Integrated Online Library Systems '96

Day One

Wednesday, May 15

Opening Plenary Session

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Chair: Pamela Cibbarelli, Cibbarelli's
Key Executive Roundtable Discussion: Key Executives from library automation companies will participate in a roundtable discussion focusing on the most important trends in expanding access in today's libraries.

Improving Interfaces

10:40 AM - 12:10 PM

Chair: Carol Tenopir, University of Tennessee
Voice Access to Library Databases: Uses and Techniques: David R. Holloman, Keystone Systems
End User Interface Options in an Academic Setting: Thomas R. Kochtanek and George Rickerson, University of Missouri
Defining the Online Catalog in the Age of the Digital Library: Gregory Crawford, Tennessee State Harrisburg

Product Reviews

10:40 AM - 12:10 PM

Object-Oriented Client Server Products: Kate Duval, Data Research Associates, Inc.
Master FILE FullTEXT: A Comprehensive Collection: Donald Doak, EBSCO Information Services
Moving Towards a Virtual Library? So Is Sydney Plus: Mary Cherreau, International Library Systems
Backserv: Amira Aaron, Readmore, Inc.
Winnebago CIRC/CAT: Roger Bosman, Winnebago Software Company

Reaching Beyond Library Walls

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Chair: David Hoffman, Information Today, Inc.
Putting It All Together: Integrating Computer Services: Robert P. Rynkiewicz, Atlantic City Free Public Library
Development of Cooperative Library Services in Northern New Jersey by the Bergen County Cooperative Library Service: Charles F. Sieger, Lynhurst Free Public Library
Internet-Based Reference Services and the Community Library: A Need for New Models and Strategies: Sean Devine, Information Access Company

Panel Discussion
Fighting Back: Strategies to Counter Outsourcing

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Chair: Vivian Hay, California Institute of Technology: Outsourcing is becoming a fashionable business tactic. What techniques can be devised to help librarians so they do not become outsourced? Betty Eddison (Inmagic Inc.) has organized a panel to discuss this important topic.; Panelists:; Agnes Mattis; Denis Lipkvitz

Z39.50 in Libraries

3:40 PM - 5:10 PM

Chair: Sharon McKay, Ameritech Library Services, Inc.
The Monticello Electronic Library: A Model for Regional Information Systems: Steven A. Baughman, SOLINET
Linking Libraries Using Z39.50 Standards: Frances G. Livingston, Indiana University Southeast
Open Systems Architecture: Enabling Industry Collaboration: Becky Lockwood Grossman, SilverPlatter

Product Reviews

3:40 PM - 5:10 PM

New Products for Bowker Reed Reference Electronic Publishing: Martin Brooks and Maureen Adamson, Reed Reference Publishing
Graphical Library Automation System (GLAS): Deborah B. Wold, DataTrek, Inc.
ProCite: Steve Klein, Personal Bibliographic Software
Enter the World of SIRS Mandarin in Library Automation: Donna Manages, SIRS, Inc.
IntelliSeek: George Plosker, Information Access Company