Minitex Webinar: Access vs. Privacy: Understanding the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Take advantage of the many free and low-cost continuing education opportunities organized and delivered by Minitex and other professional organizations in the area. These  workshops, webinars, and conferences are good ways to build on what you're learning in class, keep your kills fresh, and make new contacts that will help you find your next job.

Access vs. Privacy: Understanding the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Thursday, September 26, 2013
10:00 AM–11:00 AM (Central Time)

Join the University of Minnesota Libraries' Government Information Librarian, Amy Springer, and Hennepin County Library's Government Documents Coordinator, Helen Burke, as they provide resources to start learning FOIA basics. FOIA entitles citizens to unseal some records and simultaneously allows the government to seal others. What better way to spend Banned Books Week than figuring out how to file a FOIA request? How may patrons file their own FOIA requests? How to distinguish requests for personal records from requests for data that ought to be public? What can patrons do for themselves? When is legal counsel recommended? What exemptions apply and when can they be overcome?

Presenters:
—Amy Springer, Government Information Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries
—Helen Burke, Government Documents Coordinator, Hennepin County Library

ARLD Live Interactive Webcast

Sparking Innovation in Your Library: Lessons from Startup, R&D, and Venture Capital

June 13, 2013, 1:00-2:30pm

Elmer Anderson Library, Room 120
University of Minnesota
222 21st Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Map and directions »

Join the Academic and Research Libraries Division (ARLD) of the Minnesota Library Association for a free webinar,Sparking Innovation in Your Library: Lessons from Startup, R&D, and Venture Capital. The complimentary access for our Minnesota Chapter is provided by ACRL.

Academic libraries are experiencing tremendous change. Advances in publishing, technology, pedagogy, and research are shifting roles across campuses. Librarians are expected to address emerging needs, requiring entrepreneurial thinking in order to deliver these new services. This live, interactive webcast will explore ideas from startups, R&D labs, venture capital firms, and other innovative organizations. Learn how you can apply the mindsets, toolsets, and cultural qualities to your library.

The presenter, Brian Mathews, is Associate Dean for Learning and Outreach at Virginia Tech. He blogs at The Ubiquitous Librarian for The Chronicle of Higher Education. His website iswww.brianmathews.com.

LIT Program Event: CANCELLED

DUE TO A LACK OF INTEREST, THE FOLLOWING EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED!

MCTC Library Information Technology program presents...

The Digital Shift: Libraries, Ebooks and Beyond

A Library Journal/School Library Journal Online Event

Wednesday, October 17, 2012
9:00 am-4:00 pm (Central time)

This live web event is an opportunity to come together in person with your colleagues and instructors to hear presentations and speakers talk about current issues in libraries. The event does cost money to register on your own, but we will be purchasing a site license so if you come to campus, it is free!

Please save the date, and let us know if you have any questions. If you'd like to RSVP, please do so via our Program Events RSVP Form. 

Hope to see you there!

The Future of College of DuPage's "Library Futures" Series

I was disappointed (though, after 9 months of no word about future programming, not entirely surprised) to receive the following email in my inbox today...

Dear Library Teleconference Subscribers,

Since 1995, College of DuPage Press has coproduced the Library Teleconference series with Multimedia Services.  The program featured expert presenters in the Library Sciences and sought to bring together a national Learning Resource community to proactively address evolving library processes, policies and technology. 

Over the years, it has been our pleasure to take this journey with you.  However, financial support for this program has declined significantly despite increased interest from library systems across the country.  We have continued to explore cost saving measures that would allow COD Press to continue to offer this program, but regrettably, we must discontinue the Library Futures program series at this time due to rising costs and dwindling professional development funds among end users. 

We will continue to make past programs available and will consider resuming the program in the future should the requisite underwriting materialize.  It has been our pleasure to be a part of the exploration and learning that has been Library Futures.

Sincerely,

College of DuPage Press/

Multimedia Services

I will definitely be thinking about some type of alternative programming for next year. Ideas welcome!

ALA-APA Library Support Staff Certification Webinar

If any of you are interested in pursuing ALA-APA's Library Support Staff Certification, you may wish to register for this webinar.

