LYRASIS NEWS MAY 1, 2012

Semi-Monthly Newsletter May 1, 2012 Big Savings for LYRASIS Members with our Year-End Offers!   In an effort to help you get the most out of your year-end dollars, LYRASIS has partnered with leading vendors to offer deep discounts on a series of one-time purchases. Expand your resources, maximize your budget and take advantage of these rare savings with the following vendors: 3M - save 15% Alexander Street Press -  save 15% - 33%  Duke University Press - save 10% Gale - save 40% - 55% IGI Global - 35% - 50% off Infobase - save 10%     Infogroup - for Georgia and Florida members - save 40% on new orders   INTELECOM - 32% off SAGE Deep Backfiles - 20% off To take advantage of the special year-end discounts LYRASIS has negotiated just for our members, please contact Member Support to place an order or request a quote. Don't Fear Data! Attend our Ideas & Insights Webinar and Become a Data Master We are all faced with data on a daily basis, but what are the best ways to read, interpret and use qualitative and quantitative data in your library? Join us for this Friday's Ideas & Insights webinar and hear from leaders in the field who have used data to improve internal processes, demonstrate and quantify successes and plan major projects effectively.    Using Data: Facts, Figures and the Future of Libraries May 4, 2012 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. ET Register Today!  Speakers include: Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, University of South Carolina, Lancaster - Asking the Best Questions: Navigating the Institutional Review Board Process Michelle Hudson, Yale University - Libraries + Data: Visualizing Data Michael Levine-Clark, University of Denver - Analyzing and Describing Collections Use Dr. Curtis R. Rogers, South Carolina State Library - Social Media, Libraries, and Web 2.0: How American Libraries are Using New Tools for Public Relations and to Attract New Users    Be sure to check out these upcoming sessions as well: Forging New Paths in Publishing & Scholarly Communication May 24, 2012 Libraries are Boundless June 15, 2012  HBCU Library Alliance Leadership Institute Scholar Spotlight  Jamaal Fisher & Dr. Janice Franklin, Library Director at Alabama State University. The HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Library Alliance held its Leadership Institute in February 2012, with 20 individuals from HBCU Library Alliance institutions participating. The Leadership Institute is part of the larger HBCU Library Alliance Leadership Program, which is funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop and support effective library leadership at HBCUs. In its fourth phase, in a series of successful leadership development programs available via the LYRASIS-HBCU Library Alliance partnership, the HBCU Library Alliance Leadership Program 2011-2013 builds on previous successes to further strengthen HBCU libraries and staff leadership skills. One of the Leadership Institute scholar participants is Jamaal Fisher, an employee of the Alabama State University Levi Watkins Learning Center (LWLC). Click here to read more about Mr. Fisher and the HBCU Library Alliance Leadership Institute. FREE OCLC WorldShare Webinars If you can't make it to one of the OCLC WorldShare Open Houses or the National Symposium, don't miss the WorldShare FREE Webinars. Join LYRASIS and OCLC in our free series of webinars that explore easy-to-implement cloud computing tools and platforms that will help you improve your workflows, more efficiently serve your users, and better manage your work life. Collaborative Platforms: Working With OCLC WorldShare and More Tools for Libraries May 11 10 - 11:30 a.m. ET Register now!   May 30 10 - 11:30 a.m. ET Register now!   June 27 10 - 11:30 a.m. ET Register now!  Mark Your Calendar     Introduction to Audio Visual Digitization (5/21) Cataloging for Non-Catalogers (5/22) Mass Digitization Collaborative Information Session (5/22) Online Cataloging Resources and Tools (5/24) Searching for Sound: Introduction to Public Broadcasting Core (5/24) Be sure to check out the LYRASIS webinars page for more scheduled information sessions. eGathering 2012      Save the Date for eGathering 2012:The LYRASIS Annual Member Meeting November 1, 2012 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. ET This year's theme is Survive or Thrive: Connecting Libraries and Community Attend online or in-person!  Featured Offers Check out our great Year-End Offers! Classes & Events FREE Webinars for LYRASIS Members Latest from LYRASIS May 2, 14, 15 and 29 1 - 2 p.m. ET LYRASIS Member Showcase May 16 1-2 p.m. ET      Best Practices in Virtual Reference: Finding Your Virtual Reference Users Online   One of the biggest obstacles to a successful virtual reference service was getting users to simply know the service existed. How do you find your users online? How do they find you?   Join OCLC for their Virtual Reference Series      May 17 1 - 2 p.m. ET   Job Bank Post/Find a Job Man vs. Machine: Is the Interface the Future Reference Librarian? Attend the Reference Education Symposium, sponsored by the Reference and Research Education Committee of Yale University Library  Friday, June 15 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. ET Yale University Mary S. 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LYRASIS NEWS MAY 1, 2012