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Resources for military families from Preservation Week 2013
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CHICAGO - For Preservation Week 2013, 91´«Ã½ has created a new section on the Preservation @your Library website focusing on issues that military personnel, their families and their friends encounter when they want to save, document or record their family's...
A LITA guide to using web analytics in libraries
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CHICAGO — Whether gathering information for a department report or planning a website redesign, easy access to meaningful, actionable data is critical. In “ Web Analytics Strategies for Information Professionals: A LITA Guide,” published by 91´«Ã½ TechSource...
Shared print monographs preconference from ALCTS this Annual
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CHICAGO — On Thursday, June 27, at the 2013 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services ( ALCTS) brings you “Shared Print Monographs: Making It Work .” This all day preconference, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m ., will cover...
Smithsonian Libraries host Preservation Matters!
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CHICAGO - The Smithsonian Libraries will host the program Preservation Matters! beginning at noon on April 24 in the S. Dillon Ripley Center, Washington, D.C. This event is part of the Preservation Week celebration April 21-27 and features Steve Berry...
ALCTS Microgrants available
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CHICAGO - The Transforming Collections Task Force of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services ( ALCTS) seeks proposals for its 2013 Microgrant Program. All ALCTS members in good standing are eligible to submit a proposal. The grants...
LLAMA webinar will feature Elliott Shore discussing change management
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CHICAGO - Change has become a way of life for librarians due to technology and the ever-changing information needs of our users. How do we as library managers and leaders handle change effectively and efficiently for ourselves and those we lead, while...
LLAMA’s essential guide to staff development updated
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CHICAGO — Since its original publication more than two decades ago, “ Staff Development: A Practical Guide” from the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) has remained a respected handbook for supporting one of libraries’ most important...
Angela Carreño receives the Coutts Innovation Award
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CHICAGO – The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services ( ALCTS), Collection Management Section (CMS) announces that the recipient of the 2013 Coutts Award for Innovation in Electronic Resources Management is Angela Carreño, head of...
RDA: Back to the Basics, an ALCTS preconference at Annual in Chicago
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CHICAGO - On Friday, June 28, at the 2013 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services ( ALCTS) brings you “ RDA: Back to the Basics .” This all day preconference, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. , will cover the transition of...
Techniques for Electronic Resource Management: an ALCTS preconference in Chicago
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CHICAGO - On Friday, June 28, at the 2013 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) brings you “Techniques for Electronic Resource Management (TERMS): Crowdsourcing for Best Practices .” This all day...
Glennan named 91´«Ã½ JSC representative
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CHICAGO — Kathy Glennan, head of metadata creation and enhancement and music cataloger at the University of Maryland, has been named the new 91´«Ã½ representative to the Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA (Resource Description and Access)...
Register now for upcoming ALCTS Web courses
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CHICAGO - Register now for the popular “ Fundamentals” Web courses, offered by The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), including the newly redesigned and updated Fundamentals of Acquisitions. Space is still available in the...
RDF and Ontologies for the Semantic Web: An ALCTS Preconference
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CHICAGO - On Thursday, June 27, at the 2013 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) brings you “Introduction to RDF and Ontologies for the Semantic Web.” This all-day preconference, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m...
Cory Doctorow to present LITA President's Program
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CHICAGO — Cory Doctorow will present “More than a book-lined Internet Café: LITA President's Program” from 3 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 30th in Chicago. Zoe Stewart-Marshall, LITA President, welcomes Cory Doctorow to present the LITA President’s program...
LLAMA Human Resources Section presents a free webinar on how to find a job
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CHICAGO — You have your MLS degree - but what’s next? Applying for and interviewing for a job can be fraught with anxiety and frustrations. But you can put yourself ahead of the herd with the right information. The Library Leadership and Management...
New tools to help libraries celebrate Preservation Week 2013
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CHICAGO — Events celebrating the fourth annual Preservation Week (April 21-27, 2013) will be held across the country at academic, public and special libraries. Activities will include lectures, presentations, demonstrations and workshops, as well as three...
Preservation Week webinars and more coming your way this spring
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CHICAGO — Preservation Week, a presentation of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), will be held April 21–27, 2013. During that week free webinars will offered on family photos, digital archiving and making good...
Exciting preconferences from ALCTS during Annual Conference
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CHICAGO — Exciting preconferences are coming your way during this year's 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) Annual Conference from the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services ( ALCTS). From RDA to shared print monographs to the semantic...
LITA offering Web course in March
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CHICAGO — Building Web Applications with HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript: An Introduction to HTML5, presented by Jason Clark of Montana State University Library, is now available, announced the Library Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of...