Really interesting story about library artifacts, theft, and selling of materials...A 19th-century cabinet photo created by the Philadelphia photographer, Phillip Edward Chillman, was documented on the NYPL’s 1922 inventory of the Spalding Collection but, after an inventory was taken by the library in 1987, it was discovered missing along with another photograph of Reach.

Have you been looking for an opportunity to present at a national conference? If so, the 2nd Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, a conference for EVERYONE, is seeking proposals. It's not too late for you to submit a proposal, but time is running out!

Karen Schneider of Free Range Librarian, has an excellent post, Why you didn't get an interview. I started writing a comment and realized I was probably 2000 characters over the limit. ;-) I did leave a brief comment but I'm blogging my thoughts.Karen points to 5 main factors: TMJS (the job market sucks - definitely true), the Known Quantity (libraries hire what they know vs.

I recently read," Research Librarianship in Crisis: Mediate When, Where, and How?" by Bohyun Kim at the ACRL blog (http://acrlog.org/2011/08/01/research-librarianship-in-crisis-mediate-when-where-and-how/) "I think that librarians will still be needed for research in the digital era.... Users will no longer need nor desire human mediation in basic and simple tasks such as locating and accessing information.

This may also be of interest to those with semantic web interests:--------- “Transforming our Bibliographic Framework<http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/news/framework-051311.html>,” a statement from the Library of Congress (LC).  A web site has been established for the Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative<

Interesting article about archiving the digital life of those after they die." When he died, his family were at a loss as to what to do with his digital archives, so they passed them to his friend and former student Jeremy Leighton John, curator of e-manuscripts ("eMSS") at the British Library in London. Hamilton's is one of about a dozen digital legacies curated by John.

http://dailybulletin.yale.edu/article.aspx?id=8544"As works in these collections become digitized, the museums and libraries will make those images that are in the public domain freely accessible. In a departure from established convention, no license will be required for the transmission of the images and no limitations will be imposed on their use.

Today is the last day to share your thoughts on how ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom can best develop online learning opportunities. We would appreciate your input on how we can best meet the library community's need for educational offerings on intellectual freedom topics. Please take a moment to complete this very brief survey, which will close today, June 7, 2011. Please distribute to other lists as appropriate. Thank you!http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OIFonlinelearning