GENERAL NEWS: Librarian of the Year, 5 to Things to Do

Hello dear friends and colleagues,

I forgot to mention last time that Terrye Conroy from our law library won the NMRT New Librarian of the Year award at SCLA. She is a true treasure and so much fun to work with!

Graduation is December 18 this year and LISSA will once again host a reception in Davis College following the ceremony. I look forward to this event because I get a chance to let the friends and family of our graduates know how important the MLIS degree is and how proud we are of the great work done and to be done by our alumns.

Remember to take a break, enjoy this holiday season and be thankful that we get to work with information, books and knowledge * such great work even when you add that people are part of the equation!

Here are your 5 things to do, read or think about.

1. South Carolina ranked #15 in State Spending on Colleges with an 8.8% increase from last year.
The Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/12/2006120801n.htm

2. Mark your calendars for wonderful programs during the "Changing Face of Medicine" in January and February http://uscm.med.sc.edu/changingtheface.htm sponsored by USC School of Medicine, SLIS and Richland County Public Libraries.

3. Microsoft released Live Search Books, its competitor to Google Book Search. The book search engine performs keyword searches for books that have been scanned as part of Microsoft's book scanning project. http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-6141162.html

4. From my dear friend Michel Menou in France, news of an exciting open archive for technology learning. Kaleidoscope network has launched ‘TeLearn’, the world's first International open archive for research on technology-supported learning. More information at http://www.telearn.eu/

5. Check out Frank Baker's list of some recent titles, related to media and media literacy, for the perfect gifts.
http://www.frankwbaker.com/holiday_ml_recommendations.htm

With all good wishes,

sam