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KEYNOTE
[SAN CARLOS BALLROOM]
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Search Engine Update
Chris Sherman, Associate Editor,
Search Engine Watch, & Co-Author, The
Invisible Web
This session looks at the trends in the search
engine market for the coming year. It highlights
recent changes in specific Web search engine tools,
provides tips about what we should be looking
for next year, and discusses the impact for information
professionals. Our expert believes that dramatic
changes may lie ahead for Internet librarians.
Come hear his predictions! |
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Coffee Break in Exhibit
Hall
9:45 a.m. – 10:30
a.m. |
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Wednesday,
November 17
Track A: Search Engines
[Steinbeck
Forum] |
SESSION A301
Start
Your Engines!
10:30 a.m. –
11:15 a.m.
Greg Notess,
Publisher, Search Engine Showdown
Ran Hock, Online Strategies
Kaushal Kurapati, Senior Product
Manager, Ask Jeeves
Daniel Dulitz, Software Engineer,
Google
Jon Glick, Senior Manager, Yahoo!
Search
Our popular panel of search engine creators and
experts talks about their engines—what’s
new in the way of features and improvements, what’s
planned in the near future, and one of the most
innovative uses of their product by a client. Get
the inside scoop! |
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SESSION A302
Enterprise
Search: Facts & Opportunities
11:30
a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Steve Arnold, Arnold Information
Technologies
This session focuses on the library and information
center’s specific enterprise search opportunities
now underway at many organizations. It discusses
the role of the information professional in the
indexing of enterprise content, selected third-party
content, and RSS newsfeeds. Using existing organizational
examples, Arnold shows how librarians, particularly
those with Internet savvy, have much to contribute
and an opportunity to lead. |
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Lunch Break — A Chance
to Visit the Exhibits
12:15 p.m.
– 1:15 p.m. |
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SESSION A303
Speciality
Engines
1:15 p.m. – 2:00
p.m.
Gary Price, Co-Author, The
Invisible Web, Publisher of ReferenceShelf.com
John Dove, CEO, xrefer
Raul Valdes-Perez, President,
Vivisimo, Inc.
This session highlights some of the specialty engines
that can supplement your regular SEs. Learn from
the horse’s mouth about tips and techniques
for improving your search and find activities.
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SESSION A304
Evaluating
Search Engines & Tools
2:15
p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Rita Vine, President,
Workingfaster.com
New Web tools—search engines, metasearch engines,
catalogs, and directories—meet our eyeballs
on a regular basis. Many arrive with a great deal
of hype, some of it legitimate, much of it exaggerated.
How can we effectively assess Web search tools in
order to determine if they can stand alongside other
Web search essentials? Vine shares the criteria
she uses for search tool assessment and helpful
methods for evaluating new search tools. |
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Networking Break —
Exhibit Hall
3:00 p.m. –
3:30 p.m. |
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3:30
p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Closing
Keynote:
The Wacky World of Gadgets [see below] |
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Wednesday,
November 17
Track B: Collaboration Tools
& Techniques [DeAnza
I]
Working together, building
communities, distributing products and services,
as well as fostering collaborations are key productivity
trends today. This track focuses on the different
technologies and ways of efficiently collaborating
and exchanging information and knowledge whether
you’re on the same campus or thousands of
miles apart. |
SESSION B301
Technology
& Collaboration
10:30 a.m.
– 11:15 a.m.
Stephen Abram,
Vice President, Innovation, Sirsi Corporation
In exchanging information and knowledge, where does
technology fit with respect to people, practices
and processes? There has been a lot of press about
the pitfalls of technology, but who can imagine
working without it? This session focuses on how
to best leverage today’s technologies, where
they fall short in delivering on the promises of
information and knowledge exchanges, and what technology
brings to people, practices and processes. The talk
considers roles for Internet librarians and illustrates
with concrete examples. |
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SESSION B302
Building
Online Community at WebJunction.org
11:30
a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Chrystie Hill,
Community Coordinator, WebJunction.org
Janie L. Hassard Hermann, Technology
Instruction Librarian, Princeton Public Library
Kathy Petlewski, Electronic Resources
Librarian, Plymouth District Library
Supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation, OCLC and four organizational partners
launched WebJunction.org in May 2003, as an online
community “where minds meet” to share
ideas, solve problems, take courses—and have
fun. WebJunction has grown to almost 10,000 members,
a significant number from small and rural-area libraries.
Together, the community at WebJunction has created
a network of content, learning, and conversation-sharing
for library staff supporting public access and all
library activities. Three active members in the
community discuss the community’s unique features
and benefits, areas of growth, and major challenges. |
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Lunch Break — A Chance
to Visit the Exhibits
12:15 p.m.
– 1:15 p.m. |
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SESSIONS B303 & B304
Instant Messaging (IM)
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. & 2:15 p.m.
