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Do you have first-hand experience managing technology changes at a museum, archive, or public/academic/special/law/corporate/military/medical library? A technology change could be an intimidating project, like an ILS migration or makerspace launch, or something a bit more subtle, like introducing a new chat widget at the reference desk. Please consider submitting a brief write-up of your experience to enrich an upcoming LITA guide.

As we all know, library systems and technologies are evolving rapidly, but maintaining one’s technical skill set is not enough to successfully organize and implement change. Information professionals must also develop techniques that enable them to navigate the intricate interplay of human anxieties, perceptions, expectations, and mental models that accompany technological change. This guide is designed to equip new and seasoned practitioners with the strategies they need to master interpersonal and technical interdepencies.

“Notes from the Field” segments will integrate a diverse range of condensed case studies into the guide’s core chapters. These brief, first-hand experiences will address the following topics (please focus on either 1, 2, or 3):

1. The role of change agents in technology change. Specifically,

a) Your experience hiring a change agent to introduce or implement a technology change…

What was the catalyst for the change agent?

What traits did you look for in a prospective change agent?

How did other staff respond?

What worked/didn’t work?

Was the technology change successful?

If you started the process from scratch, what would do you differently?

b) Your experience fulfilling the role of a technology change agent…

How did other staff respond?

What strategies did you employ to adapt?

What worked/didn’t work?

Was the technology change successful?

If you started the process from scratch, what would you differently?

2. The role of assessment in technology change. Specifically,

What assessment strategies have worked/not worked for you.

What questions have you asked to guide your assessment of how technologies are operating within your organization?

How have you determined technology needs at your organization?

How have you evaluated potential technology changes?

3. Socializing technology changes among end users. Specifically,

How have you promoted or announced an upcoming technology change to end users?

How did you gather feedback?

How did you respond to user feedback?

What surprised you most about user reactions?

Please write a brief (1,000 words max) summary of your experience(s) with any ONE of the above topics, and submit for consideration by June 15, 2018

Please send an email with your submission and contact information to cmcallis@citadel.edu Use of the following subject line is strongly encouraged: LITA Case Study, YOUR NAME

Notification emails will be sent by July 1, 2018

Thank you very much!

Sincerely,

Courtney McAllister

CPT Courtney R. McAllister, MA, MLIS | Electronic Resources Librarian

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Access Conference 2018 Call for Proposals:

Posted on June 5, 2018 | Leave a comment

The 2018 Program Committee invites proposals for participation in the upcoming Access Conference, which will be held October 10-12th 2018 in Hamilton, Ontario at the gorgeous Liuna Station, hosted by McMaster University.

Access is Canada’s premier annual library technology conference bringing librarians, technicians, developers, programmers, and managers from all library sectors together to discuss unique and interesting library processes and technologies. Whether this is your first Access conference or your 25th there will be plenty of opportunities to share ideas and learn from each other!

Access 2018 is a single stream conference featuring exciting keynotes, presentations, lightning talks, a hackathon, and lots of time for networking and social events.

We are seeking proposals for:

20 min presentations (15 min presentation, ~5 min questions)
- These could be demos, theory or practice, case studies, original research, etc.
- These submissions will be double blind peer-reviewed
30 min panel sessions
5 min lightning talks

Ready to submit? Fill out this form by 11:59PM EST on Monday, June 25th, 2018 (you will need to create an account/login to submit your proposal).

Need some ideas? Check out the 2017 conference program!

Questions? Contact us at accesslibcon@gmail.com

Access 2018 is making every effort to be as inclusive and as safe an environment as possible. Check out our Diversity Scholarship Program and our Code of Conduct.

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OCLC Americas Regional Conference

Posted on June 5, 2018 | Leave a comment

Oct. 25-26, 2018 Chicago, IL

For more information go to https://www.oclc.org/en/events/councils/2018-19/americas-regional-council-meetings-home/participation.html

On October 25–26, leaders across all library types will come together at the OCLC Americas Regional Council Conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA, to share ideas, learnings, and insights, helping the entire community move forward to change the game. We invite you to contribute to the conversation.

