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Best Places to Work in the U.S. Government

If you are interested in knowing how U.S. government agencies stack up as workplaces, then take a look at The Best Places to Work Rankings for 2010. It is put together by the Partnership for Public Service and American University's Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation (ISPPI).

Designed to help a broad audience of job seekers, researchers, federal employees and government leaders, the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government® rankings draw on responses from more than 263,000 civil servants to produce detailed rankings of employee satisfaction and commitment across 290 federal agencies and subcomponents.[About Page, The Best Places to Work in the Federal Government.]

The 2010 rankings compare the overall index scores for 2010 versus 2009 and indicate the percentage change. You can search for an agency, compare agencies, or view by categories by which agencies were scored. These categories include:  training and development, effective leadership, teamwork, pay, work/life balance, and more.

DC SLA Chapter Notes Special Annual Conference and Wrap Up Issue Available

The July/August DC/SLA Chapter Notes is out. This is a special SLA Annual Conference and Wrap-Up & Election issue. It's a great issue with many articles written by government librarians or covering presentations by government librarians.

DC/SLA Chapter Notes editor, Chris Vestal, shared a list of some of the what you can find in this issue in  a recent note to the DC/SLA listserv. Here's what Chris had to say:

• Learn advanced search techniques to use when job hunting online in Career Column.
• Hear how members have survived digitization projects.
• Read DC/SLA's President's highlights from the SLA Annual Conference.
• Explore our Conference Photo Collection.
• Get nuggets of wisdom concerning disaster planning, future trends, mentoring and coaching, social media, strategic planning, and taxonomies.
• See how attending the conference virtually had a direct impact on a librarian's job in The Way Forward.
• Find out how to Augment your library's Reality.
• Hear what SLA's Fellows and Rising Stars had to say about demonstrating your value.
• View the DC/SLA Conference Stipend Winner's Poster on Mobile Reference.
• Discover how putting some "UN" in your conference can be a win-win.
• See the historical evolution of prostitution in New Orleans.
• Read about how one of the youngest divisions was also one of the busiest at this conference.
• Get to know the SLA President-Elect Candidates, Brent Mai and David Stern, in an exclusive Q & A session.
• And I saved the biggest news for last-drum role please-get the first look at the candidates for DC/SLA's 2011 Board of Directors!

You can download the PDF at: July August 2010 DC/SLA Chapter Notes.

DOI Library Program: Compiling a Federal Legislative History - A Step-by-Step Example

George Franchois, Coordinator of Library Services, U.S. Department of the Interior Library, extends an invitation to an upcoming free Department of the Interior Library training session entitled "Compiling a Federal Legislative History - A Step-by-Step Example".

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Hi Everyone -

In order to find the legislative intent of a bill or public law, researchers need to compile reports, testimony, debate, and other materials related to that piece of legislation to find keys as to what Congress hoped to accomplish by passing this bill. The final compilation of all these materials provides the researcher with a "legislative history" of the bill or law in question and hopefully will answer the question of what Congress intended with this legislation.

In order to find the legislative intent of a bill or public law, researchers need to compile reports, testimony, debate, and other materials related to that piece of legislation to find keys as to what Congress hoped to accomplish by passing this bill. The final compilation of all these materials provides the researcher with a "legislative history" of the bill or law in question and hopefully will answer the question of what Congress intended with this legislation.

Those interested in learning the process involved in compiling a federal legislative history will find this program invaluable. A specific Public Law will be the focus of a step-by-step piecing together of a legislative history, using print resources such as the U.S. Statutes at Large, Congressional Record, and U.S. Congressional Serial Set. Online sources of federal legislative history information will also be highlighted. This program will be conducted by DOI Law Librarian Maureen Booth and Reference Librarian Shyamalika Ghoshal.

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 contact the Library by e-mail to let us know you will be coming. For more information about future DOI Library Training Sessions, we encourage you to visit our Training Sessions website.

We hope to see you here on August 17th!

DOI Library Park Ranger Program: The Old Post Office Building and Tower

George Franchois, Coordinator of Library Services, U.S. Department of the Interior Library, extends an invitation to an upcoming free Department of the Interior Library Park Ranger Speaker Series lecture entitled "The Old Post Office Building and Tower".

