Webinar: A Content Stream Runs Through It: Managing Streaming Media Collections in Libraries
Date: June 12, 2013
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/webinars/streaming_media

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ABOUT THE WEBINAR

It is estimated that more than 50 percent of academic libraries offer streaming video services, and many faculty are incorporating streaming video content into their classes. Libraries are making excellent strides in supporting this information need. Collection and acquisition options and strategies, as well as legal issues associated with streaming video, will be highlighted during the webinar.

AGENDA

·         Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily: Wading into Streaming Video – deg farrelly, Media Librarian, Arizona State University Libraries
The 2012 chair of the National Media Market (http://www.nmm.net/), media librarian deg farrelly, will examine how video collection development differs from the print models librarians already know and the current state of streaming video from leading educational video distributors. The discussion will cover collection and pricing models, hosting options, and options for content identification and selection, as well as issues in library workflow related to streaming video.

·         Streaming and Digital Collections: legal responsibilities and pitfalls – Terrence McCormack, Associate Director and Head, M. Robert Koren Center for Clinical Education, Charles B. Sears Law Library, University at Buffalo
Law librarian Terry McCormack will review the legal issues related to the streaming distribution of licensed and unlicensed media content via institutional networks and the Web. The discussion will include the types of streaming media license agreements and the related implications concerning fair use, use in perpetuity, and the rules associated with distant education. The speaker will also address how agreements may define and stipulate the life of streaming content, types of digital storage, and methods of access. In addition, the obligations of the institution or library in obtaining copyright releases and permissions for streaming distribution of scholarly proceedings and related content will also be discussed.

REGISTRATION

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on June 12, 2013 (the day of the webinar). Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) members receive one free connection as part of membership and do not need to register. (The LSA member webinar contact will automatically receive the login information. Members are listed here: http://www.niso.org/about/roster/#library_standards_alliance). All webinar registrants and LSA webinar contacts receive access to the recorded version for one year.

Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/webinars/streaming_media

Cynthia Hodgson

Technical Editor / Consultant

National Information Standards Organization

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301-654-2512

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Nancy E. Sosna Bohm
Reference and Web Services Librarian
Lake Forest College

The William Madison Randall Library at The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) invites applications for the position of Information Technology Librarian. UNCW is a member institution of the University of North Carolina, a multi-campus university composed of all 17 of North Carolina's public institutions. UNCW is nationally recognized for its marine sciences teaching and research programs, and for its strengths in arts and sciences, business, education, and nursing.  The University is situated on a beautiful arboretum campus located in an historic port city within five miles of the Atlantic Ocean and currently enrolls approximately 13,000 students.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  The person in this position works in the collaborative environment of the Information Technology and Systems department of the library. This librarian supports, enhances, implements and maintains a wide range of technologies and systems to provide robust library services and access to collections through increasingly online interfaces. This position also supports our library staff and users in the use of technology, including the application of emerging technologies.

Systems and Technology Support:

• Assists in managing Randall Library’s integrated library system, currently Innovative Interfaces’s Millennium.

• Provides support and enhancement for a variety of library systems, including but not limited to the integrated library system, link resolver, proxy server, archives management system, digital library system, interlibrary loan management system, electronic reserves, web-based applications, and SharePoint intranet. 

• Develops integration between library systems, other campus systems and cloud services.

• Works cooperatively with vendors and other technical support providers, coordinating solutions to problems. 

• Develops and provides regular training sessions to enhance the library faculty’s and staff’s technological skills.

• Keeps abreast of emerging technologies and shares that knowledge with library colleagues.

General Library faculty responsibilities:

• This librarian contributes to planning, implementing and assessing services.

• Produces creative and scholarly contributions to librarianship. 

• Provides research assistance to students, staff, faculty and community users during weekly shifts at the Learning Commons Help Desk, providing individual research assistance in person, by phone, email and chat.

• Serves on Library and University committees, as requested.

• Reports to the Coordinator of Discovery Services.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• ALA-Accredited Master’s degree in library and information science.

• A minimum of one year directly relevant professional experience working with applications associated with library systems and/or information technology, preferably in an academic library. 

• Experience maintaining and supporting library automated systems and resources, especially including, but not limited to, III Millennium, eReserves, ILLiad, ContentDM.

• Knowledge of bibliographic record structures (including metadata standards) and core library operations such as circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, etc. 

• Knowledge of current web and database technologies and standards.

• Knowledge of scripting languages necessary to library systems (e.g. XHTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, jQuery, C/C++, Perl, Python, Ruby, Visual Basic, etc.).

• Fluency with Microsoft Office products.

• Proven ability to work and communicate effectively, as an individual and as a team member, with a diverse group of people (library personnel, administrators, faculty, vendors, campus information technology services staff, and library users).

• Knowledge of current and emerging trends in academic library services/resources.

• Ability to clearly document projects and procedures. 

• Strong service orientation.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills. 

Preferred:

• Three to five years directly relevant professional experience in an academic library.

• Demonstrated tract record of accomplishments related to library systems and technology.

• Experience with SharePoint 2010 services and functionality.

• Experience leveraging library APIs.

• Familiarity with Unix and Windows server environments.

• Experience with Drupal.

SALARY & BENEFITS: Salary range will be from $49,000-$53,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications. This is a renewable eleven month position (August – June, with the month of July off) with faculty status (lecturer, non‑tenure track).  Generous benefits package, including 22 days of vacation.  To apply, please complete the online application process available on the Web at http://consensus.uncw.edu.  Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachments are preferred.  For questions regarding the online application process, contact Jennifer Coombs at (910) 962-3196 or coombsj <at> uncw.edu   Priority review of applications will begin July 1, 2013. Start date is negotiable.  Under North Carolina law, applications and related materials are confidential personnel documents and not subject to public release.  Criminal background checks will be conducted on finalists prior to offers of employment.  For information about UNCW see http://www.uncw.edu; for information about Randall Library see http://library.uncw.edu; and for information about The University of North Carolina see http://www.northcarolina.edu/

UNC Wilmington actively fosters a diverse and inclusive working and learning environment and is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified men and women from all racial, ethnic or other minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

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Laura K. Wiegand

Coordinator of Discovery Services

William M. Randall Library

University of North Carolina Wilmington

601 South College Road

Wilmington, NC 28403-5616

wiegandl <at> uncw.edu

Phone: (910) 962-3680