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Symposium Agenda
September 13 - September
14 - September 14 6-9 p.m. - September 15
Thursday, September 13, 2007, 11:30 a.m.-8:00
p.m.
| 11:30 a.m. |
Registration opens |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Welcome: Introduction to the Conference |
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James Quisenberry, LTLS Board President; Jan
Ison, LTLS Executive Director |
| 1:45 p.m. |
The ILS: The Past, Present & Future |
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Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative
Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University -
Presentation (PPT)
Breeding will provide an overview of where we have been and where we are going
in the ILS (Integrated Library System) environment. ILS’s
have been around for 35 years and technology has changed exponentially during
this timeframe. Breeding will provide a review of the evolutionary nature
of the ILS and thoughts on what is coming in the next generation ILS. |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Questions and Reaction |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Cataloging and Metadata:
What does the Future Hold – Issues
and Perspectives |
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Michael Norman, Assistant Professor/Head
of Content Access, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Library - Presentation (PPT)
Library catalogs traditionally use the MARC standard for Bibliographic records. Many
questions revolve around the future of the MARC standard and how it interacts
with other metadata standards, such as Dublin Core and XML, both inside and outside
the library world. Norman will explore these and other issues related to
the future of cataloging. |
| 4:45 p.m. |
Questions and Reaction |
| 5:15 p.m. |
Reception for Speakers and Participants
(Cash Bar) |
| 6:15 p.m. |
Dinner |
| 7:15-8:00 p.m. |
Libraries and the Landscape of the
Future |
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Chip Nilges, Vice-President of Business
Development, OCLC - Presentation (PPT)
The landscape of the library world is changing at record speed. Chip Nilges
is one of the people responsible in determining what business OCLC should be
in to meet library customer needs in the future. Nilges will take us on
a whirlwind tour of the challenges that libraries face in order to meet customers’ needs
in the future. |
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 Friday, September 14, 2007, 7:30
a.m.-5:00 p.m. |
7:30 a.m.
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Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Planning for the Future
Rob McGee, RMG Consultants - Presentation (PDF)
Planning for the future of the Integrated Library System is a challenge that
libraries face. McGee will provide information on how to effectively do
this planning along with the variety of issues to consider. |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Integrated Library Systems – A
Vendor Perspective
Carl Grant, President, CARE Affiliates, Inc. -
Presentation (PPT)
What are the challenges for library automation vendors? Do librarians want
too much? What will the future hold if the catalog is unbundled? Grant
will provide his perspective as a librarian and a vendor who has worked for several
different ILS and library companies. |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Open Source – The Good, the
Bad and the Wonderful
Elizabeth Garcia ,
PINES Program Director, Georgia Public Librart Service, and Mike
Rylander, Vice President, Research and Design, Equinox -
Presentation (PPT)
Open Source is relatively new in the library ILS marketplace, and Georgia Public
Library Service took on the challenge and launched an Open Source ILS called
Georgia PINES in September 2006. This presentation will cover the good,
the bad and the wonderful about this exciting new venture. |
| 11:30 p.m. |
Questions and Reaction |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 12:45 p.m. |
The OPAC Sucks |
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Karen Schneider, Research & Development
Consultant, College Center for Library Automation (Florida) -
Presentation (PPT)
Library technologists and library professionals have talked about the OPAC as
an inadequate search interface for discovering what is in our libraries. It
is incomplete, the search capabilities are poor, and there is very little interaction
with the user. Karen Schneider will give us an overview of the issues and
opportunities for future catalogs. |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 2:15 p.m. |
Developments in the OPAC World: A
Panel Discussion
Moderated by Karen Schneider
Many libraries and agencies are working on unbundling the OPAC from the ILS. The
catalog is the most important piece of the ILS for our customers. Four
libraries or agencies have been invited to present their ideas on how they have
implemented an unbundled catalog or how they plan on implementing one. Schneider
and panel members will explore this issue.
•World Cat Local
Chip Nilges, OCLC -
WorldCat Local pilot builds on WorldCat.org, which allows Web access to the world's
richest database for discovery of materials held in libraries. Through a locally
branded interface, the service provides libraries the ability to search the entire
WorldCat database and present results beginning with items most accessible to
the patron.
•Library Thing for Libraries
Kate Sheehan, Coordinator of Automation, Danbury (CT) Public Library - Presentation
(Web)
Danbury Public Library is the first library (ever) to incorporate Library Thing
in its OPAC, with cool features such as tagging, similar books, and links
to other editions helped along by over 200,000 Library Thing members.
•Endeca
Cindi Holt, Information Services Manager, Phoenix Public Library -
Presentation (PPT)
Phoenix Public Library implemented Endeca for its library OPAC in 2007 and will
showcase their product and examine what led the library to make this decision. |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Questions and Reaction to the Panel |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Symposium Wrap-Up |
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Library
Futures Speaker and Dinner
Friday, September 14, 2007, 6:00-9:00 p.m. |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
| 7:00 p.m. |
What the Studies Tell Us about
the Future
Jasmine de Gaia, OCLC; Georgia Needham, Vice President, Member
Services, OCLC
- George's
Presentation (PPT) - Jasmine's Presentation (PPT)
OCLC has been a leader in looking at the library user market place to
see how people use our libraries and what they think of libraries compared to
other pieces of the information landscape. De Gaia and Needham will
provide an exciting overview of these studies and give us insights on what we
need to think about for our future access tools. |
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The Role of Trustees in Planning
for the Future of the ILS
Saturday, September 15, 2007, 7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Planning for the Future
Rob McGee, RMG Consultants - Presentation (PDF)
Planning is a key function of Library Governing Officials, but planning for Integrated
Library Systems is a technical process. This session will help Governing
Officials know what questions they need to ask and what they need to understand
when purchasing or developing and ILS. |
| 9:30 a.m. |
ILS Issues for Trustees
Karen Schneider, Research & Development Comsultant, College Center for Library Automation (Florida)
What about the ILS do Governing Officials need to know? What are the service
implications for a poor system or good system? How can we be sure we are
choosing the right system? |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Questions and Reaction |
| 10:45 a.m. |
Open Source ILS Discussion
Carl Grant, President, CARE Affiliates, Inc. -
Presentation (PPT)
Open Source is relatively new in the library ILS marketplace. This presentation
will present the good, the bad, and the wonderful about this exciting new venture. Grant
will provide his perspective as a librarian and a vendor who has worked for several
different ILS companies and now manages an Open Source consulting company. |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Wrap-up
Jan Ison |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Conference ends; box lunch provided |
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