Devika Ramsingh, Librarian, at the Republic Bank Library, and Kumaree Ramtahal, Librarian II, of the, of the Main Library, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, will present this poster session.
The concept of social networking has been used in libraries and universities for many years; however the term is relatively new and popular due to the emerging technology. In order to keep abreast with meeting the needs of patrons, libraries are challenged to adopt the popular elements of the digital age.
The world’s top three social networking environments, MySpace, You Tube and Facebook attracted more than 350 million users according to comScore in June 2007.1 The length of stay online ranged from one hour to four hours. These statistics clearly highlight the fact that the new communication tools of email, instant messenger and social networking are fading the line between the online and offline world as more and more users are daily attracted to social networking environments.
Social networking and Web 2.0 technologies provide the opportunity for an interactive Web community, thus enabling an environment for knowledge sharing and learning. Also, these tools facilitate the breakdown of communication barriers created by distance and cost.
The phenomenon of social networking will one day, no doubt, become as common and widely used as email is today. Because of its current popularity however, social networking presents itself as a viable option for libraries and librarians to join the Web 2.0 movement and build interactive web communities.
This poster session seeks to introduce the concept of Social Networking and highlight some of the popular technologies that are being used in this Web 2.0 era. It will also present some of the websites that have been developed, using these tools, by Caribbean and international librarians. Moreover, it will explore how the information contained in these websites can benefit libraries, librarians and researchers in keeping abreast with current issues in librarianship and new technologies.
February 2008
Notes
Libraries and social Networking: the thoughts of nine experts about our increasingly online lives, NextSpace the OCLC Newsletter No. 7, September 2007 (Available online at http://www.oclc.org/nextspace/007/1.htm - accessed on 13/02/08)
For more information, kindly contact: d.ramsingh@gsb.tt or devikaramsingh@gmail.com
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The e-librarian: Competencies for the new millennium and beyond
Audrey M. Saddler and Maureen Keer-Campbell, from Jamaica, will be presenting this poster session at ACURIL XXXVIII.
Information technology has brought a lot of changes not only to library and information services but also to the roles and expectation of the librarian and information professional. A new information environment has been created, spurred by the internet, which requires new skills in seeking, processing and using information.
Most librarians are actively engaged with information technology in their libraries whether through Integrated Library systems, the provision of access to electronic resources, and participation in social networks. Librarians are required to be proactive, liaising with information technology specialists and system designers to design and evaluate systems for information access that meets the needs of users.
Librarians must therefore equip themselves with the necessary tools either through formal or informal channels to use the technology proficiently. Librarians must become risk takers with the propensity to be flexible; learn quickly and constantly; enable and foster change and work independently.
In highlighting the competencies, of the e-librarian, current online advertisements for professional librarians have been used as the base from which to pull desired technical and behavioural characteristics.
The poster will highlight the following:
• The traditional versus the e-librarian
• Core competencies of the e-librarian
• The systems librarian (e-librarian specialist)
• The infusion of technology related courses in Library schools
• Continuing education opportunities
Most librarians are actively engaged with information technology in their libraries whether through Integrated Library systems, the provision of access to electronic resources, and participation in social networks. Librarians are required to be proactive, liaising with information technology specialists and system designers to design and evaluate systems for information access that meets the needs of users.
Librarians must therefore equip themselves with the necessary tools either through formal or informal channels to use the technology proficiently. Librarians must become risk takers with the propensity to be flexible; learn quickly and constantly; enable and foster change and work independently.
In highlighting the competencies, of the e-librarian, current online advertisements for professional librarians have been used as the base from which to pull desired technical and behavioural characteristics.
The poster will highlight the following:
• The traditional versus the e-librarian
• Core competencies of the e-librarian
• The systems librarian (e-librarian specialist)
• The infusion of technology related courses in Library schools
• Continuing education opportunities
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
ACURIL 2008 Conference Website. Visit ACURILNET http://acuril.uprrp.edu
The company which hosts the National Library of Jamaica website has been experiencing problems with their servers since last Friday, May 8, and interested persons in knowing about the conference have been unable to access the ACURIL 2008 Conference website.
