First presented in 2008, this award recognizes new school library leaders. It’s a tangible “Well done!” for those stepping-up, taking-on leadership roles, and getting things done.
Who’s a likely candidate? OELMA members who are. . .
What’s the nomination procedure? Submit the following to OELMA’s office by April 15:
Need application form? Link to the OELMA awards page: http://www.oelma.org/awards/default.asp
Note: Previous OELMA award recipients are not eligible.
Submit Emerging Leader nominations to OELMA’s office by Wednesday, April 15
Vicky Schmarr, Chair
2009 Scholarship & Awards Committee
schmarrv@aol.com
(614) 794-0771
The USO’s Libraries, Learning & Technology 2009 Conference will be the tenth anniversary of Ohio’s premier higher conference, previously known as the Ohio Digital Commons for Education Conference. This year’s conference will deliver all the same great professional development and networking opportunities you’ve come to expect from past conferences, with a focus on:
The Learning, Libraries and Technology Conference will also include keynote speakers, vendor exhibits, technology demonstrations at Innovation Island, and more.
The conference brochure is available for download at: http://www.oln.org/conferences/LLT2009/pdf/LLT09callflyer.pdf.
Are you interested in providing an affordable digital materials collection to your patrons? If yes, contact Nicole Merriman at the State Library of Ohio, nmerrima@sloma.state.oh.us, by Tuesday, December 16, 2008 to inquire about enrolling in the Ohio eBook Project. All libraries in Ohio that can meet the enrollment requirements are welcome to enroll.
The State Library of Ohio launched the Ohio eBook Project (OEP) in summer 2005. Since that time, our project has grown to include thirty-five libraries, nearly 6000 individual titles, and over 8500 copies. This multi-type library, statewide project allows Ohio libraries to provide digital materials to their patrons at a considerable savings because the State Library assumed the project’s start-up cost and pays the monthly maintenance fee. All member libraries add to and share the digital materials collection. Visit the Ohio eBook Project web site, http://ohdbks.lib.overdrive.com, to view our collection.
In order to be included in the Ohio eBook Project, your library will be required to:
* Pay a $1,500.00 one time set-up fee to OverDrive, Inc. OverDrive is our digital materials provider.
* Be SIP/SIP2, Patron API, or RPA complaint. Talk to your ILS vendor if you are not. Upgrading will involve a cost from your ILS vendor. EZproxy is another option we may be able to work with.
* Pledge 1% of your print book and monograph and AV collection budget per year to the OEP collection. If 1% of this portion of your budget is more than $15,000, your contribution will be capped at $15,000 per year. If 1% of your budget is below $500 per year, your contribution must be a minimum of $500. In subsequent membership years, your pledge amount will drop to .5% of this portion of your budget or $500, whichever is more; or $10,000 per year if your first year’s contribution was capped at $15,000.
* Agree that all digital materials will be added to the shared OEP collection.
* In addition to the 1% pledged amount, pay a $1.00 fee for the accompanying MARC record of any title your library purchases that are new titles to the OEP collection.
* Agree that any books your library purchases for the OEP collection will remain in the OEP collection in the event that your library leaves the OEP.
The e-books are in Adobe and Mobipocket Reader formats, e-audio books and e-music are in windows media audio (.wma) files, and e-video is in Windows Media Video format. E-audio, e-music, and e-video are delivered through the OverDrive Media Console software. Mobipocket Reader and Windows media files are not compatible with Apple computers at this time and cannot be used with iPods.
New! With the OverDrive Media Console for Mac, OverDrive MP3 audiobooks can now be downloaded and enjoyed on Macs. The built-in Burn Wizard can be used to burn MP3 audiobooks to CD, and the Transfer Wizard allows quick and easy transfer to Apple devices, including iPods.
Patrons can download the Ohio eBook Project materials from computers in their homes, offices, or at your library if you choose to allow downloading on your computers.
An FAQ is available at http://www.library.ohio.gov/publib/oep_faq.html. If you are interested in joining the Ohio eBook Project for a January 31, 2009 launch, please contact Nicole Merriman by Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at nmerrima@sloma.state.oh.us, or call (800)686-1532.
Call for Papers
2009 Library Research Round Table Forums at ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) will sponsor two Research Forums at the 2009 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL (July 9 – 15). The LRRT Forums are a set of programs at the ALA Annual Conference featuring presentations of LIS research, in progress or completed, followed by discussion. Two LRRT Research Forums are scheduled for 2009, one on general LIS research and one on a more specific topic that will emerge as we evaluate the submissions. The two forums are:
Research to Understand Users: Issues and Approaches
This session will feature three library-related research papers investigating users and their use of libraries and information. An LRRT committee will select the winning papers based on quality of study design, significance of the research topic, and potential for significant contribution to librarianship.
Four-Star Research
This session will feature three library-related research papers describing studies of libraries and librarianship. An LRRT committee will select the winning papers based on quality and creativity of study design, significance of the research topic, and potential for significant contribution to librarianship.
This is an opportunity to present and discuss your research project conducted in the broad area of library and information science or in a more specialized area of the field. LRRT welcomes papers emphasizing the problems, theories, methodologies, or significance of research findings for LIS. Topics can include, but are not limited to, user studies and user behavior, electronic services, service effectiveness, organizational structure and personnel, library value determination, and evaluation of library and information services. Both completed research and research in progress will be considered. All researchers, including practitioners from all types of libraries, library school faculty and students, and other interested individuals are encouraged to submit proposals. LRRT Members and nonmembers of LRRT are invited and welcomed to submit proposals.
