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Mapping
Our Way
New Formations in Technical Services
Holiday
Inn University Plaza and Sloan Convention Center
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
9:30
am - Preconference registration
10:00-5:00pm - PRECONFERENCE
Cataloging
Issues – International Initiatives: RDA and Related IFLA Activities
- FRAD Powerpoint ; FRBR
Powerpoint ; IME
ICC Powerpoint ; RDA
and IFLA Powerpoint ;
RDA Powerpoint ; VIAF
Powerpoint
Dr. Barbara Tillett, Chief, Cataloging Policy & Support
Office, Library of Congress
Internationally recognized cataloging authority Barbara Tillett will explain IFLA initiatives—including FRBR, the Virtual International Authority File, and IFLA's work on a new Statement of International Cataloging Principles. She will also discuss RDA: Resource Description and Access, the new cataloging code being developed to replace AACR. This pre-conference will inform librarians about world-wide cooperation in dealing with cataloging issues.
6:00-9:00
pm - Reception at National Corvette Museum
Early Bird Registration
Note: A shuttle bus will be provided to the National Corvette Museum beginning at 5:30 pm from the main entrance at the Holiday Inn. The shuttle will make round trips about every 30 minutes, with the last return trip from the National Corvette Museum at 9:00 pm.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
8:00 am-12:00 noon - Registration
8:00-9:00 am - Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:15 am - First General Session
Across
the Great Divide: Building Generational Bridges in the Technical Services
Department
Emily Hicks, Director of Information Acquisition and Organization,
University of Dayton
Today’s libraries employ four generations of workers with diverse worldviews, work philosophies, and life experiences. Hicks will explore characteristics of each generation and the impact they have on workplace values, on-the-job strengths, and expectations, and provide insights into each generation to assist managers and others. Diversity and generational gaps at the workplace with real-world examples from library technical services will be discussed.
10:15 am-10:30 am - BREAK
10:30-11:15 am - Concurrent Sessions
Morphing
Metadata: Automated Support for Cataloging Electronic Theses and Dissertations
- Powerpoint
Sevim McCutcheon, Kent State University
In Ohio universities, electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) are replacing print as the required format for thesis and dissertation submission and librarians are challenged with providing access to these materials. The focus of this session is Kent State University’s highly automated process to load preliminary records for electronic thesis and dissertations (EDT) into its KentLINK catalog as soon as they come, thus providing instant access to these resources.
The
Challenge of Challenged Books: Seeking the Best Possible Solutions -
Powerpoint
Jack Montgomery and Roxanne Spencer, Western
Kentucky University
The ongoing issue of challenges to our collecting and collections continues to vex the library as an institution. How these delicate matters are handled is critical to their resolution and the political outcome for the library. This program will attempt to address such issues from a managerial focus.
Mapping
a Dental Library collection using OCLC’s Worldcat Analysis Service
- Powerpoint
Jan Cox and Barbara Gushrowski, Indiana
University School of Dentistry
A study of the IU School of Dentistry Library's collection minimized roadblocks, patched potholes, and opened the highway to improved resources. The presenter will map out the process of data collection from the OCLC Worldcat Collection Analysis service for the dual purposes of analyzing the collection and comparing the results to other dental/medical libraries in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) group.
11:30 am-12:15 pm - Concurrent Sessions
Planning,
Scanning, and the “Russian Doll” Effect: Making the Most of Your
Digital Assets
Jim Bradley, Ball State University
In the rush for digital content, we must resist the urge to create electronic artifacts without carefully considering a wide range of issues. Using examples from Ball State University’s Digital Media Repository, Mr. Bradley will discuss planning digitization projects that yield extremely flexible digital objects.
Maintenance
on a Shoestring: Bibliographic Database Clean-up and Authority Control in
a State-Wide Shared Catalog - Powerpoint
Shelley Wood Burgett, Somerset Community & Technical
College, Bettie
George Frye, Ashland Community & Technical College,
Kathleen Richardson, Bluegrass Community & Technical
College
The 16 colleges of the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) share a VOYAGER database and their catalogers cooperate in a shared database maintenance program. Three catalogers will discuss their work organization, cooperative agreements for maintenance, and on-going and special clean-up projects, including problems caused by vendor record loads for e-books and implementing recent changes in Library of Congress name headings.
The
Content Fragmentation Paradigm: Reshaping the Agent’s Role and Its Relationships
with Publishers and Vendors - Powerpoint
Tina Feick, Swets
How content fragmentation, and its resulting complexity, is reshaping the agent’s role as a neutral, definitive data “conduit” serving the needs of both digital content users and producers will be examined. The presenter will look at how the agent is utilizing new methods and relationships to develop standards to assist libraries.
12:15 pm-1:30 pm - Lunch
Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians:
A History - Powerpoint
Angel Clemons and Tyler Goldberg, University
of Louisville
OVGTSL,
which is one of ALA’s original regional groups, has met continuously
for the past 83 years. The presenters will trace the history of OVGTSL looking
at programming through the years, structural changes in the organization and
its bylaws, the rapid growth of the organization, challenges and the current
status of OVGTSL.
1:45 pm-3:00 pm -Second General Session
Ergonomics for Librarians and Library Staff
- Powerpoint
Chris Hamrick, Ergonomics Technical Advisor, Ohio Bureau
of Workers' Compensation
Is your work giving you aches and pains? Learning about ergonomics can help you be safer and more comfortable in your workplace, improve long-term health, and guide you in making the right changes. This session is designed for the particular concerns of the library environment. This session is intended for librarians and library managers, and anyone concerned with ergonomics and with making the library or office work environment healthier for themselves and for their staff.
