Spring 2005 Peer Council Meeting

A delightful way to freshen your outlook and to stay ahead of developments is to attend the Spring Peer Council Meeting at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison.

PROGRAM

8:30	Registration with Coffee, Tea and Rolls
9:00	Transforming Catalogers into Digital Librarians: The Evolution of the University of Oregon's Metadata and Digital Library Services Department Carol Hixson, Head of Metadata and Digital Library Services, University of Oregon How does life change when your traditional cataloging department assumes responsibility for creating and maintaining digital library collections? What about: preservation and public presentation running the campus institutional repository, including marketing and setting policies, software admin (DSpace) and upgrades, public pages digital and photographic reproductions of library materials exhibit services (assist faculty with projects, presentations, posters,etc.) microfilming (newspapers, theses, on demand reproductions) preservation and conservation of print materials traditional photography and darkroom work for library and campus publicity and publications Carol will discuss how the department asked for these changes and how they worked towards them.
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Afternoon sessions Kirsten Houtman—Open WorldCat Karen Boehning—Group Services Pat Wilkinson—Members Council report Irene Zimmerman—CTSAC report Jane Richard—Connexion update
2:30	Break —The Farewell Carrot Cake An added feature of this year's Peer Council Meeting is a Passport Memorial. Are you dreading June 5th, 2005? That date marks the end of life for OCLC's Passport for Windows for Cataloging. You wouldn't be alone—librarians all over Wisconsin have trusted PPW since forever to handle online cataloging. While June 6th marks the beginning of the Connexion age (hopefully as dear as the PPW Age), there's time to make a tribute to a hard-working system before the plug is pulled. At the afternoon break we will have a "Passport Memorial" event—with cake—and contributions by you, PPW users past and present. We're looking for mementos of Passport of every type, like documentation, pins/buttons, favorite stories, testimonials, use your imagination! What we collect will determine the "format" of the party.
3:00	More afternoon sessions Steve Miller—Tech Services and metadata for digital projects Jonathan Cooper—CONTENTdm metadata work
4:00	End of Day

Questions about the conference: contact Debbie Cardinal at cardinal at wils.wisc.edu

Passport Memorial contributions: contact Jane Richard at jrichard at wils.wisc.edu

Questions about registration and ride sharing: contact Cindy Reynolds at reynolds at wils.wisc.edu

What is Peer Council?
Peer Council is what other entities often call a user group. In Wisconsin, it is important to the WiLS member libraries that the aspect of equal participation by all be emphasized and always apparent with the use of the word "peer." The Peer Council meetings are an opportunity to talk with your peers and appreciate WiLS member library differences as well as similarities. WiLS, along with the elected Peer Council officers, plan these meetings.