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maria maria | 1 Nov 2011 11:00
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2nd Congress of IBM Software's Madrid 15th November 2011


Sorry for the  duplication of messages

Dear friends,
We invite you to the to the 2nd Congress of IBM Software's free character which will be held on November 15,
2011 in Madrid.
It will take place at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid, in the Campo de las Naciones.
There will be a plenary session, led by Nico Abad, with interventions, among others, José María
Castillejo, founder of Zinkia Enterprise, and creator of the famous cartoon Pocoyo, Javier Goyenechem
Managing Director of Fun and Basics and Ecoalf enterprises, and Patricia Seybold, founder and Ceo
Patricia Seybold Group, innovation and technology consultant.
Also, there will be seven parallel sessions on security, management of services it Smarter Commerce, BAO,
business agility, etc.
An exhibition area to learn about the latest SW applications interactively.

 
Registration: http://www.ibm.com/software/es/congreso2011
or by calling + 34 902 100 400

 
Attendance diploma will be delivered by 8 hours

 
Thank you
We hope it will be of interest
Amelia San Millán
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Carol Bean | 1 Nov 2011 11:06
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Code4Lib Journal Issue 15 is now available!

Please excuse the cross post:

It is my pleasure to announce that Issue 15 of the Code4Lib Journal has been published.  Please go to 
http://journal.code4lib.org/issues/issue-15 for these excellent articles:

Editorial Introduction
       by Tod A. Olson
       http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5989
This Hallowe’en finds our contributors working away like (benign) mad scientists, assembling and
deploying their creations to bring services and information in novel ways to their patrons and staff,
approaching their work with a vital sprit of invention and discovery.

Controlled Terms or Free Terms? A JavaScript Library to Utilize Subject Headings and Thesauri on the Web
       by Shun Nagaya, Yutaka Hayashi, Shuhei Otani and Keizo Itabashi
       http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5994
There are two types of keywords used as metadata: controlled terms and free terms. Free terms have the
advantage that metadata creators can freely select keywords, but there also exists a disadvantage that
the information retrieval recall ratio might be reduced. The recall ratio can be improved by using
controlled terms. But creating and maintaining controlled vocabularies has an enormous cost. In
addition, many existing controlled vocabularies are published in formats less suitable for
programming. We introduce a JavaScript library called “covo.js” that enables us to make use of
controlled vocabularies as metadata for the organization of web pages.

Best Practices for a University Laptop Lending Program
       by Pamela Buzzard and Travis Teetor
       http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5876
The University of Arizona Libraries currently circulates over three hundred pieces of equipment
including laptops, netbooks, projectors and iPads. This article describes the best practices and
workflows we have developed since 2003 to create a laptop/equipment lending program that is efficient
and mindful of financial resources and that our student body loves and continues to support.
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Chris Evjy | 1 Nov 2011 17:20
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Re: Summer Reading Tracking

Thanks, Andrew.  Yes, we're considering Reading Record.

Evanced Summer Reader, Library Insight, Reading Record...

Are there any vendor products out there or is that it?  Anybody made a
Drupal installation profile or feature?

Thanks,
Chris Evjy

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Andrew J Welch <andrew.welch@...>wrote:

> Sorry, here's the URL: http://www.readingrecord.org/
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> -Andrew
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: web4lib-bounces@... [mailto:web4lib-
> > bounces@...] On Behalf Of Andrew J Welch
> > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 12:32 PM
> > To: Jane Frasier; 'Web4lib@...'
> > Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Summer Reading Tracking
> >
> > Have you tried ReadingRecord? It's free, web-based service available to
> > Colorado libraries of all sizes. Not sure what the status of the project
> is (the
> > wiki was last updated in Feb 2011), but when I was at Aurora Public
> Library
> > we used it.
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Thomas Edelblute | 1 Nov 2011 17:01
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Re: Summer Reading Tracking

Anaheim Public Library has been using Evanced Solutions for a few years now.

http://evancedsolutions.com/our-solutions/summer-reader/ for more information.  If you want to talk
with one of our Children's library staff on how they like it, I can put you in touch with them.

Thomas Edelblute
Public Access Systems Coordinator
Anaheim Public Library

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Jane Frasier
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 8:17 AM
To: 'Web4lib@...'
Subject: [Web4lib] Summer Reading Tracking

Does anyone use an online system for enrolling patrons and tracking their progress for summer reading
programs? Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Jane Frasier
Software Support Specialist-LSC
Jefferson County Public Library
10500 W. 38th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 403-5296
Jane.Frasier@...
Find us on the Web: http://jeffcolibrary.org<http://jeffcolibrary.org/>
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Mark Beatty | 1 Nov 2011 19:51
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OITP, LITA seek nominations for cutting-edge technology practices, still open

Nominations are still open

For Immediate Release
October 6, 2011

OITP, LITA seek nominations for cutting-edge technology practices

Washington, D.C. – The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy
(OITP) and the Library & Information Technology Association (LITA) are soliciting nominations for best
library practices using cutting-edge technology. 

