LAI Cataloguing and Indexing Group - Annual Seminar and AGM

LAI Cataloguing and Indexing Group - Annual Seminar and AGM


“The Future of Cataloguing”


5 November 2009

Seminar Room of the National Library, Dublin.

Library of Congress Subject Headings with Keith Trickey

Library of Congress Subject Headings

CIG Cataloguing and Indexing Group - LAI Training Event

Instructor: Keith Trickey from Sherrington Sanders
Date: Tuesday 8th September 2009
Location: Seminar Room, National Library of Ireland
Cost: €140 (An invoice will be sent once you have signed up for the
course.)

Marsh's Library Exhibition

Beware the Jabberwock! an exhibition of books on the animal kingdom in Marsh’s Library was opened by Dr Martin Mansergh, T.D., Minister of State, on Tuesday June 30 2009.

The title comes from the nonsense poem about odd creatures in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. The books have splendid woodcuts and engravings, There are books by famous 16th and 17th-century writers on natural history, covering exotic birds, butterflies and bees, elephants, horses, cats and tigers, reptiles and sea monsters. The exhibition includes many volumes by the Italian writer Ulisse Aldrovandi, whose magnificent work on natural history is regarded as the greatest zoological compendium of the early 17th century. The bird of paradise is shown in the massive encyclopaedia by the 16th-century Swiss writer Conrad Gesner. Other well known early writers on natural history on display in this exhibition are Thomas Moffett, the Comte de Buffon and Gulielmus Rondelet. Rondelet’s ‘Monkfish’ and ‘Bishopfish’ are both illustrated wearing their full clerical attire! Oliver Goldsmith’s Animated Nature is represented in the first Irish edition, published in Dublin in 1777.

The Exhibition is open to the public during the Library’s normal working Hours:

Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri.:
9.30–1.00 and 2.00–5.00;
Sat: 10.00–1.00. (Closed Tues. & Sun.)
It will continue until Spring 2010.

www.marshlibrary.ie

National Disability Authority Conference - Safe Evacuation for All

23rd September 2009
Santry


The National Disability Authority and the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) (Fire Risk Management Section) are hosting a one-day conference on “Safe Evacuation for All” at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Northwood, Santry on 23rd September, 2009. This event will provide practical advice on planning for the safe evacuation of all building users, including people with disabilities. There will be a number of interesting case studies showing how Irish organisations are dealing with evacuation planning. The conference fee (including lunch) will be €50 per person, with a concession rate of €40 for people with disabilities, staff of disability representative organisations and IOSH members.

The event will be of interest to:
Health and Safety advisers
Fire Officers
Engineers
Training consultants in areas such as fire safety health and safety
Architects
Human Resources managers
Disability service providers
Disability representative organisations
People with disabilities and their families.

Further details and booking forms will be published over the summer

Digital Humanities Observatory Conference

Digital Resources for the Humanities & Arts - Dynamic Networks of Knowledge and Practice: Contexts, Crises, Futures



7 - 9 September 2009

Queens University, Belfast




The DRHA (Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts) conference is held annually at various academic venues throughout the UK. The conference this year aims to promote discussion around dynamic networks of knowledge and practice, new digital communities of knowledge and practice, engaging users and digitisation of cultural heritage.


The conference is hosted by Queen's University Belfast, the Royal Irish Academy and Swansea University in partnership with the National Library of Wales. It will take place from Monday 7th September to Wednesday 9th September 2009 with additional workshops being held on the preceding weekend. It will be held at QUB with its innovative spaces, fantastic architecture and state-of-the-art Sonic Laboratory.



http://dho.ie/drha2009/

Staff Development Programme 2009

TCD Staff Office will be running the following courses over the summer/autumn:

• Writing effective reports
• Assertiveness Skills
• Effective Time Management
• Inside Out (Stress Management, Personal Effectiveness, Work/Life Balance)
• Conflict Handling
• Introduction to the supervisor's role
• Facilitation skills
• Managing meetings and minute taking
• SMART reading
• Presentation skills
• Managing a project
• Office management skills
• Supervisory management
• Career development

