Publish Not Perish online tutorial

University of Colorado (CU) Libraries Launch "Publish Not Perish: The Art and Craft of Publishing in Scholarly Journals."

Publish Not Perish, http://www.publishnotperish.org , is a free online tutorial designed to introduce graduate students, junior faculty, and other potential authors to the mysterious world of scholarly publishing, from getting ideas and choosing a journal to submitting and revising a manuscript.

"Publish or perish" has been the standard marching order since the creation of the tenure system, and faculty and graduate students often must fall in step with it. The tutorial can help maximize chances of publication and minimize frustrations. Learn about the variables of scholarly publishing, how to control the ones you have influence over, and how to learn and grow from the ones you can't control. Publish Not Perish was created through a collaborative effort of the CU system libraries, with funding from the CU President's office. For more information and assistance, please contact any of the CU libraries:

University Libraries at CU-Boulder
Contact Jennifer Knieval at Jennifer.Knievel@colorado.edu CU Law Library at CU-Boulder Auraria Library at UCDHSC-Denver Downtown Contact Lorrie Evans at Lorrie.Evans@cudenver.edu Kraemer Family Library at CU-Colorado Springs Contact Sue Byerly at sbyerley@uccs.edu Denison Memorial Library at UCDHSC-Health Sciences Center Contact Lisa Traditi at Lisa.Traditi@UCHSC.edu


---I am delighted to share news of our new free online tutorial on scholarly publishing. Feel free to forward this announcement to any lists or individuals you deem appropriate. We'd love the publicity! -- Lorrie

Lorrie Evans,
Head of Library Instruction Services
Auraria Library
UCDHSC-Downtown Denver Campus
1100 Lawrence Street
Denver, CO 80204
303-556-6776
Lorrie.Evans@cudenver.edu

Call for Virtual Poster Sessions for ALA summer 2007

Together with the Arts Section, the Instruction Section of ACRL invites proposal submissions for Virtual Poster Sessions being offered in connection with the Conference Program at ALA 2007 in Washington, D.C.
The conference program, titled Eye to I: Visual Literacy Meets Information Literacy, will explore the relationship between these two sets of abilities.

To submit a proposal, please email the following information to Carrie Donovan (cdonovan@indiana.edu) by February 2, 2007:

• poster title
• poster description (150-200 words)
• three (or more) learning outcomes
• complete contact information for all participants

Participants whose proposals are accepted will be expected to submit a poster suitable for online publication by March 30, 2007.

More information, including the official call for proposals, is available at: http://www.indiana.edu/~libinstr/eye2i/index.html.

Meghan Sitar
Instruction and Outreach Librarian
Library Instruction Services
University of Texas Libraries
The University of Texas at Austin
PCL 1.342E | Mail Code S5475
Phone: 512-495-4449 | Fax: 512-495-4296 msitar@austin.utexas.edu | www.lib.utexas.edu

Second Life and MnSCU

We have acquired a private island in Second Life. IT and ASA will jointly sponsor a series of pilots, particularly in instruction and student services. If you or your institution is interested in participating, please contact me. As a first step we will set up an account for you in our wiki community space so that we can begin collaborating. All are welcome.

For those who are interested in participating in the Second Life pilots or wanting to know more about virtual worlds, I encourage you to get started (if you have not done so already) in Second Life
(http://www.secondlife.com) with a free account.

To get started, we will be holding some meetings in Second Life beginning next week.

Alfred H. Essa
Associate Vice Chancellor, Deputy CIO
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 30 7th Street E, Suite 350 St. Paul, MN 55101-7804

Call for ALA Poster Sessions Summer 2007

Dear members of the USA and International Library Community,

We want you to show the rest of the national and international library community your best ideas!

Applications for presenting poster sessions at the
2007 ALA Annual Conference are now being accepted. An application form is available on the poster session website at http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/ala/ for both US and international submissions.

The 2007 ALA Annual Poster Sessions will be held in Washington, DC, June 23, 24, and 25th.

Please contact Candace Benefiel, Chair of the ALA Poster Session Review Panel, with any questions concerning the review process. Her email address is cbenefie@lib-gw.tamu.edu; if you need to call, her number is (979) 862-1044

The deadline for submitting an application is January 31, 2007. Applicants will be notified by March 31,
2007 whether their submission has been accepted for presentation at the conference.

Jody Condit Fagan, Chair, ALA Poster Session Committee and Candace Benefiel, Review Panel Chair

faganjc@jmu.edu, (540) 568-4265
cbenefie@lib-gw.tamu.edu, (979) 862-1044


Jody Condit Fagan
Chair, ALA Poster Sessions
Digital Services Librarian
James Madison University
Preferred email: faganjc@jmu.edu
Voice: 540-568-4265

Call for Manuscripts: Journal of Web Librarianship

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From: Dig_Ref on behalf of Jody Condit Fagan
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To: DIG_REF@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [DIG_REF] Call for Manuscripts: Journal of Web Librarianship

** Please excuse cross posting **

The Journal of Web Librarianship is seeking high-quality manuscripts featuring original scholarship and practical communications in the area of web librarianship. JWL will publish material related to all aspects of librarianship as practiced on the World Wide Web, including both existing and emerging roles and activities of information professionals in the Web environment. This is a new peer-reviewed journal to be published for the first time in early 2007. New authors are encouraged to submit mansucripts for consideration.

For more information, please visit the journal's web site, http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/jwl/

Jody Fagan
Editor, Journal of Web Librarianship

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Jody Condit Fagan
Digital Services Librarian
James Madison University
540-568-4265
faganjc at jmu.edu