We are seeking member proposals that will spark conversations around what it means to be a “game-changing library,” more specifically, what are those areas that will help the community better respond to shifts in the environment and drive their library’s transformation in the following categories:

Technology and innovation: From evolution to revolution
Spaces and resources: From collections to connections
Analytics and data: From what we count to what counts
Public purpose: From allies to advocates

Speakers will receive complimentary registration to the ARC18 Conference (a $275 value).

If you are interested in participating, please submit a topic for a 20–30 minute presentation by July 13. Speakers will be notified by July 31, 2018.

Please send your questions to oclcevents@oclc.org.

We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!

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Library for All: Towards a Smarter and Inclusive Society: The 9th Shanghai International Library Forum Call for Papers

Posted on December 20, 2017 | Leave a comment

The 9th Shanghai International Library Forum (SILF2018) will be held on October 17-19, 2018 at the Shanghai Library. This forum is organized by the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai) and co-organized by the Shanghai Society for Library Science and the Shanghai Society for Scientific & Technical Information.

The theme of the forum is “Library for All: Towards a Smarter and Inclusive Society”. The conference will focus on hot issues and topics, the latest research achievements, innovative ideas, advanced technology and the latest developments related to the theme, and conduct in-depth and extensive academic discussions. Well-known experts and scholars will be invited to present keynote speeches and specific reports. To ensure the academic quality of this forum and attract more paper submissions, scholars of library and information science, managers of libraries and information agencies, and professionals from all fields at home and abroad are invited to submit papers and attend the conference.

Topics of the Conference
Smart age and smart libraries
The transformation and innovation of libraries in the age of “Internet+”
Library collection development and knowledge organization
“Library+” and universal reading promotion
Cross-border cooperation of libraries
Design ideas in the library
Digital humanities and library services
Library science education and disciplinary construction
Paper Submission Guidelines
The paper to be submitted must be the original work of the author(s), closely related to the theme of the conference and are not published on any journals at home or abroad, or given as a speech at any conference. The paper does not involve any classified information, there is no plagiarism, and the author takes sole responsibilities for his or her views.
The paper contains 5,000 words or less, including an abstract of 300 words or less in English or Chinese. Please indicate the topic of your paper.
The paper should be arranged in the following order: title, author’s organization and name, author’s mailing address and zip code, abstract, keywords, text (sections indicated with numbers, such as1., 1.1, 1.1.1……) and references.
The paper should be in Word format and submitted in electronic form to the contact e-mail of the Conference Organizing Committee.
Authors agree that the SILF Organizing Committee can revise or edit their papers and publish the papers accepted on the SILF website in PDF format, unless the Organizing Committee is otherwise notified.
Deadline for the submission of abstracts:February 12, 2018
Deadline for the submission of full papers:March 31, 2018

All papers will be reviewed by the forum’s Academic Committee. Accepted papers will be formally published in print in the conference proceedings. Selected excellent papers will also be recommended to such Chinese core journals as the Library Journal.

III. Conference date and venue:

Date: October 17-19, 2018

October 17, 2018: Registration

October 18, 2018: Opening ceremony, keynote speeches, plenary meeting reports

October 19, 2018: Sessions and closing ceremony

Venue: Shanghai Library (1555 HuaihaiZhong Road, Shanghai, China 200031)

Secretariat

Contact:

Ms. Jean Jin (Overseas), Tel: 86-21-64454500 Shanghai Library International Office

Ms. ShuRui (Domestic), Tel: 86-21-64455309 Shanghai Library Research Office

Email: silf2018@libnet.sh.cn

Fax: 86-21-64455006

Conference website: http: //www.libnet.sh.cn/silf2018

Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai)

Organizing Committee of the 9th Shanghai International Library Forum

August 2017

With best regards,

Jean

International Cooperation Division

Shanghai Library

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ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in 2018 (JCDL 2018)

Posted on December 5, 2017 | Leave a comment

The ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in 2018 (JCDL 2018: https://2018.jcdl.org/) will be held in conjunction with UNT Open Access Symposium 2018 (https://openaccess.unt.edu/symposium/2018) on June 3 – 6, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas, the rustic and artistic threshold into the American West. JCDL welcomes interesting submissions ranging across theories, systems, services, and applications. We invite those managing, operating, developing, curating, evaluating, or utilizing digital libraries broadly defined, covering academic or public institutions, including archives, museums, and social networks. We seek involvement of those in iSchools, as well as working in computer or information or social sciences and technologies. Multiple tracks and sessions will ensure tailoring to researchers, practitioners, and diverse communities including data science/analytics, data curation/stewardship, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, hypertext (and Web/network scie!
nce), multimedia, publishing, preservation, digital humanities, machine learning/AI, heritage/culture, health/medicine, policy, law, and privacy/intellectual property.

