June 11, 2012

News From Around the Libraries

HathiTrust Update
The May 2012 HathiTrust update is now available at: http://www.hathitrust.org/updates_may2012 .  Highlights include activities of the new Board of Governors, new shared location for instructional materials, improvements to full text search, and many other infrastructure and project developments.
- Marlo Welshons, on behalf of the HathiTrust Communications Working Group

May 2012 Libraries Security Committee Meeting Notes Available
The minutes from the May 2012 Libraries Security Committee meeting have been posted at: https://wiki.lib.umn.edu/SecurityCommittee/Minutes.  If you have any questions about the meeting or the committee, contact Del Reed via email at: reedx013@umn.edu or any other committee member.  You can find the current Libraries Security Committee roster at: https://wiki.lib.umn.edu/SecurityCommittee/HomePage .
- Del Reed

Staff Tidings and Kudos

Jon Jeffryes and Meghan Lafferty Published
Jon Jeffryes and Meghan Lafferty recently published, "Gauging Workplace Readiness: Assessing the Information Needs of Engineering Co-op Students," in the open access peer-reviewed section of "Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship," available at: http://www.istl.org/12-spring/refereed2.html .  Their article discusses survey results about the cooperative education workplace experience of University of Minnesota engineering students.  The analysis will inform work in integrating information skills into the engineering curriculum, both here and elsewhere, judging by interest from colleagues at other institutions.  Jon will be speaking about their study at the American Library Association (ALA) 2012 Annual Conference and Exhibition in an Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) SciTech session.  Congratulations to both of them!
- Kristine Fowler

Upcoming Events

Save the Date: July 10, 2012: "Celebrating Research, Writing, and Promotion"
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Room 120, Andersen Library

This event, hosted by The Research and Publications Committee and The Librarian Personnel Committee, will allow Libraries staff to celebrate and share the research and writing they've been working on throughout the year, as well as acknowledge the achievement of our colleagues who have attained continuous appointment or promotion.  All staff are welcome.  There will be refreshments and great ideas... we hope you can attend!

If you would like to share, please sign up at: http://z.umn.edu/researchcelebration .
- Jon Jeffryes, on behalf of the Research and Publications Committee and the Librarian Personnel Committee

Workshops, Training Sessions, Brown Bags, etc.

Virtual Preconference on Shared Collection Management Recordings Available
Recordings of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) virtual preconference, "Local Collections, Collective Context: Managing Print Collections in the Age of Collaboration" are now available to Libraries staff.
 
Note: You will need to have Windows Media software on your computer to view the recordings.   If you receive a Codec Error when playing the recorded file with Windows Media Player, go to: http://www.gotomeeting.com/codec and download the G2M2 codec file for free.  The Codec acts as a patch that allows the recording, which is created with a higher version of Media Player, to play in Media Player version 7.
 
"Shared Collection Management: Collaborative Decision-making," from Monday, June 4, 2012, presented by Doug Way, Grand Valley State University; Dr. Barbara J. Cockrell, Western Michigan University; Rick Lugg and Ruth Fischer, consultants from Sustainable Collections Services.  Session Recording: http://alcts.ala.org/ce/06042012_ACprecon_shared_collections_collaborative_decisions.wmv .  Presentation Slides: http://alcts.ala.org/ce/06042012_ACprecon_shared_collections_collaborative_decisions_slides.pdf .
 
"Shared Collection Management: Bibliographic Aspects," from Tuesday, June 5, 2012, presented by Constance Malpas, Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), and Lizanne Payne, library collections consultant.  Session Recording: http://alcts.ala.org/ce/06052012_ACprecon_shared_collections_bibliographic.wmv .  Presentation Slides: http://alcts.ala.org/ce/06052012_ACprecon_shared_collections_bibliographic_slides.pdf .
 
"Shared Collection Management: Planning and Communication," from Wednesday, June 6, 2012, presented by Samuel Demas, Sam Demas Collaborative Consulting, and Robert Kieft, Occidental College.  Session Recording: http://alcts.ala.org/ce/060612_Shared_Collection_Management_Planning%20and_Communication.wmv .  Presentation Slides: http://alcts.ala.org/ce/06062012_ACprecon_shared_collections_planning_slides.pdf .
- Mary Miller

Webinar: Describing Audio and Video Digital Media With Metadata
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
10:00 am to 11:00 am
Room 120B, Elmer L. Andersen Library

Join webinar series curator Karen Cariani and representatives from AudioVisual Preservation Solutions (AVPS) and Stanford University for an overview of metadata and formats, including the complexity of video metadata, available formats and challenges, and the challenges posed by those complexities.  This presentation will conclude with a wrap up and general overview of video in repositories.
- Erik Moore

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

 



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