From swainham at msn.com Mon Apr 11 19:55:16 2016 From: swainham at msn.com (Deborah Swain) Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:55:16 -0400 Subject: [Carolinas_asist] Save that Date - April 23 - Friends in NC and SC Message-ID: SAVE THAT DATE! You are cordially invited by the ASIST Carolinas Chapter (CC: ASIST) and ?Friends of MIS? for an early Saturday evening reception and lecture at the RENCI (Renaissance Computing Institute) in Chapel Hill, NC on April 23, 2016 starting at 5:30 pm Our guest speaker is Rebecca Vargha, who will talk about ?The Future of Our Profession in the Digital Age.? This is our opportunity to come together as Friends in North and South Carolina: business partners, employers, academic leaders, members of ASIS&T, SLA, LIS alumni, and graduate students to share ideas and news. We encourage spouses and family to join us, too. There will be plenty of parking and interesting snacks. Rebecca Vargha is the Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and an adjunct faculty member. Ms. Vargha is a graduate of NC Central University?s Masters of Library Science (MLS) degree program. She is active in the Special Libraries Association (SLA) locally, nationally and globally. She is a past president of SLA; immediate past chair of SLA's leadership management division; chair for SLA's Museums, Arts and Humanities Division; archivist for the North Carolina SLA Chapter; and serves as faculty advisor for the SLA Student Group at SILS. This event is sponsored by CC: ASIS&T in collaboration with the NC Central University Student Chapters of ASIS&T and Special Libraries Association (SLA). This is the third Robert M. Ballard Lecture by the SLA. Please RSVP by April 20 to: Ms. Puspanjali Khatri, pkhatri at eagles.nccu.edu or Dr. Deborah Swain, (dswain at nccu.edu; 919-530-7502). No charge though contributions to CC: ASIS&T will be appreciated. Location and Directions: The RENCI develops and deploys advanced technologies to enable research discoveries and practical innovations. RENCI partners with researchers, policy makers, and technology leaders to engage and solve the challenging problems that affect North Carolina, our nation and the world. An institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, RENCI was launched in 2004 as a collaborative effort involving UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and North Carolina State University. RENCI Anchor Facility, 100 Europa Drive Suite 540, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Contact number: 919- 445-9640. Directions and link: http://www.renci.org/about/locations/renci-anchor-at-europa-center A flyer style announcement below. Feel free to share. (Reminder and Flyer will be mailed soon.) See you in two weeks! Best wishes, Deborah Swain (Carolinas ASIST executive committee member)========================================================================== The Carolinas Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (CC: ASIS&T) will provide an early evening reception and lecture program starting at 5:30 pm, on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at the RENCI Center in Chapel Hill, NC.* Our guest speaker Rebecca Vargha will talk about ?The Future of Our Profession in the Digital Age.? She is the Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and an adjunct faculty member. Ms. Vargha is a graduate of NC Central University?s Masters of Library Science (MLS) degree program. Following a social and introductions, Ms. Vargha will share her perspectives on digital information today and its impact on all our professions. Vargha is active in the Special Libraries Association (SLA) locally, nationally and globally. She is a past president of SLA; immediate past chair of SLA's leadership management division; chair for SLA's Museums, Arts and Humanities Division; archivist for the North Carolina SLA Chapter; and serves as faculty advisor for the SLA Student Group at SILS. In 2013, she was named a Fellow by the Special Libraries Association (SLA), the "nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners that serves more than 9,000 members in 75 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic and government information specialists." This event is sponsored by CC: ASIS&T in collaboration with the NC Central University Student Chapters of ASIS&T and the Special Libraries Association (SLA). This is the third Robert M. Ballard Lecture by the SLA. Professor Ballard served in the SLIS for 36 years and as Interim Dean 2003-2005. Business and academic friends of the Masters of Information Science (MIS) and MLS programs in NC and SC are invited to attend and share news and ideas. We encourage spouses and family to join us. Please RSVP by April 20 to: Ms. Puspanjali Khatri, pkhatri at eagles.nccu.edu or Dr. Deborah Swain, (dswain at nccu.edu; 919-530-7502). No charge though contributions to CC: ASIS&T will be appreciated. * DIRECTIONS: The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) Anchor Facility is located at 100 Europa Drive Suite 540, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Contact number: 919- 445-9640. Directions and link: http://www.renci.org/about/locations/renci-anchor-at-europa-center. Coming from Durham towards Chapel Hill, take the Europa Drive Exit on the left. After making the u-turn stay in the far right lane, Turn right onto Europa Drive. Entrance to the building will be just past the pond on the right. Proceed to visitors parking on the top level. There will be a host/hostess to greet you at the door. Since 1937, the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) has been the society for information professionals and counts among its membership 4,000 information specialists from such fields as computer science, linguistics, management, librarianship, engineering, law, medicine, chemistry, and education. See www.asis.org. The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners.The SLA serves more than 9,000 members in 75 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic and government information specialists. Go to http://www.sla.org/ for details. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tibbo at ils.unc.edu Sun Apr 3 21:45:44 2016 From: tibbo at ils.unc.edu (Tibbo, Helen R) Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2016 01:45:44 -0000 Subject: [Carolinas_asist] Registration Now Open for DigCCurr Professional Institute 2016-2017 Message-ID: <16C92BA681D083499626AF35C5A645163B717F5A@ITS-MSXMBS5M.ad.unc.edu> Please excuse cross postings************************************ Registration Now Open! DigCCurr Professional Institute: Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle July 17-22, 2016 & March 14-15, 2017 (One price for two sessions) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Visit http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute2016.html for more information. REGISTRATION LINK: http://tinyurl.com/zfcacrn The Institute consists of one five-day session in July 2016 and a two-day follow-up session in March 2017. The summer event begins at 6 PM on Sunday, July 17 with a welcome and opening event. Each day of the summer session will include lectures, discussion and hands-on "lab" components. A