- 3:00 p.m.
Aaron Schmidt,
Reference Librarian, Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Michael Stephens, Technology Training
and Web Development, St. Joseph County Public Library,
& Blogger for Tame the Web
May Chang, Web Development Librarian,
NCSU Libraries
Daniel C. Mack, Humanities Librarian,
Roberta Astroff, Humanities Librarian, Ashley
Robinson, Gateway Librarian & Gary
W. White, Head, Shreyer Business Library,
Pennsylvania State University
A 2003 survey indicated that nearly 70 percent of
the U.S. university Internet population used IM.
This session covers research, applications, case
studies, usage, workflow impact, and ethics of IM.
Schmidt and Stephens look at the many uses of IM,
from in-house staff communication, to the delivery
of content and discussions with customers. Chang
reviews IM developments in consumer grade services
and open source applications, issues of security
and interoperability, and IM as a productivity tool.
She draws on the experience of NCSU Libraries, where
an open source IM system was recently deployed for
in-house communication. The Penn State team discusses
models of ethical behavior for electronic communications
available in libraries (IM, e-mail, virtual
reference), their effective use with various populations
of library users, and how to maintain high ethical
standards in all areas of interpersonal electronic
communications. |
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Networking Break —
Exhibit Hall
3:00 p.m. –
3:30 p.m. |
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3:30
p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Closing
Keynote:
The Wacky World of Gadgets [see below] |
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Wednesday,
November 17
Track C: Content Management
[DeAnza III] |
SESSIONS
C301 & C302
Internet Librarians’
Open Access Forum
10:15 a.m. – 12:15
p.m.
Participate
in The Great Debate
Green roads, gold roads, free roads, toll
roads—descriptions of the world’s
various and sundry open access initiatives
tend to be full of colorful metaphors. But
what is “open access” and what
does it have to do with Internet librarians?
Information Today, Inc. (ITI) is asking
for input from the world’s library
community. The session in Monterey follows
on the heels of our Open
Access Forum in London in October
and includes a recap of that event. ITI
will publish the results of these sessions.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity
to share your views. Open to the general
public as well as conference attendees.
Streaming
video links now available for the Open Access
Forum! |
| AGENDA |
Open
Access and the Internet Librarian—A
Recap of ITI’s Open Access Forum in
London
10:15 a.m. –
10:30 a.m.
Marydee
Ojala, Editor, ONLINE Magazine
The session reviews the Open
Access Forum conducted a month earlier in
London during our Internet
Librarian International conference.
(Check our Web site a few weeks in advance
of the Monterey meeting to find reports and
streaming media feeds from the prior event.)
Ojala recaps the issues identified in London
by your colleagues from around the world.
CLICK
HERE for more details, and to
view streaming video coverage of the London
sessions. |
Speaking
of Open Access
10:30 a.m.
– 11:00 a.m.
OA advocate and expert Stevan Harnad
is interviewed by Dick Kaser,
Vice President of Content, Information Today,
Inc.
Highly opinionated and often quoted, Harnad
can be observed debating the subject daily
on his American Scientist Open Access Forum
list, which he has moderated since 1998. The
archive, sorted by thread, can be found at
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/.
In Monterey, he gives Information Today a
live interview. |
Making
Digital Collections Open and Searchable on
the Webs
11:00 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
Moderated by Marydee Ojala,
Editor, ONLINE Magazine
Gary Price, Co-Author of
The Invisible Web
Kat Hagedorn, OAIster/Metadata
Harvesting Librarian
Andy Boyer, Product Manager,
WorldCat End-User Services, OCLC
Sumir Meghani, Manager, Business
Development, Yahoo!
Andy Gass, Policy Analyst,
Public Library of Science
Collections previously hidden from public
view are becoming open on the Web. But can
you find them? And can you search them? This
panel of experts in digital collection development
and search discusses the status of current
projects to make the materials in institutional
repositories and library catalogs openly available
on the Web. |
Raise
Your Hand!
12:00 p.m. –
12:15 p.m.
Use the open mike to tell us what you
think the open access issues are for Internet
librarians. ITI will publish the results in
both the Information Today newspaper
and ONLINE magazine. Be a part of
the movement! |
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Lunch Break — A Chance
to Visit the Exhibits
12:15 p.m.
– 1:15 p.m. |
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SESSION C303
Library
Web Site Applications Using XML
1:15
p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Karen Coombs, Information Technology
and Instruction Librarian, SUNY Cortland
How can XML be used by my library? Why use XML when
we have database-driven pages? This presentation
seeks to discuss how database-driven pages and XML
are complementary and how one library (SUNY Cortland)
uses XML and database-driven Web pages in conjunction.
