Alicia
Upcoming classes from SOLINET
Posted by Alicia on 29 September, 2008 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
Map cataloging
10/27/2008
Prince William Central Library, Virginia
9:00am-4:00pm EST
Security Alert! How to protect people, property and collections (Live online)
10/27/2008-10/28/2008 2:00pm-4:00pm EST two consecutive days
Cataloging 101 with MARC & AACR2
10/28/2008-10/29/2008 9:00am-4:00pm EST two consecutive days
SOLINET, Atlanta Georgia
Preservation and salvage of audiovisual materials (Live online)
10/28/2008 10:00am-12:00pm EST
OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing basics (Live online)
10/28/2008-10/30/2008 10:00am-12:00pm EST three consecutive days
Latino Cultural [...]
Information Institute Launches Public Library Community Hurricane Preparedness & Recovery Project
Posted by Alicia on 22 September, 2008 in Preservation, disaster
Background: Florida State University’s Information Use Management & Policy Institute has been awarded a grant to assist communities to better prepare for and recover from hurricanes by better utilizing public libraries. Note the emphasis on how can a public library help their community rather than how can the library restore itself. See a project summary, [...]
FSU Hurricane Project Featured on LibraryJournal.com
Posted by Alicia on 9 September, 2008 in Preservation, disaster
Hurricane preparedness is on everyone’s mind these days. SOLINET’s Preservation Services offers information and training for libraries, archives and other cultural institutions in preparing for hurricanes and other disasters that might affect their collections. However, libraries also play a role in supporting their communities during and after a major disaster. Until now, no one has [...]
Congrats! National Film Preservation Awardees
Posted by Alicia on 13 August, 2008 in Preservation, Uncategorized
Congratulations to SOLINET members who won National Film Preservation Awards this spring:
Emory University - William Levi Dawson Collection (1953-71), seven home movies by the African American composer who founded the Tuskegee School of Music.
University of Georgia - Max Moore Home Movie Collection (1942–52), footage from “King Biscuit Time,” one of the first radio shows to [...]
Strategies for Winning Your E-Records Battles
Posted by Alicia on 11 August, 2008 in Preservation
NARA’s Southeast Region is presenting a records management conference at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on September 9, 2008 entitled: Strategies for Winning Your E-Records Battles: Case Studies in Effective Records Management. The program will also explore real-life case studies and e-record challenges. Comprised of speakers from NARA, other Federal agencies, and the private sector–four panels [...]
Caring for CDs and DVDs
Posted by Alicia on 18 July, 2008 in Preservation
The National Preservation Office (NPO) is pleased to announce the publication of ‘Caring for CDs and DVDs’. This guidance leaflet can be downloaded at http://www.bl.uk/services/npo/publicationsleaf.html.
Free printed copies are available on request. This leaflet has been produced in partnership with Collections Link (www.collectionslink.org.uk).
Upcoming classes from Educational Services
Posted by Alicia on 7 July, 2008 in Educational Services, Upcoming Classes
Conflict Resolution in the Workplace (Self-Paced)
08/04/2008-8/31/2008
Introduction to the Authority File (Self-Paced)
08/04/2008-8/31/2008
Under Construction! Preservation Concerns during Construction and Renovation (Self-Paced)
08/04/2008-8/31/2008
Using the OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing Direct Request Service (Self-Paced)
08/04/2008-8/31/2008
XHTML: The Future of Web Design (Self-Paced)
08/04/2008-8/31/2008
Digital Imaging of Library and Archival Materials
08/05/2008 9:00am-4:00pm EST
Host site: SOLINET, Atlanta, Georgia
OCLC Connexion Client Copy Cataloging Skills (Live Online)
08/05/2008 - [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]