The Committee will use a blind review process to select a maximum of six projects, three for each of the two forums. The selected researchers will be required to present their papers in person at the forums and to register for the conference. Criteria for selection are:
1. Significance of the study to library and information science research;
2. Quality and creativity of the methodology;
3. Potential to fill a research gap or to build on previous LIS studies;
4. Adherence to submission requirements (see below).
Please submit a two-page proposal by Friday, December 19, 2008. Late submissions will not be considered, and submissions must be limited to two pages in length. On the first page, please list your name(s), title(s), institutional affiliation(s), and contact information (telephone number, mailing address, and email address). The second page should NOT show your name or any other identifying information. Instead, it must include: 1) The title of your project, and 2) A 500-word abstract. The abstract must include a problem statement, problem significance, project objectives, methodology, and conclusions (or tentative conclusions for work in progress), and an indication of whether the research is in-progress or completed. Previously published research or research accepted for publication by December 19, 2008, will not be considered.
Notification of acceptance will be made by Monday, February 27, 2009. Please send submissions (via email or snail mail) to:
Larry Nash White, Ph.D.
Library Research Round Table Chair-Elect
Assistant Professor
1108 Joyner Library
Department of Library Science
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858
Phone: 252-328-2315
Email: whitel@ecu.edu
“Teen Tech Week,” American Library Association, October 24, 2008.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teentechweek/ttw09/home.cfm (Accessed November 06, 2008)
Document ID: 517487
Registration is now open! Last year, more than 1,500 libraries across the U.S. registered for Teen Tech Week.
Teen Tech Week 2009, which will be celebrated March 8-14, is about connecting teens with different technologies, especially those available through the library. Teens can literally press play on digital devices such as mp3 players, DVD players, gaming controllers and more. Press Play @ the library can be interpreted broadly to make it work for you in your own library. One way to interpret the theme is to emphasize the word “play.” Play can be about teens creating and sharing their own content for the fun of it, like videos, music, and digital artwork. Play through games can be encouraged with tournaments, tech trivia contests, and video games. The theme can also take a more educational direction. Teens can “press play” on various digital devices to learn more about the world around them. They can press play to watch film documentaries, listen to an audiobook, get online homework help, learn a new language and more. YALSA encourages librarians and educators to be creative and take the theme in a direction that works for them and their teens!
Teens, in order to gain the skills necessary to compete in today’s job market, need access to digital and online information and trained professionals who can help them use these resources effectively, efficiently and ethically. Librarians and educators know this and work with teens on a regular basis to ensure they develop these skills. Teen Tech Week is a chance for libraries to throw open their physical & virtual doors and show their communities all the great things they’re doing for teens with technology.
Teen Tech Week is a national initiative sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association and is aimed at teens, their parents, educators and other concerned adults. The purpose of the initiative is to ensure that teens are competent and ethical users of technologies, especially those that are offered through libraries such as DVDs, databases, audiobooks, and videogames. Teen Tech Week encourages teens to use libraries’ nonprint resources for education and recreation, and to recognize that librarians are qualified, trusted professionals in the field of information technology. Teen Tech Week began in 2007 and has a general theme of Get Connected @ your library.
Teens’ use of nonprint resources has increased dramatically in recent years, yet more teens are doing this from home instead of the library. According to a recent study by Harris Interactive, in 2005, 86% of youth aged 8-18 have a computer in their home, and 74% have Internet access in their home. On average, 8-18 year olds spend 6 hours and 21 minutes per day using media (including TV, video/DVDs/movies, video games, audio media, computers and print media). Furthermore, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 71% of teens report that the Internet is their primary source for completing school projects. Yet multiple studies have shown that the majority of teens lack the critical thinking skills and technical expertise to use the Internet and other electronic resources effectively. Teens need to know that the library is a trusted resource for accessing information and that librarians are the experts who can help them develop the skills they need to use electronic resources effectively and efficiently.
Resources for Librarians about Online Social Networking
Teens and Social Networking in School and Public Libraries Toolkit (PDF)
Social Networking: A Guide for Teens (PDF)
Deadline: November 20, 2008
The NEA Foundation ( http://www.neafoundation.org/ ), in collaboration with the National Education Association ( http://nea.org/ ), is accepting applications for Books Across America Library Books Awards. The program will make awards of $1,000 each to public schools working to provide economically disadvantaged students with new books in their school libraries. http://www.neafoundation.org/programs/BAAawards2008.htm
Copyright (c) 2000-2008, the Foundation Center. All rights reserved. Permission to use, copy, and/or distribute this document in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes without fee is hereby granted provided that this notice and appropriate credit to the Foundation Center is included in all copies. RFP Bulletin (October 24, 2008)
– Library Journal, 10/22/2008
Library Journal has extended the deadline for its Librarian of the Year Award to November 17, 2008. The award honors a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the loftiest service goals of the library profession. Nominating letters should name the candidate and describe in 500 words or less why the nominee is deserving of recognition. Supporting letters and accompanying material will be considered, but the nominating letter itself will be of prime importance.
Any working professional librarian in any type of library anywhere in North America (United States, Canada, Mexico) is eligible. People nominated in previous years are also eligible. Complete instructions are available here.
Send your nominations via email, or mail the nomination and supporting materials to:
Librarian of the Year
Library Journal
360 Park Avenue South.
New York, NY 10010