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The Alberta Library Online receives ALCTS Collaboration Award
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CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services ( ALCTS) has chosen The Alberta Library Online: The Alberta Group Catalogue as the recipient of the ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation for 2014. The Outstanding Collaboration...
Madeline Kelly awarded Jan Merrill-Oldham Travel Grant
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CHICAGO — Madeline Kelly, collection development support specialist at George Mason University, has been awarded the 2014 Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant. The Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant is given by the Preservation...
ALCTS' Piercy Award to Patrick Carr
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CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services ( ALCTS) has named Patrick Carr, assistant director for acquisitions & collection management, Joyner Library at the East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., the winner of the 2014...
Exciting preconferences from ALCTS during Annual Conference in Las Vegas
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CHICAGO — Exciting preconferences are coming your way during this year's 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Annual Conference in Las Vegas from the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services ( ALCTS). From Fundamentals of Collection...
ALCTS President Genevieve Owens appointed director, Williamsburg Regional Library
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CHICAGO — The Williamsburg (Va.) Regional Library Board of Trustees has named Genevieve S. Owens library director, effective March 1, 2014. She is the current president of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services ( ALCTS), a division...
91´«Ã½ Store at PLA Conference in Indianapolis
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CHICAGO — Take time at PLA 2014 Conference to see what’s new at the 91´«Ã½ Store, located at booth # 1319 near the center of the exhibit hall. With plenty of new and bestselling items available, you’ll want to make sure to carve out some time in your...
FY2013 Preservation Statistics Survey now open
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CHICAGO —The FY2013 Preservation Statistics Survey, a project to document and analyze the preservation activities of cultural heritage institutions in the United States, is now available. Any U.S. library conducting preservation activities may complete...
James Reilly receives Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award
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CHICAGO — James M. Reilly, director of the Image Permanence Institute (IPI) at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), is the recipient of the 2014 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award, given annually by the Association for Library...
HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award to Jenica P. Rogers
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CHICAGO —The Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has selected Jenica P. Rogers, director of libraries, State University of New York Potsdam, to receive the 2014 HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library...
First Step Award to Chris Bulock
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CHICAGO —The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) congratulates Chris Bulock, electronic resources librarian at Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville, as the recipient of the 2014 First Step Award — A Wiley Professional...
2014 Cunha/Swartzburg Award to Thomas F.R. Clareson
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CHICAGO – The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services’ (ALCTS) Preservation and Reformatting Section for the Hollinger Metal Edge-sponsored George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Preservation Award has selected Thomas F. R. Clareson as the...
Lu and Chambers article wins Swanson Best of LRTS Award
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CHICAGO — Wen-Ying Lu, cataloging librarian, Access Services, San Mateo County Library (formerly of the University of Colorado, Boulder), and Mary Beth Chambers, director of catalog & metadata services, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, have been...
A LITA guide to makerspaces
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CHICAGO — Spaces that have been designed to allow users to create, build and learn new projects and technologies, makerspaces employ a variety of tools such as 3-D printers, AutoCAD design software and even open-source hardware like Arduino Kits...
ALCTS webinar focuses on public libraries and MOOCs
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CHICAGO — ALCTS is offering "MOOCs and the Public Library: An Opportunity," a webinar on Feb. 26. Presenter, Dorothy Pawlowski will discuss opportunities for public libraries to promote lifelong learning by becoming meet-up destinations for Massive Open...
Anne R. Kenney wins 2014 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award
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CHICAGO — Anne R. Kenney, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell University, has been named the 2014 winner of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. Kenney will receive a cash award and citation during the 2014 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in Las Vegas...
Hosting a Preservation Week® Event: a free webinar from ALCTS
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CHICAGO — Hosting an event in a discipline you are not too familiar with can be daunting. What topic do you choose? Who can you find to speak? What if someone asks a question after the event and you don't know the answer? The Preservation Week website is...
Apply now for John Cotton Dana Award — eight $10,000 grants available
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CHICAGO — The 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is now accepting submissions for the John Cotton Dana Award (JCD). The award, which is managed by the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), a division of 91´«Ã½, honors outstanding library...
Introverted leadership topic of ALCTS President’s Program in Las Vegas
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CHICAGO — Dr. Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, an Atlanta-based author, international speaker and executive coach hailed as a “champion for introverts,” is the featured speaker at the President’s Program of the Association for Library Collections & Technical...
LLAMA leadership development seminar helps you discover your leadership style
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CHICAGO — When you think of a leader, who comes to mind? Mahatma Gandhi? Nelson Mandela? Steve Jobs? What about you? Do you see yourself as a leader? Or can’t you imagine ever being a director? Everyone has the potential for leadership, but it can be...
91´«Ã½ creates institutional repository
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CHICAGO – The 91´«Ã½ in collaboration with the University of Illinois is creating its own institutional repository (91´«Ã½IR). An institutional repository by definition is a digital repository for collecting, preserving and...