Demonstration of the hot press, one of many "tools of the trade" in the Preservation Lab

Are you curious about preservation efforts in a library?  You have the opportunity to learn more right in your own back yard! Please join us on April 19th at the Preservation Lab, a newly-developed joint effort between the University of Cincinnati Libraries and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

Date:  Thursday, April 19, 2012

Time:  2 pm – 4 pm

Location:

University of Cincinnati
300 Langsam Library
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0033
Ph: (513) 556-1876

Parking: Woodside Garage (2913 Woodside Drive), which is attached to Langsam Library — $7 for 2-2.5 hours.

Once in garage take garage elevator to the 400 level, main entrance of Langsam Library. We’ll meet inside the entrance of Langsam Library at 2:00 pm and proceed as a group to the Preservation Lab.

Campus Map: http://www.libraries.uc.edu/information/hours_maps/map2011.pdf

Program Description: Presented by the staff of the jointly operated Preservation Lab of the University of Cincinnati and Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, learn about the collaboration to create the Preservation Lab and take a tour. We will meet the people behind the efforts, learn about the tools of the trade, see a sampling of the repairs performed, and learn the varying treatments between general circulating materials repair and rare book conservation.

Original press release:
http://www.libraries.uc.edu/information/news/pressrelease/1112/conservationlab11.html

Cost: FREE (parking $7)

Registration: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/preservationlab

Questions: Please contact Emily Klukken  (emilyklukkenyahoocom)   or Holly Prochaska  (hollyprochaskaucedu)  

Please join us on March 14th at the lovely Lloyd Library for a combination of their hot chili pepper exhibit and a “hot” program on raising your visibility, embedding yourself and otherwise making yourself an indispensable, indescribably ‘hot’ commodity in your organization!

Date:  March 14, 2012

Time:  4:00pm – 6:00pm

Location:  Lloyd Library and Museum
917 Plum Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
721-3707

Program Description:

Are you a strong candidate in today’s competitive market? Are you sufficiently valued within your organization? Employers are searching for the “passive” candidate and making decisions about interviews based on “key words” in your application and on your LinkedIn and other social networking sites. Gain insight into how to be the candidate of choice and the importance of building relationships once you are hired. Kathy Grant will provide specific examples and ideas for increasing your internal and external profile.

Kathy Grant has developed procedures and managed recruitment processes for hiring experienced candidates. She has initiated training and programming related to professional job search strategies.  She has developed resources and established professional working relationships with corporations, law firms and government agencies. She has years of experience in career counseling as the Director of the Career Planning Center at the University of Cincinnati. She is a nationally recognized speaker with career based presentations at university-wide training for professionals. Kathy has written extensively including articles, book chapters, training materials and manuals.

Also hear from a panel of your peers about their successes! How to identify areas of focus and lessons learned to keep their value high!

Cost:
$10.00 Members
$15.00 Non-members
$5.00 Students
Unemployed – Free

Registration: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HOTchilipeppers

Note: Parking is available next door in municipal lot.

Questions:  Please contact Emily Klukken  (emilyklukkenyahoocom)   or Barbara Silbersack  (barbarasilbersackthompsonhinecom)  

Pecha Kucha:  Learning the PK Presentation Method to Maximize PowerPoint Effectiveness

Program Description:  Learning to condense abstract ideas into concrete messages presentable in 400 seconds is a skill not everyone can master immediately. Pecha Kucha is an innovative presentation technique designed to overcome “death by PowerPoint” through placing a design constraint on presenters by limiting the presentation to 20 slides and only 20 seconds per slide. Oh, and they advance automatically.  The CI Division of SLA, and sponsor Aurora WDC, is once again hosting a Pro/Am Pecha Kucha Tournament at our Open House at the SLA 2012  Annual Conference.