If colleagues and friends are interested in finding information about the ACURIL 2008 Conference, kindly refer them to ACURILNET (ACURIL's website) http://acuril.uprrp.edu or visit Cybernotes Blog http://cibernotasacurilcybernotes.blogspot.com
Should colleagues and friends need assistance of any kind regarding the conference, kindly refer them to contact the Co-Chairs of the Local Organising Committee for assistance:
It will be our pleasure to greet you all in Montego Bay.
Adele Merritt Bernard
ACURIL President
acuril38jm@yahoo.com
adelemb@gmail.com
If colleagues and friends are interested in finding information about the ACURIL 2008 Conference, kindly refer them to ACURILNET (ACURIL's website) http://acuril.uprrp.edu or visit Cybernotes Blog http://cibernotasacurilcybernot
Should colleagues and friends need assistance of any kind regarding the conference, kindly refer them to contact the Co-Chairs of the Local Organising Committee for assistance:
Hermine Salmon hsalmon@utech.edu.jm
(tel 876.702.4881; Fax 876-927-1617), or
Karen Barton jamlibs3@yahoo.com
(Tel 876-906-4396 ; Fax 876-926-2188).
(tel 876.702.4881; Fax 876-927-1617), or
Karen Barton jamlibs3@yahoo.com
(Tel 876-906-4396 ; Fax 876-926-2188).
It will be our pleasure to greet you all in Montego Bay.
Adele Merritt Bernard
ACURIL President
acuril38jm@yahoo.com
adelemb@gmail.com
Friday, May 9, 2008
The Internet, Social Networking and Information Literacy: Issues and Challenges for Caribbean libraries
Fay Durrant, Professor; Mark-Shane Scale, Librarian; Barbara Gordon, Lecturer; Dr Cherrell Shelley-Robinson, Senior Lecturer and Head of Department, Department of Library and Information Studies, of the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, will present this panel discussion on Monday, June 2, 200, at Room 1, Rose-Hall Resort, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The abstract of each presentation follows:
Online Social Networking and Libraries, by Prof. Fay Durrant
Online social networking sites have made significant advances in the development of virtual communities. With their origins in listservs, egroups, blogs, chat rooms and instant messaging, social networking sites provide opportunities for users to construct public or semi-public profiles, to link to “friends” across the globe and to create content.
The presentation will examine participation of Jamaican and Caribbean people in some social networking sites, conditions under which information is created and shared, factors influencing membership and participation, issues of privacy and protection, and applications being used by libraries.
Libraries, Facebook and the Information Age, by Mark-Shane Scale
Facebook is one of these most successful online social networking sites. It is reported to have over 61 million active users. If these statistics are valid, then Facebook should have many lessons to provide for libraries and media houses in expanding and retaining a large client base. This discussion will trace how Facebook developed, examine the philosophy of its founder, and some of the factors underlying its successes. The discussion will also focus on how Facebook attracts users, the content the site provides and some lessons from this information venture that are useful for libraries.
Within Facebook’s success and development, there are underlying assumptions as to what information scientists and professionals can expect of people’s information needs. It is hoped that this discussion will unearth some of these assumptions to inform the profession’s development of interactive services.
Managing Internet Access in Jamaican School Libraries, by Barbara A. Gordon
School libraries offering Internet access services help to lessen the “Digital Divide” both within and between countries and make a significant contribution to the acquisition of information technology skills by citizens. Access to the Internet and to social networking sites is increasingly available in Jamaican school libraries and some important considerations for delivering effective services include managing access to information content on the web, staff and user training and policy development. Suggestions for developing quality-based services include: user education; clearly articulated acceptable use policies developed in consultation with stakeholders; and partnership between school libraries and IT departments in order to maximise scarce resources.
Information Literacy in the Information Age, by Dr. Cherrell Shelley Robinson
The panel presentation will conclude with a presentation on Information literacy, and what it means to the information literate in a social networking environment. Creation of content and social capital, the interaction among “friends” and the posting of personal information require a greater capacity in information literacy than has been the case in the print only world, or in the world of Web 1.0.
Online Social Networking and Libraries, by Prof. Fay Durrant
Online social networking sites have made significant advances in the development of virtual communities. With their origins in listservs, egroups, blogs, chat rooms and instant messaging, social networking sites provide opportunities for users to construct public or semi-public profiles, to link to “friends” across the globe and to create content.
