Preservation Activities at TS Activities Table

Preservation Activities at TS Activities Table: Scramblers, Worst Book Photos and other fun games, samples and giveaways.

Hello All,

Please be sure to stop by the TS Activities Table for your chance to win a Subway Sandwich Gift Card (while supplies last). The Preservation Committee will have "Preservation Scramblers" at the table. All you have to do is unscramble ten well known preservation words in three minutes or less and you win. Here's a teaser for you:


ilef_ ccely_ angneaemtm
reeipicsvtd_ aaatemtd
mluelv
aiitdlg _ nvpeoecarn
beno_ sapslc


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Maxine Wright, M.S., M.L.S.
International and Foreign Law Collection and Services Librarian
Georgetown University Law Library
Washington DC

TS-SIS member is current featured Member Profile

Congratulations to TS-SIS member Lizette López Gracia for being the current featured Member Profile on the AALL Homepage! It is great to see a technical services librarian featured in the weeks leading up to the AALL Annual Meeting when so many people visit the site. Read more about Lizette at:

http://www.aallnet.org/Home-page-contents/MemberProfiles/Lizette-Lopez-Gracia.html

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Wendy Moore
Acquisitions Librarian
University of Georgia
Athens GA

Memory book for Jack Bisset at OBS Activities table

Please come and join us as we celebrate Jack Bisset's accomplishments during our

OBS-SIS Business Meeting on

Mon, July 14
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Jack is retiring in August and he has been an active and faithful member of OBS for many years.

We also encourage you to stop by our OBS-SIS Activities table in the Exhibit Hall to sign a memory book for Jack.



Retirement is a time for many new adventures - Congratulations Jack!


See you soon - Katrina

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Katrina Piechnik
OBS-SIS Chair
Library Systems Manager
Jenkins Law Library
833 Chestnut St., Suite 1220
Philadelphia PA 19107-4429

Preservation at TS Activities Table

Please be sure to stop by the TS Activities Table for your chance to win a Subway Sandwich Gift Card (while supplies last).  The Preservation Committee will have "Preservation Scramblers" at the table.  All you have to do is unscramble ten well known preservation words in three minutes or less and you win.  Here's a teaser for you:

1. ilef_ ccely_ angneaemtm
2. reeipicsvtd_ aaatemtd
3. mluelv
4. aiitdlg _ nvpeoecarn
5. beno_ sapslc

Also check out this year's entries to the Worst Book Contest. Photos will be available for viewing at the TS Activities Table throughout the Annual Meeting.

OBS/TS Researchers' Dine Around

This year instead of having a OBS/TS Researchers Rountable we are having a Dine Around. The schedule will be set based on people's availability. Interested parties should email Hollie White (hollie.white [at] law.duke.edu) so we can arrange a time that fits most people's schedules.

I look forward to chatting about research over delicious food and drinks!
Best,
Hollie


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Hollie White
Digital Initiatives Librarian
Duke University School of Law
Durham NC

Know Before You Go!

From the AALL Annual Meeting website --

Welcome to the final edition of the Annual Meeting Update, designed to keep you informed about AALL events taking place in San Antonio for the 107th AALL Annual Meeting and Conference. This edition contains information and links to help you make the most of your San Antonio experience. [Click on link above to get to the links below.]

Registration Badges and Tickets
Riverwhat? Know Your Marriotts
On-Site Registration Location and Hours
Your LAST Chance for Hotel Savings
Getting Ready for San Antonio
Live, from San Antonio . . .
While You're On Site . . . Check it Out
Advance Your Career with AALL's Placement Office
Remember the Books! Donate to the Children's Book Drive
We Need YOU!
See Who's Attending
Go Mobile
Educational Program Handouts and Evaluations
Association Luncheon Ticket Presale Ends July 1
Submit Questions for the Members Open Forum in San Antonio

10 Things to Buy with TS-SIS Preservation $150.00 Contest Money

Here are 10 things you can buy with TS-SIS Preservation 3^rd Annual Worst Book $150.00 Contest Money:

1.    Water alarm

2.    Moisture resistant boxes

3.    Interleaving papers and tissues

4.    Cutters and trimmers

5.    Mount making tools

6.    Aprons

7.    Gloves

8.    Transport cart

9.    Display products

10.  Disaster kits and components

Preservation Committee members are on standby. We are eager to see your picture. Send your picture to mw960@law.georgetown.edu before/by July 1. For more info:

Complete details about the contest can be found here.

