be shared with any other individual or organization and will not be released publicly. Answers will be reported in aggregate form only. Your participation in this is voluntary and your responses will remain anonymous. The results will be used to help improve opportunities for Canadians in the cultural sector. A report on the findings from this cross-Canada survey will be released in the summer of 2010 and will be made available free of charge. Survey respondents will have the option of being notified when the report is available for download from the Cultural Human Resources Council?s website. This survey is about the cultural sector in Canada and the people within it. Please answer the following questions as best you can, thinking about your work in the cultural sector. Thinking about your work in the cultural sector, would you consider yourself to be primarily a (an) (please click the appropriate questionnaire below): ? Employer or HR manager in the cultural sector (e.g., owner, CEO, executive director, member of a board of directors of a not-for-profit cultural organization; responsible for running a company, association, academic institution, government department or agency, or other form of organization or the HR manager of such an organization/business) ? Self-employed cultural sector worker (e.g., an entrepreneur, contract worker, artist or freelancer, whether or not you are currently working) ? Employed cultural sector worker (e.g., employee or intern working in a company, association, academic institution, government department or agency, or other form of organization) ? Unemployed cultural sector worker (e.g., currently unemployed but looking for work in the cultural sector ? though you might have employment outside the cultural sector) ? Volunteer (who does not serve on the board of a not-for-profit cultural organization. If you do serve on a board, please select the employer questionnaire above) ? Student (studying the cultural sector) Contact: This survey can also be accessed at: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/culturesurvey.aspx or contact Alison Campbell at The Conference Board of Canada. E-mail: contactculture at conferenceboard.ca Tel: (613) 526-3280 ext. 361 Fax : (613) 526-4857 For more information on The Conference Board of Canada, visit: www.conferenceboard.ca For more information on the Cultural Human Resources Council, visit: www.culturalhrc.ca ?tude sur les RH du secteur culturel (2010) Questionnaires pour le sondage du secteur culturel Le Conseil des ressources humaines du secteur culturel travaille de concert avec toutes les industries culturelles et les disciplines artistiques du secteur culturel, y compris : les arts de la sc?ne, la cr?ation litt?raire et l??dition, les arts visuels et les m?tiers d?art, cin?ma et t?l?vision, la radiot?l?diffusion, les m?dias num?riques, la musique et l?enregistrement sonore, et le patrimoine. Le Conseil des ressources humaines du secteur culturel a demand? au Conference Board du Canada d?examiner la main-d??uvre du secteur culturel au Canada. Nous voulons savoir ce que vous pensez des d?bouch?s, des d?fis, des tendances et des probl?mes auxquels vous ?tes expos?s, et nous vous invitons ? formuler des suggestions pour am?liorer la qualit? et la viabilit? du secteur culturel canadien. Pour nous aider, veuillez r?pondre aux questions suivantes. Ce travail n?exigera qu?environ 25 minutes de votre temps. Sachez que si vous quittez le questionnaire, vous ne pourrez y retourner pour reprendre l? o? vous aurez abandonn?, quoique vos r?ponses jusqu?? ce point auront ?t? saisies. Par contre, ne vous g?nez pas si vous avez envie d?y retourner pour amorcer un nouveau questionnaire. Toutes les r?ponses sont importantes et vivement appr?ci?es. Le Conseil des ressources humaines du secteur culturel et le Conference Board du Canada vous encouragent ? transmettre ce message aux personnes et aux organisations oeuvrant dans le secteur culturel canadien (p. ex. les employeurs, les travailleurs/travailleuses autonomes, les employ?(e)s, les sans-emploi, les b?n?voles ou les ?tudiant(e)s). ? noter : Vos r?ponses seront conserv?es sous le sceau de la confidentialit?. Les renseignements et les commentaires personnels ne seront partag?s avec aucune autre personne ou organisation, et ne seront pas diffus?s publiquement. Les r?ponses feront l?objet d?un rapport sous forme globale. Votre participation ? ce sondage est volontaire, et vos r?ponses demeureront anonymes. Les r?sultats serviront ? am?liorer les d?bouch?s de carri?re au profit des Canadiennes et des Canadiens dans le secteur culturel. Un rapport pr?sentant les r?sultats de ce sondage pancanadien sera publi? au cours de l??t? 2010 et offert gratuitement. Les r?pondants ayant contribu? au sondage auront le choix d??tre avis?s d?s que le rapport sera disponible, pour le t?l?charger depuis le site Web du Conseil des ressources humaines du secteur culturel. Ce sondage porte sur le secteur culturel canadien et sur les gens qui y oeuvrent. Veuillez r?pondre de votre mieux aux questions suivantes, en songeant ? votre travail au sein du secteur culturel. En songeant ? votre travail dans le secteur culturel, diriez-vous que vous ?tes surtout ? (veuillez cliquer sur le questionnaire qui convient ci-dessous) : ? ?un employeur ou un(e) directeur (directrice) des RH dans le secteur culturel (p. ex. propri?taire, PDG, directeur ex?cutif (directrice ex?cutive), membre du conseil d?administration d?un organisme culturel ? but non lucratif, responsable de la gestion d?une entreprise, d?une association, d?une institution d?enseignement, d?un minist?re ou d?une agence gouvernementale, ou d?une autre forme d?organisation ou le (la) directeur (directrice) des RH d?une telle organisation/entreprise) ? ? un(e) travailleur (travailleuse) autonome du secteur culturel (p. ex. entrepreneur(e), travailleur (travailleuse) ? forfait, artiste ou pigiste, que vous travailliez ou non actuellement) ? ? un(e) travailleur (travailleuse) occup?(e) du secteur culturel (p. ex. Un(e) employ?(e) ou un(e) stagiaire travaillant dans une entreprise, une association, une institution d?enseignement, un minist?re ou une agence gouvernementale, ou une autre forme d?organisation) ? ? un(e) travailleur (travailleuse) sans emploi du secteur culturel (p. ex. actuellement sans emploi, mais ? la recherche d?un travail dans le secteur culturel ? quoique vous puissiez occuper un emploi ? l?ext?rieur du secteur culturel) ? un(e) b?n?vole (ne si?geant pas sur le conseil d?un organisme culturel sans but lucratif. Si vous si?gez sur un conseil, choisissez le questionnaire de l?employeur ci-dessus) ? un(e) ?tudiant(e) (qui ?tudie le secteur culturel) Personne-ressource : Ce sondage peut ?tre aussi consult? ?: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/culturesurvey.aspx ou communiquez avec Laura Thomson au Conference Board du Canada. 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To help raise awareness of the importance of biodiversity all over the world, the United Nations General Assembly declared that 2010 will be the International Year of Biodiversity. Environment Canada is celebrating this, in part, with the national Nature Matters! Contest. Until March 28, 2010, Canadians between the ages of 9 and 35 years are invited to submit written or video essays that answer the following question: ?Why is nature important to you?? One grand prize winner and two runners up will be selected from each age group (9-13 years, 14-19 years and 20-35) in each of the two categories ? video and written: ? Grand prize winners will be invited to Ottawa to attend the Grand Re-opening Event of the Canadian Museum of Nature on the International Day for Biological Diversity, May 22, 2010, where their achievement will be announced. ? Grand prize winning essays will be enlarged to poster size and displayed in public art panels outside Environment Canada's environmental museum, The Biosph?re in Montreal. * Grand prize winning video essays will be projected for Canadian and international visitors at The Biosph?re in Montreal during 2010. * Grand prize winning and runner-up essays will be published on the website of the Canadian Biodiversity Information Network, a shared public resource of our Federal, Provincial, and Territorial governments. * Grand prize winning and runner-up essays will be announced through Environment Canada's network of national education and environment organizations, reaching well over one million people. The contest is open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada only, submissions will be accepted in either French or English. For full contest details, please visit the web site, at http://www.cbin.ec.gc.ca/nature/concours-contest.cfm?lang=eng. - 30 - For more information, please contact: Media Relations Environment Canada 819-934-8008 1-888-908-8008 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Environnement Canada www.ec.gc.ca MESSAGE D?INT?R?T PUBLIC DATE LIMITE PROLONG?E AU 28 MARS 2010! C?l?brez l?Ann?e internationale de la biodiversit? en 2010 avec le concours ? La nature, ?a compte! ? d?Environnement Canada OTTAWA, Ontario ? Environnement Canada souhaite inviter les Canadiennes et Canadiens, ?g?s de 9 ? 35 ans, ? participer ? un concours, dans le cadre de l?Ann?e internationale de la biodiversit? 2010, intitul? ? La nature, ?a compte! ?. L?Assembl?e g?n?rale des Nations Unies a d?clar? 2010 l?Ann?e internationale de la biodiversit? afin de souligner l?importance de la biodiversit? dans le monde entier. Environnement Canada c?l?bre l?Ann?e internationale de la biodiversit? notamment avec le concours national ? La nature, ?a compte! ?. Jusqu?au 28 mars 2010, nous invitons les Canadiennes et Canadiens ?g?s de 9 ? 35 ans ? soumettre un essai ou une vid?o qui r?pond ? la question suivante : ? Pourquoi la nature est-elle importante pour vous? ? Un grand gagnant et deux finalistes seront choisis parmi chaque groupe d??ge (de 9 ? 13 ans, de 14 ? 19 ans et de 20 ? 35 ans) dans chacune des deux cat?gories (vid?o et essai). * Les six grands gagnants seront invit?s ? Ottawa pour assister ? la grande c?r?monie de r?ouverture du Mus?e canadien de la nature tenue le 22 mai 2010 dans le cadre de la Journ?e internationale de la biodiversit?, c?r?monie au cours de laquelle leurs r?alisations seront soulign?es. * Les essais gagnants seront expos?s, en format affiche, parmi les ?uvres d?art publiques ? l?ext?rieur du mus?e de l?environnement d?Environnement Canada, la Biosph?re, ? Montr?al. * Les vid?os gagnantes seront projet?es ? la Biosph?re, ? Montr?al, o? elles seront vues par les visiteurs venant de partout au Canada et dans le monde tout au long de l?ann?e 2010. * Toutes les vid?os et tous les essais finalistes et gagnants seront publi?s sur le site Web du R?seau canadien d?information sur la biodiversit?, une ressource publique commune des gouvernements f?d?ral, provinciaux et territoriaux. * De plus, tous les essais et vid?os finalistes et gagnants seront annonc?s par l?interm?diaire du r?seau national d?organismes ?ducatifs et environnementaux d?Environnement Canada, qui rejoint plus d?un million de personnes. Le concours est ouvert uniquement aux citoyens canadiens et aux r?sidents permanents du Canada. Les envois seront accept?s dans l?une ou l?autre des langues officielles. 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Name: clip_image002.gif Type: image/gif Size: 105 bytes Desc: clip_image002.gif Url : /pipermail/cla/attachments/20100315/3aeffb0e/attachment-0001.gif From jgreen at cla.ca Thu Mar 18 14:46:40 2010 From: jgreen at cla.ca (Judy Green) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:46:40 -0400 Subject: [cla] The American Library Association's Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) announces four new webinars on Institutional Repositories Message-ID: <6ED3C984E9631E4487FBBC626D0694233DC40A8535@CLA-SVR.cla.local> The American Library Association's Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) announces four new webinars on Institutional Repositories Wednesday March 24, 2010 - Making the Most of your Descriptive Metadata: Planning, Transforming, and Re-using, presented by Marisa Ramirez and Nancy Fallgren* *This webinar was prepared by Nancy Fallgren in her private capacity. The views expressed do not represent the view of or endorsement by the United States Government or the National Library of Medicine. Metadata is essential for organizing, searching, and managing information resources, particularly as libraries expand their efforts in making their collections available on the web. Libraries are populating institutional repositories with a myriad of resources, including digitized special collections materials, finding aids, electronic theses, peer-reviewed faculty work and other research, scholarship and creative outputs. But what are libraries doing about the descriptive metadata that allows users to search, find, and select these resources in their repositories? What redundancies are created when libraries engage in collecting, enhancing, or redistributing metadata in siloed systems? Can redundant metadata generation efforts be streamlined? We will discuss some current descriptive metadata practices in institutional repositories, identify areas where redundant efforts may occur, and discuss strategies to improve management, collection, and re-use of descriptive metadata. The webinar requires a basic understanding of metadata and XML. Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - Selecting an IR Platform: Options, Approaches and Implications, presented by Bob Gerrity This webinar will explore the basics of determining the "right" IR platform for your institution. It will cover issues such as the benefits and drawbacks of open-source vs. commercial platforms and hosted vs. local installations, determining what level of local technical expertise is required for a successful IR implementation, understanding functional requirements, etc. The webinar is not intended to provide detailed information about any specific IR platform, but rather to provide useful context for evaluating and selecting a platform that will work. Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - The consortial-campus view: Reinventing the IR from all directions, presented by Sharon Farb, Bonnie Tijerina, and Catherine Mitchell The California Digital Library supports the 10 University of California campuses' institutional repository and campus publishing efforts through the development and central hosting of eScholarship. This presentation will give an overview of a centralized model and the scholarly publishing initiatives taking place at the University of California. The director of the Publishing Group at the CDL will begin the conversation with an overview of the publishing and dissemination services available through eScholarship and the outreach and marketing campaign recently launched in conjunction with the UC campuses. An eScholarship Liaison from UCLA will discuss the role of campus librarians in this model and highlight successful faculty and graduate student publications which transitioned from print to online journals. The presentation will conclude with a library administrator's perspective on new roles for academic libraries and how this works fits in the mission of the institution. Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - Perpetual Beta: Early Literature about Institutional Repositories and What Assessment Can Tell Us Now, presented by Allison Sivak and Leah Vanderjagt As we develop new technologies for managing, accessing, and preserving information materials, libraries concurrently develop our theories and predictions for how those new technologies will affect our operations, services, and patrons; these predictions create a framework within which we designate our workflows and measures of success. But to what extent do we consider whether these early assumptions are viable or realistic? How do we understand methods of assessment for institutional repositories (IRs) when we are in a state of perpetual beta? Leah and Allison will discuss their findings from a review of the early literature and strategic documents and corresponding/related current statements on IR success, showing the changes between theory and practice, with implications for planning and assessment. ******** All webinars begin at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, noon Mountain and 11am Pacific time and run approximately one hour. Please note that all webinars are recorded, so if it is not possible to participate in the webinar during the broadcast, all registrants will receive instructions on accessing the recording of the session. For additional details about each webinar, please visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/index.cfm To register, complete the online registration form located at: URL: http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=eventsdist&Template=/Conference/ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=D Webinar Fees for Institutional Repositories Series INDIVIDUALS (one person watching from 1 access point) ALCTS members: $39 each; $99 any 3; $159 any 5; $219 any 7 Nonmembers: $49 each; $129 any 3; $209 any 5; $289 any 7 GROUP RATE (a group of people watching webinar together from 1 access point) Members and nonmembers: $99 each; $269 any 3; $439 any 5; $609 any 7 *The one-time fee includes unlimited access to the webinar recording and materials. 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First prize is registration, accommodation and transportation to the 2010 CLA National Conference in Edmonton (courtesy of new sponsor, OCLC, Coutts Information Services and Micromedia ProQuest ) and $ 150. The winning article will be published in August 2010 issue of Feliciter, the magazine of the Canadian Library Association. For more information go: http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Student_Article_Contest Thank you, Judy Green Manager, Marketing & Communications Canadian Library Association 328 Frank St. Ottawa, ON K2P 0X8 T: 613-232-9625 X322 F: 613-563-9895 jgreen at cla.ca www.cla.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/cla/attachments/20100318/4e32e76c/attachment.html From Cabot.Yu at cic.gc.ca Thu Mar 18 20:21:38 2010 From: Cabot.Yu at cic.gc.ca (Yu.Cabot) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:21:38 -0400 Subject: [cla] Event in Montreal - Innovation and Libraries: What's at the Heart of Libraries? with Stephen Abram Message-ID: <1DAC9C292CD7504B8AB131A5C17BF90D054AE871@njes1s5004.nhq.ci.gc.ca> Innovation and Libraries: What's at the Heart of Libraries? Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm McGill Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish Street, Heritage Room Can our libraries be more open and innovative? Can we be more open to our users, our communities, to core research processes, to new technologies? Can we be more open to change? How? What are the technologies that we should be trying and piloting to see if they improve the library's service quality and impact? Which ones are worth investigating? What is happening in the economy? Are there different ways to build community or to attract new community segments? Stephen Abram is an inveterate library watcher and strategic technology for libraries futurist. In this session he shares the top technologies that we should consider for innovation. What value does the library offer in these changing times? Speaker: Stephen Abram is a recovering librarian having received his MLS in 1980. He is entering a 12-step program as an association junkie. He is a past President of the Canadian Library Association but he has endured the presidencies of local, provincial, and international associations. In January 2010, Stephen became Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Markets for Gale Cengage. Stephen was listed by Library Journal as one of the top 50 people influencing the future of libraries and has received numerous honours. He holds audiences hostage for about 150 speeches a year. He writes all or parts of 6 books a year, posts thousands of blog postings and writes about 36 articles a year. He is nuts and doesn't sleep. His columns appear in Information Outlook and Multimedia and Internet @ Schools, and SirsiDynix OneSource and he is the author of ALA Editions 2007 bestseller, Out Front with Stephen Abram. He blogs at the popular Stephen's Lighthouse. He has two children in university and is therefore quite broke. He spent a week in Italy on holiday