[Metadatalibrarians] Metadatalibrarians Digest, Vol 89, Issue 3
Kaoukab Chebaro
kc07 at aub.edu.lb
Wed Nov 9 05:43:42 PST 2011
Hello,
I would like to advertise the following position for a metadata/digital librarian at the American University of Beirut (AUB):
https://hrportal.aub.edu.lb/career/ViewVacancy.aspx?id=185
Please circulate as widely as possible to any interested parties.
AUB is one of the top and oldest universities in the Middle East; the language of instruction is English; it offers extremely attractive benefits, and is located on a stunningly beautiful campus overseeing the Mediterranean:
http://www.aub.edu.lb/main/Pages/index.aspx
Kaoukab Chebaro
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Today's Topics:
1. Next ALCTS E-forum: Managing Electronic Theses and
Dissertations, Nov. 15-16 (Kristin E. Martin)
2. Experience with OpenWMS? (Sarah Potvin)
3. Re: Experience with OpenWMS? (Allegra Gonzalez)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:47:11 -0600
From: "Kristin E. Martin" <kmarti at uic.edu>
To: A listserv for Metadata Librarians
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Subject: [Metadatalibrarians] Next ALCTS E-forum: Managing Electronic
Theses and Dissertations, Nov. 15-16
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*Managing Electronic Theses and Dissertations***
November 15-16, 2011
Hosted by Holly Mercer and Jennifer Roper
Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It's free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.
Each day, sessions begin and end at:
Pacific: 7am -- 3pm
Mountain: 8am -- 4pm
Central: 9am -- 5pm
Eastern: 10am -- 6pm
*Description*
Electronic theses and dissertations have existed for well over a decade,
yet many institutions are still just beginning to work with this format.
Even those with an established program can struggle with policies and
workflows. Communication is a key component to a successful ETD program,
and the library, graduate office, and academic departments must work
together to establish procedures for managing ETDs. Whether using a
system based on ProQuest, DSpace, Fedora or any of a number of other
vendor or homegrown solutions, it can be difficult to tackle issues for
a workflow that truly does represent the intersection of scholarship,
university policies and library collecting.
Topics to be covered include:
* ETD systems selection and use
* Policy setting and enforcement
* Student training and copyright education and guidance
* Metadata and cataloging decision-making and workflows
* Embargoes and open access policies
* Possible efficiencies and cost savings (or inefficiencies and
expenditures!) introduced by an ETD program
* Digitization of legacy print theses and dissertations
*Holly Mercer *is the head of Digital Services and Scholarly
Communication at Texas A&M University Libraries. She is responsible for
the efforts of a small team that promotes and provides support for the
Texas A&M Digital Repository and services of the Texas Digital Library,
including Vireo, the ETD submission and workflow management system. The
unit works to inform the Texas A&M research community about changes in
scholarly publishing, copyright, and the benefits of open access to
research.
*Jennifer Roper *is the Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services at the
University of Virginia, and is currently leading a project to implement
an ETD workflow that results in theses and dissertations being deposited
in the library-managed institutional repository.In her previous position
at the University of Maryland, she worked on a team administering ETDs
in a DSpace environment. **
*What is an e-forum?*
An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss
matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion
list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register
your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and
communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most
e-forums last two to three days. Registration is necessary to
participate, but it's free. See a list of upcoming e-forums at:
http://bit.ly/upcomingeforum.
*To register:*
Instructions for registration are available at:
http://bit.ly/eforuminfo. Once you have registered for one e-forum, you
do not need to register again, unless you choose to leave the email
list. Participation is free and open to anyone.
--
Kristin E. Martin
Metadata Librarian and Acting Electronic Resources Librarian
Resource Acquisitions and Management (MC 234)
2-390 Richard J. Daley Library
University of Illinois at Chicago
801 S. Morgan
Chicago, IL 60607
312-413-5052
312-413-0424 (Fax)
kmarti at uic.edu
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 20:06:42 +0000
From: Sarah Potvin <spotvin at library.tamu.edu>
To: "metadatalibrarians at lists.monarchos.com"
<metadatalibrarians at lists.monarchos.com>
Subject: [Metadatalibrarians] Experience with OpenWMS?
Message-ID: <CADD9672.1319%spotvin at library.tamu.edu>
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Dear esteemed Metadata Librarians,
I'm currently looking into OpenWMS (http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/open/projects/openwms/), the workflow management system for digital objects developed at Rutgers, with a cataloging module based on OpenMIC. We're considering adapting the system to our DSpace repository at Texas A&M.
Does anyone have any experience implementing and using this system? I'd love to hear any opinions or feedback, so please contact me on- or off-list!
Thanks so much,
sp
Sarah Potvin
Assistant Professor
Metadata Librarian
University Libraries
Texas A&M University
spotvin at library.tamu.edu
Evans Library 1.206N | 5000 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-5000 | 979.458.2662
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 20:14:29 +0000
From: Allegra Gonzalez <Allegra_Gonzalez at cuc.claremont.edu>
To: A listserv for Metadata Librarians
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Subject: Re: [Metadatalibrarians] Experience with OpenWMS?
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Dear Sara et al,
Please post your responses to this question to the list, I use several systems and am interested in hearing feedback as well.
Allegra Gonzalez
Digital Initiatives Librarian
Claremont Colleges Library
Claremont University Consortium
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From: metadatalibrarians-bounces at lists.monarchos.com [metadatalibrarians-bounces at lists.monarchos.com] on behalf of Sarah Potvin [spotvin at library.tamu.edu]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 12:06 PM
To: metadatalibrarians at lists.monarchos.com
Subject: [Metadatalibrarians] Experience with OpenWMS?
Dear esteemed Metadata Librarians,
I'm currently looking into OpenWMS (http://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/open/projects/openwms/), the workflow management system for digital objects developed at Rutgers, with a cataloging module based on OpenMIC. We're considering adapting the system to our DSpace repository at Texas A&M.
Does anyone have any experience implementing and using this system? I'd love to hear any opinions or feedback, so please contact me on- or off-list!
Thanks so much,
sp
Sarah Potvin
Assistant Professor
Metadata Librarian
University Libraries
Texas A&M University
spotvin at library.tamu.edu
Evans Library 1.206N | 5000 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-5000 | 979.458.2662
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