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If these hours are not convenient for you please email or call Bruce Henson and you can set-up an appointment to meet individually.
Contact Information:
Bruce Henson
Associate Dean for Research and Learning Services
Georgia Tech Library & Information Center
Atlanta Ga 30332-0900
404-894-1390
bruce.henson@library.gatech.edu
http://www.library.gatech.edu/research_help/librarians/henson.php
Tech’s Library Archives and Records Management, currently located on the lower floor of Crosland Tower but moving to the Neely Room when the Library renewal is underway, is just what one would expect — stacks of research material on a wide variety of subjects in an ultra-quiet setting. What is surprising is the assortment of artifacts: from a Picasso vase to movie scripts and a couple of Oscars. Take a look inside.
A reimagining of resources, services and spaces, Library Next is a continuation of Georgia Tech’s commitment to research and learning excellence. This remarkable transformation will see the Library become the model institution of the 21st century — connected, responsive to sea changes in student and faculty need, and dedicated to the stewardship of analog information in a digital age.
The first change you’ve likely noticed is our new search interface. New for 2016, Georgia Tech presents PRIMO from Ex Libris, an encompassing, fast and user-friendly catalog and discovery system.
PRIMO’s single search interface is the gateway to a wealth of scholarly content, including our print, electronic and digital collections. Its intuitive search and robust ranking algorithm provides relevant results, based on the context of your search and allows for serendipitous discovery and exploration with both “virtual browsing” and “browse search” features.
Perhaps most importantly, PRIMO provides access to our online resources (articles, e-books, and more with in-context request options for print materials. Delivery of print materials to the Library and faculty offices is scheduled online, in PRIMO, via the “Request for pick-up or office delivery” option.
This migration gives Georgia Tech students and faculty access to the integrated Emory University collection housed off-site at the Library Service Center. The rest of the University System of Georgia will join us in PRIMO migration in 2017.
For more information on PRIMO and the other changes happening in the library, go to http://weblog.library.gatech.edu/news/2016/01/14/pardon-our-progress.
The 2015 Beck Grant has provided the funding for access to the highly requested resources of the newly available archival subset of the Atlanta Constitution with full-text coverage from 1946 - 1984. (These years were recently digitized and just became available for purchase in late 2015.) This adds to the previous access to the AJC from 1868-1945.
The resource may be accessed through the list of databases on the library website, and both provide browsing options as well as basic and advanced search capability.
Through 2018, the Tower will undergo extensive renovations to transform the building by adding additional electrical infrastructure, renewing building systems, and creating inspiring new spaces to support learning at the heart of campus.
Price Gilbert will remain open 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the construction. Once construction on the Tower completes, the Price Gilbert building will close for renovation through 2020.
The GT Library will be closed on Tuesday, May 5th. It will re-open for regular hours on the 6th.
- Employment will begin as soon as possible, and it will continue until June 27 (it is possible that this term of employment may be extended)
- Students may work up to 20 hours a week, between the hours of Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm (at least 10-15 hours per week is preferable)
- Students will be working with original historical materials housed in the Archives, performing tasks such as reboxing materials, barcoding boxes and/or books, creating inventories on spreadsheets, and other duties as assigned
- Accuracy and attention to detail are important aspects of this position
- Payment is $10 per hour
Full-time Position at Tech:
Job Purpose: Perform routine to complex assignments in support of specific segments of library operations. Such assignments may include digital library development and maintenance, branch library operations, and development/maintenance of various library specific software applications and databases. Major Responsibilities:
Education: Technical Diploma, Associates Degree, 2 yrs college level course work or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Work Experience: Four to five years job related experience.
Certifications: N/A
Skills: This job requires skills in the advanced application of library policies, practices and procedures specific to area(s) of assignment. Skills in organization, problem, communications and customer service are required as is use of office and specialized computer applications and databases.
- Provide a variety of branch library services which may include reserves processing, reference and technical assistance and general administrative services.
- Perform records creation and maintenance associated with specialized areas of library operations.
- Participate in specialized collection development and maintenance services.
- Perform various process routines associated with specialized library services.
- May assist in providing customer service for library patrons.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Education: Technical Diploma, Associates Degree, 2 yrs college level course work or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Work Experience: Four to five years job related experience.
Certifications: N/A
Skills: This job requires skills in the advanced application of library policies, practices and procedures specific to area(s) of assignment. Skills in organization, problem, communications and customer service are required as is use of office and specialized computer applications and databases.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Preferred Education: Bachelor's Degree
- Preferred Work Experience: Master's of Library Science could substitute for experience
- Work within a university library environment
- Familiarity with metadata principles and practices; this position focuses on records creation and maintenance using metadata schema
- Experience searching and retrieving records from scholarly publication databases or with creating scholarly bibliographies
- Familiarity with research information networks, with institutional repositories, or with scholarly communications practices
The Georgia Tech Library recently joined HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in an extraordinary digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form.
You can:
From January 21- January 24th, the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be visiting the Metropolitan Atlanta area (Georgia State University, Georgia Tech, and Emory University). GSLIS offers a master's degree that is highly interdisciplinary and our graduates have a vast array of career outcomes ranging from librarians and archivists in public libraries and universities to business data analysts and competitive intelligence researchers for Fortune 500 companies.
Master's program highlights:
- U.S. News and World Report #1 ranked program
- Degree can be completed on-campus or online
- Customizable 40-credit master's program with only two required courses
- Additional specializations include Socio-Technical Data Analytics, Youth Services, K-12 School Librarianship, Special Collections Librarianship, Community Informatics
- No GRE requirement when applicant has earned a 3.0 in the last 60 credits of undergraduate study
Dr. Delicia Tiera Greene
Diversity & Recruitment SpecialistGraduate School of Library and Information Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
dtgreene@illinois.edu
646-234-9687
The project should take 40 - 60 hours over the next few months, with a possibility of an additional 40 - 50 hours after that. This is a PAID position, $10 per hour, up to a maximum of $1500.
