November 2008

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• Ohio E-Rate

  E-Rate Application Window to Open Next Week

  11.25.08 | Permalink | Comments Off

  Notice to all Public Libraries applying for E-Rate:  The Funding Year 2009 (FY2009) application window will open at Noon on Tuesday, December 2 and will close at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, February 12, 2009.  This is a 73 day window. Other items of note from SLD: On November 21, the FCC released Public Notice (FCC 08-265). [...]

• Preservation & Conservation

  DigCCurr 2009: Digital Curation Practice, Promise and Prospects

  11.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  DigCCurr 2009: Digital Curation Practice, Promise and Prospects April 1‐3, 2009, Chapel Hill, North Carolina http://www.ils.unc.edu/digccurr2009/registration The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina is pleased to announce our second digital curation curriculum symposium. DigCCurr 2009: Digital Curation Practice, Promise and Prospects is part of the Preserving Access to Our [...]

• Uncategorized

  Palatine to America Library Closes

  11.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  November 23, 2008 – Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter The Palatine to America Library has been closed. The library collection contains over 5000 books, journals, and other print material. The collection is being relocated to the Columbus Metropolitan Library in Columbus, Ohio. It is anticipated the Palatine Collection will be available for use sometime in the [...]

• General, Special Libraries

  Delaware County law library must refund $76,000 to local governments

  11.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH DELAWARE, Ohio: November – Saturday,  November 22, 2008 6:49 PM — The Delaware County Law Library Association owes the county and city governments $75,980 in public money it collected but did not use in 2005 and 2006, a state audit has found. Under state law, the library receives a portion of fines [...]

• Announcments - Library Directors, Awards & Recognitions, Ohio Public Libraries

  Ohio Libraries Ranked Number One in HAPLR 2008 Report

  11.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Six Ohio public libraries have been ranked number one in their population categories, in the 2008 Hennen American Public Library’s Ratings (HAPLR) report. The 2008 number one libraries include: Columbus Metropolitan Library, Washington-Centerville Public Library, North Canton Public Library, Twinsburg Public Library, Columbiana Public Library, and Grand Valley Public Library. “Ohioans are not only enriched [...]

• General, Scholarships

  NOTSL Accepting Scholarship Applications

  11.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Each year the Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (NOTSL) awards scholarships to persons currently working in a professional, para-professional, or support position in a technical services area in an Ohio library, or to persons currently taking technical services related course work/training who plan a career in Technical Services. NOTSL is now accepting applications for scholarships [...]

• Job Openings, Uncategorized

  Dayton Metro Library (DML) – Branch Manager position open

  11.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Branch Library Manager The Dayton Metro Library (DML) is inviting dynamic, customer focused librarians to apply for the position of Branch Manager for two busy Library branches. Job Responsibilities: Sets branch goals and objectives, directs all branch services, assigns job responsibilities, hires, trains, schedules and evaluates staff; ensures proper maintenance of branch building, equipment and [...]

• General, Ohio Academic Libraries, Ohio Public Libraries

  IM is coming to KIN24x7

  11.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The new Spark software has given us the ability to provide more access to Ohio residents including the option of integrating instant messaging (IM) into the KnowItNow24x7 statewide service. The technology, logistics, and staffing of an IM component all present their own unique challenges. Making KIN24x7 more accessible to the visually-impaired has been a long-term [...]

• General, Ohio Academic Libraries, Ohio Public Libraries

  Purdue University partners with Grand Valley Public Library to recognize veterans

  11.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Grand Valley Public Library located in Ashtabula County  thought this might be of interest to others.  Last Friday Nov 7th, 2008 we had our 1st hopefully will be Annual “OUR HEROES’ TREE DEDICATION” ceremony .  We at GVPL felt this was very special to us, since we were the only Library in the State of [...]

• General, Ohio Academic Libraries

  OSU Libraries Diversity Committee Presents Special ReadAloud Celebrating Tribal Nations

  11.12.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  The Ohio State University Libraries Diversity Committee is presenting a special ReadAloud program in honor of Native Peoples month, Celebrating Tribal Nations: America’s Great Partners, from 3-4 p.m. Thursday (11/13) in the Wexner Center Cafe. Leta Hendricks will read speeches and correspondence from various native chiefs, including “Open Letter From Leonard Peltier to Barack Obama.” [...]

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