IES Report: Academic Libraries 2010

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) recently released Academic Libraries: 2010 First Look.

The Academic Libraries: 2010 First Look summarizes services, staff, collections, and expenditures of academic libraries in 2- and 4-year, degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Findings Include:

• Academic libraries held approximately 158.7 million e-books and about 1.8 million electronic reference sources and aggregation services at the end of FY 2010.
• Academic libraries spent approximately $152.4 million for electronic books, serial backfiles, and other materials in FY 2010. Expenditures for electronic current serial subscriptions totaled about $1.2 billion.
• During FY 2010, some 72 percent of academic libraries reported that they supported virtual reference services.
• Academic libraries reported 88,943 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff working in academic libraries during the fall of 2010.

Academic Libraries 2010 and it's supplemental tables are available in PDF via the IES web site. Special thanks to Stacie Marinelli, Reference Librarian at the National Library of Education for sharing this with the EBSS list.

*Post originally published on Library Cloud, 12/14/11

ALAO Newsletter

The ALAO Newsletter , Vol. 29 No. 4 (Dec 2011), is now available.  This edition features:

• President's Report
• Past President's Report
• 2011 Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award
• ALAO Diversity Scholarship Reflection
• Interest Group and Committee News

ALAO: DLIG Distance Learning Visionary

Do you know a “Distance Learning Visionary”?

The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) recognizes the need to encourage and spotlight pioneering individuals, particularly those who offer their colleagues new and innovative practices that can be adapted and implemented in their home institutions.  As such, ALAO’s Distance Learning Interest Group (DLIG) is excited to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2012 “Distance Learning Visionary”. 

Benefits of winning include:

• Honor of being named the 2012 Distance Learning Visionary.
• Recognition at the 2012 ALAO Annual Conference Luncheon, as well as on the ALAO Website, ALAO Newsletter, & the DLIG Blog.
• Reward of $150 - a presentation grant for sharing distance learning strategies, applications, or research with attendees of the 2012 DLIG Spring Workshop. Please note that the funds are contingent upon the grantee presenting in person, remotely, or via pre-recorded session.

Nomination applications should include a 250-500 word essay that demonstrates the nominee’s contributions to e-learning, as well as a short presentation proposal that suggests what the nominee would share with colleagues striving to succeed in the technology-driven environment of online learning.  Links to relevant supporting materials are encouraged; self and group nominations are permissible.

For complete details and submission guidelines, please see the Distance Learning Interest Group blog  or email the DLIG Co-Chairs at ohiodlig@gmail.com .

Applications are due by December 20th, 2011.

*Originally posted on the DLIG blog 10/17/11 and presented via ALAO list 11/30/11

Michigan SOGI Education Conference Call for Proposals

Just a heads up. The Michigan SOGI (Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity) Education Conference will be held at Oakland University in Rochester, MI on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. They are have a call for proposals out. If you would be interested in presenting at this conference, the call is on their website: www.oakland.edu/sogi Note that a letter of interest is due by November 30th...

Wizards and Vampires and Nerdfighters, Oh my! ALAO Program

Kudos to BGSU Librarians Kathy Yoder and Nancy Down on the wonderful presentation! Nancy talked about the Browne Popular Culture Library she manages. I think I can safely say that we all thought her collections sound interesting. Kathy talked about popular crossover fiction (fiction popular with YAs and adults) in the CRC at BG, emphasizing that while the two departments may overlap some content, they are very different in nature and mission.

Great job!

2011 ALAO Conference

It’s not too late!
Register for ALAO 2011
 – deadline October 21st




The exciting ALAO 2011 Conference on November 4th:

• Opening keynote with ACRL Vice-President/President Elect Steven J. Bell
• Presentations, posters, and spotlight sessions, all centered on change in today’s academic libraries
• Vendor spotlights
• Lunch with colleagues
• Plenty of time for networking
• and more!

The ALAO 2011 Pre-Conference on November 3rd features:

• Opening keynote by Instructional Design Librarian Lauren Pressley, from Wake Forest University
• A panel discussion on ACRL’s The Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report with Ohio academic library leaders
• Lunch, and time for networking with colleagues

ALAO is pleased to announce an evening social on November 3rd. This informal affair will be an excellent time to mingle and network with colleagues from the region, meet ALAO board members, and enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres . The social will take place at the ALAO 2011 Conference headquarters, Hilton Toledo, in the Pine/Willow rooms from 7-9:30 pm. Please RSVP only if you plan to attend the social.

Important links: Conference Registration and RSVP for Pre-Conference Social

ALAO Pre-Conference Social

ALAO Evening Social 
November 3rd, 2011
Pre-Conference




The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) is proud to announce an evening social, to take place after the November 3rd pre-conference. This informal affair will be an excellent time to mingle and network with colleagues from the region, meet your ALAO board members, and, of course, enjoy some delicious hors d’oeuvres . A cash bar will also be available.

The social will take place at the ALAO 2011 Conference headquarters, Hilton Toledo, in the Pine/Willow rooms from 7-9:30pm.

Please RSVP only if you plan to attend. We hope to see you at this exciting event!

The ALAO 2011 Conference Planning Committee
http://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/conf2011

2011 ALAO Conference: CMCIG Program

Ready for ALAO? Program information is available on the ALAO 2011 Conference web site.  See also: 

Conference Schedule at a Glance
Session Abstracts



The Curriculum Materials Center Interest Group (CMCIG) sponsored session is scheduled for 10:10 am and will be located in Van Wert. We hope to see you there!

Wizards and Vampires and Nerdfighters, Oh, My!
Popular Fiction in the Academic Library

Nancy Down (Bowling Green State University), Kathy Yoder (Bowling Green State University) Popular literature, such as the Harry Potter series and the Twilight Saga, are increasingly used in academic classes. Our presentation discusses how our Curriculum Resource Center supports the use of such materials as young adult reading and as teaching materials. Our Popular Culture Library archives the materials to document cultural history. We conclude with ideas on collaborations between our collections to promote popular literature in the academic library.

2011 ALAO Conference: Preconference

Have you registered? 
It's a great opportunity!





The Academic Library Association of Ohio is excited to offer a pre-conference this year, with a lineup that promises to be professionally valuable and engaging. The pre-conference kicks off with an opening keynote delivered by Lauren Pressley, entitled, “Change and Opportunities for Today’s Academic Libraries.” Ms. Pressley is an Instructional Design Librarian at Wake Forest University, and the author of So You Want to Be a Librarian? and Wikis for Libraries.


The pre-conference agenda includes a panel of Ohio academic library leaders who will discuss ACRL’s The Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report. Our distinguished panel includes:

• John Burke, Director, Gardner-Harvey Library, Miami University Middletown (panel moderator
• Sara Bushong, Dean of Libraries, Bowling Green State University (panelist)
• Susan Scott, Director of the Library, Ohio State University – Newark Campus (panelist)
• Kathleen Webb, Dean of University Libraries, University of Dayton (panelist)
• Al Zavar, Director, West Campus Library, Cuyahoga Community College (panelist)

Don't forget, the day also includes lunch and time for networking with colleagues. Register today!

2011 ALAO Conference: Early Bird Registration

Early Bird Registration Ends September 26th

Save $$$ and Register Today!

http://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/conf2011

The exciting ALAO 2011 Conference on November 4th includes:

• Opening keynote from Steven J. Bell [http://stevenbell.info/] Associate University Librarian at Temple University and ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect.
• Presentations, posters, and spotlight sessions, all centered on change in today’s academic libraries
• Vendor spotlights
• Lunch with colleagues
• Plenty of time for networking

ALAO is excited to offer a pre-conference on November 3, that promises to be professionally valuable and engaging. The pre-conference features an opening keynote delivered by Lauren Pressley entitled, “Change and Opportunities for Today’s Academic Libraries.”  The day continues with a distinguished panel of Ohio academic library leaders discussing ACRL’s “The Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report.”