So, are you wondering what is Pecha Kucha (PK for short)? How can I learn about Pecha Kucha? How can I participate? How can I create a PK presentation? We have the remedy for those questions! Join us at 1 pm EST on Tuesday, Feb. 15th for a free “training webinar”.  During the webinar you will hear a panel of experts as they discuss strategies on how to develop and create these presentations.

Panel includes:  Dr. Craig Fleisher, Eric Garland, August Jackson, Craig McHenry and Zena Applebaum

Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/114576766

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Power Networking  -  February 16 Virtual Lunch

This program is free to all SLA members. Non-members are welcome to attend for a $10 registration fee, payable via a link on the RMSLA web page listed below.

Program Description:  Does the thought of walking into a room full of strangers make you cringe? Would you rather have a root canal than promote yourself? Networking does not come naturally to many of us, yet it’s essential for promoting your career and your organization.

Learn from a true introvert about overcoming your fears and becoming a power networker, including:

See program details and Marcy’s bio:  http://rockymountain.sla.org/chapter-events/rmsla-virtual-lunch-with-marcy-phelps-power-networking-for-introverts-feb-16-2012/

 Register now to reserve your seat:  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/128229944

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Negotiating for fun (and profit)

Join us for LMD’s February Virtual Professional Development Series Webinar

Program Description: Barbara Hirsh, co-chair for the LMD Content Buying Section, will provide useful tools and tips to negotiate license agreements, subscription agreements, market data sets and any other data related purchases needed  for organizations.    The session will include specific ‘what to do’ as well as ‘what to avoid’ plus examples of both successful and ‘not so successful’ agreements.  Presented with humor and solid advice, Barbara will leave time at the end of the session for questions.

Register here:  https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/744050512

Please join us on February 21st for our first program of the year!  We will CELEBRATE Mardi Gras and learn about new resources for mining competitive intelligence on the Internet.

Date: February 21st, 2012
Time: 4:30pm–6:00pm

Location: Keating Muething & Klekamp
One East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Format: Onsite Webinar

Program Description:
Sean Campbell of Cascade Insights will discuss how to locate competitive intelligence information using resources other than Google!
Knowing a competitor’s strategies, in advance, can be the difference between success and failure, and yet members of business leadership teams, marketers, and sales teams are stretched too thin just “doing their job” to spend much time really analyzing the competition. During this session we’ll show you how can make the most of open source intelligence (OSINT) assets.

Take Aways:
-20+ free Web tools for Competitive Intelligence
-Best practices for searching the deep web
-Multiple examples of how these tools have been used in competitive intelligence projects
-Guidance as to how you should rank and prioritize open source intelligence sources

BONUS: All attendees will also receive a free copy of Sean and Scott’s book on gathering Internet based OSINT entitled: Go Beyond Google: Gathering Internet Intelligence – listed as must read for 2009-2010 by the Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals society.

Cost:
$10.00 Members
$15.00 Non-members
$5.00 Students
Free Unemployed

Registration: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GoingBeyondGoogle

Note: Parking is available behind the building for $2.00.

Questions: Please contact Mary Lynn Wagner  (mwagnerkmklawcom)  

Annual Business Meeting and Social
Wine and Cheese Reception

Tuesday, December 13, 2011
5:00 – 7:00 pm

Z Place
7823 Cooper Road Montgomery, OH
(513) 793-9463

Please RSVP by Wednesday, December 7th
for this complimentary event
to
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2011_Social

Come one, come all !!

Connect with other chapter members and enjoy appetizers, cheese, wine and more.

Catch up on the past year’s activities and get a sneak peek at upcoming events.
2012 marks our Chapter’s 85th anniversary!

Questions: Barbara Silbersack  (barbarasilbersackthomsonhinecom)  

Many Thanks to our Sponsor

The Cincinnati Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) will present a “Tech Blitz” program on Tuesday, November 29.  Details follow.

