WorldShare Metadata collection management overview
Tuesday, September 18
2:00-3:00pm, Room 4F51A

Join us for the WorldShare Metadata collection management overview webinar. You will learn about the new collection management functionality which streamlines metadata management for e-resources.

Sierra Services Platform Webinar: Sierra from the Ground Up, Where It Is and Where It’s Going
Tuesday, September 25
2:30-3:30pm, Room 4F51A

Digital Preservation: Audio and Video Formats (Infopeople)

http://infopeople.org/training/audio-and-video-formats

April 12th, 9-10am in Ellis room 4F51A

• Basic formats and standards used in digital audio and video collections for libraries, archives, and museums
• The development of audio and video formats and introduce participants to the significant technical features that pertain to digital libraries.
• Audio formats and encodings introduced include Pulse-Code Modulation (PCM), WAV and BWAV, and the issues related to compression for online delivery.
• Video topics include formats and standards, particularly the role of compression and data storage.
• The meaning of “HD” and options for video transfer and capture, as well as format and encodings for uncompressed video and the Motion JPEG standards.

 

Summer Webinar Series, starting May 10^th

“Anatomy of a Digital Project” Webinar Series

http://www.carli.illinois.edu/news/281/51/Anatomy-of-a-Digital-Project-Webinar-Series.html

1. 1. Lightweight Project Management for Digital Collections (May 10^th, 9-10am in room 4F51A)

• In this webinar, H. Frank Cervone, Vice Chancellor for Information Services at Purdue University Calumet, will discuss a framework for a lightweight project management methodology that can be easily learned and implemented in any size environment. Using lightweight methodology and open-source or relatively inexpensive tools, participants will learn how to implement effective project management practices to ensure the success of digital library projects.

 

1. 2. Selection of Materials for Digitization (TBA)

• Some criteria for digitization selection decisions are straightforward: copyright, cost, and condition are obvious factors that influence selection decisions. Other factors include discovery and access mechanisms, intrinsic value, potential audiences, purpose of the collection, and collection policies. Panelists will address the topic of selecting resources for digitization showing examples from existing digital collections and discussing factors that influenced the selection process.

 

1. 3. Letting the World Know About Your Digital Collection: A Practical Approach to Promotion and Marketing (TBA)

• Digital projects involve more than scanning and metadata creation. We want the world to know about and enjoy the results of our efforts. Promotion and marketing are critical parts of a digital collection project and must be part of the overall project plan. This session will cover some practical ways to get the word out – effectively and economically.

 

1. 4. Digital Preservation: An Introduction to Technologies and Processes for the Care of Digital Collections (TBA)

• As libraries and cultural institutions produce and manage ever more digital materials, they are also beginning to wrestle with the complex issues surrounding long term storage and preservation of digital objects. Librarians, archivists, digital projects managers, and interested information technology specialists are encouraged to attend this forum to learn about digital preservation and about putting practices into place that protect digital assets for future students, scholars, and researchers.

 

Below are some upcoming webinars that the Catalog Department has scheduled.  You’re invited to join us at any of them.

RDA and Moving Images (ALCTS webinar)
Wednesday, March 14, 1:00-2:00 pm
Ellis 4F51a

This presentation will provide an overview of the cataloging of moving image content using RDA, focusing on areas that differ from AACR2, are challenging to interpret, or are in need of community consensus. Examples include DVD, Blu-ray, streaming video, and video games.

Digital Preservation: Storing and Managing Digital Collections (California State Library and the California Preservation Program webinar)
Thursday, March 15, 9:00-10:00 am
Ellis 4F51a

This webinar will present and explain:

• core concepts in the storage and maintenance of digital collections.
• how computers store data and the significant aspects of disk- and tape- based systems, including RAID arrays and “cloud” storage
• basic trends in storage pricing and availability
• common reference and assessment models for digital libraries, including the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) and Trusted Repository Audit and Certification (TRAC)
• how these technologies and standards manifest themselves in a some common digital repository and content management systems.

Participants will be able to evaluate costs and benefits of different storage methods, the applicability of repository software for their needs, and gain a framework for evaluating their immediate and hypothetical storage needs.

Libraries and MARC Holdings: From Works to Items (ALCTS webinar)
Wednesday, March 21, 1:00-2:00 pm
Ellis 4F51a

This session provides a brief introduction to and overview of the MARC21 Format for Holdings Data (MFHD) and ANSI/NISO Z39.71. Discussion topics include the importance of standardized holdings for such mission-critical library efforts as Item-Level Inventory Control, InterLibrary Loan (ILL) & Resource Sharing, and OffSite Storage.

Cataloging Three-Dimensional Objects and Kits with RDA (ALCTS webinar)
Wednesday, March 28, 1:00-2:00 pm
Ellis 4F51a

This presentation will cover highlights of RDA instructions related to cataloging kits and three-dimensional forms (objects), such as models, toys, artifacts, and naturally occurring objects, in an educational setting.

