On Thursday, May 16th, LexisNexis hosted a special breakfast event at the National Press Club especially for government librarians. The program theme was: Professional Versatility, Leadership, and Organizational Effectiveness in Challenging Times. The guest speakers were:
Eve Emerson, LexisNexis VP Global Talent, Learning, and Development
Naomi House, INALJ (I Need a Library Job) Founder, 2013 ALA Mover and Shaker
Karen Krugman, Chief, Research Library & Archives, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Karen White, Senior Librarian & Team Lead, USAID Knowledge Services Center, LAC Group on assignment at USAID
Marie Kaddell Opens the Program. Image by Chris Vestal
Government Librarians: Register now for a special breakfast event at the National Press Club especially for government librarians hosted by LexisNexis.
PROGRAM:Professional Versatility, Leadership, and Organizational Effectiveness in Challenging Times
DATE: Thursday, May 16, 2013
TIME: 8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Sign-in and continental breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m. Presentation begins promptly at 9:00 a.m.
Guest speakers for this event include:
Eve Emerson, LexisNexis VP Global Talent, Learning, and Development
Naomi House, INALJ (I Need a Library Job) Founder, 2013 ALA Mover and Shaker
Karen Krugman, Chief, Research Library & Archives, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Karen White, Senior Librarian & Team Lead, USAID Knowledge Services Center, LAC Group on assignment at USAID
Location: National Press Club – Holeman Lounge 529 14th Street, Washington, D.C.
Here's some information on the LexisNexis® 2013 Paralegal Mastery Program. All Paralegal Mastery Courses are for paralegal professionals and are free of charge.
Now more than ever, paralegals need a competitive edge to succeed. Take advantage of this free Certificate program created just for paralegals.
LexisNexis® 2013 Paralegal Mastery Program
The 5 courses for paralegals include:
Paralegal Mastery Program #1 – Basic Legal Research
Paralegal Mastery Program #2 – Case & Statute Citation Research
Paralegal Mastery Program #3 – Drafting Legal Documents
Paralegal Mastery Program #4 – Expert Witness/Verdicts & Settlements Research
Paralegal Mastery Program #5 – Public Records/Company & Financial Research
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*All Paralegal Mastery Courses are for Paralegal Professionals and are free of charge*
For questions regarding the Paralegal Mastery Program please call:
"Concordance Evolution delivers what our customers demand in an e-discovery review engine: speed, flexible capacity and an easy-to-use interface." --Steve Ashbacher, Vice President and General Manager Concordance
Join LexisNexis for a one-time onlyConcordance Evolution Event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC - exclusively for the Federal Government.
WHEN:
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
8 - 8:30 A.M. Registration and light refreshments
8:30 - 10 A.M. Presentation
10 - 11 A.M. Live Demos of the Litigation Software Suite (Early Data Analyzer, LAW PreDiscovery, Concordance & the CaseMap Suite)
WHERE:
National Press Club-Murrow Room
529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Concordance Evolution 2.1, the next generation of the Concordance Suite, is now available!
Fast Importing: 350 GB or 7 million documents per 24 hours
Fast document-to-document browsing: Browse to the next document within 1 - 2 seconds
Fast Tagging: Tag 50 documents in 2 seconds, 3,000 documents in 1 minute
Fast Searching: Return results on complex searches within 4 seconds
During this Presentation, you'll hear the strategy, vision, the road map for Concordance and Concordance Evolution! PLUS see a demo of the newly released Concordance Evolution.
LexisNexis® Concordance Evolution is an enterprise e-discovery document management solution designed to handle large-scale, complex litigation cases. It offers a central location to manage paper documents and electronically stored information generated during litigation.
*In accordance with applicable laws and policies, this event will include refreshments that are valued under $20 per person.
About the presenters
Steve Ashbacher is the vice president and general manager of the Concordance business. He has overall P&L responsibility for the business as well as establishing go-to-market, pricing, marketing and customer support strategies for the Concordance suite of products. Prior to joining LexisNexis, Steve led the Client Support and Professional Services teams for TyMetrix, an enterprise legal matter management and e-invoicing software business. Steve graduated from Providence College with a BS in Business Administration, and also has an MBA, with a concentration in Information Technology and Marketing, from the University of Connecticut.
