Fill Your Library Toolbox with Free Resources
Free Nylink Community Brown Bag Session
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Time: 12 noon – 1:30
Location: Webinar

Join us from the comfort of your own desk for this free Webinar to discuss and share free online resources that help your Library.

We would like to share with you:

A free MARC editing tool
Free Reader’s Advisory tools
Free editing tools for photos and podcasts
Free tools that help promote your online databases
Free tools that make your library more visible

What are you using? Do you have:

A free citation tool?
A free translation tool?
What free tools are you using to enhance the visibility of your library?

URL submissions are welcome! Submit the URL of your free tool and a brief description to services@nylink.org, or include a link when you register! You will also be able to share during the session.

On February 21st, Evelyn Butrico and Jen Stelling traveled to Manhattan to hold a library “film festival” at the Mid-Manhattan Branch of the NYPL. We looked at about 20 films, ranging from the traditional library tour to spoofs of library services and rules. Our playlist is available below.

As we watched the films and listened to the comments of the 20 or so people gathered, it quickly became apparent that there were many reasons to take advantage of the availability and relative ease of digital filmmaking for your library. Tours, tutorials, and orientations were the most popular kinds of movies, but many librarians present were also considering using film to develop their outreach programs.
What makes a good library movie? There were some differences of opinion, but shorter was definitely sweeter. An understanding of the intended audience made for a better film as well.

Many thanks to the Mid-Manhattan library, which was a wonderful host, and to all of our attendees for taking the time to attend and contribute to the discussion.

From the Society of American Archivists:

February Action Alert!
Preserving the American Historical Record Legislation
The PAHR legislation will be introduced soon in the House by its principal sponsors, Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), John McHugh (R-NY), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and Edolphus Towns (D-NY).

Ask your member of Congress to (1) become a sponsor of the bill and (2) sign Rep. Hinchey’s “Dear Colleague” letter. They can do either by calling Anne Georges at 202-225-6335.

Contact the members of Congress who represent your region and tell them how important this bill will be to your state. Please encourage others to do so as well. Genealogists, local government officials, researchers of all kinds, teachers, veterans, and even your favorite aunt can make the case. Help us make this a bill that shows bipartisan, bicoastal support! Go to www.archivists.org/pahr for tools that can help you make the case for PAHR!

Library Journal gave OUP’s new Islamic Studies Online database a 10 in all of its four categories, content, design, navigability, and usability, and calls it “An essential purchase for academic and public libraries; school libraries should certainly take a serious look, too.”
Read the review in its entirety at http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6516112.html.
Pricing for OISO is very reasonable; small public and academic libraries can expect to pay $1420 for a year’s subscription with unlimited access. Larger institutions can try a single SU at $850.
As with all of OUP’s resources, 30-day trials are available. To sign up for a trial or get more detailed pricing information, please contact Jen Stelling at stellingj@nylink.org.

IT ‘S FINALLY HERE!
The OCLC Local Holdings Offline Product (“LHOP”) is finally available!
The OCLC Local Holdings Offline Product replaces the old SULOP (“Serials Union List Offline Product”) used for many years by OCLC members participating in the old Union Listing system on OCLC. The old SULOP product has not been available since the migration of the union listing service to Local Holdings Maintenance now almost two years ago. LHOP is available for individual libraries only.
LHOP allows you to order, from the OCLC website, a tab delimited file of all of the local holdings your institution currently has in WorldCat. Information from the bibliographic record with data from all attached Local Holdings Records will be available. The tab delimited file can be imported into a spreadsheet package.
A Quick Reference Guide is available online at:
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/localholdings/offlineproduct/lhm_offlineproduct_quickref.pdf and covers the order process, how to download the file, and information on how to import the file into Microsoft Office Excel. The guide also contains information about the data elements included in the file.
Order LHOP online at:
https://www3.oclc.org/app/lhop/.

Additional information on the order process:
· Your file will be available within three weeks from placing the order
· You receive email notification when the report is available
· No order cycle; place an order at any time
Q.: How much does it cost? A.: THERE IS NO CHARGE for the reports!

Q.: How would I use it?
A.: LHOP is set up to be a maintenance tool. You would use it to review your holdings data and identify necessary changes.

PLEASE NOTE: We here at Nylink are investigating the LHOP product to see how interoperable it could be.
So stay tuned for tips and tricks to come….
For MORE information contact Mary Edgerton at Nylink at: edgertonm@nylink.org.

Nylink will be forming a CAMIO group for the FY08-09 renewal year (July 2008-June 2009). The group discount will be contingent on the number of libraries who join.

This opinion piece was written for the Washington Post by a school librarian in Virginia and was run in this morning’s (Feb 7) Albany Times Union. It really struck a chord with me, as I read it while simultaneously watching the Today show, composing an agenda for an afternoon meeting in my head, and stacking up a pile of reports to read underneath the paper….

“As a school librarian, I wind up reading all sorts of damning reports on students’ lack of reading skills……”

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=661785&category=OPINION&newsdate=2/7/2008

This was posted on LIS News Blog (http://lisnews.org/) and I thought it worth sharing. I do hope someone out there can take advantage of it.

Digital Information Management Certificate Program Application Deadline Extended; Scholarships available

Posted February 4th, 2008 by brucefulton on the LIS News Blog.

The University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science is pleased to announce that openings are available, as well as a number of full scholarships, in the school’s graduate certificate program in Digital Information Management. The program is scheduled to begin a new series of courses starting this summer. Prospects have until April 1, 2008 to apply for one of the openings and available financial aid.

All coursework is online and may be completed in 15-27 months. Studies begin each summer with the course Introduction to Applied Technology. Students may then take either one or two courses each fall and spring, with a capstone course concluding the program each summer. The certificate program has been developed in cooperation with The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Major funding for program development comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which has also provided funding for a limited number of scholarships.