Computers in Libraries back issues from September 2008:
Write for us next year.(editor's notes)(Editorial)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Welcome back from whatever you did this summer. I took the little extra time that the doldrums of dog days always bring to work on the CIL editorial calendar for next year. The themes are now set. See the ad in this issue or consult our website: www.infotoday.com/cilmag. ...
A locally created ERM: how and why we did it.(electronic resource management)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The University of Wisconsin--La Crosse's Murphy Library provides access to approximately 200 subscription databases. As with many academic libraries, methods and tools for managing these resources were sorely needed. However, and also a familiar scenario, our budget has been cut repeatedly ...
Somewhere over the verde rainbow.
Sep 01, 2008; ... 'What is Verde?" I looked around the table at my colleagues, wondering if anyone would respond with something other than "an electronic resources management system?" Silence. "Why did we buy it?" I continued, hoping there was a real answer that wasn't "because we bought Meridian, and then ...
Take me out to the game night.(IL '08 PROGRAM PREVIEW)
Sep 01, 2008 ... ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hosts: Aaron Schmidt and Erik Boekesteijn Internet Librarian, Monterey (Calif.) Convention Center, Oct. 20-22, 2008 Highlights From Gaming Night at CIL '08 It's a fact. A gaming night in your library can draw potential patrons that ...
Talking the talk: communicating with IT.(Column)
Sep 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Often in interactions between library folks and IT folks, I'll suddenly find myself in the role of Capt. Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation as I try to get two very different delegations to see eye to eye on any number of topics. The delegations, ...
ScanGrants: a new service for libraries, a new role for librarians.
Sep 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We hear it again and again: Libraries have to innovate. We have to invent and provide new services. We have to build alliances within our institutions and catch the eye of administrators and the public. We must ride the Web 2.0 wave. We have to produce ...
The smart mob 'Makeover'.(building digital libraries)(Column)
Sep 01, 2008; ... My "charge" in writing this column is to comment on how we interact with digital libraries--not how we write the programs that run digital libraries but instead how we transform all those widgets, metalanguages, and digital objects into artifacts of daily life. It's a nice charge to have ...
Managing resources comprehensively.(the systems librarian)(Column)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Last month's issue of Computers in Libraries carried my "Helping You Buy" feature on electronic resource management (ERM) systems. We looked at some of the main points of what this genre of software aims to accomplish, the workflows involved in electronic resource management, and some of ...
Updates on pulsing content, unconferences, and coding.(libraries in computers)(Column)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Before I started at my current job, I'd been in academic environments--straight through school to a first job teaching, then back to grad school, then to several jobs in universities. Maybe it's because of this that I love the fall season. It's a time to take stock of where you are, ...
Neal-Schuman gets meta.(books to check out)(Metadata)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. has released Metadata (ISBN: 978-1-55570-635-7, 300 pp., $65) by Marcia Lei Zeng and Jian Qin. The book addresses the theory and practice of application design, implementation, and evaluation for electronic archives and metadata. Included are sample problems, ...
ALA: practical and managerial.(books to check out)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008; ... ALA Editions has published Practical Pedagogy for Library Instructors: 17 Innovative Strategies to Improve Student Learning (ISBN: 978-0-8389-8458-1, 192 pp., $28.80 for ALA members, $32 for nonmembers) by Doug Cook and Ryan Sittler. Aimed at librarians who have not had formal training in ...
ITI goes pop.(books to check out)(Information Today, Inc.)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Information Today, Inc. now offers Pop Goes the Library: Using Pop Culture to Connect With Your Whole Community (ISBN: 978-157387-336-9, 288 pp., $39.50) by Sophie Brookover and Elizabeth Burns. Inspired by the authors' long-running blog of the same name, this book provides librarians with ...
Managing electronic resources in the library.(online treasures)(Column)
Sep 01, 2008; ... As a librarian, I most enjoy the "hands-on" practice of the profession: providing technical support for staff and patrons. I least enjoy the administrative side: handling contracts for equipment and services. I have these same feelings about electronic resources--I love the immediate ...
Library & Information Technology Association (LITA).(noted & quoted)(appointment of Michelle Frisque in A.L.A. Library and Information Technology Association)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Library & Information Technology Association (LITA) announced its president-elect and new board members. Michelle Frisque, head of Information Systems at Galter Health Sciences Library at Northwestern ...
