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The Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute (SCI) is now welcoming proposals from teams wishing to participate in the 2019 SCI taking place from October 13 through 17, 2019, in Chapel Hill, NC.

The Institute is part retreat, part seminar, and part unconference. Based on a theme that changes every year, participants set their own agenda and define their own deliverables; the Institute supplies the environment and a network of peers to help stimulate and develop creative thinking aimed at promoting positive change in research methods, publishing, digital humanities, digital archives, and other topics related to transformations in scholarly communication. Each year, about 5 teams with 4 to 6 participants each are invited to attend based on successful responses to a request for proposals, and the Institute covers all of their expenses to attend a 4-day program in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Ideally, teams are comprised of people who may not otherwise have the opportunity to interact and who wish to use this as an opportunity to launch new collaborations and projects. Teams whose participants represent a variety of backgrounds, disciplines, professions, and a broad diversity of perspectives are especially encouraged to apply.

This year’s theme is Equity in Scholarly Communications, described in part on the SCI 2019 theme page in this way:

Discussions around scholarly communications, at this Institute and elsewhere in North America and Europe, tend not to account for the wide range of factors that influence whether and how different communities create and access scholarship: not all stakeholders are from well-resourced institutions or nations; not all of us speak, write, read, search, and think in the same language; not all of us enjoy robust support for scholarship, or reliable access to the Internet, or modern research tools, or easy access to libraries, or means of keeping in touch with colleagues and abreast with global developments in our disciplines. Too many platforms, standards, systems, publications, projects, and discussions move forward with only some of us in view.

For the 2019 Triangle Scholarly Communication Institute we invite proposals from teams that aim to build a more inclusive and equitable global network of scholarship. SCI is an opportunity to spend a few days with a diverse set of people to investigate challenges, develop plans, test processes, come to agreements, and launch initiatives. SCI is an ideal place to bring together perspectives and expertise that may not normally intersect, and to build understandings and new models based on them. We encourage pragmatic, proactive optimism, and hope participants will use SCI as a platform to nurture positive change.

We especially encourage teams with participants from the “global south”, historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities, community colleges, K-12 schools, independent scholars, and other institutions and backgrounds whose needs and perspectives are too often overlooked in discussions about scholarly communications and the infrastructures and processes that support it.

Project proposals are due April 24, 2019. You can read more about SCI 2019 at the following links:

• More about the theme
• How to submit a proposal
• Venue and logistics
• Frequently asked questions

The Triangle Research Libraries Network (“TRLN”) will host the Library Management Skills Institute I: The Manager (“LMSI I”) workshop, presented by DeEtta Jones and Associates (“DJA”), from April 8-10, 2019, at the Rizzo Center in Chapel Hill, NC. Registration is now open at the following link: https://unc.live/2A3GFXw. The deadline to register is Monday, March 11, 2019. 

About the Workshop

LMSI I is a highly interactive experience that brings together tried-and-true management principles with best practices in libraries. Over 3 days, expert DJA facilitators engage up to 40 participants in case studies, personal reflection, practical application, and group discussions on the following principles and skills that are key to effective management:

• Management in context
• Behavioral styles
• Power dynamics and influencing skills
• Participatory decision making
• The helping relationship
• Motivation
• Coaching for performance

The content is designed to be particularly beneficial for supervisors, department heads, coordinators, managers, administrators, team and project leaders, or anyone interested in growing as a leader or manager. Widely respected across the library profession, all DJA programs are designed with the adult learner in mind and have a strong reputation of equity, diversity, and inclusion; collaborative learning; practical application; and expert facilitation.

Given that TRLN will host LMSI I in 2019, the TRLN Management Academy will not be offered this year.

For all participants, visits to libraries at Duke, North Carolina Central University (NCCU), North Carolina State University (NCSU), and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) may be arranged depending on interest.

Registration and Tuition Details

TRLN will offer the workshop at a tuition rate of $1,200. This fee covers all materials for the institute, as well as breakfast and lunch each day. Slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis until the event cap of 40 participants is met.

TRLN aims to encourage a diversity of perspectives in the LMSI cohort. To this end, three of the 40 slots are available at a reduced rate of $600 for participants from minority-serving institutions (MSI).  As with the slots for non-MSI registrants, these three slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. The seven MSI categories are described at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/edlite-minorityinst.html. 

All participants are responsible for covering the full cost of travel, lodging, and evening meals.

Registration is available at the following webpage: https://unc.live/2A3GFXw 

(Library personnel from TRLN member institutions will be invited by their director, supervisor, or human resources representatives and therefore should not use the above registration link.)

Travel and Lodging Details

The closest airport is Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). A block of hotel rooms is available at the Rizzo Center’s on-site hotel for a special group rate. Additional nearby hotels are listed below.

The Rizzo Center (on-site hotel at meeting location): $197/night plus tax (includes room + breakfast)
150 Dubose Home Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919-913-2098
>>>RESERVATION LINK FOR TRLN GROUP RATE. Must make reservation by 3:00pm EST on Wednesday, March 15, 2019.

Aloft Chapel Hill (1.5 miles from Rizzo Center)
1001 South Hamilton Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919-932-7772

Courtyard by Marriott Chapel Hill (1.7 miles from Rizzo Center)
100 Marriott Way, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919-883-0700

Questions about this or any other TRLN event may be directed to events@trln.org.

The Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a network-scale Shared Print Monographs Program. This new initiative will leverage the power of resource sharing to help member libraries:

• Build and retain collections more intentionally, preserving bibliographic diversity while avoiding redundancy in the face of budget and space constraints.
• Capitalize on long-standing relationships with one another to develop and oversee practices that are in line with national standards, thus ensuring seamless integration of our program into the emerging national network of retention programs.

The program has been established in response to a formal recommendation made by the TRLN Task Group on Analyzing Print Monographs and Expanding Their Cooperative Retention, which carefully studied the landscape and progress made by other institutions and within other regions. Based on the task group’s recommendations, no more than two copies with the same OCLC number will be recorded as retention copies within the TRLN program. Materials under this program will be retained until January 1, 2044 (i.e., 25 full years after the execution of the MOU).

The MOU was signed by Deborah Jakubs, Ph.D., Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian & Vice Provost for Library Affairs at Duke University; Greg Raschke, Interim Vice Provost and Director of Libraries at North Carolina State University; Theodosia Shields, Ph.D., Director of Library Services at North Carolina Central University, and Elaine Westbrooks, Vice Provost of University Libraries and University Librarian at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

The TRLN Advisory Council will charge a Collaborative Print Monographs Working Group to oversee the terms of the MOU. The group will establish standards for, and provide guidance and support to, all TRLN monograph retention activities.