Allen Diego is a Field Service Engineer for Concordance Evolution. He oversees setup, maintenance and troubleshooting of Concordance Evolution installations as well as determines and recommends which product or services best fit the customers' needs. Often Allen goes on-site to resolve client issues and ensure internal and external Client satisfaction. Allen previously supported the entire suite of Concordance products such as traditional Concordance, Concordance Image, and FYI® as a field service engineer as well as serving concurrently as escalated support to the Discovery Service Center for Concordance Support.
Government Librarians: Register now for a special breakfast event at the National Press Club especially for government librarians hosted by LexisNexis.
PROGRAM:Professional Versatility, Leadership, and Organizational Effectiveness in Challenging Times
DATE: Thursday, May 16, 2013
TIME: 8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Sign-in and continental breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m. Presentation begins promptly at 9:00 a.m.
Guest speakers for this event include:
Eve Emerson, LexisNexis VP Global Talent, Learning, and Development
Naomi House, INALJ (I Need a Library Job) Founder, 2013 ALA Mover and Shaker
Karen Krugman, Chief, Research Library & Archives, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Karen White, Senior Librarian & Team Lead, USAID Knowledge Services Center, LAC Group on assignment at USAID
Location: National Press Club – Holeman Lounge 529 14th Street, Washington, D.C.
George Franchois, Director, U.S. Department of the Interior Library, extends an invitation to an upcoming free Department of the Interior Library Training Session: "Legislative History Research on Lexis Advance."
If you haven't attending a DOI Library training session, this is your chance!
Here's the info:
Hi Everyone -
I just wanted to send an e-mail to invite you and your staffs to the Department of the Interior Library on Wednesday, April 24th from 10:00 to 11:15 am for a training session entitled "Legislative History Research on Lexis Advance," part of our series of free training sessions at the DOI Library.
Lexis Advance delivers an unmatched set of legal, news, business and analytical content that professionals trust. Content is delivered within a single intuitive interface that includes: pre- and post-filters, folders for storing and sharing, research history, alerts and 24/7 customer support. Lexis Advance includes exclusive tools such as integrated results from the open Web where users can search the open Web along with content from Lexis simultaneously; and a visual and intuitive Workplace Carousel interface that enables the user to store search history, save recent and favorite filters, access work folders, set up alerts and access customer service. Attendees to this training program will learn how to use Lexis Advance to find materials needed to complete a legislative history. These include materials like the Statutes at Large, Congressional Record, and House and Senate Reports, all used to find the intent behind a piece of legislation. This class will be taught by a LexisNexis representative.
All that are interested are invited. The DOI Library is located in the Main Interior Building, located at 1849 C Street, NW, Room 1151 in Washington. Space is limited so please go to the following link to register: Registration Link.
Please note that this class is also being offered to remote users as a simultaneous online webinar via WebEx. Please indicate on the online registration form if you wish to register for WebEx access to the program.
Don’t miss this opportunity to preview the evolution of the law library with eBooks and eLending capabilities. LexisNexis has joined with OverDrive®, the leading provider of eBooks in the U.S., to create LexisNexis® Digital Library. Join us for a free Webinar to learn how the new eLending solution can:
Reduce library costs and extend your budget
Increase researcher productivity and effectiveness
Enable access to the law library 24/7 from any device
Support your organization’s mobile strategy
Two Webinar sessions are available for your convenience. Simply choose the session that best fits your schedule and click on the links to register.
As I was writing to the DC SLA membership in my role as DC SLA President, I realized that what I was talking about was something that I wanted to share here on the Government Info Pro too.
I want to call particular attention to those who are DC SLA members, SLA Government Information Division members, or are members of the FEDLINK NewFeds Working group.
Congratulations to each of them! Having seen many of these individuals in action, it doesn’t surprise me to see they made this list of outstanding achievers. In my position as Senior Information Professional at LexisNexis and through my professional activity in SLA, I’m regularly inspired by those around me who step up to the plate and put their energy and vision into play in a tangible way.
One of the great things about being a member of a professional association and working in a profession where many astute and energetic colleagues abound is that we have the opportunity to connect with people like Kenn, Jessica, Naomi, and Hannah. They are remarkable professionals. Like all the 2013 Movers & Shakers, each of us strives to develop a path that helps us build and grown our own personal brand of being a remarkable professional. Kenn, Jessica, Naomi, and Hannah have shown us some impressive ways to build those pathways to remarkable.
