NETSL Annual Spring Conference Program 2012: Thursday, May 3, 2012

iLibrary: Digital Futures for Libraries

Hogan Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT WILL OPEN MARCH 8, 2012 -- Space is limited so be sure to register early to assure your seat at this exciting program. Please note that only advanced registrations will be a accepted this year. No walk-in registrations will be accepted."

Keynote speakers:

Rachel Frick is the Director for the Digital Library Federation (DLF) at the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). She previously served as a Senior Program Officer at the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and has held a variety of library positions including Head of Bibliographic Access and Digital Services at the University of Richmond.

John Unsworth was recently named Head of Library and Technology Services at Brandeis University. He had been Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He very recently accepted a new position as vice provost and chief information officer for library and technology services at Brandeis University. He also served as the Director of the Illinois Informatics Institute and has been active in several important Digital Humanities initiatives.  He chaired the national commission that produced Our Cultural Commonwealth, the 2006 report on Cyberinfrastructure for Humanities and Social Science, on behalf of the American Council of Learned Societies.

Panel Discussion:

Transforming Technical Services in the iLibrary– Alicia Morris, Head of Technical Services at Tufts University's Tisch Library; Roger Brisson, Head of Metadata & Cataloging at Boston University's Mugar Memorial Library; and Tom Blake, Digital Projects Manager at Boston Public Library.

Technical services staff today need an expanded set of competencies and skills to respond to swiftly changing demands and priorities. Three panelists from academic and public libraries will discuss their practical experience, challenges and strategies in supporting the new digital environment, retraining and motivating staff, changing workflows, and transforming their part of the organization.

Breakout Sessions:

Digital Repository Services with Fedora - Greg Colati, Director, University Archives & Special Collections, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut and Patrick Yott, Director, Library Technology Services, Northeastern University.

Dataverse and Data Management Plans - Mercè Crosas, Director of Product Development, Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS), Harvard University.

That's Why I Chose Overdrive! - Todd Gilman, Librarian for Literature in English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics, Yale University Library and Mary Danko, Director, Hartland Public Library & President of the Board, Green Mountain Library Consortium.

OverDrive is, "a leading full-service digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital content." OverDrive makes available more than 500,000 digital titles and has become popular for use by libraries. This session will present a view of OverDrive from both an academic and a public library perspective.

ILS In The Cloud: Promise or Peril? - Bob Gerrity, Associate University Librarian for Systems & Information Technology, Boston College Libraries and Martha Rice Sanders, Knowledge Management Librarian, HELIN Consortium.

Cloud computing is a major trend in higher education and now also a significant option for the next generation of  library management platforms. This session will cover the general benefits, pitfalls, realities and trade-offs involved when considering a move to library cloud computing.

NETSL Award:

Presentation of the 2012 NETSL Award for Excellence in Technical Services will be made at the luncheon.

NETSL Logo Contest:

Winner of the NETSL Logo Contest will be announced at the luncheon.

Full program can be viewed at http://nelib.org/netsl/2012conference

Questions, suggestions, or other feedback? Contact Helen Linda, NETSL President,celestihel@gmail.com.

New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) is a section of the New England Library Association (NELA).  For more information about NETSL visit http://www.nelib.org/netsl/

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Marsha Starr Paiste

Catalog Librarian

Tufts University

Medford, MA 02155

(617) 627-2280