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New York State: Weekly News from SCRLC

Posted on August 12, 2011 | Comments Off


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News from SCRLC

8/12/2011

News:

How Students Use Technology-interesting infographic from Education Database Online and Mashable: http://mashable.com/2011/08/10/students-technology-infographic/

AASL designates Wednesday, September 28, 2011, as Banned Websites Awareness Day:

http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=7873

New Pew Study Released August 9:Search and email still top the list of most popular online activities by Kristen Purcell.  “Search and email remain the two online activities that are nearly universal among adult internet users, as 92% of online adults use search engines to find information on the Web, and a similar number (92%) use email. Since the Pew Internet Project began measuring adults’ online activities in the last decade, these two behaviors have consistently ranked as the most popular, even as new platforms, broadband and mobile devices continue to reshape the way Americans use the internet and web. Even as early as 2002, more than eight in ten online adults were using search engines, and more than nine in ten online adults were emailing.  Perhaps the most significant change over that time is that both activities have become more habitual.”  http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Search-and-email.aspx

Upcoming Events:

Assessing Your Library’s Potential for Disasters, Tuesday, September 13, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm. For more information and registration details go to http://scrlc.org/Disasters.

Greening Your Library Webinar, Wednesday, September 21, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. For more information and registration details go to http://scrlc.org/GreeningYourLibrary.

SCRLC Board of Trustees Meeting, Friday, September 23, 9:30am – noon at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.

Quiet Threats, Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 9:30am – 3:30pm. For more information and registration details go to http://scrlc.org/QuietThreats.

Library Camp 2011 – Unconference:  The Library as Space and Place!  Wednesday, September 28, 2011,  8:30am – 3:00pm in Syracuse, New York. For more information and registration details go to  http://scrlc.org/LibraryCamp2011

WebSearch University Conference, October 3-4,2011. For more information on the conference and program schedule, go to: http://www.websearchu.com/Fall2011/. To register and receive SCRLC discount, go to http://www.scrlc.org/WSU2011_DC_Registration.pdf.

Using Copyright to Your Advantage!, Monday, October 10, 2011, 9:30am – 3:30pm. For more information and registration details go to http://scrlc.org/Copyright.

Protecting the Collections, Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 9:30am – 3:30pm. For more information and registration details go to http://scrlc.org/ProtectingCollections.

Internet Librarian 2011 Conference, October 17-19, 2011. For complete information and program schedule on the Internet Librarian Conference 2011, go to: http://www.infotoday.com/il2011/. To register and receive SCRLC discount, go to: http://www.scrlc.org/IL2011RegForm_SCRLC.pdf.

Preservation of Digital Media, Digitized and Online Collections, Tuesday, October 25, 2011; 9:30am – 3:30pm. For more information and registration details go to http://scrlc.org/DigitalPreservation.

SCRLC Annual Meeting, Friday, October 28, 10:00am – 2:00pm in Cooperstown, NY. Details coming soon!

 

Do you have a new colleague working @ your library? Any swap & shop items to advertise? If you have any news or information that you would like us to share with the membership, please send it to Diane Capalongo at dcapalongo@scrlc.org . We will include your news in our next News from SCRLC.

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New York State: Weekly News from SCRLC

Posted on July 15, 2011 | Comments Off
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News from SCRLC

7/15/2011

News:

Summer Hours:The SCRLC office will close at 3PM on Fridays starting today, July 15th,  through Labor Day.

Libraries and the Future of Electronic Content Delivery,  Michael Porter, president of Library Renewal is interviewed by Lisa Carlucci Thomas for American Libraries magazine. They explore how libraries need to stay current with technology and Library Renewal’s plans to assist in this goal.

 

Upcoming Events:

Connecting to Kids!, July 20 or 21, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm, see brochure for location details and registration information: http://scrlc.org/data/1303744305_20110720Connecting_to_Kids.pdf . Registration closes July 13.

Assessing Your Library’s Potential for Disasters, Tuesday, September 13, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm, for more information and registration details go to http://scrlc.org/Disasters

Greening Your Library Webinar, Wednesday, September 21, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. For more information and registration details go to http://scrlc.org/GreeningYourLibrary

Quiet Threats, Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 9:30am – 3:30pm, for more information and registration details go to http://scrlc.org/QuietThreats .

Library Camp 2011 – Unconference:  The Library as Space and Place!  September 28, 2011,  8:30am – 3:00pm in Syracuse, New York. For more information and registration details go to  http://scrlc.org/LibraryCamp2011

 

Do you have a new colleague working @ your library? Any swap & shop items to advertise? If you have any news or information that you would like us to share with the membership, please send it to Diane Capalongo at dcapalongo@scrlc.org . We will include your news in our next News from SCRLC.

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Weekly News from SCRLC

Posted on July 1, 2011 | Comments Off

News from SCRLC

7/1/2011

Upcoming Events:

SCRLC Office Closed, Monday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day.

Online Book Discussion, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Tuesday, July 12, 12 pm – 1 pm. This month’s book discussion will be led by Ann Voorhees, from Cayuga Onondaga BOCES School Library System. The online book discussions are held every other month, generally over lunch. They are a wonderful way to de-stress, add more energy to your day, and share with your colleagues! For more information, please email Mary-Carol Lindbloom at mclindbloom@scrlc.org or Al Oliveras at oliverasa@stls.org .

Connecting to Kids!, July 20 or 21, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm, see brochure for location details and registration information: http://scrlc.org/data/1303744305_20110720Connecting_to_Kids.pdf

News:

SCRLC‘s 2011-2016 Plan of Service is now available online at http://scrlc.org/data/PlanofService20112016.pdf . Printed copies will be mailed to members in the next few weeks.