Registration is available for the conference only, pre-conference only, or both conferences today. Special discount rates available for students, retirees and early registrants.

ALAO Newsletter: September 2011

The ALAO Newsletter, Vol. 29 No. 3 (Sept 2011), is now available.  Featured in this edition are:

• President's Report
• 2011 Conference and Pre-Conference
• Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award Nominations Sought
• ALAO Interest Groups & Committees
• People and Library News

The ALAO Newsletter is published four times a year, view the entire newsletter at http://newsletter.alaoweb.org/.

Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) is a Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).

"We are over 600 members, representing more than 100 libraries, organizations, and businesses. We provide support, encouragement, and continuing education opportunities for academic library staff from all over Ohio through our workshops, annual conference and other programs." -- Welcome to ALAO.

2011 ALAO Conference

Academic Library Association of Ohio

37th Annual Conference

Constant Change, Constant Opportunity

Toledo, Ohio @ Hilton Toledo

November 3rd- 4th 2011

http://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/conf2011 

ALAO Welcomes Keynote Speaker Steven J. Bell

The ALAO 2011 Conference features an opening keynote from Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian at Temple University and ACRL Vice-President/Present-Elect. His presentation,Change + Design = Innovation: Taking a Design Approach to Achieve Innovation From Change, will explore how academic librarians can apply a design approach, a process that designers use to identify problems and develop thoughtful solutions, in their libraries to stimulate ideation, innovation and implementation in times of constant change.

ALAO 2011 Conference lineup includes:

• Presentations, posters, and spotlight sessions, all centered on change in today’s academic libraries
• Vendor spotlights
• Lunch with colleagues
• Plenty of time for networking
• Much, much more!

Pre-Conference

Thursday, November 3, 2011 

The pre-conference includes an opening keynote delivered by Lauren Pressley, Instructional Design Librarian at Wake Forest University, entitled, “Change and Opportunities for Today’s Academic Libraries.” A panel discussion on ACRL’s The Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report features a panel of Ohio academic library leaders. Lunch and time for networking with colleagues is included in the preconference price.

Registration Now Open!

Save money with early bird registration, available now through September 24, 2011.

Register for the conference only, pre-conference only, or both conferences today. Special discount rates available for students, retirees and early registrants. Visit the conference registration page for more information.

ALAO Newsletter: June 2011

The ALAO Newsletter, Vol. 29, Number 2, is now available. This issue features:

• ALAO President's Report
• 2011 / 2012 ALAO Election Results
• Membership Announcements
• Diversity Scholarship Award Winner
• Interest Group Updates 

Special thanks to CMCIG chair Stephanie Bange for submitting a great CMCIG workshop wrap-up for the newsletter. 

"The 2011 CMCIG Spring Workshop was held at Wright State University, in the Charles & Renate Frydman Educational Resource Center (ERC). Sixteen attendees listened intently and participated in the workshop, themed “Local Resources and Collaborations”. Stephanie Bange, Director of the ERC, gave an overview of audiobooks, their usefulness in the classroom, audiobook evaluation and awards. She shared some anecdotes about her recent experience as a member of the 2011 Odyssey Award Committee and gave everyone 5 audiobooks to add to their library’s collections. The group headed over to WSU’s Bolinga Center, the home of the Virginia Hamilton & Arnold Adoff Resource Center. There, Dr. Dana Murray Patterson explained the history of the resource center, allowing everyone access to the collection — reference materials, personal readings and books written by Hamilton and Adoff — used by Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff to research information for their books. ThinkTV (Dayton area PBS station) Educational Projects and Services Manager Mary Anne Kirk talked about the free streaming video and teacher instructional materials available on local PBS websites. Such programs as “Our Ohio : Exploring Our Heritage” and “World War II : Exploring Your Local History”, streamed through ThinkTV, were highlighted. Mary Anne said that (hopefully) soon all the streaming programming available through individual PBS stations will be gathered into one umbrella website. A highlight of the tour of the ERC was the 3,000 item collection of the Dayton Holocaust Resource Center, available for loan to Ohio libraries through OhioLINK. In the afternoon, the group gathered at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, where we were given a docent-tour of the permanent exhibit “Prejudice & Memory” by Holocaust survivor Renate Frydman. At the conclusion of the business meeting, attendees were able to wander through the museum at their leisure." -- Stephanie Bange, Wright State University, Curriculum Materials Center Interest Group, ALAO Newsletter, 6/2/11

The ALAO Newsletter is available at http://newsletter.alaoweb.org/ and is published four times year.