3:00 pm-3:45 pm
A
Map for Success: Stress Management for the Workplace
Doug Newton, Employee Wellness Program Manager, Western Kentucky
University,
Learn and practice some proven techniques to help you cope with stressors, relax your body, and focus your mind. Techniques will include deep breathing, chair yoga, stretching, and progressive muscular relaxation.
3:45 pm-4:00 pm - BREAK
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm - Concurrent Sessions
Adapting
& Evolving: Mapping New Routes - Powerpoint
Kate Seago and Mary Beth Thomson, University
of Kentucky
The impact of digital content on libraries’ basic functions of access, acquisitions, collection management, and preservation will be covered in this session. The presenters will provide an overview of the current discussions and changes taking place within libraries and work flow re-designs due to increases in digital content collections.
The
Baby and the Bathwater, or, Do Traditional Cataloging Rules Belong in Today’s
Catalog? - Powerpoint
Margaret Foote, Eastern Kentucky University
In response to new searching methodologies, should we throw out the baby – traditional cataloging principles – with the bathwater? Or, to continue the metaphor, do we keep the baby and refresh its bathwater? This presentation will explore which traditional cataloging principles should be maintained and which should be discarded to meet the needs of current and future users.
Representing
eJournals in the Library Catalog – Trying to Fit a Square Peg in a Round
Hole? - Powerpoint
Kelly Smith, Eastern Kentucky University
E-Journals contain dynamic information. URLs change, platforms change, vendors change, the same title is hosted on multiple changing platforms, and so on. Is it possible with the library catalog as it exists today to effectively present metadata for online formats when each change must be input manually? In this session, we will discuss possible solutions to this problem.
6:00
pm-9:00 pm - Dinner & Entertainment
Kentucky Library and Museum,
Western Kentucky University
Entertainment during dinner will be provided by local musician Michael Franklin. After dinner explore the Museum and discover Kentucky history. The KY Museum Store will be open from 6:00 pm-9:00 pm for everyone's shopping pleasure. There will be a 10% discount at the store with OVGTSL name badge.
Note: A shuttle bus will be provided to the WKU Kentucky Library and Museum beginning at 5:30 pm from the main entrance at the Holiday Inn. The shuttle will make round trips about every 30 minutes, with the last return trip from the WKU Kentucky Library and Museum at 9:00 pm.
Friday, May 18, 2007
8:00
am-9:00 am - Continental Breakfast
9:00 am-9:45 am - Concurrent Sessions
Librarians
& Electronic Resources: Implementing Procedures to Foster a More Perfect
Union - Powerpoint
Barbara Blummer, Towson University
Numerous authors chronicle problems with online resources which one librarian likened to “a sheep in wolf’s clothing.” Still, by implementing proper procedures librarians reduce the likelihood of similar scenarios at their institutions. Here, you will learn about developing an assessment plan for evaluating the demand for electronic resources, creation of criteria for replacing print subscription, the license and its review, and negotiation, and new procedures and workflows adopted to incorporate this format into the collection.
Resource
Description and Access: ANew Cataloging Standard – Cutting Edge or Cutting
Cataloging
Magda El-Sherbini, Ohio State University
RDA as a new cataloging standard replacing AACR2 will be the focus of this session. The presenter will explain how the new code will enhance access to library materials by incorporating the FRBR terminology and concepts. RDA will be discussed in relation to other standards such as ONIX and Dublin Core. Highlights of issues and concerns from the library community related to RDA will be addressed.
10:00 am-10:45 am - Concurrent Sessions
From
Multistaffing to Multitasking: Creating Efficient Workflows in Technical Services
- Powerpoint
Kate
Seago, Marsha Seamans and Karen A. Nuckolls,
University of Kentucky
UK Libraries have reorganized and had several changes in staff in recent years. The panel will discuss the impact these changes have made on training new staff, retraining staff for new tasks and establishing standards for technical services.
Macros
and Other Automation Tools: Why You Can’t Afford Not to Use Them
- Powerpoint
; Examples
(Word Document)
Carrie Preston, Ohio University
Use of automation tools such as OCLC Macro Language can make a huge difference in the speed, ease and accuracy of cataloging and other technical services tasks. Preston will talk about learning the basics of automation, breaking a task into actions that can be easily automated or not, and determining the best sequence of actions for efficient processing.
From
Lonely Country Road to Busy Super Highway ~ Value-Added Cataloging for Theses
and Dissertations - Powerpoint
Sylvia Turchyn, Indiana University
A brief history of IU’s theses/dissertation cataloging practices, recent enhancements to vendor-supplied bibliographic records, and linking to digitized full text will be covered. Turchyn will also outline the steps IU will follow to deposit its electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) in IU ScholarWorks, the Libraries’ digital repository.
10:45 am-11:00 am - BREAK
11:00 am–12:00 pm - Third General Session
Second
Life MUVEs into Education: A Metaverse for Learning - Powerpoint
; NMC
Campus: Seriously Engaging (YouTube) ; Buildling
in Second Life (movie; FLV
player needed) ; Social
Networking Technology ; Suzanne
Vega Performs in Second Life ; Second
Life, Get One (latest version of media player needed; Real,
QuickTime, Windows Media Player, etc.)
Enid Wohlstein, Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL), Director
Second Life - what is it all about? This session will present experiences in Second Life, examples of how libraries and institutions are using SL, and explore misconceptions of 3D virtual worlds, gaming and the Net Generation.
