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The UCLA Library Marks 75 Years in Federal Depository Program
| The UCLA Library celebrates its 75th anniversary as a member of the Federal Depository Library Program this year. We were designated a depository in 1932 by Senator Samuel Shortridge. Over the course of these past years, we have provided free access to federal government information for the University community and beyond. |
 Kris Kasianovitz, Gary Strong, and Jan Goldsmith in front of exhibit |
 Copy of the Federal Depository Library Guidelines |
In honor of our anniversary, Kris Kasianovitz and Jan Goldsmith, with the professional assistance of Ellen Watanabe and Dawn Setzer, mounted an exhibit in the Young Research Library lobby. Gary Strong signed letters notifying all legislators whose district we serve, including our Senators and Congress representatives. |
| For more information regarding 75 years of collection and services of the Federal Government Documents at the UCLA Library visit our Anniversary web page, at: www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/yrl/depository_exhibit.html. |
 Examples of recently received Federal Depository publications |
Kris Kasianovitz
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Article on Data Literacy by UCLA Librarians
Hot off the presses! UCLA Librarians Libbie Stephenson and Patti Caravello cover data literacy in undergrad information literacy programs in the current issue of Reference Services Review.
Citation:
Elizabeth Stephenson, Patti Schifter Caravello. Incorporating data literacy into undergraduate information literacy programs in the social sciences: A pilot project. Reference Services Review, Volume 35, Number 4 (November 2007), pp. 525-540.
RSR is available via the UCLA Library’s Emerald and EBSCO subscriptions.
Abstract:
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the confluence of data literacy with information literacy in an experimental one-unit course taught in the UCLA Department of Sociology, and present the literature on, rationale for, and future of integrating these interrelated literacies into social science courses.
Design/methodology/approach - The course was co-taught twice by a librarian and a data archivist using a syllabus and assignments that reflect sociological research problems and tools and information literacy competencies in the social sciences.
Findings - The need for information and data skills in sociology is well-established, and their integration into a sociology course (rather than in a stand-alone information literacy course) would produce more opportunities for students to apply what they learn and for the instructors to assess learning in the context of doing sociology coursework.
Research limitations/implications - The class sizes were too small for full-scale assessment and pre-tests/post-tests were not given. Assessment of student learning was based on work produced in and outside class and on course evaluations.
Practical implications - It is suggested that librarians and data archivists work with faculty to innovate curricular approaches based on recommendations and outcomes in key documents on learning sociology from professional library and sociology organizations. Attaching the lab to an existing course and promoting the data literacy modules for faculty to adopt in other courses are also suggested.
Originality/value - This paper invites social science librarians to examine the value to students and faculty of collaboration with professional data services staff to teach and merge information and data literacy within the social sciences curricula.
Education Libraries: Call for Papers
Papers for the next two issues of Education Libraries, a peer-reviewed journal published by SLA's Education Division, are now being accepted. This journal is indexed in ERIC, and Wilson Library Literature and Information Science. For information about the journal, instructions for authors, and full-text copies of selected back issues, please go to units.sla.org/division/ded/education_libraries.html. You do not have to be a member of SLA or the Education Division to publish in Education Libraries. Additional book reviewers are also welcomed.
Call for papers, Spring 2008: The next issue will focus on children's resources. Deadline: February 1, 2008
Call for papers, Fall 2008: Topics could include archives and digitization; historical collections; digital libraries; workforce development and information literacy. Deadline: August 1, 2008
Email queries and manuscripts to co-editor, Jacqueline Snider at jacqueline-snider@uiowa.edu.
"Libraries and social networking" in NextSpace
Nine experts comment on the trends and behaviors of users of the social Web. The experts range from Second Life Librarians, to the Director of ibiblio.org, to a research scientist at OCLC. Questions posed include:
- How do you define online social networking, with examples of how it’s working well and not so well?
- What are the impacts, overall, do you think on industry, education and cultural institutions?
- How can libraries best work to shape the next wave? Should they?
- Do you see social networking as a serious, long-term cultural and business phenomenon?
The article can be accessed at www.oclc.org/nextspace/007/1.htm.
Hightlight Your Successes
Are you presenting information literacy-related material at a conference, meeting, or other venues? Are you being sponsored or funded by Information Literacy Program (ILP) to attend an event? Have you written an article about information literacy? If you are, let the ILP Communications Interest Group know. This will give us the opportunity to highlight your efforts and/or the event you are attending.
Contact Andrea Lynch (andlynch@library.ucla.edu), Chair of the ILP Communications Interest Group.
View professional development opportunities in information literacy at the ILP Professional Development site (www2.library.ucla.edu/service/6360.cfm).
David Cappoli
Human Resources
Appointments
Lee Ann Fullington, Library Assistant III, Law Library. Lee comes to the Law Library from the Davidson Library at UC Santa Barbara. She was employed as a Library Assistant II, first in Access Services, Circulation and then moving to Access Services, Reserve Book Services. (11176)
Maria Jankowska, Librarian, Collections, Research & Instructional Services.
Promotions
Lanna Moriwaki, Library Assistant I in the Cataloging & Metadata Center, has been promoted to Library Assistant II in the Southern Regional Library Facility. (11222)
Limited Appointment To Career
Ashley Seckinger, Library Assistant I, Southern Regional Library Facility, has been selected for a career Library Assistant II position in the same department. (11227)
Open Positions
Full descriptions for academic positions listed are located in the Library Human Resources Office (11617 YRL). To view full descriptions of staff positions listed, please visit the UCLA Career Opportunities page (hr.mycareer.ucla.edu). Full descriptions of both academic and staff positions may also be viewed by visiting the UCLA Library Employment and Human Resources page (www.library.ucla.edu/employment/).
Academic and Professional
Associate Director of Public Services
Biomedical Library
Coordinator, Center for Primary Research & Training Plus; Performing Arts Special Collections
Music Library
Information Literacy Operations Librarian
College Library
Law Librarian
Law Library
Reference Librarian
Law Library
Librarian for Classics & Religion
Collections, Research & Instructional Services
Librarian for Geospatial Information, Cartographic Resources, Geography & Urban Planning
Collections, Research & Instructional Services
Librarian for Southeast Asian Studies
Collections Research & Instructional Services
Non-English Language Humanities & Social Science Catalogers
Cataloging & Metadata Center
Preservation Officer
Preservation Department
Science & Engineering Librarian
Science & Engineering Library
Information Technology
Digital Library Programmer (Programmer/Analyst III)
Library Information Technology (11498)
Staff
Preservation/Interlibrary Loan Assistant (Library Assistant II)
Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF)
Terry Leonard
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