Thank you,
Maxine Wright 

OBS table needs volunteers, too

Greetings fellow OBS-SIS members,

The AALL annual meeting in San Antonio is only a few short weeks away. As always, OBS will have a table in the activities area of the exhibit hall. However, we need volunteers to sit at the table. The exhibit hall hours are:

Sunday July 13 10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday July 14 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday July 15 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

I would especially like to have volunteers at the table during the following exhibit hall events.

Saturday 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (exhibit hall opening reception)
Sunday 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (exhibit hall refreshment break)
Monday 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (exhibit hall breakfast break)
Monday 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. (exhibit hall attendee lunch)
Tuesday 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. (exhibit hall dessert break)

Please let me know by July 1st if you would be able to sit at the OBS-SIS table during these events or any time that the exhibit hall is open.

Thanks,
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Corinne Jacox
Catalog/Reference Librarian, OBS-SIS Member-at-Large
Creighton University School of Law
Omaha NE

One last reporter needed . . .

Thank you so much to those of you who have volunteered to report on sessions at the AALL Annual Meeting in San Antonio. I have reviewers for every session requested except for program H2, The Law and Ethics of Aggregation and Content Distribution (Tuesday, July 15, 3:45-4:45 pm). I realize this is the last session of the conference, but if anyone is attending this and would like to write a review, please contact me. Thanks again, and everyone have a safe trip to San Antonio.

--Michael

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Michael Maben
Cataloging Librarian
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Bloomington IN

TS-SIS table needs volunteers --

Going to San Antonio? Well then, we'd like some help.In case you don't know, the TS-SIS activities table can bee a beehive of activity sometimes.Come visit bee-tween programs.Bee-cause it's fun! Bee-sides, you get to chat, introduce yourself, meet new colleagues.

Bee-low is some info on what you need to know to volunteer to bee at the activities table to help answer questions. I don't think you will bee bee-sieged with questions. It's just a great time to relax and see what all's going on with our SIS.

Signing to volunteer is so easy a musk ox could do it with a broken hoof.

TS-SIS Activities Table

The Technical Services Special Interest Section is sponsoring an activities table in the Exhibit Hall at the 2014 AALL Annual Meeting in San Antonio. It's fun to be at the table to meet your old friends and greet new colleagues who come by to see what makes TS The SPECIAL Interest Section that it is!
Information for Activity Table Volunteers

Arrive at the table at your designated time. Don't worry if you are running a little late-- programs can run over or you find yourself gabbing with someone and suddenly realize that you have a very important responsibility.
There may or may not be someone already waiting at the table for you to take over.
If there is someone at the table, introduce yourself.
Engage in either small talk or shop talk, or both.
Ask the other volunteer if there's anything special you need to know (like if someone came to write a special note for someone else, somebody left a conference booklet there with no name, etc.).
Sit down on one of the chairs (there are usually 2 chairs per table).
Review the instruction sheet for volunteers.
Relax. Look around. Look like you're "approachable." As if you doing a reference shift. Be in idle attention. No, this isn't a zen thing: Not in exhibit hall.
Check out all the stuff on the table. Perhaps read the TS-SIS brochure so you can talk with visitors about the SIS.
Be in response-mode as people come to the table. You don't have to feel like you should engage in conversation. You can assume a passive-aggressive approach if you want.
Check the supplies on the table and replenish if needed. Jennifer Creevy will try to stop by the table as often as possible to make sure all is well.
Extra supplies are kept under the table in a box.
Be yourself. If you're naturally quiet, be that way. If you are more outspoken that is ok also. Encourage people to enter the drawing for the $25 Amazon gift card.
Feel free to leave when your time is up. You don't have to stay if your "reliever" hasn't yet arrived. It's not uncommon for folks to be delayed from programs or meetings.
When you leave the table, be sure to remember that we thank you very much for volunteering!!!

