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General
Conference
Wednesday, March 16th |
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Keynote
9:00
a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
• International
Ballroom Center |
CIL &
the Digital Decades
Clifford
Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for
Networked Information (CNI)
One of CIL’s most-popular speakers over the
last 20 years, Lynch is never one to shy away from
making predictions or sharing his views of the future.
Lynch looks at our progress since the inception
of the CIL conference in the context of our future.
He talks about how libraries can benefit from the
next generation of the Net; the new roles of content,
knowledge, and information professionals in digital
libraries and the digital world; and shares some
strategies for us as we move toward our even more
digital future. As one of the leading visionaries
in the information industry and executive director
of a 200-member consortium of leadership organizations
that are exploring digital content and technologies,
his views are not to be missed! |
Track
A: Information Discovery & Search
• International Ballroom Center
Federated searching is the next generation
in library services on the Web as it provides a
single, unified interface to multiple information
products resulting in enhanced visibility of information
resources and greater client satisfaction. Join
this series of sessions for a look at current standards,
software, and strategies as well as implementations
of federated search in all types of libraries.
Moderated by Anne Mintz, Forbes
Inc. |
Coffee
Break — A Chance to Visit the Exhibits
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
SESSION A101
Implementing
Federated Searching: Issues and Answers
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Frank Cervone, Assistant University
Librarian for Information Technology, Northwestern
University
Based on an implementation case study at Northwestern
University, this session explores the concepts and
technologies employed to implement federated search
and looks at implementation questions and concerns.
In addition to information derived from the case
study, the session covers the broader perspective
related to what software is currently available
and how various standards, such as OpenURL, OAI,
and XML, relate to these new services.
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SESSION A102
JerseyClicks
& KC Research: Content Gateways
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Scherelene Schatz,
Project Manager, JerseyCat and JerseyClicks, New
Jersey State Library
David King, Web/IT Project Manager,
Kansas City Public Library
JerseyClicks provides federated searching of the
full-text databases provided to New Jersey residents
by the NJ State Library, the NJ Library Network,
and LSTA funds. The first presentation introduces
the JerseyClicks portal, its searching capabilities,
its IP and library card authentication programs,
and the setup required for the system administrator.
The second presentation describes Kansas City Public
Library’s KC Research project, including the
participants, the technology, and funding models.
It illustrates how federated searching is being
used, the Web-harvesting software used, and how
current Web technology is providing a single search
interface for localized research content gathered
from separate Web sites, databases, and other resources.
Speakers provide tips, techniques and lessons learned
that can be applied in your setting.
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Lunch
Break — A Chance to Visit the Exhibits
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
SESSION A103
The Homeland
Security Digital Library (HSDL) Intelligent MetaSearch
Engine
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Tamas Doszkocs, Computer Scientist,
National Library of Medicine
Marion McNealy, Content Specialist,
Homeland Security Digital Library, Dudley Knox Library,
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
The HSDL of the Naval Postgraduate School provides
access to over 150 databases via federated searching.
The initial prototype employed a conventional metasearch
engine. HSDL technical staff recommended the deployment
of a more sophisticated metasearch technology that
goes beyond the simple broadcast search and result
merging approaches of typical metasearch tools offered
by library OPAC vendors. HSDL staff evaluated both
commercial offerings, such as Vivisimo, and advanced
research projects, such as the National Library
of Medicine (NLM) ToxSeek concepts clustering engine.
They decided to collaborate with the NLM in implementing
HSDLSeek, a highly innovative metasearch technology
with advanced natural language processing and intelligent
data fusion and results clustering capabilities.
This session highlights criteria to look for in
your evaluation of federated tools, shares the lessons
learned in the NPS experience, and discusses the
key functional capabilities of HSDLSeek. |
Coffee
Break — A Chance to Visit the Exhibits
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. |
SESSION A104
Thirty Search
Tips in 40 Minutes
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information
Services
Want to turbo-charge your Web research? This popular
session, updated to the minute, is jam-packed with
valuable tips about how to search the Web more effectively.
You don’t need to be an expert to use these
techniques, but even long-time researchers will
learn some new tricks! |
SESSION A105
Tips for Keeping
Up: Expert Panel
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Gary Price, Founder, ResourceShelf.com
& Search Engine Watch
Genie Tyburski, Web Manager, The
Virtual Chase, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll,
LLP
Steven M. Cohen, Library Scientist,
PubSub Concepts, Inc. & Editor, LibraryStuff.Net
Keeping up with all the changes in our industry
is one of the biggest challenges for info pros.
