September 2007
YALSA offers four online courses this Fall
Posted by Max on 13 September, 2007 in ALA, Social Software, Upcoming Classes
YALSA is offering four online courses this fall:
“Booktalks Quick and Simple,”
“New Technologies and New Literacies for Teens,”
“Reaching Teens with Gaming” and
“YALSA Competencies Live.”
“Booktalks Quick and Simple” and “Reaching Teens with Gaming” will run October 1 to October 31; “New Technologies and New Literacies for Teens” and “YALSA Competencies Live” will run October 1 to November [...]
Indic Script Converter
Posted by Max on 10 September, 2007 in Cataloging
INDscripteR, a multi-lingual conversion software for Indic languages, developed by D.K. Agencies (P) Ltd. has been released. It is a tool for libraries to convert Romanized text into the original script of the language, which can then be added to tag 880 of MARC 21 record.
Tag 880 denotes Alternate Graphic [...]
What is your approach to Information Literacy? How do you Care for Scrapbooks?
Posted by Max on 10 September, 2007 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
Upcoming classes in October:
Metadata for Digitization and Preservation (Live Online)
Date/Time: 10/10/2007, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Library as Place (Live Online)
Date/Time: 10/10/2007, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Podcasting for Libraries (Live Online)
Date/Time: 10/10/2007, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Caring for Scrapbooks (Live Online)
Date/Time: 10/11/2007, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Practical Approaches to Information Literacy (Face to Face at The [...]
That’s Hot: UK Library on the cover of the Chronicle!
Posted by Max on 6 September, 2007 in Academic Libraries, Library News
This is the type of pin-up that librarians love: The cover of a major magazine/journal. No it’s not Nancy Pearl. No it’s not Stephen Abram. It’s the University of Kentucky’s beautiful William T. Young Library.
From the article:
Young Library houses the general undergraduate collection and social science, humanities, business, [...]
SOLINET is Honored For Gulf Coast Libraries Project
Posted by Laura on 5 September, 2007 in Awards, Grants, Gulf Coast Libraries Project
SOLINET is proud to announce that it has received a certificate of proclamation from Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Mitchell Landrieu for its “Support of Libraries in Hurricane-Affected Areas.”
The proclamation plaque was accepted by SOLINET Executive Director Kate Nevins (left), seen here with Rebecca Hamilton, SOLINET board member and State Librarian for the State Library of Louisiana.
SOLINET [...]
Living the Southern Life — For Free
Posted by Laura on 4 September, 2007 in Electronic Databases, Products and Services
Southern Life, a unique product developed especially for SOLINET members by Thomson Gale is available now for a free 30-day trial. It contains millions of full-text articles gathered from actual searches through Thomson Gale material on topics that directly relate to Southern living, both past and present, including people, [...]
Have An Overdue Library Book? If You’re in Hinds County, You’re in Luck
Posted by Laura on 4 September, 2007 in Library News, Public Libraries
If you have overdue books, CDs or DVDs that you’ve checked out from the Jackson-Hinds County Library System, you have a few days to return your items without paying a fine.
In an effort to retrieve the nearly 90,000 items that have been checked out before May 31 and not returned, the library system is offering [...]