Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries
Monday and Tuesday, October 29-30th
Jim will be attending the Fall Meeting of the Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA), Houston, TX
Wednesday, October 31st
2:30 – 4:00 p.m. – MULSA Halloween Party, Ellis Library Staff Lounge
Thursday, November 1st
6:00 p.m. – Jefferson Club Event, St. Louis, MO
Friday, November 2nd
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – MOBIUS Membership Meeting, Columbia, MO
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 10:00-11:30 am
Ellis 4F51A
Send additional items or questions to Felicity Dykas and/or Judy Maseles.
1) MERLIN redesign update
2) Review of pending indexing changes and issues
* Tables of contents
* Changes to limits that are still pending
* Series in MOBIUS; sometimes a hotlink and sometimes not
3) Review MERLIN scoping table
* Review scoping of locations in item, checkin, and order records to bibliographic locations. These impact the MERLIN Specific Library location limit (http://merlin.lib.umsystem.edu/search/Y)
* There are some inconsistencies in our scoping. See some recommended changes and questions. http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/catalogdept/temp/Bib_Locations.xls
5) RDA – new cataloging rules
* New fields that you may see in records
6) Committee reports
* Activities, open tickets, etc.
7) Sierra planning
* Sierra implementation is scheduled for February 19, 2013. We may have more information by the meeting.
November 6, 2012, 11:00 to noon
Ellis 4F51A
Agenda
1) Reports from MU representatives on MERLIN Digital Projects Committee committees
a) Web Development – Anselm Huelsbergen and/or Kate Anderson
b) Metadata – Felicity Dykas
c) Policy – Ann Riley
2) Islandora tour
Review of functions
Report on development
Our new digital library, using Islandora, is still in development. Here is the sandbox: http://irsandbox.lso.umsystem.edu/fedora/repository.
3) Updates from all
A new position was posted on the Library Employment Opportunities web page 10/22/12.
The position ID number to use to apply with HR is # 8943 on the HR web page. http://hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/index.php
* Library Information Assistant – 100% FTE, M-F 8-5; $9.05 Interlibrary Loan Unit – Lending, Access Services Department, Access, Collections and Technical Services Division, Ellis Library
Duties: Process interlibrary lending requests received from other libraries, including obtaining call numbers using MERLIN (the library’s online catalog system). Retrieve books from the stacks utilizing alphanumeric call numbers. Update interlibrary loan requests on the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Subsystem and the RAPID System, using ILLiad on staff’s computer workstation. Check out books in MERLIN. Prepare books for sending including packaging. Assist in other interlibrary lending processes as needed. Work as a member of an efficient team and meet speed and accuracy goals as determined by department.
This position requires some physical stamina and involves moving materials and related physical actions part of the workday. Must be able to move fully loaded book trucks (at least 200 lbs.). Must be able to read call numbers on books located on shelves at ground level and up to nine feet in height and where lighting is diminished; ladders and footstools are available.
Min. Quals.: A high school diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired is necessary.
Six months of responsible office experience is necessary. Directly related education or training may be substituted for experience.
The ability to type may be necessary depending upon the position available.
Typing speed of 25-30 wpm.
Preferred Quals.: Demonstrated aptitude with clerical skills, attention to detail and ability to work closely with others. Knowledge of library classification systems, prior library work experience and experience with computers helpful.
Please join us from 1-2 pm Central time in 4G41 on Wednesday, Oct. 24 to learn more about our use of the Hathi Trust.
Washington DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will host a webcast on October 24, 2012, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern time, to discuss the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust decision and the implications of this victory for research libraries. The discussion will be moderated by Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives at ARL, and will feature discussion from:
• Jonathan Band, of policybandwidth, an expert in copyright law and the author of the Library Copyright Alliance amicus brief in the HathiTrust case
• Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law at American University’s Washington College of Law, as well as co-facilitator of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries and a member of the legal team that represented the National Federation of the Blind
• Dan Goldstein, a partner at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, acts as counsel for the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and has initiated a national legal campaign to ensure access to technology
• Jason M. Schultz, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law Director, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at the University of California Berkeley School of Law
Background
On October 10, 2012, Judge Harold Baer handed down a landmark fair use decision in the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust case. The HathiTrust was created by university libraries as a collective storehouse for digitized works from their collections, including millions of volumes digitized in partnership with Google. In 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust and several ARL member institutions claiming that they committed copyright infringement on a massive scale by using these digital scans for preservation, to power a search tool, and to provide accessible versions of books for print disabled patrons. The NFB intervened in the case to defend the accessibility aspect of the project. The Library Copyright Alliance filed an amicus brief on behalf of libraries, and a group of digital humanities scholars filed a brief in support of the search functionality enabled by the HathiTrust database.
In a striking victory for libraries and their users, Judge Baer rejected the Guild’s claims in the starkest possible terms, saying, “I cannot imagine a definition of fair use that would not encompass the transformative uses made by Defendants’ [mass digitization project] and would require that I terminate this invaluable contribution to the progress of science and cultivation of the arts that at the same time effectuates the ideals espoused by the ADA.”
For more information, please visit http://www.arl.org/news/pr/hathidecision-11oct12.shtml.
Name: Peter Richard Johnson
Position: Library Information Specialist I
Dept. Address: 102 Ellis Library, Columbia, MO 65211
Dept. Phone: 573-882-3362
Effective Date: 10/16/2012