¿Cuán grande es la Biblioteca del Congreso?

I want to preface this post by reiterating one of our general disclaimers up front, to wit: “This blog does not represent official Library of Congress communications.” Because this post will edge slightly closer to “editorializing” than most of my previous posts.

Working in the Office of Communications as I do, I’m aware of the lion’s share of news coverage about and references to the Library, whether via Lexis-Nexis, Google News, or any number of other monitoring services to which we have access. This is a rough approximation — and perhaps a bit hyperbolic — but I would guess that somewhere between a quarter and a third of the general references I see to the Library are along these lines: “Our servers can store the equivalent of the Library of Congress,” or “our network is fast enough to download the entire Library of Congress in a millisecond.” You get the drift.

So it begs the question, just how “big” is the Library of Congress, in terms of our content, but especially if one tried to equate it to the digital realm?

I won’t go into any of the specific claims that are being made, but they’re easy to find out there in the ether, and suffice it to say that the Library would stand behind very few if any of them. There are certain things we can quantify, but far more that are purely speculative.

For instance, we can as of this moment say that the approximate amount of our collections that are digitized and freely and publicly available on the Internet is about 74 terabytes. We can also say that we have about 15.3 million digital items online.

Some may be tempted to extrapolate that those digital items represent a precise percentage of the nearly 142 million items in the Library’s physical collections, and then estimate some kind of digital corollary. But comparing digital and physical items is apples and oranges, at best. A simple example of that fallacy would be represented by a single photograph online depicting several physical objects.

Another source of digital estimates is likely based on the number of books and printed items in our collections, which is currently about 32 million. One could attempt to establish the average length of those items (pages, words, characters, etc.) and extrapolate the digital equivalent of those 32 million physical items.

Assuming one could do that with any degree of accuracy — and that’s a big assumption — it overlooks the fact that those 32 million books represent only about one-quarter of the entire physical collections. The rest are in the form of manuscripts, prints, photographs, maps, globes, moving images, sound recordings, sheet music, oral histories, etc. So how does that other three-quarters of the Library equate digitally? Can one automatically assume the digital resolution at which all maps or photographs, for instance, would be scanned? Those are major wildcards indeed.

And then there are our motion pictures, videos and sound recordings alone — around 6 million items stored at our new Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Va. What is their digital equivalent? Most people who record television programs onto a computer or DVR know that a hard drive with hundreds of megabytes or even a terabyte or more can quickly fill up.

One more thing we can quantify or at least estimate: The folks at the Packard Campus say that when their systems are fully online, they expect to be able to digitize between 3 and 5 petabytes of content per year. (That is to say, 3,000 to 5,000 terabytes, for those who are playing at home. Put another way, a single petabyte stored on CD-ROMs would create a stack of discs more than a mile high.) And even at that rate, it would still take decades to digitize the existing content.

So at this point, we’re talking about potentially mind-boggling amounts of data — we’re into the territory of angels and heads of pins. And while it is a bit of a tangent, it points to the continued importance of libraries as places (and librarians) when too many people assume that “everything is online.”

While it is certainly flattering that the Library of Congress is used as a typical benchmark against which others measure their content or data capacity, we would do well to take these claims with at least a shaker of salt. We are far “bigger” than many of them might think.

Vía: Library of Congress Blog

ALA’s Core Competences of Librarianship

The Core Competences of Librarianship define the knowledge to be possessed by all persons graduating from ALA-accredited master’s programs in library and information studies.

The Presidential Task Force on Library Education has gathered together the drafts of the Core Competences resulting from the work of various bodies in response to the first Congress on Professional Education and, following extensive consultation and redrafting, presented them in the current form to the Executive Board, who approved them at their fall 2008 meeting.

The final statement was approved and adopted as policy by the ALA Council on January 27, 2009 during the 2009 Midwinter Meeting in Denver, CO.



Final version
Approved by the ALA Executive Board,
October 25th 2008

Approved and adopted as policy
by the ALA Council, January 27th 2009



This document defines the basic knowledge to be possessed by all persons graduating from an ALA-accredited master’s program in library and information studies.



Librarians working in school, academic, public, special, and governmental libraries,and in other contexts will need to possess specialized knowledge beyond that specified here.


CONTENTS

1. Foundations of the Profession
2. Information Resources
3. Organization of Recorded Knowledge and Information
4. Technological Knowledge and Skills
5. Reference and User Services
6. Research
7. Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning
8. Administration and Management

A person graduating from an ALA-accredited master’s program in library and information studies should know and, where appropriate, be able to employ:

1. Foundations of the Profession

1A. The ethics, values, and foundational principles of the library and information profession.

