Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Narrative--Great Reading. Online. FREE!


 
Narrative is a nonprofit organization dedicated to storytelling in the digital age. We invite you to join us and our global audience of more than 170,000 readers who enjoy the works of world-class authors such as Sherman Alexie, Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Joyce Carol Oates, E. L. Doctorow, and many more, including some of today’s best new and emerging talents.

Join Narrative—It’s free, and when you join, receive a VIP pass to Narrative Backstage, where you can read previously unpublished work by accomplished writers and listen to well-known authors read their work and discuss writing and publishing. For an insider view, there’s no better place to be than Backstage.

Narrative features cartoons, graphic stories, essays, audio and video readings and interviews, poetry, art, photography, and more.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Join OCLC this week for a variety of online events!



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OCLC's community initiatives are focused on supporting librarians as they learn and work to improve their users' experiences. This week, OCLC is offering a variety of complimentary Web sessions to help you learn about OCLC WorldShare™ Management Services. 

Join us for these webinars on WorldShare™ Management Services, WorldCat and OCLC Research.

 
 

WorldShare Partnerships that Engage End Users
        
Wednesday, February 20
2:00 pm, Eastern (11:00 am, Pacific)

(NOTE: Portions of this webinar content were presented at the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle.)
Join us to learn how OCLC WorldShare™ can put your library—its identity, collections and services—where they are needed most on the Web.

Register now»

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

OCLC Research Roundup


Thursday, February 21
1:00 pm, Eastern (10:00 am, Pacific)

Join OCLC Research, partners and members for our
first ever Research Roundup webinar. This live online
event willinclude a brief overview of OCLC Research from Eric Childress, Consulting Project Manager, OCLC Research, and an informative and interactive discussion centered around the latest findings from recent reports.

Register now»

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

OCLC WorldShare Management Services Demonstration:
Circulation and Discovery

Thursday, February 21
2:00 pm, Eastern (11:00 am, Pacific)

Find out how WorldShare Management Services provide a new cooperative approach to managing library services, such as integrated acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, patron administration, resource sharing and e-resource management.

Register now»

 
 
 

Join us for a discussion to learn how libraries can work together on broad issues that impact their work.

 
 

Collective Insight: Driven by Shared Data

Friday, February 22
1:00 pm, Eastern (10:00 am, Pacific)

Join us for this live, one-hour online event, featuring Ted Fons, Executive Director, WorldCat Global Metadata, and Kathryn Harnish, Director, WorldShare Network Experience. Ted and Kathryn will lead an interactive discussion of key elements of Alistair Croll's recent OCLC Symposium keynote address.

Participants will brainstorm how libraries can collectively use shared data to gain greater insight and strengthen the services libraries provide.

Register now»

 
 
 
See a complete list of upcoming OCLC online events. The more we share, the better life gets.
About OCLC WorldShare Management Services

The OCLC WorldShare™ Platform facilitates collaboration and app-sharing across the library community, so that libraries can combine library-built applications, partner-built applications and OCLC-built applications. This enables the benefits of each single solution to be shared broadly throughout the library community.

The first services built on this new technical infrastructure are Webscale Management Services, which have been rebranded as OCLC WorldShare™ Management Services, and include circulation, acquisitions and license management applications.

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Lyrasis eGathering


 
Thank you for joining us at eGathering on Thursday, February 7. If you weren't able to make it, we hope you enjoy watching the recording and look forward to having you join us at an upcoming member event soon.
The second annual member meeting was a dynamic event focused on the theme Survive or Thrive: Connecting Libraries and Community, and where we announced our new initiative: LYRASIS Digital. We have received many comments from members who enjoyed the presentations, keynote speaker, Rich Harwood, and the lively Q&A discussion. During the meeting, members participated through the online chat feature, asking questions of the presenters, and using social media to comment. Big thanks to the panelists and video contest submitters, with congratulations to the winner Roanoke South County Library (VA).
Please provide your feedback on the meeting with our online evaluation, which enters you in the chance to win one of three $25 gift cards.
As follow-up to the meeting, we have provided a number of related resources and a link to the recording.
eGathering and Community-Building Resources:
  • To view the recording, please click here. Enter your email address in the center box under Event Registration and the link (Event URL) to the recording will be sent to you via email.
  • In Rich Harwood's speech, he referenced a tool that The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation has created for our members. To access this helpful resource, please click here.
  • To see all of the tweets, search #eGathering on Twitter, and click here to view the comments on Facebook.
  • To continue the conversation and share how you're building community and showcasing digital content, please connect with us in one of many ways:
  • Check out our website for the latest programs, services and offers.
  • If you'd like more information on LYRASIS Digital, our new initiative focused on eContent, please click here or email us.
We look forward to your participation next year at eGathering and hope to see and interact with you soon.
 

