All Sessions

THIS EVENT IS NOW A FREE, OFF-SITE WORKSHOP HOSTED BY PROQUEST. PLEASE CONTACT EVENT COORDINATOR MARY MANNIX FOR DETAILS.

In addition to covering basic skills for effective genealogy reference services, this workshop will feature expert speakers on local and specialized resources that help answer the more challenging research questions. Librarians from public, academic and all other types of libraries interested in learning how to use genealogy-related resources more effectively will benefit from this session. Speakers include Lloyd Brockstruck, who will address collection development during hard economic times; Sue Kaufman, who will focus on the Clayton collection of early Spanish documentation; and a third presenter, who will discuss Native American records. Lunch is sponsored by ProQuest.

Transforming Collections Task Group is charged with discussing how ALCTS can interface with the ALA Transforming Libraries goal

A panel of speakers discussing new holistic ILS systems that merge the ILS with the discovery interface and ERM functionalities, such as Kuali OLE and Ex Libris’s Alma. Also the standard NISO group updates.

Consecutive panel discussions will address two hot topics and take questions from the audience. The first panel from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. will examine the current state of orphaned works. Panelists will discuss how institutions are "unlocking" orphans, best practices developed in doing so and possible paths forward.

The second panel from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. will review the landscape of digital libraries including the HaithiTrust Digital Library, Internet Archive and the proposed Digital Public Library of America. Panelists will discuss how the models work, ways in which they differ and how each digital library is approaching orphaned works.

Committee charge: To provide oversight of the ECRR program including monitoring, promoting discussion and answering content questions on ECRR Facebook page; provide marketing and publication suggestions through existing ALA publications and educational events, including identification of external organizations; and recommend website updates to division staff. To provide advice on ECRR issues that may come to division staff and boards. To develop training opportunities in conjunction with division staff; update reading lists and early literacy activities as necessary; and to provide recommendations to the division boards on resources to maintain and enhance the project. http://everychildreadytoread.org/

Discussion of topics related to information resources produced by international intergovernmental organizations, and foreign governments.

Hear the latest news on Project MUSE electronic book and journal collections, featuring over 500 journals and 14,000+ books from the most respected university presses and scholarly societies.

Please join us for lively table discussions on these topics of current interest:

RDA,
Acquisitions and Serials in Evolution,
Changes in Technical Services staffing, training, and prioritization of workloads as libraries turn their focus increasingly to electronic and digital resources
How do we as managers develop the necessary mindset to lead change as libraries move in new directions?
What are the new skills current cataloging staff will need in the next few years and how can we provide training for them?
DDA, social tagging, and other end-user driven trends affecting our work. What are the implications for the future of tech services?

Meeting of the Continuing Resources Section committees and the Executive Committee