1B. The role of library and information professionals in the promotion of democratic principles and intellectual freedom (including freedom of expression, thought, and conscience).

1C. The history of libraries and librarianship.

1D. The history of human communication and its impact on libraries.

1E. Current types of library (school, public, academic, special, etc.) and closely related information agencies.

1F. National and international social, public, information, economic, and cultural policies and trends of significance to the library and information profession.

1G. The legal framework within which libraries and information agencies
operate. That framework includes laws relating to copyright, privacy, freedom of expression, equal rights (e.g., the Americans with Disabilities Act), and intellectual property.

1H. The importance of effective advocacy for libraries, librarians, other library workers, and library services.

1I. The techniques used to analyze complex problems and create appropriate
solutions.

1J. Effective communication techniques (verbal and written).

1K. Certification and/or licensure requirements of specialized areas of the profession.

2. Information Resources

2A. Concepts and issues related to the lifecycle of recorded knowledge and
information, from creation through various stages of use to disposition.

2B. Concepts, issues, and methods related to the acquisition and disposition of resources, including evaluation, selection, purchasing, processing, storing, and deselection.

2C. Concepts, issues, and methods related to the management of various collections.

2D. Concepts, issues, and methods related to the maintenance of collections,
including preservation and conservation.


3. Organization of Recorded Knowledge and Information

3A. The principles involved in the organization and representation of recorded knowledge and information.

3B. The developmental, descriptive, and evaluative skills needed to organize recorded knowledge and information resources.

3C. The systems of cataloging, metadata, indexing, and classification standards and methods used to organize recorded knowledge and information.

4. Technological Knowledge and Skills

4A. Information, communication, assistive, and related technologies as they affect the resources, service delivery, and uses of libraries and other information agencies.

4B. The application of information, communication, assistive, and related technology and tools consistent with professional ethics and prevailing service norms and applications.

4C. The methods of assessing and evaluating the specifications, efficacy, and cost efficiency of technology-based products and services.

4D. The principles and techniques necessary to identify and analyze emerging technologies and innovations in order to recognize and implement relevant technological improvements.

5. Reference and User Services

5A. The concepts, principles, and techniques of reference and user services that provide access to relevant and accurate recorded knowledge and information to individuals of all ages and groups.

5B. Techniques used to retrieve, evaluate, and synthesize information from diverse sources for use by individuals of all ages and groups.

5C. The methods used to interact successfully with individuals of all ages and groups to provide consultation, mediation, and guidance in their use of recorded knowledge and information.

5D. Information literacy/information competence techniques and methods,
numerical literacy, and statistical literacy.

5E. The principles and methods of advocacy used to reach specific audiences to promote and explain concepts and services.

5F. The principles of assessment and response to diversity in user needs, user communities, and user preferences.

5G. The principles and methods used to assess the impact of current and emerging situations or circumstances on the design and implementation of appropriate services or resource development.


6. Research

6A. The fundamentals of quantitative and qualitative research methods.
6B. The central research findings and research literature of the field.

6C. The principles and methods used to assess the actual and potential value of new research.

7. Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning

7A. The necessity of continuing professional development of practitioners in libraries and other information agencies.

7B. The role of the library in the lifelong learning of patrons, including an
understanding of lifelong learning in the provision of quality service and the use of lifelong learning in the promotion of library services.

7C. Learning theories, instructional methods, and achievement measures; and their application in libraries and other information agencies.

7D. The principles related to the teaching and learning of concepts, processes and skills used in seeking, evaluating, and using recorded knowledge and information.

8. Administration and Management

8A. The principles of planning and budgeting in libraries and other information agencies.

8B. The principles of effective personnel practices and human resource development.

8C. The concepts behind, and methods for, assessment and evaluation of library services and their outcomes.

8D. The concepts behind, and methods for, developing partnerships, collaborations, networks, and other structures with all stakeholders and within communities served.

8E. The concepts behind, issues relating to, and methods for, principled,
transformational leadership.

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Saludos cordiales,
Luisa Vigo-Cepeda,
egctianauprblog@gmail.com

Vía: EGCTIANABlog

DECLARACIÓN DE PRINCIPIOS INTERNACIONALES DE CATALOGACIÓN

Declaracion de Principios Internacionales de Catalogación Febrero 2009
(Español)

A series of five regional IFLA
Meetings of Experts on an International Cataloguing Code (IME ICC) took
place from 2003 to 2007. They produced a Statement of International Cataloguing
Principles that was published in February 2009.

