Andrew Pace from NCSU was our opening keynoter. Pace is a person of many accomplishments, of which one of the latest is serving as head of the project to bring a totally redesigned, Endeca-based catalog to NCSU. Pace has lots of good ideas for revitalizing library automation, and his plenary should be a primary highlight of the conference.
Another highlight was a plenary presentation by the state librarian of Georgia, Lamar Veatch, on the PINES library system. PINES provides a single library card to Georgia's 9 million residents, supporting a single shared catalog of over 8.5 million items. In September 2006, PINES migrated from a commercial ILS to an in-house developed, open-source platform, named "Evergreen." Dr. Veatch talked about this transition, followed by a member of the technical staff who discussed the Evergreen software in further detail.
Tom Peters, second-day keynote, has been an academic librarian for 17 years. Tom's areas of interest and specialization include library management, top technology trends, e-books and e-publishing, digital talking books, print-impaired library users, collection management, and digital library services. Among the topics he will cover in his keynote are social networks, online communities and multi-user virtual environments (such as Second Life).
Other local notables spoke about CONTENTdm, net neutrality, and pbwiki, among other topics.
Times | Wednesday,
July 25th Sessions |
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8:00-9:00
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Registration with coffee and pastries
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9:00-10:15 | 2
Point Oh My: Library Software and Services in a New Era,
Andrew Pace,
North Carolina State University
(slideshow and Endeca Demo)
A lot has happened in and to the library vendor landscape over the
last few years. Not only are the traditional vendors fewer and bigger,
outside vendors are edging their way into the library space and new service
models based on open source software are all the rage. Andrew Pace
will attempt an informative and entertaining tour of this Library
2.0 landscape, pointing out some must-see stops along the way and warning
against potential tourist traps. Are librarians, developers, and
vendors headed in the same direction?
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10:15-10:30
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Break with coffee
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10:30-11:45 | Three
Concurrent Sessions |
| A Conversation With Andrew
Pace
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| Sans
Software: What Makes Tech Training Successful?
Buff Hirko,
Washington State Library (slideshow)
Don't waste time and money on ineffective workshops! Library
staff members need more than a great application or experienced trainer
to get the most from technology training. This program describes
the combination of facilities, timing, location, techniques, class makeup,
and approaches that is most likely to succeed. |
| R&D Opportunities in
Libraries
Pete Boguszewski and Stephen Meyer, UW-Madison General Library System (slideshow)
What does research & development look like for libraries? What are the
objectives of R&D activities? Using the current library technology environment
as a starting point, we intend to discuss some of the realistic library goals,
projects and infrastructure required for R&D. The discussion will involve
two real world examples. First, we will discuss our efforts to explore ways
to better manage internal work processes by with open source software. Second,
we will discuss our efforts to make our catalog data work harder to produce
better access to library materials. While the development efforts in the
second case are only in an early stage of experimentation, local research
efforts can provide a concrete example that can be used to inform future
conversations about the next generation of library vendor products on the
horizon. |
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11:45-1:15
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Lunch on your own
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1:15-2:30 | Plenary
Session |
| Georgia
PINES: Adventures in Statewide ILS Development
Dr. Lamar Veatch, Georgia State Librarian (slideshow)
Begun in 1999, as a Y2K project, PINES (Public Information Network
for Electronic Services) is fulfilling its promise as a state-wide
public library service. PINES
provides a single library card to Georgia's 9 million residents, supporting
a single shared catalog of over 8.5 million items. Currently, 46 of
Georgia's 58 public library systems are PINES members - 265 facilities and
bookmobiles in 127 of Georgia's 159 counties. In September 2006, PINES
migrated from a commercial ILS to an in-house developed, open-source platform,
named Evergreen. Dr. Lamar Veatch, State Librarian, will review
the background and development of this innovative approach to collaboration,
cooperation, and public service.
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2:30-2:45
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Break with cookies, water, soda
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2:45-4:00 | Three
Concurrent Sessions |
| Opening
Evergreen: Inside the Source Tree, Jason Etheridge, Equinox Software
We'll take a broad look at the internals and technology stack for this open
source library automation system and explain some of the rationale and methodologies
that went into its development.
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Want a Wiki! What Next? Dan Jacobson and Nichole Fromm, South Central Library
System (Jacobson/Fromm )
Do you have a great idea for a wiki where you work, but have no clue where
to start? We'll show you tools to help you choose the right wiki service
for your needs. We'll also look at the practical pros and cons of various
wiki "engines" and share ideas for motivating people to participate. |
| Rapid ILL, Tom Delaney, Colorado State University
(slideshow)
RapidILL is an interlibrary loan system for journal articles that provides 24 hour turn around time, decreased staff intervention, and dramatically decreased costs for each ILL transaction. Rapid is driven by a unique database that we build for each library based on their summary holdings. Utilizing RapidILL borrowing is simply a mouse click from inside of your existing ILL software. RapidILL lending only sends requests to libraries that own the specific item down to the volume level, and the requests include local call number and location information for each request. RapidILL has 69 libraries (including 39 libraries in the ARL pod), and 2 consortial groups using the system.
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4:00-5:00
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All-Conference Reception, sponsored by Promega
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Times | Thursday,
July 26th Sessions |
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8:00-8:30
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Breakfast Served
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8:30-10:00 | Member
Breakfast Program
Start the second day of the WiLSWorld Conference
with a bite at the WiLS Member Breakfast. There will be short report from
Peter Hamon about Scenario Planning AND a review of WiLS'
Member Survey by Josh Morrill. |
| 10:15-11:30 |
Keynote
Brave New Online Worlds: Social Networks, Online Communities,
and Multi-User Virtual Environments,
Tom Peters, TAP Information Services (slideshow)
Libraries always have served (and, in many important ways, created
and sustained) communities of users. Communities can be centered
about a place, a learning environment, an organization, or a shared
set of interests or values. Increasingly, communities
are migrating online by forming social networks, online communities,
and multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs), such as Second Life. Peters
will review the general social, cultural, and information needs and
trends that are fueling the rapid development and growth of these brave
new online worlds. He will report—sprinkled with
a healthy dash of speculation--about how the transition to online communal
behavior (which includes finding, creating, and using information)
is challenging and transforming the related but distinct realms of
librarians, libraries, library consortia, library vendors, librarianship
(the practical aspects of our profession), and library science (the
theoretical aspects of our profession).
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| 11:30-11:45 |
Break with coffee, water, sodas |
| 11:45-1:00 |
Three Concurrent Sessions |
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A Conversation With Tom Peters |
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Net Neutrality: What Is It, And Why Should Libraries
Care?
Bob Bocher, Wisconsin State Library Division (slideshow)
In August 2005 the Federal Communications Commission deregulated Internet access. This action made it possible for Internet providers and phone companies, which provide the underlying circuits that transport Internet traffic, to block or discriminate against certain Websites and Internet content. The possibility of a "non-neutral" Internet has serious First Amendment issues. It also has a direct impact on libraries as providers of open Internet access and as content providers. This presentation will review the broader national debate on Net Neutrality and the more specific concerns of the library community. |
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Customizing CONTENTdm Web templates,
Krystyna
K. Matusiak, UW-Milwaukee Libraries (slideshow)
CONTENTdm digital collection management software, provides basic, out-of-the-box
web templates that can be customized to build unique designs for individual
collections. This presentation provides an overview of the process of
modifying CONTENTdm Web templates for multiple collections and using
custom queries to create additional access points and browsing pathways. (Ms.
Matusiak has designed and managed digital collections in CONTENTdm since
the initiation of the digitization program at UWM Libraries in the fall
of 2001.) |
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