General Instructions on submissions of full papers, short papers, posters and demonstrations, doctoral consortium, tutorials, workshops, and panels can be found at https://2018.jcdl.org/general_instructions. Below are the submission deadlines:

• Jan. 15, 2018 – Tutorial and workshop proposal submissions
• Jan. 15, 2018 – Full paper and short paper submissions
• Jan. 29, 2018 – Panel, poster and demonstration submissions
• Feb. 1, 2018 – Notification of acceptance for tutorials and workshops
• Mar. 8, 2018 – Notification of acceptance for full papers, short papers, panels, posters, and demonstrations
• Mar. 25, 2018 – Doctoral Consortium abstract submissions
• Apr. 5, 2018 – Notification of acceptance for Doctoral Consortium
• Apr. 15, 2018 – Final camera-ready deadline for full papers, short papers, panels, posters, and demonstrations

Please email jcdl2018@googlegroups.com if you have any questions.

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ACRL/CLS CLIPP (College Library Information on Policy and Practice)

Posted on November 8, 2017 | Leave a comment

The ACRL/CLS CLIPP (College Library Information on Policy and Practice) Committee invites you to submit a preliminary proposal for its CLIPP publication series. We welcome proposals on any topic that is relevant for small and mid-sized academic libraries. The CLIPP series allows library staff to share information on practices and procedures they have implemented to address common issues or concerns. Each CLIPP follows a set structure of three parts (literature review, survey results, and sample documents), and should both describe library best practices and provide useful, specific examples that libraries can refer to when developing similar policies and procedures of their own.

Authors of a CLIPP publication are aided throughout by the CLIPP Committee and an assigned editor. CLIPP authors receive 10% of the royalties on the net revenues from their publication. For your reference, please find author instructions and more information about the CLIPP program at http://bit.ly/2bjTTDP.

CLIPP proposals are accepted throughout the year. The next Preliminary Proposal Deadline is December 15, 2017. The CLIPP Committee will send out notifications regarding this round of submissions by January 17, 2018.

For questions or to submit a proposal, please contact:

Mary Francis

CLIPP Committee Chair

Email: mary.francis@dsu.edu

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Comics and Critical Librarianship for Academic Libraries

Posted on October 3, 2017 | Leave a comment

Call for chapter proposals

Working Title: Comics and Critical Librarianship for Academic Libraries

Editors: Olivia Miller & Stephanie Grimm

Submission Deadline: December 15, 2017

Publisher: Library Juice Press

Book description

This book will be a collection of chapters on ways comics have been used in the practice of critical librarianship. The intended audiences for this book are librarians and library workers that currently or hope to work with comics in academic libraries, people interested in critical librarianship, and comics scholars. The purpose of this book is to add to the conversation of critical librarianship within academic libraries by highlighting the use and focus of an already radical medium (comics) by librarians and library workers who practice critical librarianship.

For the purposes of this book, we use the term “comics” to mean any work in the medium of comics/sequential art. This can mean comic book issues, graphic novels, comic strips, webcomics, minicomics, etc.

We want both critical librarianship and comics to be approachable and accessible topics to our readers. One way we aim to do this is through approachable language much in the way that Maria T. Accardi did in Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction.

Possible topics

Possible topic areas include but are not limited to the following:

Critical considerations of:
- comics in academic library exhibitions or programming
- comics in library instruction in higher education contexts
- cataloging practices in relation to comics
- acquisition or collection management/organization practices for comics and comics collections
- comics or comics ephemera in special collections, archives, or manuscript collections
Case studies on the critical use of comics in academic libraries and special collections
Theoretical or research-based considerations of comics as a tool and site for critical librarianship
Other relevant considerations of the topic

Timeline

Abstract submission deadline: December 15, 2017
Notification/Feedback regarding submission: January 31, 2018
First drafts due: June 15, 2018
Final drafts due: October 15, 2018
Final manuscript due to publisher: December 2018

Submissions

Please email abstracts of up to 500 words to critlibcomics (at) gmail (dot) com.