CMCIG Workshop: Spring 2011

Many thanks to our workshop host, Stephanie Bange, Director of the Charles & Renate Frydman Educational Resource Center at Wright State University.  We had a wonderful time discussing Audio books & The Odyssey Award, touring the Virginia Hamilton & Adoff Resource Center at the Bolinga Black Cultural Center at Wright State University, learning more about local PBS resources and touring the ERC at Wright State.  A wonderful picnic lunch was followed by a tour of the "Prejudice and Memory" exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Air Force conducted by Renate Frydman, director of the Dayton Holocaust Resource Center. 

Take a few minutes to watch the Flikr slide show featuring pictures snapped during the day.

2011 CMCIG Spring Workshop

“Local Resources and Collaborations”
ALAO-Curriculum Materials Centers Interest Group

When? Friday, May 20, 2011 ~ 8:30 to 4:00

Where? Wright State University ~ Educational Resource Center

How can you locate and leverage local resources in your CMC? This workshop is for those interested in learning about resources readily available and inspiring partnerships and collaborations.

After a picnic lunch, we will tour the Holocaust Exhibit in the National Museum of the United States Air Force and see WSU’s active partnership with the Dayton Holocaust Resource Center.

Complete details, including travel information, session descriptions, and presenter bios, can be found on the CMCIG Events page.

Registration is $35 and includes continental breakfast, lunch, and museum fees. Questions? Please contact Stephanie Bange, stephanie.bange at wright.edu

TEDSIG Spring 2011 Workshop

ALAO TEDSIG  - Spring 2011 Workshop

May 27, 2011 - OhioNET, Columbus, OH

"Linked Data: Connecting Distributed Data across the Web"

Workshop Agenda / Details:

9:00-9:30 AM--Registration & Coffee

9:30-11:30 AM—What is Linked Data, and What Does It Mean for Libraries?Emily Nimsakont. Cataloging Librarian. Nebraska Library Commission.

11:30-Noon—Announcements

Noon-1:30 PM—Lunch (On your own)

1:30-2:30 PM—Linked Data Activities at OCLCRalph LeVan. Senior Research Scientist. OCLC Research. OCLC Inc.

2:30-2:45—Break

2:45-4:00—Non-Linear Thinking and New Media LiteracyJared Bendis. Creative Director New Media. Freedman Center. Kelvin Smith Library. Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, Ohio

Linked Data is about using the Web to connect related data that wasn’t previously linked, or using the Web to lower the barriers to linking data currently linked using other methods. More specifically, Wikipedia defines Linked Data as "a term used to describe a recommended best practice for exposing, sharing, and connecting pieces of data, information, and knowledge on the Semantic Web using URIs and RDF."

Registration is now open, visit the ALAO TEDSIG workshop web site.
Registration: $50.00. Student $25.00. Deadline: May 20, 2010

* Announcement origin: ALAO List Serv, 4/21/11

2011 Annual Conference Presenters’ Grants

News from the ALAO Blog:

Applications for the 2011 Annual Conference Presenters’ grants are open. Two grants are available, one for support staff and another for students.

For information about these grants see http://alaoweb.org/events - 4/25/11

ALAO Research & Publications Committee Research Grant

The following announcement comes from the ALAO Research and Publications Committee Chair Mark Eddy.

ALAO RPC Research Grant - Round Two!