course pack and a private, online discussion space will be provided to supplement learning and application of the material. An opening reception dinner on Sunday, Continental breakfast, break time snacks and coffee, and a dinner on Tuesday will also be included. This institute is designed to foster skills, knowledge and community-building among professionals responsible for the curation of digital materials. Registration: * Regular registration : $1,150 * Late registration (after June 15, 2016): $1,300 If you are a grant recipient working on a digital project, we recommend that you check with your program officer to request approval to use available grant funds to attend the institute. Institute Instructors Include: * From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Drs. Helen Tibbo, Cal Lee, and Kam Woods. * Dr. Nancy McGovern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. * Dr. Carolyn Hank, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. * Dr. Lorraine Richards, Drexel University. July 2017 Institute Components include (order and session titles may vary somewhat from those listed): *Overview of digital curation definition, scope and main functions *Where you see yourself in the digital curation landscape *Digital curation program development *Digital curation stakeholders and digital curation landscape *Case Study on developing a digital repository *Procedural accountability - policies, submission agreements, rules *LAB -Transforming policy statements into rules *Overview of digital preservation challenges and opportunities *Roles and responsibilities for curation *LAB - Matching skills and roles *Characterization of digital objects *Overview and Characterization of Existing Tools: Placing the Tools in a Larger Industry Context *File formats *LAB - File format robustness *Managing in response to technological change *Digital forensics *Ethical issues *LAB - Media and content *Workflows, humans, and tools *Lab - Workflows *Evaluating curation programs requirements and assessment *LAB - Evaluating curation programs: TRAC/ISO 16363 Review * Characterizing, analyzing and evaluating the producer information environment *Economics of digital curation - costs and resource commitments *LAB - Economics of digital curation *Cloud computing *Web archiving * Formulating your six-month action plan - task for each individual, with instructors available to provide guidance * Summary of action plans * Clarifying roles and expectations for the next six months March 14-15, 2017 Participants in the July event will return to Chapel Hill in March 2017 to discuss their experiences in implementing what they have learned in their own work environments. Participants will compare experiences, lessons learned and strategies for continuing progress. Accommodations for January will be the responsibility of the attendee. For more information, contact Dr. Helen Tibbo (tibbo at email.unc.edu) for Institute questions or Michelle Taylor (michele at email.unc.edu) for payment or registration questions. The Digital Professional Institute was initiated as part of the DigCCurr II project, supported by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (Grant Award #RE-05-08-0060-08) and is partially supported by the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. LODGING: Participants are responsible for their own lodging. A DigCCurr 2016-17 room block has been reserved at the Hampton Inn Hotel in Downtown Carrboro at $119/night. Please indicate "DigCCurr2016" when making reservations. You may reserve your hotel room by calling the hotel at +1-919-969-6988 or by clicking on this link: http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/R/RDUCOHX-DIG-20160716/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG. Reservations must be received by 06/15/2016. See the Accommodations page for more information (http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/institute_accom.html) We look forward to seeing you there! -Helen Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists School of Information and Library Science 201 Manning Hall, CB#3360 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Tel: 919-962-8063 Fax: 919-962-8071 tibbo at ils.unc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From swainham at msn.com Mon Apr 11 19:28:38 2016 From: swainham at msn.com (Deborah Swain) Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 23:28:38 -0000 Subject: [Carolinas_asist] Save that Date - April 23 Friends and Lecture Message-ID: SAVE THAT DATE! You are cordially invited by the ASIST Carolinas Chapter (CC: ASIST) and ?Friends of MIS? for an early Saturday evening reception and lecture at the RENCI (Renaissance Computing Institute) in Chapel Hill, NC on April 23, 2016 starting at 5:30 pm Our guest speaker is Rebecca Vargha, who will talk about ?The Future of Our Profession in the Digital Age.? This is our opportunity to come together as Friends in North and South Carolina: business partners, employers, academic leaders, members of ASIS&T, SLA, LIS alumni, and graduate students to share ideas and news. We encourage spouses and family to join us, too. There will be plenty of parking and interesting snacks. Rebecca Vargha is the Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?s School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and an adjunct faculty member. Ms. Vargha is a graduate of NC Central University?s Masters of Library Science (MLS) degree program. She is active in the Special Libraries Association (SLA) locally, nationally and globally. She is a past president of SLA; immediate past chair of SLA's leadership management division; chair for SLA's Museums, Arts and Humanities Division; archivist for the North Carolina SLA Chapter; and serves as faculty advisor for the SLA Student Group at SILS. This event is sponsored by CC: ASIS&T in collaboration with the NC Central University Student Chapters of ASIS&T and Special Libraries Association (SLA). This is the third Robert M. Ballard Lecture by the SLA. Please RSVP by April 20 to: Ms. Puspanjali Khatri, pkhatri at eagles.nccu.edu or Dr. Deborah Swain, (dswain at nccu.edu; 919-530-7502). No charge though contributions to CC: ASIS&T will be appreciated. Location and Directions: The RENCI develops and deploys advanced technologies to enable research discoveries and practical innovations. RENCI partners with researchers, policy makers, and technology leaders to engage and solve the challenging problems that affect North Carolina, our nation and the world. An institute of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, RENCI was launched in 2004 as a collaborative effort involving UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and North Carolina State University. RENCI Anchor Facility, 100 Europa Drive Suite 540, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Contact number: 919- 445-9640. Directions and link: http://www.renci.org/about/locations/renci-anchor-at-europa-center A flyer is attached. Feel free to share. See you in two weeks! Best wishes, Deborah Swain (Carolinas ASIST executive committee member) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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