Library Technology in Ecuador

Presented by Enrique Abad, Library Director at the Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar and president of the Asociación de Bibliotecarios de Pichincha

Tuesday, May 15
2 pm
Hodges Library, Room 605
University of Tennessee
Free and open to the public; refreshments will be served

Librarianship in Ecuador presents a variety of challenges for information specialists. Join the UT Libraries for a discussion with Enrique Abad, Library Director at the Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, to learn more about how academic libraries in Ecuador are establishing policies, raising awareness, promoting best practices and increasing information literacy in an era of great technological change.

or, how to research copyrights without going bananas

Presented by Grover Baker, librarian at the Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University
Noon, Thursday, March 8 2007
605 John C. Hodges Library, UT campus

Get a practical lesson in copyright concerns from Grover Baker, who will discuss the steps he went through in determining the copyright status of several songs commenting on the Scopes Monkey Trial.

Grover Baker is a librarian at MTSU’s Center for Popular Music. He has an MSIS from UT and also holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in church music. Before working at MTSU, Baker worked at the music library at Belmont University and served as pianist and music minister at several churches in Tennessee and Kentucky.

UT Libraries will also hold a workshop entitled Copyright Fair Use–Your Rights, Your Risks on Tuesday, March 27 from 2-3:30 p.m. 128 Hodges Library. Librarians Pauline Bayne and Diana Holden will conduct the workshop.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Chris Durman at 974-3474 or cdurman@utk.edu.

Strategies for libraries to accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities

Presented by Judith M. Dixon, Consumer Relations Officer at the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Join the UT Libraries for the next e-Forum lecture on Wednesday, December 6, featuring Judith M. Dixon, consumer relations officer for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) at the Library of Congress. Ms. Dixon will present A Library for Everyone: strategies for libraries to accommodate the needs of persons with disabilities. The lecture will begin at 1:30 in room 605 of the John C. Hodges Library and is free and open to the public.

Judith M. Dixon is a leader in advancing access to printed and electronic formats and an authority on adapting library and information services for persons with visual disabilities. As part of the NLS, she plays a major role in developing digital libraries and talking books, and also consults with a consortium of 144 libraries about their consumer-related activities.

Founded in 1931, the NLS administers a free program that loans recorded and braille books and magazines, music scores, in braille and large print, and specially designed playback equipment to residents of the United States who are unable to read or use standard print materials because of visual or physical impairment.

Dr. Dixon has published and presented extensively on the topic of library accessibility for the disabled. She has also received many honors for her work, most recently winning the Francis Joseph Campbell Award from the American Library Association for her advocacy for access to printed information. She has worked at the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped since 1981 and has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Adelphi University.

For more information about this event, please contact

Pauline Bayne
Interim Assistant Dean, University Libraries
607 Hodges Library
865-974-6600
pbayne@utk.edu

or

Donna Braquet
Life Sciences Reference Librarian
152 Hodges Library
865-974-0016
dbraquet@utk.edu

Yale University Librarian Alice Prochaska to discuss modern uses of rare books

Join the UT Libraries for the next e-Forum, on Tuesday, March 28 when Alice Prochaska, University Librarian at Yale University, presents Library Special Collections in a Digital World. The lecture will be held at 3:30 pm in room 605 of Hodges Library and is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Rare books, manuscripts and archives were once the hidden treasures of libraries. Today, thanks to digitization and other technological advances, these materials more accessible than ever before. But how can faculty integrate these important materials into classroom teaching and learning? Prochaska will discuss this and other issues related to special collections materials in the modern library.

Alice Prochaska earned a BA and PhD in Modern History at the University of Oxford and began her career as museum curator and archivist. From 1992-2001 she worked as Director of Special Collections at the British Library, where she supervised the library’s program to digitize unique and rare materials and improve electronic finding aids. Now leading one of the greatest research libraries in the world, she will share her vision for bringing special collections to light.

University of Virginia’s University Librarian, Karin Wittenborg, to discuss the future of scholarship

Join the UT Libraries for the next e-Forum series on Thursday, March 3rd with Karin Wittenborg, University Librarian at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, as she presents The 21st Century Scholar: Nirvana or Hell? The lecture will be held at 3 p.m. in room 605 of Hodges Library and is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

The U.Va. Library is a leader in digital library initiatives and has a world-renowned rare books and manuscripts collection. Wittenborg will talk about the juxtaposition of these print and digital projects and how the continued importance of access will affect scholarship in the 21st century. She will also recommend ways for scholars to change a problematic the scholarly communications culture. Her talk will address the influence of Google Scholar and Google digitization projects upon access to scholarship, libraries, and service.

Wittenborg has been University Librarian at the University of Virginia since September 1993. Prior to working at U.Va, she held professional positions at UCLA, Stanford, MIT, and the State University of New York. She serves on the Advisory Council for Stanford University Libraries/Academic Information Resources, Brown University