Abstracts should briefly describe your topic and how your chapter discusses using comics in critical librarianship. You are welcome to submit multiple abstracts about different possible topics. If your submission is tentatively accepted, the editors may request modifications. Material cannot be previously published.

Final chapters will be in the 2000-5000-word range. Abstracts that discuss comics being used in critical librarianship practices in tribal college libraries, HBCUs, Hispanic-serving institutions, community colleges, archives, special libraries, and libraries outside the United States are especially welcome.

Please direct any questions to Olivia Miller and Stephanie Grimm, editors, at critlibcomics (at) gmail (dot) com.

About the Editors

Olivia Miller (she/her) is the Arts & Humanities Librarian at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her BA is in Art History and English from the University of North Carolina Greensboro and she attended the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill for her MSLS. She built a strong graphic novel collection in her last position at Greensboro College and taught a for-credit course for two semesters on how to read and find comics with a feminist pedagogy.

Stephanie Grimm (she/her) is the Art and Art History Librarian at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. She holds a BFA in Illustration and earned her MSI from the University of Michigan, where she developed a dedicated minicomics collection within the university libraries. She has worked with comics and illustration students at both art & design schools and research universities, and is a proponent of critical librarianship and literacy for artists and design students.

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HathitTrust Research Center UnCamp 2018

Posted on September 28, 2017 | Leave a comment

1st Call for Proposals

Follow @hathitrust, tweet with #HTRCUC18

https://www.hathitrust.org/htrc_uncamp2018

January 25-26, 2018

Berkeley, CA

IMPORTANT DATES

October 15, 2017 – Call for Proposals Priority Deadline

November 22, 2017 – Notification of Acceptance

November 29, 2017 – Deadline for Early Bird Registration

January 25-26, 2018 – HTRC UnCamp

OVERVIEW

The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) invites proposals for the 2018 HTRC UnCamp to be held from January 25-26th, 2018 at the University of California, Berkeley. Proposals for panel presentations, lightning talks, and posters may address any aspect of digital text collections, computational text analysis, copyright and open access, digital pedagogy, and related topics, especially as these relate to the HTRC.

Priority Submission Deadline: October 15, 2017

TOPICS AND FORMATS

Suggested topics include but are not limited to:

Computational Text Analysis

Possible areas: Computational Text Analysis (CTA) basics, Visualizing HathiTrust data, Tools and methodologies for CTA in HathiTrust, Using Bookworm, CTA and HathiTrust case studies

Worksets and Corpus Creation

HathiTrust as a corpus or data for CTA, How to create, reuse, or publish a focused corpus/workset from HathiTrust, Research reproducibility and sharing text as data

Digital Pedagogy and Text Analysis Curricula

Possible areas: Teaching Computational Text Analysis, HathiTrust & HTRC in the classroom, Instructional case studies

Fair Use, Copyright, and Non-Consumptive Research in HathiTrust

Possible areas: Copyright and fair use issues related to non-consumptive research, Orphaned works, HathiTrust Data Capsule, Case studies

Demystifying HathiTrust Metadata

Possible areas: Introduction to HathiTrust metadata, Future directions for HTRC metadata, Leveraging HathiTrust metadata for analysis and corpus building, Metadata tools

HathiTrust Development, News, and Updates

Possible areas: Developing tools and uses for HathiTrust, Future directions for HathiTrust, What’s new in HathiTrust, HathiTrust community, Case studies of tool development

Proposals may include the following formats:

15-minute Panel presentations (with 5 minutes for discussion) that are relevant in areas of new frontiers for tools, services and policies related to non-consumptive research, or that showcase work being conducted using the HathiTrust corpus as source material.
5-minute Lightning Talks that briefly showcase research projects using HTRC; the development, extension, or implementation of HTRC and related tools; library and campus support of HTRC; or instances of HTRC in the classroom. Projects in development are encouraged. Projection will be available for slides and demos.
Posters that address topics of interest to the HTRC community (e.g., computational text analysis, open access, digital humanities, digital pedagogy) and do not need to relate to HTRC directly. Poster authors will have an opportunity to brief attendees on their work immediately prior to a networking reception where the posters will be displayed.

