From rhill at asis.org Wed Oct 4 09:10:45 2006 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 09:10:45 -0400 Subject: [Sigmed-l] Forwarding threer posts from CNI-Announce Message-ID: <200610041313.k94DDBJA029675@mail.asis.org> Posted by Clifford Lynch to the CNI-Announce list. In order: - Recordings from Future of Research Library Conf, UT Austin, 9/11-12 - NLM Long Range Plan 2006-2016 now available - Report on Hybrid Libraries and User Behavior from Denmark _____ Richard B. Hill -----Original Messages----- From: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition [mailto:CNI-ANNOUNCE at cni.org] On Behalf Of Clifford Lynch Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:50 PM To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition Subject: [CNI-ANNOUNCE] Recordings from Future of Research Library Conf, UT Austin, 9/11-12 Last month I had the opportunity to attend an invitational conference on the future of the research library hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. Audio files (including my talk) are now available at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/symposium/ and I am told that transcripts will be available on the same site in the next few weeks. There's a wealth of interesting material here, in particular Jim Duderstadt's presentation. ------------ The US National Library of Medicine does a fabulous job of mobilizing good thinkers to contribute to its ongoing long-term planning process. I had the good fortune to be able to participate in part of this process, and learned a great deal from it. The report from the planning effort is now available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/plan/lrp06/lrp06_home.html and is well worth reading. It addresses interactions between information technology, biomedical research, large-scale social trends, and the evolving role of the National Library of Medicine. ---------------- There's a thought-provoking report from our friends in Denmark that's now available in english exploring user perspectives on the hybrid library. You can find it at: http://www.statsbiblioteket.dk/publ/fieldstudies.pdf Birte Chirstensen-Dalsgaard has kindly agreed to do a breakout session at the December CNI meeting in Washington that will include a discussion of this report. Clifford Lynch Director, CNI ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to To postpone your subscription, E-mail to To resume mail list message delivery from postpone mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to Visit the CNI-ANNOUNCE e-mail list archive at . From casmith24 at wisc.edu Mon Oct 9 13:26:04 2006 From: casmith24 at wisc.edu (Catherine Arnott Smith) Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:26:04 -0500 Subject: [Sigmed-l] Business Meeting set: Please mark your calendars Message-ID: <452A862C.90506@wisc.edu> The Business Meeting for SIGMED has been established for 12 noon, Monday, November 6, in Room 2. I am investigating the possibilities of having food available at the meeting; more on this as it develops. Having heard from nobody that they want to be on the Nomination Committee, I am appointing myself Head of the Nomination Committee and will spend a while going around and beating bushes. Best wishes, -- Catherine Arnott Smith, PhD Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Studies Room 4263 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 890-1334 Fax: (608) 263-4849 *** The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them. --Antoine de Saint-Exupery *** Form is never more than the extension of content. --Robert Creely [quoted in C. Olson, "Projective Verse", 1950.] From ktlv at email.unc.edu Mon Oct 9 13:55:39 2006 From: ktlv at email.unc.edu (KT Vaughan) Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:55:39 -0400 Subject: [Sigmed-l] Syposium: The Shape of Things To Come: Trisociety / DASER 3 Message-ID: <452A8D1B.4020400@email.unc.edu> Please excuse cross-postings! Now is the time to register! What: The Shape of Things to Come: The 8th Quadrennial Trisociety Symposium / 3rd DASER Summit When: Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 9am-5pm Symposium URL: https://www.asis.org/Conferences/Daser/index.htm Why: The 8th Quadrennial Tri Society Symposium / 3rd DASER Summit will focus on questions of how libraries and information centers are shaping the digital information world, and how they are being shaped by it. Many have wondered if libraries -- and librarians -- will even exist in the 22nd century. The Symposium assumes scientists, engineers, and physicians will continue to need information professionals. Instead, we ask the questions: What is a "library"? Where are libraries in the digital revolution? What does a physical "library" look like? What is a "librarian?" Research and opinion from leaders in cutting edge library and information centers will prove both enlightening and inspiring. Schedule: Fred Heath (Vice Provost, University of Texas @ Austin Libraries) - The physical transformation of library space Carole Palmer (Assoc. Professor, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign GSLIS) - Changing habits and needs of information users Danielle Plumer (Faculty, University of Texas @ Austin School of Information) - New technologies in libraries Jack Maness (Librarian, University of Colorado @ Boulder Engineering Library) - Use of social networking and social communication technologies for library services Roundtable lunch (included in registration) on topics of attendees' choice Panel of Visionaries: Michael Leach (Director, Physics Research Library and the Kummel Library of Geological Sciences, Harvard University and President, ASIS&T) Martha Bedard (Associate Dean of Libraries & Director, Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&M University) David Flaxbart (Head, Mallet Chemistry Library, University of Texas @ Austin) Conversations will continue at dutch-treat dinners in the lovely 6th Street area of Austin. History: The Trisociety Symposium on Chemical Information was founded in the late 1970s as a partnership among the three chemical informatics groups associated with ASIS&T, the ACS, and SLA. The DASER Summit was begun in 2003 as a joint project of the ASIS&T SIG/STI and the NEASIST Chapter. The 2003 Summit focused on digital archives in science from a broad perspective. The 2005 Summit, cosponsored by SIG/STI and the Potomac Valley Chapter, looked at open access publishing in STM. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From casmith24 at wisc.edu Fri Oct 20 12:32:12 2006 From: casmith24 at wisc.edu (Catherine Arnott Smith) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:32:12 -0500 Subject: [Sigmed-l] News flash: SIGMED business meeting to feature FOOD, plus... Message-ID: <4538FA0C.3060604@wisc.edu> 1. We have been contacted by Kendra Albright about our SIG contributing $$ to an international panel of importance and relevance to our SIG--and I am soliciting members' opinion on this. Her message follows: SIG MED is one of the sponsors for the ASIS&T Conference panel on "Information Realities of HIV/AIDS Information in Sub-Saharan Africa: Barriers and Challenges to Information Professionals." The other SIGS who are co-sponsoring have submitted support and I'm hoping SIG MED will also be able to contribute. One of the speakers was denied a travel grant which has decreased the funding available to bring her here, so any amount of contribution would be greatly appreciated. SIG III and SIG IFP have each contributed $500, and it would be terrific if SIG MED could match this amount. I have verified with Janice Hatzakos at ASIST that our SIG has funds to cover this and personally, I am inclined to want to contribute. However, I don't want to do this on my own. If you would like to express your opinion about a $500 donation, please do--no matter what that opinion is! **************** 2. I am happy to announce that this year, the SIGMED business meeting will have food: Guacamole, tortilla chips, soda, and cookies. Note: SIGMED is paying for this. As a reminder: The SIGMED business meeting takes place on Monday, November 6, at 12:00. -- Catherine Arnott Smith, PhD Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Studies Room 4263 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 890-1334 Fax: (608) 263-4849 *** The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them. --Antoine de Saint-Exupery *** Form is never more than the extension of content. --Robert Creely [quoted in C. Olson, "Projective Verse", 1950.] From elworthi at MIT.EDU Fri Oct 20 15:23:44 2006 From: elworthi at MIT.EDU (Louisa Worthington Rogers) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:23:44 -0400 Subject: [Sigmed-l] News flash: SIGMED business meeting to feature FOOD, plus... In-Reply-To: <4538FA0C.3060604@wisc.edu> Message-ID: <006401c6f47d$42946a70$e0013312@mitlibraries.ms.mit.edu> Catherine, I think a $500 donation would be great. Louisa ____________________________ Louisa Worthington Rogers Biology, Medicine & Neurosciences Librarian M.I.T. Science Library 14S-134 Cambridge, MA 02139 elworthi at mit.edu -----Original Message----- From: sigmed-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigmed-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Catherine Arnott Smith Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 12:32 PM To: sigmed-l at asis.org Subject: [Sigmed-l] News flash: SIGMED business meeting to feature FOOD,plus... 1. We have been contacted by Kendra Albright about our SIG contributing $$ to an international panel of importance and relevance to our SIG--and I am soliciting members' opinion on this. Her message follows: SIG MED is one of the sponsors for the ASIS&T Conference panel on "Information Realities of HIV/AIDS Information in Sub-Saharan Africa: Barriers and Challenges to Information Professionals." The other SIGS who are co-sponsoring have submitted support and I'm hoping SIG MED will also be able to contribute. One of the speakers was denied a travel grant which has decreased the funding available to bring her here, so any amount of contribution would be greatly appreciated. SIG III and SIG IFP have each contributed $500, and it would be terrific if SIG MED could match this amount. I have verified with Janice Hatzakos at ASIST that our SIG has funds to cover this and personally, I am inclined to want to contribute. However, I don't want to do this on my own. If you would like to express your opinion about a $500 donation, please do--no matter what that opinion is! **************** 2. I am happy to announce that this year, the SIGMED business meeting will have food: Guacamole, tortilla chips, soda, and cookies. Note: SIGMED is paying for this. As a reminder: The SIGMED business meeting takes place on Monday, November 6, at 12:00. -- Catherine Arnott Smith, PhD Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Studies Room 4263 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 890-1334 Fax: (608) 263-4849 *** The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them. --Antoine de Saint-Exupery *** Form is never more than the extension of content. --Robert Creely [quoted in C. Olson, "Projective Verse", 1950.] _______________________________________________ Sigmed-l mailing list Sigmed-l at asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigmed-l From rhill at asis.org Fri Oct 27 12:33:53 2006 From: rhill at asis.org (rhill at asis.org) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:33:53 -0400 Subject: [Sigmed-l] LANL Research Library Director position (fwd) Message-ID: <200610271636.k9RGa1kU031124@mail.asis.org> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:30:59 -0600 From: Herbert Van de Sompel To: Gary Marchionini Subject: LANL Research Library Director position Dear Gary I have been asked to circulate the below job ad for the position of Director of the LANL Research Library through informal channels. May I kindly ask you to forward this ad to anyone you feel might be interested in this position? My apologies for the overhead. Cheers herbert == LANL Research Library Director position The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), operated by Los Alamos National Security LLC for the Department of Energy, seeks a Director with the vision, creativity, leadership and entrepreneurial skills to lead and inspire its world-renowned Research Library. Distinguished over the past decade for pioneering leadership in the development of innovative digital library applications and user services, the Research Library develops and supports technologies that provide access to very large and complex systems with over 100 servers and 100 terabytes of locally stored collections of digital primary and secondary content. This position provides an extraordinary opportunity to lead the development of digital service technologies and partnerships with other scientific and research libraries around the world, while building on the Research Library's world-class work in: applied information science research, development of digital library applications and collaborative eScience tools, digital repository technology initiatives and innovative customer service. The new Director will be a leader in interpreting and re-imagining the role of a national laboratory library and scientific knowledge center. For full details, please go to www.lanl.gov/jobs, and search job ad 213602. Candidates must apply through the LANL web site. For full consideration, applications should be received by December 1, 2006. A search committee will evaluate all applications. All applications will be held in strict confidence. The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), operated by Los Alamos National Security LLC for the Department of Energy, seeks a Director with the vision, creativity, leadership and entrepreneurial skills to lead and inspire its world-renowned Research Library. Distinguished over the past decade for pioneering leadership in the development of innovative digital library applications and user services, the Research Library develops and supports technologies that provide access to very large and complex systems with over 100 servers and 100 terabytes of locally stored collections of digital primary and secondary content. This position provides an extraordinary opportunity to lead the development of digital service technologies and partnerships with other scientific and research libraries around the world, while building on the Research Library's world-class work in: applied information science research, development of digital library applications and collaborative eScience tools, digital repository technology initiatives and innovative customer service. The new Director will be a leader in interpreting and re-imagining the role of a national laboratory library and scientific knowledge center. For full details, please go to www.lanl.gov/jobs, and search job ad 213602. Candidates must apply through the LANL web site. For full consideration, applications should be received by December 1, 2006. A search committee will evaluate all applications. All applications will be held in strict confidence. -- Herbert Van de Sompel Digital Library Research & Prototyping Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Library http://public.lanl.gov/herbertv/ tel. +1 505 667 1267