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Library Freedom Project workshop CO-ASIS&T, in collaboration with NORASIST, presents a special 2-part workshop with Alison Macrina of the Library Freedom Project, presenting strategies to librarians to protect patrons from online threats to privacy. Alison Macrina is a librarian, privacy activist, and founder and director of the Library Freedom Project.  She will talk about surveillance threats, privacy rights and responsibilities, and…

Annual Business Meeting at Ohioana Library CO-ASIS&T invites both members and non-members to a tour of the Ohioana Library in conjunction with our Annual Meeting. The Ohioana Library Association was founded in 1929 by Ohio First Lady Martha Kinney Cooper to collect, preserve, and promote the works of Ohio authors, artists, and musicians. Today the Library’s holdings…

Research Commons at the Ohio State University Libraries Tour Join CO-ASIS&T and Meris Mandernach and Joshua Sadvari for a tour of the new Research Commons at The Ohio State University on Tuesday, July 12, 2016. The Research Commons at The Ohio State University Libraries leverages campus partnerships to provide support services at each stage of…

Battelle Memorial Institute Library Tour Revitalizing the Battelle Library: Planning & Implementing Change Battelle is the world’s largest nonprofit research and development organization, with over 22,000 employees at more than 60 locations globally. Every day, the people of Battelle apply science and technology to solving what matters most. Battelle’s own mission includes a strong charitable commitment to community…

OverDrive & The Future of Library eBooks On March 29, come hear about trends in e-book publication and use, formats and OverDrive’s relationship to Kindle, integration into library catalogs (including Bibliocommons at the Columbus Metropolitan Libraries), and OverDrive’s ongoing mission to serve libraries with e-book content.   Jason Sockel is OverDrive’s Manager of Collection Development.…

Turning Metadata into Knowledge Join the Central Ohio Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology on March 22 for a program featuring OCLC engineer Jeff Mixter discussing current research in metadata.   OCLC Research has been working on a set of experimental processes that can mine knowledge from a wide variety of data sources such…

Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Library Tour Join the Central Ohio Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology (CO-ASIS&T) and Librarian Sheila Campbell for a tour of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Sheila Campbell has been at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium for nearly 20 years. The Library at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium…

TOUR – Serving Our Users: An Ohio Dominican Perspective WHEN: Monday, February 22, 2016, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE: ODU Library Spangler Learning Center 1216 Sunbury Road Columbus, Ohio 43219 COST: Free! RSVP: by February 17, 2016 – bstettner@columbuslibrary.org Join the Central Ohio Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology (CO-ASIS&T) and presenters Michelle Sarff and Christina Bonner for…

Fall Webinar TODAY Greetings, colleagues and friends. CO-ASIS&T would like to share with you the following announcement from our partner chapter NORASIS to the northeast. Note especially that you can participate in the meeting remotely at no cost by way of the WebEx link provided below. – – 7:00 PM Thursday November 19 Kent State…

CO-ASIS&T Annual Business Meeting – Copyright & You This is our annual business meeting where the chapter officers provide an update to the membership and open the floor for nominations for open office positions. During this seminar you will learn basic copyright information and gain an understanding of fair use. There will be information on…