this past August apologizing to his wife. ********************************** When: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm (Registration starts at 5:30 pm; program starts at 6:00 pm) Where: McGill Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish Street, Heritage Room Cost: - CLA Members: $15 - CLA Student Members: $5 - CLA Members New Professionals (working in the field for less than 2 years): $10 - Non-Members: $25 - Student Non-Members: $10 - Personal Members of Other Associations (SLA, OLA, OALT, etc): $20 Register at http://tinyurl.com/abram-mtl Payment by cash or cheque will be taken at the door. Invoices can be arranged in advance of the event by e-mailing caslis.govlib at gmail.com . For more information, please contact caslis.govlib at gmail.com Scent-Free Event - In consideration of those with allergies and respiratory problems, this is a scent-free event. Participants are asked to use unscented products in lieu of scented toiletries and detergents, and to refrain from wearing perfumes and colognes. From Cabot.Yu at cic.gc.ca Thu Mar 18 20:25:00 2010 From: Cabot.Yu at cic.gc.ca (Yu.Cabot) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:25:00 -0400 Subject: [cla] REMINDER - Event in London - RDA 101 Message-ID: <1DAC9C292CD7504B8AB131A5C17BF90D054AE872@njes1s5004.nhq.ci.gc.ca> RDA 101 Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm London Public Library (Central Branch), 251 Dundas Street, Stevenson & Hunt A Room Resource Description and Access (RDA), the new cataloguing standard and successor to AACR2, will be released in June 2010, signalling a new direction for cataloguing rules and catalogue records. A key aspect of RDA is its alignment with the FRBR/FRAD conceptual models (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records and Functional Requirements for Authority Data). The session will demonstrate how this alignment shapes RDA's goals and structure, and it will focus on the aspects of RDA that distinguish it from its predecessor, AACR2. The session will also address preparation for implementation. Speaker: Alison Hitchens is a Cataloguing & Metadata Librarian at University of Waterloo Library. Alison has held a variety of cataloguing positions in Ontario and Manitoba. She has worked as a cataloguer for the Resource Library for the Environment and the Law in Toronto, for ISM (now OCLC Canada) Library Technical Services in Winnipeg, and as the Manager of the Cataloguing Department at Library Services Centre in Kitchener. Alison recently co-authored a paper "Preparing catalogers for RDA training." ********************************** When: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm (Registration starts at 5:00 pm; program starts at 5:30 pm) Where: London Public Library (Central Branch), 251 Dundas Street, Stevenson & Hunt A Room Cost: - CLA Members: $20 - CLA Student Members: $5 - CLA Members New Professionals (working in the field for less than 2 years): $10 - Non-Members: $30 - Student Non-Members: $10 - Personal Members of Other Associations (SLA, OLA, OALT, etc): $25 Light refreshments will be served. Register at http://tinyurl.com/cla-2010-03-30-RDA Payment by cash or cheque will be taken at the door. For more information, please contact caslis.govlib at gmail.com Scent-Free Event - In consideration of those with allergies and respiratory problems, this is a scent-free event. Participants are asked to use unscented products in lieu of scented toiletries and detergents, and to refrain from wearing perfumes and colognes. From Cabot.Yu at cic.gc.ca Thu Mar 18 20:26:48 2010 From: Cabot.Yu at cic.gc.ca (Yu.Cabot) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:26:48 -0400 Subject: [cla] Event in Kingston - Innovation and Libraries: What's at the Heart of Libraries? with Stephen Abram Message-ID: <1DAC9C292CD7504B8AB131A5C17BF90D054AE873@njes1s5004.nhq.ci.gc.ca> Innovation and Libraries: What's at the Heart of Libraries? Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Central Branch), 130 Johnson Street, Delahaye Room Can our libraries be more open and innovative? Can we be more open to our users, our communities, to core research processes, to new technologies? Can we be more open to change? How? What are the technologies that we should be trying and piloting to see if they improve the library's service quality and impact? Which ones are worth investigating? What is happening in the economy? Are there different ways to build community or to attract new community segments? Stephen Abram is an inveterate library watcher and strategic technology for libraries futurist. In this session he shares the top technologies that we should consider for innovation. What value does the library offer in these changing times? Speaker: Stephen Abram is a recovering librarian having received his MLS in 1980. He is entering a 12-step program as an association junkie. He is a past President of the Canadian Library Association but he has endured the presidencies of local, provincial, and international associations. In January 2010, Stephen became Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Markets for Gale Cengage. Stephen