Tuesday, March 20, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA

This one-day hands-on workshop will explore XML with a specific focus on fundamentals of design, markup, and use. The workshop will explain why XML is important, particularly in the domain of describing, storing, and delivering information in a library setting.

XML Workshop Flyer (please print and post in your library.)

Topics to be covered include:

• XML: What is it?

• What is the difference between XML and HTML?

• Why should librarians care about XML?

• Understanding XML validation: What is it and why is it important?

Prerequisites: No prior knowledge of XML is required; familiarity with markup languages such as HTML is helpful. All students should be very comfortable navigating Windows operating system, and should be able to save files from the internet to the local computer, and understand how to find and open those files. The computers in the workshop classroom run Windows 7.

Matthew Gibson is Director of Digital Programs at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH). At the VFH, he oversees Encyclopedia Virginia, a digital publication about Virginia history and culture, and guides the short- and long-term planning for the organization’s digital efforts and scholarly communications. Matthew is an experienced conference presenter and author in the field of digital library standards. For the past nine years he has taught week-long XML application building workshops as an independent consultant and for the Association of Research Libraries. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia.

VLA Members: $85 per person / Non-members: $125 per person (Includes lunch in R-MC dining hall)

Click for online registration form.

Click for directions to Randolph-Macon College Library.

(Parking readily available during Randolph-Macon College’s Spring Break.)

Questions? Please contact Lynda Wright, Chair of the VLA Technical Services & Technology Forum for the Virginia Library Association at lwwright@rmc.edu

Click here for the full announcement and more information about the Emerging Leaders program.

Past Emerging Leaders from Virginia

2007:  Mario A. Ascencio, LeRoy Jason LaFleur (both from George Mason University)

2008: Mary Hanlin (Tidewater Community College), Renee DiPilato (Alexandria Public Library), Sally Ma (Fairfax County Public Library).  Sally, Renee and Mary wrote this article in Virginia Libraries  about their experiences.

2009: Laura  Horne (University of Richmond), Sara Townsend (Norfolk Public Library), Beth Larkee (Hollins University), Suzanna Panter (Henrico Co. Public Schools), Sarah Wright (Potomac Library)

2010: Laura Amos (Norfolk Collegiate School), Nathan Putnam (George Mason University)

2011:  Elizabeth Appleton (George Mason University), Alicia Blowers (St. Stephen & St. Agnes School), Megan Hodge (Chesterfield Co. Public Library), Matthew Jabaily (Old Dominion University)

Rocco Debonis

Rebcca Kate Miller

 

 

Rocco DeBonis has earned a Master of Secondary Education, Master of Fine Arts in Literature and Creative Writing, and most recently a Master of Library Science. He has been a Reference and Instruction Librarian at the University of Maryland University College since January 31st of this year, where he is liaison to the Undergraduate School’s Center for Student Success and the Graduate School’s Education Department. Previously, he taught science in New York City public schools and then English and creative writing at Northern Virginia Community College. He hopes that the Emerging Leader program will introduce him to other librarians of all ages who are new to the field, and that the program will serve as a conduit to continued involvement in ALA.

Rebecca Kate Miller is the Information Literacy Coordinator & College Librarian for Science, Life Sciences, and Engineering at Virginia Tech.  She earned my MLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007, and worked at Louisiana State University until she joined the faculty at Virginia Tech in May 2010.  As a new information professional, she is very interested in connecting and supporting other new librarians, and work with the Virginia Library Association to do this.  Currently, Rebecca serves as the VLA Membership Chair and has collaborated with Megan Hodge to reactivate the VLA New Members Round Table Forum.  Nationally, she serves as the Secretary of the ALA New Members Round Table and on several ACRL committees.  Rebecca is looking forward to meeting new colleagues and gaining new insights through the Emerging Leaders program.

Please send queries and submissions to both Lyn C. A. Gardner, cgardner@hampton.gov, and Cy Dillon, cdillon@hsc.edu.

Guidelines for Submission to Virginia Libraries

1. Virginia Libraries seeks to publish articles and reviews of interest to the library community in Virginia. Articles and interviews reporting research, library programs and events, information of particular interest to libraries in Virginia, and opinion pieces are all considered for publication. Queries are encouraged. Brief announcements and press releases should be distributed via the VLA listservs and blog (www.vla.org).

2. Please submit manuscripts via email as attachments in Microsoft Word, rich text, or plain text format. Articles should be double- spaced with any bibliographic notes occurring at the end of the article. Please avoid using the automatic note creation function provided by some word processing programs.

3. Work published in Virginia Libraries conforms to the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style and Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Accepted pieces are subject to editing for style and clarity. Authors will be consulted on points of fact.

4. Articles should generally fall within the range of 750-3,000 words. Please query the editors before submitting any work of greater length.

5. Reviews should consider works produced by Virginia creators or concerning Virginia subjects that have been published within the last two years. The reviewed works can appeal to any age or audience or appear in any format or area of the arts, sciences, and humanities. Reviews generally fall within the range of 500-1,500 words and must include a bibliographic citation in Chicago style and an evaluative statement supported by evidence from the text. Please query the editors before writing or submitting a review.

6. All work submitted for consideration will be reviewed by the editors and may be refereed by the editorial board. Material not selected for publication will be returned within three months.

7. VLA holds the copyright on all material published in Virginia Libraries. Contributors receive one copy of the issue in which their work appears.

8. Illustrations are encouraged and should be submitted whenever appropriate to accompany a manuscript. Hard-copy illustrations will be returned if requested in advance. Digital images should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Authors are responsible for securing legal permission to publish photographs and other illustrations.

9. Each contributor should provide a brief sketch of professional accomplishments of no more than fifty words that includes current title, affiliation, and email address. Unless specified otherwise, this information will be shared with readers of Virginia Libraries. Physical addresses should also be provided for the mailing of contributors’ copies.

10. Email manuscripts and queries to both Cy Dillon, cdillon@hsc.edu, and Lyn C. A. Gardner, cgardner@hampton.gov. Please be sure to include both editors.

11. Virginia Libraries is published quarterly. The deadlines for submission are November 1 for Number 1, January/February/March; February 1 for Number 2, April/May/June; May 1 for Number 3, July/ August/September; and August 1 for Number 4, October/November/ December.

sponsored by VLA Region V

Thursday, September 29, 2011

 Maximum group size is 30 participants.  Cost for the Corcoran is $10 for VLA members, $15 for non-VLA members.  Want to join VLA?  Please visit the VLA Membership Page to sign up. The NSDAR tour is free.

All registrations must be received by Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. Click here for the Registration Form.

Directions: Public transportation: The Corcoran is just a few blocks away from two convenient Metro rail stations: Farragut West- on the Orange/Blue lines (take the 17th street exit) and Farragut North-on the Red line (take the K Street exit). From either station, walk south on Seventeenth Street to the Corcoran.

Driving: Take Route 395 North to the Fourteenth Street Bridge. Follow Fourteenth Street North. Turn Left from Fourteenth Street onto Madison Drive. Turn Right on Fifteenth Street. Turn Left onto Constitution Avenue. Turn Right onto Seventeenth Street. The Corcoran will be on the left at the intersection of Seventeenth and E Streets NW.

Parking near the Corcoran: Metered street parking is available in the area from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. In addition, please click here for a map for paid parking lots nearby.   

Please contact Mary Buck at 540-659-4909 or mbuck@crrl.org or Heather Hannan at 703/993-8344 or hhannan@gmu.edu if you have any questions.

Click here for the Registration Form.

Friday, September 30 from 10:00 am-4:00 pm

Space is limited, so register early. Deadline: September 23. $40.00 for VLA members/$55.00 for non-members (lunch is on your own)

Click this link to register: http://tinyurl.com/LeadershipRegistrationfor9-30