All library staff members are invited to attend the forums pending
supervisor approval.
2008 Forums
January
1/8: Scholarly Communication 2.Oh!
Forum by Greg Tananbaum,
Representative activities include the development of a Web 2.0 strategy for a high-impact publisher, the review and critique of a strategic master plan for an ARL-member library, the creation of a business development plan for a high-tech startup seeking to enter the academic space, and the refinement of a service plan for one of the largest academic libraries systems in the world.
Greg Tananbaum is a consultant focusing on activities at the intersection of technology, content, and academia. He has served as the President of the Berkeley Electronic Press, as well as Director of Product Marketing for EndNote. Greg writes a regular column in Against the Grain covering emerging developments in the field of scholarly communication. He has served as an invited speaker at dozens of conferences, including the American Library Association, the Society for Scholarly Publishing, the Association of Professional and Learned Society Publishers, and Online Information UK. He holds a Master's Degree from the London School of Economics and a B.A. from Yale University.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 3:00-4:30 pm
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall
February
2/20: Race on the Stand: African American History in the Law Library's American Trials Collection
Among Yale’s many rich special collections is the American Trials Collection of the Lillian Goldman Law Library, an important repository of historical legal material. This collection contains some particularly significant holdings related to African American history, including records of the Amistad trials (1839-1840). Mike Widener, Rare Book Librarian for the Lillian Goldman Law Library, will discuss the depth of these collections and their significance for scholars of African American history.
SML Lecture Hall, February 20, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
March
3/3: Promotion Review for Library Management and Professional (non-Librarian) & Their Supervisors
3/4: Promotion Review for Library Management and Professional (non-Librarian) & Their Supervisors
Although the deadline for submission of promotion requests by Library M&Ps (non-Librarian) is still over a month away, now is the time to begin assembling your dossier.
At this forum University Librarian Alice Prochaska, Associate University Librarian for Human Resources Diane Turner, and outgoing Chair of the Managerial Promotion Review Committee Marybeth Bean will review the application process, go over important deadlines, and offer advice on assembling promotion dossiers.
Significant time will be allowed for a question-and-answer session. Promotion candidates and their supervisors are strongly encouraged to attend.
Monday, March 3, 2008, 3:00-4:00 p.m.,
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall
Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 1:00-2:00 p.m.,
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall
3/24: Why We Collect What We Collect: Collection Development of Photography in the Yale University Libraries
(Co-Sponsored with the Photography Interest Group at the Yale University Libraries)
Forum about photographs recently acquired by the libraries at Yale University, as well as learn why and how selectors for various collections develop these rich and varied photographic collections.
Libraries and collections presenting materials in this enlightening forum include:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, consisting of curators from the General Collection (Modern), Collection of American Literature, and Collection of Western Americana
Divinity School Library, Special Collections
Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Medical Historical Library
Sterling Memorial Library, consisting of selectors for the African Collection and Manuscripts and Archives
Monday, March 24, 2008, 2:30-4:00 PM,
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall
May
5/8: Collaborative Development of Visual Literacy Tools
A presentation by
Ian McDermott, Visual Literacy Instruction Fellow
Barbara Rockenbach, Director of Undergraduate and Library Research Education
Danuta A. Nitecki, Associate University Librarian for Public Services and Literacy Teaching and Learning
Visual literacy remains an elusive topic for librarians, despite its prominence in museum literature and other academic disciplines. A team of Yale librarians is collaborating with experts across the campus to create a toolset to support student and faculty development of visual literacy skills as part of the newly established Collaborative Learning Center in the Bass Library. These colleagues work in the libraries, Center for Language Study, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the Instructional Technology Group.
The panel will present a summary of current literature, propose a working definition of visual literacy, describe the center and their collaborative development of an instructional toolset, as well as highlight three of the instructional settings used to design and assess the toolset.
Thursday, May 8, 2:00-3:30 PM
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall
5/15: ArcPad Mobile Mapping Application Development and Instructional Support Project
A presentation by Stacey Maples, GIS Assistant (see the final report)
The Professional Development Grants Program supports innovative research and investigative projects undertaken by members of the Managerial and Professional staff of the Yale University Library. The grants are intended to provide incentive and financial assistance for projects that contribute to the Yale library community through such avenues as scholarly research, creative program applications, or feasibility/ pilot studies. The program is administered by the Library's Standing Committee on Professional Awareness (SCOPA).
Stacey Maples was awarded a SCOPA Grant in 2006 to explore mobile mapping technology and during this forum he will discuss his project.
This project provided Map Collection instructional staff the opportunity to experiment with mobile mapping technology for creating and using spatial data, specify supported hardware/software systems and create instructional materials for the further support of the Yale research community. Using equipment acquired through the requested SCOPA grant and software already licensed by the Yale Map Collection, a field mapping system was developed and field tested.
First, the project allowed the development and evaluation of a set of hardware specifications for an affordable and rugged mobile mapping system that can be effectively supported by the Yale Map Collection’s GIS Services. These specifications are provided as a starting point to Yale Community researchers who are concerned with using mobile mapping equipment that they can be confident are supported by the Yale Map Collection GIS Services.
Second, the field-testing activities produced a geodatabase (including examples of the three generic spatial entities used to model geographic objects: points, lines and polygons) that provided the base data for a set of instructional materials to assist Yale researchers in the development of mobile mapping applications for the collection of their own spatially organized data. The project will culminated in the development and delivery of the “Out of the Office and Into the Field: Introduction to ArcPad and ArcPad Application Builder” workshop, as part of the Yale Map Collection GIS Workshop Series.
Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall, Thursday, May 15, 1:15-2:30 PM
5/19: Mentoring for Library Professional.
by Karen L. Kirchner, M.S., Learning Consultant, Career Management Consulting
Mentoring can benefit library professionals at different stages in their careers, whether they are librarians, archivists, mangers, conservators, or students of library and information science. Mentoring helps individuals when they enter the profession, move to a new institution, prepare for promotion review, or assume more active and visible roles in professional organizations. Studies show that professionals with mentors, or those whohave acted as mentors, feel happier about their career progress and their work in general.
Individuals interested in being a mentor or a mentee should attend this forum to learn more about the Mentoring Program sponsored by SCOPA. In this forum you will learn how to connect with a mentor or mentee, discover the necessary commitments, and define goals for a successful mentoring relationship.
This forum represents a shorter version of the Mentoring Workshop offered by Karen Kirchner at the Learning Center. She has designed it specifically for the Yale University Library community.
Objectives:
- Learn about the benefits and rewards of a mentoring relationship
- Develop an understanding of roles and responsibilities
- Find out about how the mentoring program can help future, new and experienced professionals to grow and develop.
Presenter:
Karen Kirchener is a learning consultant specializing in mentoring, coaching and team building, who has worked with professionals in a wide range of fields and industries. She recently developed a successful mentoring program for the New York Public Library.
Sterling Memorial Lecture Hall, 1:00-2:30 PM
5/28: New Library Professionals Orientation.
This is a time for new librarians, managers, and professionals to learn about SCOPA and its programs, and receive a general overview of Yale University Library committees and organizational structure.
Alice Prochaska, University Librarian and Diane Turner, Associate University Librarian for Human Resources, Staff Training and Security, will join us to speak about library governance, the promotion process for professional library staff, and opportunities for professional activities, growth and advancement.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
11:30 am to 1:00 pm, Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall
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