On Tuesday, June 7 at 2:00 pm (CDT), LSSC will offer an hour-long webinar on the program and how it works. The presentation will explain the value of this certification to Library Support Staff, employers, and library users. You will also have the opportunity to have all of your questions answered by program staff members. This webinar is open to all interested candidates. Register to attend at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/427540376 and for more information, visit our website!

Ian Lashbrook - ilashbrook@ala.org

Research Associate

Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSC)

Office Hours: Mon-Thurs, 8:30am - 4:30pm

50 East Huron, Chicago, IL 60611

(o)312-280-1411, (f)312-280-5297

http://ala-apa.org/lssc

Online classes from LYRASIS

LYRASIS Digital and Preservation Services is pleased to announce the following online classes (All advertised in Eastern time).

Preservation Management. 6/7-21 10am- noon (3 classes) http://bit.ly/lyrpresmgt

Caring for Scrapbooks. 6/8 2-4pm http://bit.ly/lyrscrpbooks

Preservation and Salvage of Audiovisual Materials. 6/15 2-4pm http://bit.ly/lyrsalvav

Introduction to Grants for Preservation. 6/22 10am- noon http://bit.ly/lyrpresgrants

Preservation of Photographic Materials. 6/29-30 2-4pm http://bit.ly/lyrphotopres

Minitex NISO webinar

Those of you who took Intro to Indexing and/or are in Intro to Cataloging this semester, take note: consider attending this on-side webinar if your schedule allows.

Don’t forget to register for the upcoming on-site NISO webinar.

Back From the Endangered List:
Using Authority Data to Enhance the Semantic Web

Wednesday, February 9, 2011
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. (Central Time)

Minitex Conference Room

15 Andersen Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

To register for this on-site webinar, go to http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Events/Niso/#endangered.

Librarian use of authority files dates back to Callimachus and the Great Library of Alexandria around 300 BC. With the evolution of powerful computerized searching and retrieval systems, authority data appears to some to have outlived its usefulness. However, the Semantic Web provides an opportunity to use authority data to enable computers to search, aggregate, and combine information on the Web. Join this webinar to learn about the amazing services that can result when the rich data included in name authority files, and other standardized vocabularies are linked via the Semantic Web.

Presentations include:

• Linking Things and the Virtual International Authority File – Jeff Young, Software Architect, OCLC Research
  Is "NISO" a "controlled access point" or an "organization"? Because different authority agencies disagree on the literal form of the “controlled access point”, the basis for associating them in VIAF must be through a more intuitive concept like “organization”, “person”, “place”, etc. Linked Data encourages us to assign HTTP URIs to these conceptualized resources and to describe them with existing ontologies (e.g. FOAF, SKOS, OWL) to further enhance their reuse outside the library community. With these Linked Data tools, VIAF and its contributors illustrate the potential interplay between centralized and decentralized interoperability of authority information.

• Authorities as Linked Data Hubs – Richard Wallis, Technology Evangelist, Talis
  As the Web of Data appears, hubs of information are naturally forming. The Linked Data approach to publishing information is one of reuse and linking to others. It is no surprise therefore that DBpedia [Linked Data derived from Wikipedia] has become one of the most linked to hubs --- not because of the authority of Wikipedia data, but because of the reusable identifiers used to link it. In the same way governments are becoming hubs for identifying schools, locations, departments, laws, etc., the library community has the opportunity to become the respected source for identifiers in this world. What we collectively refer to as authorities have the potential [if published openly, simply, and soon] to become hubs for the linking of library and non-library information across the Web of Data. However, just encoding what we have in RDF and pushing it out there may not be enough. Applying Linked Data principles and approaching it from the data consumers' point of view will help the continuation of the centuries old library mission into a Semantic Web future.

• The Getty Vocabularies: 'Non-Authoritarian' Authority Files for Art, Architecture, and Material Culture – Murtha Baca, Head, Digital Art History Access
  For more than two decades, the Getty Vocabulary Program, a unit of the Getty Research Institute (GRI), has been building electronic thesauri containing structured terminology for art, architecture, decorative arts and other material culture, archival materials, visual surrogates, and bibliographic materials. Compliant with international standards, the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT®), Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN®), and Union List of Artist Names (ULAN®) provide authoritative information for catalogers and researchers, and can be used to enhance search and retrieval in databases and Web sites. The Getty Vocabularies grow through contributions from their constituent communities. The Getty Vocabulary Program is a participant in VIAF. The newest Getty vocabulary, currently in development, is CONA™ (Cultural Objects Name Authority), a structured vocabulary containing authority records for cultural works, including architecture and movable works such as paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, manuscripts, photographs, textiles, ceramics, furniture, other visual media such as frescoes and architectural sculpture, performance art, archaeological artifacts, and various functional objects that are from the realm of material culture and of the type collected by museums.

Minitex Reference Webinars

Minitex Reference Outreach & Instruction is pleased to announce the following upcoming webinars.

Please register today before sessions become full!

Go to the following links to

get more information http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/Webinars.aspx

or to register http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Training/

Literary Criticism in ELM
Student Resources In Context
History Day Resources
Locating Biographies in ELM
All About PubMed
Consumer Health Information on the Internet

History Day Resources

Date	Time	Register
Mon., Feb. 21, 2011	11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Central Time)	REGISTER

History Day focuses on teaching students how to select a topic and conduct thorough research using primary and secondary sources to give well-rounded understanding and competency about that topic. In this webinar we will look at this year's theme and discuss ways to help students develop a topic, identify primary sources, and resources to use. We will also look at developing a project timeline using the Research Calculator.

Literary Criticism in ELM

Date	Time	Register
Mon., Feb. 14, 2011	3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Central Time)	REGISTER

Literary criticism is an important part of the curriculum for not only K12 but also colleges. Students are required to evaluate and critique selected readings from many perspectives. In this webinar Minitex Reference Outreach & Instruction staff will highlight ELM database features specifically aimed at locating literary criticism including Britannica, Student Resources in Context, Academic Search Premier and more.

Locating Biographies in ELM

Date	Time	Register
Fri., Feb. 25, 2011	9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (Central Time)	REGISTER

If you're looking for a biography, then look no further than the ELM databases. Whether it's a sports star, an author, a scientist, actor, astronomer, or former U.S. president, many ELM database offer accurate, authoritative, and educational biographies aimed at all grade levels. This webinar will highlight ELM database with strong biography content.

All About PubMed

Date	Time	Register
Mon, Feb 21, 2011	2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Central Time)	REGISTER

Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Anne Beschnett, Liaison and Outreach Librarian of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Bio-Medical Library, as she addresses how to get the most out of PubMed.

In this session you will learn the basics of searching the PubMed database. PubMed provides free access to MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine’s database of citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and preclinical sciences. Topics covered in this session include basic searching, advanced searching using the MeSH (Medical Subject Heading) database, how to manage your results, and how to access full text. Who Should Attend?: Anyone interested in learning about the database PubMed.

Consumer Health Information on the Internet: Where to Look and What to Look Out For

Date	Time	Register
Mon, Feb 14, 2011	10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Central Time)	REGISTER

Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Anne Beschnett, Liaison and Outreach Librarian of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Bio-Medical Library as she discusses consumer health information on the Internet.

Health questions can be challenging, and finding reliable health information online can be difficult. This webinar will introduce attendees to quality online consumer health resources. MedlinePlus, a consumer health information website developed by the National Library of Medicine is an excellent resource for information providing a medical dictionary, encyclopedia, information on diseases and conditions, drugs and supplements, easy-to-read materials, surgery videos, and materials in other languages. Attendees will also learn ways to help patrons evaluate online health information. Who Should Attend?: Anyone interested in learning about consumer health information on the Internet.

Student Resources In Context

Date	Time	Register
Thurs., Feb. 17, 2011	9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (Central Time)	REGISTER
Fri., Feb. 18, 2011	3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Central Time)	REGISTER

Gale has just replaced select Gale Resource Centers, with the new In Context family of products. This learning environment provides a revolutionary user experience that’s supported by media-rich content, customizable options, and user tools. Join Minitex reference librarians as they focus this webinar on ELM's Student Resources In Context (previously known as Student Resource Center Gold).

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