Professional Development Opportunities from NISO, August 2018
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NISO offers a robust set of professional development opportunities to the information community. See what virtual events are open to you in August!
NISO Webinar
Wednesday, August 8, 2018, 1:00pm - 2:30pm (Eastern Daylight)
Discovery: Where Researchers Start
If the discovery resources available via the library don’t necessarily serve as
the faculty’s starting line for launching cutting-edge research, then what’s
the next step? Published in early 2017, ITHAKA’s US Library Survey of roughly
1,500 institutional libraries indicated a diminishing expectation that the
institutional library will be the starting point for researchers. What does
that suggest for content providers and for library professionals? How does a
library know that faculty are using something else? How can libraries draw upon
that knowledge of researcher preferences to improve their own services?
Confirmed Speakers:
· Joelen Pastva, Head, Collection Management and Metadata Services, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University;
· Karin A. Wulf, Professor, History and Director of the Omohundro Institute, College of William and Mary;
· Robert Sebek, Collections Technology Specialist, Virginia Tech University Libraries.
Speaker abstracts are posted to the NISO event page.
NOTE: All Library Standards Alliance members of NISO automatically receive sign-on credentials for the above referenced webinar as a member benefit. Not sure if you’re an LSA member? Check here before registering for the event.
NISO Virtual Conference
Wednesday, August 15, 11am – 5pm
The Computer Campus: Integrating Information Systems and Services
Super computing is used by scientists and engineers working on complex research problems. Such investigations may involve data-intensive applications that consume enormous amounts of bandwidth and computing power. Instruction on campus is increasingly tied to learning management systems, which require seamless integration with information resources found in libraries.
At the same time, libraries are expressing numerous concerns associated with digital asset and access management. Where is the institutional IT department and just how far can its resources be stretched? This virtual event will look at systems demands found on campus and offer examples of how innovative research institutions (and most particularly, their libraries) are meeting the challenges of talent-sourcing, integration, and support.
Our first block of speakers will address the topic at a high level. The second block of speakers will address specific types of computing and IT services that the library is asked to support in some fashion and the third block of speakers will cover policy concerns, such as privacy and ethical use of collected data.
Confirmed Speakers:
· Robert H. McDonald, Dean of University Libraries, University of Colorado - Boulder;
· Marcy Vana, Senior Support Scientist, Washington University at St. Louis
· Scott W.H. Young, User Experience & Assessment Librarian, Montana State University;
· Mark A. Beadles, Chief Information Security Officer, OARnet;
· M. Brooke Robertshaw, Assistant Professor & Assessment Librarian, Oregon State University;
· Twyla Gibson, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri;
· Andrew Magda, Manager, Market Research, Learning House;
· Amanda Tickner, GIS Librarian, Michigan State University.
The preliminary agenda for the day may be found here.
About Registration: Purchase of a single registration for either of the two above events entitles you to gather an unlimited number of staff from your organization/institution in a conference room setting to view the event on the day of the live broadcast. It also includes access to an archived recording of the event to allow those with conflicting obligations to still benefit from the day’s content.
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