The potential internship candidate should be:
dependable
responsive by email/phone
familiar with appropriate citation styles
well versed in MS Word and Excel
knowledge of website creation a bonus
familiar with (or willing to get familiar with quickly) the GT library and/or GT Archives
a strong writer
This position starts AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, so please contact Dr. D'Unger ASAP if interested.
Location: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Work Requirements: 350 hours over 10-weeks between May 18 and August 15, 2015
Stipend: $4,200 (without housing); $2,100 (housing included)
Contact: Mat Darby, Head of Arrangement and Description (matdarby@uga.edu; 706-542-0627)
Summary of Internship:
Work Requirements: 350 hours over 10-weeks between May 18 and August 15, 2015
Stipend: $4,200 (without housing); $2,100 (housing included)
Contact: Mat Darby, Head of Arrangement and Description (matdarby@uga.edu; 706-542-0627)
Summary of Internship:
The Russell Library Internship provides hands-on experience with all areas of archival work, including accessioning and processing of paper and digital archival materials, outreach, and donor relations.
Project Description:
The intern will be assigned one archival collection of approximately 40 linear feet to arrange and describe in its entirety.
Project Description:
The intern will be assigned one archival collection of approximately 40 linear feet to arrange and describe in its entirety.
- Survey collection, review inventories and develop a processing plan.
- Conduct collection appraisal and determine disposition of separated materials.
- Arrange and describe the collection using Microsoft Excel and Archivists’ Toolkit
- Produce a DACS-compliant EAD finding aid made available through RBRL’s online finding aids database.
- Accession newly donated collections and additions.
- Direct the work of one of RBRL’s student assistants.
- Digital Archives
- The intern will work closely with the digital archivist to complete a digital accession and process a collection of digital records from start to finish.
- Accession disks, including copying files with Data Accessioner and producing documentation with Karen's Directory Printer and Archivists' Toolkit.
- Appraise, arrange and describe a collection using Microsoft Excel and Archivists' Toolkit.
- Evaluate the collection for sensitive information that should be restricted.
- Analyze the formats present in the collection and research preservation and access strategies for a common format.
For more information on work schedule, housing options, and applying, click read more.
Curated by the Georgia Tech Library in honor of Project One, retroTECH is a crowdsourced exhibit of technological treasures from the personal collections of Georgia Tech faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
The exhibit features a display of treasured technology pieces from the personal collections of Georgia Tech community. Each item is paired with a note from the item's owner. retroTECH is located across from the Library Services Desk on the first floor of the Library. Vote online for your favorite item!
Find out more about the retroTECH exhibit on the Library's blog.
Please share the voting on social media using #retroTECHgt!
As of September 7, the Georgia Tech Library is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These new hours do not apply to the Multimedia Studio or Architecture Library. Students are encouraged to use campus transit for safe, late night transportation.
Late Night Transportation:
Food and Refreshments:Highland Bakery Express is now open in the Library from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday.
The Library will be closed during the following periods:
Thanksgiving Holiday:
Late Night Transportation:
Food and Refreshments:Highland Bakery Express is now open in the Library from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday.
The Library will be closed during the following periods:
Thanksgiving Holiday:
- Wednesday, Nov. 26: Close at 5pm
- Thursday, Nov. 27: Closed
- Friday, Nov. 28: Closed
- Saturday, Nov. 29: Closed
- Sunday, Nov. 30: Open at 8am
For more holiday hours in the future, click here.
There are 12 new databases added to the Library collection this fall. The subjects are a broad cross-section of issues from race relations to patents and sports. The databases are listed below and for more information visit the library's blog.
-Child Development and Adolescent Studies
-Peace Research Abstracts
-Race Relations Abstracts
-Violence and Abuse Abstracts
-SportDiscus
-Essential Science Indicators
-BIOSIS Citation Index
-Current Contents Connect
-Database Citation Index
-Derwent Innovations Index
-Zoological Record
-Web of Science Core Collection
For the month of October, the Library will feature a display of treasured technology pieces from the personal collections of Georgia Tech faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Consider loaning an item (such as an old cell phone, a disk, a hardware component, etc.) from your collection to be featured for one week behind glass in our secure exhibit case. Your item doesn’t have to be particularly old, rare, or valuable; it just has to be meaningful to you. The exhibit will invite viewers--both in-person and online--to explore the personal side of our technological lives and inspire them to design the future by hacking the past.
If you’re interested in loaning an item from your collection, fill out this short web form by September 29th.
Feel free to contact Wendy Hagenmaier (wendy.hagenmaier@library.gatech.edu) with any questions, and please forward this email and the attached flyer to anyone who might be interested.
The library has a new EBSCO database, SPORTDiscus. It is available at http://gtsearch.library.gatech.edu/search/?base=databases&action=alphabetical#S
This is the most comprehensive, full-text database covering sports and sports medicine journals and providing full text for hundreds of journals indexed in SPORTDiscus . Of those, several hundred are not found with full text in any version of Academic Search, Health Source or Biomedical Reference Collection. Subject areas covered include: biomechanics, drugs, exercise, kinesiology, movement science, nutrition, occupational health and therapy, physical fitness, physical therapy, rehabilitation, sports and exercise psychology, coaching and education, and sports medicine. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the SPORTDiscus index - with no embargo. With full-text coverage dating back to 1985, SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of sports and sports medicine literature.
It is available from the GT library database page at http://gtsearch.library.gatech.edu/search.