The presentation will examine participation of Jamaican and Caribbean people in some social networking sites, conditions under which information is created and shared, factors influencing membership and participation, issues of privacy and protection, and applications being used by libraries.
Libraries, Facebook and the Information Age, by Mark-Shane Scale
Facebook is one of these most successful online social networking sites. It is reported to have over 61 million active users. If these statistics are valid, then Facebook should have many lessons to provide for libraries and media houses in expanding and retaining a large client base. This discussion will trace how Facebook developed, examine the philosophy of its founder, and some of the factors underlying its successes. The discussion will also focus on how Facebook attracts users, the content the site provides and some lessons from this information venture that are useful for libraries.
Within Facebook’s success and development, there are underlying assumptions as to what information scientists and professionals can expect of people’s information needs. It is hoped that this discussion will unearth some of these assumptions to inform the profession’s development of interactive services.
Managing Internet Access in Jamaican School Libraries, by Barbara A. Gordon
School libraries offering Internet access services help to lessen the “Digital Divide” both within and between countries and make a significant contribution to the acquisition of information technology skills by citizens. Access to the Internet and to social networking sites is increasingly available in Jamaican school libraries and some important considerations for delivering effective services include managing access to information content on the web, staff and user training and policy development. Suggestions for developing quality-based services include: user education; clearly articulated acceptable use policies developed in consultation with stakeholders; and partnership between school libraries and IT departments in order to maximise scarce resources.
Information Literacy in the Information Age, by Dr. Cherrell Shelley Robinson
The panel presentation will conclude with a presentation on Information literacy, and what it means to the information literate in a social networking environment. Creation of content and social capital, the interaction among “friends” and the posting of personal information require a greater capacity in information literacy than has been the case in the print only world, or in the world of Web 1.0.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
ACURIL XXXIII JAMAICA Preliminary Programme (May 7, 2008)
FRIDAY 30TH MAY 2008
8:30AM – 9:25AM
Registration – Pre-Conference Workshops
9:30AM – 4:30PM
Pre-Conference Workshops
Developing Information Literacy Skills and Programmes
Satellite activity co-ordinated by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO), Information for All Programme (IFAP), University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Library and Information Studies and University of the West Indies Library, Mona, Jamaica
SATURDAY 31ST MAY 2008
8:30AM – 9:25AM
Registration – Pre-Conference Workshops
9:30AM – 4:30PM
Pre-Conference Workshops
Ride the New Wave – Web 2.0: Interacting with your users in the digital world.
Nicholas Cop, President, Nicholas Cop Consulting.
Organizing Business Records
Sonia Black, Campus Records Manager, UWI, Mona, Jamaica and Joanne Georges, Campus Records Manager, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad.
Developing Information Literacy Skills and Programmes
Satellite activity co-ordinated by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO),Information for All Programme (IFAP), University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Library and Information Studies and University of the West Indies Library, Mona, Jamaica
SUNDAY 1ST June 2008
8:30AM – 9:25AM Registration – Pre-Conference Workshops
8:30AM – 1:00PM I Executive Council Meeting
9:00AM - 4:00PM Pre-Conference Workshops
Ride the New Wave – Web 2.0: Interacting with your users in the digital world.
Nicholas Cop, President, Nicholas Cop Consulting.
Organizing Business Records
Sonia Black, Campus Records Manager, UWI, Mona, Jamaica and Joanne Georges, Campus Records Manager, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad.
