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8:30-9:00 |
Registration and Refreshments |
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9:00-9:30 |
Welcome and
Introductions |
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Keynote:
Sustaining Digital Resources: A View from the Trenches
Kate Wittenberg, Project Director, Client and Partnership Development,
Ithaka
Speaker Bio
| PresentationIn a program that began in late 2007, Ithaka has
undertaken a multi-phase study of the factors influencing the
sustainability of not-for-profit digital resources. As part of this
project, we embarked on an exploration of the sustainability models of
twelve selected digital resources. Our goal was to help illuminate the
ways in which the general principles of sustainability play out in the
real world, as well as to highlight lessons for leaders of other digital
projects and stakeholders in the community. How did project leaders define
their mission and sustainability goals? What steps did they take to
develop revenue-generating and cost management strategies? How did these
align with the organizations’ missions? To what extent were certain models
successful, and how did project leaders define that success? While there
are no universal rules for ensuring sustainability, these case studies
demonstrate that there are certain steps leaders can take to maximize the
value of a project and to leverage that value to position a resource for
success. Kate will discuss Ithaka’s findings from this research and highlight
some of the issues that are most relevant for research libraries,
universities, and publishers as we explore new models for digital resource
development and scholarly communication.
Ithaka Case Studies in Sustainability
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Break |
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11:15-12:30 |
Breakout
Sessions: Please choose one. Some sessions have multiple
topics. |
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Assessment and Physical Spaces
Redbud A
Use What You've Got and Get What You Need:
Strengthening Your Library's Assessment Program
Yvonne Belanger, Head, Program Evaluation, Academic Technology and
Instructional Services, Duke
Diane Harvey, Head, Instruction & Outreach, Duke
Presentation
Need practical strategies to invigorate your library's assessment program?
In the current budget climate, libraries are being asked to provide more
data than ever about the value it adds to the institution. Libraries also
need this data internally to support decision-making. This session will
discuss common barriers to library assessment programs and suggest
strategies for reducing them including: conducting a “data audit”;
providing data to academic departments to build awareness of library
programs; and assessing student learning outcomes in library instruction.
Increasing transparency and communication about library assessment
activities builds staff engagement in the assessment process leading to a
stronger organizational culture of assessment and improvement.
Patterns in Academic Library Computer Use
Tito Sierra, Associate Head for Digital Library Development, NCSU
Presentation
Learn about the patterns of library computer use at a major research
university. This presentation will report on an ongoing quantitative
effort to collect and analyze usage of public computer terminals in the D.
H. Hill Library at NC State University. The NCSU Libraries has been
sampling real-time utilization of computers in 15 minute intervals since
December 2007. The presentation will reveal observed patron preferences
for computers based on location and computing platform (e.g., PC vs. Mac).
The presentation will also describe patterns of computer use on an hourly,
daily, and weekly basis throughout the academic semester.
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Catching the Taiga by the Tail: What's Next
for Collection Development?
Dogwood
Hilary Davis, Collection Manger, Physical Sciences,
Engineering, and Data Analysis, NCSU
Annette Day, Associate Head, Collection Management, NCSU
John Vickery, Collection Manager for Management and Social Sciences, NCSU
Presentation
Within the next five years, collection development as we now know it will
cease to exist. That’s according to number two on the list of provocative
statements from the Taiga 4 Forum. The statement goes on to say that
selection will be entirely patron driven and that libraries will own only
what is “actively used.” While we may or may not see this statement play
out to its full extent, what is certain is that change will happen. This
will be a participatory session. To get the conversation started, session
organizers will begin by presenting arguments both supporting and
rejecting the Taiga statement.
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OLE Project
http://oleproject.org/
Rethinking Library Workflows and Technology for the Future
Redbud B
John Little, Systems Librarian, Duke
Lynne O'Brien, Director, Academic and Technology Services, Duke
Presentation
The goal of the Open Library Environment (OLE) Project is
to define a next-generation technology environment based on a thoroughly
re-examined model of library operations and connected to other enterprise
technology systems. Over the past year, the OLE Project held workshops
with libraries in the U.S., Canada and Australia, hosted webcasts, gave
conference presentations, and consulted with other projects. Through those
activities, the OLE group developed an understanding of needed changes in
library workflows and library technologies. In this session, attendees
will be engaged in a discussion of some of the key ideas that came out of
OLE research and further develop key assumptions that should guide library
technology in the near future.
Questions to consider prior to attending the session:
1. What are some of the key assumptions that you have about your library
in the future that should shape the design of any future library
technology system? For example, what do you think will be the primary
value the library offers to your university over the next ten years? What
does the library need to do to remain a vital part of the research
process?
2. How well do your current ILS and other technology systems supporting
library business move you toward that future?
3. What would library business systems need to do to support the most
important work of the library?
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Principles and Strategies
Azalea
Campus Digital Data and Information Management Strategies
Paolo Mangiafico, Director of Digital Information
Strategy, Duke
Presentation
As digital platforms for scholarly discourse continue to evolve, an
increasing amount of valuable information never goes through traditional
publication and research workflows. How should the role of research
libraries change in order to continue to support the process and record of
scholarly discourse into the digital future? Paolo Mangiafico will discuss
planning underway at Duke to put digital information management services further "upstream" in
researchers' workflows, and advocate for a model where the library
is as much involved in the production and management and sharing of
locally produced scholarship as it is in providing access to the published
record. Green IT Principles
Maurice York, Head, Information Technology, NCSU
QuickTime Movie |
How do I play the movie?
Just as the world is turning serious attention to the question of
sustainability, so are our universities. As the intellectual hub of
campus, the library is in a position to demonstrate best practices in use
of sustainable information and communication technologies. The new James
B. Hunt Jr. library, scheduled to open in 2012, will be a LEED silver
building. Using the Hunt Library as a basis for discussion, this
presentation will explore four layers of efficiencies in Green IT--from
hardware to infrastructure to virtualization to cloud computing--and will
suggest practical strategies for incorporating Green IT principles into
technology planning, both reducing the library's carbon footprint and
saving money in the process.
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Web Development
Grumman Auditorium
Designing for the Web
Emily King, Coordinator of E-Learning
Services, UNC
Kim Vassiliadis, Instructional Design and Technology Librarian, UNC
Presentation
Librarians are increasingly becoming more involved in
creating web content for library users. Most staff receive training in how
to work with a content management system (like LibGuides) or manipulate
code in an HTML template, but they do not learn how to utilize design
principles to maximize the potential of the Web. This session will focus
on how librarians can best present intuitive, useful Web pages for
patrons. These principles are drawn from usability studies and graphical
design principles.
Low Effort, High Impact Mobile Web Development
Chad Haefele, Reference Librarian for Emerging Technologies, UNC
Presentation
This session will cover tools and methods to create easy
mobile web pages with minimal development time. Using existing code such
as the iui library, even amateur web coders can produce a basic iphone-friendly
page. It's also relatively easy to build search forms for a catalog or
other resource that are more usable on a mobile screen than the default
forms. Using JavaScript, mobile users can also be automatically redirected
to these mobile-friendly pages.
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12:30-2:00 |
Lunch and featured
author
Karla Holloway
There will be a book signing following
lunch for those interested. Holloway's books will be on sale at the
Higher Grounds Bookstore. |
