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Stephen Engratt | 1 Jun 15:57
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Information Technology Specialist Opening - Library of Congress


The Library of Congress is seeking a qualified individual to join us in our efforts to build library and
repository systems of the future. The incumbent will work with a specialized group of programmers on
complex, multi-faceted prototype and production systems, and assist with software analysis, design,
development, documentation and implementation of these systems. The successful candidate will work as
a member of a team to design, develop, document, and support new or existing software systems within a
repository development program. These systems will support acquisition, preservation, and access for
a large number of digital collections spanning a wide variety of content types and formats.

This position is located in the Office of Strategic Initiatives (Washington D.C.).  For additional
information pertaining to this vacancy, please visit the following
address:

https://www.avuedigitalservices.com/casting/central/control/selectVacancy;jsessionid=0a010037ce5e1c0691692854ea59f4cac46449d81d9.e34LcheKbN8NaO0Lc3mLaxqQay1ynknvrkLOlQzNp65In0?vacancyIds=252900209 

You may also contact the Library of Congress Customer Service Center at 202-707-5627, or by email: jobhelp@...

Please refer to Job Announcement 070089.
Stephen M. Engratt
Office of Strategic Initiatives
The Library of Congress
202-707-8452  (LA-314)
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Raumin "Ray" Dehghan | 1 Jun 16:40
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flickr

Colleagues:

   I was inquiring as to any advantages and disadvantages in any library's
experiences with Flickr - it would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Raumin "Ray" Dehghan
West Chicago Public Library
West Chicago, Illinois
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Patricia F Anderson | 1 Jun 16:55
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Re: flickr

I am using Flickr in a variety of ways to support my library work.

  - answering reference questions
  - putting screenshots in blog entries and tutorials
  - communicating about needed book repairs & facilities issues
  - documenting dialogue and concepts at staff meetings
  - partnering on creating an image collection with a local museum
  - quickly sharing page images from fragile items with researchers

Please note, for using Flickr as a replacement for photocopying page, we 
are careful to observe copyright restrictions and guidelines.

Here is a presentation I did showing a few ways we are using Flickr (as 
well as other Web 2.0 tools):

<http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/web-20-presentation-tools-resources-flickr-slideshare-zoho-show-more/>

  -- Patricia Anderson, pfa@...

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Raumin "Ray" Dehghan wrote:

> Colleagues:
>
>  I was inquiring as to any advantages and disadvantages in any library's
> experiences with Flickr - it would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Raumin "Ray" Dehghan
> West Chicago Public Library
> West Chicago, Illinois
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Erin Kinney | 1 Jun 17:01
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Re: flickr

Ray,

I use Flickr for personal photos, but some personal photos of library events, too (I'm "WyoLibrarian" in
Flickr).  I like the Flikr Uploadr to quickly load photos from my computer.  Flickr doesn't allow you to
download whole sets of photos like Picasa Web Albums does (a Google product) which was helpful when I lost
my hard drive.  I use Picasa at work and home to organize and search photos and web graphics on my computer and
it allows you to upload with a Google account.  Flickr does Groups and Contacts better than Picasa Web
Albums, and I use that to see what's going on in other libraries around the world.

My husband's library (Chadron Public Library) has a Flickr account and they use it to post photos of events
(like summer reading kick off) and we uploaded photos of possible furniture for the new teen room so the
teen advisory council could pick which they wanted.  We wandered around furniture stores in northern
Colorado and took pictures with our cell phones and emailed them to Flickr (another option I like).

Erin

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Will Kurt | 1 Jun 17:28
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Re: flickr

Something that I didn't think of until I saw Patricia's response 
mentioning copyright: Working in a commercial environment we have to 
be very strict with copyright (since almost nothing falls under 'fair 
use' for us).  In the advanced search feature there is a nice option 
for setting your creative commons search preferences.

This has been really nice when users or the library need 
illustrations or images to go with a presentation.

In many instances where the image will be widely publicized I still 
contact the flickr user to verify the license specified, but being 
able to quickly sort through Creative Commons images licensed for 
commercial use is very helpful.