Developing Information Literacy Skills and Programmes
Satellite activity co-ordinated by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO), Information for All Programme (IFAP), University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Library and Information Studies and University of the West Indies Library, Mona, Jamaica
10:00AM – 4:00PM Registration – 38TH Annual ACURIL Conference
2:00PM – 4:00PM
II OCLC Caribbean Users Meeting
Mr. Antonio Jose Alba, Regional Manager, The Caribbean and Central America
ExLibris User Group Meeting
Loralynne Evans, Marketing Manager, North America
3:00PM – 4:00PM
Resolutions Committee Meeting
Meeting of Moderators & Rapporteurs with Rapporteur General
4:30PM – 5:30PM
Meeting of Vice President with Chairpersons of Special Interest & Content Area Groups
Orientation of New Members and First Time Attendees
7:000PM – 10:00PM Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception
MONDAY 2ND JUNE 2008
8:00AM – 4:30PM Registration
8:00AM – 8:30AM Orientation of New Members and First Time Attendees
9:00AM – 10:30AM
BALLROOM: Inspiring and Engaging our Communities and Users, Stephen Abram, President, Special Libraries Association and Vice President of Innovation, SirsiDynix
COFFEE BREAK 10:30AM – 11:00AM
11:00AM – 12:30PM
BALLROOM: Lists, Catalogues and Portals: Models and Tools for E-Resources Access, Ms. Karen Calhoun, Vice President, OCLC WorldCat and Metadata Services
ROOM 1: Panel Discussion: The Internet, Social Networking and Information Literacy, Fay Durrant, Cherrell Shelley-Robinson, Mark Shane Scale and Barbara Gordon, Department of Library and Information Studies, UWI, Mona, Jamaica
ROOM 2: Workshop - Usability Testing: A User-Centered Approach to Improve Electronic Resource Design, PART 1, Brooke Wooldridge and Marilyn Ochoa dLOC
LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM
2:00PM – 3:30PM
BALLROOM: Mars and Venus for Information Professionals: are your stakeholders hearing the message you intended to send, Barbie Keiser, Barbie E. Keiser Inc.
ROOM 1: Workshop – Look Ma – No Programming! Cool Tips and Tricks with Mashups, Robin Hastings, Information Technology Manager, Missouri River Regional Library,USA
ROOM 2: Workshop - Usability Testing: A User-Centered Approach to Improve Electronic Resource Design, PART 2, Brooke Wooldridge and Marilyn Ochoa dLOC
ROOM 3: Workshop - Wikis & Blogs Basics for ACURIL’s Learning Communities and Communities of Practice, Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies, University of Puerto Rico
COFFEE BREAK 3:30PM – 4:00PM
4:00PM – 5:00PM
BALLROOM: Academic Libraries SIG
E-Libraries and the E-Librarian: A Panel Discussion
Presenters: Karen Lequay, University of the West Indies, Main Library, Cave Hill, Barbados. Likely to succeed: profiling the e-librarian/Mark Greenberg, University of South Florida Libraries, USA. Using Podcasting to Promote Hidden Treasures in Special Collections/Ardis Hanson, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute Research Library, Florida, USA. Virtually Collaborative: Providing Services for Geographically Dispersed Academic Health Services Research Teams
ROOM 1: National and Public Libraries SIG
“Are you being Served?” How well are public and national libraries in the Caribbean meeting the needs of the blind and the partially sighted? Discussion led by Rosemary Kavanagh, President ERK Consulting Inc
ROOM 2: School Libraries SIG
ROOM 3: Content Area Law Group General Meeting
ROOM 4: Research in the Information Field SIG and Student’s Roundtable
Podcasts of Information Professionals in the Caribbean: Learning , Doing Preserving and Facilitating Access to All, a seminar-workshop, Part I. Master students Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño, Arelys Fernández-Troche, Cindy Jiménez-Vera, Yumarys Polanco-Almonte, and Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Coordinator of the Caribbeana Project, Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies of the University of Puerto Rico. First Session.
ROOM 5: Archives and Records Management
ROOM 6: Special Libraries SIG
5:00PM – 5:30PM TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION UPDATES
7:00PM Social Activity
TUESDAY 3RD JUNE 2008
POSTER PRESENTATIONS – ALL DAY
8:00AM – 4:30PM Registration
8:00AM – 9:00AM Conference Room: Meeting of Past Presidents
9:00AM – 10:30AM
BALLROOM: Panel Discussion on Copyright Issues in the Digital Environment. Isidro Aballi-Fernandez, Unesco; Karen Lequay, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission, USA, Phillipa Davies, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office
COFFEE BREAK 10:30PM – 11:00PM
11:00AM – 12:30PM
BALLROOM 1st ACURIL General Assembly. Chair: Adele Merritt Bernard, ACURIL President
Agenda
1. Welcome and Opening Remarks
2. Minutes of ACURIL XXXVII
3. Reports
3.1 President
3.2 Executive Director
3.3 Treasurer
3.4 Vice-President
3.4.1 Permanent Committees
3.4.2 Special Interest Groups
3.4.3 Nominations
4. Any Other Business
LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM
2:00PM – 3:30PM
BALLROOM: Developing a Culture Conducive to E-Library Development-Challenges and Issues from a Bahamian Perspective, Elsie Bain and Berthamae Walker, College of the Bahamas
ROOM 1: E-librarian: Redefining the roles and challenges in academic libraries in the Caribbean, Dorothy Palmer, UWI (Mona, Jamaica).
