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