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new Help! webinar

Published January 11, 2012 outreach Leave a Comment
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The newest Help! webinar has been announced. It is a bit off-topic from pure government information, but what isn’t these days. Join us!

Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian presents … the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project (WVHP), February 2, 2012

The Government Resources Section of the North Carolina Library Association welcomes you to a series of webinars designed to help us all do better reference work by increasing our familiarity with government information resources, and by discovering the best strategies for navigating them.
In this session Beth Ann Koelsch, the curator of the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project (WVHP) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will discuss the history of the WVHP, describe the collection development policy for the Project, and how the collections’ materials are made accessible to researchers. She will also examine some of the intersections between “govdocs” and the WVHP archives.

The Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project (WVHP), established at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1998, documents the contributions of women in the military and related service organizations since World War I. The collection offers a wide range of source material, including photographs, letters, diaries, scrapbooks, oral histories, military patches and insignia, uniforms, and posters, as well as published works.

Beth Ann Koelsch has been the curator of the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project (WVHP) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro since 2008. The WVHP has over 500 collections and has conducted over 325 oral history interviews with women veterans from WWII to the present conflicts in the Mideast. The Project has a strong digital component and puts the oral history transcriptions and other digitized materials online.  Koelsch previously worked as a project archivist at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture at Duke University, Durham, NC.  She received her MLS from the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007.
We will meet together for Session #13, online on February 2 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (EDT). Please RSVP for the Session by February 1 at 5:00 pm using this link: http://tinyurl.com/grs-session13

Technical requirements: We will be using collaborative software called Elluminate. It requires that you be able to download Java onto your computer, but you do not need any special software. After you RSVP, we will send you a link that you can use to test the software. If you have any questions, please contact Lynda Kellam (lmkellam@uncg.edu). You do not need a microphone as a chat system is available in the software, but you do need speakers or headphones.

The session will be recorded and made available after the live session, linked from the NCLA GRS web page (http://www.nclaonline.org/government-resources).

Your New Year’s Resolution…

Published December 13, 2011 outreach , the profession Leave a Comment
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… is to learn more, right? Then join us for the next Help! webinar in January on the Creative Commons (not just for govdocers).

Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian presents … What You Need to Know About the Creative Commons

The Government Resources Section of the North Carolina Library Association welcomes you to a series of webinars designed to help us all do better reference work by increasing our familiarity with government information resources, and by discovering the best strategies for navigating them.

In this session we will be exploring a non-government information source of importance to all librarians. The Creative Commons, formed in 2001, is devoted to expanding the creative output and intellectual property available for others to build upon and share.  The concept has grown in popularity over the last decade and is now flourishing among content creators across digital media from text, to photography to video. This webinar will look at the basics of Creative Commons, the various CC licenses and what they mean and will show participants how to locate CC licensed content for use in their own projects and how to assign CC licenses to their own intellectual property.

Rosalind Tedford is the Director for Research and Instruction at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. She earned her BA in English and Psychology as well as her MA in English from Wake Forest and an MLIS from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In addition to managing the research and instruction programs at Wake Forest she teaches for-credit information literacy courses and is the liaison to both the Political Science and Communication departments. She has presented at LOEX, ACRL, ALA and regional conferences on issues ranging from copyright to technology trends to information literacy. In what little free time she has, she can be found hanging out with her two kids, watching ACC basketball and reading (but not at the same time).  She can be reached at tedforrl@wfu.edu

We will meet together for Session #12, online on Thursday, January 5 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (EST). Please RSVP for the Session by January 4 at 5:00 pm using this link: http://tinyurl.com/grs-session12

Technical requirements: We will be using collaborative software called Elluminate. It requires that you be able to download Java onto your computer, but you do not need any special software. After you RSVP, we will send you a link that you can use to test the software. If you have any questions, please contact Lynda Kellam (lmkellam@uncg.edu). You do not need a microphone as a chat system is available in the software, but you do need speakers or headphones.

The session will be recorded and made available after the live session, linked from the NCLA GRS web page (http://www.nclaonline.org/government-resources).

PubMed, PubMed Central, Medlineplus. WTF?

Published December 8, 2011 conferences , outreach Leave a Comment
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Hello blog! Haven’t seen you in a while. Yes, it’s been a wild semester. More on that later, but first we have a webinar coming up! Join us!

Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian presents … PubMed, PubMed Central, and Medlineplus – What’s the difference? (Lea Leininger, Health Sciences Librarian at the University of North Carolina Greensboro)

The Government Resources Section of the North Carolina Library Association welcomes you to a series of webinars designed to help us all do better reference work by increasing our familiarity with government information resources, and by discovering the best strategies for navigating them.

Do you support health science students? Are you on the hunt for another non-Google tool for health questions from the general public? Maybe you’ve heard that PubMed, PubMed Central and MedlinePlus are great sources for reliable medical information, but you’re not sure which site is best for your needs.  If so, please attend our webinar on December 9 at 12 pm (EST).  A health sciences librarian will provide an overview of PubMed, PubMed Central, and MedlinePlus with some searches and links to additional information.  This session is designed to be a basic introduction for non-medical librarians, but librarians from all settings are welcome to attend.

Ms. Lea Leininger has been the Health Sciences Librarian at the University of North Carolina Greensboro since 2004. She is the liaison librarian for nursing, biology, public health education, nutrition, communication sciences and disorders, nanoscience, and genetic counseling. She has a BA in French, a BA in Humanities, and an MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin.

We will meet together for Session #11, online on December 9 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (EST). Please RSVP for the Session by December 8 at 5:00 pm using this link: http://tinyurl.com/grs-session11

Technical requirements: We will be using collaborative software called Elluminate. It requires that you be able to download Java onto your computer, but you do not need any special software. After you RSVP, we will send you a link that you can use to test the software. If you have any questions, please contact Lynda Kellam (lmkellam@uncg.edu). You do not need a microphone as a chat system is available in the software, but you do need speakers or headphones.


The session will be recorded and made available after the live session, linked from the NCLA GRS web page (http://www.nclaonline.org/government-resources).

Save the date: Upcoming Help! webinars in November

Published September 30, 2011 outreach Leave a Comment
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Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian presents …Beginner’s Guide to Legislative History (Rebecca Hyman, Reference and Outreach Librarian, and Steve Case, Access Services Librarian, State Library of North Carolina)

The Government Resources Section of the North Carolina Library Association welcomes you to a series of webinars designed to help us all do better reference work by increasing our familiarity with government information resources, and by discovering the best strategies for navigating them.

On November 9, we will be exploring legislative history (mostly from a North Carolina perspective, but all are welcome). Legislative history attempts to answer 2 questions: (1) *What* does the law say (or, more often, what did it say in the past), and (2) *Why* does the law say what it says.  Being able to track legislation from inception to General Statute is vital to answering these questions.   This session will explain more fully what legislative history is (and is not), look at the print and online resources available, show what roadblocks may prevent patrons from finding complete answers, and provide suggestions for alternative sources of information.  Familiarity with the NC General Statutes and NC Session Laws is helpful but not required.

Rebecca Hyman is the Reference and Outreach Librarian and Steve Case is the Access Services Librarian, both at the Government & Heritage Library. Before working at the Government and Heritage Library Steve worked at the UNC Law Library for 12 years.

We will meet together for Session #9, online on November 9 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (ET). Please RSVP for the Session by November 8 at 5:00 pm using this link: http://tinyurl.com/grs-session9

Technical requirements: We will be using collaborative software called Elluminate. It requires that you be able to download Java onto your computer, but you do not need any special software. After you RSVP, we will send you a link that you can use to test the software. If you have any questions, please contact Lynda Kellam (lmkellam@uncg.edu). You do not need a microphone as a chat system is available in the software, but you do need speakers or headphones.

The session will be recorded and made available after the live session, linked from the NCLA GRS web page (http://www.nclaonline.org/government-resources).

ALSO, save the date for the next webinar on November 16 at 12pm with Marcy Bidney, Head of the Donald W. Hamer Maps Library at Penn State University. More information coming soon!

state agency databases webinar

Published September 15, 2011 outreach Leave a Comment
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I have been a bit busy this semester and forgot to post about this upcoming webinar. You still have plenty of time to sign up. Please join us!

September 21, 2011:  State Agency Databases with Daniel Cornwall from the Alaska State Library

Stop searching the web to find film locations in Nebraska, historical photos in Alaska or probate records in Delaware. Come learn about the State Agency Databases Across the 50 States project, a librarian led effort to locate and share all of the publicly searchable databases produced by state governments around the country. Exemplar databases from Alaska, North Carolina and Missouri will be demonstrated. Explore the potential of what an easily accessible database listing could mean to librarians and patrons alike. Learn how you can easily contribute to this experiment in librarian cooperation. Project page: http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Agency_Databases

Daniel Cornwall is the Head of Technical and Imaging Services for the Alaska Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums. From 1999 – 2007 he was the federal and state publications librarian for the Alaska State Library. He was an early member of Free Government Information (freegovinfo.info) and is the project coordinator for the State Agency Databases Across the Fifty States Project, a project of the ALA Government Documents Roundtable. MLIS, Beta Phi Mu, 1996 University of Texas at Austin; BA, 1989, UCLA.