2011 SLA Tech Blitz: Hi-Tech on the Horizon

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

4:00-6:00 pm

The Ohio Room, The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati Rookwood Tower (adjacent to Rookwood Commons shopping center, free parking)

3805 Edwards Road, Suite 500

Cincinnati, OH 45209-1948

 Admission:

SLA Members – $10

SLA Non-Members – $15

Students/Unemployed – Free

Register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SLATECHBLITZ

Presentation:

“Hi-Tech on the Horizon” presented by Glen Horton

Libraries are evolving.  New technologies are changing the needs of our users and driving libraries to provide new services. Glen will highlight the hot technologies on the horizon and discuss how they are impacting libraries and our lives.

Glen Horton recently became the Digital Services Manager for Campbell County Public Library in Northern Kentucky.  He is currently building the library’s digital branch and implementing online programming. Glen previously served as the Technology Coordinator for SWON Libraries where he spent eleven years training and providing technology assistance to libraries.

Panel Discussion:

Mary Jenkins, Hamilton County Law Library Jen Evert, American Financial Group Ted Baldwin, College of Engineering & Applied Science Library, University of Cincinnati

These three librarians will discuss how they successfully implemented emerging technologies in their own libraries.  Find out what was successful for them, as well as what went wrong along the way.

Featuring presentations by:

Barnes & Noble

LexisNexis

 Giveaway:

One Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch E-Reader

SLA Cincinnati volunteers at the June Cincinnati Bar Association event.

Inspired by the American Association of Law Libraries’ Day in the Life Photo Contest and due to the fact that we have precious few pictures of our chapter, the Board is holding a photo contest.

Please submit pictures of yourself and colleagues working, meeting, teaching and doing all that special librarians do in a given day or week. We will be using the photos in a slide show at the 5th annual Books By The Banks (BBTB), where we are sponsoring a booth. BBTB is a day long, family friendly event celebrating books and authors, to be held in October. Help make our slide show a showcase of what Cincinnati special librarians can do!!

Send photos, caption/description and the name of the person submitting the photo to Connie Song   (csongkmklawcom)   by September 30, 2011.

Prize for best overall photo*: $25 gift certificate to the bookstore (online or brick and mortar) of your choice!

*as judged by the Executive Board of our chapter.

Sponsor: SouthWest Ohio and Neighboring Libraries Consortia
Co-sponsor: SLA Cincinnati Chapter

Date & Time: Tuesday, September 20th, 2011, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: SWON Libraries Conference Room
10945 Reed Hartman Hwy, Suite 105
Cincinnati, OH 45242

Speaker: Tim Byrne has been with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information in Oak Ridge, Tennessee since November 2007. Prior to that time, he developed a great deal of expertise with OSTI databases and DOE technical reports during 23 years at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he was the Head of the Government Publications Library and Regional Depository Librarian. The CU Government Publications Library contains one of the largest technical report collections in the country.

As Senior Outreach Librarian with OSTI, Tim is responsible for increasing communications between OSTI and libraries. This involves increasing librarians’ awareness of OSTI products and services while also making OSTI aware of the needs and concerns of librarians. One of Tim’s accomplishments at OSTI has been the creation of 280,000 MARC records for the full-text reports in the DOE Information Bridge.

Tim has a long history of activity within the ALA Government Documents Roundtable and was the 2011 recipient of GODORT’s James Bennett Childs Award. During 2008/09, he served as Chair of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer. He is currently Co-Chair of the ACRL Science and Technology Section Government Information Committee.

Description: The workshop’s learning objective is to familiarize participants with OSTI’s resources for discovering scientific and technical information. These resources include databases of Department of Energy supported research in a variety of formats such as Information Bridge, Energy Citations Database, ScienceCinema, and DOE Data Explorer, plus federated search products for searching multiple scientific databases and portals at one time, including ScienceAccelerator,gov, Science.gov, and WorldWideScience.org.

Wifi will be available. Please bring your laptops and follow along for the best experience.

Meal: Morning coffee/tea.