“We want to showcase libraries that are serving their communities with novel and innovative methods and
provide the library community with some successful models for delivering quality library service in new
ways,” said Christine Hage, chair of the Cutting-edge Technology in Library Services selection
committee. “We welcome LITA’s expertise and additional reach in this effort.”

Last year, four libraries were cited for their work: Creekview High School in Canton, Ga.; Orange County
Library System in Orlando, Fla.; North Carolina State University Libraries in Raleigh, N.C.; and
OhioLINK in Columbus, Ohio.

“We are pleased to work with OITP to select and highlight the outstanding work taking place every day in
our nation’s school, academic and public libraries, as well as in library consortia and state
libraries,” said Mark Beatty, LITA past president and member of the selection committee.

A joint committee of members from the Subcommittee on America’s Libraries for the 21st Century and LITA
will review all nominations and may conduct selected interviews or site visits to identify those
libraries that are truly offering a best practice or most innovative service.  Libraries or library
service areas selected will be publicized via the OITP and LITA websites, highlighted through ALA
publications, and featured in a program at the ALA Annual Conference in 2012.
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Amy Blow | 2 Nov 2011 13:29
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Re: Summer Reading Tracking

We use Evanced Solutions Summer Reader program and have been happy with the
product.  It is a yearly subscription so you can use it for Winter Reading
or any other reading programs you have.

Amy Blow
Adult Services Librarian
Poquoson Public Library
500 City Hall Ave
Poquoson, VA  23662
757-868-3060
Amy.Blow@...

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Jacqueline Radebaugh | 2 Nov 2011 17:00
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Evaluation Rubrics for Web-Based Discovery Systems

Dear Colleagues,

My institution is currently evaluating four web-based discovery
systems (Primo, Summon, EBSCO Discovery and WorldCat Local).

Does anyone have an evaluation rubric for web-based discovery systems
that they could share with me?  We came up with several points,
however, we also thought that looking at other institutions' rubrics
would be useful (just in case we forgot something, etc.).

Thanks so much for your consideration!

Best wishes,

Jackie Radebaugh

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Assistant Professor of Library Science
Electronic Resources and Systems Librarian
Simon Schwob Memorial Library
Columbus State University
Columbus, GA

Phone:  706-565-3555
E-Mail:  radebaugh_jacqueline@...
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Kristi Bryant | 2 Nov 2011 19:55
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Library Security Systems for materials

Loss Prevention Security Systems We currently use a 3M security system in our library to tag and alarm our
books, audio, video, magazine items. We are looking for alternatives...
We have used a 3M system to tag, sensitize and desensitize our items for 15+ years now. The alarms often go off
(esp. for audio and video materials), even though we have desensitized (turned off) the alarm. Do other
libraries experience this problem, and if so have they resolved it? Please share your experience and also
any alternatives that are working for your library! Thank you!!

Kristi Bryant
Reference and Technology Librarian
Wells Public Library
Wells, Maine  04090
207-646-8181 ext. 205
e-mail:  kbryant@...
web:  www.wellstown.org<http://www.wellstown.org/>

"Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one."  Neil Gaiman
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Thomas Edelblute | 2 Nov 2011 20:41
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Re: Library Security Systems for materials

It has been my experience that these type of security gates are sensitive to a variety of metal objects.  They
have been set off by the metal tips on tap-dancing shoes in someone's backpack, and a set of wrenches that
someone carried in his fanny-pack.

Thomas Edelblute
Public Access Systems Coordinator
Anaheim Public Library

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From: web4lib-bounces@...
[mailto:web4lib-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Kristi Bryant
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:56 AM
To: Web4lib@...
Subject: [Web4lib] Library Security Systems for materials

Loss Prevention Security Systems We currently use a 3M security system in our library to tag and alarm our
books, audio, video, magazine items. We are looking for alternatives...
We have used a 3M system to tag, sensitize and desensitize our items for 15+ years now. The alarms often go off
(esp. for audio and video materials), even though we have desensitized (turned off) the alarm. Do other
libraries experience this problem, and if so have they resolved it? Please share your experience and also
any alternatives that are working for your library! Thank you!!

Kristi Bryant
Reference and Technology Librarian
Wells Public Library
Wells, Maine  04090
207-646-8181 ext. 205
e-mail:  kbryant@...
web:  www.wellstown.org<http://www.wellstown.org/>
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Paul Pival | 2 Nov 2011 18:57
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Re: Facebook Ads

Hi Joe, sorry for the slow response - really digging out of a backlog here!  

I don't know if the information is still relevant, but I did a fairly comprehensive writeup of my library's
experience running some ads on Facebook a few years ago (wow does time fly!): http://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2008/01/followup-on-fac.html

Paul R. Pival
Public Services Systems Librarian
University of Calgary
TFDL 430b
(403) 220-5650
ppival@...

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From: web4lib-bounces@...
[mailto:web4lib-bounces@...] On Behalf Of Joe Morgan
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:24 PM
To: web4lib@...
Subject: [Web4lib] Facebook Ads

Has anyone ran ads on Facebook? If so what did you think and what was your costs. I know they are PPC, but we were
curious to see what others ended up spending.

thanks

Joe Morgan
Web Content Developer
Johnson County Library
http://www.jocolibrary.org

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