Thursday,
July 26th
8-9 Registration
with Coffee and Rolls
9-10:15
Keynote
The Case for Convenience
Joan Frye Williams, Information Technology Consultant
Librarians have harnessed technology to enhance collections,
bibliographic data, access points, and search tools. Maybe
it's time to start thinking about how we can use technology
to enhance convenience. What makes a service convenient? Which
convenience technologies are ripe for stealing from other
disciplines? How can we equip and deploy staff to provide
convenient services? Does focusing on convenience mean selling
out or dumbing down? And what happens when the most convenient
service is not the most accurate, complete, or any other library-defined
version of "best" service?
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:45 3 Breakout
Sessions
The
Library's Role in the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative
Edward Meachen and Judy Brown, University of Wisconsin System
Administration
This presentation will provide background information on the
history and evolution of the Advanced Distributed Learning
initiative. The overall architecture of Web-based learning
will be examined and the potential roles of libraries and
library organizations will be presented. The emergence of
the "learning object" repository will be a focus.
This presentation should be of interest to anyone concerned
with the quality of Web-based learning and the contribution
of librarians and information professionals to this revolutionary
new learning format.
Cataloging Web Resources with CORC: the UW-Milwaukee Experience
Steven Miller and Daniel Foley, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
In this session Steve and Dan will discuss how UWM selects
Web sites for cataloging, what standards we apply to the MARC
records, and how our cataloging workflow process works using
the CORC interface. They will demonstrate how to create original
records; do copy cataloging in CORC, including various ways
to retrieve, view, and tag records; export CORC records to
a file; and, how they import the bibliographic records into
Voyager and create local holdings records for them.
NetLibrary
and the Public Library: Experiences from the Front Line
Sue Kling, Kimberly/Little Chute Public Library, Deb McCabe,
Portage County Public Library and Laura Wangerin, Brown County
Library
Join
Wisconsin Public Library Consortium members for a lively discussion
about NetLibrary and how it has been received and used in
the public library. Topics include training staff, training
users, getting the word out, using it for reference, and was
it really a good idea?
11:45-1
:15 Lunch on your own.
1:15-2:30 Plenary
New
Site Design Coming: Virtual Portals and the Library Future.
Dr. Glen Holt, Executive Director of the St. Louis Public
Library
Dr. Holt will focus on the changes that libraries are
making and need to make to establish their virtual presence
in the 21st century. Holt will examine the components of the
virtual library that make it the portal of choice for campus
and community information. He will discuss content creation,
linking options, interactivity and personalization as strategies
in creating outstanding library portals. He will offer examples
to illustrate significant themes in website design.
2:45-4 3
Breakout Sessions
TIGER:
Realizing the Linked Systems Project TODAY!
Shannon Lang and Matthew Bollerman, Mid-Wisconsin Federated
Library System
The
Mid-Wisconsin Federated Library System has launched a linked
systems project with thirteen of its Member Libraries. This
system uses epixtech's URSA software to allow patrons access
to a virtual catalog and to place requests directly to the
owning libraries. It provides customers access to almost one
million items with delivery averaging 24 hours. Find out how
it works, how we did it, and how you can, too.
Friend
or Foe, or, How to Spot Your Customers When You See Them
Tom Jordan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Delivering
electronic services to a limited population has always been
a challenge. As services evolve, we're losing the ability
to depend on our customers coming from a known location
or knowing a set of logins. This presentation will provide
a survey of authentication tools and technologies available
for use in delivering electronic services, from address
location to username/password to digital certificates. Also
discussed will be the relationship between identity, authentication,
and authorization.
OCLC
Strategic Directions
Frank Hermes, Vice President, OCLC
Today,
libraries are challenged to transform and adapt services
to meet the rapidly changing expectations of their users.
Library users, influenced by their experiences using the
Web, expect libraries to deliver content and supporting
services when and where they need it. Mr. Hermes will present
an overview of OCLC's strategy to serve libraries by helping
them provide organized access to information through Extended
WorldCat and through a number of services and programs to
promote the value of libraries, improve library effectiveness,
support library cooperation, and assist libraries in carrying
out archiving and preservation. OCLC will promote effective
library cooperation through standards development and automation
of interlibrary operations. Particular attention will be
given to plans in the areas of Content Management and Digitization.
4:15-5:30 Membership
Meeting
The
WiLS membership meeting will consist of small group discussions
designed to further develop the directions laid out in the
newly-adopted Strategic Plan. Board members will serve as
facilitators. Discussions will be bracketed by an introduction
by Terry Dawson, current chair, highlighting the first year
of WiLS reorganization and a conclusion by Nick Burckel, incoming
chair, focusing on the future direction of WiLS. Wine and
munchies will be provided to "facilitate" the discussions.
