Keynote Speaker – Dr. J. Richard Madaus

“Popular Culture, Technology, and the Future of the Library”

Abstract: Want to download the latest bestseller to your iPod? No problem, says our keynote speaker Richard Madaus, people are doing it every day. How about checking your e-mail while rushing between flights at the airport? Still not a problem. Why not grab a high resolution color photo of you and the conference speaker from your camera phone? It's easy!

Madaus says today's technology landscape assumes universal and instant messaging. Examples he cites include Blackberries, advanced storage technologies, e-mailed voice messages, digital faxing, iPods, Bluetooth, WiFi, MP3 players, camera phones, and streaming video cell phones.

"Where do libraries fit in all of this?" Madaus asks. "Are libraries players or merely spectators? Will today's libraries survive in this age of rapidly changing technology?"

"We will survive," he predicts. "We can be important players, but only by really understanding the information seekers behind the shiny gizmos - particularly today's tech-savvy youth - who consider these technologies as just part of their everyday lifestyles."

Where is technology headed? What's hot now, what will be hot in the future? Who is using this technology, how are they using it, and how should libraries respond to this environment? Libraries must find answers to these key questions, Madaus feels, to continue to remain relevant for tomorrow's tech-focused users.

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Concurrent Sessions I (11:15 am - 12:20 pm) Participants Choose 1 from A, B, C, or D

SESSION I BREAKOUTS – “It’s About People, Not Shiny Gizmos”

Breakout Program A, 65 Minutes (Georgia Center Room TBD)
“Up, Up, and Upgraded: New Features in GALILEO and More"

GALILEO Staff, Board of Regents

Check out the latest version of ever-improving GALILEO, including new federated search and ejournal linking features. Learn what’s around the bend: community portal customizations for K-12, public libraries, and academic institutions.

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Breakout Program B, 65 Minutes (Georgia Center Room TBD)
"Notes for Newbies: Understanding GOLD Member Requirements and Cooperation"

JoEllen Ostendorf, Troup-Harris-Coweta Regional Library

Georgia Library neophytes often compare themselves to Dorothy of Oz, who was suddenly swept into a life and land (both beautiful and strange) that she never knew existed. The Georgia Online Database (GOLD) has been the membership foundation of the state’s resource sharing efforts for nearly two decades. With the advent of electronic resources and new technologies, a partnership with GALILEO, the statewide virtual library, became a natural component. GOLD/GALILEO is a collaboration that assists Georgia libraries in resource negotiations, planning and implementation, policy development and best practices. It also helps with staff training, addressing technology issues and providing shared lessons that members can apply to their own institutions. So before you exclaim to a Toto-eared companion that your library is “not in Kansas anymore” come join our discussion on how we arrived where we are today, where we are going, and what is expected of the libraries that share in this membership.

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Breakout Program C, 65 Minutes (Georgia Center Room TBD)
"Check It Out: No Processing, No Shelving, No Loss! – Downloadable Media in Libraries"

Jeanne Hozak, Hall County Library System
Adrian Mixson, Hall County Library System
Cheryl Lawson, Gwinnett County Public Library

Are you weary of struggling to meet patron demand in quantity and content? How about the processing, securing, and high volume re-shelving demands of your overactive audio and video collections? A “new” format might be one answer for those bold enough to invest early in downloadable media. E-books, audio books, movies and music no longer demand bleeding edge technology, so these formats offer libraries new choices for managing media collections — choices that might satisfy patron AND library needs. Presenters will discuss the benefits and challenges of working with these new materials.

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Breakout Program D, 65 Minutes (Georgia Center Training Showcase Room K/L)
"Rotating ‘Train the Trainer’ Showcase: Best Features in Key GALILEO Resources"

EBSCO, Room K
SIRS, Room L

Designed from a trainer’s approach this session highlights the strategic features, benefits and trends of selected GALILEO databases. Come join these discussions with expert staff from either EBSCO or SIRS.

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Concurrent Sessions II (1:35 pm - 2:25 pm) Participants Choose 1 from E, F, G, or H

SESSION II BREAKOUTS – “What It Is, Is Up To Us. Choices Over Chances”

Breakout Program E, 50 Minutes (Georgia Center Room TBD)
"Evergreen: The ILS is Open and Everyone is Invited!”

Julie Walker, Georgia Public Library Service

Evergreen is an ILS that is not content to reinvent the wheel of library automation; it aims to create an entirely new vehicle for transporting library services from librarian to user and back again. Using open source or free software as a platform, Evergreen allows thousands of experts to test, write, and offer code in a worldwide collaborative effort. According to PINES personnel and GPLS staff, the most coveted features of Evergreen should be functionality, flexibility, and user friendliness — and the finished product will fit comfortably in any library environment. Pick a strategic seat and good viewing space as Julie Walker personally introduces you to the sleekest and most powerful new ILS on the block.