Now, how can we take what they’ve shared with us through their actions and efforts and use it to enhance and refine our own paths? How do we make our own path and each step we take along that path clearer, better, stronger? How do we become and remain remarkable as information professionals?
Here are a few ideas:
Take advantage of the most extraordinary professional resources available to you – each other. Connect. Connect. Connect. Mix up the way you connect so, for instance, you have a virtual community of peers as well as a local group of professionals you network with in person. If all your professional connections tend to be in one area - all law librarians for instance - or are all regional - DC area librarians, then work on expanding your network. Be "connect-able" yourself. Make sure you have an updated LinkedIn profile. And put a picture there please!
Be active in your professional association. You’ve invested years of study at significant cost to getting your degree. Don’t stop investing in yourself now that you are in the workplace. Professional associations allow us to be part of a membership that facilitates our efforts to obtain and provide professional support, learn from each other, and inspire each other. Take full advantage of it! This is a powerful professional resource to have at your fingertips.
Break the boundaries. If you are located in a place where several associations co-exist, cross the border now and then by attending something sponsored by a professional association you haven’t joined. AALL members – say hello to your friends at SLA and ALA. SLA members – say hi to your colleagues at AALL and ALA. ALA – you get the idea. This goes beyond library associations. For instance, think about SAA (the Society of American Archivists) and ASIS&T (Association for Information Science and Technology).
And you can explore well past these suggestions. What are your interests? Where could you be going professionally? What do you need to know or build an expertise in? Are there professional groups you can check out in these areas?
Remember, there are a lot of virtual opportunities to connect and learn beyond what we can sometimes get stuck thinking of as our professional borders.
Whatever your professional association affiliation, connect with your colleagues. Yes, I'm saying connect again here because it's not enough just to join, you have to participate at some level. Volunteer. Attend a program or event. Plug in virtually through via webinars. Build engagement through social media channels. There are people with expertise out there who are willing to share it with you in webinars, podcasts, blog posts, listservs, and via Twitter and other social media channels. Find them. And connect.
Try something new. Never do webinars? Sign up for one. Don’t have time for an evening program? Try a lunchtime event. Like in-person communications? Push your boundaries and sign up for a Twitter account or just follow someone’s Twitter feed for a while like mine @libraryfocus to see what you can learn by taking a different path or pushing past your comfort zone. Think only about libraries? Look at what people beyond what the library landscape are doing? How can you use that?
Make a plan. Think about actions you are going to take as an information professional in general and within the framework of your organization to be remarkable over the next year. Consider what your path to getting there is going to look like.
How are you going to learn, what are you going to teach in return, how are you going to expand your network and reach? How are you going to develop and promote your personal professional brand? How are you going to make a difference both personally and professionally to yourself and in turn, your colleagues (both inside and outside the organization)?
Finding a way to develop and grow professionally is a must for every one of us. Don’t feel daunted or overwhelmed by the task though. Really, it’s fun, and exciting, and energizing. It will keep you fresh and agile in a changing marketplace. It’s important to remember, you don’t have to take huge actions to make a difference for yourself or others. I’m a big believe in baby steps to get to your goal.
As the LexisNexis Senior Information Professional Consultant for government librarians, and your librarian peer resource at LexisNexis, I'm inviting you to be one of the authors for the 2013 Best Practices for Government Libraries.
The annual collaborative document, Best Practices for Government Libraries, showcases government librarians who are innovating and creating success in the workplace and beyond. The 2012 Best Practices for Government Libraries includes 70 articles and other submissions provided by more than 75 contributors from libraries in government agencies, courts, and the military, as well as from professional association leaders, LexisNexis consultants, and more. Some of the authors have had their articles re-published in other journals and newsletters. Articles from Best Practices are also posted here on the Government Info Pro.
In 2013, we look forward to seeing even more of your good ideas. This year, the topic for the document is Managing Evolving Resources: Strategies, Capabilities, and Alternatives. We seek your insights, experiences, and perspectives on how you are re-envisioning, re-creating, or re-blending any of your library’s resources and services or how you are remaking, rebranding or reinventing yourself as an information professional. You can write to the topic from a variety of angles including: balance of physical, digital, and online resources; utilization of library staff; managing tighter space and tighter budgets; organizational effectiveness; professional skills needed to get the job done; mining the value of volunteer and professional association experience; or efforts in the area of social media, mobile apps, ebooks/elending.