Vía: Cataloging Futures

Informe APEI sobre web social

Informe APEI sobre web social

Interesante informe sobre las tecnologías de la web 2.0 en los servicios bibliotecarios.

http://eprints.rclis.org/15106/1/informeapeiwebsocial.pdf


Vía: Melva L. Rivera Caraballo

ACURIL XXXIX Conference in Guadeloupe

LE DEVENIR DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DANS LE CADRE
DU DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE
The Future of Libraries within the Framework
of Sustainable Development
El Futuro de las Bibliotecas dentro del marco del Desarrollo Sostenido

PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Conference Site and Dates
Hotel Arawak, Pointe de la Verdure, 97190, Gosier, Guadeloupe
1-5 June 2009
President: Mm. Bea Bazile bea.baz@gmail.com


Pre-Conference June 1, 2009, Hotel Arawak
OCLC Seminar/Workshops
OCLC Caribbean and Latin American Users Group Meeting
Resource: Mr. Antonio José Alba, Regional Manager, The Caribbean and Central America

Conference Organizer
Association des Amis de la Bibliothèque Départementale de Prêt

Major Sponsors
Conseil Général de la Guadeloupe
Conseil Régional de la Guadeloupe
Direction des Affaires Culturelles de la Guadeloupe
Comité du Tourisme des Iles de Guadeloupe
EBSCO
OCLC

Conference Theme

LE DEVENIR DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES DANS LE CADRE
DU DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE
The Future of Libraries within the Framework
of Sustainable Development
El Futuro de las Bibliotecas dentro del marco del Desarrollo Sostenido

To effectively explore the conference theme, the following topics have been selected as sub-themes:

• The sustainable development: a new paradigm
• Changes in the perception of the Library concept to ensure social responsibility
with imagination and innovation: buildings, collections, staff and users;
with what vision, mission and goals?
• From local to global: changes in directions in order to change behavior:
solidarity, cooperation and training

Our Logo
Like the red and white mangrove whose seeds are nourished by the parent plant, the concept of the library of the future will grow out of the libraries of today.

Conference Opening Ceremony
This official activity will be held on MONDAY, June 1, 2009, at 19.00h. (7:00 p.m.). A reception follows the ceremony. It is the ideal forum to meet with old and new friends in order to initiate the participant's interaction within the conference. Attire: Semi-formal.

Conference Dedication
To the first four French-speaking ACURIL past presidents
Mme. Marie-Francoise Bernabe (Martinique, 1985-1986)
M. Jean Wilfrid Bertrand (Haiti, 1990-1991-
Mme. Odile Broussillon (Guadeloupe, 1996-1997)
Mme. Anique Sylvestre (Martinique, 2004-2005)

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

The Conference program includes:

• Plenary Sessions

• Seminar-Workshops

• Subject Content Area Groups
It is expected that participants in these groups consider strengths and limitations of subject content areas in the region in order to identify ways to join efforts in the development of projects to enrich the availability of and access to information and documentation.
Agriculture and Environment
Education and Social Sciences
Health, Medicine and Natural Sciences
Knowledge Management
Law
Organization of and Access to Information

• Special Interest Groups
It is expected that participants in these groups consider strengths and limitations in their particular areas in the region in order to identify ways to join efforts and collaborate in different information and documentation projects for the benefit of all.
Academic Libraries
Archives and Records Management
Information Technologies
School Libraries
Special Libraries
Public and National libraries
Research in the Information Field
Students Roundtable

• Poster Sessions
• Exhibits and Technological Updates
• Cyberbus du Conseil Régional de la Guadeloupe

• Tours to Information Units
• Cultural and Social Activities

• ACURILEANA Evening of Awards


EXHIBITS CENTER AND TECHNOLOGICAL UPDATES
Diverse trade and educational exhibits will be presented at this conference.
Special demonstrations presenting updates in products and services are being scheduled.

POSTER SESSIONS

Monday – Friday: 8:00 – 16:00 (To be presented throughout the week)
The conference will offer the opportunity to display different types of poster
sessions throughout the week related to the various sub-themes of the conference.
All posters will be set up on Sunday afternoon and will be maintained throughout
the Conference. Think about the themes, select the one or ones you would like to
develop, design and submit a poster for presentation, ahead of time.


For more information write to:
Mme. Bea Bazile, ACURIL President 2008-2009
Directrice de la Bibliothèque Départementale de Prêt
BP 102 Quacher Desmarais
97109 Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
French West Indies
bea.baz@gmail.com


Visite / Visit / Visite http://aabdpg.nuxit.net ; http://acuril.upr.edu

ACURIL XXXIX GUADELOUPE
PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM

LUNDI, 1 Juin 2009 / MONDAY, June 1, 2009 /LUNES, 1 Junio 2009

10:00 – 12:00 PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINAR/WORKSHOP (Hotel Arawak)
3d OCLC Caribbean and Latin American Users Group Meeting
Mr. Antonio José Alba, Regional Manager, The Caribbean and Central America

10:00-16:00
Inscription d'Exposants. Exhibitors Registration. Inscripción de Expositores.

