Today's Topics: 1. Call for Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award nominations (Elaine Franco) 2. ALCTS e-Forum: Wrangling License Agreements (Elaine Franco)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Dear Colleagues, We are seeking nominees for the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. This award recognizes outstanding achievements (including risk-taking) by academic librarians that have contributed significantly to improvements in the areas of library automation, library management, and/or library development and research. This award honors the life and accomplishments of Hugh C. Atkinson, one of the major innovators in modern librarianship. This award is funded by an endowment created by divisional, individual, and vendor contributions given in memory of Hugh C. Atkinson. The nominee must be a librarian employed in one of the following during the year prior to application for this award: * University, college, or community college library * Non-profit consortium, or a consortium comprised of non-profits that provides resources/services/support to academic libraries The nominee must have a minimum of five years of professional experience in an academic library or in a non-profit consortium or a consortium comprised of non-profits. Electronic submissions are required. Nominations must include documentation that indicates the name, address, and phone number of both the nominating party and the nominee as well as a narrative supporting the nomination, and a current vita. Nominators are encouraged to provide additional letters of support to assist the committee in understanding the full scope of the nominee's contributions. Award: Plaque and cash award sponsored by ALCTS, ACRL, LLAMA, and LITA Questions, please contact the award committee chair: Mark Stover, Chair, Hugh C. Atkinson Award Committee [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Please e-mail the nomination to Chase Ollis at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. NOMINATIONS DUE DECEMBER 2, 2016 For more information, please see this link: http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/atkinsonmemorial Best wishes, Bruce Johnson ALCTS Representative on the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award Committee Bruce Chr. Johnson The Library of Congress Policy & Standards Division Washington, DC 20540-4263 USA [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.loc.gov<http://www.loc.gov/> 202.707.1652 (voice) 202.707.6629 (fax) ------------------------------ Message: 2 ALCTS e-Forum: Wrangling License Agreements September 27-28, 2016 Moderated by Katy DiVittorio and Michael Rodriguez Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It?s free and open to everyone! Registration information is at the end of the message. Each day, discussion begins and ends at: Pacific: 7 a.m. ? 3 p.m. Mountain: 8 a.m. ? 4 p.m. Central: 9 a.m. ? 5 p.m. Eastern: 10 a.m. ? 6 p.m. Negotiating the best terms and conditions for your libraries and users is often challenging and complicated. Explore the impact of license agreements and share best practices for optimizing and managing these agreements. What do license agreements look like and what concerns might the various sections and clauses present? Attend this e-Forum to share experiences and practical solutions for wrangling and benchmarking license agreements to align with library best practices. Moderators Katy DiVittorio is the Acquisitions Librarian at the Auraria Library in Denver, CO. Auraria is unique in that it is the only tri-institutional academic library in the nation. The Auraria Library serves the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, & Community College of Denver. Michael Rodriguez is Electronic Resources Librarian at the University of Connecticut, where he leads contract management for library services and resources and is project manager for various initiatives. He also teaches professional development workshops on copyright and fair use. What Is an e-Forum? An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to participate, but it's free. For information about upcoming e-forums, please visit http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum How to Register You must register your email address to subscribe to or access an electronic discussion list on ALA's Mailing List Service. Once you have registered for one e-forum, you do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the list. Find instructions for subscribing and unsubscribing online. ( http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/e-forum/sympa) If you have any problems, please contact [email protected]. *Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.* ------------------------------ End of Tsig Digest, Vol 53, Issue 12 ************************************ -- 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].
