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February 6, 2012
Opening: Head of Reference, Georgetown Univ. Law Library
The Head of Reference manages all aspects of the library's reference department to ensure that the library provides high-quality professional research and information services to Law Center faculty, staff, students, and other patrons. Reference programs include, among other duties, both physical and virtual reference services during scheduled desk hours; instructional services for the Law Center community; research consultations for law students and other patrons; a faculty/library liaison program; and other outreach programs devoted to patron research needs.
The Head of Reference also coordinates with the Collection Development Librarian in developing the overall collection of the library by assisting reference staff in selecting materials as subject area specialists. In collaboration with the Head of Library Research Services, this position will supervise and manage reference librarians participating in the faculty-librarian liaison program. In collaboration with the Assistant International and Foreign Law Librarian, this position also coordinates reference service provision at the library's two locations.
Required: J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school; Master's degree from an ALA-accredited school of library and/or information studies. Knowledge of legal materials and excellent communications skills. 3 or more years of library experience; supervisory experience required.
Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications.
To apply for this position: Please submit applications via the Georgetown University Human Resources Joblist (http://www12.georgetown.edu/hr/employment_services/joblist/jobs.cfm) website by using Job Number 20111113. Address applications to Margaret A. Fry, Associate Librarian for Administration, and include a cover letter, a current resume, and the names and contact information for three references.
Resume review will begin February 10, 2012.
Georgetown University is an EOE/AA employer
February 6, 2012 in Employment Opportunties | Permalink | Comments (0)
February 5, 2012
Browsing On A Sunday: Porn In Libraries, Librarians In Porn, Cultural Archives, And Affirmations Of Piracy
The issue of porn on public library computers is back in the news thanks to an incident at the Lake City Public Library in Washington State. A mother with her two children observed a man watching hard core porn there and complained to the staff. The library staff refused to intervene, citing a policy of unfettered Internet access to adults. No censorship, they say. I don’t know. Librarians censor all the time, except we call it collection development.
I wonder if the library would honor requests from patrons for videos distributed by Hustler or Vivid. I’d guess that explicit adult video is under-represented in most collections. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has the initial story, and coverage of an earlier Washington State Supreme Court decision that allows public libraries in that state to censor porn without liability.
The Consumerist has an informal poll on this very topic, with (as of this writing) close to 40% of respondents saying porn should not be openly viewable in a library. About 27% would allow it in certain sections of the library. Those in favor of library porn were split between viewing with no restrictions at around 7% and those who would allow unfettered access while requiring the viewer to have some consideration of the surroundings at 26%.
For those (few, I’m sure) interested in porn that features libraries and librarians, the Paris Review (co-founded by George Plimpton in the 1950s) has an article called Checking Out. It features highlights of materials that feature library sex, including some of which involves staff. Warning: some of the graphics on the page includes nudity as depicted on the reproduced covers of such titles as Naughty Voyeur Librarian and Nympho Librarian. Ahhhhh, the nobility of freedom of speech. For the record, WorldCat shows no libraries as having holdings for Nympho Librarian. However, Google Books has about 50 references to the title, or items like it. Some of these search hits are from references in Library Journal, of all places.
Another topic that may be considered gritty but not seedy is related in this story in The Atlantic, The Legacy of Alan Lomax. He founded Folkways Records and was obsessive about preserving American folk traditions by recording as much of it as possible. His archive of recordings was pretty vast. Now that archive is going digital for streaming to the public. That’s some 5,000 hours of sound recordings, 400,000 feet of film, 3,000 videotapes, 5,000 photographs, and uncounted manuscripts. It should all be available at some point via the Cultural Equity web site, assuming some copyright troll doesn’t try to claim rights.
Speaking of copyright trolls, Tom Brady, the quarterback for the New England Patriots who will be playing in today’s Super Bowl game against the New York Giants has stated that he watched last year’s game via an illegal stream while rehabbing his foot in Costa Rica. I wonder if the NFL will sue him. Did he have permission of the NFL and the teams involved? Brady seems experienced enough to find a source for the game on his laptop. Let’s not ask how he gets his movies and music.
And speaking of illegal music downloads, Neil Young has come out in favor of music piracy. He is quoted on CNN as saying "Piracy is the new radio. I look at the Internet as the new radio. I look at the radio as gone." I’m sure his label and the radio conglomerates think otherwise. Stop it Neil, you’ll make Lars Ulrich from Metallica cry. [MG]
February 5, 2012 in Current Affairs, Digital Collections, Government & Public Law Libraries, Music, News | Permalink | Comments (1)
Round-Up of Law Practitioner Blogs
California Patent Attorney Blog
http://www.californiapatentattorney.pro/
http://www.californiapatentattorney.pro/index.xml
Discusses patent cases, news, and related matters in California. Published by Mandour & Associates
Seattle Criminal Lawyer Blog
http://www.seattlecriminallawyerblog.com/
http://www.seattlecriminallawyerblog.com/index.xml
Examines criminal legal cases, news, and opinions in Washington. Published by Platt & Buescher
Los Angeles Patent Attorney Blog
http://www.losangelespatentattorney.pro/
http://www.losangelespatentattorney.pro/index.xml
Discusses patent cases, news, and related matters in California. Published by Mandour & Associates
Indiana Medical Malpractice Attorney Blog
http://www.indianamedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/
http://www.indianamedicalmalpracticeattorneyblog.com/index.xml
Examines medical malpractice cases, news, and related matters in Indiana . Published by Wilson, Kehoe & Winingham LLC
North Carolina Personal Injury Lawyer Blog
http://www.northcarolinapersonalinjurylawyer-blog.com/
http://www.northcarolinapersonalinjurylawyer-blog.com/index.xml
Examines personal injury cases, news, and related matters in North Carolina and South Carolina. Published by Grimes Teich Anderson LLP
February 5, 2012 in Web Communications | Permalink | Comments (0)