2014 Activities Table Volunteers

To Volunteer, launch to this URL and sign up. It's too darn simple! TS-SIS Activities Table.

Reviewers still needed for some AALL sessions

Thank you to those who have volunteered to report on a session at the AALL Meeting in San Antonio. I still need several sessions covered. Here is your chance to see your name in print--please consider reporting on one of these sessions:

Emerging Issues in Copyright: What You Need To Know (Program G2)
Tuesday, July 15 - 2:30-3:15 pm

The Law and Ethics of Aggregation and Content Distribution (Program H2)
Tuesday, July 15 - 3:45-4:45 pm

OBS Systems Roundtable featuring the OBS VIP, Nicole Engard
Sunday, July 13 - 11:45 am-1:00 pm

Opening General Session/Keynote Speaker
Sunday, July 13 - 9:00-10:30 am

Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit: A Library Management Service Model for the Future (Program F1)
Tuesday, July 15 - 10:15-11:30 am

The deadline for the September issue is August 21st. If you have any questions, please feel free to email or phone me.

--Michael
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Michael Maben
Cataloging Librarian
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Bloomington IN

One more reviewer needed for TSLL

Colleagues:

One additional program I would like to have reviewed is the OBS Systems Roundtable which will feature a talk by the OBS VIP, Nicole Engard. This will be on Sunday, July 13 from 11:45am-1pm in the Marriott Riverwalk Travis Room. Nicole's presentation is titled "Open Source Software: a Community and a Philosophy of Freedom." Please let me know if you can review this event for TSLL.

--Michael

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Michael Maben
Cataloging Librarian
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Bloomington IN

Open Source Software: a Community and a Philosophy of Freedom -- Sunday July 13, 11:45am - 1pm

Please join the OBS-SIS Local Systems Roundtable for a special presentation by OBS-SIS VIP Nicole Engard. This presentation will be held on Sunday July 13 from 11:45am to 1pm in the Marriott Riverwalk Travis Room. The presentation is titled:

"Open Source Software: a Community and a Philosophy of Freedom."

Librarians have adopted a culture of helplessness and workarounds when it comes to our software. Open source software (OSS) is a way to get freed from these chains. But open source is about more than just software, it's about community and a philosophy of freedom. This session will give librarians the facts about OSS by introducing them to what OSS is, what it means for libraries and what tools libraries can use right now to improve their efficiency, customer service and product offerings.

Nicole C. Engard is the Vice President of Education at ByWater Solutions. Her primary role at ByWater Solutions is to educate librarians about open source software with a focus on the Koha ILS. In addition to her daily responsibilities, Nicole keeps the library community up to date on web technologies via her website "What I Learned Today..." (www.web2learning.net) and volunteers as a community moderator on opensource.com. In 2007, Nicole was named one of Library Journal's Movers & Shakers. In 2009 she edited "Library Mashups," a book published by Information Today, Inc., and in 2010 she authored "Practical Open Source Software for Libraries," a book published by Chandos Inc. Additionally, in 2012 the second edition of "The Accidental Systems Librarian," which she co-authored with Rachel Singer Gordon, was released.

**Please note that because this program will occur during a roundtable, a full program description will not be listed in the official AALL program schedule.**

CALL FOR INPUT (TIPS, TOOLS & QUESTIONS) BY JULY 1 2014: AALL 'HIP TIPS' PROGRAM D-2

We would like input from prospective program attendees who are Acquisitions Librarians, members of an Acquisitions Department, or AALL members who have some responsibility and interest in acquiring resources for our institutions. The program will be presented Monday, July 14, 2:30-3:45 pm, HBGCC 214CD.

The program will be run as a discussion program: a point person will be designated to introduce and comment on a topic, followed by comments from other panelists and then input and discussion from attendees. Since acquisitions is largely learned on the job, we'd like to include those tips and tools you've discovered, developed, and put into action to resolve issues that arise on a daily or not so frequent basis. Just as important might be those procedures and processes you've enacted that did not get the results intended. We have identified a number of broad topics ("Choosing resources and getting them to the door," "Management of people and time," and "Managing the stuff once it gets here") and want to incorporate items you would like to share or bring up for discussion.

Program description: Acquisitions education and training is not addressed much, if at all, in library schools. Instead, it is learned on the job for most librarians. A panel of acquisitions librarians will share tips and tools they use to efficiently do their work on a daily basis, as well as some of their more perplexing problems and the steps taken to resolve them. The program will provide an opportunity to learn in a communal atmosphere, and all attendees will be encouraged to share their own experiences with others.

We look forward to this sharing session in a communal setting, so remember to bring your business cards for exchange with others as we all continue to build our professional networks. Email your tips, comments, or questions to Ajaye Bloomstone (LLAJAYE [you know what to do] LSU.EDU) by July 1, 2014.

Thank you, and we're looking forward to hearing from you!

Ajaye Bloomstone, Co-Coordinator and Moderator

Ian Kipnes, Co-Coordinator and Panelist

Shyama Agrawal, Co-Coordinator and Panelist

Alan Keely, Panelist
Jean Willis, Panelist

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Ajaye Bloomstone
Acquisitions Librarian
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge LA

Technical Services Law Librarian Conference Issue seeks program reviewers

Dear Colleagues:

Once again, as we approach the AALL Annual Meeting, I would like to have some of the programs reviewed for the September issue of Technical Services Law Librarian. If you are willing to review a session, please make a selection from the list below. The deadline for submissions is August 21st, but I am flexible with that date. If you have never done this before and would like to ask me more about the process, feel free to email or call me. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.


Back to the Future: AALL and Law Libraries in the Digital Age (Program E4)
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 8:30-9:45 a.m.
HBGCC-Room 217D

Click and Go: Ensuring Smooth Access to Online Resources (Program C4)
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 1:00-2:00
HBGCC-Room 217BC

A Dialog for Catalogers and Reference Librarians: Class K from Alpha to Omega (Program A2)
Sunday, July 13, 2014 - 1:15-2:45 p.m.
HBGCC-Room 217A

Emerging Issues in Copyright: What You Need to Know (Program G2)
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 2:30-3:15 p.m.
HBGCC-Room 217A

Hip Tips for the Acquisitions Librarian (Program D2)
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 2:30-3:45 p.m.
HBGCC-Room 214CD

Just In Time: Models of Demand-Driven Acquisitions for E-Books (Program F4)
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 10:15-11:30 a.m.
HBGCC-Room 217D

The Law and Ethics of Aggregation and Content Distribution (Program H2)
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 3:45-4:45 p.m.
HBGCC-Room 217D

Law Librarianship in the Digital Age (Program H5)
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 3:45-4:45 p.m.
HBGCC-Room 006AB

Opening General Session/Keynote Speaker
Sunday, July 13, 2014 -- 9:00-10:30 a.m.
HBGCC-Grand Ballroom C

Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit: A Library Management Service Model for the Future (Program F1)
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 10:15-11:30 a.m.
HBGCC-Room 217A

Techniques for Electronic Resource Management (TERMS): From Coping to Best Practices (Workshop W2)
Saturday, July 12, 2014 - 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
HBGCC-Room 205


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Michael Maben
Cataloging Librarian
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Bloomington IN

ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIANS! Really great program needs your INPUT.

Hey!  We NEED YOUR IDEAS! STUFF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS. Answers You want, Tips you have.

Read below. I know it's a lot to read---- but this is about ***ACQUISITIONS*** so now is your time to get involved in your field of work!  ____  Brian Striman, Chair TS-SIS posted by request from Ian Kipnes. 

A CALL FOR INPUT (TIPS, TOOLS & QUESTIONS) BY JULY 1, 2014:  AALL 'HIP TIPS' PROGRAM D-2

We would like input from prospective program attendees who are Acquisitions Librarians, members of an Acquisitions Department,  or AALL members who have some responsibility and interest in acquiring resources for our institutions.    The program will be presented Monday, July 14, 2:30-3:45 pm, HBGCC 214CD. 

The program will be run as a discussion program: a point person will be designated to introduce and comment on a topic, followed by comments from other panelists and then input and discussion from attendees.  