ROOM 2: Collaborating in the Cloud – Using Web 2.o Tools To Get Stuff Done, Robin Hastings, Information Technology Manager, Missouri River Regional Library, USA
ROOM 3: eBooks for eService – A Tool for Libraries to Stay Relevant, Pauline Nicholas and Thelma White, UWI, Mona, Jamaica
ROOM 4: The e-environment: Changing the face of Libraries, A Case Study of the Calvin McKain Library, Audrey Saddler, UTECH, Jamaica
ROOM 5: The Jamaican Legal System and Jamaican Legal Resources, Jeanne O. Slowe, Assistant Librarian, Norman Manley Law School and Winsome Henry, Senior Resident Magistrate, Parish of St. James, Jamaica
COFFEE BREAK 3:30PM – 4:00PM
4:00PM – 5:00PM
BALLROOM:
ROOM 1: Second Life and you Library – developing services in the virtual world Integrated SWETS Wise, SWETS
ROOM 2: Podcasts of Information Professionals in the Caribbean: Learning , Doing Preserving and Facilitating Access to All, a seminar-workshop, Part II. Master students Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño, Arelys Fernández-Troche, Cindy Jiménez-Vera, Yumarys Polanco-Almonte, and Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Coordinator of the Caribbeana Project, Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies of the University of Puerto Rico.
ROOM 3: Handling Information Overload with Productivity Tools, Cliff Landis, Valdosta State University, USA
5:00PM – 5:30PM TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION UPDATES
7:00PM – 10:00PM Nice up Yuhself! – A Celebration of Jamaica Culture
WEDNESDAY 4TH JUNE 2008
POSTER PRESENTATIONS – ALL DAY
8:00AM – 4:30PM
Registration
9:00AM – 10:30AM
BALLROOM: E-librarian Evolution: Practical and Successful Approaches to Learning Web 2.0, Carrie Gits, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA
9:00AM – 4:00PM
ROOM 1: IFLA/FAIFE Workshop, Loida Garcia-Febo, Assistant Coordinator, Special Services, Queen’s Library, New York, USA and Barbara J. Ford, Director, Mortenson Center for International Library Programmes
COFFEE BREAK 10:30AM – 11:00AM
11:00AM – 12:30PM
BALLROOM: Participating in the Creative Commons, Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission, USA
ROOM 2: CDS ISIS Workshop, Part I Guilda Ascencio,
ROOM 3: Information Literacy as the Driving Engine for Economic Success, Barbie Keiser, Barbie E. Keiser Inc.
ROOM 4: Combating Plagiarism: Beyond Information Literacy Skills Instruction, Myrtle Harris, School of Education, UWI, Mona, Jamaica
ROOM 5: Information Literacy through E-Learning: a case study of OPAC Training to undergraduate students at the UWI, Mona, Verna George and Karlene Robinson, Mona Information Literacy Unit, UWI, Mona, Jamaica
12:30PM
Deadline to submit nominations from the Floor to the Executive Council. Contact the Executive Director, Oneida R. Ortiz, at the ACURIL Booth.
LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM
(DLIS ALUMINI LUNCHEON MEETING)
2:00PM – 3:30PM
ROOM 2: CDS ISIS Workshop, Part II Guilda Ascencio
BALLROOM Health and Medicine Content Area Group
SANITAS’s Ideas, Innovation and Inspiration: A project for the Development of a tool for the organization of Information in Public Health in the Caribbean. PART 1. Carmen Santos-Corrada, Chair, Medical Sciences Conrado Asenjo Library, University of Puerto Rico
The Changing Face of ACURILNET: The Basics of Content Management with the Use of Joomla. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Yumarys Polanco Almonte and Edgar Jimenez-Ferrer, ACURIL's Web Team /Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies, University of Puerto Rico
ROOM 4: Law Content Area Group:
Caribbean Law Libraries, Library Collections, Resource Sharing and Use Policies, Miriam Michel, UNIBE, Dominican Republic
ROOM 5: Organization and the Retrieval of Knowledge Content Area Group
ROOM 6: Agriculture Content Area Group
ROOM 7: Information Technology SIG
COFFEE BREAK 3:30PM – 4:00PM
4:00PM – 5:00PM
BALLROOM: Strategies for developing, delivering and sustaining e-resources and e-library services to people unable to read print in the Caribbean, Winsome Hudson, National Library of Jamaica and Rosemary Kavanagh, ERK Consulting Inc.
ROOM 2: CDS ISIS Workshop, Part III Guilda Ascencio
ROOM 3: Workshop - Creating Your Own Learning 2.0 Based Program – The Fundamentals, Carrie Gits, Nova Southeastern University, Florida
ROOM 4: Successfully Automate Your Library in 10 Easy Steps – The Experience of the University of Trinidad & Tobago, Dave Stephens, COMPanion Corporation and Diana Madoo, University of Trinidad and Tobago
ROOM 5: Synchronous states: a live demonstration of synchronous technologies in an e-environment, John Fracasso and Catherine Johnson, University of Western Ontario
5:00PM – 5:30PM TECHONOLOGY UPDATES
7:00 – 9:00PM Social Activity
THURDAY 5TH JUNE 2008
POSTER PRESENTATIONS – ALL DAY
8:00AM – 12 NOON Registration
9:00AM – 4:00PM
ROOM 1: IFLA/FAIFE Workshop, Loida Garcia-Febo, Assistant Coordinator, Special Services, Queen’s Library, New York, USA and Barbara J. Ford, Director, Mortenson Center for International Library Programmes
9:00AM – 10:30AM
BALLROOM: Innovation Begins with “I’, Tony Tallent, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
10:30AM – 12 NOON
Elections to the Executive Council
COFFEE BREAK 10:30PM – 11:00PM
11:00AM – 12:30PM
BALLROOM: Libraries: Innovative and Inspiring, Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer, Delft Public Library, Netherlands
ROOM 2: dLOC Digitization Toolkit – develop your own digital resources, Mark Sullivan, University of Florida, USA
ROOM 3: E-Challenges and Initiatives at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago Libraries, Arlene Dolabaille and Mariella Pilgrim, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad
ROOM 4: The Changing Face of Serials Collections: the case of the University of the West Indies Library, Mona, Evadne McLean, Margarette Pearce, Judith Rao, UWI, Mona, Jamaica
ROOM 5: Energize your Catalogue: the Aquabrowser Experience of Northern Caribbean University Grace Carr-Benjamin, Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica and Luis Cabrera, RR Bowker
ROOM 6: Exploring Virtual Reference: a new horizon for Caribbean Libraries, Kumaree Ramtahal, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Devika Ramsingh, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, Trinidad
LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM
2:00PM – 3:00PM
BALLROOM Academic Libraries SIG
ROOM 1: National and Public Libraries SIG
ROOM 2: School Libraries SIG
ROOM 3: Special Libraries SIG
ROOM 4: Research in the Information Field SIG and Student’s Roundtable
Podcasts of Information Professionals in the Caribbean: Learning , Doing Preserving and Facilitating Access to All, a seminar-workshop, Part III. Master Students Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño, Arelys Fernández-Troche, Cindy Jiménez-Vera, Yumarys Polanco-Almonte, and Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Coordinator of the Caribbeana Project, Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies of the University of Puerto Rico.
