Attend Code4Lib Midwest, Oct 13-14

University of Iowa is hosting a regional Code4Lib meeting October 13-14. This will be a much smaller meeting than the international meetings that occur in late winter, and even cheaper! There is no registration cost and details are below. Code4Lib is a vibrant, diverse, and informal community of library, museum, and archive technologists. Please talk to me if you think you might be interested or have questions.
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*Code4Lib Midwest 2013
October 13-14
Pappajohn Business Building, University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa*

Please join us Sunday, October 13, and Monday, October 14, in Iowa City for the Code4Lib Midwest 2013 conference! This informal conference will feature short lightning talks, longer presentations, workshops, and breakout discussion sessions covering technology in libraries, archives and museums in the Midwest. A preliminary schedule can be found on the Code4Lib Midwest wiki (http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Midwest).
*
I’m not really a coder. Can I still come to Code4Lib Midwest?*

Absolutely! Code4Lib events are always open to people who don’t think of themselves as coders but who want to learn more about using technology in libraries and cultural heritage institutions. Not all of the talks and breakout sessions will be about “code,” either. Topics like digital preservation, digital media, and metadata are totally fair game at Code4Lib.

*How much does it cost? What are the logistics?*

Nothing! Registration for Code4Lib Midwest is free. Just add your name to the list on the wiki (http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Midwest), and you’re registered. If you don’t have a wiki account and don’t want to sign up for one, e-mail Shawn Averkamp (shawn-averkamp@uiowa.edu) or Emily Shaw (
emily-f-shaw@uiowa.edu) to be added to the list. A block of rooms has been reserved in the Sheraton Iowa City Hotel at $99 per night for Saturday and Sunday nights. More logistical information is available on the wiki.

*How do I propose a talk/workshop/discussion?*

Just add it to the wiki (http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Midwest). We have room for up to 20 presentations (15-20 minutes each) and around 20 lightning talks (5 minutes each), so don’t be shy. We want to hear about what you’re doing.

Hope to see you there!

--The Code4Lib Midwest 2013 Planning Committee

16 free chances to learn something new in June!

Arm your professional development arsenal!  Check out the Open Education Database (OEDb) website, which has posted 16 free webinars relevant to librarians.  All the listed webinars are hosted by a variety of organizations throughout the month of June.  Topic selections include:

• MOOCs (massively open online courses)
• Data-driven decision making
• E-books
• Customer service
• Digital collection development

This is just a taste of the course offerings, so if you don't see anything interesting above, please peruse the comprehensive list here.

Conference Reports: Code4Lib 2013 and CNI Spring 2013 Executive Meeting

Code4Lib 2013

Videos on Archive.org

C4l13 on Lanyrd.com

Starting at the end

Bess Sadler, Creating a Commons

Mark Matienzo, Wielding the whip lightning talk

Jason Casden, My #HuntLibrary at NC State

 Harvesting images from Instagram to see how students are really using new library

James Stuart, Taming Email

Hydra

 Scholarsphere at Penn, making the repository “less janky”

 Avalon at Northwest

Pre-conferences and breakouts I attended: Discovery services (improving service integration), Data visualization using D3, LMS integration (Libguides, LTI), Community ProjectShare Board

Common themes:

 Building communities around shared needs, people who care

 Better testing

 Better use of analytics

 Service transparency and “don’t hate your users”:

   Making ILL more obvious

   Bento search (demo)

   Occam’s Reader: e-book lending using document delivery model   

 Data visualization, e.g. D3.js

 Video, audio discovery

CNI Spring 2013

Executive Roundtable on Author Identity

Plenary, Herbert Van de Sompel

 From the Version of Record to A Version of the Record

   In 2000, spoke on digital environment possibilities. "None of this has really happened, but here we are" still working on these problems.

The Scholarly Record is changing

         Contributors to the scholarly endeavor are taking central stage

         Enabled by:

           Online identities in a variety of portals and social networks

           Contributions to social networks

           Portals(...?)

         Contributors in the periphery

         Contributors take Center (Web) Stage

           rewards and credit for what they can provide

       Surface Your Scholars

         Advocate web presence for scholars:

           professional portals

           academic portals

           asset-oriented portals

           reference portals

           social networks

         Benefits

           increased visibility, metrics for scholar, institution

       1998-2013 15 year evolution

         a true understanding of what the web really means

         fundamentally leveraging web infrastructure

         network of interconnected resources

       It is possible to tackle the challenges today by leveraging existing web architecture

       Proposal: And if we can leverage it here, we can leverage it to solve other problem domains

     Questions response:

     "We need more chaos in the altmetrics area, not less until we can start to identify approaches that work and can be agreed on."

A Toolkit for Digital Research

Kaitlin Thaney, Digital Science, digital-science.com

 FigShare, Altmetric, etc.

Oregon State and U of Oregon digital publishing collaboration

 Could be really beneficial to keep this in mind with main campus or others.

Environmental Scan and User Survey

 Faculty most wanted dedicated time and knowledge about/access to tools

 Students wanted internships and experimental space

   Graduate-level courses are really popular because they allow students *time* to devote to learning the tools.

 Sharing across universities (30 minutes apart)

   Phase 1

     Training

     Credit Courses

     External Grant Consultation and Support

     Speaker Series/ Symposiums

     Internal Digital Scholarship Center Fellowships

   Phase 2

     Increased capacity for projects

       both U's use Hydra, Drupal, eventually Scaler(?)

 Goals for 2013

   Foster community of digital scholars

     Access to AWS has been very popular with students - library has account "We can spin up a VM for you on demand where you can experiment."

 Core Values

   Agility

   Collaboration

New display at Dykes Library!

Come check out our new "eye" catching June display celebrating Vision month!

NLM Professional Development Awards

Are you interested in attending a conference or workshop that you may not have attended before?  The National Libraries of Medicine, Mid-Continental Region, is giving out four professional development awards of up to $1,500 each for the 2013-2014 year.  These awards are geared toward librarians' continued education in the field and proposals must meet some basic requirements:

• Before you apply for the Professional Development Award, please work with your administration to determine, 1) what would be applicable for your position, 2) how it can benefit your institution, and 3) your responsibility within your institution to share your experiences with higher level administration. Document these items in your application. (Question #6)
• Attendance at the conference must take place before April 30, 2014.
• Funds can be used for registration and/or travel.
• This award is intended for educational purposes only, and not for use with professional organization officer/committee commitments.
• Your responsibility to the Mid-Continental Region will be to share your experiences through a newsletter article, presentation, or a way mutually agreed upon with the NN/LM MCR.
• Recipients for the 2013-2014 year will be targeted toward four librarians.
• The applicant's institution must be a Full Network member of the Mid-Continental Region and the applicant must hold a health science library position.

For more information and to see past years' winners, go here.

Interested in applying?  Then, go forth and good luck!

Currently seeking Book Club hosts and hostesses - could this be you?!

Read any good work-related books lately?  Want to shout out from the rooftops what an inspiring read it was?  Or maybe a title has caught your eye but you forgot about it while you were doing 10 other things at the same time?   Well, now is your chance to get on board with the library's book club!  We are looking for 4 people to lead sessions throughout the next fiscal year.  Don't want to lead a session yourself?  Consider a co-leader! The requirements are simple:

1. An interesting book title that is relevant to professional/personal development or focuses on workplace-related themes and popular topics.
2. Keep the budget for books $125 and under (per session).  This may mean finding creative ways to obtain the book if it's a relatively new release and you have more people signed up to read it than the budget can accommodate. 

Past titles that have been discussed in book club:

1. Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
2. Inside Apple by Adam Lashinsky
3. Go Put Your Strengths to Work!  by Marcus Buckingham
4. This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson (current selection)

That's it!  Simple, right?  So what are you waiting for?  Peruse the guidelines for the book club if interested, and then sign up for the session you want to lead here! The next session starts in July, so don't delay - sign up today!

MLA 2013: NLM Theater Presentations

The NLM exhibit booth at the Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association featured theater presentations to bring users up-to-date on several NLM products and services.  