Registration: The deadline to register is Thursday, September 15th, 2011
* Contributing Member of SWON Libraries: $15.00 [Register]
* Basic Member of SWON Libraries: $20.00 [Register]
* SLA Member: $15.00 [Register]
* Other: $30.00 [Register]

Melanie A. Blau-McDonald  (melanieswonlibrariesorg)  
Executive Director
SWON Libraries
10901 Reed-Hartman Hwy Suite 120
Cincinnati, OH 45242

Web: swonlibraries.org
cell: 513.519.0811
office: 513.751.4422
fax: 513.751.0463

Title: Libraries in a Post-Print World
Presenters: Consultants George Needham and Joan Frye Williams
Format: Webinar
Cost: Free
Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Time: 3:00-4:00 pm, Eastern Time
Register: On day of event only via WebEx. No Passwords are required. For more information and to participate in the September 13 webinar, go to http://infopeople.org/training/libraries-post-print-world.

What does the library without books look like? We can argue all day about whether or not printed books will eventually become obsolete. Or we can wonder how libraries and librarians will continue to serve their communities if they do. In this thought-provoking webinar, consultants Joan Frye Williams and George Needham will explore the challenges and opportunities presented by a “post-print” world.

It’s no small feat to change an existing brand, and the library brand has always been “books.” Library shelves may not be devoid of paper any time soon, but if alternative reading formats continue to be adopted at current rates, we’ll need to realign and rebrand our services or risk going the way of the dodo.

This is not a webinar about how to add eBooks to your collection; this is a webinar about how to re-imagine and articulate the importance of what we can do in our communities. George and Joan think we should be talking about questions like these:
• How can we focus on accessing content instead of controlling containers?
• How can we define “librarian” around skills and principles rather than collections and facilities?
• How can we be accountable when circulation statistics have lost their meaning?
• How can we make radical changes in our traditions, tools, and techniques?

George and Joan believe that it can be enlightening to entertain an idea even if you don’t accept it. Whatever your view of the future, you’ll want to join this conversation!

If you are unable to attend the live event, you can access the archived version the day following the webinar. Check our archive listing at: http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar/archived.

The Ohio Preservation Council is offering a one-day Disaster Management tele-workshop on Thursday, September 15th in multiple locations in Ohio. Our objective will be to have participants make a substantial start on written Disaster Management Plans for their institutions. The workshop will focus on the online tool d-PLan, and be will be led by Donia Conn from the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) who will be at the Columbus location, while representatives of OPC will be present in the other locations to assist.

Disaster preparedness is an essential component of preserving your institution’s collections. With a written disaster plan, libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and other collection-holding institutions can reduce the risk of disaster and minimize losses. dPlan is perfect for small and medium-sized institutions that do not have in-house preservation staff. dPlan is also valuable for large library systems or museum campuses that need to develop separate but related plans for multiple buildings, locations, or branches.

dPlan can help you create a plan for disaster prevention and response. Entering data into the simple online template creates a customized disaster plan for your institution. This plan will help you:
* prevent or mitigate disasters,
* prepare for the most likely emergencies,
* respond quickly to minimize damage if disaster strikes, and
* recover effectively from disaster while continuing to provide services to your community.

Each institution’s password-protected plan is stored on a secure server, and an automatic e-mail is sent every six months reminding you to update your plan.

Registration is $35 for OPC members, $45 for non-members and $20 for students. Lunch and refreshments will be included. Registration is separate for each individual site:

Cleveland: https://www.regonline.com/disastercleveland
Toledo: http://www.regonline.com/disastertoledo
Columbus: http://www.regonline.com/disastermanagement
Cincinnati: http://www.regonline.com/disastercincinnati

dPlan is a free online tool that simplifies the process of writing a disaster plan for your collections. It provides a comprehensive fill-in-the-blank template into which you enter information about your institution. dPlan generates a printed disaster plan specific to your institution. dPlan was developed by NEDCC, and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. The development of the template was funded by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to assist non-profit organizations that hold cultural collections.