We will meet together for Session #8, online on September 21 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (EDT). Please RSVP for the Session by September 20 at 5:00 pm using this link: http://tinyurl.com/grs-session8
Technical requirements for Webinars:

We will be using collaborative software called Elluminate. It requires that you be able to download Java onto your computer, but you do not need any special software. After you RSVP, we will send you a link that you can use to test the software. If you have any questions, please contact Lynda Kellam (lmkellam@uncg.edu). You do not need a microphone as a chat system is available in the software, but you do need speakers or headphones.

These sessions will be recorded and made available after the live sessions, linked from the NCLA GRS web page.

 

Help! #7 = health

Published August 11, 2011 outreach , teaching Leave a Comment
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Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian presents… Good Health (Information) in North Carolina on September 7

The Government Resources Section of the North Carolina Library Association welcomes you to a series of webinars designed to help us all do better reference work by increasing our familiarity with government information resources, and by discovering the best strategies for navigating them.

North Carolina state government agencies and public universities publish a great deal of interesting health and healthcare information of value to researchers and reference librarians. In this webinar, learn about the important data sources and how to get access them.

Rebecca Hyman is the Reference and Outreach Librarian, Information Services Branch, and Kurt Brenneman is the Agency Outreach Librarian, Resource Management Services Branch, both at the Government & Heritage Library. The Library is part of the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.

We will meet together for Session #7, online on September 7 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (EDT). Please RSVP for the Session by September 6 at 5:00 pm using this link: http://tinyurl.com/grs-session7

Technical requirements: We will be using collaborative software called Elluminate. It requires that you be able to download Java onto your computer, but you do not need any special software. After you RSVP, we will send you a link that you can use to test the software. If you have any questions, please contact Lynda Kellam (lmkellam@uncg.edu). You do not need a microphone as a chat system is available in the software, but you do need speakers or headphones.

The session will be recorded and made available after the live session, linked from the NCLA GRS web page (http://www.nclaonline.org/government-resources).

Talking about data with Adventures in Library Instruction

Published August 3, 2011 outreach , the profession Leave a Comment
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I recently had a fun conversation with Jason, Rachel, and Anna at Adventures in Library Instruction about data, data literacy, data reference, and more (well, the book). It was nerve-wracking at first, but the group did a great job keeping things light and fun.

ALI is a wonderful blog (or plog?) with lots of great interviews and resources. You should definitely tune in! I’m currently working my way through the archive. Good times.

help, i need somebody! help, not just anybody!

Published July 8, 2011 outreach Leave a Comment
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[update!]: Here is the recording and the slides of the resources for reserve soldiers session.

Help, you know I need someone!

They probably could have used a government docs specialist.

Our newest installment of Help! is next week. After that comes Resources for Reserve Soldiers. And Sunday comes after…wards.

So, these will be our last two for the rest of the summer. UNCG is switching to a new version of Elluminate and I need to probably learn it before providing tech support. We will gear up again in late August and early September. I will do a evaluation post at the end of July, if you are interested to know how the webinars have done by the numbers.

Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian presents … Resources for Guard and Reserve Soldiers and their Families

The Government Resources Section of the North Carolina Library Association welcomes you to a series of webinars designed to help us all do better reference work by increasing our familiarity with government information resources, and by discovering the best strategies for navigating them.

Unlike Regular Army soldiers, members of the North Carolina National Guard and Army Reserve often live dozens or even hundreds of miles from their home stations, thus making it more difficult for those soldiers and their families to access the resources they might need. Federal depository libraries can play an important role in filling this gap and providing them information about such benefits. In this session on July 27, learn about how you can help the Guard and Reserve soldiers in your community obtain the assistance they and their families are entitled to. Topics covered include education benefits, debt relief, VA benefits and health care, military medical insurance (Tricare), and resources for spouses and children of deploying service members.

David Durant is Federal Documents & Social Sciences Librarian at J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. He holds a library science degree from the University of Michigan. He served in the North Carolina National Guard from 2005-2010, deploying to Iraq from April 2009-January 2010 as part of the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team.