Since acquisitions is largely learned on the job, we'd like to include those tips and tools you've discovered, developed, and put into action to resolve issues that arise on a daily or not so frequent basis.   Just as important might be those procedures and processes you've enacted that did not get the results intended.  We have identified a number of broad topics ("Choosing resources and getting them to the door," "Management of people and time," and "Managing the stuff once it gets here") and want to incorporate items you would like to share or bring up for discussion.

Program description:  Acquisitions education and training is not addressed much, if at all, in library schools.  Instead, it is learned on the job for most librarians.  A panel of acquisitions librarians will share tips and tools they use to efficiently do their work on a daily basis, as well as some of their more perplexing problems and the steps taken to resolve them.  The program will provide an opportunity to learn in a communal atmosphere, and all attendees will be encouraged to share their own experiences with others.

 We look forward to this sharing session in a communal setting, so remember to bring your business cards for exchange with others as we all continue to build our professional networks.   Email your tips, comments, or questions to Ajaye Bloomstone (LLAJAYE@LSU.EDU) by July 1, 2014.

Thank you, and we're looking forward to hearing from you!

Ajaye Bloomstone, Co-Coordinator and Moderator

Ian Kipnes, Co-Coordinator and Panelist

Shyama Agrawal, Co-Coordinator and Panelist

Alan Keely, Panelist

Jean Willis, Panelist

New OBS members!

OBSers please help me in welcoming our new OBS-SIS Members:

Paul McLaughlin Florida A&M University
Barbara Hilderbrand Barry University School of Law Library
Seong Heon Lee Chapman University Law Library


Paul, Barbara and Seong Heon, if you are attending this year's AALL conference in San Antonio, please stop by the OBS-SIS Activities Table in the Exhibit area to introduce yourself.

We are very happy to have you join OBS. Please check our webpage (http://www.aallnet.org/sections/obs) and let us know if there is a committee you would like to join.


Best wishes,
Katrina Piechnik
2013/2014 OBS-SIS Chair

3rd Annual Worst Book Contest

While we hate to admit it, we all have a book somewhere in the library that should be rushed out for conservation, right? Well the Preservation Committee wants to see photos of those books badly in need of repair. So pull those books out of the stacks, take a picture or two and send the photos with the book's title and copyright information as well as a brief description of its condition to Maxine Wright [mw960@law.georgetown.edu] by July 1.

This year's winner will receive up to $150 towards the conservation and/repairs of an item or other preservation-related activities. More information about the contest is available here.

Go here to check out entries from previous years.

TS-SIS needs your help with a focus groups during the Annual Meeting in San Antonio

from Brian Striman --

Hey Tech Services membership. There's a call to us current SIS Leadership to secure some volunteers for this interesting program. It would be most excellent to have two professionals from our TS-SIS to agree to go to this. It's a 1 hour time commitment. You could report about it in TSLL, or highlight what it's about on our TS Blog. Contact me if you're wanting to go to this and I'll forward your name on to Katie. Please read below. (There's a June 27th deadline to respond) ___ Brian Striman brian.striman AT unl.edu

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AALL is considering the development of a new institute style training program for members interested in developing their business skills. As part of this process, we are conducting two focus groups during the Annual Meeting in San Antonio. The sessions will be held on Sunday, July 13 from 11 a.m. to noon and from noon to 1pm. We are interested in getting a diverse group of members in the room for the discussion and are hoping you can assist us. Please send us one or two names of members from your entity, who will be attending the Annual Meeting . Due to room and schedule limitation not all suggested members will be asked to participate in the discussion.

You can send the names to Katie Brown Kbrown AT charlottelaw.edu. Please get them to us by June 27the. Thank you in advance for your assistance!

Customary and Religious Law Interest Group -- first meeting

All --

Susan Gualtier, Foreign, Comparative and International Law Librarian at LSU Law, has asked that I post this to the TS site. The organizers of CARLIG would like to encourage members of TS to attend the first meeting and take part in this project. If you would like to join them on "My Communities," their page can be found here:

Hello everyone!