Text Messaging Reference, Anyone? As you may know, SCRLC works with a national text messaging reference collaborative, My Info Quest. The service uses Text a Librarian for its platform, and there are over 30 libraries participating across the country. Librarians do not have to know how to text to participate—questions are received through a website.

 

SCRLC has automation money to help up to 8 regional libraries join My Info Quest at no charge from now until the end of December. Why text reference? The world has gone mobile, as studies including the Pew Internet & American Life reports, reveal.  For many, texting is outpacing calling.  Collaborating to reach this emerging audience enables participating libraries to do so at a very low cost and risk.  Benefits of collaborative text messaging reference include:

 

· Meeting  users at their point of need;

· Sharing desk shifts (1-2 hours per week);

· Offering the service to users more hours;

· Sharing a website/web design;

· Sharing uniform guidelines/quality assurance/best practices;

· Deeper discounts through cooperative bargaining (annual cost for 2011 was $399);

· Sharing marketing materials & PR strategies;

· Working with a fantastic network of colleagues;

· Presenting the library staff as the techno-savvy, up-to-date professionals they are.

 

For more information or to join, contact Mary-Carol Lindbloom at mclindbloom@scrlc.org .

 

New Pew Internet & American Life Report: Purcell, Kristen. E-reader Ownership Doubles in Six Months:  Adoption rate of e-readers surges ahead of tablet computers. Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, June 27, 2011.

Some findings from the study:

  • “The percent of U.S. adults with an e-book reader doubled from 6% to 12% between November 2010 and May 2011. Hispanic adults, adults younger than age 65, college graduates and those living in households with incomes of at least $75,000 are most likely to own e-book readers. Parents are also more likely than non-parents to own these devices.”
  • “Both e-book reader and tablet computer adoption levels among U.S. adults are still well below that of other tech devices that have been on the market longer. Cell phones are far and away the most popular digital device among U.S. adults today, followed by desktop and laptop computers, DVRs, and MP3 players.”
  • “Further confirming the overall trend toward adoption of mobile devices, this survey marks the first time that laptop computers are as popular as desktop computers among U.S. adults.”

 

Do you have a new colleague working @ your library? Any swap & shop items to advertise? If you have any news or information that you would like us to share with the membership, please send it to Diane Capalongo at dcapalongo@scrlc.org . We will include your news in our next News from SCRLC.

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Why Twitter? What can Twitter do for my library & my professional development?

Posted on June 17, 2011 | Comments Off

Below are the links to all of my pages for a webinar I did For the South Central Regional Library Council in Ithaca, NY. I am posting them here to make them more visible.

 

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Weekly News from SCRLC

Posted on June 10, 2011 | Comments Off

News from SCRLC

6/10/2011

Upcoming Events:

HLSP Meeting, Tuesday, June 14, 10:00 am at Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown and online.

21st Century Customer Service, Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 10:00 am – 1:30 pm EDT. This workshop, being presented by Alan Gray, will be held online. The fee for this webinar is $20 for individuals or $30/ for a group. Detailed information available at http://scrlc.org/21stCenturyCustomerService.

SCRLC Board of Trustees Meeting, Friday, June 17, 9:30am – noon; Ithaca College, Room 052 on the garden level of the Peggy Ryan Williams Center.

YouTube, Videos & Your Library, Wednesday, June 29, 10:00am – 1:00 pm at Steele Memorial Library in Elmira will be presented by Dean Hendrix, University of Buffalo. More details and registration information: http://scrlc.org/Screencasting.

Greening Your Library, Thursday, June 30, 2011, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm, at SCRLC, Ithaca, NY; presented by 2010 Mover &Shaker Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Mid-Hudson Library System in Poughkeepsie, NY. For details and registration information to: http://scrlc.org/GreeningYourLibrary.

Connecting to Kids!, July 20 or 21, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm, see brochure for location details and registration information: http://scrlc.org/data/1303744305_20110720Connecting_to_Kids.pdf

Unconference-Library as Space & Place, July 25, 8:30 am – 3:00pm, at Carrier Circle Best Western, Syracuse. For details and registration information: http://scrlc.org/data/LibCamp2011.pdf

News:

Board Changes: Sarah Weisman from Corning Community College and Aprille Nace from the Corning Museum of Glass were elected by the Board to represent community colleges and special libraries, respectively, until the fall membership meeting.  They are filling vacancies left by Marc Wildman and Mark Steigerwald, who left their positions for other opportunities.  Read more about the Board of Trustees and the by-laws at www.scrlc.org , under “About Us.”

Copyright in the News:
“The Copyright Rebellion: New lawsuits and policies have hobbled teaching and research. Now scholars are pushing back.” Chronicle of Higher Education, May 29.  http://chronicle.com/article/The-Copyright-Rebellion/127719/. There are several associated articles contained in that issue.

Smith, Kevin, J.D. “A Second Front”.  Scholarly Communications @Duke. Duke’s Source for Advice and Information about Copyright and Publication Issues. June 9, 2011. Duke University Libraries. http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2011/06/09/a-second-front/.   Interlibrary loan implications and links to Association of Research Libraries ILL documents are included.

eBooks/eReaders:  eBooks and eReaders in Public and Academic Libraries—a joint eBooks Reader Report released by Poudre River Public Library District, Colorado State University, and Front Range Community College. An excellent, 55-page report.  http://www.poudrelibraries.org/about/pdf/ereader-report-2011extended.pdf . Thanks to Bill Drew’s BilltheLibrarian.com online home for the heads-up!

Do you have a new colleague working @ your library? Any swap & shop items to advertise? If you have any news or information that you would like us to share with the membership, please send it to Diane Capalongo at dcapalongo@scrlc.org . We will include your news in our next News from SCRLC.

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