Professional Development @ Virginia Tech Libraries

Welcome

The VT Libraries Professional Development Portal offers frequent, timely, and relevant information for assisting faculty and staff in staying up to date with current trends and opportunities. Training events, conferences, webinars, and CFPs will be posted regularly. Use the tabs at the top to view lists of recommended conferences, webinars, publications, and other sites. The Applause tab lists recent contributions made to the profession by VT Libraries faculty and staff.

If you would like to submit a CFP or other related call for participation, please contact me, Rebecca Miller, directly (millerrk at vt dot edu). Expired CFPs and past deadlines are removed as soon as possible in order to keep this resource current. Many thanks!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Call for Participation: Collaborative Librarianship

URL: http://www.collaborativelibrarianship.org/

Collaborative Librarianship: Call for Participation – January 11, 2011 – (Denver CO) – Consider joining the groundswell of support for library collaboration: volunteer to become a peer reviewer for the scholarly, open access, online journal, Collaborative Librarianship. All related subject/interest areas are welcomed. To register as a peer reviewer, please go to the home page, click “Register” tab, and provide the information. (Email address and other information given are strictly confidential and for use only by Collaborative Librarianship.) You can also contact directly the General Editor, Ivan Gaetz: igaetz@regis.edu.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Weekly Roundup: 1/10-1/14

Call for Participation: The Library Radio Network. Due January 31

Conference: Computers in Libraries 2011. Register by February 18

Monday, January 10, 2011

Call for Proposals: Green Libraries and Librarians

CFP: Green Libraries and Librarians

Calling all Green Librarians! We know you're out there. We've heard through the grapevine about some of the inspiring, entrepreneurial initiatives you've taken on:
• partnering with with local organic farmers to provide Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) to their communities
• pursuing related professional development opportunities, such as attending the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) conference or achieving LEED accreditation
• raising awareness about climate change by hosting an ongoing film and discussion series on that topic at your library
• advocating for LEED-certified libraries
Do you know a librarian that fits this description: "sustainability advocate, educator or entrepreneur"? In that case, please pass this note along.

Or, maybe that person is you? We want to hear your story! Our team is in the process of collecting stories about librarians who are sustainability advocates for an upcoming book. Please fill out this form to let us know how we can get in touch: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFhfMTJudW5kbUNpUkZnUnJhSTBOSFE6MQ#gid=0.

If you have questions, ask away! We're very excited about this project and look forward to hearing from you.

Anne Less
Mary Davidge Associates @ Google, Inc.
aless@google.com
@alessismore

Beth Filar Williams
UNC-Greensboro Libraries
efwilli3@uncg.edu
@greenyourlib

Sarah Dorsey
UNC-Greensboro Libraries
sbdorsey@uncg.edu

Free Webinar: Libraries are Essential: Providing Core Services for Readers. January 27


Libraries are Essential: Providing Core Services for Readers

SPONSORED BY: EBSCO/NoveList, and Library Journal SCHEDULED EVENT DATE: Thursday, January 27, 2011– 2:00 PM EST – 60 minutes Register for this event

Libraries are often a community hub, the place where everyone is welcome and where everyone can not only find the information they need, but also seek solace and support. In short, libraries are an essential part of any thriving community. In this first of a three-part series of webcasts on the essentialness of libraries, Robin Nesbit, Sharron Smith, and Duncan Smith explore the value of readers’ services and best practices for conveying that value to the community. Providing Core Services for Readers is first in the three part Libraries are Essential series of webcasts. Featured Speakers Robin Nesbit, Director of Technical Services, Columbus Metropolitan Library in Ohio Sharron Smith, Manager of Readers’ Advisory Services, Kitchner Public Library in Kitchner, Ontario Duncan Smith, founder and Vice President, NoveList The event will be moderated by Cheryl LaGuardia, Research Librarian, Harvard University, Cambridge; author of the e-Views Blog and e-Reviews columns for Library Journal and Editor of Bowkers' Magazines for Libraries

If you are not able to make the live webcast of Libraries are Essential: Providing Core Services for Readers, register now and you will get an email notification from Library Journal after the event when the webcast is archived and available for viewing at your convenience.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Weekly Roundup: 1/3-1/7

Conference: Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians. Register by January 31

Call for Participation: NMRT Committees 2011-2012

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Call for Participation: NMRT Committees 2011-2012

We are looking for volunteers to appoint to NMRT Committees for 2011/2012. Committee members will begin serving at the conclusion of the 2011

Annual meeting in New Orleans (June 28, 2011) and will continue through the 2012 Annual meeting in Anaheim. You must be a dues paying member of NMRT to serve on a committee.

* 2012 Midwinter Meeting, Dallas, TX: January 20–24, 2012

* 2012 Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA: June 21–26, 2012

Many NMRT committees do not require conference attendance, but please note that, for some committees, attendance at the Midwinter and/or Annual Conferences is expected.

If you are interested in serving, please complete the NMRT volunteer form:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/popularresources/getinvolved/volunteer.cfm

As some committees fill up quickly, we recommend selecting all

committees you are interested in being appointed to. If you are

interested in multiple committees, please rank the committees in order of your preference. Committee information can be found here:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/nmrt/oversightgroups/comm/index.cfm

Offers to serve as member or chair of committees will not go out until May. Many thanks in advance for your patience.

Please contact me directly (lcrook@wsu.edu) if you have any questions. Thank you for your interest in and support of NMRT!

Linda Crook

NMRT Vice President, 2010/2011

Call for Proposals: Journal of Library Innovation.

The Editors of Journal of Library Innovation (JOLI) are accepting submissions of research articles and articles about innovative practices in libraries on an ongoing basis. Information about the focus and scope of JOLI, along with the first issue, can be found at the journal's website: http://www.libraryinnovation.org

If you have tried out a new program, changed a work flow, connected with patrons in a way different from the way you have done so in the past, please consider sharing your experience by writing about it. If you aren't sure if it was innovative, consider the following:

•What was eye-opening?

•What was unexpected?

•What were the benefits?

•What failed?

•What risk did you take in trying something innovative?

•You may have tried something done by many other libraries already, but your results are different from those documented in library literature.

•You have tried something never done in a library setting before.

Thank you for your interest in the Journal of Library Innovation. Please share this email with colleagues who might be interested as well.

If you have any questions, please contact Pamela Jones, Managing Editor, at pjones@medaille.edu

Journal of Library Innovation is a publication of the Western New York Library Resources Council, Buffalo, NY. http://www.wnylrc.org