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Nominations for the annual NETSL Award for Excellence in Library Technical Services

New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) Executive Board is seeking nominations for its annual NETSL Award for Excellence in Library Technical Services.

The NETSL Award recognizes and honors significant New England-based contributions to the field of library technical services. Contributions may have been made in New England by librarians from throughout the United States, or nationally by librarians residing in New England, through publications, service, or innovations in practice. The NETSL Executive Board members select a recipient at their February meeting based on nominations received. The Board reserves the right to suspend the Award for a year if no suitable candidate is nominated.

The next NETSL Award will be presented at the annual NETSL Spring Conference at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA on April 11, 2014.

Eligibility for nomination is as follows:
Nominees may be NETSL/NELA members, but membership in the Association is not a requirement.
A nomination must be accompanied by a written statement that includes the rationale for nomination and, if a resume of the nominee is not appended, a narrative summary of the nominee’s career and achievements. Provision of a resume is strongly recommended.
Nominations may be made by NETSL members, or by non-members.
Nominations and statement(s) must be received by the NETSL Vice-President no later than March 10, 2014.
Current members of the NETSL Executive Board are not eligible for consideration.

Nominees shall have made contributions to library technical services in one or more of the following areas:
(1) Leadership in professional associations at local, state, regional or national level
(2) Contributions or innovations in technical services
(3) Significant contributions to professional literature
(4) Conduct of studies or research in technical services

Past Recipients include:
Lynda Kresge, Birdie MacLennan, Dr. Sheila Intner, Robert L. Cunningham, Matthew Beacom, Catherine Willis, Lisa Palmer, and David Miller, Martha Rice sanders, Margaret A. Lourie, Janet Belanger Morrow, Olga Verbeek, John DeSantis.

Please send nominations and inquiries to:

Randi Rousseau
Cataloging Librarian
Goddard Library
Clark University
950 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610
508-793-7156
rrousseau@clarku.edu

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Get Ready! Registration Opens Soon!

NETSL is gearing up for its annual conference to be held at the College of the Holy Cross on April 11, 2014. We have a great line up of lightning talks – thanks to all who answered our call for proposals. We also have several exciting breakout sessions this year. Did you know Marshall Breeding is our keynote speaker?

Registration will open very soon. So stay tuned for details!

netsl Conferences, NETSL Annual (Spring)

NETSL 2014 Annual Spring Conference – 2nd Call for Proposals

“Coming Up Roses: Growing Towards The Future”
The New England Technical Services Librarians 2014 Annual Spring Conference
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
April 11, 2014

Got an innovating idea, project, or technology? Share it with New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL –  https://netsl.wordpress.com) at our 2014 Annual Spring Conference, “Coming Up Roses: Growing Towards The Future”.

NETSL seeks forward-thinking proposals in all areas related to technical services librarianship: acquisitions, cataloging, serials, electronic resources, and preservation in academic, public, and special libraries. Participants are strongly encouraged to think about innovative services that meet current challenges in technical services, and how we are leaders of change within technical services and in our libraries as a whole.

Our 2014 Annual Spring Conference will focus on how technical services librarians are increasingly asked to adapt and change in relation to quickly changing trends and current and future users’ needs. How do we cultivate these trends to improve and/or create better services that meet the challenges we face today and tomorrow?

Participants are invited to submit proposals for breakout presentations, posters show and tell for our poster session, and lightning talks. Breakouts are a full one hour presentation. Posters show and tell will last an hour. Lightning talks are approximately 6-15 minutes in length where each presenter speaks one after another. Questions and answers follow the end of the breakout session presentation and the end of all the lightning talks but occur throughout the poster session.

To submit a proposal, follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/ltnzq4b

The deadline for proposal submission is midnight on February 2, 2014.

For more information contact Jennifer Eustis, Past President, New England Technical Services Librarians, jennifer.eustis@lib.uconn.edu.

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Islandora Camp NYC

Do you work or is your institution considering having you work with metadata in the realm of digital collections using Islandora? Go to camp this fall!!
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Islandora is pleased to announce our first Eastern US Islandora Camp, taking place November 18 – 20th at the Columbia University Library in New York City. Registration and details here: *http://islandora.ca/camps/ny2013*

Islandora is an open-source software framework designed to help institutions and organizations and their audiences collaboratively manage, and discover digital assets using a best-practices framework. Islandora was originally developed by the University of Prince Edward Island’s Robertson Library, but is now implemented and contributed to by an ever-growing international community.

We are giving away a free registration for Camp as part of a logo design contest for the Islandora Camp t-shirt. Details:
http://islandora.ca/content/islandora-camp-ny-t-shirt-contest

There is also an open Call for Proposals, so if you are planning to attend, please consider giving a presentation on your own work with Islandora:
http://islandora.ca/content/icampny-2013-call-presentations

Thanks, and we hope to see you in New York!
The Islandora Team
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http://islandora.ca
community@islandora.ca

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NETSL @ NELA Annual 2013!

NELA’s 2013 Annual Conference is called “Connect, Engage, Collaborate”. I hope you join us for 3 exciting programs that will engage you, allow you to collaborate with fellow colleagues and connect you with your new 2013-2014 NETSL Board. For details, check out our Descriptions. To register, go to NELA’s Conference Registration.

Our Annual Business Meeting will be held right before the morning Tuesday program. Come meet the new board and grab some NETSL Pretzels!

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Say Hello To Your 2013-14 NETSL Board!

We have a new NETSL Board for 2013-1014 that will bring you another exciting Annual Spring Conference and sponsored programs for NELA Annual 2014! Attending NELA Annual 2013? Come meet some of our new board members on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 in Portland, Maine. Check out details and our sponsored programs!

Join me in welcoming the 2013-2014 NETSL Board…

President
Christine Pesch Richardson
Serials and Preservation Librarian
Yale Divinity School Library

Vice President/President Elect
Randi Rousseau
Cataloging Librarian
Goddard Library
Clark University

Past President
Jennifer Eustis
Catalog/Metadata Librarian
University of Connecticut Libraries

Secretary
Meghan Banach Bergin
Coordinator, Bibliographic Access and Metadata Unit Information Resources Management
University of Massachusetts

Outreach Officer
Eileen Chandler
Member Services Manager
CLAMS (Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing Inc.)

Treasurer
Dan Bullman
MSLIS Graduate Student
Simmons College

Archivist
Tom McMurdo
Collections & Digital Initiatives Librarian
Vermont State Library

Local Arrangements Coordinator
Mary Moran
Head of Acquisitions and Cataloging
Dinand Library

Members-at-Large
Beata Panagopoulos
Assistant Director, Technical Services
Sawyer Library
Suffolk University

Kim DeWall
Head of Technical Services
Falmouth Public Library

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Shout Out To All Those Who Know NETSL!

Do you have a story you want to share with others about NETSL?

NETSL is currently seeking your opinion on either why you attend NETSL conferences or why you belong to NELA/NETSL. If NETSL has influenced how you connect with colleagues, involve yourself professionally, helped you make a difference where you work or helped you stay current, then let us know. NETSL would love to hear your opinions.

You can send your responses to netslInfo@gmail.com, jennifer.eustis@lib.uconn.edu, or tweet us at #netsl_assoc.

If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Eustis.

Thank youThe NETSL Board

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