The members of Physical Processing/Preservation invite you to an open house on March 8th 2012, 9 am – 11 am in the Acquisitions Department.   There will be equipment demonstrations (including the new industrial paper cutter, the ultrasonic welder, the security strip machine and the creaser) and step-by-step displays and dioramas of many book repair techniques.   Come see the services we provide, come see what we’re all about, and get that repair question you’ve had answered (to the best of our ability, at least)!

 

March 1^st : 9am-10am = “Digital Preservation: Text and Image Formats”

March 15^th : 9am-10am = “Digital Preservation: Storing and Managing Digital Collections”

Both webinars will take place in 4F51 Ellis Library.

Services Lead to Success: Strategies for Repository Growth
February 8 – 1:00-2:00 pm
4F51A

Institutional repository managers often focus on content acquisition – how to recruit, build and grow collections. However, a strategy for truly sustainable growth should focus not on the content, but on the services that the repository provides to the broader institutional community (faculty, students, administrators). The primary goal of this webinar will be to provide participants with service-oriented strategies for building and growing institutional repository programs.

The main focus of the content will be communication strategies.

More information:  http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/irs/020812.cfm

Challenge the Status Quo: When the IR comes to Access Services
April 4 – 1:00-2:00 pm
Ellis 4F51A

Drawing on lessons learned from hosting a digital initiative (i.e. institutional repository) in access services, this presentation will offer suggestions for how managers can do more with less and still take on new projects. The presentation will also touch on assessment of legacy practices, cross-department collaboration, and the value of offering staff opportunities for learning new skills.

This session offers attendees techniques for implementing an institutional repository in settings with limited staff resources; techniques described apply to a variety of settings and sizes of libraries, not only in small organizations.

More information:  http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/irs/040412.cfm

ALCTS webinar: ISSN and You: Using ISSN SuperNumber in the Digital Environment
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
9:00-10:00 am
Ellis 4F51A

Learn about the work of the U.S. ISSN Center and ways the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) contributes to identification, access, and data linking in print and digital environments worldwide. ISSN is the premier international identifier for serials and other continuing resources in all formats. ISSN was ahead of its time in anticipating the crucial role of identifiers in the digital environment and has evolved well beyond its early role as a number displayed on print journals. Demand for ISSN continues to increase because of its ability to identify and facilitate linking to current, long-dead, or yet-to-be published continuing resources today and in the future semantic web.—Webinar description.

Speaker:  Regina Romano Reynolds, ISSN Coordinator at the Library of Congress and director of the US ISSN Center.

 

ALCTS webinar:  Datasets for Publication: Standards and Issues
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Ellis 4F51A
1:00-2:00 pm

Increasingly scholars and researchers are demanding access to the underlying data that supports the conclusions in published materials. In response, publishers and a variety of other organizations are publishing datasets either as stand alone products or attached to publications. There are many open questions about how the information community will deal with these resources. Traditional bibliographic, discovery, citation and preservation tools are not well equipped to address these new content types.  This session covers issues around data citation, data attribution, and the linking of data to the publication process. In addition, the session shares information on OECD’s experience and highlights issues related to data citation and linking on the OECD iLibrary.  Also includes a discussion of several industry initiatives related to data publication, including the NISO/NFAIS Supplementary Materials Recommended Practice project and the CODATA/ICSTI Task Force on Data Citation.—Webinar description

Presenters: Todd Carpenter is Managing Director of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), Terri Mitton is the Data Products Project Manager at the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

 

NISO Webinar: Assessment Metrics
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
noon-1:30 p.m.
Ellis 4F51A

With ever-shrinking library budgets it is more essential than ever to ensure that the library collection is targeted, relevant and well-used. Return on Investment (ROI) has become the mantra of library management and libraries need to show accountability for collection decisions. This webinar will focus on speakers who have successfully implemented assessment metrics (such as COUNTER 3, Eigenfactor and impact factors) as one determining factor of collection development decisions.  Topics:  Using Journal Metrics for Decision-Making, Journal Assessment Metrics, COUNTER and SUSHI: What’s new with release 4 of the COUNTER Code of Practice.

Presenters:  Tim Jewell (University of Washington), Robin Kear (University of Pittsburgh), Oliver Pesch (EBSCO Information Services)

More information:  http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/nisowebinars/assessment/

 

OCLC Webinar: Scan and Deliver: Creative User-initiated Digitization in Special Collections and Archives
Thursday, December 15, 2011
10:00-11:05
Ellis 4F51A

Are you ready to say, “Yes, we scan!”? This webinar was all about sharing streamlined methods for scanning and delivering digital copies of special collections materials at the request of users.

Changes in technology and the increased visibility of special collections have resulted in a deluge of requests for digital copies of special collections materials. A steady stream of digitization requests for one item here, two pages there can be labor-intensive, and policies for user requests vary widely across institutions.  To address these issues, OCLC Research and the OCLC Research Library Partnership’s Working Group on Streamlining Photography and Scanning sought methods for reducing cumbersome digitization-on-demand workflows and policy obstacles. The result—a flexible, tiered approach to delivering digitized materials that acknowledges differences in user needs, collections, institutions, and resources—is detailed in the report, Scan and Deliver: Managing User-initiated Digitization in Special Collections and Archives. In this webinar, members of the working group shared their creative experiments aimed at scanning and delivering user-requested digital copies of special collections materials. San Diego State University offers self-serve scanning in their reading room. At the University of Chicago, special collections and interlibrary loan (ILL) colleagues are working together to use existing infrastructure and expertise. The Getty Research Institute developed a tiered approach to capture and post digital files created by fulfilling user requests. The presenters discussed workflows-in-progress, lessons learned, and how they learned to stop worrying and love digital copy requests.

