[CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions?
Hi Code4Libbers, I wanted to solicit some ideas from the community. I was recently told I have about 500 bucks in professional development funds I can make use of, but the deadline to submit things for approval for this budget year is in the front half of next week. As such I wanted to find out from the group if they knew of any good webinars, work shops, or small conferences in the northeast that could be helpful to a librarian who works with repositories and digital collections. Or if people know of other good ways to make use of professional development funds. I would like to make good use of these to grow, but I am at a loss as to where I could apply them with the time I have to look. I appreciate any thoughts people can provide. Thanks and I hope everyone has a good day. Matt Sherman
Re: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions?
Hey Matt, Well. You could go to one conference for $500, pay for maybe two or three workshops or classes, etc. I personally would subscribe to sites like Treehouse Lynda.com CodeSchool.com * NetTuts* and so on. I have had subscriptions to both codeschool and nettuts+ and they, especially codeschool,--which has really pleasant jingles O_o--were pretty instrumental in actually developing some skills. Have fun! -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Sherman Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 9:26 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions? Hi Code4Libbers, I wanted to solicit some ideas from the community. I was recently told I have about 500 bucks in professional development funds I can make use of, but the deadline to submit things for approval for this budget year is in the front half of next week. As such I wanted to find out from the group if they knew of any good webinars, work shops, or small conferences in the northeast that could be helpful to a librarian who works with repositories and digital collections. Or if people know of other good ways to make use of professional development funds. I would like to make good use of these to grow, but I am at a loss as to where I could apply them with the time I have to look. I appreciate any thoughts people can provide. Thanks and I hope everyone has a good day. Matt Sherman
Re: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions?
If you deal mostly with the sciences the New England Science Boot Camp might be useful. I've always thought they looked interesting. I think the Data Scientist Training for Librarians looks amazing. I don't see a session scheduled. You might contact them and see if they have one planned and figure a way to encumber the funds. It is a weekly class, so you would have to be with driving or T distance to Cambridge. Sincerely, David Bigwood dbigw...@hou.usra.edu Lunar and Planetary Institute Twitter @LPI_Library -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Sherman Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:26 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions? Hi Code4Libbers, I wanted to solicit some ideas from the community. I was recently told I have about 500 bucks in professional development funds I can make use of, but the deadline to submit things for approval for this budget year is in the front half of next week. As such I wanted to find out from the group if they knew of any good webinars, work shops, or small conferences in the northeast that could be helpful to a librarian who works with repositories and digital collections. Or if people know of other good ways to make use of professional development funds. I would like to make good use of these to grow, but I am at a loss as to where I could apply them with the time I have to look. I appreciate any thoughts people can provide. Thanks and I hope everyone has a good day. Matt Sherman
Re: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions?
Thanks for the plug, David! Registration just opened yesterday for June 11-13 in lovely Storrs, CT: http://guides.library.umass.edu/BootCamp2014/ --DBL -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bigwood, David Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:16 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions? If you deal mostly with the sciences the New England Science Boot Camp might be useful. I've always thought they looked interesting. I think the Data Scientist Training for Librarians looks amazing. I don't see a session scheduled. You might contact them and see if they have one planned and figure a way to encumber the funds. It is a weekly class, so you would have to be with driving or T distance to Cambridge. Sincerely, David Bigwood dbigw...@hou.usra.edu Lunar and Planetary Institute Twitter @LPI_Library -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Sherman Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:26 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions? Hi Code4Libbers, I wanted to solicit some ideas from the community. I was recently told I have about 500 bucks in professional development funds I can make use of, but the deadline to submit things for approval for this budget year is in the front half of next week. As such I wanted to find out from the group if they knew of any good webinars, work shops, or small conferences in the northeast that could be helpful to a librarian who works with repositories and digital collections. Or if people know of other good ways to make use of professional development funds. I would like to make good use of these to grow, but I am at a loss as to where I could apply them with the time I have to look. I appreciate any thoughts people can provide. Thanks and I hope everyone has a good day. Matt Sherman
Re: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions?
Another good one might be THATCamp--I went to UConn's last year and got to learn quite a bit about Omeka. It's being held at BU this year: http://newengland2014.thatcamp.org/ There isn't a set schedule, but you can follow what people are proposing to present on and see if any of it appeals to you. Also, I will second the BootCamp, if only because Storrs is very nice in the summer. Swing by the dairy bar if you make the trip! But on a more 'professional' note I have heard from co-workers it is both fun and informative! Depending on the repositories you work with, you could also try checking out events focused on those. Duraspace hosts some pretty good webinars about DSpace and Fedora (older ones are archived online), and there's going to be a Hydra camp in the northeast this fall (TBD) that might be useful if you're interested in using Hydra/Fedora. ASERL has also had some good webinars on open access and scholarly communications. On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 10:47 AM, David Lowe david.l...@lib.uconn.eduwrote: Thanks for the plug, David! Registration just opened yesterday for June 11-13 in lovely Storrs, CT: http://guides.library.umass.edu/BootCamp2014/ --DBL -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bigwood, David Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:16 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions? If you deal mostly with the sciences the New England Science Boot Camp might be useful. I've always thought they looked interesting. I think the Data Scientist Training for Librarians looks amazing. I don't see a session scheduled. You might contact them and see if they have one planned and figure a way to encumber the funds. It is a weekly class, so you would have to be with driving or T distance to Cambridge. Sincerely, David Bigwood dbigw...@hou.usra.edu Lunar and Planetary Institute Twitter @LPI_Library -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Sherman Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:26 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions? Hi Code4Libbers, I wanted to solicit some ideas from the community. I was recently told I have about 500 bucks in professional development funds I can make use of, but the deadline to submit things for approval for this budget year is in the front half of next week. As such I wanted to find out from the group if they knew of any good webinars, work shops, or small conferences in the northeast that could be helpful to a librarian who works with repositories and digital collections. Or if people know of other good ways to make use of professional development funds. I would like to make good use of these to grow, but I am at a loss as to where I could apply them with the time I have to look. I appreciate any thoughts people can provide. Thanks and I hope everyone has a good day. Matt Sherman -- Maura Carbone Digital Initiatives Librarian Brandeis University Library and Technology Services (781) 736-4659 415 South Street, (MS 017/P.O. Box 549110) Waltham, MA 02454-9110 email: mau...@brandeis.edu
Re: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions?
Dang, if I had know that THAT camp was at the end of my I wouldn't have scheduled a trip then. None the less thanks everyone for your suggestions, these have been really helpful and I think give me a enough ideas I can act on. Thanks again. Matt Sherman On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Maura Carbone mau...@brandeis.edu wrote: Another good one might be THATCamp--I went to UConn's last year and got to learn quite a bit about Omeka. It's being held at BU this year: http://newengland2014.thatcamp.org/ There isn't a set schedule, but you can follow what people are proposing to present on and see if any of it appeals to you. Also, I will second the BootCamp, if only because Storrs is very nice in the summer. Swing by the dairy bar if you make the trip! But on a more 'professional' note I have heard from co-workers it is both fun and informative! Depending on the repositories you work with, you could also try checking out events focused on those. Duraspace hosts some pretty good webinars about DSpace and Fedora (older ones are archived online), and there's going to be a Hydra camp in the northeast this fall (TBD) that might be useful if you're interested in using Hydra/Fedora. ASERL has also had some good webinars on open access and scholarly communications. On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 10:47 AM, David Lowe david.l...@lib.uconn.eduwrote: Thanks for the plug, David! Registration just opened yesterday for June 11-13 in lovely Storrs, CT: http://guides.library.umass.edu/BootCamp2014/ --DBL -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bigwood, David Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:16 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions? If you deal mostly with the sciences the New England Science Boot Camp might be useful. I've always thought they looked interesting. I think the Data Scientist Training for Librarians looks amazing. I don't see a session scheduled. You might contact them and see if they have one planned and figure a way to encumber the funds. It is a weekly class, so you would have to be with driving or T distance to Cambridge. Sincerely, David Bigwood dbigw...@hou.usra.edu Lunar and Planetary Institute Twitter @LPI_Library -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matthew Sherman Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:26 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] Professional Development Suggestions? Hi Code4Libbers, I wanted to solicit some ideas from the community. I was recently told I have about 500 bucks in professional development funds I can make use of, but the deadline to submit things for approval for this budget year is in the front half of next week. As such I wanted to find out from the group if they knew of any good webinars, work shops, or small conferences in the northeast that could be helpful to a librarian who works with repositories and digital collections. Or if people know of other good ways to make use of professional development funds. I would like to make good use of these to grow, but I am at a loss as to where I could apply them with the time I have to look. I appreciate any thoughts people can provide. Thanks and I hope everyone has a good day. Matt Sherman -- Maura Carbone Digital Initiatives Librarian Brandeis University Library and Technology Services (781) 736-4659 415 South Street, (MS 017/P.O. Box 549110) Waltham, MA 02454-9110 email: mau...@brandeis.edu