The new board members will each serve a 3-year term.(noted & quoted)(membership)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The new board members will each serve a 3-year term. They are Mona Couts, director of Triangle Research Libraries; Colleen Cuddy, deputy director of ...
In a separate release, LITA announced the winners of its three annual scholarships.(noted & quoted)(A.L.A. Library and Information Technology Association)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Joanna DiPasquale, a student at Rutgers University's School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies, is the recipient of the LITA/Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship. The award of $3,000 is sponsored by Informata.com. Tiffany Chao is the recipient of the $2,500 ...
The city of Boulder, Colo., announced that Tony Tallent has been appointed library director to its four-branch library system.(noted & quoted)(appointment of Tony Tallent)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The city of Boulder, Colo., announced that Tony Tallent has been appointed library director to its four-branch library system. Most recently, Tallent was the director of youth and outreach for the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenberg County (PLCMC), N.C. Before that, he was ...
OCLC.(awards)(OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc.)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... OCLC announced that for the third straight year it has been named one of Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT. The list is an ...
Meredith Weiss.(noted & quoted)(Council on Library and Information Resources)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The Council on Library and Information Resources announced that Meredith Weiss is the recipient of the 2008 A. R. Zipf Fellowship in Information Management. Weiss is a doctoral student in information science at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and is also studying for a ...
Michelle Emanuel.(noted & quoted)(Coutts Information Services Ltd.)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Coutts Information Services announced that Michelle Emanuel is the recipient of the WESS Coutts Nijhoff International Western European Study Grant for her proposal titled "Finding Resources for Film Scholarship in France." The award, sponsored by ...
BCR announced that North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education (NC LIVE) and the Information Delivery Services Project (IDS) are the winners of the 2008.(noted & quoted)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... BCR announced that North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education (NC LIVE) and the Information Delivery Services Project (IDS) are the winners of the 2008 Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards. According to the release, NC LIVE received the award for making more than 500 hours of ...
OCLC announced that Ted Fons has joined the OCLC management team as director of OCLC WorldCat Global Metadata Network.(noted & quoted)(appointment of Ted Fons in OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc.)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... OCLC announced that Ted Fons has joined the OCLC management team as director of OCLC WorldCat Global Metadata Network. In this position, Fons will take responsibility for and direct the performance of WorldCat global metadata management. Most recently, Fons was director of ...
New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped (NJLBH).(noted & quoted)(Adam Stephen Szczepaniak Jr. as director)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The New Jersey State Library has named Adam Stephen Szczepaniak Jr. as director of the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped (NJLBH). Prior to this, Szczepaniak was NJLBH's assistant director. Before that, he served as librarian at the Maryland State Dept. of ...
Equinox Software, Inc.(noted & quoted)(Shae Tetterton appointed as project manager)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Equinox Software, Inc. announced the appointment of Shae Tetterton to the position of project manager. In this position, she will demonstrate Evergreen applications at industry conferences and train new ...
Library Research Round Table (LRRT) of ALA announced that two teams, led by Grace A. Ajuwon and Prince B. Olorunsaye, from the E. Latunde Odeku Medical Library of the College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, are the winners of the 2008 Ingenta Research Award.(noted & quoted)(Conference news)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) of ALA announced that two teams, led by Grace A. Ajuwon and Prince B. Olorunsaye, from the E. Latunde Odeku Medical Library of the College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, are the winners of the 2008 Ingenta Research Award. The ...
Content--yours, theirs, and ours.(tech tips for every librarian)(for small public libraries )
Sep 01, 2008; ... Moving from the world of purchased content to rented content creates new challenges and ways of thinking about our collections. While I'm of the cavalier opinion that small public libraries are unlikely to get sued by the RIAA, the MPAA, or the APA for listing the name of a movie in the ...
Cuadra merges into SydneyPLUS collective.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Cuadra Associates, Inc. became part of the SydneyPLUS family in July. The companies report that they will provide complementary products and services to help customers reduce costs, increase revenue, and improve productivity. They expect these combined solutions coupled with the strength ...
Reprints desk, FIZ Karlsruhe team up.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Reprints Desk, Inc. and FIZ Karlsruhe announced that they are joining forces. Under an agreement, ...