ROOM 5: Archives and Records Management SIG
3:00PM – ONWARDS
FREE AFTERNOON and EVENING
FRIDAY 6TH JUNE 2008
8:00AM – 9:00AM Registration9:00AM – 10:30AM BALLROOM: 2ND ACURIL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Agenda
1. Welcome and Opening Remarks
2. Reports of Standing Committees
2.1 Constitution and By-Laws
2.2 Publications and Public Relations
2.3 Finance
2.4 Membership
2.5 Continuing Education
3. Reports of Special Interest Groups
3.1 Academic Libraries
3.2 Archives and Records Management
3.3 Information Technology
3.4 National and Public Libraries
3.5 Research in the Information Field
3.6 School Libraries
3.7 Special Libraries
3.8 Students Roundtable
4. Reports of the Content Area Groups
4.1 Agriculture and Environment
4.2 Book Trade
4.3 Education and Social Sciences
4.4 Health, medicine and Natural Science
4.5 Knowledge Management
4.6 Law
5. Report of Elections by Scrutiny Committee
6. Resolutions
7. Any Other Business
COFFEE BREAK 10:30AM – 11:00AM
11:00AM – 12:30PM
BALLROOM: Preserving the national audiovisual heritage: AVIN, AVIDA and the Bennett/Coverley Collection of the National Library of Jamaica, Frances Salmon, UWI, Mona, Jamaica and Maureen Webster-Prince, National Library of Jamaica, Jamaica
ROOM 1: WORKSHOP: Web 2.0m Cliff Landis, Valdosta State University, USA
ROOM 2: CDS ISIS Workshop, Part IV Guilda Asencio
ROOM 3: Workshop: Developing a copyright policy for your library, Jacqueline Lynch Stewart, Bob Marley Foundation
ROOM 4: Workshop: Special Libraries Section, Library and Information Association of Jamaica
LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM
2:00PM – 3:30PM
BALLROOM: Examining Patron Behaviour: Maximising the Use of Electronic Resources at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Myrna Douglas and Maureen Kerr Campbell, UWI, Mona, Jamaica
ROOM 1: The Use of new communication technologies as tools to develop a model that will increase awareness of information literacy skills in a public library, Juan A. Lopez, Citrus Ridge County Library, Florida, USA
ROOM 2: CDS ISIS Workshop, Part V Guilda Asencio
ROOM 3: Putting the e in Oral History: Creating and Accessing Oral Histories at the University of South Florida Libraries, Mark I. Greenberg and Richard R. Bernardy Jr., University of South Florida Libraries, Florida, USA (Paper and Workshop)
ROOM 4: WORKSHOP: Organization and Retrieval of Information, Keisha Sawyers, Caribbean Child Development Centre, University of the West Indies, Mona
7:30PM – 11:30PM
Closing Ceremony and ACURILEAN Evening of Awards and Banquet
SATURDAY 7TH JUNE 2008
9:00AM – 12:30AM II Executive Council Meeting
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
A Buck for Alma
Please consider donating $1 (or more) toward the Alma Jordan Scholarship Fund to honour ACURIL’s first president and to help insure the future of the Scholarship Fund.
Donations may be made to the ACURIL Treasurer at the Executive Secretariat's Table, at ACURIL XXXVIII Conference in Montego Bay http://www.nlj.org.jm/acuril/ACURIL08.htm, or by cheque in US dollars payable to
Donations may be made to the ACURIL Treasurer at the Executive Secretariat's Table, at ACURIL XXXVIII Conference in Montego Bay http://www.nlj.org.jm/acuril/ACURIL08.htm, or by cheque in US dollars payable to
ACURIL/
Alma Jordan Scholarship Fund
ACURIL Headquarters
Post Office Box 23317
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931
Alma Jordan Scholarship Fund
ACURIL Headquarters
Post Office Box 23317
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931
Thank you for your consideration,
Domingo Casado, Chairperson
Alma Jordan Scholarship Fund
casado@att.net
Visit: http://acuril.uprrp.edu
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The e-Librarian: Competencies for the New Millennium and Beyond. A Poster session at ACURIL XXXVIII JAMAICA / El e-bibliotecario: Competencias...
The e-Librarian: Competencies for the New Millennium and Beyond
Audrey M. Saddler and Maureen Kerr-Campbell
University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
(Se acompaña la información en español)
Audrey M. Saddler and Maureen Kerr-Campbell
University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
(Se acompaña la información en español)
Information technology has brought a lot of changes not only to library and information services but also to the roles and expectation of the librarian and information professional. A new information environment has been created, spurred by the internet, which requires new skills in seeking, processing and using information.
Most librarians are actively engaged with information technology in their libraries whether through Integrated Library systems, the provision of access to electronic resources, and participation in social networks. Librarians are required to be proactive, liaising with information technology specialists and system designers to design and evaluate systems for information access that meets the needs of users.