Further information and dates, etc available here

Summer IT Courses From ISS

Further information on dates, course outlines etc available here

• SPSS (Beginners & Further Steps)
• Podcasting
• Photoshop & Poster Production
• New Staff Introduction
• Photoshop Workshop
• Maintaining College Websites

IFLA 2009 Conference

23 - 27th August 2009
Milan, Italy

Further information


World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
"Libraries create futures: Building on cultural heritage"

“Libraries create futures: building on cultural heritage” is the chosen theme for the IFLA 2009 Congress. Libraries can really build the future if they improve the quality in people’s lives rough their culture. Thanks to libraries, people have been gathering and storing their scientific, artistic, literary, musical as well as religious activity over time. Libraries preserve the bases of all human knowledge. Knowledge transmission today has radically changed: the scope of bibliography has widened immensely. Libraries therefore had to update their role: preservation and access are still the main points to be achieved, though in a new, critical and professional way, in order to assure the adequate standard of the service. In this way libraries keep pace with the change brought about by history and technology, helping to shape the future through the resources inherited from the past. Century long traditions have created a wide and diversified context, in which medieval libraries (mostly in monasteries and universities) live together with Renaissance libraries as well as modern libraries, whose efficient standards effectively promote public reading and research.

New Issue of Irish Library News

July issue of Irish Library News available here

IFLA Guidelines On Information Literacy

IFLA Guidelines on Information Literacy are now available here


Abstract

The International Guidelines on Information Literacy have been compiled by the Information Literacy Section (InfoLit) of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) with the aim of providing a pragmatic framework for those professionals who need or are interested in starting an information literacy program. The guidelines will aid information professionals engaged in educational programs, i.e., basic and higher education, in their efforts to meet their current information needs. However, most of the concepts, principles and procedures can be applied with minimal adaptation to any library setting. Information professionals working in all types of libraries should have as one of their main institutional goals the facilitation of users’ efforts to acquire information competencies. Information skills are vital to the success of lifelong learning, employment, and daily interpersonal communication of any citizen, such as when a person needs information about health services for someone in his/her care, or a student requires specific information to complete an assessment.

New Issue of GLINT

The latest issue of GLINT, newsletter from the Government Libraries Section of the Library Association of Ireland is now available.

The issue includes the following articles:


Official Publications on Government Department Websites by Johanna Archbold
Cardbox Database Software to update an Intranet by Mary Doyle
Publishing Government E-Information: GLS seminar by Joseph Donnelly
BIALL Annual Study Conference by Joseph Donnelly
Snippets

Tour of the Chester Beatty

24th July 2009
Dublin

The Cataloguing and Indexing Group of the LAI are organising a visit to the Chester Beatty Library on Friday the 24th of July. The event is free and will consist of a guided tour by the Western Collection Curator, Mr. Charles Horton, of the two current exhibitions, Arts of the Book and Sacred Traditions, followed by an opportunity to meet with library staff in the reading room.

Time: 24th July 2009, 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Location: Chester Beatty Library

Please note that numbers are limited but registration is very easy. Just go to the website below and click on “Create new Attendance”:
http://www.supersaas.com/schedule/LAICIG/Chester_Beatty

Rare Books Group Workshop

30th July 2009
TCD


This all-day workshop explores the difficulties facing Special Collections departments in these straitened times. Each session will be introduced by a short paper setting out areas for discussion. Among the speakers are:

Joseph Marshall, Edinburgh University Library
Siobhán Fitzpatrick, RIA
Evelyn Flanagan, UCD
Crónán Ó Doibhlin, UCC

Further information and booking form here

Critical Appraisal Skills Course

21st August 2009
Dublin

The CPD working group of the HSLG are holding the course “Critical Appraisal Skills” which will take place on Friday, 21st August 2009 in the Health Research Board, 42– 47 Knockmaun House, Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2. To apply for a place on this course, please contact the course administrator, Anne Madden at anne.madden@ucd.ie

Places are limited so you are advised to book early to avoid disappointment.

Further information and booking form here

Course Details

Course Code: CPD0902

Title: Critical Appraisal Skills

Venue: Health Research Board, 42-47 Knockmaun House, Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2

Date: Friday, 21st August 2009

Time: 10am – 4pm

Cost: Standard rate - 250 Euro
LAI/HSLG members 225 Euro
Student /Unemployed rate – 100 Euro

Umbrella 2009

14 - 15th July
Hertfordshire

The 9 separate streams listed below form the basis of the conference programme with a total of 56 sessions on offer.
1) Libraries as Spaces
Buildings focus, social/community spaces, joint use libraries inc virtual libraries & workplace info services
2) Our skills
Practical skills for users, & personalisation e.g. MyLibrary
3) The shock of the new - practice
Emerging trends, technologies, web 2.0/3.0 and beyond,
new ways of working in partnership and alone in practice
4) The shock of the new - theory
Emerging trends, technologies, web 2.0/3.0 and beyond,
new ways of working in partnership and alone in theory
5) Professional values
Evidence, Diversity, Ethics & the Research Base
6) Our professional future
Education, qualifications, professional bodies – what are they for in the 21st Century
7) Only Collect
Management of print & electronic collections materials, preservation conservation, exploitation, digitisation etc
8) The value of libraries: advocacy & funding
Leadership & Campaigning, influencing - success stories,
pitfalls and toolkits etc
9) Information skills for life
Information literacy & the legal framework users need + National Year of Reading review

Further information here

International Association of Music Libraries Annual Conference

5 - 10th July

Amsterdam

Programme

Registration Information

Conference Homepage

Academic Writing Blog

Hellon Fallon, of NUI Maynooth, has set up a blog for library staff involved in writing for publication. It aims to stimulate discussion about writing and publishing and provide a forum for notification of calls for papers, book chapters and other publishing opportunities.

Anyone can participate in the discussion and post to the blog, all that is needed is a gmail account. The blog is at anltcwriters.blogspot.com

LAI Academic & Special Library Section AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Academic & Special Library Section of the LAI will take place on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 at 6.30 pm in the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2.

The Guest Speaker is Cathal McCauley, University Librarian, NUI Maynooth. The A&SL Committee will host a Reception at 6pm.

Please RSVP Erin O'Mahony (Secretary) by Friday, 12 June 2009.
E-mail: erin.omahony@oireachtas.ie

Bicycle Tax Saver Scheme

There will be an information morning on the national Bicycle Tax Saver Scheme as follows:

Date: Tuesday, 16th June 2009
Time: 10am – 2pm
Venue: The Atrium, Catering Building, College

The information morning will include the following:

-Bicycles & equipment on display from some of the participating stores
-Information on how the scheme works
-The opportunity to meet the BiketoWork.ie representative & have your questions answered
-Forms & leaflets about the scheme

Further information available from: Mary Leahy, leahyme@tcd.ie ext 8512 or Cora Mullins, mullinco@tcd.ie ext 1882.

Institutional Repositories: Special Issue of 'Library Trends'

Volume 57, Number 2, Fall 2008
E-ISSN: 1559-0682 Print ISSN: 0024-2594
Available through Project Muse here

Contents:

• Introduction: Institutional Repositories: Current State and Future
• Innkeeper at the Roach Motel
• Institutional Repositories in the UK: The JISC Approach
• Strategies for Institutional Repository Development: A Case Study of Three Evolving Initiatives
• Perceptions and Experiences of Staff in the Planning and Implementation of Institutional Repositories
• Institutional Repositories and Research Data Curation in a Distributed Environment
• At the Watershed: Preparing for Research Data Management and Stewardship at the University of Minnesota Libraries
• Case Study in Data Curation at Johns Hopkins University
• Describing Scholarly Works with Dublin Core: A Functional Approach
• The “Wealth of Networks” and Institutional Repositories: MIT, DSpace, and the Future of the Scholarly Commons
• Leveraging Short-term Opportunities to Address Long-term Obligations: A Perspective on Institutional Repositories and Digital Preservation Programs
• Shedding Light on the Dark Data in the Long Tail of Science

Librarian as Consultant ANLTC

ANLTC Course
Friday 17 April, 2009
Limerick

This practical one-day event for librarians aims to develop skills and confidence in promoting the library’s services and resources from the customer
perspective. Respect sometimes comes naturally but mainly comes as a result
of making sure you are noticed at the level of a consultant rather than simply responding to a series of information requests. Tools and techniques to encourage respect will be covered, along with ways of capturing the time spent on consultancy and ideas for product branding to user segments, such that customers are aware of the library’s role in resource provision.

Note: The course is limited to 16 participants. Closing date for registration is Thursday 9th April 2009

Programme Application Form

Irish Library News March 2009

Irish Library News#288 March 2009 includes:

Public Library Remuneration Scheme is officially launched;
South Dublin Libraries upload two e-government awards for their Download Zone;
The new Monaghan County Library Headquarters and Branch Library occupies pride of place in a new green plaza in Clones;
Cork County Libraries pull out all the stops for their Children’s Book Festival;
Kilkenny County Library promotes the Six Book Challenge;
The Royal Dublin Society honour Mary Kelleher with a festschrift on her retirement as Librarian;
Jack Kerouac’s famous scroll comes to the end of the road;
Soupers and Jumpers in Meath;
… and finally, there’s The Curious Case of the Mayo Librarian.

Travel and Subsistence Rates 2009

There have been changes to travel and subsistence rates for Ireland and Abroad 2009, applicable to all business travel undertaken by College Staff.

Please see staff office booklet, here, for further information

ANLTC Web Development Toolkit

Friday 24th April 2009 at the
Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) Library, Aungier Street, Dublin 2

The course is directed at library staff involved in editing and maintaining library web pages.

Library Web pages present an image of the library and provide valuable information to your users. If you have responsibility for maintaining Library web pages such as websites, subject pages, WebOPACs, blogs, wikis etc. and would benefit from useful tools to help you improve them, then this course is for you. The course will give you the skills to use freely available web based tools which will help you to enhance and develop your web presence.
The course will include hands on practical exercises. Topics to be covered
include: an overview of managing web pages, the top 10 dos and don’ts, practical tips on fonts, colours, separating design and content, using images and getting your pages noticed and used.

The second part of the course will involve practical hands on sessions on Web Development Toolkit which will utilize some of the Firefox suite of extensions for Web Development. Finally the course will include a short session on using Google Analytics on your web pages to gather usage statistics. Course notes and documentation will be distributed on the day.

The course is presented by Neil Andrews, Head of Department, School of Hospitality, DIT, Cathal Brugha St. Dublin 1; Katherine Kenny, Acting Web Administrator, DIT, Aungier St, Dublin 2; Fiachra Mangan, Library Services, DIT, Aungier St, Dublin 2.

The course outline can be viewed at http://www.anltc.ie/anltc200905prog.htm and the application form at http://www.anltc.ie/application200905.htm

Note: Numbers are limited on this course. Closing date for registration is Thursday 2nd April 2009 - so get your application in now so you won't be disappointed. Get approval from your line manager before sending me your application via email.

Seminar on Local History Publishing

Thursday 26th March 2009
National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

The Genealogy and Local Studies (GENLOC) Group in association with the National Library of Ireland presents a daylong seminar on local history publishing in Ireland. The seminar fee is €40. If you wish to reserve a place, please contact Síle Coleman at scoleman@sdublincoco.ie or 01 4620073.