 


 

 

 


LYRASIS | 1438 West Peachtree Street, NW | Suite 200 | Atlanta | GA | 30309

Successful Institutional Repositories in Action - free webcast on February 21


Webcast: A Tour of bepress Digital Commons: Successful Institutional Repositories in Action
Date/Time: Thursday, February 21 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern (US)
Register here: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/216192495


In this webinar, Tim Tamminga of bepress Digital Commons will explore the collections and partnerships developing in the Digital Commons user community, including student research and publishing, conferences, symposia, monographs, press imprints, and peer-reviewed journals.  He’ll look further at how libraries are extending the IR’s services campus-wide to faculty, students, centers, institutes, and other academic and administrative units.

We hope you can join us!

All the best,

Ann

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Ann Taylor
Director of Outreach and Scholarly Communications
bepress
ataylor@bepress.com


(510) 665-1200 x174
www.bepress.com

bepress: the frontier of scholarly publishing since 1999


Check out IR success stories on the DC Telegraph at http://blog.digitalcommons.bepress.com

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

FREE Webinar – What Reviewers are Looking for in Preservation and Digitization Grants


Greetings Colleagues,

I trust you’re well. Today I’m celebrating Professor Arthur Lewis of Princeton University. In 1979, he is the first African-American to receive the Nobel Prize in economics, and the first African-American to receive the Nobel Prize in any category other than peace.

FREE Webinar – What Reviewers are Looking for in Preservation and Digitization Grants


Because of your attendance and participation at the HBCU Library Alliance Membership Meeting Pre-Conference and interest in preservation and digitization grants, Tom Clareson, Senior Consultant for Digital and Preservation Services at LYRASIS, will present a free two-hour webinar, “What Reviewers are Looking for in Preservation and Digitization Grants” on Tuesday, February 5th, 2:00 – 4:00 ET.

 

Session Description:  This two-hour webinar will cover what granting agencies and their reviewers are looking for in various parts of grant proposals.  The session will focus on grant topics including development of the methodology/work plan for a grant; project sustainability issues; and impact/evaluation of your grant.  There will be ample time for discussion/chat on specific questions about grants. This session will help you prepare for Spring 2013 grant submission deadlines

 

Attendance is limited to 20, with one participant per institution.  Tom Clareson’s bio is attached to this e-mail.

NOTES

 

This session is designed for individual participation; each individual must register.

 

To register, forward your contact information to me, sphoenix@hbculibraries.org ,no later than Wednesday, January 23rd. Registrants will receive an email confirmation with detailed log-in and set-up instructions at the end of January.  Please contact me if you do not receive a confirmation.

I’m excited about your continued interested in photographic preservation and this training opportunity. Register as soon as possible; I’ll post an e-mail to the list when we’ve reached 20 participants. There may be an opportunity for a second session based on the number of registrants.

 

Respectfully,

 

 

Sandra


 

SANDRA M. PHOENIX

Executive Director

HBCU Library Alliance



800-999-8558, ext. 4820

404-520-0593

Skype: sandra.phoenix1

 

1438 West Peachtree NW
Suite 200

Atlanta,GA 30309

Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS)

Fax: 404.892.7879


Honor the ancestors, honor the children.

 

 

Tom Clareson

 

Thomas F. R. Clareson joined PALINET (which became LYRASIS in 2009 when PALINET, SOLINET, and NELINET merged to form a new organization) in October 2005. Clareson led PALINET’s digital collections creation and management services, preservation services, and consulting activities, and was responsible for establishing new services and funding sources, grant writing, and outreach to the museum and historical society communities.

 

In his current role as Senior Consultant for Digital and Preservation Services at LYRASIS, Clareson consults nationally and internationally on preservation, digitization, special collections/archives, remote storage, funding, and advocacy issues. He has served as a lead consultant on seventeen IMLS “Connecting to Collections” preservation planning grants, where he has run web surveys and focus groups to determine statewide preservation needs. He is also co-leader of the annual “Digital Futures” five-day workshop series, sponsored by King’s College London in the U.K. and Australia.

 

With nearly 20 years of experience in preservation and digitization services, Tom was previously Global Product Manager at OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.; he also served in various capacities at Amigos Library Services, Inc. Tom holds an MLS from Kent State University, an MA from Ohio State University, and a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University. Formerly a representative from the Society of American Archivists to the Joint Committee on Archives, Libraries, and Museums, he currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Heritage Preservation, the national institute for preservation and conservation advocacy. He has taught graduate-level preservation courses for The University of Texas at Austin, University of California-Los Angeles, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.