February 2008
Ryder Winner of LBI Preservation Award
Posted by Alicia on 29 February, 2008 in Preservation
The award was established in 2007 to honor the memory of George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg, early leaders in cooperative preservation programming and strong advocates for collaboration in the field of preservation. The award acknowledges and supports cooperative preservation projects and/or rewards individuals or groups that foster collaboration for preservation goals.
Becky Ryder, Preservation Department Head [...]
“Shelter” Online Guide
Posted by Alicia on 29 February, 2008 in Preservation
The Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education (ARCHE), the Society of Georgia Archivists (SGA), and SOLINET are pleased to present Shelter from the Stormy Blast, an online disaster preparedness guide available in an easy-to-print PDF format.
Please explore the guide today and, because some disasters might involve loss of power and Internet access, print the guide [...]
Learn more about Copyright!
Posted by Max on 27 February, 2008 in Library News
COPYRIGHT: Are you stuck on your next move? Join the Center for Intellectual Property, a trusted source of accessible professional development programming, and learn how to create a winning strategy for managing your creations and the use of third party copyrighted works. Sit down with noted scholars and practitioners exploring the relationship between the U.S. [...]
Upcoming Learning Opportunities
Posted by Max on 25 February, 2008 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
Click on the title of a class to find out more information and pricing.
E-Resource Wrangling: An Introduction to ERMS (Live Online)
3/25/2008, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Podcasting for Libraries (Live Online)
3/26/2008, 20:00 am - 12:00 pm
Introduction to Grants for Preservation (Live Online)
3/26/2008, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Web 2.0: Social Software Applications for Libraries (Face-to-Face, Tampa Bay [...]
Very Green Things
Posted by Max on 22 February, 2008 in Library News, Upcoming Classes
SOLINET is going green. We have already taken steps to be more environmentally friendly, like:
discontinuing our print schedule of classes
offering more classes online so no one has to travel and cause more pollution
cutting back drastically on the amount of paper we use for handouts
eliminating print class evaluation forms (electronic evaluation [...]
How Has the Library Improved Your Health?
Posted by Max on 22 February, 2008 in ALA
Where is a great place to go to find reliable and accurate information about your health? The answer is @ your library.
From now until May 11, Woman’s Day magazine, in conjunction with ALA’s Campaign for America’s Libraries, is collecting stories on how its readers have used the library to improve a family member’s or their [...]
Offerings for the Masses
Posted by Max on 20 February, 2008 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
Check out these upcoming classes!
Basic MARC Tagging for Books (Live Online)
3/18 - 3/19/2008, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Promoting Library Services Using Blogs and RSS (Live Online)
3/18 - 3/19/2008, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Mammoth Materials: How to Preserve Posters, Maps, and More (Live Online)
3/18/2008, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Management 101: Implementation Issues (Face-to-Face, SOLINET offices [...]
First African American Doctor in Georgia
Posted by Alicia on 20 February, 2008 in Black History
Dr. Eliza Ann Grier had once been a slave. She went on to become the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in the state of Georgia. After emancipation, Eliza Grier decided to become a teacher, studying for seven years at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. But she aspired to a career as a [...]
African American Lives 2
Posted by Alicia on 17 February, 2008 in Black History
Building on the widespread acclaim of African American Lives (2006) and Oprah’s Roots (2007), AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES 2 again journeys deep into ancestry of an all-new group of remarkable individuals, offering an in-depth look at the African-American experience and race relations throughout U.S. history. Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns as series host, guiding [...]
Upcoming Learning Opportunities
Posted by Max on 11 February, 2008 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
WorldCat Collection Analysis: Practical Scenarios (Self-Paced)3/10/2008, self-paced so access at your own pace
10 Interactive Information Literacy Teaching Strategies (Live Online)
3/10/2008, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Intermediate Book Repair (Face-to-Face, George Mason University)
3/11 - 3/12/2008, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm (two-day class)
Web 2.0: Social Software Applications for Libraries (Face-to-Face, Nashville Public Library)
3/11/2008, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cataloging [...]