These were recorded and posted on the NLM site.  They are 15-30 minute videos.  Take a look:  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj13/mj13_mla_theater_ppt.html

Update from PD Budget team! Read carefully!

The Professional Development Budget Team (Stacey and Rachel G.) would like to make a few important announcements:

•  If you are planning to request funds between now and June 30 (for travel, mileage reimbursements, workshops, etc.), please get those requests to us no later than Monday, May 6.  To make a request, follow this link and select “add a new request". It is very important we get an accurate assessment of all anticipated expenses coming due before the end of the fiscal year.

• We have requested a slot on the agenda for the May 14 all-staff meeting, and will be contacting some of you to provide a brief update on your recent professional development activities. 

•  Stacey is working on a wiki page to outline some details regarding the Book Club, in part to help us determine how much money to set aside for this popular activity in the new fiscal year (which starts July 1st, 2013!).  Page is still under development but the underlying guidelines should stay the same so please take a moment to visit it and familiarize yourself with the process if you are interested in leading a book club session.

If you have any feedback or questions, please let us know.  Thanks!

Free Library Science MOOC opportunity

The School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University will offer a free MOOC (massive online open course) this fall. The name of the course is  "Hyperlinked Library MOOC," with this description from the course's website: 

The term “Hyperlinked Library” describes how our connected world is transforming 21^stCentury libraries into participatory, playful, and user-centered spaces while upholding traditional values. It encompasses both physical and virtual space, as well as many types of libraries.

The Hyperlinked Library MOOC will examine various participatory theories of library service, the impact of emerging technologies on libraries, and the growing focus on a creation/curation culture. Students will explore the definition of participatory service, some key trends that impact the Hyperlinked Library model, and examine what the shift means for libraries and information work in today's digital information age.

Students will experience an interactive online learning environment via a wide range of tools and diverse materials (e.g., freely accessible readings, recorded presentations from practitioners, and online videos). Students will be encouraged to explore these resources and engage with peers and instructors, heightening their learning and taking full advantage of this professional development opportunity.

SJSU SLIS assistant professor Michael Stephens developed and created the Hyperlinked Library course over the last few years, drawing on experiences working with libraries located across North America and internationally, including Germany, Australia, Turkey, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. He will pull in global experts and resources as part of the Hyperlinked Library MOOC learning experience.

They currently have an interest list for people who may be interested in participating. You can find out more information on how to get on the list, and other course information here.

The KCLLE is looking for YOU!

Have you ever wanted to spend time in another library, just to check out how their processes differ from our processes, or how they might approach a project you are interested in pursuing? The Kansas City Local Library Exchange is an opportunity newly at your disposal, allowing you to see how other libraries in the metro area operate, and meet and network with new colleagues in the process. 

Once on the KCLLE website, you can browse through a list of participating libraries, seeing which library is best suited to your interests. (Right now the list of participating libraries is small, but we expect to see that number grow in the coming weeks and months.) You then fill out the application form, and wait to hear back from your library of interest. The two of you then decide on the best date for the visit and what you hope to gain from the visit. Once it is completed, you will submit a report on your visit to the site, so others can share in what you’ve learned and perhaps be inspired to make their own visit. 

If you have any questions about the process or what to expect, please contact either Lynn, Rachel G., Ron, Brad, Christina, or me, and one of us will be thrilled to get you started!

In The Mix

In the Mix 

 Saturday, April 20, 1-4 p.m.
University of Kansas, Edwards Campus

Regnier Hall Lobby
127th St. & Quivira
Free event

A National Library Week celebration for any Librarian or Library Staff member in any type of library. Library associations, library schools, and other library related organizations will participate to showcase the benefits of their programs, services, and how they are adding value to their communities.

A great networking opportunity for any librarian, Library Staff member, or other information professionals, students, researchers and interested members of the community. Participants include HSLNKC (Health Sciences Library Network of Kansas City); KLA (Kansas Library Association); MLA (Missouri Library Association); ESU SLIM; MU SISLT; and SLA KWM. Other interested organizations are welcome.

