June 2008
Water Emergency Simulation at UVA
Posted by Alicia on 24 June, 2008 in Preservation
On Friday, June 20th, the University of Virginia brought in Kara McClurken, Preservation Services Librarian, to teach SOLINET’s Disaster Recovery class. A fun time was had by all, as staff from the University, Health Sciences and Law Libraries all participated in a Collections Water Emergency Simulation. The next time a collections water emergency strikes on [...]
Upcoming classes from Educational Services
Posted by Jennifer on 23 June, 2008 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
Fundamentals of Book Repair
07/22/2008 - 07/23/2008, 8:00am-5:00pm EST
Florida State University
Basic MARC Tagging for Serials (Live Online)
07/22/2008 - 07/23/2008
Distance Education, 10:00am-12:00pm EST two consecutive days
The Library As Place (Live Online)
07/22/2008, 10:00am-12:00pm EST
Distance Education
Local Holdings Maintenance Basics (Live Online)
07/22/2008 - 07/23/2008, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST two consecutive days
Classroom Management for Librarians (Live Online)
07/23/2008 - 07/24/2008, 10:00am-12:00pm two consecutive days
Distance [...]
New Tool to Assess Physical Condition of AV Materials
Posted by Alicia on 23 June, 2008 in Preservation
Columbia University Libraries has developed and tested a tool to inventory and assess the physical condition of audio and moving image materials. This survey tool is designed for use by librarians and archivists who are not media experts. It provides a mechanism to develop preservation priorities by recording quantities and types of audio and moving [...]
Reserve & conserve
Posted by Jennifer on 23 June, 2008 in Uncategorized
With the gas prices soaring, there’s a reason to turn to a greener car but here is another. On my recent trip to Jackson Mississippi for the Technical Services roundtable, I rented a Prius from Hertz’s Green Collection. From Atlanta to Jackson to New Orleans back to Atlanta I fueled up twice! Talk about conservation.
The [...]
NCSU Special Collections Staff Member Wins Several Prestigious Awards
Posted by Jennifer on 19 June, 2008 in Awards, Library News, Preservation
Judy Allen Dodson, the Administrative Support Associate in the NCSU Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center, has been awarded the Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship for Minority Students by the Midwest Archives Conference (MAC). The scholarship provides financial assistance to students pursuing graduate education in archival administration and encourages ethnic diversification of the profession. The award is [...]
Upcoming classes from Educational Services
Posted by Jennifer on 17 June, 2008 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
Cataloging for Non-Catalogers (Live Online)
07/15/2008, 10:00am-12:00pm EST
Webjunction: Using TechAtlas to Manage the Technology in Your Library (Live Online)
07/15/2008, 10:00am-11:00am EST
Caring for Scrapbooks (Live Online)
07/16/2008, 10:00am-12:00pm EST
Open Access, Repositories, and More.. (Live Online)
07/16/2008, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST
Preservation of Photographic Materials (Live Online)
07/17/2008, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST
IPI Needs Your Help!
Posted by Alicia on 13 June, 2008 in Preservation
The Image Permanence Institute at the Rochester Institute of Technology (IPI) is conducting a survey to quantify institutional experiences with digitally printed materials (books, documents, ephemera, photographs, etc). The results of this survey will help to provide you with the guidance and tools you need to care for these modern materials. The questionnaire should take 5 [...]
Free online information seminars featuring SOLINET members
Posted by Jennifer on 10 June, 2008 in Educational Services, Librarians, Technology
The SirsiDynix Institute is providing FREE access to industry-leading speakers and events, to support librarianship and advance the work of librarians around the world.
The SirsiDynix Institue has planned a biweekly Web conference where presenters will share their expertise in order to enhance your understanding of current topics especially those important to librarians.
This week’s speaker [...]
5 myths about online education
Posted by Jennifer on 9 June, 2008 in Educational Services
Russell Palmer, a SOLINET instructor, discovered a recent article on MSN Encarta by Christina Couch. Her article outlines 5 myths about online education.
Russell decided to explore these five myths, and share how they do (or do not) apply to the live online classes we offer via Educational Services at SOLINET:
1. Online students lack [...]
NHPRC’s Archives Basic Projects Grant
Posted by Alicia on 4 June, 2008 in Preservation
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission staff will
hold a conference call on July 1, 2008 to answer questions about its
Archives: Basic Projects grants.
In brief, the Commission developed this category because it “is
particularly concerned that some historical collections in archives
and repositories are difficult for most researchers to find because
they are not [...]