This expert panel shares tips and techniques for
improving your chances of staying in step with our
fast-changing online information world. |
Track
B: Web Design & Development
• International Ballroom West
Building next-generation library Web sites
that provide timely, relevant information for library
users is challenging and exciting. Discover new
tools, techniques and technologies that can help
you develop better Web sites. Learn about the latest
approaches, research findings, and case studies
describing the development of leading-edge library
Web sites. Expert Web managers and developers talk
about how to harness the latest technology tools
and implement best practices for content integration,
access, and usability.
Organized and moderated by Darlene Fichter,
University of Saskatchewan, & Northern Lights
Internet Services |
Coffee
Break — A Chance to Visit the Exhibits
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
SESSION B101
Targeting Library
Web Sites to Specific User Groups
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
David King, Web/IT Project
Manager, Kansas City Public Library
Meeting the needs of all users in one library site
is often an impossible task. When should libraries
develop Web sites or Web site areas that target
special groups of users? What does a targeted Web
site look like? David King focuses in “ready,
aim, fire” and outlines methods for identifying
how to meet specific user communities such as usability
studies and mining Web usage statistics. He looks
at ways to tailor sites to meet particular needs
and discusses methods of marketing and promoting
Web sites to specific audiences by using special
tools such as RSS, IM, and/or e-mail. Find out how
you can delight library Web site visitors by designing
targeted sites that meet their needs. |
SESSION B102
Web Services:
Enabling a New Generation of Library Technology
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Frank Cervone, Assistant University
Librarian for Information Technology, Northwestern
University
Larry Mrazek, President, LCM Research,
Inc.
“Web services” are services and
components that can be used on the Internet to provide
extended functionality. Web services provide a standard
of providing information using XML-related technologies
such as SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI. Cervone explains how
Web services extend the functionality of library
services into new areas. Mzarek outlines methods
of using Amazon’s Web services to display
additional information about books, CDs, and other
media types on a Web-based library catalog. Web
services provide an open interface to much of the
content from Amazon’s site, enabling libraries
to include additional information (editorial reviews,
customer ratings, book covers, and similar items)
from Amazon’s database. Mzarek also describes
methods of capturing and displaying information
from Amazon for analysis. |
Lunch
Break — A Chance to Visit the Exhibits
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
SESSION B103
Designing User
Interfaces for Federated Search Engines and Subject
Pages
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
J. Michael Visser, Product
Manager, Digital Asset Management Products, Endeavor
Information Systems
Darlene Fichter, Data Library Coordinator,
University of Saskatchewan
Visser describes the process and benefits of
working collaboratively with libraries on interface
design for federated search. Listening to and watching
students work provides the feedback necessary to
make a particular interface the best it can be.
Usability testing has helped prove the value federated
searching provides to students, and has identified
areas for improving the user experience. Fichter
shares initial results of testing subject portal
pages and describes the results from a series of
usability studies looking at the effective design
of library subject pages. Through a rapid cycle
of testing, design changes, and retesting, subject
pages were adapted and changed based on user behavior.
Learn about some of the difficulties faced by participants
in using the designs and the challenges faced in
creating an effective interface for subject pages. |
Coffee
Break — A Chance to Visit the Exhibits
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. |
SESSION B104
Designing Navigation
that Works
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Louise Gruenberg, Principal,
Answers Research & Communication Services
Ever asked yourself, “Where am I, where
do I need to go, and how can I get there from here?”
The best navigation devices effortlessly ground
and orient site visitors, making it possible for
them to rapidly learn how to move around the site’s
attractions while going about their business. Although
some navigation devices are becoming Web conventions,
there is plenty of room for improvement. Gruenberg
talks about the developing standards and describes
how navigation is effected by tacit vs. explicit,
the use of subtle cues as part of design to communicate
orientation, and global, subsite, and ancillary
navigation devices. She will also look at features
that can be adapted from print publications and
point out common mistakes to avoid when designing
navigational systems. |
SESSION B105
Using LAMP
to Make Your Library Shine
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Andrew White, Associate Director,
Joseph Balsamo, Systems Administrator
& Khaled Saeed, Resource Support
Technician, HSC Library, Stony Brook University
The LAMP model (Linux/Apache/MySql/PHP, Python,
PERL) of open source software provides greater flexibility
than typical off-the-shelf software solutions. Using
LAMP technologies, Stony Brook University Library
has been able to implement a dynamic and searchable
Web site, a staff solution for electronic resources
management, an interactive remote live librarian,
and a helpdesk ticketing system supporting both
internal staff and external library users. The speakers
explain the value and flexibility that several open
source software solutions can provide to libraries
in their efforts to keep pace with rising costs,
aging equipment, and user expectations. |
Track
C: E-Resources & Being Digital
• International
Ballroom East
Libraries have been “transforming” and
“evolving” from bricks to clicks for
more than a decade. Now that the transformation
stage is nearing completion, libraries are focusing
attention on what it really means to “be”
digital and to continue to enhance value, collections,
services, and operations in a paper-physical-electronic-virtual
environment. This track features case studies, lessons
learned, and strategies from government, academic,
and public sectors.