Your submission could be electronic or hard copy, cutting-edge or time-tested but with a new twist, in place or conceptual, in the workplace or in the community. The scope of submissions is only limited by your imagination. If you’d like to write but want some guidance, I’m happy to talk with you about possible article topics.
Here are a few examples of recent posts of Best Practices articles on the Government Info Pro:
For the 2013 edition of Best Practices, please submit your electronic documents to marie.kaddell@lexisnexis.com or mail hard copy contributions to Marie Kaddell, LexisNexis, Suite 600, 1150 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. Best Practices will be published this fall. The deadline for submission is July 15, 2013. If you have any questions about the 2013 Best Practices, please do not hesitate to contact me.
This is your opportunity to step into the spotlight! Take advantage of it and share your successes, your ideas, and your wisdom. I am looking forward to seeing a broad spectrum of content again this year and I hope you will make it a point to participate.
The e-book version of the 2012 Best Practices for Government Libraries - Pushing Boundaries: Mobility, Community, Accessibility is now available! You can download your free copy of the complete2012 Best Practices for Government Libraries as well as samples of LexisNexis e-books here: http://www.lexisnexis.com/ebooks/sample/. The complete 2011 edition of Best Practices for Government Libraries is also available for download.
Best Practices is a collaborative document that is put out annually on a specific topic of interest to government libraries and includes content submitted by government librarians and community leaders with an interest in government libraries. The 2012 edition includes over 70 articles and other submissions provided by more than 75 contributors including librarians in government agencies, courts, and the military, as well as from professional association leaders, LexisNexis Consultants, and more.
Here is a sampling of the articles in 2012 the Best Practices for Government Libraries:Pushing Boundaries: Mobility, Community, Accessibility:
PUSHING BOUNDARIES: MOBILITY
E-Books and E-Readers Program Best Practices at the NIST Research Library Stacy Bruss, Reference Librarian, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Pushing Boundaries: From Collections to Service James King, Information Architect, NIH Library
Librarians Wanted to Help Create Innovative and Interactive Solutions for Smart Government Ken Wheaton, Systems Librarian, Alaska State Court Law Library; 2012 President SLA PNW, and Art Murray, CEO of Applied Knowledge Sciences, Co-director of the Enterprise of the Future Program at the George Washington University Institute for Knowledge and Innovation
Going Mobile
David McBee, M.L.S.
Tools for Transformation Cindy Romaine, SLA Past President 2011, Romainiacs Intelligent Research with Ken Wheaton, SLA PNW Chapter President 2012
Transform Knowledge and Expertise into Strategic Value: How Will We Get There? Deb Hunt, MLS, ECMp, Principal, Information Edge, and SLA President-Elect
No Boundaries: When Location Isn't Everything in Your Job Hunt Naomi House, MLIS, INALJ (I Need a Library Job) Editor, Publisher, Founder and Administrator; Reference and Acquisitions Librarian at a Federal Library
Leaders as Brand Jeffrey Lofton, Program Specialist, Office of the Deputy Associate Librarian for Library Services, Operations, Library of Congress
PUSHING BOUNDARIES: COMMUNITY
Pushing Boundaries from the Inside Out: A Practical Approach Scott Brown, Owner, Social Information Group
Capturing Visual Resources: Pinterest for Government Libraries Brandy King, MLIS; Owner of Knowledge Linking; Chair, SLA Social Sciences Division
Growing the NewFeds: A Brief History of a New Community of LIS Professionals The NewFeds Leadership: Aimee Babcock-Ellis, MLS; Sarena Burgess, MSIS; Kristin Anne Carr, JD, MLIS; Caralyn Champa, MLIS; Jennifer Davis, MLS, MIS; Jessica Hernandez, MLS, MS; Aileen Marshall, MA, MLIS; Abigail Morgan, MLS; Amelia Nuss, MLS; and Danielle Walker, MA-IRLS
Importance of Communities: Influencing Change by Working Together Karen Huffman, Manager of Technology Solutions, National Geographic Society’s Campus Technology Team
An Online Community Is Born: NIC’s National Jail Exchange Connie Clem, Managing Editor, National Jail Exchange, Principal, Clem Information Strategies
e-Challenges When the World is Your Community Marcy Carrel, Technical Information Specialist, Peace Corps
Department of the Interior Offers Popular National Park Service Lecture Series Jennifer Klang, Head of Reference Services, Department of the Interior Library