--Will

At 10:55 AM 6/1/2007, Patricia F Anderson wrote:
>I am using Flickr in a variety of ways to support my library work.
>
>  - answering reference questions
>  - putting screenshots in blog entries and tutorials
>  - communicating about needed book repairs & facilities issues
>  - documenting dialogue and concepts at staff meetings
>  - partnering on creating an image collection with a local museum
>  - quickly sharing page images from fragile items with researchers
>
>Please note, for using Flickr as a replacement for photocopying 
>page, we are careful to observe copyright restrictions and guidelines.
>
>Here is a presentation I did showing a few ways we are using Flickr
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Heather Christenson | 1 Jun 19:25

RE: flickr

I'd be interested to hear if anyone is using flickr to "curate" (select
and capture) images, for digital library collections or for
preservation.  Patricia-maybe you are doing that within your museum
collection activities?  Or are you primarily using flickr as a
collaboration and access tool for your own images?

--Heather Christenson
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Heather Christenson
California Digital Library
heather.christenson@...

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Something that I didn't think of until I saw Patricia's response 
mentioning copyright: Working in a commercial environment we have to 
be very strict with copyright (since almost nothing falls under 'fair 
use' for us).  In the advanced search feature there is a nice option 
for setting your creative commons search preferences.

This has been really nice when users or the library need 
illustrations or images to go with a presentation.

In many instances where the image will be widely publicized I still
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Patricia F Anderson | 1 Jun 19:56
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RE: flickr

Hi, Heather,

Good question, and interesting thread. :)

I would have to say we are doing so, but *informally* and not truly for 
preservation. These are all quick snaps by yours truly around the library.

I'm sure you're already aware of the excellence of the University of 
Michigan Digital Library collections. It would be utterly ridiculous for 
me to try to replicate any part of their functions with my camera off in 
my little library. However, sometimes something needed isn't scanned yet, 
or isn't readily available online. Usually, we will get around to scanning 
it sooner or later. I use Flickr when the existing online digital 
libraries don't meet the information need (to the best of my knowledge). 
Sometimes, when answering a reference question, if I am building a small 
collection for the patron, I will include an image from one of the 
official digital libraries. When that happens, I try to link back to the 
original and/or its source. I figure this helps promote awareness of our 
collections!

Here are some examples of what I've been doing.

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/collections/72157600001949538/>

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/collections/72157600002004516/>

The Museum partnership is really using Flickr as a Web 2.0 community 
creation tool -- building a community of people interested in images from 
dental history. Here are those:
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Amy Rudersdorf | 1 Jun 20:04
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RE: Flickr

Hi Ray:

I did a presentation at Computers in Libraries in April about the 
experience I've had with Flickr and the Special Collections materials 
we've posted to our site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ncsu_scrc/

We've been up and running now for about 6 months, and while we only have 
45 images up, we've had over 1,000 hits to our little site and about 10% 
of those hits push through to our digital collections pages on our 
library website. Again, these aren't staggering numbers, but they are 
just one more way for us to get the word (image?) out about our 
collections to a population that might not be familiar with library 
collections databases, but IS familiar with sites like flickr, facebook, 
and myspace.

I've also had several communications with users who have left comments, 
and in a few cases, have updated records based on user input.

The overhead has been pretty low and the payoff pretty good, actually.

Cheers,
Amy

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Digital Technologies Librarian
Special Collections Research Center
North Carolina State University
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Fisher, Joseph | 1 Jun 20:32
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"The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate" at ALA this month

Due to popular demand, the LITA Internet Resources and Services Interest
Group (IRSIG) is hosting a second "Ultimate Debate" session at the ALA
Annual Conference in Washington D.C.  

Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm     Saturday, June 23, 2007

Room: Renaissance Mayflower (MAY) Grand Ballroom

Title - "The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate?"  

Speakers: Stephen Abram, Joe Janes, Karen Schneider, and Andrew Pace

Description - Libraries did not invent Google Book Search, LibraryThing,
Facebook, or any other innovation critical to the new information era
and knowledge economy. We make use of these inventions, but is that
enough? What prevents us from being more creative? Questions and answer
session follows. 

Question 1:

Is there any evidence that libraries are innovative institutions?

Question 2 (reserve):

What is your definition of an innovative library and what would be some
of its qualities?

Question 3:

What prevents libraries from innovating?
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Michelle Gerry | 1 Jun 20:58

Using Joomla to create research guides?

Hello!
Is anyone using Joomla to create research guides? I am attempting to do that very thing and running into some
difficulty with getting the resources to sort and display the way I'd like. Please contact me off-list if possible.

Thank you very much,

Michelle Gerry
Systems Librarian
Albion College
Albion, MI

 
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