Please invite members in your associations and libraries. The public is also invited.
Free parking (enter on 127th St)
Refreshments will be served.

http://kwm.sla.org/2013/04/in-the-mix/


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Upcoming NN/LM webinars

Thanks for passing this on, Rachel V!

1. EDUCATION: Highlights of EScience Conference and Disaster Communication Summit - April 10, 1:00 MT/2:00CT

"Catch the Highlights" - Professional Development Award winners will be "sharing back" information on conferences attended:

• Ben Harnke and Alissa Fial  - EScience Conference
• Sheryl Williams - Disaster Communication Summit

URL: webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr2/ Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone,  Login: as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you've logged in. Captioning will be provided.  Questions tommagee@unmc.edu. (mm)

EDUCATION: Breezing Along with the RML Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 10:00 MT/11:00 CT Systematic reviews and practice guidelines: you have researched them, you have read them - now hear from librarians who write them. Join Shandra Protzko and Peggy Cruse from National Jewish Health, Tucker Memorial Library for a lively discussion about their work in the systematic review and practice guideline process.  When you learn how much time and energy is involved - in addition to the over 400 expert searches they logged in 2011 - you will be amazed! Come with questions and your own experiences.  Led by Dana Abbey Winning the Story Wars! - Barb Jones and the Advocacy Bookclub URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr2/ Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone,  Login: as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you've logged in. Captioning will be provided.  Questions tommagee@unmc.edu. (mm)

EDUCATION: EHR's, Meaningful Use, and MedlinePlus Connect - Spotlight! on NLM Resources  Wed. April 24, 2013 -1:00MT/2:00 CT Taking the one-hour class and completing the exercises and class evaluation makes you eligible to receive 1 Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit. This online training is FREE. What's the difference between an EHR, EMR, and PHR?  How does MedlinePlus Connect support meaningful use?  What does it all mean to health sciences librarians?  If you need answers to these questions, then plan to attend our Spotlight Session on "EHRs, Meaningful Use, and MedlinePlus Connect," presented by Rachel Vukas URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr2/ Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone,  Login: as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you've logged in. Captioning will be provided.  Questions tommagee@unmc.edu. (mm)

Webinar: Ambulance Riding Librarian   The April Disaster Information Specialist webinar will be held Thursday, April 11, 2013. The meeting is open to anyone wishing to attend. The topic is "TheAmbulance-Riding Librarian: How Embedded Informationists Help the Responder Community," featuring Kacy Allgood. She was a very popular presenter at the recent Disaster Communication Summit!  In 2012, Kacy Allgood was awarded the Sewell Fellowship for embedded librarians. She currently provides information services to Indianapolis EMS (the largest 911 ambulance service in Indianapolis), the Indiana University Department of Emergency Medicine, MESH (a disaster preparedness coalition), and Indiana Emergency Medical Services for Children. All of these agencies collaborate to provide evidence based pre-hospital care for Indianapolis. Join in her adventures as an ambulance riding librarian and learn how information specialists can contribute to EMS! To join the meeting at 11:30 am MT, 12:30 pm CT, Thursday, April 11, visit https://webmeeting.nih.gov/disinfo. Enter your name in the guest box and click "Enter Room." A pop-up box should appear asking for your phone number. Enter your phone number and the system will call you. If you cannot use this call-back feature, the dial-in information is: Dial-In:  1-888-757-2790 Pass-Code: 745907 /ch

NN/LM Preservation Week Webinar: April 23

From Rachel V.:

As part of National Preservation Week, the National Library of Medicine will sponsor a one- hour webinar on preserving personal digital photos, documents and videos.

A panel of NLM staff including Walter Cybulski from the Preservation and Collection Management Section and Stephen Greenberg, Christie Moffatt, and Ginny Roth from the History of Medicine Division will discuss how to preserve personal digital information.

 

NN/LM Preservation Week Webinar: April 23 

 April 23, 2013 – 3-4 pm EDST

URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/preservationweek2013/

Calling Number: 1-888-850-4523

Participant Code: 825882