Love books?  Of course you do!  The question is do you love history books, all kinds of history books?  If so, then you might be a potential Jefferson Cup Committee member.  Complete this application and return it to Martha Cole, Jefferson Committee Chair, by July 6.  Email your completed application to mjcole@infopeake.org.

The Jefferson Cup honors two distinguished biography, historical fiction or American history books for children and young adults. Presented since 1983, the Jefferson Cup Committee’s goal is to promote reading about America’s past; to encourage the quality writing of United States history, biography and historical fiction for young people and to recognize authors in these disciplines. Read more and see previous winners here.

The Jefferson Cup Committee selects the winning titles. The committee has ten members: a chairperson and vice-chairperson (selected by the previous year’s committee), one person from each VLA region (total of six persons) selected by the current chair, the past chair of the previous year’s Jefferson Cup Committee and the outgoing chairperson of Youth Services Forum. All committee members must be members of VLA. Members may be employed by public libraries, schools or any type or bookstores; they may also be unemployed or retired.

You may nominate yourself or a colleague for consideration. Persons selected must be willing to commit a large amount of personal time to read and evaluate books; committee members may receive over 200 titles. Members will also have to attend daytime meetings (up to seven, usually held in Charlottesville). Persons who serve on the committee should be knowledgeable of literature for young people and have book evaluation experience. Jefferson Cup Committee members are expected to present programs at the annual VLA and, possibly, VAASL conferences, so a supervisor must sign this application, indicating he or she will allow the person to attend the conferences and will assist with the member’s expenses.

The Evolution of Research Data: Strategies for Curation and Data Management

The event will feature speakers addressing managing and curating research data with representatives from University of Virginia faculty, research institutions,

and Elsevier coming together to examine the implementation [...]]]> VLACRL is joining with University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries and Elsevier to sponsor:

The Evolution of Research Data: Strategies for Curation and Data Management

The event will feature speakers addressing managing and curating research data with representatives from University of Virginia faculty, research institutions,

and Elsevier coming together to examine the implementation stages, available technologies and associated challenges and barriers for managing, preserving and accessing research data. Attendees will leave armed with valuable information to engage their respective organizational stakeholders to initiate and continue long-term research and data management efforts.

Location and date: Boar’s Head Inn, Charlottesville, Virginia on Wednesday, May 16th.
Website: http://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/SciDaC/the-evolution-of-research-data-strategies-for-curation-and-data-management/
Registration: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CQ59DYL

Agenda as of April 23rd:

10:00am – 10:15am – Welcome

Martha Sites – Deputy University Librarian, University of Virginia
Esther Onega – University of Virginia

10:15am – 11:15am – Research Data Approaches and Best Practices among Virginia Institutions

Dean Tyler Walters – Virginia Tech University
Yasmeen Shorish – James Madison University
Sherry Lake – University of Virginia
Moderator/Facilitator – Ibrionke Lawal – Virginia Commonwealth University

11:15am – 11:25am – BREAK

11:25am – 11:55am – Small Data: Bridging the Gap between Data Repositories, including a Review of Elsevier Research Data Efforts

Anita de Waard – Elsevier

12:00pm – 1:00pm – LUNCH

1:00pm – 1:45pm – Research Data Strategies from the Perspective of the Research Communities

Robert Downs – Columbia University
Brian Nosek – University of Virginia
Moderator/Facilitator – Andrew Sallans – University of Virginia

1:45pm – 2:45pm – Making Research Data Available and Accessible

TBD
Jill Sexton – Carolina Digital Repository
Stephen Morales – Digital Preservation Network
Moderator/Facilitator – Esther Onega – University of Virginia

2:45pm – 3:15pm – Un-Conference Discussion

“A whiteboard will be available throughout the day to develop discussion topics themes for the 2:45pm session, at which time a facilitator will lead and organize a group wide discussion of the highest-ranked research data issues.”
Andrew Sallans – University of Virginia

3:15pm – 3:30pm – Closing Remarks

Theresa Knott – Director and Associate University Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University
Kelechi Okere – Elsevier

*Agenda is subject to change

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