13:00-16:00
Inscription des Participants. Participants Registration. Inscripción de Participantes.

9:30-12:30
Réunion du Comité Exécutif. Executive Council Meeting. Reunión del Consejo Ejecutivo. President: Mme. Bea Bazile bea.baz@gmail.com

15:00-16:00
Réunion du Comité des Résolutions. Resolutions Committee Meeting. Reunión del Comité de Resoluciones. Chair: Prof. Almaluces Figueroa afigueroa@uprrp.edu

Réunion des Moderateurs et Rapporteurs avec le Rapporteur Général.
Moderators & Rapporteurs Meeting with General Rapporteur. Moderadores y Relatores en reunión con Relator General.

16:00-17:00
Orientation des Nouveaux Membres et Participants. Orientation of New Members and First Time Attendees. Orientación de Nuevos Miembros y Primeros Participantes.

English-speaking participants. Chair: Mrs. Dorkas Bowler, Bahamas <>


French-speaking participants. Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Pierre-Louis, Haiti <>

Spanish-speaking participants. Chair: Lic. Dulce María Núñez de Taveras República Dominicana <>

16:00-18:00
Réunion du Vice Président avec le Présidents des Groupes à Intérêt Spécieux.
Vice President's Meeting with Chairpersons of Special Interest Groups. Reunión de la Vice Presidenta con los Coordinadores de los Grupos de Interés Especial: Prof. Carmen Santos-Corrada <>

19:30-20:30 Opening Ceremony. / Ceremonia de Apertura. / Séance d'Ouverture.
Mme. Bea Bazile, ACURIL President

Welcoming to ACURIL XXXIX Guadeloupe Conference and Master
of Ceremonies

Message d'Ouverture. Opening Message. Mensaje de Apertura

La Conference est dediée a/ Conference Dedication / Dedicatoria de la Conferencia

Mme. Marie-Francoise Bernabe (Martinique, 1985-1986)
M. Jean Wilfrid Bertrand (Haiti, 1990-1991-
Mme. Odille Broussillon (Guadeloupe, 1996-1997)
Mme. Anique Sylvestre (Martinique, 2004-2005)

Ouverture officiel de la Conference. Official Opening of the Conference. Apertura oficial del evento
Mme. Suzy Duport, Médiathéque de Gosier, Maitre de Cérémonie. Master of Ceremonies. Maestro de Ceremonias

20:30-22:00 Soireé d'Ouverture. Welcome Reception. Recepción de Bienvenida

MARDI, 2 juin 2009 / TUESDAY, June 2, 2007 / MARTES, 2 junio 2009

08:00-12:00 ; 14:00-16:00
Inscription des Participants. Participants Registration. Inscripción de Participantes.

08:00-09:00
Table Ronde des Anciens Présidents. Past Presidents Roundtable. Mesa Redonda de los Pasados Presidentes.

09:00-9:30
Ouverture de la Conference. Opening of the Conference. Apertura de la Conferencia

The Future of Libraries within the framework of sustainable development: Message. Mme. Bea Bazile, ACURIL President

Sub-Theme 1: The Sustainable Development: A New Paradigm?

09:30-10:00 Le concept de développement durable. The concept of sustainable development. El concepto del desarrollo sostenido.

Moderateur: Mme. Odile Broussillon, Directrice Adjointe des Affaires Culturelles et du Patrimoine, du Conseil Général de Guadeloupe

Rapporteur: Mme. Simone Marie-Rose, Directrice de la Bibliothèque Départementale de Prêt, de la Martinique

10:00-10:30 Développement durable et bibliothèques. The sustainable development and libraries. El desarrollo sostenido y las bibliotecas.

10:30-11:00
Ouverture de l'Exposition, Session d'Affiches, et Pause café. Opening of Exhibitions, Poster Sessions and Coffee break. Apertura de las Exposiciones, Sesiones de Carteles y Receso para café.

10:30-16:00
Permanent Poster Sessions
• ACURIL's Cornerstones. ACURIL Executive Headquarters.
• Caribbeana
• SANITAS
• ACURIL Puerto Rico Chapter

Conference Poster Sessions. To be presented during the entire week.

