Job - digital archivist
For the past year, the Jewish Women’s Archive has been lucky enough to have a digital archivist on staff. They are now seeking a replacement, as the person had to leave. The description is here.
Candy@GSLIS
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November 30, 2007
November 29, 2007
415 - Typo
For Assignment 5, the instructions at the top say to do LC for 1-15 and DDC for 16-30. Ignore that. Do what the headings say (the first bunch in LC, the second bunch in Dewey, and the third bunch in both). Sorry.
Internship - Fidelity
I had the following messsage from Jamie Emery.
Could you please let students know about the attached internship opportunity here at Fidelity Investments? (This is the same internship I did here before I graduated and got hired full time). It is a nice introduction to a corporate library with responsibilities in a lot of different areas. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Jamie Emery
Library Research Manager
Fidelity Center for Applied Technology- Library Mail Zone V3A
(617) 392-0946
November 28, 2007
462 - BPL visit
I just finished unpacking (flight was late). I will leave for BPL from school at or shortly after 8:45am, if anyone wants to join me. Unless it is raining, I will walk.
November 16, 2007
415 - Bioquiz
I have put the bioquiz questions in the Moodle space for Thanksgiving week, and the dropbox and folder containing the biographies in the next week's space. Let me know if you have trouble accessing any of this.
Job - Digital projects
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Carol Campbell"
To:
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:29:07 -0600
Subject: [cjc-l] Position: Digital Projects Librarian, Johnson County Community College
About this faculty position [posting # 080288]
• The Digital Projects Librarian will:
Build and sustain appropriate digital collections and cultivate cooperative relationships with others. Work with library teams, departments, or vendors to identify digital projects, collections, and/or digital services. Market library digital services, collections and opportunities. Prepare reports, statistical and/or evaluative, to assess digital needs, services, or technologies. Assist in funding proposals. Assist in reference work and instruction, participate in collection development, and other duties as assigned. Participate in college wide committees and professional development opportunities.
• Required:
Master's Degree in Library or Information Science from an ALA accredited program by (start date). New graduates with digital library coursework are encouraged to apply. Demonstrated understanding of current trends and issues regarding digital collections and services. Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple projects. Effective communication, presentation and organizational skills. Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment. Committed service attitude.
• Preferred:
Relevant experience in an academic library or cultural heritage preservation organization. Working experience using library digital technologies and/or digital collection software and web authoring tools. Knowledge of metadata schemas and digital capture standards/methodologies. Experience in library marketing. Familiarity with intellectual property and copyright issues. Demonstrated ability to develop, execute, and assess a successful digital project.
• Salary/Benefits:
Placement on the salary schedule based on degrees and related experience. Participation in college Flexible Benefits program which includes options for single and family health and dental coverage, life insurance, tax sheltered annuities, and reimbursement accounts. Income protection insurance. JCCC tuition reimbursement for employee and dependents. Generous sick leave and personal leave allowances. Participation in social security (FICA) and state retirement programs (KPERS). Eligibility for participation in an extensive range of JCCC staff development programs. For more specific information on our benefit package visit our Website at http://www.jccc.edu/home/site.php/jobsbenefits/benefits
• For complete information about the position and application process including an online application form, please follow the "Jobs & Benefits" link on the Johnson County Community College web page
About Johnson County, Kansas-
Johnson County, the Kansas City metropolitan area's growth engine, lies at the heart of the nation and possesses all the ingredients necessary to economic growth and success. The County boasts nationally ranked schools, low crime rate, high quality neighborhoods, low cost of living, and a variety of cultural and entertainment amenities. This high quality of life and unsurpassed business environment attracts nearly 10,000 new residents and over 11,072 new jobs each year. Johnson County also accounts for more than six of ten new businesses in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area (MSA). Johnson County's population and economic growth rank in the top one-third of Forbes' rapidly growing premier counties and in the top 2% of all counties in the U.S. It is not surprising, then, that half of the Fortune 100 and one-third of the Fortune 500 firms have operations in Johnson County.
About Johnson County Community College-
With more than 34,000 students enrolled in credit and continuing education classes each semester, Johnson County Community College is the state's third largest institution of higher education and the largest of its 19 community colleges. The campus, centrally located in the county on 234 acres, opened in 1972. Over the years, JCCC has continued to expand its student enrollment, instructional program, faculty and staff, and physical facilities to meet the needs of the community. Today, JCCC enrolls 18,680 credit students. When participants in continuing education classes are considered, the college serves about 34,000 people every semester. Full-time faculty and staff number approximately 875, with another 1,800 people working part time. A full range of undergraduate credit courses is available, forming the first two years of most college curricula. In addition, more than 50 one- and two-year career and certificate programs are offered to prepare students to enter the job market in high employment fields.
Carol Campbell
Professor/Librarian
Johnson County Community College
LIB229
12345 College Blvd.
Overland Park, KS 66210
ccampbel@jccc.edu
913.469.8500 ext.3773
The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you.
