Monday, November 30, 2009

MIT Librarian, Ellen Duranceau speaking on December 3, 2009

Please come hear Ellen Duranceau, an MIT librarian, in the Dean's Conference Room on Thursday, Dec. 3. Her appearance is sponsored by the University Libraries Scholarly Communications Committee.


10-10:45 Overview of Scholarly Communication/Open Publishing Issues and Trends (all faculty/staff invited).

11-12:00 One hour workshop for liaisons: how to have conversations with faculty about scholarly publishing issues. (Liaisons invited).


As Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing & Licensing in the MIT Libraries, Ellen is responsible for outreach to authors at MIT in relation to their copyrights; acts as point person for copyright issues; and manages the Libraries' licensing program. She was staff to the faculty committee that developed the MIT Faculty Open Access Policy, passed by unanimous faculty vote in March 2009, and is now part of the team administering the policy.

Ellen has worked in the MIT Libraries in a variety of roles since 1990, and has prior experience in academic and special libraries. She has written and spoken widely on digital acquisitions, and more recently, on institutional repositories and author rights issues. She is the incoming program planner for the ACRL New England Scholarly Communication Special Interest Group.

Monday, November 23, 2009

See the CDI

Explore one of the treasures on the 3rd floor of Bailey/Howe!

The Staff and Faculty Development Committee invites you to meet Robin Katz and Sibyl Schaefer for a presentation on the Center for Digital Initiatives.

Robin and Sibyl will give their Libraries colleagues an introduction to CDI collections and the technical/scanning processes, plus discuss their recent and forthcoming projects.

Date: Thursday, December 10th

Location: CDI Conference Room

Time: noon-1p.m. (you may bring your lunch if you wish to brown bag it.)

Friday, November 13, 2009

Two Open Fora for December!


Peter Spitzform and Albert Joy will discuss, "The Changing Landscape of Monographs," on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 10:30 a.m. Peter and Albert gave this talk at a recent even in Charleston, SC.

Peter Blackmer will discuss, "UVM's Budgeting Process," on Thursday, Dec. 10 at 10:30 a.m.

Due to the winter holidays, these were the best (only) dates to hold these fora. Both will be held in the Dean's Conference Room.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

LIVING IN A WIRED WORLD: Can Personal Privacy Survive in the 21st Century?


Imagine waking up one day in your own personal terrarium, where everything you do and say can be seen by anyone passing by. In a world of Web cams, social networking sites, and GPs-equipped phones, your dorm walls may be more transparent than you realize...

The University of Vermont Libraries present a lecture and book-signing by Burlington-based attorney and computer forensics expert Fred Lane, on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 4:30 p.m. in Billings North Lounge. Refreshments will be served.