11:00-12:30
1er Assemblée Générale. 1st ACURIL General Assembly. 1ra Asamblea General.
Chair: Mme. Bea Bazile, ACURIL President bea.baz@gmail.com

Agenda:
1. Bienvenue. Welcome. Bienvenida. Mme. Bea Bazile, President

2. Minutes of ACURIL XXX Conference Jamaica.

3. Rapport. Reports. Informes
3.1 President. Mme. Bea Bazile
3.2 Executive Secretary. Dr. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda
3.3 Treasurer. Prof. Ileana Rosa-Sotomayor
3.4 Vice-President/President Elect. Prof. Carmen Santos-Corrada
3.4.1 Permanent Committees
3.4.2 Special Interest Groups
3.4.3 Nominations

4. Special Reports
4.1 Sanitas. Prof. Carmen Santos-Corrada
4.2 Project de Jumelage de Bibliothèques d'ACURIL /ACURIL's Twin Libraries Project / Proyecto de las Bibliotecas Gemelas de ACURIL. Mme. Bea Bazile and Dr. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda

5. Any other Business

12:30-14:00 Déjeneur. Lunch break. Almuerzo.

14:00-15:00 Meetings/Seminar-Workshops by Special Interest Groups (SIG's)
It is expected that participants in the following groups consider strengths and limitations in their particular areas in the region in order to identify ways to join efforts and collaborate in different projects for the benefit of all.

Academic Libraries. Coordinator: Prof. Barry Baker, Director, University of Central
Florida Libraries, bbaker@mail.ucf.edu

Archives Repositories and Records Administration. Coordinator: Mrs. Margot
Thomas, Director, St. Lucia National Archives Authority,
mariette900@yahoo.com

National and Public Libraries: Mrs. Astrid Britten, National Library of Aruba
astridbritten@hotmail.com

School Libraries. Coordinator: Pending

Special Libraries. Coordinator: Prof. Almaluces Figueroa, Caribbean Regional Library and Latin American Studies, Library System, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
afigueroa@uprrp.edu

Information Technology. Coordinator: National and Public Libraries. Coordinator: Mrs. Judith Rogers, University of the Virgin Islands Library jrogers@uvi.edu

Research in the Information Field. Coordinator: Dr. Betsaida Vélez-Natal
Graduate School of Sciences and Technologies, University of Puerto Rico betsaida.velez@gmail.com

Students Roundtable. Coordinators: Pending

15:00-15:00 Pause café. Coffee break. Receso para el café.

15:15-17:00 Outils pour le Developpement Durable. Tools for Sustainable Development. Herramientas para el Desarrollo Sostenido.
Participants: Aruba and Guadeloupe presentations

19:30-21:30 Guadeloupe embrasse la Caraibe. Guadeloupeans embrace the Caribbean. Los Guadalupeños abrazan al Caribe.

Apportez votre costume local et soyez prêt a la presenter; Apportez votre musique pour etre prêt a danser; Apportez des souvenirs afin de les offrir a d'autres.

Bring your country's costume and be ready to pose; bring your music and be ready to dance; and bring mementos and be ready to exchange and share.

Traigan sus vestimentas locales y estén dispuestos a posar; traigan su música y dispónganse a bailar; traigan recordatorios y estén listos a intercambiar y a compartir.


MERCREDI, 3 juin 2009 / WEDNESDAY, June 3, 2009 / MIÉRCOLES, 3 junio 2009

Sub-Theme 2: Changes in the perception of the Library concept to ensure social responsibility with imagination and innovation: buildings, collections, staff and users; with what vision, mission and goals?

Le Jour de la Bibliothèque Vert (S'habiller en vert)
The Green Library Day (Dress in green)
El Día de la Biblioteca Verde (Vestirse de color verde)

Act green and Enjoy being green at the Library
for the benefit of the diverse communities in the Caribbean.

08-00-15:00 Inscription des Participants. Participants registration. Inscripción de participantes

08-00-16:00 Permanent Poster Sessions
• ACURIL's Cornerstones. ACURIL Executive Headquarters.
• Caribbeana
• SANITAS
• ACURIL Puerto Rico Chapter

Conference Poster Sessions. To be presented during the entire week.

09:00-09:45 Green architecture in libraries. Special Presentation

09:45-10:45 Content Areas: Concurrent Workshops/Seminars by Subject Areas.

It is expected that participants in the following groups consider strengths and limitations of subject content areas in the region in order to identify ways to join efforts in projects to enrich the availability of and access to information and documentation.

• Agriculture and Environment
• Education and Social Sciences
• Health, Medicine and Natural Sciences
• Knowledge Management
• Law

10:45-11:00 Coffee break. Receso para café. Pause café.

11:00-12:30 Special Presentations/Seminar-Workshops from Call for Papers/Workshops (Concurrent)

12:30 Deadline to submit floor nominations to the Executive Council. Contact the Executive Secretary Dr. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda at the ACURIL's Booth.