was listed by Library Journal as one of the top 50 people influencing the future of libraries and has received numerous honours. He holds audiences hostage for about 150 speeches a year. He writes all or parts of 6 books a year, posts thousands of blog postings and writes about 36 articles a year. He is nuts and doesn't sleep. His columns appear in Information Outlook and Multimedia and Internet @ Schools, and SirsiDynix OneSource and he is the author of ALA Editions 2007 bestseller, Out Front with Stephen Abram. He blogs at the popular Stephen's Lighthouse. He has two children in university and is therefore quite broke. He spent a week in Italy on holiday this past August apologizing to his wife. ********************************** When: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm (Registration starts at 4:30 pm; program starts at 5:00 pm) Where: Kingston Frontenac Public Library (Central Branch), 130 Johnson St., Delahaye Room Cost: - CLA Members: $20 - CLA Student Members: $5 - CLA Members New Professionals (working in the field for less than 2 years): $10 - Non-Members: $30 - Student Non-Members: $10 - Personal Members of Other Associations (SLA, OLA, OALT, etc): $25 Register at http://tinyurl.com/cla-2010-04-07 Payment by cash or cheque will be taken at the door. Invoices can be arranged in advance of the event by e-mailing caslis.govlib at gmail.com . For more information, please contact caslis.govlib at gmail.com Scent-Free Event - In consideration of those with allergies and respiratory problems, this is a scent-free event. Participants are asked to use unscented products in lieu of scented toiletries and detergents, and to refrain from wearing perfumes and colognes. From jgreen at cla.ca Wed Mar 24 10:05:24 2010 From: jgreen at cla.ca (Judy Green) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:05:24 -0400 Subject: [cla] Student Article Contest - One week left to submit! Message-ID: <6ED3C984E9631E4487FBBC626D0694233DC40A862D@CLA-SVR.cla.local> Student Article Contest - Deadline is March 31 The contest is open to all students registered in, or recently graduated from, a Canadian library school, a library technician program, an information science program, or faculty of education library program. Registered students may be full or part time; graduates should have completed their studies within one year of the competition's closing date of March 31. Articles submitted must be written while the student is enrolled in a program of study, or within one year of graduation. First prize is registration, accommodation and transportation to the 2010 CLA National Conference in Edmonton (Coutts Information Services and Micromedia ProQuest) and $ 150. The winning article will be published in August 2010 issue of Feliciter, the magazine of the Canadian Library Association. For more information go: http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Student_Article_Contest Judy Green Manager, Marketing & Communications Canadian Library Association 328 Frank St. Ottawa, ON K2P 0X8 T: 613-232-9625 X322 F: 613-563-9895 jgreen at cla.ca www.cla.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/cla/attachments/20100324/bd342151/attachment.html From e.kent at utoronto.ca Sun Mar 21 20:06:08 2010 From: e.kent at utoronto.ca (Erin Kent) Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:06:08 -0400 Subject: [cla] F/IQ Feb/Mar issue now available! Message-ID: <5abca2841003211706w35c16296wfda1f6fe44ba4d7@mail.gmail.com> Hello Information Community, We are extremely pleased to announce No. 2 of the second volume of the Faculty of Information Quarterly: Vol 2, No 2 (2010): Feb/March 2010 The aim of the journal is to promote conversation within the world of Information practice and study, including researchers, students and professionals in the field. What is information, where is, how does it effect us, what is its potential? We strongly believe that a forum is needed to explore and share what is happening in the field, and that such a conversation requires interdisciplinary dialogue and more of an open mind than traditional publications allow. We are committed to meeting the challenges and redefining many of the traditional understandings of the study of information. Topics covered in this volume include a wide range of issues from diverse Information fields. Featured is a special section on an innovative course here at the faculty: *Knowledge and Information in Society,* taught by Andrew Clement and Adam Fiser. We trust you will enjoy ? and be engaged by ? the content of this volume and trust you will view F/IQ as a place to revisit and to contribute to. If you are interested in submitting for future volumes or if you have any questions regarding the publication, don't hesitate to email us at fiquarterly at gmail.com Past issues can be found on our website at https://fiq.ischool.utoronto.ca You can also follow us on our Facebook pageand on Twitter at @fiquarterly . On behalf of the editing team, welcome to the Feb/March issue. Happy reading! Erin Kent Marketing and Communications Officer The Faculty of Information Quarterly -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/cla/attachments/20100321/8f6ffe36/attachment.html From jgreen at cla.ca Fri Mar 26 12:22:59 2010 From: jgreen at cla.ca (Judy Green) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:22:59 -0400 Subject: [cla] Reading in First Nations: Infrastructure, Access and Imagination Message-ID: <6ED3C984E9631E4487FBBC626D0694233DC40A8690@CLA-SVR.cla.local> The University made available funds from the 2009-10 Council on Aboriginal Initiatives allocation for a workshop with First Nations communities in remote and isolated areas of Northern Ontario on literacy issues, with a special focus on the provision of information resources and services. Our colleague, Prof Nadia Caidi, has put together a very exciting program on "Reading in First Nations: Infrastructure, Access and Imagination". As you can see from the attached poster, the event will take place across Ontario on Monday ***March 29, 2010*** from 9:00-4:00pm. You might wish to join those of us who will be physically at the Toronto node at the Design Exchange (236 Bay Street). If you do could you please RSVP to ondemandbookservice at gmail.com as it will help us with the planning. The aim of the event is to explore the realities, barriers and challenges to reading in/for First Nations communities particularly in remote and isolated areas of Northern Ontario. The meeting will be a hybrid of physical and virtual presence (through tele and videoconferencing) with three nodes: one in Toronto, one in Sioux Lookout, and one in Keewaywin (Northern Ontario). The day will include keynote speeches, roundtable discussions, as well as demos of various initiatives aimed at enabling reading in First Nations communities (including the on-demand book service; DIY scanners, e-readers, libraries' initiatives, etc.). More information can be found at: http://odbs.knet.ca Prof Caidi's efforts over the past few years through On Demand Book Service has provided a wonderful learning opportunity for many of our FI students. The On Demand Book Service initiative is a collaborative project between the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto and Keewaytinook Okimakanak developing strategies to support the development of public library services in remote and rural First Nations. 'It has', as Prof Caidi points out 'been above all a wonderful introduction to and opportunity to engage in meaningful and respectful community-based research. We have been working with our community partners in Northern Ontario for several years on various aspects related to the social impacts of technology as well as on community innovation and networking initiatives'. The event on the 29th of March 2010 is a fantastic opportunity to build on this foundation and to engage in discussions surrounding issues of reading and literacy. I must say that I have watched with amazement as Prof Caidi, her colleagues, her contacts, and her students have worked over the past couple of weeks to pull together this event. I am sure that you will agree that linking distributed nodes to create from physically dispersed communities a single virtual community for the day to explore issues of reading in and for First Nations communities in such a short timeframe is quite an achievement for Prof Caidi's team and is a testament to the strong and meaningful relationships she and her colleagues have built over the past few years. I do hope that you will be able to join us for some part of what is going to be an intellectually exciting day. yours Seamus Dr Seamus Ross Dean and Professor Faculty of Information, University of Toronto Telephone: 416 978 3202 Mobile: 416 561 3063 email: seamus.ross at utoronto.ca Skype: seamus.ross -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dave is the past President of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of the American Library Association and won the Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award in 2005 for his contributions to reference librarianship. The presentation will be one hour in length and begins at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific Time. ***************** To Register, complete the online registration form at http://www.tinyurl.com/alctsregistration Fees : Individuals - ALCTS Members: $39; Non-Members: $49 Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $99 The fee includes unlimited access to the webinar recording. For questions about registration, contact Tom Ferren, ALA Senior Registration Coordinator at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4293 or tferren at ala.org. -------------------------- ALCTS Announces Three Webinars on Disaster Preparedness presented by Nancy Kraft: May 12, 2010 - Disaster Preparedness and Planning Are you prepared for a disaster to your collection? According to the Heritage Health Index Report issued by Heritage Preservation in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 78% of us are not prepared, putting over 1.6 billion items at risk in our libraries in the U.S. Preparedness is of utmost importance in the event of a disaster, large or small. Learn about the fundamentals of emergency planning which include