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Hi Everyone -

Please join us for the next in our regular monthly series of free Department of the Interior Library Park Ranger Speaker Series lectures, entitled "The Old Post Office Building and Tower," on Wednesday, August 18th from 1:00 - 1:45 pm in the Department of the Interior Library.

Built between 1892 and 1899, the Old Post Office on Pennsylvania Avenue is one of the few remaining examples of Richardsonian Romanesque Architecture left in the United States. The building’s 315 foot tower contains an observation deck and is home to the Bells of Congress, which were a present from England on our Bicentennial. From the observation deck, located 270 feet above the street level, visitors can get a spectacular view of our nation’s capital. Because of these attributes, the building is considered by many to be one of the city’s “hidden treasures.”

Please join Park Ranger Shunda Yates for a presentation about the Old Post Office Building & Tower. Learn about its colorful history and the efforts through the years to preserve one of Washington’s most visible but least known about landmarks.

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 contact the Library by e-mail to let us know you will be coming. For more information about future DOI Library Park Ranger Speaker Series programs, we encourage you to visit our Park Ranger Speaker Series website.

We hope to see you here on August 18th!

Librarian Careers in the Federal Judiciary Video

Thanks to Betsy Post-Garza, LexisNexis Government Consultant, for pointing out this video on library careers in the federal judiciary entitled: Federal Judiciary Careers: Librarian. The video consists of a number of interviews and a chance to see some of what those employed in court libraries do in the course of a day.

Best Practices for Government Libraries 2010 - Now Available

Best Practices for Government Libraries 2010: The New Face of Value. is now available in a PDF version. 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 2010 edition includes over 70 articles and other submissions provided by more than 60 contributors from librarians in government agencies, courts, and the military, as well as from professional association leaders, LexisNexis Consultants, and more. As the editor of Best Practices for Government Libraries, I want to thank the contributors for sharing their knowledge, experience, and thoughtful perspectives in this year's Best Practices.

 

Articles include:

VALUE: DEVELOPING IT

• 7 Best Practices for Creating and Sustaining Value the Peter Drucker Way
  Bruce Rosenstein, Author, Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life.
• Parsing Digital Value in an Academic Library
  Edwin B. Burgess, Director, Combines Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth, and Deborah E. B. Keller, Reference Librarian, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Government Info Pro Podcast Episode 11: Digital Asset Management
• Building the Pandemic Influenza Digital Archive (PIDA) at the National Institutes of Health Library
  James King, Information Architect, National Institutes of Health Library, Office of Research Services, Bethesda, MD
• The Value of a Library Advisory Board in a Research Library
  Rosa Liu, Group Leader, Research Library and Information Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Strategic Planning and the Value of Libraries
  Ellen Ensel, Director of Knowledge Management and Library Services, U. S. Institute of Peace
• Creators of the Future
  Suzanne Morrison, Branch Librarian, U.S. Courts Library 8th Circuit
• Who are You?: Creating a Value Preposition for Librarians in a Tough Economy
  Jennifer Klang, Head of Reference Services and Deputy Project Manager, Department of the Interior Library
• Value and Targeted Education: Some Suggestions on Key Learning Areas for the Modern Librarian
  Laura Soto-Barra, Senior Librarian, National Public Radio
• Develop, Deliver, and Demonstrate…but Listen First
  Jake Parcell, Federal Information Specialist, Office of Citizen Services and Communications, U.S. General Services Administration
• Government Info Pro Podcast Episode 9: Gov Gab Interview
• The Value of Lessons Learned
  Nancy M. Dixon, Principal Researcher, Common Knowledge Associates
• Learning on Twitter
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• Right on Target
  Elizabeth Cavendish, Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexis
• Legal News Daily Podcast
• SLA Division of Government Information on LinkedIn