12:30-13:30 Déjeuner. Lunch break. Almuerzo

13:30-15:00 Seminar-Workshops by Special Interest Groups (SIG's)
It is expected that participants in the following groups consider strengths and limitations in their particular areas in the region in order to identify ways to join efforts and collaborate in different projects for the benefit of all.

Academic Libraries. Coordinator: Prof. Barry Baker, Director, University of Central
Florida Libraries, bbaker@mail.ucf.edu

Archives Repositories and Records Administration. Coordinator: Mrs. Margot
Thomas, Director, St. Lucia National Archives Authority, Mariette900@yahoo.com

National and Public Libraries: Mrs. Astrid Britten, National Library of Aruba
astridbritten@hotmail.com

School Libraries. Coordinator: Pending

Special Libraries. Coordinator: Prof. Almaluces Figueroa, Caribbean Regional Library and Latin American Studies, Library System, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
afigueroa@uprrp.edu

Information Technology. Coordinator: National and Public Libraries. Coordinator: Mrs. Judith Rogers, University of the Virgin Islands Library jrogers@uvi.edu

Research in the Information Field. Coordinator: Dr. Betsaida Vélez-Natal
Graduate School of Sciences and Technologies, Universityof Puerto Rico betsaida.velez@gmail.com

Students Roundtable. Coordinators: Pending

15:00-15:30 Pause café. Coffee break. Receso para café.

15:00-16:30 Special Presentations/Seminars-Workshops from Call for Papers/Workshops (Concurrent)

19:00-22:00 The Green Library Caribbean Evening: Show how green you can be. Attire: Casual.
Act green and Enjoy being green at the Library
for the benefit of the diverse communities in the Caribbean.

JEUDI, 4 Juin 2009 / THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009 / JUEVES, 7 Junio 2009 /

Sub-Theme 2: Changes in the perception of the Library concept to ensure social responsibility with imagination and innovation: buildings, collections, staff and users; with what vision, mission and goals?

08:00-12:00 Registration

08-00-16:00 POSTER SESSIONS [To be presented during the entire week]

10:00-12:00 Elections to the Executive Council

09:00-09:45 To be or not to be a Green/Sustainable Development Library in the Caribbean: Controversial Panel

09:45-10:30 Concurrent Sessions by Subject Areas. Sesiones Concurrentes por Áreas Temáticas. Sessions pour Thèmes

It is expected that participants in the following groups consider strengths and limitations of subject content areas in the region in order to identify ways to join efforts in projects to enrich the availability of and access to information and documentation.

• Agriculture and Environment
• Education and Social Sciences
• Health, Medicine and Natural Sciences
• Knowledge Management
• Law

10:30-11:00 Coffee break. Receso para café. Pause café

11:00-13:00

2d ACURIL Assemblée Générale. 2nd ACURIL General Assembly. 2da Asamblea General de ACURIL

Agenda:
1. Welcoming and Opening Remarks from the President
2. Reports of Standing Committees
2.1 Constitution and By-Laws
2.2 Publications and Public Relations
2.3 Finance
2.4 Membership
2.5 Continuing Education

3. Reports of Special Interest Groups
3.1 Academic Libraries
3.2 Archives and Records Administration
3.3 Information Technology
3.4 National and Public Libraries
3.5 Research in the Information Field
3.6 School Libraries
3.7 Special Libraries
3.8 Students Roundtable

4. Reports of Special Content Sections
4.1 Agriculture and Environment
4.2 Education and Social Sciences
4.3 Health, Medicine and Natural Sciences
4.4 Knowledge Management
4.5 Law
4.6 Organization of and Access to Information

5. Report of Elections by Scrutiny Committee
6. Resolutions
7. Any other Business

Free Afternoon & Evening

Opportunities for Tours
Libraries, Mediathèques, Archives, Documentation Centers, and Cultural Centers

VENDREDI, 5 Juin 2009 / FRIDAY, June 5, 2009 / VIERNES, 5 junio 2009

Sub-Theme 3: >From Local to Global: Changes in directions in order to change behavior: solidarity, cooperation and training.

08:00-09:00
Registration

08-00-16:00 Permanent Poster Sessions
• ACURIL's Cornerstones. ACURIL Executive Headquarters.
• Caribbeana
• SANITAS
• ACURIL Puerto Rico Chapter

Conference Poster Sessions. To be presented during the entire week.

09:00-9:30 La Bibliotheque Global / The Global Library / La Biblioteca Global. Prof. Réjean Savard, EBSI, Université de Montréal.

10:00-10:30 Pause café. Coffee break. Receso para café.