The presentation will discuss several XML-based
applications on our library Web site and why it
was decided to use XML for these applications. In
addition, the presentation will provide basic technical
details about how to display XML on the Web. |
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SESSION C304
Content
Capture & Knowledge Access
2:15
p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
L. Allison Ounanian &
Gayle A. Sobanek, Information Analysts,
MITRE Corporation
Anthony Lee, Director, Sales, Entopia
The first presentation from MITRE’s Knowledge
Management Services Department describes its content
capture service for customers conducting technical
information exchanges and other kinds of meetings.
It relates the explorations and application of the
best features of commercial and MITRE-generated
technologies such as Weblogging, recording and indexing
tools to facilitate and enhance content capture.
In the second presentation, attendees will learn
how automatically building a cross-application repository
of semantic, contextual, and social metadata in
one organization added value by turning information
into organizational knowledge with greater efficiency. |
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Networking Break —
Exhibit Hall
3:00 p.m. –
3:30 p.m. |
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3:30
p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Closing
Keynote:
The Wacky World of Gadgets [see below] |
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Wednesday,
November 17
Track D: Trends & Trend
Setters [DeAnza
II]
These sessions
provide ideas for not only staying on track and
being successful but excelling and exceeding expectations.
From creating effective business plans, to building
virtual libraries, staffing in creative ways, and
providing key online services, our speakers spark
your plans for the next year.
Organized and moderated by Rebecca Jones,
Dysart & Jones Associates |
SESSION D301
Business
Plans for Dummies
10:30 a.m.
– 11:15 a.m.
Elaina Norlin,
Senior Program Officer, Institute for Museum and
Library Services
As libraries, state agencies, and other educational
institutions work together to create e-learning
products and services for their communities, they
must look at the big picture. As institutional repositories
and Web portals become common everyday language,
have many libraries developed a comprehensive business
plan? Or are they jumping in feet first and hoping
for the best? This program discusses business planning,
why it’s essential in tough budget times,
and how to develop a common-sense business plan
tailored for libraries. |
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SESSION D302
Virtual
Librarians Pave the Way to Creative Staffing
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Jessi Crim-Weithman,
Manager, Web and Applications Development, &
Joy Bevan, Virtual Librarian, Columbus
Metropolitan Library
Faced with tight budgets, how can libraries creatively
use staff to implement technology projects? When
tackling the Web site redesign project, the Columbus
Metropolitan Library implemented a Virtual Librarian
project team. Three public service staff members
worked in the IT department 28 hours a week for
a year. The split positions allowed the completion
of project work, but more importantly built a bridge
between public service and technology. The Virtual
Librarians have acted as ambassadors, challenging
library staff to look at customer service in new
ways. They illustrated how to break the mold of
traditional staffing patterns and tap into the potential
of staff in implementing technology projects. Using
concepts from the book Art of Innovation by Tom
Kelley, the Virtual Librarians bring energy and
fun into implementing technology projects. |
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Lunch Break — A Chance
to Visit the Exhibits
12:15 p.m.
– 1:15 p.m. |
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SESSIONS D303 & D304
Realities of Virtual Services
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. & 2:15 p.m.
- 3:00 p.m.
Marcia Schemper-Carlock,
Manager, Client Research, Verizon
Dell Joshi, DuPont
Peter Moon, Manager, Virtual Information
Center, Hartford Steam Boiler
Doris Helfer, Science Librarian
and Chair, Technical Services, Lynn Lampert,
Coordinator of Instruction and Information Literacy,
Virtual Reference Services, & Katherine
Dabbour, Senior Assistant Librarian, Assessment
Coordinator, California State University Northridge
The session begins with Joshi and Moon discussing
the transitioning to virtual libraries in corporate
settings. They focus on the collection, the emotions,
the relationships with electronic access publishers
and information providers, and issues with the pricing
models for electronic access of content. The session
then looks at virtual services that have been operating
for a while in both the academic and corporate environments,
with special attention on customer care and relationships.
Two panel discussions are featured; the first explores
the key factors for a smooth transition, and the
closing panel discusses the critical success factors
for sustaining and succeeding in virtual services. |
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Networking Break —
Exhibit Hall
3:00 p.m. –
3:30 p.m. |
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CLOSING
KEYNOTE [STEINBECK FORUM]
Wacky
World of Gadgets: The 70's and Beyond!
3:30
p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Barbara Fullerton, Director
of Law Library, Locke Liddell & Sapp
Sabrina Pacifici, Law Firm Librarian
& Author of the blog, beSpacific
Aaron Schmidt, Reference Librarian,
Thomas Ford Memorial Library
View gadgets from the marketplace at a fast and
fun pace with our knowledgeable speakers. They'll
take you back in time to view a few gadgets from
the ‘70s and jump back to the future with
lots of new gadgets on the market. These gadgets
can help in your work, home, and office and definitely
will stimulate your thinking about new ways of doing
things with technology. |
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