We will meet together for Session #5, online on July 27 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (ET). Please RSVP for the Session by July 26 at 5:00 pm using this link: http://tinyurl.com/grs-session6

Technical requirements: We will be using collaborative software called Elluminate. It requires that you be able to download Java onto your computer, but you do not need any special software. After you RSVP, we will send you a link that you can use to test the software. If you have any questions, please contact Lynda Kellam (lmkellam@uncg.edu). You do not need a microphone as a chat system is available in the software, but you do need speakers or headphones.

The session will be recorded and made available after the live session, linked from the NCLA GRS web page (http://www.nclaonline.org/government-resources).

WUAG 103.1 fm: Preserving its past, anticipating its future

Published June 30, 2011 outreach , the profession 2 Comments
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Today is a sad day for WUAG 103.1 fm, UNCG’s campus radio station. The full-time, permanent General Manager, Jack Bonney, will be leaving us. His position has been eliminated because of the budget cuts coming from the NC General Assembly. Jack was the first full-time General Manager when he started in February 2003 and he has done an incredible amount of work to make WUAG an amazing station. From bringing in Joanna Newsom to starting a record fair to moving the entire station into a new building, Jack has worked tirelessly to make WUAG one of the best college radio stations in the nation. As someone who attended UNCG as an undergraduate in the 1990s, I’ve seen the station go from being a clique of indie kids to a powerhouse of all-inclusive college radio. UNCG will be missing a key person as we go into the next academic year. It is an absolute shame.

In addition to being a strong leader for the station, Jack has also been committed to the preservation of its history. He has tried to give copies of the station’s CD compilations and magazines to our archives every year. Because of that archival material a colleague, David Gwynn, and I put in a proposal to our Digital Projects Task Force to digitize the entire run of the station’s print magazines. Both David and I have worked for the station–he as a volunteer General Manager and myself as a student Program Director–so this project meant a lot to us. And the proposal was accepted!

Dead City Radios from the 2000s

When it is digitized we will share more information about the DCRs, but basically this is the station’s zine. It started in the 1980s as In Print  and became Dead City Radio sometime in the 1990s. The title comes from a William S. Burroughs’ cd title, but we also have a station liner with WSB saying, “This Dead City Radio on WUAG Greensboro, North Carolina.” Considering both the city’s nickname, “Gate City,” and its historical, let’s say, sleepiness, it is a perfect title for WUAG’s publication.

I hope in addition to digitizing the zine we may be able to create a web presence of some sort (although I haven’t talked to David about this yet) where former and current DJs can share their experiences and memories of creating this amazing publication. I see this as a very small way to honor the work of Jack Bonney and his efforts to make WUAG the station it is today.

Do patents scare the bejesus out of you? Well, this might be your cure…

Published June 29, 2011 outreach , teaching Leave a Comment
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Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian presents … Beyond Google: Effective Patent Searching in Every LibraryThe Government Resources Section of the North Carolina Library Association welcomes you to a series of webinars designed to help us all do better reference work by increasing our familiarity with government information resources, and by discovering the best strategies for navigating them.

Whether you’re using them as a rich source of technical information or to determine if your invention is new and novel, patents are a valuable, complicated, and often underutilized public resource.  On July 13, our fifth session will discuss patent searching tools, both those freely available over the Internet and those accessible only through Patent & Trademark Depository Libraries.  We will also be discussing how to do a patent search, what you should and shouldn’t do when you’re helping patrons with patent questions, and the pros and cons of using Google Patents.

David Zwicky is currently the Engineering Services Librarian at North Carolina State University Libraries.  He received an MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and an MA in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Hyun-Duck Chung is currently the Librarian for Management and Entrepreneurship at NCSU Libraries. She received her MISt degree in the Library stream, from the University of Toronto.We will meet together for Session #5, online on July 13 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (ET). Please RSVP for the Session by July 12 at 5:00 pm using this link: http://tinyurl.com/grs-session5

Technical requirements: We will be using collaborative software called Elluminate. It requires that you be able to download Java onto your computer, but you do not need any special software. After you RSVP, we will send you a link that you can use to test the software. If you have any questions, please contact Lynda Kellam (lmkellam@uncg.edu). You do not need a microphone as a chat system is available in the software, but you do need speakers or headphones.

The session will be recorded and made available after the live session, linked from the NCLA GRS web page (http://www.nclaonline.org/government-resources).

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