About the HathiTrust Research Center and the HTRC UnCamp:

The HTRC is a collaborative research center launched jointly by Indiana University and the University of Illinois, along with the HathiTrust Digital Library, to help meet the technical challenges of dealing with massive amounts of digital text that researchers face by developing cutting-edge software tools and cyberinfrastructure to enable advanced computational access to the growing digital record of human knowledge.

In years past, the HTRC UnCamp has brought researchers, developers, instructors, and information professionals together to showcase innovative research, participate in hands-on coding and demonstration sessions, and build community around themes of computational text analysis, digital humanities, and digital pedagogy.

Submission Guidelines

Proposals should be submitted through EasyChair.

Please create an account at EasyChair first if you do not have one already at https://easychair.org/account/signup.cgi

EasyChair Link for HTRC UnCamp Submissions:

https://easychair.org/cfp/HTRCUnCamp2018

The following information should be included in proposals:

Format (panel presentation, lightning talk, or poster)
Title of the presentation/poster
Presenter name and affiliation
Co-presenters and affiliations (if applicable)
Abstract (up to 250 words)
Keywords
Any special requirements (e.g., technology needs other than larger monitors/screens)

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2018 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

Posted on September 28, 2017 | Leave a comment

Saturday, May 19 through Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Timberline Lodge

One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood

www.acquisitionsinstitute.org

Call for Proposals

WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?

Since 2000, the pre-eminent conference located in Western North America on acquisitions and collection development held at Timberline Lodge.

A three-day conference focusing on the methods and innovation of building and managing library collections to be held May 19-22, 2018.

A small (no more than 85 attendees), informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Pacific Northwest setting.

WHAT TOPICS are we looking for?

The planning committee is open to presentations on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management. Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion. Panel discussions are well received. We may wish to bring individual proposals together to form panels.

Topics we and/or last year’s attendees think would be great include:

Technology in acquisitions

Diversity, inclusion and social justice in acquisitions and collections (e.g., hiring practices, developing / promoting staff from within, how we as libraries can influence what gets published in terms of diversity, etc.)

Evaluating your existing collections for diversity

Staffing, training and development, and recruiting issues, challenges, successes (e.g., onboarding new acquisitions and/or collections staff)

Negotiation skills and how to use them

Ethics in acquisitions

Vendor and publisher evaluation, including business skills to determine financial viability

Using data visualization techniques to tell our stories (e.g., budget, collections, staff successes, etc.) Assessment tools, methods, and projects (e.g., linking collections with learning outcomes; usage studies)

Impacts of Open Access and Open Repositories on acquisitions and collection development

Data curation, including Big Data, and management and other new roles for subject and technical services librarians

Small academic library or public library perspectives in acquisitions and collection development

Print today: what are the collection management issues?

Trends and issues in licensing

Collection development beyond DDA/PDA, approval plans, etc.

The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is December 31, 2017.

Submission proposal form: http://acquisitionsinstitute.org/2018-call-for-proposals/

Important Dates

Mon 9/18/17: Call for proposals announced

Sun 12/31/17: Proposals due

Wed 1/17/18: Review of proposals complete, and presenters notified

Fri 1/19/18: Presenters confirm commitment to present

Mon 2/5/18: Registration opens

The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge Planning Committee is

Lindsay Cronk, University of Rochester;

Kristina DeShazo, Oregon Health & Science University;

Stacey Devine, Library of Congress;

Kerri Goergen-Doll, Oregon State University;

Kim Maxwell, MIT;

Nancy Slight-Gibney, University of Oregon; and

Scott Alan Smith, Librarian at Large

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Category Archives: Technical Services

ALA Annual 2019 juried submissions

Emerging Technologies, Evolving Professionals:Change Management Practices for Library Systems and Technologies

Access Conference 2018 Call for Proposals:

OCLC Americas Regional Conference

Library for All: Towards a Smarter and Inclusive Society: The 9th Shanghai International Library Forum Call for Papers

ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries in 2018 (JCDL 2018)

ACRL/CLS CLIPP (College Library Information on Policy and Practice)

Comics and Critical Librarianship for Academic Libraries

HathitTrust Research Center UnCamp 2018

2018 Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

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