415 - Browsing in bookstores and libraries
Thanks for all the fascinating reports of experiences and observations, and for your individual reactions to others' reports. I enjoyed reading through all of this, and will bring it up in class this morning.
November 15, 2007
462 - Greenstone scrapbook
David Dwiggins sent me this link to the just-released issue of D-Lib magazine, which has a case study about using Greenstone to create a scrapbook digital library. Haven't read it in detail, but looks interesting -- they deal with a lot of the same things we see here. And they're using a flash applet to do page flipping...
Creating Online Historical Scrapbooks with a User-Friendly Interface: A Case Study, by Allison B. Zhang, Washington Research Library Consortium
415 - Next plus one PPT
Since I will have precious little time between getting back home and our class after the break, I have also put the PPT file for November 30 up in Moodle.
415 - Next PPT
The two Dewey PPT files are in Moodle. I will review LCC literature schedules, since we whipped through that way too fast, and will also field questions on the H schedules too. I will not answer assignment questions, so review the PPT files from last week to see if I can clarify anything for you using those as examples.
462 - Next PPT
Sorry it's so close to the class, but it is there now.
415, 462 - Playlist
This week we hear from Kepa Junkera - the foremost proponent of the trikitixa, or Basque diatonic accordion. I know this sounds like it might be excruciatingly painful, but it's not. Kepa and his band are one of the best live acts I have had the good fortune to see. Another unique instrument in the band is the txalaparta - a percussion instrument (there's videos in YouTube). Kepa has a good Web site.
November 08, 2007
462 - Inst. Repositories
From the diglib listserv:
The average institutional digital repository spent $78,802 in start up costs, according to The International Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories (ISBN # 1-57440- 090-8) just published by Primary Research Group Inc.
Just a few of the study s many findings are that:
Close to 41% of survey participants purchased software to develop their digital repositories. US-based institutions were much more likely than others to purchase software for this purpose.
The average repository in the sample has been in existence for 2.85 years, with a range of just newly started to ten years.
On average, a drop more than 12% of the content in the repositories came from pre-existing repositories maintained by academic departments or some other institutional unit.
A sixth of the libraries in the sample used Digital Commons software, and 28% of US-based repositories used this product.
14.81% of the institutions in the sample plan to purchase new repository software within the next two years.
Only 5.56% of the repositories in the sample use blogs to publicize the repository while close to 41% use a paper promotional brochure.
Those repositories in the sample that required less than 500 hours of labor per year had budgets of just less than $9,000 US. The largest repositories, those requiring 3,600 hours or more annually, had budgets averaging $145,444.
5.21% of the overall labor required to run the digital repositories in the sample came from academic departments not connected to the library.
The art, architecture and music category was considered a heavy contributor by 4.88% of the repositories in the sample, and a significant contributor by 9.76%. 41.47% considered art, architecture or music to be modest contributors. Most significant and all heavy contributors from these fields were from the USA. Once again, the BA/MA granting colleges were more likely to have significant or heavy contributors in this subject area.
The mean number of journal articles held by the repositories in the sample was 772 with a mean of 162.
4.88% of the journal articles in the repositories were subject to page view limits.
15.56% of the repositories in the sample were funded largely through grants.
The study presents data from 56 institutional digital repositories from eleven countries, including the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, South Africa, India, Turkey and other countries.
The 121-page study presents more than 300 tables of data and commentary and is based on data from higher education libraries and other institutions involved in institutional digital repository development.
The report covers costs, budgets, software, personnel, open access policies, marketing, relations with faculty and other contributors of content, and many other issues relevant to those managing or designing an institutional digital depository. Data is broken out by geographic region, type of college or institution, and scope of the repository, defined by the number of man-hours per year needed for operation.
James Moses, Research Director
Primary Research Group Inc.
WWW.Primaryresearch.com
November 06, 2007
415 - Next PPT
Is in Moodle. It's two-to-a-page format because the pages are dense and you need to see what is going on. Sorry.
Playlist
The music this week will be Van Morrison's Moondance - which includes several of what I would call "our songs" - songs that were popular shortly after Simon and I were married, and which marked our move to Madison, WI, for Si's graduate degree. I used to know this album off by heart (not anymore). You can wikipedia Van Morrison if you don't already know about him - it's a long and interesting story.
462 - Next PPT
Is in VISTA - Thursday will be me and then meeting. Same the next week.
November 01, 2007
415 - Moodle
Hi everyone - in trying to fix a probolem in Moodle, I "forced" subscription to the Broswing discussion forum, That is why you have been getting e-mail from individuals with the Moodle course in the title. I have fixed this. Sorry.
415, 462 - Playlist
This week's music will be the album Fyace, by Ian Carr (guitar) and Karen Tween (accordion, and no jokes please). Ian is one of England's top folk guitarists, and accompanies many well-known artists. He and Karen also play (at least for another month or so) with an English-Scandinavian band called Swap. Karen is a friend, and widely regarded as Britain's top folk accordion player. She is eclectic, has played in all sorts of genres with all sorts of people, teaches in Newcastle and Limerick, and is hugely talented. Karen's myspace and Ian's.