identifying key players, assessing risks, establishing collection priorities, and other preparations for protection of your collections. Kraft will discuss tools available for and give tips on overcoming roadblocks to writing a disaster plan. Lessons learned in this session can be applied to any size institution. June 9, 2010 - Disaster Response Once a disaster strikes the knee-jerk reaction is to rush in and save everything. Rushing in without advance planning puts collections at risk of more damage and staff at risk of injury. This session discusses managing a disaster situation and salvaging collections. Topics covered include assessment and planning, working with a vendor and volunteers, handling public relations, and managing collection salvage. A single building incident will be used as a case study to illustrate the implementation of a disaster response effort. Lessons learned in this presentation can be applied to disasters large or small no matter the size of the institution. August 18, 2010 - Continuity of Operations (COOP) After a Disaster Ever thought about what would happen if a disaster struck your institution? Would patrons continue to have access to your online catalog and other e-resources? Will staff continue to be employed? The ultimate goal of any disaster-affected organization is to remain operational. This session will discuss the steps one should take before a disaster to insure continuity of operations and give examples of how institutions continued their services in the aftermath of the Iowa floods of 2008. Lessons learned in this session can be applied to any size institution. Nancy is the Head of Preservation at the University of Iowa Libraries where she is responsible for directing the preservation and conservation of the library collections at the University of Iowa. In 2009 she received the Midwest Archives Conference Presidents' Award for her extraordinary work following the historic levels of flooding that struck Iowa in the summer of 2008. Kraft has assisted in many disaster recoveries, large and small, including the Iowa Floods of 1993 and 2008, the University of Iowa Old Capitol fire, the water soaked State Historical Society of Iowa building, and a mold outbreak in the Law Library's rare book room. Kraft, a past President of the Iowa Library Association, is also active in the American Library Association where she served as Chair of the Preservation and Reformatting Section of the Library Collections & Technical Services Division, 2005-2006. All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific Time. ***************** To Register, complete the online registration format http://www.tinyurl.com/alctsregistration Fees: Individuals - ALCTS Members: $39; Non-Members: $49 Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $99 The fee includes unlimited access to the webinar recording. For questions about registration, contact Tom Ferren, ALA Senior Registration Coordinator at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4293 or tferren at ala.org. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The eflyer is below and the following is a direct >link >http://www.itheroawards.com/ITAC%202010%20eflyer.htm > >If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. > >Kind regards, > >Norvinda Rodger >First Avenue Events >3C-268 First Avenue >Ottawa, ON K1S 2G8 >Tel: (613) 491-4402 >Fax: 1(866) 233-4055 >www.firstavenueevents.com > >Call for Nominations >The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) is seeking >nominations for the 2010 IT Hero Awards, which celebrate and >recognize creative applications of information technology that >significantly improve the lives of Canadians and readily demonstrate >their social and economic benefits. >[] > > > Community IT Hero Award >An individual, group or not-for-profit organization demonstrating a >creative application of IT in improving the lives of Canadians. >Nominate here >(self-nominations accepted). > > Corporate IT Hero Award A for-profit public or privately-owned > business demonstrating a creative application of IT in improving > the lives of Canadians. > Nominate here > (self-nominations are accepted). >[] > >WINNER SELECTION & REWARDS >The Community and Corporate IT Hero Award winners will be selected >from a group of finalists by an independent panel of distinguished >judges, >details >here. The awards will be presented at the Chair's dinner as part of >ITAC's AGM taking place June 22nd, 2010 in Toronto. A profile of >past winners is here. >Awards nomination deadline: May 19th, 2010 - 5 p.m. (EST) >For more information visit >http://www.itheroawards.ca/ or e-mail >info at itheroawards.ca Jane Beaumont / Beaumont & Associates Tel: 613-724-2190 Cell: 613-294-4746 Alternative email address: jbeaumont at ca.inter.net If you think library services are important for Canadians who are blind or partially sighted you might be interested in participating in this important campaign to fund a pan-Canadian accessible library service: http://righttoread.cnib.ca/default.aspx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/cla/attachments/20100329/413e57c7/attachment.html