REMINDER: ALA 2010 Annual Program Announcement: ALCTS CRS College & Research Libraries Interest Group Rebecca Kemp 18 Jun 2010 18:59 UTC
Hi, all- looking forward to seeing you at Annual next week! --Rebecca > *Cross-posted* > > Please join us at ALA Annual: > > ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College & Research Libraries > Interest Group Annual Meeting > Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010 > Time: 10:30 am -12:00 noon > Location: JW Marriott Hotel, Grand Ballroom IV > Program: > > 1. Electronic Resources Evaluation Central: Homing in on a Permanent Site > Presenter: Lenore England, Digital Resources Librarian, University of > Maryland University College > > The UMUC library staff carefully review electronic resources each > fiscal year. This process can be complex and inefficient since a wide > variety of sources and tools need to be utilized. To more effectively > manage the process, evaluation of resources was streamlined by setting > up a site with LibGuides that could be utilized each fiscal year, > which is called Electronic Resources Evaluation Central (EREC). EREC > includes statistical and cost analysis of our resources, trials, fact > sheets, library liaison information and templates for communication > with faculty, and a comments blog. This presentation will discuss the > effectiveness of setting up a central site and statistics on its use. > > 2. Ithaka S+R 2009 Faculty Survey Report > Presenter: Ross Housewright, Analyst, Ithaka S+R > > Ithaka S+R recently released the results of its fourth faculty survey, > which examines changes in faculty attitudes towards the academic > library, information resources, and the scholarly communications > system as a whole. In the published report based on this survey, > Ithaka S+R analyzes responses from over 3,000 faculty members based at > US four-year colleges or universities. This presentation will report > findings on (1) faculty attitudes about the idea of a local shift away > from print journal collections and towards electronic-only access and > (2) faculty attitudes towards scholarly communications trends in open > access and digital repositories. > > 3. Scholarly Video Publishing to Increase Productivity and > Standardization in Life Sciences > Presenter: Moshe Pritsker, CEO, Editor-in-Chief and Co-founder of JoVE > (Journal of Visualized Experiments) > > An insider in the business will provide answers on video-publication > in science: why do it? Who needs it? What fundamental problems of > today research and education does it address? He will also detail how > to build a sustainable video-publication and discuss acceptance of > video-publication in the scientific and librarian communities based on > 3 years of the experience acquired by JoVE. > > We hope to see you in DC! > > Best wishes, > > Rebecca Kemp, Chair, CRS C&RL IG > E-Resources Acquisitions Librarian > CB#3938 Davis Library > UNC-Chapel Hill > Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890 > rkemp<at>email<dot>unc<dot>edu > ph: 919-962-0162 > fax: 919-962-4450 > > Beth Bernhardt, Chair-Elect, CRS C&RL IG > Electronic Resources Librarian > Jackson Library > University of North Carolina at Greensboro > PO Box 26170 > Greensboro, NC 27402 > Beth_Bernhardt<at>uncg<dot>edu > 336-256-1210 >