- RT @ARLnews: Congrats to Paula Kaufman of UIUC! She's ACRL Academic/ Research Librarian of the Year: http://t.co/wSI6jVB6 via @ALA_ACRL
- Me too!RT @ARLnews Looking forward to releasing our Code of Best Practices in Fair Use #librarianscode on Thursday! #fairuse @ARLpolicy
- AOTUS [@dferriero] comments on the "Yes We Scan" petition drive on White House website, seeks more public input: http://t.co/7seWnh6q
- RT @johnulm Brief conversation w/ Cliff Lynch this evening has me looking over my shoulder. Big Data is sneaking up on research libraries.
For more than 50 years, the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries has brought together leaders from research, federal, and state libraries in the region to foster a high standard of library excellence through inter-institutional resource sharing and other collaborative efforts. Today, ASERL is the largest regional research library consortium in the United States. By working together, ASERL members continue to provide and maintain top quality resources and services for the students, faculty, and citizens of their respective communities.
ASERL News Items
Welcome University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University!
ASERL members unanimously voted to admit Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland as our newst member institutions. See the news release.
Webinar: Overview of DataOne & Data Management Services at Johns Hopkins
January 30, 2012 | 2pm ET – 3pm ET
Speaker: Sayeed Choudhury (Johns Hopkins University)
More Info & Register at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/859783378
Webinar: An Overview of DuraCloud
February 1, 2012 | 1pm ET – 2pm ET
Speakers: Michele Kimpton, Bill Brannan, Carissa Smith (DuraCloud)
More Info & Register at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/885100290
Webinar Series: Introduction to Digital Preservation (3 sessions)
Led by Jody DeRidder, University of Alabama Libraries
Session #1 — Identifying & Selecting Content | February 7, 11am ET
More Info & Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/934791250
Session #2 — Considerations for Storage & Protection of Content | Feb 14, 11am ET
More Info & Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/461694690
Session #3 — Managing Content & Access Over Time | Feb 21, 11am ET
More Info & Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/759933026
Webinar: Open Source Digitization Tools from NARA
February 28, 2012 — 2:30pm ET
More Info & Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/745394426
Face-to-Face Workshop: Using the Data Curation Profile Toolkit
March 2, 2012 | 9am – 3pm | UNC Greensboro
ASERL members are invited to send up to 4 attendees per library. Seating is limited to 24 registrants on a first-come, first-served basis.
More info & register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MTLQYY8
Previous ASERL Webinars
ASERL offers many webinars on an array of topics for librarians and staff at member libraries. See the archive for PPTs and session recordings from our past webinars.
ASERL Guide to Southern Barbecue
ASERL members are invited to submit information about the three best barbecue restaurants within 30 minutes of their campus. This information will be compiled into a web-based Guide to Southern Barbecue, to be posted in Fall 2011. The online form is available at http://svy.mk/pfleHA.
ASERL Launches Civil War Era website
ASERL has created a new collaborative website, www.american-south.org, to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War. This website provides access to thousands of unique, primary source materials from across ASERL libraries. See the project page for more information.
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