The ALAO RPC is very pleased to announce a second round of our Research Grant program for 2011. This is a special, one-time opportunity for our ALAO members to apply for up to $500 in research funding.

This second round will be a "lightning round" with completed grant applications due to the RPC chair by May 20, 2011. Awards will be announced by June 1, 2011. The awards can be applied to such research costs as data organization, hiring research assistants, and modest travel costs.

The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) seeks to promote research. The ALAO Executive Board may award up to $500.00 to support and encourage research projects proposed by ALAO members. Both ongoing and new research projects are considered. Grants are intended to help in funding such incremental research costs as the organization of data, the hiring of interviewers or other assistants, charges for computer time, and modest travel costs associated with research. Grants may not be used for purchase of equipment. Grants are limited to investigations related to issues in libraries, librarianship, and information science and technology.

For more information and to apply for the 2011 ALAO Research Grant please visit our ALAO web page.

Questions? Contact the Chair of the Research & Publications Committee, Mark Eddy, mark.eddy at case.edu .

ALAO 2011: Submission Deadline Extended

Presentation and Poster Session Deadline:

NOW EXTENDED to April 22nd, 2011

The Academic Library Association of Ohio

ALAO *37th Annual Conference*
November 3rd and 4th, 2011
Hilton Toledo Hotel, Toledo, OH

The ALAO Conference Planning Committee invites you to submit proposals for presentations, 25-minute spotlight sessions, or poster sessions that bring new ideas or approaches useful for academic libraries. This year’s conference theme, “ Constant Change, Constant Opportunity,” looks at the challenges facing academic libraries as budgetary, institutional, occupational, and technological changes cause us to reflect and adapt how we provide services to our users and communities.

Presentations may take the form of contributed papers, demonstrations, workshops, research, or panel discussions. Spotlight sessions can be “lightning round” style programs, multimedia slides, or other presentation techniques that cover a subject or issue that can be dealt with in a 25-minute time frame. Poster sessions should embrace the conference theme and present original ideas, innovative solutions to problems, library-related projects, or creative approaches to dealing with change in today’s academic libraries.

• Support Staff Presenter Grant Form
• Student Presenter Grant Form

This year we have available both a Support Staff Presenter Grant and a Student Presenter Grant. Further details on both grants are available at the URLs above. For more information regarding the Call for Proposals for presentations, spotlight sessions, or poster sessions, contact the Conference Planning Committee members listed below:

Katie Gibson – Presentations and Spotlight Sessions
Email: gibsonke at muohio.edu

Masha Misco – Poster Sessions
Email: stepanm at muohio.edu

For more details, proposal forms , and presentation grant forms, please check the conference website: http://www.alaoweb.org/events.

We look forward to receiving your proposals for the 2011 ALAO Annual Conference!

CMCIG Spring Workshop: Registration Open!

“Local Resources and Collaborations”
ALAO-Curriculum Materials Centers Interest Group

When? Friday, May 20, 2011 ~ 8:30 to 4:00

Where? Wright State University ~ Educational Resource Center

How can you locate and leverage local resources in your CMC? This workshop is for those interested in learning about resources readily available and inspiring partnerships and collaborations.

After a picnic lunch, we will tour the Holocaust Exhibit in the National Museum of the United States Air Force and see WSU’s active partnership with the Dayton Holocaust Resource Center.

Complete details, including travel information, session descriptions, and presenter bios, can be found on the CMCIG Events page.

Registration is $35 and includes continental breakfast, lunch, and museum fees. Questions? Please contact Stephanie Bange, stephanie.bange at wright.edu

CMCIG Spring Workshop

Save the date! Think Spring! It will soon be time for the 2011 CMCIG spring workshop.

The CMCIG 2011 workshop will take place:

When? Friday, May 20, 2011
Where? Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Information will be posted on the ALAO IG workshop page and we will keep you posted as more information becomes available.