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Friday,
July 27th
8:30-9 Registration
with Coffee and Rolls
9-00-10:15 Keynote
Colorado Virtual Library: Information at Its Peak
Brenda Bailey-Hainer, Colorado State Library
In
1990, legislation was passed to create a library computer
network to ensure that every Colorado resident had toll
free access to all library catalogs in the state available
over the Internet via Telnet.Today,
the Colorado Virtual Library uses a web-based interface
that lets users access over 200 library catalogs with a
single search. In addition, users can search simultaneously
across library catalogs; selected quality websites; state
publications; resources for K-12 students; and digitized
materials, then view them immediately or request them through
ILL, all through the same interface. This session will provide
a brief overview of the evolution of the Colorado Virtual
Library, its funding, current features, and plans for future
development.
10:15-10:30
Break
10:30-11:45 3
Breakout Sessions
Life
Among the Techies - A Field Guide
Joan Frye Williams, Information Technology Consultant
Have you noticed that the IT Department personnel and other
technology-oriented staff you encounter in the course of
your work just don't get it? Are you shocked by their strange
customs? Disappointed by their poor communications skills?
Do you suspect that they may actually be from another planet?
Well, it turns out that they feel the same way about you.
Take a quick course in the cultural anthropology of techie-dom
and learn the secrets of negotiating more successfully with
these foreign tribes.
E is for Everything: The Extra-Ordinary, Evolutionary [E-]
Journal
Gerry McKiernan, Iowa State University
An ever increasing number of e-journals have transcended
the limitations of the paper medium by incorporating and
integrating a wide variety of innovative electronic features
and content. In this presentation, examine the evolution
of the scholarly journal and review the emergence of functionalities
that expand and extend the conventional electronic journal.
Explore additional e-journal enhancements and consider new
forms and formats of scholarly communication likely to arise
in the not-so-distant future.
Open Archives Initiative
Peter Gorman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This session will provide an overview of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI), including a walk through version 1.0 of the standard, a discussion of its relationship to other standards, the services it may make possible, and OAI's implications for digital libraries.
11:45-1
:15 Lunch
1:15-2:30
3 Breakout Sessions
Colorado
Virtual Library: Behind the Scenes
Brenda Bailey-Hainer, Colorado State Library
Learn
about the infrastructure behind CVL, including software,
hardware, telecommunications, technical standards, staffing,
and the challenges of maintaining a rapid development pace
within a state agency.
Live Reference: Case Studies
Linda Vincent, Milwaukee Public Library, Bob Sessions and
John Wanserski, UW-Madison
The presenters will offer their views of live reference
service implementation. Linda Vincent will discuss how the
Milwaukee Public Library is working on 24/7 service by offering
an email Ready Reference service. MPL's live reference service
incorporates use of ColdFusion software to facilitate remote
use of subscription databases and to accurately count link
hits. Bob Sessions and John Wanserski will show two services
that use different web products in an academic setting.
Bob will speak about his experiences creating a service
around Human Click software. John will demonstrate the AskWendt
Live service that uses the suite of communication tools
from Convey Systems.
Close Encounters of the Cooperative Kind: Crossing the
Boundaries of Interagency Politics and Policies to Achieve
Successful Library Cooperation
Arne J. Arneson and David Timm, University of Wisconsin-
Stevens Point, and Robert J. Stack, Portage County Public
Library
Digital technologies can enable and enhance resource sharing,
particularly in situations with natural ties. This presentation
will illustrate how a state-supported university library
and a county public library have developed a common bond
to share technologies and resources to enhance services
to local users through the use of wireless networks, shared
catalog platforms and servers, and locally-produced historical
and other databases. The presentation will highlight the
shared services and systems, and lead the audience through
a series of critical questions and decisions that involve
navigating the maze of policies, cultures, and politics
at the university system, local university, public library,
vendor, and county levels.
2:30-2:50 Break for
Refreshments
2:50-4
3
Breakout Sessions
What's
New at netLibrary?
Matt Martin, netLibrary
Matt Martin of netLibrary will overview plans and strategic
directions for netLibrary including an update on publisher
relations, new ideas for content and enhancements envisioned,
and give his view of the role of electronic books in the future
of information and library services. Flattering Imitators:
E-book Devices
Mark Beatty, WiLS
A fun packed overview of the wild and wacky world of electronic
devices that are trying to be just like a book. What's on
the market, what's being promised, what's already come and
gone, what has a snowball's chance in August of actually being
a success? There will be demos of some of the appliances as
well as web sites, pictures and diagrams of all the rest.
Be prepared for way too many ebook formats.
Wireless Computers
Jim Lowrey, Marquette University and Alex Inman, University
Lake School
A discussion of deployment and use of wireless laptops at
a large university and a K-12 school. |
