This white paper written by Virginia Feher and I started out as a conversation about the changes brought about by automation within the UGA Libraries. Over the years, I have documented some of the changes in automation (including 5 migrations/conversions of the ILS - Library catalog!) through discussions with colleagues within the Libraries and outside. This article not only provides a good overview of the impact of automation on one technical services unit within a library, but also a brief history of that automation.

Big News from LC regarding RDA implementation:As will be seen in the attached plan [on the website via the link below], we have determined that date to be March 31, 2013.

Sooo… Facebook has already killed the historical profile accounts which were written about well... just about everywhere (Google Joe McDonald)  although it seems like they also killed a potentially great PR and marketing campaign. “While McDonald and Lewis initially only had friends who were distant relatives, their lists of connections swelled from just over 100 each to more than 1,000. They were featured in Mashable, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Yahoo! News and the UK’s Daily Mail.

for those who might be interested...---------- ----------Live Webinar: How to Manage Growing Digital Content Needs Through VirtualizationFrom New York to Oregon, Florida to Utah, and more states are passing legislation in an effort to move toward digital content in K-12 and higher education. As electronic media take center stage and textbooks become a thing of the past, K-20 educators are seeking engaging ways to motivate students to learn.Despite the advantages of this quantum leap forward, questions remain about the best strategies for managing such a complex transition.

Video to be available at RDA Cafe on FacebookPresenters for Emory Theology Library (Emory was a RDA test participant), University of Georgia, GPLS (Georgia Public Library System) and UGA’s Law Library.Overview:

• Advantages of RDA - benefits to electronic reproductions in that there is no reproduction note, no GMD; benefits for theses & dissertations; granularity for increased searching
• Disadvantages - ambiguoity about publication date
• Carrier must change - impact on systems

I'm finally getting around to sharing my final thoughts and notes on COMO 2011.

One of the presentations I attended at COMO was a presentation on "Lost in the Stacks" the Library "Rock and Roll" Radio Show hosted at WREK.  This show is on at Fridays at noon and if you can't catch it then, you can hear the archives for 2 weeks (hopefully they can do podcasting one day).

As many of you have seen now there was a public G+ post from a Google staff person; it has now been taken down and "leaked" (some are wondering whether it was intentionally leaked since there are claims that they have permission to republish it).Anyhow, these are just my thoughts after reading it yesterday. The post itself is rather long and obviously not meant to be a formal piece of writing, but it is interesting with some very valid discussion points.

Here is your chance to submit questions for an interview of the RDA Testers.

 UGA Librarians at COMO. Building a Green Library: Lessons Learned from Three Georgia Academic LibrariesThree Georgia library directors, Gene Ruffin, Loren Pinkerman, and Bill Potter, will discuss the opportunities and challenges involved in building an environmentally sustainable or "green" building.