Moderated by Hope Tillman,
Babson College |
Coffee
Break — A Chance to Visit the Exhibits
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
SESSION C101
Born Digital
& Managing Digitally
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Joyce Koeneman, Digital Librarian
and Head of Technical Services, Jane Watson,
Head of Public Services, & Roger Garren,
Reference Librarian, National Transportation Library
(NTL)
Mandated by Congress, the NTL has only begun
its journey as a service to the transportation industry
and as a member of the small circle of national
libraries. The NTL is distinguished by its virtual
aspects and by having been born digital. The NTL
has no brick instance. It exists as a conglomerate
of information services, systems, and electronic
products, including a digital collection of documents
of importance to transportation researchers. This
session discusses the partnerships and collaboration
challenges, the infrastructure and systems supporting
the library, the virtual reference technologies
and systems which handle 6,000 queries per month,
the digital content and its management, building
communities and consortia, and much more. It provides
insights to help others build their digital libraries. |
SESSION C102
Managing Electronic
Resources for Multiple Audiences
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Valentina Mayz, Library Web
Administrator, & Mair Bonnin,
Web Librarian, Reference Dept., Alvin Sherman Library,
Research and Information Technology Center, Nova
Southeastern University (NSU)
When the main library at NSU became a joint-use
facility with Broward County, Florida, librarians
were faced with the challenge of managing electronic
resources for distance and traditional students,
faculty, alumni, and the public. To manage the nearly
200 databases for four diverse patron types, the
library Web team created an Oracle database and
ColdFusion application. Online forms now allow staff
to quickly make additions and changes and to manage
the myriad combinations of license requirements,
access restrictions, and authentication issues.
Learn their strategies for managing electronic resources
to provide customized access for a variety of clients. |
Lunch
Break — A Chance to Visit the Exhibits
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
SESSION C103
Technology
for the Information Common in a Special Library
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Nancy Allmang, Reference Librarian,
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
&
Rosa Liu, Research Library &
Information Group Leader
Recently, “Information Commons”
has become a buzz phrase with two meanings—a
gathering place for sharing new technologies, and
a virtual spot for accessing digital information.
This case study reviews the concepts of an information
commons, the library’s balancing of bricks
and the clicks aspects of its services, and the
technologies utilized by the NIST Research Library
to provide its customers with both. Hear how the
library upgraded its wireless laptop lending program
to a WiFi Protected Access network, added a PDF/OCR
scanning station, instant messaging reference, and
more. Learn about the NIST virtual library with
links to open-access journals, RSS locators, aggregators
and streaming media, and hear their plans for federated
searching and an institutional repository/digital
library. |
Coffee
Break — A Chance to Visit the Exhibits
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. |
SESSION C104
Institutional
Digital Repositories
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Frank Cervone, Assistant University
Librarian for Information Technology, Northwestern
University
Libraries have an important role to play in
the development of digital repositories. By leading
the way in institutional repository implementation,
libraries have an opportunity to move from being
passive transfer agents of information to active
partners in dissemination. Furthermore, libraries
can ensure their future relevance as digital publishing
technologies transform the structure of scholarly
communication. Learn about the issues involved in
the development of digital repositories and how
these resources are being used today, as well as
the issues related to selecting digital repository
software. |
SESSION C105
Collaborative
Digital Collection Building
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Frank Menchaca, VP & Publisher,
Thomson Gale
Mark Sandler, Collection Development
Officer, University of Michigan
Digitization can transform library collections
in numerous ways by promoting access, bridging the
gap between the library and the student/researcher/client,
and even generating revenues that can be used for
maintaining and expanding holdings. This session
addresses collaboration between libraries and commercial
publishers with a case study highlighting the benefits,
challenges, lessons learned, and the practical and
logistical aspects of collaboration. |
Track
D: Critical Issues Facing Libraries
• Jefferson Ballroom
The big picture! How do libraries face the big picture
of relevance in their communities and manage the
tools and resources well? This track presents case
studies, a great panel focusing on managing e-resources,
a facilitated discussion about some of Gartner’s
predictions for libraries and education, and a look
at how populations of users are served by special
and rural libraries. Come and have a look at what
the future holds for us.
