ALCTS NEWS

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

 

ALCTS offers two exciting Midwinter symposia for San Diego

 

Chicago – Dynamite topics and great speakers come together in San Diego for two outstanding symposia from the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services.  On Thursday, you’ll hear about RDA, its impact on libraries and how it might affect the future catalog.  Friday brings together building architects and digital architects to talk about the impact of the digital on libraries. Join your colleagues for these two exciting and timely symposia from ALCTS on Thursday, Jan. 6, and Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 just before the ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Diego.

 

Beams & Bytes: Constructing the Future Library -- Architectural and Digital Considerations

Friday, January 7, 2011 in San Diego, CA

8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

 

Changing user expectations and the relentless shift to the digital medium are rapidly influencing library structures and services. Libraries are evolving to create and deliver new services, modifying their collecting patterns, and striving to meet new user demands.   This day-long symposium will focus on the physical and digital infrastructure of libraries, conceiving and creating services to meet user needs and expectations, transforming collections and access, and how all of this will affect the people who work in libraries.  Symposium attendees will have the opportunity to participate in collaborative activities during the event.

 

Speakers and Topics are:

 

Library Space: Dimensions of the Imagination. Michael Miller, Dean of Library Services, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

 

Architectural Considerations for the 21st Century Library. Jeffrey M. Hoover, Architect, Tappe Associates and  Denelle C. Wrightson, Director of Library Architecture, PSA-Dewberry.

 

User Experience Design for the New Library. John Blyberg, Assistant Director for Innovation and User Services, Darien Public Library, Darien, CT

 

From Academic Library to Academic Commons at Occidental College. Robert Kieft, College Librarian, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

 

Digital Stewardship in the 21st-Century Library: The Penn State Experience. Michael Giarlo, Digital Architect and Patricia Hswe, Digital Collections Curator, Penn State University Libraries, State College, PA.

 

Parallel Library Universes: A Case for Feverish Pink Paint and Virtual Vortexes. Lizabeth (Betsy) Wilson, Dean of University Libraries, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

******ALCTS thanks Oracle for their support of Beams & Bytes******

 

 

The Administrator, RDA and the Future Catalog: Issues, Viewpoints, Alternatives

Thursday, January 6, 2011

 8:30am-5:00pm

 

RDA is on the horizon. How will you implement it? What are the issues you need to pay attention to? Staffing? Budget? The catalog itself? Will RDA influence the future catalog? What might the future catalog be? This one day symposium examines the issues surrounding implementation of RDA and the future catalog. If you’re a director, assistant director or department head or anyone interested in the impact of RDA, you don’t want to miss this discussion.

 

Speakers include Tim Strawn, Director, Information Resources & Archives, California Polytechnic  State University -San Luis Obispo; Olivia Madison, Dean of the Library, Iowa State University; Linda Barnhart, Head of Metadata Services, University of California – San Diego;

Molly Tamarkin, Associate University Librarian for Information Technology, Duke University;

 Tim Bucknall, Assistant Dean for Electronic Resources and Information Technology, University of North Carolina – Greensboro; and Chris Cole, Associate Director for Technical Services, National Agricultural Library

 

To attend the symposia, registration for each is $219 for ALCTS members, $269 for ALA members, $319 for non-members, and $99 for students and retired members.   Registration information for the ALCTS Midwinter symposia can be found on the ALA Midwinter Meeting page.

http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/midwinter/registration/index.cfm#how

Please note that you do not have to register for ALA Midwinter in order to attend the symposia.

 

For more information consult the events page on the ALCTS web site at www.ala.org/alcts or contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager, at jreese@ala.org.

 

Posted on behalf of:  Association for Library Collections & Technical Services