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Message From The President, Judith Gibbons

The Southeastern Librarian

Column by SELA President, Judith Gibbons.

Health Information Access

The Southeastern Librarian

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeastern Atlantic Region, wishes to remind libraries in the region that they provide training and assistance with health information access to the public.

Georgia Conference On Information Literacy

The Southeastern Librarian

A call for proposals for the Georgia Conference on Information Literacy, to be held on October 6 - 7, 2006.

Aserl Virtual Reference Expands Service, Sponsors Ipod Giveaway

The Southeastern Librarian

The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) finalized a new partnership with the University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies to provide additional service hours for its groundbreaking regional virtual reference service, “Ask a Librarian.” To mark the expanded service, ASERL will give away a 1MB iPod Shuffle to one user of the online reference service at each participating ASERL institution.

Stateside News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent developments from SELA member institutions.

People News

The Southeastern Librarian

Recent professional developments from SELA members.

The Southeastern Librarian V. 53, No. 4 (Winter 2005/2006) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, volume 53, no. 4 (Winter 2005/2006).

An Invitation From The President Of The Tennessee Library Association To Sela, Cathy M. Farley

The Southeastern Librarian

An invitation to the SELA membership to attend the Tennessee Library Association 2006 Conference.

Libraries Build Communities: A Special Ala Opportunity, Michael Dowling

The Southeastern Librarian

Highlights a community service project, "Libraries Build Communities," an effort to help the libraries of New Orleans.

Library Advocacy In The Post-Katrina South

The Southeastern Librarian

Highlights a program to promote advocacy skills for libraries, including building community relationships.

Solinet Provides Affordable Disaster Preparedness Throughout The Southeast

The Southeastern Librarian

In response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, SOLINET is offering a series of disaster classes for libraries in the Southeast. The classes will be held in March and April – and onein May – in each of the ten states that comprise the SOLINET region.

Solinet And Partners Evaluate Recovery Needs At Libraries Affected By Hurricanes Katrina And Rita

The Southeastern Librarian

In partnership with libraries, state agencies, and library consortia throughout the region and with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, SOLINET will perform a two-month evaluation ofthe libraries impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and, in February 2006, present a set of recommendations for long-term recovery

Call For Manuscripts

The Southeastern Librarian

College & Undergraduate Libraries, a peer-reviewed journal on academic library issues published by The Haworth Press, Inc., is open to submissions.

Solinet, Amigos, Nelinet, Nylink, And Palinet Launch The Network Education Exchange

The Southeastern Librarian

SOLINET, Amigos Library Services, Inc., NELINET, Nylink, and PALINET announce the launch ofthe Network Education Exchange, a cooperative training program that makes selected online courses available to the members of the five networks. The purpose of this new exchange program is to provide their memberships with expanded opportunities to develop skills and knowledge via online training and to provide more cost-effective services by leveraging time and resources among the networks’ staff.

Solinet Members Save 67% On Ccc Transactional Reporting Fees

The Southeastern Librarian

SOLINET member libraries using the Copyright Clearance Center’s (CCC) Transactional Reporting Service (TRS) for interlibrary loan, document delivery, and print reserves can now save money by participating in the Volume Purchase Program (VPP).

Solinet And The Hbcu Library Alliance Publish The State Of Libraries At Historically Black Colleges And Universities

The Southeastern Librarian

The Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET) and the HBCU Library Alliance recently completed and published an assessment of the state of libraries at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Art Libraries Society Of North America / Southeast Chapter 21st Annual Lopresti Award For Outstanding Art Publishing In The Southeast 2005

The Southeastern Librarian

Museums and galleries, educational institutions, libraries, organizations, and commercial presses are encouraged to submit publications for consideration for the 21st annual LoPresti Award for Outstanding Art Publishing in the Southeast.

Marc Vs Xml, Peter A. Zuber

Faculty Publications

Some of the issues in discussion between MARC and XML deal with the desire to expand the content of the bibliographic record. An often-cited example is the library that wishes to enrich the current electronic record with a table of contents. Although a table of contents inclusion is actually possible with the MARC record, it is certainly not an ideal platform for such content. The MARC record is described as being a "flat" record, meaning it does not have a hierarchal nature. As such, it is a poor candidate for hierarchal structures such as a table of contents. A discussion …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 030, Number 21, December 19, 2005, Grand Valley State University

2005-2006, Volume 30

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

The "Other" Treaties: Comments On Deloria And Demallie's Documents Of American Indian Diplomacy, Charles D. Bernholz

Faculty Publications, UNL Libraries

No abstract provided.

Lacuny Multicultural And Diversity Roundtable Meeting Minutes, December 2005, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Emotional Intelligence In Academic Library Leadership, Rosita E. Hopper

Library Staff Publications

Recent research by Peter Hernon and Nancy Rossiter (in press) analyzed the extent to which desired traits listed in current job advertisements for library directors correspond with the five components of emotional intelligence (EI) identified by psychologist Daniel Goleman (i.e. self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill.) The research of Hernon and Rossiter also examined the level of importance that current library directors themselves ascribed to those traits found in the ads. This study quantifies the extent to which the ninety-six traits listed by Hernon and Rossiter are likewise described as desirable by the authors represented in five published collections …

The Review And Herald Library Collection, Andrews University

Library Administration and Marketing

On December 15, 2005, the Review and Herald Publishing Association donated the rare materials from their editorial library to the Andrews University, Center for Adventist Research. The Collection contains about 2,500 books, tracts, and periodicals together with early advent charts and ephemera. It includes many rare and significant items, some of which are one-of-a-kind.

Giving Thanks, Mark Y. Herring

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

Indulge me for a few moments, will you? I write this column just as we approach the Thanksgiving. You will read it having spent the last few weeks recovering from the Christmas Holidays. It seems appropriate at this time, even conventional, to spend a few moments looking at what we all have to be thankful for, even joyous about. All too often the quotidian cares of life weigh us down unceremoniously, and we forget that we have much to be thankful for.

Muslims In Europe: Challenges Of Cultural Integration, Steven W. Staninger

Copley Library: Faculty Scholarship

Muslims in Europe are faced challenges of cultural and religious integration which affect business practices and socio-economic success. This paper looks at the current Muslim situation in Europe from both a Muslim and native European perspective. The contrast between public information targeted at European Muslims originating from the European Union as opposed to Muslim home-countries is examined, as are the challenges posed by Muslim-majority Turkey’s application for membership in the European Union.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 030, Number 20, December 12, 2005, Grand Valley State University

2005-2006, Volume 30

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Lanthorn, Vol. 40, No. 31, December 12, 2005, Grand Valley State University

Volume 40, July 14, 2005 - June 15, 2006

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Google And The Print Library Initiative: To Scan Or Not To Scan, Peter A. Zuber

Faculty Publications

Already a strong presence on the web, Google has been of particular interest to those in the library industry, raising concerns over future roles that libraries and librarians would play in a Google-dominated, information-seeking world. Noted not only for its search capability, Google had previously demonstrated its desire to expand its role as an information provider with such tools as Google Earth (a remarkable 3-dimensional viewing tool of the planet), Google Scholar (a search tool designed to return only peer reviewed scholarly content) and Google News and Images (capable of searching thousands of news stories and retrieving a myriad of …

Lacuny Instruction Committee Meeting Minutes, December 2005, Lacuny

Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

21st Century Literacies: Transforming Education For Next Generation Learners, Patricia A. Iannuzzi

Library Faculty Presentations

- 21st Century Literacies

- Millennials as Learners

- Engaging the Digital Native

- A Vegas Perspective