NOTSL

Results from the election at the May 14, 2010 NOTSL Meeting:

Vice Chair / Chair Elect – Roman Panchyshyn

Secretary – Kif Francis

Executive Committee – Kristine Kinzer

Scholarship Committee – Tom Adamich

Many thanks to out-going Board Members Barbara Strauss, Margaret Maurer, Jill Williams, and Sevim McCutcheon for their service to NOTSL.

Registrations are now being accepted for the NOTSL/ALAO-TEDSIG Joint Spring 2010 meeting, Getting Ready for RDA: Preparing for the Transition. The registration form is available online here.

Libraries are gearing up for the first overhaul in cataloging rules in nearly three decades, coupled with the challenge of implementing them in a dramatically changed world of information.  One major newcomer since the 1990s is FRBR so we invited Dr. Athena Salaba from Kent State SLIS to begin the meeting with a presentation on FRBR and its impact on libraries and their catalogs, as well as how it relates to RDA.  Rick Block, Head of Special Collections Metadata and Cataloging at Columbia, and an adjunct professor at the Library Schools of the Pratt Institute and Long Island University, will follow with a brief overview of RDA and then provide us with ideas for how we can already start preparing for its implementation.  As you can see, the objective of the day is not the nuts and bolts of these two new standards, but rather, getting ready to take on this new way of describing and retrieving information from our catalogs.  Please join us as we prepare for this brave new world!

The NOTSL/ALAO-TEDSIG spring program, “Getting Ready for RDA:  Making the Transition,” will be held Friday, May 14, 2010 at Shisler Conference Center in Wooster, Ohio.   The challenge of RDA is more than just changing cataloging rules— it’s a new mind-set that takes some getting used to, and your library can start today.  Join NOTSL and TEDSIG for a day of learning how to make the move to RDA.
Presenters:
Rick Block, the Head of Special Collections, Metadata, and Cataloging at Columbia University, and Athena Salaba, Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science at Kent State University.  Registration details and program information will be forthcoming.

Beth J. Thompson
Kent SLIS student: focusing on cataloging and audiovisual archiving
NOTSL/Jane Myers Memorial Cataloging Scholarship: $500.00
Educational activity: Offset tuition costs in the KSU-MLIS program

Sarah Nolan
Kent SLIS student: focusing on academic libraries, cataloging, and technical services
NOTSL/Jane Myers Memorial Cataloging Scholarship: $500.00
Educational activity: Offset tuition costs in the KSU-MLIS program

Joy L. Glasser
Kent SLIS student:  interested in conservation of library materials
NOTSL Scholarship: $250.00
Educational activity: Attend an 8 week workshop on basic booking binding skills

Kathleen F. Lamantia
Technical Services Librarian, Stark County District Library
NOTSL Scholarship: $250.00
Educational activity: Innovative User Group (IUG) 2010 conference in Chicago

Applications for 2010 Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (NOTSL)  Scholarships are now being accepted.

Applicants must either be currently working in an Ohio library in a professional, para-professional, or support position in a technical services area, or be students (residing or studying in Ohio) currently taking coursework in librarianship.  The content of the proposed educational activity must relate to technical services, cataloging, serials, acquisitions, preservation, processing, or management of technical services.  Typically funded activities can include costs for workshops, conference, coursework, professional meetings or research, but not training required by an employer.  The deadline for submissions is December 11, 2009.

2010 Scholarship Requirements

2010 Scholarship Application

Registrations are now being accepted for the Fall 2009 meeting, Snatch and Batch: Tools for Doing More with Even Less!

The Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians are pleased to have Terry Reese, the creator of MarcEdit, as the featured presenter at their Fall 2009 Meeting with an opening presentation by Roman Panchyshyn (Kent State University), on how batch processing tools can help in your library. Terry Reese will demonstrate how MarcEdit is being used around the world as an invaluable tool for database maintenance. We are fortunate to have the creator of MarcEdit at the Fall NOTSL meeting to show us how this free software can make our work easier. Bring your laptop and join us for an educational day. Or, if you prefer, share a laptop with a friend or simply watch and learn how this program will work for you.

The registration form is available online here.

The Fall 2009 NOTSL Newsletter is available online here.

November 13

NOTSL will sponsor MarcEdit Training with Terry Reese

More Details Available Soon!

If you have ideas for the Fall 2009 NOTSL meeting, please send them to NOTSL Chair Rosanna O’Neil.

The NOTSL Board will begin planning for the meeting soon, and we value your input.

Results from the election at the April 3, 2009 NOTSL Meeting:

Vice Chair / Chair Elect – SaraJean Petite

Treasurer – Suzette Burlingame

Executive Committee – Regina Houseman

Scholarship Committee – Jennifer Bull

Many thanks to out-going Board Members Christopher Thornton and Alice Essinger for their service to NOTSL.

Just a note to those who might still be interested in registering for the April 3 meeting…

The NOTSL Treasurer will be on vacation (without access to email) from Friday, March 20 through Friday, March 27. There will be a staff member at her library opening any registrations received and sending confirmation emails to those participants.

If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact NOTSL Chair, Barbara Strauss (216-687-2362).

The NOTSL Treasurer will return to work on Monday, March 30.