By BayNet | Published:
May 6, 2011
At the BayNet Annual Meeting on May 6 at the San Francisco Public Library, Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project discussed the latest research findings of the Project about how Americans use the Internet and cell phones. He described how libraries can be actors in building and participating in social networks through their use of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and blogging and through delivering their time-tested — and trusted — services to their patrons.
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By BayNet | Published:
April 12, 2011
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet face-to-face with the SLA President! The Silicon Valley Chapter together with the San Francisco Bay Region Chapter invite you to a special
FUTURE READY
Joint Chapter Meeting
with the SLA President, Cindy Romaine
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
at The Clarion Hotel San Francisco Airport
5:15p.m. – 8:30p.m.
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By BayNet | Published:
March 30, 2011
Status: non-exempt; fulltime 12-month position
The California Institute of Integral Studies is located in downtown San Francisco, easily accessible by public transportation. The Laurance S. Rockefeller Library ( http://library.ciis.edu ) serves the approximately 1,500 students, faculty, & staff of CIIS in support of the Institute’s graduate studies and BA completion program. For more details about CIIS, please see www.ciis.edu.
Position Summary
Calling upon a significant level of technical and bibliographic expertise, The Catalog & Technical Processes Coordinator assumes primary responsibility for overall completeness, accuracy, and currency of collection records and for the congruence between online records and the library’s collections, both in-print and electronic. Working closely with the Systems Librarian and with the Serials Coordinator, this person shares responsibility for currency, accuracy, and completeness of collection data in our integrated library system (Koha) and of electronic serials holdings records (Serials Solutions). This person also oversees technical processing and repair of materials for Library collections, and may take primary responsibility for weeding and de-accession projects.
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By BayNet | Published:
March 28, 2011
Closing Date: April 15
Application website: http://calacademy.snaphire.com/
POSITION SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Archives and Digital Collections Librarian and the User Services Librarian, the Collections Scanning Intern plays a key role in a pilot project to digitize archival collections and biological specimens, to create usable metadata for these collections, and to established appropriate connections between the digitized materials and the published literature in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org). This project is funded under “Connecting Content: A Collaboration to Link Field Notes to Specimens and Published Literature,” a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Intern will be responsible for creating high-resolution digital images of field notes and/or ornithological specimens and the proper retrieval, handling, and filing of these specimens. This position is a 135 hour (3-credit) internship, with a stipend of $2000.00. Hours must be completed Monday-Friday 9AM-6PM, preferably one full day per week.
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By BayNet | Published:
March 23, 2011
Just a reminder that there is still time to register for the NOCALL Spring Institute and the Pre-Institute Workshop! BayNet is partnering on the Pre-Institute Workshop, so as a result BayNet members can receive member pricing for the workshop and even for the full Institute, if they are interested. Here are some more details on the workshop:
Pre-Institute Workshop
What You Need To Know To Break The Code: RDA – Not Just Jargon for the Back of House
This workshop is intended to be an overview of RDA and how it will impact cataloging going forward. RDA stands for Resource Description and Access and it is the new cataloging standard that will be replacing AACR2. Joni Cassidy (of Cassidy Cataloging) will provide an overview of what RDA is and why it should be on the radar of those in Technical Services departments. Ken Well (from Innovative Interfaces) will cover what library system vendors are doing to adjust to RDA and what this is likely to change system wise. Finally, Kathleen Winzer (from the Stanford Law School Library) will close by talking about her experiences as an RDA tester.
Anyone that is in Technical Services or is a Cataloging Librarian should definitely attend the workshop. And, at the price of only $20 for members, what a bargain!
Please take a look at the rest of the Institute program on the NOCALL web site. Registration is open through the end of the week, so register today!
By BayNet | Published:
March 21, 2011
Tour is Full, but we will put you on the wait list.
BayNet has set up a tour with Internet Archive in San Francisco. Robert Miller, Director of Books, will lead the tour. He will provide an update on their progress toward scanning “every book ever published,” and provide an overview on the Open Library and other current projects of the Internet Archive.
For more information about IA’s scanning process, see: Book Digitization Process Document.
The tour is on March 31st, 4-6 PM. This tour is limited to 25 persons. Please RSVP by sending an email to events@baynetlibs.org.
Tour registrants will be provided information on public transportation or where to park.
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