Real Libraries, Virtual Worlds—In Transition Biblio Latte, Volunteer Reference Librarian, Community Virtual Library
English as a Second Language Tutoring Programs at the Department of Justice Ned Wolff, Supervisory Librarian, Patrick Henry Library, U.S. Department of Justice
Following Virtual Footprints: Vetting in the Age of Social Media Kate Lanahan, Law Librarian, Supervisory Librarian, US Department of Justice and Jennifer L. McMahan, Deputy Director, Library Staff at U.S. Department of Justice
PUSHING BOUNDARIES: ACCESSIBILITY
White Paper: Leveraging Your Big Data Technology Investment
Open Government, Digitization and Information Sharing Joanne She, Coordinator of Digitization Services, U.S. Department of Justice and Tina Smith, Reference Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice
The Open Government Initiative and Federal Libraries. DOJ Libraries: A Case Study Dennis Feldt, Director of Library Staff, U.S. Department of Justice and Kera Winburn, Reference Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice
Current Challenges in Authenticating and Preserving Digital Legislative Information Butch Lazorchak, Digital Archivist, Library of Congress, National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, Library of Congress
Reaching Out to Tribal College and University Libraries: A Project to Provide Interior Library Resources and Services George Franchois, Director, U.S. Department of the Interior Library
Remodel a library much? Ed Burgess, Director, CARL
Considering Access During a Library Merge Rebecca Aftowicz, Reference Librarian, Comptroller of the Currency Library, with contributions from Joseph Thornton, Library Technician, Comptroller of the Currency Library
Planning for the Worst: Disaster Preparedness and Response in Federal Libraries Aileen M. J. Marshall, MA, MLIS, Reference Librarian at the U.S. Department of Transportation
Veterans History Project: Preserving Veterans Memories Bob Patrick, Director, Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Building a Better Intranet D. Lynne Rickard, Electronic Resources Librarian, Pentagon
The Public Library: A 24/7 Information Portal for the Government Professional Cassandra Harper, Information Services Librarian, DC Public Library
Embedded Librarians: Pushing Boundaries David Shumaker, Clinical Associate Professor, Catholic University of America
Using the SharePoint Intranet Portal to Reach, and Reach Out to, Clients at OPIC Christopher Lee Cochran, Business and Industry Librarian, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
23 Things: From Afghanistan to Zanzibar Mary Nell Bryant, M.A., M.L.S., U.S. Foreign Service Information Officer, retired
PUSHING BOUNDARIES: SOMETHING EXTRA
Library Benchmarking Toolkit: A Practical Guide Karen Krugman, Chief, Research Library & Archives, Export-Import Bank of the United State; Karen White, Senior Librarian & Team Lead, USAID Knowledge Services Center, LAC Group on assignment at USAID; and Kristin Vajs, Chief Librarian, Research Library, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
The Unquiet Sea: Solo Librarians in Government Organisations Penelope Campbell, Library Manager, Department of Family and Community Services, Housing NSW
Records Management for the Librarian: Part One Ellen Ensel, Knowledge Manager, Information Services, United States Institute of Peace
Records Management for the Librarian: Part Two Ellen Ensel, Knowledge Manager – Information Services, United States Institute of Peace
Thanks to George Franchois, Director, U.S. Department of the Interior Library, for this article: Reaching Out to Tribal College and University Libraries: A Project to Provide Interior Library Resources and Services. This article was originally published in the 2012 Best Practices for Government Libraries: Pushing Boundaries Mobility…Community…Accessibility. Best Practices is a collaborative document that is put out annually on a specific topic of interest to government libraries and includes content submitted by government librarians and community leaders with an interest in government libraries. The 2012 edition includes over 70 articles and other submissions provided by more than 75 contributors including librarians in government agencies, courts, and the military, as well as from professional association leaders, LexisNexis Consultants, and more.
You can download your free copy of the completeebook version of the2012 Best Practices for Government Libraries - Pushing Boundaries: Mobility, Community, Accessibility as well as samples of LexisNexis e-books here: http://www.lexisnexis.com/ebooks/sample/. The complete 2011 edition of Best Practices for Government Libraries is also available for download. You can also download the2012 Best Practices for Government Libraries in PDF.
