January 2009
Featured Class of the Week, Part 2: Preservation Management
Posted by Kara on 28 January, 2009 in Preservation
Preservation Management
Looking to take your preservation program to the next level? Do you want to learn how to assess the needs of your collections, survey collections to determine priorities, and work preservation into everyday workflows?
Our three day, live online class will give you the tools and resources to conduct surveys, develop preservation policies, assess [...]
Public Libraries & Hurricane Response: Eppes Lecture/Discussion
Posted by Alicia on 28 January, 2009 in Preservation, Uncategorized, disaster
Public Librarians Response to Hurricanes: Lessons, Issues and Strategies
February 20, 2009, 12:30-2:30pm, Louis Shores Building Auditorium 006
Rebecca Mitchell, Director, Alabama Public Library Service
Judith Ring, Director, State Library and Archives of Florida
Peggy D. Rudd, Director and Librarian, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Mary Ellin Santiago, Manager, SOutheastern Library Network (SOLINET) Gulf Coast Libraries Project
Sharman B. Smith, [...]
Darby Free Library May Have to Shut Doors
Posted by Laura on 27 January, 2009 in Communications
The Darby Free Library, which was founded in 1743 and is believed to be the oldest continuously operating public library in America, will be forced to close its doors at year’s end if somebody doesn’t write a big check or a lot of little ones.
It would be a shame if this old library closed. It [...]
Featured class of the week!
Posted by Jennifer on 27 January, 2009 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
SOLINET’s Featured Class of the Week brings you:
Digital Collections: Where to Begin?
(offered Live online on Friday Feb. 27, 10:00-12:00)
Would you like to build a digital collection, but don’t really know what’s involved? This class will help you figure out some of the basic issues that lay the groundwork for a first project. You’ll learn about defining [...]
Resources to help individuals prepare for and recovery from disasters
Posted by Kara on 27 January, 2009 in Preservation, Uncategorized, disaster
Does your family have a personal disaster plan? Do you know where you would all meet up if forced to evacuate your home? What would you do with your pets?
SOLINET Preservation Services has added a resource page for individuals who want to protect their homes and family from disasters.
Featured on this resource page are links [...]
Upcoming SOLINET classes!
Posted by Jennifer on 26 January, 2009 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
The following classes are scheduled soon! Please don’t forget that we have a discount for enrolled students. Just fax us a copy of your student id when you register and save!
FRBR: What is it and Why Does it Matter to Me and My Users? (Live Online)
02/24/2009, 10:00am-12:00pm EST
Demonstrating Value Evaluating Library Services (Live Online)
02/24/2009 - [...]
Great News! Five New Orleans city libraries to be rebuilt starting in April
Posted by Laura on 23 January, 2009 in Uncategorized
Bigad Shaban / Eyewitness News
WWLTV - Wednesday, January 21, 2009
http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl012109tplibrary.1925d066.html#
Five city libraries shuttered since Katrina will be replaced by brand new buildings with construction beginning in April, a city official told the city council Wednesday.
Randy Richardson, the Recovery Program Manager, said construction would begin on a new Algiers Regional [...]
Upcoming classes from SOLINET!
Posted by Jennifer on 19 January, 2009 in Educational Services, OCLC, Preservation, Upcoming Classes
Evergreen Guided Tour and Demo (Live Online)
02/17/2009, 10:00am-11:00am EST
Understanding Digital Photograghs (Live Online)
02/17/2009, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST
OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics (Live Online)
02/18/2009 - 02/20/2009, 10:00am-12:00pm EST three consecutive days
Basic MARC Tagging for Books (Live Online)
02/18/2009 - 02/19/2009, 10:00am-12:00pm EST two consecutive days
Information Literacy Assessment (Live Online)
02/18/2009 - 02/19/2009 2:00pm-4:00pm EST two consecutive days
Basic Digital Stewardship (Live [...]
OCLC Policy on Record Use Update
Posted by Jennifer on 15 January, 2009 in Cataloging, OCLC
DUBLIN, Ohio, January 13, 2009—OCLC Members Council and the OCLC Board of Trustees will jointly convene a Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship to represent the membership and inform OCLC on the principles and best practices for sharing library data. The group will discuss the Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat [...]
King papers go public with online access!
Posted by Jennifer on 14 January, 2009 in Uncategorized
By GAYLE WHITE, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Scholars and casual researchers can get their hands on important civil rights history — virtually, at least — for the first time today as a major portion of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s papers go public.
Computer access to the documents, which have been digitized and cataloged, will be available [...]