VIVA Announcements

VIVA User’s Group Meeting at VLA

One final reminder to please join us for the VIVA User’s Group Meeting at the annual VLA conference tomorrow, October 29, from 4 - 6 PM.

In addition to the VIVA Update and our brief vendor updates, the following speakers will be featured:

* Donna Hughes-Oldenburg (Virginia Tech) will discuss the work of the VIVA OCLC Reclamation Task Force.

* Alan Zoellner (College of William & Mary) will briefly address the work done by the VIVA STAT-USA Task Force.

* Kathy Perry and Iris Moubray (JMU Procurement) will lead a panel discussion and Q&A session on VIVA Procurement practices that should prove to be both informative and provocative.

Madelyn Wessel (UVA) will unfortunately not be able to join us as planned. We’ll look forward to hearing from Madelyn at a future meeting.

Hope to see you all in Williamsburg!

Use data updates, 9/15/2009

August use data has been posted for the following:

Annual Reviews
BioOne
OVID
Project Muse

July use data has been posted for:

IOP

ACRL’s Virginia chapter hosting summer regional programs at JMU and VSU

This is not a VIVA sponsored event, but may be of interest to VIVA librarians. The following information was provided by Luke Vilelle, Public Services Librarian, Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University, 540-362-6592, lvilelle@hollins.edu

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ACRL’s Virginia chapter is pleased to invite you to attend one of our two summer regional programs. The events, held July 29 at James Madison University and Aug. 5 at Virginia State University, will each feature a panel session on “Making the peer review process work for you,” a tour/discussion of new/renovated library spaces, and the opportunity to network with colleagues.

Wednesday, July 29 @ James Madison University’s East Campus Library (opened in 2008)

Wednesday, Aug. 5 @ Virginia State University’s Johnston Memorial Library (renovated in 2004)

REGISTRATION: To register for the program most convenient to you, please e-mail Luke Vilelle (lvilelle@hollins.edu). There is no cost to register, but space is limited, so please register early. The only cost associated with the program will be the cost of your lunch, should you choose to join us.

The details and program agenda are below. Directions and room location information will be provided to registrants.

Western Regional (in Harrisonburg): July 29

James Madison’s East Campus Library (opened in 2008)

9:30-10:00, Registration/arrival

10:00-10:15, Introductions

10:15-11:00, Panel: “Making the peer review process work for you”

· Jody Fagan, editor of the Journal of Web Librarianship and chair of the ALA Poster Sessions committee

· Lesley Moyo, reviewer for The Electronic Library (and recipient of the journal’s 2008 Outstanding Reviewer Award)

· Candice Benjes-Small, co-chair of the VLACRL 2009 conference committee

11:15-12:30, Learning Spaces in the East Campus Library (tour and discussion, led by East Campus Library Services Director John McGehee)

12:30-1:45, lunch (optional)

Parking: free

Lunch: TBA, at a nearby restaurant.

Eastern Regional (in Petersburg): Aug. 5

Virginia State University’s Johnston Memorial Library (renovated in 2004)

9:30-10:00, Registration/arrival

10:00-10:15, Introductions

10:15-11:00, Panel: “Making the peer review process work for you”

· Christopher Millson-Martula, editor of College & Undergraduate Libraries

· Joan Ruelle, member of the ACRL 2009 Conference Contributed Papers committee

· Luke Vilelle, co-chair of the VLACRL 2009 conference committee

11:15-12:30, Tour/discussion of the James Hugo Johnston Memorial Library

12:30-1:45, Lunch (optional)

Parking: free

Lunch: TBA, most likely at a nearby restaurant.

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Luke Vilelle

Public Services Librarian

Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University

540-362-6592

lvilelle@hollins.edu

STAT-USA Cancellation and Task Force

On March 5, 2009, the VIVA Steering Committee approved the Resources for Users Committee’s recommendation to cancel Stat-USA, effective May 1, 2009. This decision was made only after extensive negotiations. We sincerely regretted the lack of lead time, but pricing for a one-month extension to continue the service through the spring semester was deemed to be too costly.

As planned, RUC established a task force to assist VIVA member libraries and their patrons find the government information directly from the government sources. To assist users in locating some of the resource available in STAT-USA, the Task Force created a LibGuide, available here:

http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/VIVAstats

Members are also reminded that U.S. Federal depository libraries in Virginia have access to STAT-USA. A list of Federal depository libraries is available here: http://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/public.jsp.

If your library is a Federal depository library and you have not yet received a password for STAT-USA, information about obtaining access is available here: http://www.fdlp.gov/outreach/partnerships/268-statusa-access

Please join us in thanking the STAT-USA Task Force members for their work on this project:

Tara Cassidy
Virginia Community College System

Gerry Gill
Government Documents Librarian
James Madison University

Barbie Selby
Virginia GPO FDLP Regional Librarian
University of Virginia

Alan Zoellner
Government Information Librarian
College of William & Mary

Library Week video from George Mason University Libraries

The FUNdamentals of Book Care in 5 Easy Lessons

A great little video for Library Week, courtesy of the GMU Libraries staff!

OCLC’s New Record Use Policy

There has been some discussion of this policy among library consortia. Some resources that have been recommended for reading are:

Current guidelines:

http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/records/guidelines/default.htm

The new policy (with FAQ):
http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/catalog/policy/

The Wikipedia entry…
http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/OCLC_Policy_Change

And make your own comments:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=c0hILWPafv97EDbNiRXXjg_3d_3d

For an ongoing analysis:

http://nylink.org/SL/index.php/archives/tag/worldcat-record-use-policy

Enjoy!

Tansy Matthews’s article in UKSG Serials

Many of you will be interested in Tansy Matthew’s article “Where does it come from?  Generating and collecting online usage data:  an update” in the March 2009 issue of UK Serials. (vol 22, Issue 2, p. 49-52.  Here’s the abstract:

Congratulations to Tansy!

Kathy

Live from Computers in Libraries: Props to William & Mary’s Swem Library

Swem’s Facebook application “Swem Tools” allows users to “set your location in the library to share with your friends over your facebook profile.” Pretty cool! Just mentioned in Joseph Ryan’s “Considering Facebook for the Library” talk.

2009 ILL Forum

The 2009 VIVA ILL Forum will be held on July 17 at Sweet Briar College’s Florence Ellston Conference Center in Sweet Briar, Virginia. Once again, we’d like to thank Sweet Briar for hosting us in their lovely facility.

The agenda is still under development, but Sally Wiant (Washington & Lee Law Library) will give the keynote speech on Copyright, and Dan Wilson (University of Virginia Health Sciences Library) will present “Backup procedures: catastrophic event preparation.”

The ILL Subcommittee would appreciate suggestions for additional topics and volunteers to lead sessions. Some topics that have been proposed are:

Strategies for Cost Cutting
Working with Campus IT
Media Sharing
Ariel and Odyssey (technical problems/solutions)
Justifying ILL

If you would like to volunteer to speak on any of these topics, have an idea for another presentation you’d like to give, or have topics in mind for discussion (even if you don’t want to lead), please let us know.

Registration and accommodation information will be posted shortly.

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