ALAO Newsletter: March 2011

The latest edition of the ALAO Newsletter is available! Featured this month:

• President's report
• ACRL Scholarly Communication Workshop
• Interest Groups Spring Workshops
• ALAO Annual Conference Call for Proposals
• ALAO Grant Opportunities

Note that registration for the Distance Learning Interest Group's (DLIG) spring workshop, INOV8: Revitalizing Distance Learning, scheduled for Friday, May 13th, is now open.

"This year’s workshop will focus on ways to revitalize your approach to distance learning by featuring freely available technologies, successful strategies for connecting to our students and faculty, and tips for librarianship in learning management systems."

For more information on the DLIG workshop, visit their events page or view the brochure (PDF).

*Post originated on Library Cloud: 3/16/11

ALAO 2011: Call for Proposals

Constant Change, Constant Opportunity
ALAO Annual Conference 2011
Call for Proposals

The Academic Library Association of Ohio
ALAO *37th Annual Conference*
November 3rd and 4th, 2011
Hilton Toledo Hotel, Toledo, OH

Presentation and Poster Session Deadline: April 8th, 2011

The ALAO Conference Planning Committee invites you to submit proposals for presentations, 25-minute spotlight sessions, or poster sessions that bring new ideas or approaches useful for academic libraries. This year’s conference theme, “ Constant Change, Constant Opportunity,” looks at the challenges facing academic libraries as budgetary, institutional, occupational, and technological changes cause us to reflect and adapt how we provide services to our users and communities.

Presentations may take the form of contributed papers, demonstrations, workshops, research, or panel discussions. Spotlight sessions can be “lightning round” style programs, multimedia slides, or other presentation techniques that cover a subject or issue that can be dealt with in a 25-minute time frame. Poster sessions should embrace the conference theme and present original ideas, innovative solutions to problems, library-related projects, or creative approaches to dealing with change in today’s academic libraries.

• Support Staff Presenter Grant Form


• Student Presenter Grant Form

This year we have available both a Support Staff Presenter Grant and a Student Presenter Grant. Further details on both grants are available at the URLs above. For more information regarding the Call for Proposals for presentations, spotlight sessions, or poster sessions, contact the Conference Planning Committee members listed below:

Katie Gibson – Presentations and Spotlight Sessions
Email: gibsonke at muohio.edu

Masha Misco – Poster Sessions
Email: stepanm at muohio.edu

For more details, proposal forms , and presentation grant forms, please check the conference website: http://www.alaoweb.org/events.

We look forward to receiving your proposals for the 2011 ALAO Annual Conference!

2011 ALAO Conference Date

Check your calendar! The ALAO Conference date was recently changed; the following email was sent out this morning via the ALAO members list.

The 2011 ALAO Annual Conference has a new date, but the same advertised location:

ALAO Conference ~ November 3-4, 2011 ~ Toledo Hilton Hotel

The date was put back one week in order to avoid coinciding with the Ohio Library Council conference. A pre-conference will take place on November 3rd.

We hope to see you Toledo (where the modern ice-cream scoop was invented!) http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20100909/ART03/9080330

Brian Hickam
Chair, Conference Program Committee

ALAO Research Grant Application

The Academic Library Association of Ohio's (ALAO) Research and Publications Committee (RPC) is currently accepting applications for the 2011 ALAO Research Applications Grant.

"The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) seeks to promote research, and each year the ALAO Executive Board may award up to $500.00 to support and encourage research projects proposed by ALAO members. Both ongoing and new research projects are considered. Grants are intended to help in funding such incremental research costs as the organization of data, the hiring of interviewers or other assistants, charges for computer time, and modest travel costs associated with research. Grants may not be used for purchase of equipment. Grants are limited to investigations related to issues in libraries, librarianship, and information science and technology." -- ALAO, RPC Research Grant

The deadline for grant application materials is January 31, 2011. Please note, applicants must be current ALAO members to qualify for this grant. For additional information regarding this grant, visit the ALAO Research Grant Application web page.

Please send completed application materials to Mark Eddy, Chair of the Research & Publications Committee: mark.eddy(at)case.edu.

* Originally posted @ Library Cloud, 1/6/11