Presenters:  Anne Bahde (San Diego State University), Julia Gardner (University of Chicago), Anne Blecksmith (Getty Research Institute), Francine Snyder (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), Shannon Supple (University of California at Berkeley), Jennifer Schaffner (OCLC Research)

 

OCLC Webinar:  Rapid Capture in Special Collections and Archives
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
9:00-10:05 am
Ellis 4F51A

The report, Rapid Capture: Faster Throughput in Digitization of Special Collections, focused on the actual moment of digitization of non-book materials and on innovative ways to speed things up. But speeding things up in one part of the process often uncovers bottlenecks in other parts. In this webinar, experts from special collections and archives offered up creative ways to speed up other parts of the process to provide greater access to special collections, including:  Nimble workflows that allow multiple streams of manuscript content to be scanned and presented online quickly, Re-using archival description, or: our metadata is only as good as our descriptive practice, The quick and the good: outsourcing rapid capture of special collections, A planned destructive scanning process designed to create digitally reformatted copies that join their born-digital counterparts and are accessed and preserved as a single format, A system, paired with rapid capture, to provide access to entire folder content through the finding aid.

Presenters:  Laura Clark Brown (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Ben Goldman (University of Wyoming), Mary Elings (University of California, Berkeley), Erik Moore (University of Minnesota), Brian Wilson (The Henry Ford), Ricky Erway (OCLC Research)

ALCTS Webinar: ISSN and You: Using ISSN SuperNumber in the Digital Environment
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
9:00-10:00 am
Ellis 4F51A

Learn about the work of the U.S. ISSN Center and ways the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) contributes to identification, access, and data linking in print and digital environments worldwide. ISSN is the premier international identifier for serials and other continuing resources in all formats. ISSN was ahead of its time in anticipating the crucial role of identifiers in the digital environment and has evolved well beyond its early role as a number displayed on print journals. Demand for ISSN continues to increase because of its ability to identify and facilitate linking to current, long-dead, or yet-to-be published continuing resources today and in the future semantic web.

Speaker:  Regina Romano Reynolds, ISSN Coordinator at the Library of Congress and director of the US ISSN Center

–Felicity Dykas

Two great sources of information for Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) can be found online.  Both are based on information from the LCSH authority files maintained by the Library of Congress.

1.) “id.loc.gov” is maintained by the Library of Congress.  It is the Library of Congress’ foray into open and shareable authority data.

URL: http://id.loc.gov

Sample record: Online chat groups:  http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97004058.html

Features: Scope note at top of record (when available), list of variants terms, and lists of broader, narrower, and related terms.  A great feature is that the broader, narrower, and related terms are hyperlinked to the records for those terms. Note the tab for visualization, too, for those who want a visual view of relationships.

id.loc.gov also provides access to LC Children’s Subject Headings, LC Genre/Form Terms, etc.

2.) ZVON

URL: http://zvon.org/lib/lcsh/index.html

Sample record: Online chat groups:  http://zvon.org/lib/lcsh/index.html#sh97004058

Features: Much like id.loc.gov, ZVON provides a scope note at the top of each record when it’s available and a list of variant terms.  In addition, ZVON provides an interactive hierarchy within each record and has a very user friendly search interface.

ZVON also provides a number of other resources useful to librarians, such as a Library of Congress Classification Outline, a Project Gutenberg browser, and a Dublin Core and DCMI metadata reference.  The Resources for Librarians page can be found here: http://zvon.org/lib/

 

For more information please contact Jackie Blonigen or Felicity Dykas.

August 24, 2011  1:00-2:00 p.m.
Ellis 4G41

From the session description:

Scanning is not so much an art as it is a craft. This webinar offers practical advice based on actual experience gained in scanning published and original material to create PDF files of documents for deposit or publication in the institutional repository.

Information about equipment and software will be offered with an emphasis on the Adobe Creative Suite: Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop and InDesign.

Learning Outcomes:
Attendees receive information on how to:

* make high-quality digital files (pdf) from hard copy originals
* use Adobe software in preparing documents for an IR
Who should attend: Digital librarians, IR managers, digitization workers, anyone with an interest in learning how to produce high-quality digital files.

Presenter: Paul Royster is the manager of UNL Digital Commons, the institutional repository at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, one of the nation’s largest IRs.

Paul received his PhD from Columbia University in English and Comparative Literature and had a successful career in publishing before joining the UNL library faculty as the Coordinator for Scholarly Communication.

Paul is a frequent presenter on topics related to managing and enhancing institutional repositories and has authored or edited material on a variety of other subjects.

For additional information on Paul and his areas of interest, see:
http://www.unl.edu/libr/liaison/facultysites/roysterPaul/proysterCV.pdf