Innovative adds UC-Berkeley Library, unveils new products.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Innovative Adds UC-Berkeley Library, Unveils New Products The University of California Berkeley Library reports that it is bidding adieu to its locally developed systems in favor of Innovative Interfaces' Millennium integrated library system. The university's setup, which will include ...
Tech Logic's CircIT aims to erase checkout hassle.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Librarians may soon get a chance to put up their feet and relax, at least when it comes to checkout. The Tech Logic Corp. reports that it will release CircIT version 3, a dedicated web server system that will integrate with ...
Authernative secures financial transaction patent.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Authernative, Inc. locked up the rights to a System and Method for Private and Secure Financial Transactions with a patent from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. According to the patent, the system will ...
Polaris Library Systems unveils Polaris Fusion, integrates RefTracker portal.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Polaris Library Systems is offering ways to provide easier access to digital materials with its new proprietary digital collection management system, Polaris Fusion. According to Polaris, the system integrates digital content into Polaris PowerPAC, letting patrons find digital materials ...
The return of the bookmobile.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The bookmobile is back, but with a new twist. On Aug. 10, the Digital Bookmobile, operated by OverDrive, Inc., kicked off a national tour that will see it traveling to libraries in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and other cities. OverDrive intends to use the bookmobile to ...
Swets debuts eSource manager, unleashes new SwetsWise, ScholarlyStats.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Swets recently introduced a collection of new products, starting with SwetsWise eSource Manager, an electronic license and resource management solution, which is in its beta testing phase. The tool will use the license bank functionality in SwetsWise Subscriptions to create a prepopulated ...
EBSCO eases ejournal activation process.(news desk)(EBSCO Information Services)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... EBSCO Information Services wants to make the ejournal activation process easier for librarians with a newly launched feature for EBSCONET. The new feature lists orders that need ...
Readex going worldwide with new archive.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Readex reports that it is assembling an archive that is designed to improve access to historical newspapers published outside the U.S. The World Newspaper ...
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business embraces MARC 21.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Wolters Kluwer Law & Business and Cassidy Cataloguing Services just introduced MARC 21 records to users of the CCH Internet Research NetWork and the CCH Tax Research NetWork. The Library of Congress ...
Medialab to help library users find their inner Ebert.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Medialab says it wants to turn AquaBrowser users into critics with the newest version of its My Discoveries feature. With the new ...
Thomson Reuters reveals 2007 journal rankings.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Thomson Reuters unveiled its 2007 Journal Citation Reports, which rank journals across disciplines and institutions worldwide. For each company featured, the reports contain a ...
Be free, read a banned book.(news desk)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The American Library Association (ALA) wants libraries and their readers to assert their independence by participating in Banned Books Week from Sept. 27 to Oct. 4. ALA encourages library patrons to read one or more of the top 10 most challenged books, one that received ...
EOS expands reach of SaaS platform.(news desk)(EOS International)(software as a service)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... All web applications will now be able to use EOS International's softwareas-a-service (SaaS) delivery platform, the company announced. The service expansion is ...
Nominations meeded for BioMed research awards.(news desk)
Sep 01, 2008; ... BioMed Central wants to honor the best research articles published this year. So it is now accepting nominations for its 3rd Annual Research Awards via the website ...
New titles, publishers join ALPSP learned journal collection.(news desk)(Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) announced that it is beefing up its collection of journals with the launch of the 2009 ALPSP Learned Journals Collection. The collection will include 122 new titles, bringing the total ...
Research institution, library automation company adopt new RFID chip.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The German research institution Max Planck Institute for European History of Law is implementing Longlife RFID labels from Bibliotheca Library Systems for its archive of 320,000 assets, according to Bibliotheca. The labels are based on NXP Semiconductors' recently launched ICODE SLI-SY ...
Ex Libris Group to formalize openness strategy.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The Ex Libris Group says it is preparing to formally commit itself to the concept of openness. The group translated its open-platform strategy into a program spanning three major areas: formalizing the process by which the ...
SirsiDynix targets library search, updates enterprise portal, SchoolRooms.(news desk)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... SirsiDynix is working on ways to make library search less (and more) fuzzy with SirsiDynix Enterprise. According to the company, the faceted search product will feature fuzzy search technology, search index updating, intuitive user interfaces, faceted finding aids, consortia support, ...