May 29, 2012

News From Around the Libraries

University Libraries Labor Management Committee (ULLMC) Meeting Notes
The approved meeting notes from the April 2012 University Libraries Labor Management Committee (ULLMC) have been posted on the Libraries wiki at: https://wiki.lib.umn.edu/ULLMC/MeetingNotes .
- Scott Smith

Staff Tidings and Kudos

Health Sciences Libraries Staff at the Medical Library Association's Annual Meeting
The Medical Library Association's (MLA) Annual Meeting is May 18 through May 23, 2012 in Seattle, WA and many Health Science Libraries (HSL) staff were there sharing our knowledge and expertise, as well as learning from our health science colleagues.
- Jonathan Koffel presented three papers and two posters, as well as teaching a four-hour continuing education course with Layne Johnson.
- Layne Johnson presented two papers, one in collaboration with Jonathan Koffel and Lisa Johnston from Libraries Physical Sciences and Engineering.
- Andre Nault and Jim Beattie presented a paper.
- Nicole Theis-Mahon and Katherine Chew presented a paper.
- Wayne Loftus presented a paper with library colleagues outside of HSL and he's also a member of a team that created an online learning class that won the Medical Library Association/Majors Chapter Project of the Year award.  Wayne also won the MLA Educational Media and Technologies Section Scholarship Grant to support MLA attendance this year.
- Liz Fine is a Medical Library Association Rising Star for 2012/2013 and attended the meeting to begin work on her project with the Federal Libraries section of MLA.

See the full program from the meeting at: http://mlanet.org/am/am2012/pdf/mla12_official_program.pdf .  The Libraries has an impressive group of staff with talents to share.  Congratulations.
- Lisa McGuire and Janice Jaguszewski

John Barneson Published
Congratulations to John Barneson, who has recently published a fantastic article titled, "John Bunyan, Rugged Individual," in The Ephemera Journal.  The article discusses the history of John Bunyan folklore (or "fakelore") in America and highlights many items in the Paul Bunyan Collection of the CLRC.  I encourage everyone to check it out!  Congratulations again, John!

(John Barneson (2012): "John Bunyan, Rugged Individual," The Ephemra Journal, 14:3, 11-16.)
- Shane Nackerud

Upcoming Events

Today!  Library Technology "Encore" Presentation Event
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Room 120, Andersen Library

UMConnect: https://umconnect.umn.edu/r27705911/

Please join us for the exciting, rapid-fire event in which your colleagues, who presented at this year's Library Tech Conference at Macalester College, present an "Encore" summary of their talks.  Each presenter will give an abbreviated version of their tech talk with topics ranging from historic maps to e-books. Here's the complete line-up:
- Archiving research data for access, preservation, and sharing? We can do that, Lisa Johnston
- Black Hats, Farms, and Bubbles: How Emerging Marketing and Content Production Models are Making Research More Difficult, Kate Peterson and Paul Zenke
- Bringing Historic Maps to Life: Adventures in ArcGIS Server and Spatial Scholarship, Ryan Mattke
- Collaborating in New Learning Spaces to Support Students' Research and Technology Training Needs, Kristi Jensen
- Evolving Workflows at the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Digital Library, Greta Bahnemann
- Media Literacy for Libraries 101: What it is, the University of Minnesota Model, and the Criticality of Library Support, Scott Spicer
- Orientation Impossibilities: 780 students in One Day!, Kate Peterson and Andrew Palahniuk
- Short Attention-Span Code: Leveraging Google Apps to Build Custom Solutions, Janet Fransen and Megan Kocher
- Supporting users in their pursuit and use of our e-books: Perspectives from one large academic library, Virginia Bach, Laurel Haycock, Lois Hendrickson, Julie Kelly, Charles Spetland

You can check out the details at: http://z.umn.edu/encore .  Hope you can make it!
- 2012 Library Tech Conference Encore Planning Group: Francine Dupont-Crocker, Lisa Johnston, Scott Spicer

Workshops, Training Sessions, Brown Bags, etc.

Alma Webinar: Analytics

Wednesday, May 30
10:00-11:00 am
Wilson S30B

If you would like to learn more about the analytical capabilities of Alma in providing libraries with usage data, please join us for an Ex Libris webinar:

This session is presented by Dvir Hoffman of Ex Libris. If you cannot attend the S30B viewing, you may register to view it online at:
http://www.eventsvc.com/exlibrisgroup/register/a0cb1577-2067-4836-adaa-1b05e7f037cf
-Sue Koelmel, on behalf of the Alma Leadership Team

Tips and Tricks

Using UMConnect for a Presentation or Meeting
A new guide is available that provides step-by-step instructions for using UMConnect for web presentations, conferences, meetings, and webcasts. To get a copy of the handout, go to Using UMConnect for Presentations. If you have any questions about using UMConnect, contact Jan Roseen (5-1077)
-Jan Roseen

Exhibits at the Libraries

Downstream/Upstream: A Journey Through the Urban Water Cycle
Through Thursday, July 12, 2012
Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library, Rapson Hall
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lib-web/events/university-libraries-exhibits/downstreamupstream-a-journey-t.html

Marquees on Main
Through Friday, June 29, 2012
Gallery, Elmer L. Andersen Library
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lib-web/events/university-libraries-exhibits/marquees-on-main.html

Pacific Encounters (ca. 1250 to ca. 1850)
Through Monday, June 25, 2012
T. R. Anderson Gallery, O. Meredith Wilson Library
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lib-web/events/university-libraries-exhibits/pacific-encounters-ca-1250-to.html

Remembering Angel Island: Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration
Through Friday, June 1, 2012
First Floor Reference Display Cases, O. Meredith Wilson Library
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lib-web/events/university-libraries-exhibits/remembering-angel-island.html

For previous issues, visit the University Libraries Monday Memo blog at: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mondaymemo/ .

The University Libraries Monday Memo editorial policy can be found at: https://wiki.lib.umn.edu/Communications/InternalCommunications .

For items to be included in the University Libraries Monday Memo, please send all announcements to monmemo@umn.edu before 12:00 pm, the preceding Friday.