Program 2001
Information Technology Interest Group
of the
ACRL New England Chapter
presents
"Expanding the Library Catalog"
Friday, June 8, 2001
Paff Auditorium,
Feinstein College of Continuing Education,
University of Rhode Island, Providence Campus,
Providence, RI.
Directions
Parking in Providence
| 9:30-10:00 a.m. | Registration, Morning coffee & Welcome |
| 10:00-11:00 a.m. | "Connecticut History Online: A Collaborative Approach for Expanding Online Collections" by Rutherford W. Witthus, University of Connecticut. Building digital image collections in a collaborative environment requires knowledge of standards, selection procedures, cataloging decisions, and patience. The session will include discussions about choosing appropriate technology, connecting to local online catalogs, and presenting images online.(Bio.) |
| 11:00 a.m.-Noon | "A Brave World of New Possibilities" Keynote by Barbara Herzog, Innovative Interfaces, Inc. As library collections become more and more "hybridized", in terms of offering their communities a varied collection of physical, traditional printed material, and material in electronic formats, new ways of exercising "collection development" and of assisting users to navigate to the most appropriate material for their needs are critical. Emerging technologies make it possible for tools to be developed that give libraries the power to do just that. The WebOPAC can now become the library's portal to the broad world of remote web-based resources, taking advantage of a variety of new technologies, and integrating a variety of new information formats, including: Images, Electronic course reserves, Voice recognition, New standards for data exchange, Wireless applications, Contextual linking to related resources in a variety of formats, Use of Palm devices for downloading from the OPAC; and, in the future, actually providing direct access to the OPAC Universal interface to search simultaneously across disparate resources.(Bio.) |
| Noon-1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| 1:30-2:30 p.m. | "Beyond the Card Catalog: Taking an OPAC to the Limit" by Terry Ballard, Quinnipiac University. Terry will explore some of the ways that the OPAC has moved beyond the concept of "Electronic Card Catalog." He will demonstrate some of the considerations that went into a redesign of his University's OPAC. He will also describe the creation of a dynamic new books list using OPAC searches, the implementation of a system of personalized logins to the OPAC, links to maps of the library, links to book reviews or full-texts of the work, and discuss the ways he evaluates usage of the OPAC and the library's independent server. He will also speculate on the services that the OPAC will provide in the future. (Bio.) |
| 2:30-3:30 p.m. | "StatCat: Building a Statistical Data Finder" by Julie Linden &Ann Green, Yale. Deciding to migrate Yale's Social Science Data Archive web-based catalog from a mainframe-legacy format to a SQL database entailed not only technical issues -- designing database structure, parsing ASCII records into database fields, etc. -- but philosophical issues as well. Scrutinizing the old catalog led to questions about what data we choose to collect, maintain, and catalog, what metadata standards to apply, and how to design the new catalog to capitalize on future developments such as XML and integration of full-text documentation of datasets. We'll describe how a project that began as an effort to improve searching and maintenance for the data catalog turned into a more ambitious project to define a new catalog that will provide more direct access to data at Yale and beyond. (Bio.) |
Speaker Biographies:
Terry BallardTerry is the automation librarian at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. In addition, he is an adjunct professor of library science at Southern Connecticut State University and Long Island University. He is the author of more than 40 articles in library publications, and in 1995 wrote the book "INNOPAC: A reference guide to the system." He was a 1989 MLS recipient at the University of Arizona.Ann Green
Ann is the director of the Social Science Statistical Laboratory at Yale where she coordinates social science research and instructional technologies, facilities, and services. Her professional interests focus upon the delivery, preservation, and management of social science statistical resources. She has participated in the development of standards for social science metadata through the Data Documentation Initiative. She is president of IASSIST and a member of the Executive Council of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).Barbara Herzog
Contact information:
voice:(203) 432-3278 email:ann.green@yale.edu
fax: (203) 432-6976 www.yale.edu/statlab
Barbara received an MLS from Simmons, and began her career as an academic reference librarian at the University of Lowell and at RIC. After earning an MBA at URI, she went on to apply her experience to designing and marketing library automation software at CLSI; the HW Wilson Co.; and SilverPlatter. She has recently joined Innovative Interfaces as Customer Sales Consultant in the Northeast.Julie Linden
Julie is the Data and Electronic Services Librarian at the Social Science Libraries and Information Services at Yale. She maintains the Social Science Data Archive, providing reference, collection development, and acquisition services for data users. She is particularly interested in statistical literacy and data discovery, and how social science metadata affects both of those issues.Rutherford W. Witthus
Contact information:
voice: (203) 432-3310 email: julie.linden@yale.edu
fax: (203) 432-8979 http://www.library.yale.edu/socsci/
Rudy has been the Coordinator of Technical Services and Automation for Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center (UConn) for four years. He began his work with automation in archives at the University of Colorado at Denver, where he developed an online management system to track archival workflow. His consulting work with educational and cultural institutions has broadened his area of interest to include interactive web design. When not at work, he enjoys living in this world.
Directions:
For directions (including a detailed map) to the University of Rhode Island, Providence Campus, visit http://www.uri.edu/home/visitors/Map/providence_map.html.
Parking:
Convenient parking in available in two locations near the university campus:Registration Form:
Rhode Island Convention Center Garage is handicapped-accessible. Parking fees are $7 for the day. Receipts are available from the attendant upon leaving the garage. For directions to the garage, visit the following website:http://www.riconvention.com.
Providence Place Mall Parking Garage is handicapped-accessible. Parking fees are $20 for 6-7 hours, or $7 for 6-7 hours with proof-of-purchase from the Mall. Receipts are available from the attendant upon leaving the garage. For directions to the garage, visit the Mall's website: http://www.providenceplace.com/info.html.
Cost for the program is $10.00. However, please note that the registration fee does not include lunch.
Please make checks payable to ACRL/NEC. Please do not send cash. Your canceled check will serve as your receipt.
Questions concerning registration may be directed to Sara Amato by phone 207.725.3880 (voice), by fax 207.725.3083, or email samato@bowdoin.edu.
Send your completed program registration form and payment, by May 25, 2001, to:
Sara Amato
Bowdoin College
3000 College Station
Brunswick, ME 04011-8421
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