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One of the missions of any library or library system is to serve the needs of underserved populations in its user community. Those without access to resources that most of us take for granted, such as the Internet, basic reference materials, general educational items, and employment vacancy announcements, rely on their local library to be able to provide them with a means to tap into these resources.
This past year, the Department of the Interior Library was approached by the Bureau of Indian Education and the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) for help with a similar type of mission. Both of these organizations were seeking ways that the Interior Library could provide faculty and students at tribal colleges and universities with access to some of the resources and services that are provided to the staff of the Interior Department.
Tribal college and universities have a tradition of providing higher education to Native American populations residing in and around Indian Reservations, mainly in the western United States. These educational institutions are controlled and operated by Native American tribes and are members of AIHEC. They include institutions such as the College of Menominee Nation, the Haskell Indian National University, the Navajo Technical College, and the Red Lake Nation College.
The partnership between the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Indian Education, and AIHEC came about through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by all parties in February 2011. The MOU establishes a partnership between AIHEC and the Interior Department to assist in fulfilling the mandate of an Executive Order signed by President George W. Bush in July 2002. Executive Order 13270, Tribal Colleges and Universities, directs that all tribal colleges and universities be more fully recognized and have access to federal programs benefiting other higher education institutions. The 2011 MOU states that the Interior Department “will work with AIHEC to advance the capability of tribal colleges and universities to attain educational excellence, so that tribal college and university students and alumni can fully participate in the U.S. workforce, including in natural resource, law enforcement, and clean and renewable energy fields; help strengthen and sustain tribal communities and lands; and contribute to the fulfillment of the Interior Department’s mission by helping to sustain America’s lands, water, wildlife, and energy resources and honor our Nation’s responsibilities to tribal nations.”
The Interior Library was contacted with the hope that it could offer some assistance to tribal college and university libraries and their users. AIHEC and the Bureau of Indian Education were seeking ways that the Interior Library could possibly extend the provision of at least part of its resources and services beyond Interior Department staff to those working in or attending tribal colleges and universities. The Interior Library identified several areas in which it might be able to help:
Reciprocal Interlibrary Loan Services – Allowing tribal college and university libraries to borrow circulating materials from the DOI Library, for the use of their faculty and students
Reference Services – Allowing tribal college and university faculty and students to contact the Interior Library for reference assistance in instances where the tribal college and university library does not have the resources to answer their questions.
Government Document Assistance – Allowing tribal college and university libraries to contact the Interior Library for assistance in locating and obtaining federal government documents, particularly Interior Department documents.
Remote Online Access to Library Classes – Allowing tribal college and university students to access Interior Library classes provided via webinar by our database service vendors and taught at the Interior Library.
Access to Interior Library Databases – Checking into the possibility of allowing access to the Interior Library’s online subscription databases at tribal college and university library computers. This would depend on the cooperation of the Interior Library’s database service vendors, who would need to provide this extended service free of charge to the Interior Library and/or the tribal colleges and universities.
These proposals were forwarded to the presidents of the 38 AIHEC-member tribal colleges and universities during a meeting between AIHEC, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Interior Department this past spring. They were generally accepted as a good starting point for a relationship between the Interior Library and tribal college and university libraries.
It was also proposed that the Interior Library create a survey to distribute to the directors of the 38 AIHEC tribal college and university libraries to poll them individually on current services they provide and their perceived needs. The Interior Library did develop such a survey and sent it out to these library directors this past May. Tribal college and university library directors were asked for the following as part of the survey...
The 2013 Computers in Libraries (CIL) is coming up in April in Washington, D.C. at the Hilton Washington. The conference dates are April 8 - 10, 2013. This will be the 28th annual Computers in Libraries. The theme this year is: Evolving in New Directions.
Here's a little more information on the conference offerings:
This year's Computers in Libraries 2013 theme focuses on mobile devices and electronic collections and how their use is changing the spaces and services in libraries. It focuses on the skills, competencies, and roles that are evolving to deal with all these changes in our communities, campuses and organizations. (2013 Computers in Libraries, Information Today, Inc.)
And for government libraries there is a special steam of programs:
This year's Computers in Libraries event features two specialized streams of programs within the conference, each focusing on a different type of library, one is government libraries-in conjunction with FLICC's Libraries & Emerging Technologies. (2013 Computers in Libraries, Information Today, Inc.) Here's more info on the government stream: CIL 2013 Government Steam.
