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New METRO LibGuide Offers "One-Stop-Shop" for Professional Development Resources for Information Professionals

Barnard College Librarian Ellyssa Kroski has put together a new collection of tips and resources now available on METRO’s LibGuides instance.  The “Professional Development for Information Professionals” guide (http://bit.ly/i7qzja)  is designed to aid librarians in reaching their professional goals, with topics ranging from social networking best practices to keys to getting published.

For a more in-depth look at some of these topics, join us on March 9^th as Ms. Kroski presents “How to Create and Manage Your Online Presence” here at METRO.  This workshop will focus on how best to manage your personal brand portfolio and developing strategies for online branding success.  To learn more or to register, please visit http://www.metro.org/en/cev/28.

Archivists Round Table to Host EAC-CPF Workshop

Readers might be interested in the following workshop: 

March ART Workshop: An Introduction to EAC-CPF: Archival Authority Control
Date: March 7, 2011
Time: 6-8 pm 
Location: Fashion Institute of Technology, 7th Avenue at 27th Street, Manhattan.  Katie Murphy Auditorium, D Building, Ground Floor, Northwest corner
Archival Recertification Credits-ARCs: 2 

Last March saw the release of the EAC-CPF (Encoded Archival Context - corporate bodies, persons, and families) schema, an XML authority which provides a formal and content-rich method for recording the description of record creators. EAC-CPF 2010 resulted from work over the past 30 months by a 15-member working group representing 9 countries. In a workshop on An Introduction to EAC-CPF: Archival Authority Control, Daniel Pitti, the Associate Director of the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (http://www.iath.virginia.edu/) at the University of Virginia, will present a detailed overview of EAC-CPF, its relationship to other archival standards, and its implementation in the Social Networks and Archival Context Project (http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/). Additionally, he will also consider pending revisions to other archival standards such as EAD (Encoded Archival Description). His presentation will closely focus on the design of "post-finding aid" archival description systems, discussing both the context of archival description and accessible online forms of description which can be searched and enriched by users.

Daniel Pitti is Project Director at the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. Previously, he was the Librarian for Advanced Technologies at the University of California, Berkeley. Since 1993, he has been the Chief Technical Architect of Encoded Archival Description (EAD), an international standard for encoding library and archival finding based on SGML and then XML, working with the Society of American Archivists (SAA) EAD Working Group in developing a schema version of the 2002 version of EAD. He is also the Chief Technical Architect of the EAC standard and serves on the SAA EAC Working Group. He has taught courses in EAD at the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. He holds an Masters in Library and Information Sciences from UC Berkeley. 

Thanks to FIT Special Collections and Archives for graciously hosting this workshop. 

To register, go to http://www.nycarchivists.org/?page_id=245

 

John Palfrey to Discuss "Digital Natives" at NYPL on March 11

A recent post to the METRO-L listserv might be of interest to readers here: 

Come join John Palfrey, co-author of "Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives" as he talks on a broad range of topics concerning Digital Natives.

Children who were born into and raised in the digital world are coming of age, and soon our world will be reshaped in their image. Our economy, our politics, our culture and even the shape of our families will be forever transformed. John Palfrey answers the question: Who are these Digital Natives? 

John Palfrey is Henry N. Ess Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School and a faculty director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

This lecture will be held on Friday March 11, 10:00am - 11:30am at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of The New York Public Library, 42nd St. and 5th Ave.

If you are interested in attending, please email [email protected] to register

 

Beyond Books Brings Together Librarians, Journalists, Citizens

An April 6-7 conference at MIT looks particularly interesting. Here's a description from their site: 

The capability of newspapers to provide community information is declining. At the same time, informal sources of local information are rapidly increasing.

Libraries and legacy media have always shared a common purpose — helping us acquire the information we need to be engaged, informed (and entertained) citizens. They used different tools — newspapers, broadcast stations and books. Now the tools are converging — web search, data taxonomies, database creation and analysis, social networks — as librarians and journalists together foster civic literacy and engagement.

Librarians want to expand public access to accurate information, including trustworthy local news. So do journalists. How do we expand libraries as community information centers beyond books — perhaps even beyond their four walls — facilitating and engaging with journalists? What can libraries and journalists do — together — to foster improved access to community information?

Thus, as the tools and mission converge, it’s time to ask: “What’s possible at the intersection of libraries and journalism that serves the information needs of communities and democracy?”

Learn more and/or register here. 

Video Available for "WikiLeaks and the Archives and Records Profession" Session

A program sponsored by the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York and the Metro NYC chapter of ARMA recently addressed  professional perspectives on WikiLeaks and the ramifications for the archives and records profession.

Speakers included Trudy Peterson, former Acting Archivist of the United States (1993-1995) and current representative for the Society of American Archivists on the Department of State’s Historical Advisory Committee; Fred Pulzello, Solutions Architect in the Information Governance practice at MicroLink LLC; Jim Fortmuller, Manager of Systems Security at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP in Washington, DC; Mark Matienzo, Digital Archivist in Manuscripts and Archives at Yale University Library; and Derek Bambauer, Associate Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School.  The panel was moderated by Peter Wosh, Director of the Archives/Public History Program and Clinical Associate Professor of History at New York University. 

View the video from this session. 

Digitization SIG Meeting on March 31: Digital Preservation for Libraries and Archives

Digital Preservation for Libraries and Archives
Date: March 31, 2011 
Time: 10am-12pm
Location: Metropolitan New York Library Council, 57 East 11th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10003-4605

As more librarians undertake digitization, digital preservation is being integrated with the responsibilities of libraries and other cultural heritage institutions.  Panelists will share their visions for what digital preservation is, how it encompasses access, and management, and longevity.  There will also be discussion around difficult file formats, handling av files, getting institutional support and promoting a sensible infrastructure for digital preservation activities by creating relevant policies, effectively engaging administrators, and resource sharing.
Panelists: Andrea Buchner, Director of the Gruss Lipper Digital Lab, Center for Jewish History; John Mignault, Systems Librarian, The New York Botanical Garden; Jennifer Vinopal, 

Register for this free meeting here.  

 

Upcoming Mobile Computing Special Interest Group: Virtual Links in Real World Locations: QR Codes and Libraries

Join METRO's Mobile Computing SIG on February 23, 2011 from 3:00-4:30pm at METRO to discuss the potential uses of QR Codes (and similar tags) for libraries. 

Featured Speakers:
P. Charles Livermore, Associate Professor and eBrarian, St. John's University.

Ben Turner,  Instructional Librarian, St. John's University. 

If your library is working on a project you would like to share with the group, please contact one of the SIG's co-conveners. 

Can't make it downtown on February 23?  Join us from your home or office for the presentation and Q&A, which will run from 3pm-4pm. 

RSVP for the in-person or the online meeting at http://www.metro.org/en/cev/25. 

Learn more: 
Read Robin Ashford's article, "QR codes and academic libraries: Reaching Mobile users" in the November issue of C&RL News.  

Visit the Mobile Computing SIG's Libguide.