10:30-12:00 Concurrrent Presentations and Seminar/Workshops from Call for Papers and Call for Workshops.

12:00-13.30 Déjeuner. Lunch break. Almuerzo.

13:30-16:30 Concurrent Presentations and Seminar/Workshops from Call for Papers and Call for Workshops

16.00 Closing of Exhibits and Poster Sessions

19:30-20:30
Ceremonie de Clôture. Closing Ceremony. Ceremonia de Clausura.

ACURILEANA Soirée de Remise des Prix. Evening of Awards. Noche de Distinciones
Institutional Awards
• The Stephney Ferguson Library Programs for Special Community Information Needs Award (ACURIL's President Award)

• Creativity in the Development of Reading Programs for Children and/or Young Adults Award

• Leadership in the Use of New Information Technologies to Expand and Facilitate Access to Serials Content Award (EBSCO)

• Innovative and Creative Information Services with the Application of Information Technologies (Thomson/Gale)

• Leadership in the Development of Information and/or Research Skills Program Award (Sirs)

• The Albertina Pérez de Rosa Information Units Alliances and Collaborative Projects in the Caribbean (ACURIL Puerto Rico Chapter)

The Albertina Pérez de Rosa Student of Excellence Medal 2009 (ACURIL Puerto Rico Chapter)
ACURILEAN Stars 2009

Information Professionals Awards 2009

The Caribbean Information Professional of the Year 2009


20:30-23:00
ACURILEAN Banquet. Attire: Semi-formal.

ACURIL XXXIX PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Mme. Bea Bazile, President
Dr. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda
Prof. Carmen Santos-Corrada
Prof. Almaluces Figueroa
Dr. Elizabeth Pierre-Louis
Prof. Barry Baker
Prof. María de los Angeles Zavala-Colón

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Coordinator: Danielle Renier-Deglas
Protocol: Suzy Duport
Registration Lydie Pumaroux
Finances: Myriam Rabel
Conference Secretariat: Lydie Poumaroux
Opening and Closing ceremonies: Rodrigue Aristide
Expositors: Danielle Renier Deglas
Visits to Information Units: Corinne Thicot
Cultural and Social Activities: Myriam Rabel
Transportation: Jeannine Bramble
Public Relations: Jimmy Louis


EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2008/2009

Bea Bazile
Bibliothèque Departamentale de Prêt de la Guadeloupe
bea.baz@gmail.com

Vice-President/President-Elect
Carmen Santos-Corrada
Conrado Asenjo Library,
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
csantos@rcm.upr.edu

Past President
Adele Merritt-Bernard
Jamaica Library and Information Association
adelemb@gmail.com

Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Executive Secretary
executivesecretariat@acuril.org

Ileana Rosa-Sotomayor, Treasurer
acurilt@acuril.org

Parlamentarian
Pedro Padilla-Rosa, President
Head, Foreign and International Law Department,
Law Library, University of Puerto Rico
ppadillarosa@law.upr.edu

Institutional Members

Elizabeth Pierre-Louis
Fondation Conaissance et Liberte/
Open Society Institute, Haiti
epierlouis@fokal.org

Judith Rogers
University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix
jrogers@uvi.edu

Eleuterio Ferreira
Universidad Católica Tecnológica del Cibao
eferreirac@yahoo.es

Margot Thomas
St. Lucia National Archives Authority
Mariette900@yahoo.com


Association Members

Dorcas Bowler
Bahamas Library Association
dorcasbowler@yahoo.com

Daniele Darien
Association des Amis de la Bibliothèque Départementale de Prêt
daniele.dar@gmx.fr

María de los Ángeles Lugo
Sociedad de Bibliotecarios de Puerto Rico
um_mlugo@suagm.edu


Personal Member

Ronny Alders
Oranjestad, Aruba
aruba2006@hotmail.com

Special Guest

Astrid J. T. Britten, Past President
Biblioteca Nacional de Aruba
astridbritten@hotmail.com


CIBERNOTAS-ACURIL-CYBERNOTES
Compilor/Editor
Luisa Vigo-Cepeda
cibernotasacurilcybernotes@acuril.org
executivesecretariat@acuril.org

ACURILNET: http://acuril.uprrp.edu

Collaborators in this issue
Bea Bazile, ACURIL President bea.baz@gmail.com
Carmen Santos-Corrada, Vice-President/
President Elect carmensantos.corrada@gmail.com
Danielle Renier Deglas, Coordinator ACURIL39 acuril39@gmail.com
Ileana Rosa-Sotomayor, Treasurer ileanarosasotomayor@acuril.org
Pedro Padilla-Rosa, Parlamentarian ppadilla@law.upr.edu
Maria de los Ángeles Zavala, President, ACURIL
Puerto Rico Chapter zavalama@gmail.com
Almaluces Figueroa, Chair, Special Libraries SIG
afigueroa@uprrp.edu
José Robledo, Member, Publications and Public Relations Committee
joeyrobledo@gmail.com


Editorial Team
Astrid Britten astridbritten@hotmail.com
Barry Baker bbaker@mail.ucf.edu
Bea Bazile bea.baz@gmail.com
Carmen Santos-Corrada carmensantos.corrada@gmail.com
Oneida R. Ortiz

Webmaster
Edgar Jiménez-Ferrer macedgar@gmail.com

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El precio de un e-book: ¿qué hay para el autor?

