From brad.eden at valpo.edu Fri Feb 3 08:31:29 2017 From: brad.eden at valpo.edu (Brad Eden) Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 07:31:29 -0600 Subject: [Sigdl-l] CFP: ALAO call for Challenging Jacks of all Trades proposals Message-ID: Call for proposals Advances in Library Administration and Organization Challenging the ?Jacks of All Trades but Masters of None? Librarian Syndrome Publication due 2018 Series Editor: Samantha Hines, Peninsula College Volume Editor: George J. Fowler, Old Dominion University Librarianship may be said to be facing an identity crisis. It may also be said that librarianship has been facing an identity crisis since it was proposed as a profession. With the advent of technology that lowers barriers to the access of information, the mission of a library has become indistinct. This volume will explore the current purpose of librarianship and libraries, how we become ?Masters of our Domains?, develop expertise in various elements of the profession, and how we extend outward into our communities. Proposals in the following areas would be of particular interest: ? What is the purpose of a library in a community? And what roles in the community best align with that purpose? ? How ought we gather and implement expertise from outside the profession? ? How can we communicate and garner support from the government, the private sector and users in order to achieve our purpose? ? How can libraries balance demands to serve other needs that detract from the library?s ability to fulfil its purpose? ? How can libraries build community around this purpose, and how ought they reach out to their communities to engage and serve them? ? How can libraries demonstrate positive impact on young generations? ? What opportunities are opened to libraries and librarians by recent and potential future technological advancements? This will be the second volume of *Advances in Library Administration and Organization* (ALAO) to publish in 2018. About the Advances in Library Administration and Organization series *ALAO* offers long-form research, comprehensive discussions of theoretical developments, and in-depth accounts of evidence-based practice in library administration and organization. The series answers the questions, ?How have libraries been managed, and how should they be managed?? It goes beyond a platform for the sharing of research to provide a venue for dialogue across issues, in a way that traditional peer reviewed journals cannot. Through this series, practitioners can glean new approaches in challenging times and collaborate on the exploration of scholarly solutions to professional quandaries. How to submit If you are interested in contributing to this volume, please send an abstract of 300 words or less as well as author details and estimated length of final submission to Samantha Hines at shines at pencol.edu by March 31, 2017. *Submission deadlines* Submission deadline for proposals: March 31, 2017 Notification of acceptance sent by: June 30, 2017 Submission deadline for full chapters: August 31, 2017 Comments returned to authors: October 31, 2017 Submission deadline for chapter revisions: November 30, 2017 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Data models for bibliographic Linked Data DCMI/ASIS&T Joint Webinar =========================================================== :: Presenter: Osma Suominen :: Time: 10:00am - 11:15am EST (UTC 15:00 - World Clock: http://bit.ly/suominen-2017) :: Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2017 :: Registration: http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2017suominen =========================================================== ABOUT THE WEBINAR: Many libraries are experimenting with publishing their metadata as Linked Data to open up bibliographic silos, usually based on MARC records, to the Web. The libraries who have published Linked Data have all used different data models for structuring their bibliographic data. Some are using a FRBR-based model where Works, Expressions and Manifestations are represented separately. Others have chosen basic Dublin Core, dumbing down their data into a lowest common denominator format. The proliferation of data models limits the reusability of bibliographic data. In effect, libraries have moved from MARC silos to Linked Data silos of incompatible data models. There is currently no universal model for how to represent bibliographic metadata as Linked Data, even though many attempts for such a model have been made.

In this webinar, you?ll see: * a survey of published bibliographic Linked Data, the data models proposed for representing bibliographic data as RDF, and tools used for conversion from MARC records * an analysis of different use cases for bibliographic Linked Data and how they affect the data model * recommendations for choosing a data model We also present efforts at the National Library of Finland to open up our bibliographic metadata, including the national bibliography Fennica, the national discography Viola and the article database Arto, as Linked Data while trying to learn from the examples of others. We are setting up a conversion process from MARC records to BIBFRAME and Schema.org compliant RDF, which we are going to publish as Linked Data using various technologies including a SPARQL endpoint, HDT compressed RDF dumps and a Linked Data Fragments API. This webinar is an extended, in-depth version of the SWIB16 conference presentation ?From MARC silos to Linked Data silos?? Minimum Experience Level: Basic familiarity of bibliographic metadata and Linked Data assumed ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Osma Suominen works as an information systems specialist at the National Library of Finland. His current activities are centered around the publishing of bibliographic data, including the Finnish national bibliography Fennica, as Linked Data. He is also one of the creators of the Finto.fi thesaurus and ontology service and is leading development of the Skosmos vocabulary browser used in Finto. Osma Suominen earned his doctoral degree at Aalto University while doing research on semantic portals and quality of controlled vocabularies within the FinnONTO series of projects. His past accomplishments include the Skosify vocabulary analysis and quality improvement tool, and data.aalto.fi, the Linked Data service of Aalto University. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vdressle at kent.edu Wed Feb 15 12:44:00 2017 From: vdressle at kent.edu (DRESSLER, Virginia) Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 17:44:00 +0000 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Fw: ASIST Publications Committee survey In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Survey link below--- ________________________________ Dear all, In Spring 2016, ASIST Publications Committee surveyed ASIS&T Publications' users concerning their needs of ASIS&T current publications. Numerous comments focused on the former Annual Review of Information Science & Technology (ARIST), which ceased to be published in 2011. Given that volume of feedback, this survey focuses specifically on ARIST. Please follow the link below to complete a short survey not later than March 10, 2017. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASIST_ARIST Thanks very much for your valuable input! ASIS&T Publications Committee Jamshid Beheshti (Board Liaison) John Budd Samuel Chu Alyson Gamble Yuelin Li (Co-Chair) Lorraine Mon Chaoqun Ni Danielle Pollock Rong Tang (Co-Chair) Deborah Turner Lu Xiao -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From songphan at gmail.com Wed Feb 22 05:19:32 2017 From: songphan at gmail.com (Songphan Choemprayong) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:19:32 +0700 Subject: [Sigdl-l] CFP - ICADL 2017 (BANGKOK, THAILAND) Message-ID: *******APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING******* CALL FOR PAPERS 19th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2017) November 13 ? 15, 2017 Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand http://www.icadl2017.org THEME: Data, Information, and Knowledge for Digital Lives IMPORTANT DATES June 20, 2017 - Paper Submission Deadline - Full research papers (oral presentation) - Short practitioner papers (poster presentation) - Short work-in-progress papers (poster presentation) July 31, 2017 ? Workshop Proposal Deadline August 30, 2017 - Notification of Acceptance September 15, 2017 - Camera Ready Copy Deadline November 13-15, 2017 - Conference Date AIMS While the number of digital collections have been increased constantly and in diverse practices, there are some concerns regarding the relevancy and value of the efforts to expand, enhance, and sustain these collections to society at large. These concerns call for discussions and exemplifications of how research efforts and practices on digital libraries improve the quality of human life in all dimensions, such as education, business, socialization, public administration, culture, and humanities. In addition, these questions initiate quest to discover novel methodologies of producing, managing, analyzing, and storing digital collections as well as deliver state-of-the-art services in a complex, connected, and ever-changing environment that matter to our daily lives. Therefore, the theme of ICADL 2017 is ?Data, Information, and Knowledge for Digital Lives? which is open to all opportunities that illustrate how digital libraries, digital collections, and corresponding methods would lead to better lives. The 19th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2017) will be co-located with The 8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice (A-LIEP) Conference at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand under a collective title ?International Forum on Data, Information, and Knowledge for Digital Lives?. Hosting these conferences together in a heart of Bangkok would bring a diverse group of academic and professional community members from all parts of the world to exchange their cutting-edge knowledge, experience and practices in various relevant issues in digital libraries, and other related fields. TOPICS We welcome research and practitioner papers in all aspects of digital libraries, for instance, - collection development and discovery - data mining and extraction - risk management and quality assurance - digital curation - digital preservation - applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning - performance evaluation - metadata creation and aggregation - semantic web and linked data - non-textual collection management - recommendation system - research data management - digital humanities and digital cultural heritage - service design for digital libraries - user experience design - user interface design - human-computer interaction - information visualization - information retrieval - applications of digital libraries in contexts such as learning, virtual organizations, collaborative task - personal information management and personal digital libraries - user generated content - digital library management and administration - digital library education - digital cultures and digital literacy - intellectual freedom, censorship, misinformation - privacy - intellectual property issues - policy, legal, and ethical concerns for digital libraries - socio-technical aspects of digital libraries - sustainability of digital libraries In addition to high-quality, original research papers, practitioner and work-in-progress papers discussing issues and future directions of digital libraries and digital collections are also welcome. Submissions that resonate with the conference?s theme are especially welcome. Nonetheless, all topics in digital libraries will be given equal consideration. SUBMISSIONS All paper submission should follow Springer Computer Science Proceedings guideline ( https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines) and are to be submitted via the conference?s EasyChair submission page ( https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icadl2017). Full Papers A Full Research Paper reports significant milestone and provides original results relevant to the scope of ICADL 2017. The maximum length of a full paper is 12 pages. Short Practitioner Papers A Practitioner Paper is a concise report of findings or other types of work by practitioners relevant to the scope of ICADL 2017. We welcome papers identifying research problems and future directions in the digital library research. The maximum length of a short paper is 6 pages. Short Work-in-Progress Papers A Work-in-Progress paper is a concise report of preliminary findings or other types of innovative or thought-provoking work that does not necessarily reach a level of completion but relevant to the scope of ICADL 2017. The maximum length of a short paper is 6 pages. All accepted papers will be published by Springer as conference proceedings, included in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS) and indexed by SCOPUS. Electronic copies will be available on Springer website. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Program Committee Co-Chairs Fabio Crestani, Universita? della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland Sally Jo Cunningham, Waikato University, New Zealand Songphan Choemprayong, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Steering Committee Chair Shigeo Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan General Conference Chair Pimrumpai Premsmit, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Workshop Chair Marut Buranarach, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand HOST Department of Library Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand -- Songphan Choemprayong, Ph.D. Lecturer Faculty of Arts Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330 Thailand Tel. +66 2 218 4817 Fax. +66 2 218 4818 http://www.thaibrarian.org/songphan songphan at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: