Oregon Legal Research BlogExcerpts from the full Rare Book Librarian job posting, which you can find at the Yale University careers website:
Required Education and Experience
Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited program for library and information science.
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Job Opening (Oregon): Open Access and Government Information Librarian
Open Access and Government Information Librarian
An interesting job for a professional librarian who wants to learn a lot and live in Oregon. It is a tenure-track position with a 9-month academic year. Apply by January 31, 2021:
“The Open Access and Government Information Librarian provides expert guidance to campus faculty in finding and using Open Educational Resources (OERs) and other open access information resources and data repositories. In addition, the librarian in this position is responsible for the selection, organization and promotion of U.S. federal government materials, the Oregon state depository collection, and the map collection. The Open Access and Government Information Librarian supervises all activities within the Government Information department of Hannon Library and collaborates with department members to ensure the effective delivery of user services, including reference, instruction, collection management, and the further development of the library’s Bioregion Collection….” [Link to full job description and application.]
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How Long Should You Quarantine Library Books (vis a vis Covid-19)?
Our Oregon public librarians, statewide, have a plan for this! Here is what they have shared with our library community so far (as of June 22, 2020):
Bottom line: “Results show that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was not detectable on the materials after three days of quarantine.”
See more about the REALM Project, Phase 1:
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Surveys I’ll Never Take or, Make Me Want to Take Your Survey!
Library school student, librarian, and other information professional survey makers: this post is for you.
Most of us want to help you out, especially if your survey results may help us out, but even if it’s just to support a student or a colleague.
We’re happy to take your survey … IF you follow some basic rules, which most of you never do:
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Finally: Free Access to Taxpayer Funded Congressional Research Reports (within 90 days)
See this 3/28/18, post by Gavin Blake at the ALA District Dispatch:
“We did it! CRS reports will be public”
Excerpt: “After 20 years of advocacy by ALA, the public will soon have access to reports by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). A provision requiring public access to CRS reports was included in the omnibus appropriations law signed by the President on March 23.
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Deboning Chickens, Paranormal Romance, and Prison Libraries
Article: “Cell Service: Inside the World of Prison Librarians,” by Jake Rossen, January 11, 2018, at Mental Floss dot com:
‘…. The escapism afforded by the books can dilute the urge to pass time by engaging in criminal behavior. Libraries can even prepare prisoners for reentry into society after release, arming them with knowledge to pursue careers.
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Internet Archivists: When Links Rot, Data Disintegrates, and Files Vanish, Find a Friend
The Internet Archive is partnering with the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) and Society of American Archivists (SAA) at the:
Archive-It’s 2016 Partner Meeting, Tuesday, August 2, 2016, in Atlanta, Georgia
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Baltimore Libraries Stay Open Through Riots
Hat Tip to Library Link of the Day (4/29/15).
“Baltimore Libraries Stay Open Through Riots, Because ‘The Community Needs Us: All library locations, including those at the epicenter of the riots, are welcoming patrons today,” by Kat Rosenfield 4/28/2015.
You can find more than books at the Baltimore public library today, as all branches remain open and fully staffed in the wake of protests and riots that have rocked the city.
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What’s Past May Be Gone, Not Prologue, But for the Internet Archive
“As Google abandons its past, Internet archivists step in to save our collective memory…“:
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Oregon Beer Librarian and the Pro-Am (ages 70-95) Brewers of Machine Gun Maggie Imperial IPA
“Mark Linder is a part-time librarian and a full-time beer nerd. He blogs at By the Barrel and is otherwise known as Bend Beer Librarian.”
“Retirement Home Starts Brewing: Brew Crew’s Beer Raises Money for Alzheimer’s,” by Mark Lindner, for the Oregon Beer Growler Magazine (see February 2015 issue, page 6).
Excerpt: “Where else but in Bend would a retirement community team up with the local homebrew club and a local brewery to brew a professional-amateur (pro-am) beer to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association? ….