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RE: What are some of the best user-friendly chat platforms intended for librarians?

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Apr 25, 2023 10:48 PM
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It depends. The cheapest may be the best if you have a small budget. Better question might what features do you like in a chat platform? Like reports, multiple people being on at once, easy hand offs, or ability to email chats. Eager see what you learn. Jennifer

RE: ALA Election Results 2023 - President, Councilor-at-Large, and Bylaws Revision

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Apr 12, 2023 03:48 PM
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Hi Lessa, When putting out the announcement be careful.  Unless ALL of the ALA members voted "93.8% of ALA membership voted in favor to adopt the ALA Bylaws Revision." is wrong.  You should say that "93.8% of ALA members who voted are in favor to adopt the ALA Bylaws Revision."  ------------------------------ ...

How did the voting out the ALA Constitution ballot question come out?

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Apr 12, 2023 02:34 PM
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Congratulations to Cindy for winning the Presidency. I'm very interested in the other ballot items too.  When will we see the results?

RE: Model for matching new/student librarians with experienced librarian

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Mar 13, 2023 10:55 AM
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Last month I was  "looking for a model language to create a Google Form so people can self-identify and ask questions or review their resumes and we will match them up with someone in that field. "  I said I would share what I did if I could not a "model" someone else.  So here is the form I created ...

Model for matching new/student librarians with experienced librarian

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Feb 20, 2023 11:18 AM
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Our regional library group wants to create a way for new librarians and Library/Information Specialist school students to ask questions of experienced information Specialists.   Since my bias as an older academic subject specialist, I don't want to be blind to the needs of new people in our profession.  ...

RE: Voting to replace the ALA's core governance documents: ALA Constitution, By-Laws, and Policy Manuals

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Feb 14, 2023 01:23 PM
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Hi Brian, I am so glad we will finally have an up or down vote on this.  I'm sorry I did not see the link to the replacement to the Constitution on the election page on Monday.  Will there be a venue where we can ask questions about the new by-laws before we vote?  Or keep the discussion on Connect.   ...

RE: Voting to replace the ALA's core governance documents: ALA Constitution, By-Laws, and Policy Manuals

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Feb 14, 2023 01:04 PM
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Hi Carolyn, I agree ALA can be confusing.  Last year I gave a 46 minutes presentation called American Library Association (ALA) Demystified at a DC academic library group meeting. Here is the link to the YouTube American Library Association (ALA) Demystified You are free to use my slides, they are ...

Voting to replace the ALA's core governance documents: ALA Constitution, By-Laws, and Policy Manuals

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Feb 13, 2023 02:50 PM
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Have you seen the new ALA Bylaws that they want to replace the ALA Constitution, By-Laws, and Policy Manuals? It's being mentioned in the ballot information, but the text of what is replacing them has to be dug out of the Council Minutes, in Committee Report.  Members are hardly mentioned in the new ...

2022 APDU Data Viz Awards: Call for Visualizations

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Aug 16, 2022 04:21 PM
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Have you seen great Data Viz from a government agency or using their data?  The deadline has been extended to Aug 26. The Association of Public Data Users (APDU) is pleased to announce the 2022 Data Viz Awards. We are again soliciting creative and meaningful graphic designs that use publicly-available ...

2022 APDU Data Viz Awards: Call for Visualizations

Have you seen great Data Viz from a government agency or using their data?  The deadline has been extended to Aug 26. The Association of Public Data Users (APDU) is pleased to announce the 2022 Data Viz Awards. We are again soliciting creative and meaningful graphic designs that use publicly-available ...

RE: Locating Datasets

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Aug 08, 2022 05:05 PM
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Hi, I think this could be a great webinar.   Here are my two cents: 1) The best way to identify datasets is by reading through articles to learn where the researcher got their data to get their statistics.  Depending on the age of the article, look for graphs or tables in the article to learn where they ...

RE: Saturday evening forum notes

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Jun 27, 2022 09:30 AM
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BTW, I would have asked all my questions at Forum last night. But no more Forum, sigh.

Free Ticket for Tuesday's Luncheon

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Jun 27, 2022 06:27 AM
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Hello, A friend of mine gave me her ticket for tomorrow's luncheon.  I can't go.  If anyone wants it, let me know.  You can get it at the Council III from me. Jennifer Boettcher Councilor at large ------------------------------ [Jennifer] [Boettcher] Business Reference Librarian boettcher@georgetown.edu ...

Withdraw of CD #60

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Jun 26, 2022 08:02 AM
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Hello,This is me withdrawing CD#60.Not sure how to do this. No longer relevant, due to yesterday's vote. Jennifer Boettcher -- Jennifer C. Boettcher MLS and MBA Business Information Consultant at Lauinger Library Georgetown University We will still be providing reference services online including ...

RE: Posting jobs on Connect policy

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Jun 24, 2022 09:57 PM
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Hi Aaron, I was not an EB Doc but ALA CD #15.1https://www.ala.org/aboutala/virtual-january-and-annual-conference-council-meetings Executive Board Actions since the 2022 January Virtual Meeting Jennifer -- Jennifer C. Boettcher MLS and MBA Business Information Consultant at Lauinger Library Georgetown ...

LibLearnX

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Jun 23, 2022 07:15 PM
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I know this is a busy time for Conference Services... When they have time after Annual, can we get an idea about how LibLearnX went (financial, logistically, events, engagement)? What are going to be the metrics to measure if this experiment is successful?  Are we giving it 2 or 3 more years? I did ...

Posting jobs on Connect policy

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Jun 23, 2022 05:45 PM
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Hi again,  Simple question I am reading the documents on https://www.ala.org/aboutala/virtual-january-and-annual-conference-council-meetings And I read in #15.1  "Restrict job postings to a singular opt-in community on the ALA Connect platform​"  does this mean we can't post on jobs on the Connect thread ...

OAWG question

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Jun 23, 2022 05:33 PM
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Hello, Great work so far on the OAWG, I have two questions while reading CD #13.2: 1)  The effectiveness of Divisions is measured by their membership numbers. How are ALA offices and actions going to be evaluated: ALA has excellent plans, but what happens when the Pivot plan does not bring in the revenue ...

Looking for a seconder on a Memorial Resolution for Judith Rowe

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Jun 21, 2022 11:53 AM
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Here is the draft (if you want to comment)  Memorial Resolution Celebrating Judith S Rowe   Memorial Resolution Celebrating Judith S. Rowe    Whereas the American Library Association (ALA) and broader data community celebrate Judith S. Rowe at her death at the age of 91 on May 5, 2022;   ...

American Library Association (ALA) Demystified: YouTube and Slides

Posted By Jennifer Boettcher Jun 16, 2022 10:27 AM
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Hello, Others said this was a good introduction to ALA Last month I gave a 46 minutes presentation called American Library Association (ALA) Demystified at a DC academic library group meeting. Here is the link to the YouTube American Library Association (ALA) Demystified You are free to use ...