VALUE: DELIVERING IT

• Authenticity, Authority, Accuracy, and Accessibility
  Roberta I. Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress, Law Library of Congress
• A Lean (and Possibly Mean) Definition of Value
  Deborah E. B. Keller, Reference Librarian, Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity Library, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Expanding Library Service
  Ned Wolff, Supervisory Librarian, Patrick Henry Library; Janet Oberla, Law Librarian and Webmaster; Derek Jones, Reference Librarian; Paul Cantwell, Systems Librarian; U.S. Department of Justice
• SharePoint as a Library Management Information System
  Lorette S.J. Weldon, Research Director, Weldon Researchers
• Answering the Call
  Sabah Eltareb, Division Chair 2010, SLA Government Information Division; Assistant Director, California Research Bureau, California State Library
• SLA Division of Government Information Membership Flier
• Corporate Memory 2.0
  Lisa Gaddy, 2010 Chair, Intelligence Community Librarians’ Consortium
• Swimming in the Government Sea: Reference Work at the National Library of Education
  Stacie Marinelli, National Library of Education, U.S. Department of Education
• Value 2.0
  Ken Wheaton, Web Services Librarian, Alaska State Court System Law Library
• Showcasing the Value of the Library Through Social Media
  Christine Sellers, Legal Reference Librarian, and Andrew Weber, Senior Legal Information Analyst, Law Library of Congress
• Virtual Reference, Real Tools
  Biblio Latte, Reference Librarian Volunteer, Alliance Virtual Library, Information Island International, Second Life
• The 2010 Federal Law Librarians’ Conference
  Jennifer L. McMahan, Supervisory Librarian, and Mariana Long, Reference Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice
• Federal Law Librarians Caucus Informational Flier
  Submitted by Jennifer L. McMahan, Supervisory Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice
• The Value of Professional Associations
  Chris Vestal, Supervisory Patent Researcher, ASRC Management Services
• How Tough Time Can Energize the Profession
  Paul Henriques, Research Specialist, The Association for Manufacturing Technology
• Keep Current with SLA Government Information Division's News Feed

VALUE:  DEMONSTRATING IT

• Introduction to the Return on Investment Analysis
  Karen Jemison, Library Manager, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto CA; Edward J. Poletti, MLS, AHIP, Chief, Learning Resources, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR; Janet M. Schneider, MA, AHIP, Chief of Library Service, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa FL; Nancy A. Clark, Director, Library Network Office, Department of Veterans Affairs
• Knowledge Management 2.0: How a SharePoint Blog Motivated Librarians to Share Knowledge and Helped Streamline Weekly Reporting
  Anne Myers, Research & Reference Librarian, National Reconnaissance Office
• The Value Proposition of Embedded Librarianship
  David Shumaker, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America
• Rethinking Value: How Embedded Roles Makes Us Valuable
  Mary Talley, Co-author of the SLA Funded Research Project: Models of Embedded Librarianship, 2009
• Roving Reference
  Laurie Ann Lakatosh, Reference Librarian, Center for Naval Analyses
• Advocacy, Competence, and Service: Experiences in Librarianship
  David E. McBee, Electronic Resources Librarian, Research Library, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• The NIH Library’s Information Commons – Turning Less into More
  James King, Mary Hash, Bradley Otterson & Ben Hope, National Institutes of Health Library, Office of Research Services, Bethesda, MD
• The Building of a New Corporate Library Intranet Page
  Judith M. Weiss, Library Manager, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
• How a New Business/Self-Development Book Had Its Genesis in a Library School Class
  Bruce Rosenstein, Author, Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life
• Demonstrating YOUR Value 2.0
  Deb Hunt, Principal, Information Edge
• More Nancy Drew than Marian the Librarian
  Jennifer L. McMahan, Supervisory Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice
• Librarians and the Art of Being Cool
  Janice Fridie, Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice
• Bragging Is No Longer Optional
  Julie Webster-Matthews, Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexis
• Government Info Pro Podcast Episode 10: Change: Managing it, Surviving it, Thriving on it
• Management versus Leadership
  Gayle Lynn-Nelson, Senior Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexis
• SLA 2009: Competitive Intelligence and Government
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis

VALUE: SOMETHING EXTRA

• Value Add 2.0+ ~ Take Charge of Your Future
  Karen Huffman, Senior Application & Database Administrator, National Geographic and Chair, SLA Knowledge Management Division
• Positioning Yourself for Value - High and to the Right
  Cindy Romaine, SLA President-Elect
• The Value of the Collaborative Writing Experience
  Pamela Huffman, Library Technician, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Career Interrupted: Demonstrating Something Perhaps Other than Value to a Young Law Librarian in Afghanistan
  Andrea Muto, formerly Senior Legal Publishing Advisor, Afghanistan Rule of Law Project (USAID-funded)
• Government Info Pro Podcast Episode 10: Afghanistan Rule of Law Project
• Women, Literacy, and Empowerment
  Priscilla Lujan, Head Librarian, Foreign Service Institute
• The Value of Librarians
  Robert A. Farina, Director, Trademark Law Library, USPTO
• The Hidden Value of the Listserv
  Maria Kreiser, MLIS
• What I Learned About Value from Superheroes
  Diane M. Falk, M.L.S, Freelance Research Writer and Editor
• DOI Library Open House Flier
  Submitted by George Franchois, Coordinator of Library Services, U.S. Department of the Interior Library
• DOI Part Ranger Speaker Series Fliers: Fort Hunt Park, Theodore Roosevelt Island
  Submitted by George Franchois, Coordinator of Library Services, U.S. Department of the Interior Library
• DOI Library Training Flier: Federal Legislative History Research Using Library Resources
  Submitted by George Franchois, Coordinator of Library Services, U.S. Department of the Interior Library
• “It’s Not My Fault … My Social Networking Made Me Do It …”
  Rhonda Keaton, Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexis
• Five to Follow on Twitter
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• IL2009: Tough Times, What Ifs, and Rock 'n Roll
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• IL2009: Going Mobile, Conversation Portraits, and Invaluable Experiences
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• IL2009: Bit Rot, Zombies, and Angry Patrons
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• SLA 2009: Unconference on Managing Change
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• ALA Federal and Armed Forces Librarian Round Table (FALFLRT) Flier
• Learning in the Workplace: The Wisdom of Colleagues
  By Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• Pilot Study as a Best Practice: Exploring the Value of the NIH Library Editing Service
  By Cindy Clark, Brigit Sullivan, Mary Ryan, and Verma Walker, National Institutes of Health Library, Office of Research Services, Bethesda, MD
• Pilot Study as a Best Practice: Exploring the Value of the NIH Library Editing Service
  By Cindy Clark, Brigit Sullivan, Mary Ryan, and Verma Walker, National Institutes of Health Library, Office of Research Services, Bethesda, MD

Check out Best Practices 2010:  The New Face of Value in PDF version right now!

Best Practices for Government Libraries 2010 Preview: Part 4

Best Practices for Government Libraries 2010: The New Face of Value is scheduled to be released shortly.  I want to share the list of articles that will be included in the 2010 edition in a series of quick posts prior to its availability as a PDF here on the Government Info Pro. The submissions are broken into four sections. The fourth section is SOMETHING EXTRA and these are the articles and submissions that you can look forward to seeing in that section:

• Value Add 2.0+ ~ Take Charge of Your Future
  Karen Huffman, Senior Application & Database Administrator, National Geographic and Chair, SLA Knowledge Management Division
• Positioning Yourself for Value - High and to the Right
  Cindy Romaine, SLA President-Elect
• The Value of the Collaborative Writing Experience
  Pamela Huffman, Library Technician, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Career Interrupted: Demonstrating Something Perhaps Other than Value to a Young Law Librarian in Afghanistan
  Andrea Muto, formerly Senior Legal Publishing Advisor, Afghanistan Rule of Law Project (USAID-funded)
• Government Info Pro Podcast Episode 10: Afghanistan Rule of Law Project
• Women, Literacy, and Empowerment
  Priscilla Lujan, Head Librarian, Foreign Service Institute
• The Value of Librarians
  Robert A. Farina, Director, Trademark Law Library, USPTO
• The Hidden Value of the Listserv
  Maria Kreiser, MLIS
• What I Learned About Value from Superheroes
  Diane M. Falk, M.L.S, Freelance Research Writer and Editor
• DOI Library Open House Flier
  Submitted by George Franchois, Coordinator of Library Services, U.S. Department of the Interior Library
• DOI Part Ranger Speaker Series Fliers: Fort Hunt Park, Theodore Roosevelt Island
  Submitted by George Franchois, Coordinator of Library Services, U.S. Department of the Interior Library
• DOI Library Training Flier: Federal Legislative History Research Using Library Resources
  Submitted by George Franchois, Coordinator of Library Services, U.S. Department of the Interior Library
• “It’s Not My Fault … My Social Networking Made Me Do It …”
  Rhonda Keaton, Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexis
• Five to Follow on Twitter
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• IL2009: Tough Times, What Ifs, and Rock 'n Roll
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• IL2009: Going Mobile, Conversation Portraits, and Invaluable Experiences
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• IL2009: Bit Rot, Zombies, and Angry Patrons
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• SLA 2009: Unconference on Managing Change
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• ALA Federal and Armed Forces Librarian Round Table (FALFLRT) Flier
• Learning in the Workplace: The Wisdom of Colleagues
  By Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• Pilot Study as a Best Practice: Exploring the Value of the NIH Library Editing Service
  By Cindy Clark, Brigit Sullivan, Mary Ryan, and Verma Walker, National Institutes of Health Library, Office of Research Services, Bethesda, MD
• Pilot Study as a Best Practice: Exploring the Value of the NIH Library Editing Service
  By Cindy Clark, Brigit Sullivan, Mary Ryan, and Verma Walker, National Institutes of Health Library, Office of Research Services, Bethesda, MD