Librarians must therefore equip themselves with the necessary tools either through formal or informal channels to use the technology proficiently. Librarians must become risk takers with the propensity to be flexible; learn quickly and constantly; enable and foster change and work independently.
In highlighting the competencies, of the e-librarian, current online advertisements for professional librarians have been used as the base from which to pull desired technical and behavioural characteristics.
Most librarians are actively engaged with information technology in their libraries whether through Integrated Library systems, the provision of access to electronic resources, and participation in social networks. Librarians are required to be proactive, liaising with information technology specialists and system designers to design and evaluate systems for information access that meets the needs of users.
Librarians must therefore equip themselves with the necessary tools either through formal or informal channels to use the technology proficiently. Librarians must become risk takers with the propensity to be flexible; learn quickly and constantly; enable and foster change and work independently.
In highlighting the competencies, of the e-librarian, current online advertisements for professional librarians have been used as the base from which to pull desired technical and behavioural characteristics.
The posters will highlight the following:
• The traditional versus the e-librarian
• Core competencies of the e-librarian
• The systems librarian (e-librarian specialist)
• The infusion of technology related courses in Library schools
• Continuing education opportunities
El e-Bibliotecario: Competencias para el Nuevo Milenio y Más Allá
Audrey M. Saddler y Maureen Kerr-Campbell
University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
Audrey M. Saddler y Maureen Kerr-Campbell
University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
La tecnología de la información ha propiciado un sinnúmero de cambios no sólo en los servicios bibliotecarios y de información, sino también en los roles y las expectativas del profesional bibliotecario y de la información. Un nuevo ambiente de información se ha creado, estimulado por la Internet, que requiere la adquisición y el desarrollo de nuevas destrezas en la búsqueda, el procesamiento y el uso de la información.
Muchos bibliotecarios están inmersos activamente con la aplicación tecnológica en sus bibliotecas, ya a través del desarrollo de sistemas integrados bibliotecarios, la provisión de acceso a recursos electrónicos, y la participación en redes sociales. Se requiere que los bibliotecarios sean proactivos, se unan a los especialistas de tecnología de la información y diseñadores de sistemas para diseñar y evaluar sistemas que permitan el acceso a la información orientados a satisfacer las necesidades de sus usuarios.
Por tal razón, los bibliotecarios se deberán equipar con las herramientas necesarias, ya sea a través de canales formales o informales, para utilizar la tecnología con efectividad. Los bibliotecarios se deberán transformar para tomar riesgos, con responsabilidad; ser más flexibles; aprender con mayor rapidez y de continuo; estimular y propiciar el cambio, y trabajar independientemente.
Al destacar las competencias del e-bibliotecario se han utilizado los clasificados de empleo en línea para los profesionales de la información como base para allegar las características técnicas y de comportamiento deseables.
Muchos bibliotecarios están inmersos activamente con la aplicación tecnológica en sus bibliotecas, ya a través del desarrollo de sistemas integrados bibliotecarios, la provisión de acceso a recursos electrónicos, y la participación en redes sociales. Se requiere que los bibliotecarios sean proactivos, se unan a los especialistas de tecnología de la información y diseñadores de sistemas para diseñar y evaluar sistemas que permitan el acceso a la información orientados a satisfacer las necesidades de sus usuarios.
Por tal razón, los bibliotecarios se deberán equipar con las herramientas necesarias, ya sea a través de canales formales o informales, para utilizar la tecnología con efectividad. Los bibliotecarios se deberán transformar para tomar riesgos, con responsabilidad; ser más flexibles; aprender con mayor rapidez y de continuo; estimular y propiciar el cambio, y trabajar independientemente.
Al destacar las competencias del e-bibliotecario se han utilizado los clasificados de empleo en línea para los profesionales de la información como base para allegar las características técnicas y de comportamiento deseables.
El cartel destacará lo siguiente:
• El profesional tradicional vs. el e-bibliotecario
• Las competencias medulares del e-bibliotecario
• El bibliotecario de sistemas (el especialista e-bibliotecario)
• La infusión de cursos relacionados con tecnología en escuelas de bibliotecología
• Oportunidades de educación continua
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