Vía: El Blog de Libros y Bitios

Library Hi Tech 27(1) sobre OPACs

Los catálogos de las bibliotecas siguen siendo un elemento importante y que genera importantes debates en los blogs, el último hace unos días en DeakiAllí. La revista Library Hi Tech dedicó su número anterior a innovaciones 2.0 (que comentó nuestra compañera Nieves González) y éste está dedicado a los OPACs.

Lo que más me ha llamado la atención es que muchos de los trabajos presentados relatan mejoras utilizando funcionalidades 2.0 y software libre. Me alegra que esas cuestiones sean secundarias, porque eso implica que ya han sido aceptadas por la comunidad profesional y ya empieza a dejar de ser algo que hay que explicar y pasa a aser algo que se está aplicando.

Tendencias
Las tendencias más importantes que se derprenden son:

La separación del OPAC del SIGB, lo que obliga y obligará a los productores a ofrecer sistemas más flexibles y abiertos.
El uso de software libre, ya no es una excentricidad, es una opción. Se puede consultar un interesante análisis en Bdig.
El elemento más utilizado e importante en los nuevos OPACs son las facetas.
La participación del usuario y las etiquetas como sistema de recuperación de información en el OPAC.
El impacto que tuvo Karen G. Schneider y su serie de artículos How OPAC sucks [1, 2, 3] el el diseño de nuevos OPACs

Algunos artículos destacados
Algunos de los artículos que más me han llamado la atención son:

Accessing information in a parliamentary environment: is the OPAC dead? Con este título tan duro relatan cómo han construido una herramienta de recupeción de la información, ParlInfo, donde el OPAC es uno más de sus elementos. Dicen que buscan una herramienta “adaptada a un mundo on-line donde predomina el fulltext” [pues eso].
The VuFind Implementation at Villanova University. Cómo se desarrolló la herramient de descubrimiento VuFind y su aplicación en esta Universidad.
Making the new OPAC seamless: dealing with the transition from ‘Finding’ to ‘Getting’. Implementación de TalisPlus en las bibliotecas del Estado de Tasmania (Australia) Destacar cómo el OPAC puede integrarse en la web de la biblioteca y cómo han solucionado los problemas de circulación con la nueva herramienta.

The New Cooperative Cataloging. Comparativa entre etiquetado y encabezamientos controlados: pros y contras de cada uno. Destaco una frase “las bibliotecas reciben contenido más rápido de lo que pueden catalogar, especialmente de forma electrónica”. [El que no tenga una estantería de donaciones por catalogar, que levante la mano]. La cooperación bibliotecaria, la importación de datos automáticamente y la participación del usuario pueden ser formas de superar este problema, eso si, sacrificando un poco la normalización.
LibraryThing for Libraries at Claremont. Breve descripción del producto y su implantación en estas bibliotecas. Artículo pra aquellos que quieran saber que és LibraryThing for Libraries y sus ventajas e inconvenientes en 4 folios.
Implementing VuFind as an Alternative to Voyager’s WebVoyage Interface: One Library’s Experience. Lo más relevante del atículo son los datos que aporta y una breve comparativa entre diversas herramientas posibles. El cambio se produjo como consecuencia de un estudio de la satisfacción de usuarios con los servicios de la biblioteca. http://vufind.library.wmich.edu/

Subjecting the Catalog to Tagging. Implantación de LibraryThing For Libraries en la Biblioteca Oviatt en la California State University, Northridge. Datos interesantes de uso y comparativa entre los encabezamientos normalizados y las etiqeutas. Lo suponíamos pero cada vez parece más claro que LibraryThing for Libraries tiene un impacto más discreto en las biliotecas universitarias. un dato: por cada libro que se recupera con los encabezamientos de materia, se recuperan cuatro utilizando las etiquetas, eso sí, falta por ver la pertinencia de unos y otros.
Siento que la revista no sea Open Access, no podemos redifundir los artículos, violaría la licencia del portal.

Vía: Dos Punto Cero