Best Practices for Government Libraries 2010 Preview: Part 3

Best Practices for Government Libraries 2010: The New Face of Value is scheduled to be released shortly.  I want to share the list of articles that will be included in the 2010 edition in a series of quick posts prior to its availability as a PDF here on the Government Info Pro. The submissions are broken into four sections. The second section is VALUE: DEMONSTRATING IT and these are the articles and submissions that you can look forward to seeing in that section:

• Introduction to the Return on Investment Analysis
  Karen Jemison, Library Manager, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto CA; Edward J. Poletti, MLS, AHIP, Chief, Learning Resources, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, AR; Janet M. Schneider, MA, AHIP, Chief of Library Service, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa FL; Nancy A. Clark, Director, Library Network Office, Department of Veterans Affairs
• Knowledge Management 2.0: How a SharePoint Blog Motivated Librarians to Share Knowledge and Helped Streamline Weekly Reporting
  Anne Myers, Research & Reference Librarian, National Reconnaissance Office
• The Value Proposition of Embedded Librarianship
  David Shumaker, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America
• Rethinking Value: How Embedded Roles Makes Us Valuable
  Mary Talley, Co-author of the SLA Funded Research Project: Models of Embedded Librarianship, 2009
• Roving Reference
  Laurie Ann Lakatosh, Reference Librarian, Center for Naval Analyses
• Advocacy, Competence, and Service: Experiences in Librarianship
  David E. McBee, Electronic Resources Librarian, Research Library, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• The NIH Library’s Information Commons – Turning Less into More
  James King, Mary Hash, Bradley Otterson & Ben Hope, National Institutes of Health Library, Office of Research Services, Bethesda, MD
• The Building of a New Corporate Library Intranet Page
  Judith M. Weiss, Library Manager, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
• How a New Business/Self-Development Book Had Its Genesis in a Library School Class
  Bruce Rosenstein, Author, Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life
• Demonstrating YOUR Value 2.0
  Deb Hunt, Principal, Information Edge
• More Nancy Drew than Marian the Librarian
  Jennifer L. McMahan, Supervisory Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice
• Librarians and the Art of Being Cool
  Janice Fridie, Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice
• Bragging Is No Longer Optional
  Julie Webster-Matthews, Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexis
• Government Info Pro Podcast Episode 10: Change: Managing it, Surviving it, Thriving on it
• Management versus Leadership
  Gayle Lynn-Nelson, Senior Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexis
• SLA 2009: Competitive Intelligence and Government
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis

Best Practices for Government Libraries 2010 Preview: Part 2

Best Practices for Government Libraries 2010: The New Face of Value is scheduled to be released shortly.  I want to share the list of articles that will be included in the 2010 edition in a series of quick posts prior to its availability as a PDF here on the Government Info Pro. The submissions are broken into four sections. The second section is VALUE: DELIVERING IT and these are the articles and submissions that you can look forward to seeing in that section:

• Authenticity, Authority, Accuracy, and Accessibility
  Roberta I. Shaffer, Law Librarian of Congress, Law Library of Congress
• A Lean (and Possibly Mean) Definition of Value
  Deborah E. B. Keller, Reference Librarian, Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity Library, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Expanding Library Service
  Ned Wolff, Supervisory Librarian, Patrick Henry Library; Janet Oberla, Law Librarian and Webmaster; Derek Jones, Reference Librarian; Paul Cantwell, Systems Librarian; U.S. Department of Justice
• SharePoint as a Library Management Information System
  Lorette S.J. Weldon, Research Director, Weldon Researchers
• Answering the Call
  Sabah Eltareb, Division Chair 2010, SLA Government Information Division; Assistant Director, California Research Bureau, California State Library
• SLA Division of Government Information Membership Flier
• Corporate Memory 2.0
  Lisa Gaddy, 2010 Chair, Intelligence Community Librarians’ Consortium
• Swimming in the Government Sea: Reference Work at the National Library of Education
  Stacie Marinelli, National Library of Education, U.S. Department of Education
• Value 2.0
  Ken Wheaton, Web Services Librarian, Alaska State Court System Law Library
• Showcasing the Value of the Library Through Social Media
  Christine Sellers, Legal Reference Librarian, and Andrew Weber, Senior Legal Information Analyst, Law Library of Congress
• Virtual Reference, Real Tools
  Biblio Latte, Reference Librarian Volunteer, Alliance Virtual Library, Information Island International, Second Life
• The 2010 Federal Law Librarians’ Conference
  Jennifer L. McMahan, Supervisory Librarian, and Mariana Long, Reference Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice
• Federal Law Librarians Caucus Informational Flier
  Submitted by Jennifer L. McMahan, Supervisory Librarian, U.S. Department of Justice
• The Value of Professional Associations
  Chris Vestal, Supervisory Patent Researcher, ASRC Management Services
• How Tough Time Can Energize the Profession
  Paul Henriques, Research Specialist, The Association for Manufacturing Technology
• Keep Current with SLA Government Information Division's News Feed

Best Practices for Government Libraries 2010 Preview: Part 1

Best Practices for Government Libraries 2010: The New Face of Value is scheduled to be released shortly.  I want to share the list of articles that will be included in the 2010 edition in a series of quick posts prior to its availability as a PDF here on the Government Info Pro. The submissions are broken into four sections. The first section is VALUE: DEVELOPING IT and these are the articles and submissions that you can look forward to seeing in that section:

• 7 Best Practices for Creating and Sustaining Value the Peter Drucker Way
  Bruce Rosenstein, Author, Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life.
• Parsing Digital Value in an Academic Library
  Edwin B. Burgess, Director, Combines Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth, and Deborah E. B. Keller, Reference Librarian, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Government Info Pro Podcast Episode 11: Digital Asset Management
• Building the Pandemic Influenza Digital Archive (PIDA) at the National Institutes of Health Library
  James King, Information Architect, National Institutes of Health Library, Office of Research Services, Bethesda, MD
• The Value of a Library Advisory Board in a Research Library
  Rosa Liu, Group Leader, Research Library and Information Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Strategic Planning and the Value of Libraries
  Ellen Ensel, Director of Knowledge Management and Library Services, U. S. Institute of Peace
• Creators of the Future
  Suzanne Morrison, Branch Librarian, U.S. Courts Library 8th Circuit
• Who are You?: Creating a Value Preposition for Librarians in a Tough Economy
  Jennifer Klang, Head of Reference Services and Deputy Project Manager, Department of the Interior Library
• Value and Targeted Education: Some Suggestions on Key Learning Areas for the Modern Librarian
  Laura Soto-Barra, Senior Librarian, National Public Radio
• Develop, Deliver, and Demonstrate…but Listen First
  Jake Parcell, Federal Information Specialist, Office of Citizen Services and Communications, U.S. General Services Administration
• Government Info Pro Podcast Episode 9: Gov Gab Interview
• The Value of Lessons Learned
  Nancy M. Dixon, Principal Researcher, Common Knowledge Associates
• Learning on Twitter
  Marie Kaddell, Senior Information Professional Consultant, LexisNexis
• Right on Target
  Elizabeth Cavendish, Librarian Relations Consultant, LexisNexis
• Legal News Daily Podcast
• SLA Division of Government Information on LinkedIn