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Breakout Program F, 50 Minutes (Georgia Center Room TBD)
"Confessions of a Serials Super Sleuth: Local Holdings Maintenance (LHM) Takes Center Stage"

Maureen Morgan, Berry College
Debra Skinner, Georgia Southern University

When OCLC announced it would revolutionize materials classification by integrating the functionality of the MARC 21 format for holdings data (MFHD) into its mainstream ILL platform, critics scoffed that it would be nothing more than a facelift for a tired and structured approach to using Serials Local Data Records (LDRs). However, librarians could see talent in the new performer and recognized its flexibility for describing multi-type summary holdings never before seen below the bibliographic level. The rush to publicize its migration to Local Holdings Maintenance resulted in “stardom” this past February. With cataloging and resource sharing staff now cooperating to transform workflow efficiencies into customer-finding delights using new tools such as automatic deflection of impossible-to-fill requests, the panel of judges has been kind. GOLD is now looking to recruit its own valued players, trainers and users. Could you be among these next librarian “idols”? Join us as we cover the basics of getting started, creating holdings records in Connexion Browser, creating constant data records, and recommended practices. No audition tapes needed; just bring your questions!

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Local Holdings Maintenance Tipsheet (PDF)

Breakout Program G, 50 Minutes (Georgia Center Room TBD)
"Embracing Emerging Technologies: Combining Tools and People to Create New Services"

Brian Mathews, Georgia Institute of Technology
Cathy Carpenter, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sarah Steiner, Georgia State University

This presentation will cover the latest communication software tools and applications that every librarian will want to know about. A brief overview of blogs, RSS, wikis, and social bookmarking tools will be provided with examples of how academic and public libraries are implementing these technologies to increase outreach and marketing, improve staff productivity, and to enhance customer service.

Embracing Emerging Technologies wiki

Breakout Program H, 50 Minutes (Georgia Center Training Showcase Room K/L)
"Rotating ‘Train the Trainer’ Showcase: Best Features in Key GALILEO Resources"

OCLC, Room K
ProQuest, Room L

Designed from a trainer’s approach this session highlights the strategic features, benefits and trends of selected GALILEO databases. Come join these discussions with expert staff from either OCLC or ProQuest.

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Concurrent Sessions III (2:40 pm - 3:30 pm) Participants Choose 1 from I, J, K, or L

SESSION III BREAKOUTS – “Not Only Text: Way Cool Collaboration in Motion”

Breakout Program I, 50 Minutes (Georgia Center Room TBD)
“Digital Communities and Cultural Heritage: Digital Library of Georgia and the Georgia HomePLACE"

Toby Graham, Digital Library of Georgia
Edward Johnson, University System Office, Board of Regents

Explore collaborative digitization of cultural heritage through the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG), GALILEO’s gateway to Georgia History and culture online. The DLG Director describes the latest developments and new projects at DLG and previews the new Civil Rights Digital Library Initiative. The presentation concludes with an example of collaborative effort between public libraries and DLG, focusing on a Georgia HomePLACE project that tells the dramatic story of Liberty shipbuilding in Brunswick during World War II.

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Breakout Program J, 50 Minutes (Georgia Center Room TBD)
"Mission Possible: Everything You Need to Know About ILL Policies and the OCLC Policies Directory"

Heather Dray, SOLINET
Melissa Jackson, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Are you thinking you don’t have time for this “mission”? Why do you have to fill out your entry in the Policy Directory? Can’t OCLC do it for you? And why won’t libraries loan videos when you ask? If they do loan AV materials, how much will it cost? Who do you call when you have a question? Get strategic answers and expert compliance direction in “quick bytes” from Melissa Jackson, Interlibrary Loan Librarian at Armstrong Atlantic State University, and Heather Dray, the SOLINET Manager of Educational Services. They will brief you on the essentials of developing policies for resource sharing and putting them into the OCLC Policies Directory. The Directory is a central source for ILL policies, contacts, billing, and system information. Learn to enter your own library’s information and how to decipher strategic input from other institutions. The new Policies Directory format is so powerful that resource sharing staff can team with cataloging staff to automatically prevent “impossible”-to-fill requests. Find out what is essential to promote effective and efficient resource sharing. You’ll have 45 minutes for this information to self-construct!

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Breakout Program K, 50 Minutes (Georgia Center Room TBD)
"Forging a Digital Revolution: IPods, Streaming Media, and Open Repositories”

Joe Windish, Georgia College & State University John Ash, Gainesville State College
Rebecca Homan, Gainesville State College Catherine M. Jannik, Georgia Institute of Technology

Pop Culture is often criticized for its avid use of new technology without consideration of its benefits. Technology helps solve problems and fulfills needs, however, so librarians are “naturals” for partnering with information seeking communities. Partnering also delivers results – innovative, radical and educationally purposeful new designs that are technologically sound. For example, Georgia College and State University has gained substantial media coverage for its use of iPods to enhance access to course supportive lectures and materials. Gainesville State College Library is using streaming media to eliminate the problem of overused and damaged course reserve media, and the University System of Georgia is using open source software and metadata to preserve significant portions of intellectual product by capturing and disseminating information via the GALILEO Knowledge Repository. Hear how partnerships contributed to these successful programs and plant the seeds for your own future collaborations!

Apple & iPods @ GCSU (PDF)

Forging a Digital Revolution: The GALILEO Knowledge Repository (PDF)

Breakout Program L, 50 Minutes (Georgia Center Training Showcase Room K/L)
"Rotating ‘Train the Trainer’ Showcase: Best Features in Key GALILEO Resources"

Ancestry, Room K
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (EBO), Room

Designed from a trainer’s approach this session highlights the strategic features, benefits and trends of selected GALILEO databases. Come join these discussions with expert staff from either Ancestry or Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (EBO).

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