May 22, 2013
Saturday, June 8, 9:00pm-Midnight, Marriott, Marina Ballroom Salon F Trivia Night Presented with support, and prizes, from Annual Reviews. Co-sponsored with the IT Division Which San Diego native regularly brought animals to the Tonight Show to visit with Johnny Carson? How did Tigger say goodbye to his pals? When was John Cotton Dana born? If [...]
Posted in Uncategorized0 Comments
May 13, 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama has recently issued an executive order that will make government information resources “easy to find, accessible, and usable” to the public. Please follow this link to read more about the executive order at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/09/executive-order-making-open-and-machine-readable-new-default-government
Posted in Uncategorized0 Comments
May 3, 2013
It seems like you can’t go anywhere in academic library land without hearing or seeing Big Data. Still confused? In addition to our interview post last week, here are some resources to check out and familiarize yourself with the trends. The Syracuse iSchool in New York State has developed a certificate of advanced study in [...]
Posted in Data Management, Knowledge Management0 Comments
April 19, 2013
Big Data, small data, data management – these are all new buzz words in academic libraries. But what exactly does this all mean and are there differences in types of data? What is the role of the librarian in all of this? Gail Steinhart, Research Data and Environmental Sciences Librarian at Cornell’s Mann Library, has [...]
Posted in Data Management, Knowledge Management0 Comments
April 11, 2013
According to some reports, Elsevier, a leading provider of science and health information products or services, has recently acquired Mendeley, a reference manager and academic social network, for an estimated $45 – $100 million dollars. However, neither company has released the exact amount of the acquisition. Elsevier and Mendeley both announced the news on their [...]
Posted in Uncategorized0 Comments
April 5, 2013
Personal electronic devices like smart phones and ipads have impacted today’s libraries in many different ways. Technology advances so quickly with new innovative ways in which we communicate and interact with one another. The expectations of library users have changed as well with new personal electronic devices that have become commonplace items that we use [...]
Posted in Uncategorized0 Comments
February 4, 2013
Check out the following link to find out more information about the SLA 2013 Call for Posters at http://uny.sla.org/archives/2712?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sla-2013-call-for-posters. Connect, Collaborate and Strategize: Making the Most of Opportunities & Collaborations The Academic; Education; Museums, Arts, & Humanities; and Social Science Divisions of SLA invite proposals for a poster session to be held at SLA 2013 [...]
Posted in Events, Social Media0 Comments
January 23, 2013
Do you know of a colleague who deserves recognition for their contributions to SLA’s Academic Division? Please consider nominating them for the Stacey Greenwell Outstanding Division Member Award! Self-nominations are also accepted. Nominations may be submitted to Jim Martin, martinj@u.library.arizona.edu, SLA Academic Division Awards Chair by April 1st. The winner will be announced at the [...]
Posted in Annual Conference, Division, Uncategorized0 Comments
January 23, 2013
Do you know of an exciting project or program at an academic library that deserves recognition? The SLA Academic Division Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for the Springshare Innovation in Academic Libraries Award! Please submit your nominations to Jim Martin, martinj@u.library.arizona.edu, SLA Academic Division Awards Chair by April 1st. Winners will be announced at [...]
Posted in Annual Conference, Division, Uncategorized0 Comments
January 11, 2013
Many of us would agree that librarianship is a great and rewarding career. In fact, we often recommend this career path to those uncertain about their own. But, do we all recommend the same to our peers? Ned Potter (aka thewikiman) recently wrote on his blog about a quick, unscientific Twitter poll he conducted on [...]
Posted in Division0 Comments
