Today's Topics: 1. ALCTS News Updates June 17, 2016 (Elaine Franco) 2. ALCTS Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group Meeting at 2016 ALA Annual (Elaine Franco) 3. Reminder: ALA Annual 2016 - ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group - Sunday 6/26 -10:30-11:30 - W106, Orange County Convention Center (Elaine Franco)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 On Behalf Of Mugridge, Rebecca Check out ALCTS News<http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/> for the latest about ALCTS members and activities: My ALCTS Experience: Erin Leach: http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/columns/myalctsexp-leach (Column editor, Shanna Hollich) Focus on the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee: http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/columns/focus-ce (Column editor, Anna Neatrour) ALCTS Annual Report to ALA Council, by Norm Medeiros, ALCTS President: http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/features/annual-report-2016 NEH Accepting Applications for Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Programs: http://www.ala.org/alctsnews/items/NEH-2016 Thanks, Rebecca ALCTS News Editor ****************** Rebecca L. Mugridge Interim Dean and Director of Libraries University Library, LI-123 University at Albany 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12222 Phone: 518-442-3570 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Please join the ?ALCTS Interest Group, Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services (RPLTS-IG) at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. Time: 10:30AM- 11:30AM Place: Orange County Convention Center, Room W107 Title: The role of professional librarians in technical-service training: Professionalizing paraprofessionals Abstract: Paraprofessional library positions are often viewed as stepping-stones to library careers rather than career destinations, and professional librarians conducting training can explicitly prepare paraprofessionals for higher-level work in libraries. Emphasizing professional development is an act of inclusion that can break down the perceived barrier between staff levels and increase enthusiasm and effectiveness. Learn how one library?s weekly trainings of two e-resource paraprofessionals balance practical training and professional development with discussion of readings, taking turns presenting innovative technologies, identifying training needs and exploring presentation venues collaboratively, and even preparing for future job interviews. Bio: Robert Heaton is the Electronic Collections Librarian at Utah State University. He is finishing a two-year term as cochair of the LITA/ALCTS Electronic Resources Management Interest Group and is currently studying the selection and use of technological tools in support of e-resource troubleshooting. Title: Breaking Down the Silos Inside and Outside of the Back Room: Everyone Wins Abstract: I will review the changes in staffing (both professional and paraprofessional positions) and their roles that have taken place in the last few years at the Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore.? By changing the ?traditional? [meaning: that?s how it?s always been done] breakdown of responsibilities and implementing greater back-room support of public services and Special Collections, we have been able to upgrade paraprofessional staff and add a new professional librarian position.? Examples of changes include finding ways to provide access to locally useful information (using software such as WorldCat Lists, previously the purview of reference staff); training everyone on updating all records (not just the ILS but also the A-Z list and the link resolver) for a title regardless of its format; collaborating with public services to develop a local thesaurus of genres for games; and creating metadata for digital special collections materials. In March 2016 the department had a ?title change? from Technical Services and Content Management to Resource Acquisition and Discovery, recognizing the active role we play.? We are RAD indeed! Bio: Betty Landesman was with the University of Baltimore from July 2012 to April 2016. ?She had held previous positions in technical services, public services, and systems in academic libraries, federal libraries, special libraries, and with a library automation vendor.? She has had extensive involvement in information standards work and currently serves as co-chair of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO)?s Content and Collection Management Topic Committee. ------------------------------ Message: 3 On Behalf Of West, Wendy L ALCTS CaMMS Cataloging & Classification Research Interest Group at ALA Annual Orlando Date: Sunday, June 26, 2016 Time: 10:30 am - 11:30 am Location: W106, Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) In this year's meeting, the CaMMS Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group offers two presentations and discussions of cataloging-related research and projects. There will be a short business meeting with announcements at the beginning of this session. In our first presentation we will look at the changing roles and responsibilities occurring within the cataloging units of academic libraries, and in the second, we will consider best practices for description of zines in the RDA environment. "Roles and Responsibilities of Cataloging Units in Academic Libraries Research Project," presented by Jeremy Myntti, the Head of Digital Library Services at the J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah and Liz Woolcott, the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services at the Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University The roles and responsibilities within academic library cataloging units have gradually been shifting over the past several years. To deal with these changes, catalogers on both the librarian/faculty levels as well as professional or paraprofessional staff have had to respond to these changes, shifting workloads to ensure that necessary cataloging tasks are carried out. This presentation will report on the findings of a survey conducted in March and April 2016 to investigate existing academic library cataloging units, with special attention to the type of work that is completed both inside and outside of the cataloging unit as well as new responsibilities that have been shouldered in the recent past or will be acquired in the future. The presenters will relate these roles and responsibilities to the size of the library (both collection size and staffing), the overall structure of the cataloging unit, and the unit's place within the institution. "Cataloging Zines in an RDA Environment," presented by Allison Jai O'Dell, the Metadata Librarian at the University of Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries. Zines are increasingly collected by academic, public, and special collections libraries as primary source documents on politics, arts, social life, sub-cultures, and more. Meanwhile, zines present cataloging challenges such as complicated semi-serials, frequent title changes, pseudonymous creators, and sub-cultural content. Determining best practices for description of zines in an RDA environment is critical to access and research. This presentation will report on the findings of a case study to understand RDA's appropriateness for cataloging zines, and subsequent efforts to develop best practices for description of zines and their creators. ------------------------------ End of Tsig Digest, Vol 50, Issue 21 ************************************ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