Organized and moderated by Stephen
Abram, VP, Innovation, Sirsi Corporation |
Coffee
Break — A Chance to Visit the Exhibits
9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
SESSION D101
Connecting
with Your Community
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Patrick Fleming, Product Manager,
Sirsi Corporation,
Eric B. Jacobs, President, The Fubsy Group,
LLC, &
Manuel A. Paredes, Deputy Library
Director, Cherry Hill Public Library
Cherry Hill Public Library staff in New Jersey
had a big challenge. They had to close their library
building for months to finish construction of the
new building. How do you provide services when you
have no building? And how do you keep your valuable
services in the public consciousness until the grand
opening? Hear how Cherry Hill partnered with local
library systems to sustain traditional services
but also used the opportunity and latest technologies
to partner and build a community Web site that called
in the mayor, the municipality, the school board,
and local businesses. This session is filled with
insights and ideas! |
SESSION D102
Electronic
Resource Management
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Andrew K. Pace, Head, Systems,
North Carolina State University Libraries
Nathan D.M. Robertson, Systems
Librarian, Johns Hopkins University
Berit Nelson, VP Product Management,
Sirsi
Everyone is talking about ERM. What does it mean?
It has to be more than just managing electronic
resources. E-resources have to be managed in the
context of your print monograph and serials collections.
There can’t be two solitudes, can there? This
session discusses this critical topic that is challenging
our user environments, our budgets and our technology
architecture. There are emerging standards and new
protocols like OpenURL resolvers and federated search
and e-book and Serial A-Z lists that help. But these
standards and protocols do not yet provide an integrated
solution to problems faced by libraries in effectively
managing collections, real and virtual. What is
the solution? |
Lunch
Break — A Chance to Visit the Exhibits
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
SESSION D103
What Do Gartner’s
Predictions Really Mean to Libraries?
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Stephen Abram, VP, Innovation,
Sirsi
Every day you read a new forecast about what
whiz-bang technology will be most important next.
How do we separate the wheat from the chaff? This
session shows the work that Sirsi and Gartner have
done together to try to identify and see which technologies
are coming and when. Abram, librarian and an industry
strategic thinker, provides perspectives on what
technologies really matter and why. Which ones are
really strategic and which ones are going to be
the most important in the near and long term? Come
prepared to share your insights in this facilitated
discussion. |
Coffee
Break — A Chance to Visit the Exhibits
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. |
SESSION D104
Rural Library
Challenges
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Ristiina Wigg, Director, Southern
Tier Library System
Denise Garofalo, Library Director,
Astor Home for Children, and Library Trustee, Marlboro
Free Library
Nancy Nelson, Director of Library
Services, Clinton Community Library
Two decades of library computing have passed,
yet many rural libraries, some proximate to large
urban centers, are still not or just going online.
This session provides a survey of opportunities
and solutions from three practitioners: one is a
library systems director, another is a librarian
and library trustee, and the third a library director.
Bring your questions and share your own solutions. |
SESSION D105
The Future
of the Special Library
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
James King, Chief Librarian,
Naval Research Laboratory
With the constant wave of changes that have washed
over libraries through the past decade, many libraries
are hunkered down into a defensive position, fighting
to stay alive. Between these waves of disruptive
change, many librarians are looking at trends and
patterns to discern how the next wave of change
will affect them. Peering into the future is a dangerous
pastime, with predictions having less accuracy than
a local weather forecaster. Since it is often said
that the best way to predict the future is to invent
it, this session gazes into the future being planned
for the Naval Research Laboratory. Learn about important
environmental forces affecting libraries, hear some
leading strategies, and gain some insights to use
in planning your library’s future. |
Wednesday
Evening Session
• International Ballroom East
7:30
p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
TECHFORUM 2005: LOOKING
AT DEAD & EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
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MODERATOR:
D.
Scott Brandt, Purdue University Libraries
PANELISTS:
Stephen Abram, VP Innovation,
Sirsi
Marshall Breeding,
Library Technology Officer, Vanderbilt University
K. Matthew Dames, CEO, Seso Group,
LLC
Megan Fox, Web
& Electronic Resources Librarian, Simmons College
Nancy Nelson,
President, Nelson Associates
Aaron Schmidt, Reference Librarian,
Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Genie Tyburski, Web Manager,
The Virtual Chase, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll,
LLP |
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