I am excited to announce that the FCIL-SIS board has approved a new Customary and Religious Law Interest Group (tentatively going by the acronym "CARLIG"), and would like to invite all of you to participate as we work together to get this new group off the ground. We will be holding an introductory meeting next month at the conference in San Antonio as part of the larger "FCIL-SIS Subject Groups" meeting scheduled for 7:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. This will give us a chance to meet each other in person, as well as to work out a few details regarding group structure, future projects, potential programming proposals for the Philadelphia conference in 2015, and much more!



Those of us who pitched this idea last summer in Seattle are so excited to see it come to fruition! If you'd like to join our email list, have suggestions, or just want to express interest in advance of the conference, please email me (susan.gualtier@law.lsu.edu), Kelly Buchanan (kbuc@loc.gov), or Lucia Diamond (ldiamond@law.berkeley.edu) and let us know. We are confident that this IG will appeal to many members of AALL, and we hope to come up with some exciting projects and programming on which to work in the coming year!
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Susan Gualtier
Foreign, Comparative and International Law Librarian
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge LA

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Ajaye Bloomstone
Acquisitions Librarian
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge LA

OBS-SIS OCLC Users Group

The OBS-SIS OCLC Users Group meeting is scheduled for  Monday, July 14th starting at 11:45 in HBGCC-Room 007A.  Glenn Patton generally provides an overview of new developments in OCLC's suite of services, but he particularly wants to address topics that interest us.

If there is an area you want covered in this session, please e-mail me at jkm95@cornell.edu.

Thanks!

Jackie Magagnosc
Chair - OBS-SIS OCLC Committee

Message from OBS Chair Katrina Piechnik

Are you getting ready for AALL Conference in San Antonio if yes please read on

Here is the complete schedule of OBS activities for the 2014 AALL Annual Meeting, so please look for us at:

Saturday, July 12, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
CONELL (Conference of Newer Law Librarians)- do not miss this great opportunity to send some of your young coworkers to this event.

Saturday, 1:45 PM
OBS/TS-SIS TSLL Executive Board Meeting HBGCC-Room 210A

Saturday, 3:00 PM
OBS-SIS Executive Board Meeting (outgoing and incoming) HBGCC-Room 210A

Saturday, 7:00 PM
Joint Reception of the TS/OBS/RIPS/CS SISs (sponsored by Innovative Interfaces) also known as Alphabet Soup Reception

Sunday, 11:45 AM
OBS-SIS Local Systems Roundtables Marriott Riverwalk's-Travis Room

Our VIP, for the 2014 Annual Meeting is Nicole Engard, who will speak on Sunday, 11:45 AM

OBS-SIS Local Systems Roundtables. This will not follow a roundtable format, but instead will be a program that will definitely be worth attending . This program will be held worth in Marriott Riverwalk's-Travis Room. Please note that because this program will happen during a roundtable, it will not be listed on the AALL program schedule


Nicole C. Engard is the Vice President of Education at ByWater Solutions. Her primary role at ByWater Solutions is to educate librarians about open source software with a focus on the Koha ILS. In addition to her daily responsibilities, Nicole keeps the library community up to date on web technologies via her website "What I Learned Today..." (www.web2learning.net) and volunteers as a community moderator on opensource.com. In 2007, Nicole was named one of Library Journal's Movers & Shakers and in 2009 she was the editor of "Library Mashups," a book published by Information Today, Inc. and in 2010 she authored "Practical Open Source Software for Libraries," a book published by Chandos Inc. and in 2012 the second edition of "The Accidental Systems Librarian" which she worked on with Rachel Singer Gordon was released.

Topic of Nicole's presentation is Open Source Software: a Community and a Philosophy of Freedom

Monday, 11:45 AM
OBS-SIS OCLC Users Group HBGCC-Room 007A

Monday, 5:30 PM
OBS-SIS Business Meeting Marriott Riverwalk-Bonham

Tuesday, 7:00 AM
OBS-SIS Education Committee

Tuesday, 10:15 AM
F1: Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit: A Library Management Service Model for the FutureHBGCC-Room 217A
This program is a continuation of the last year roundtable discussion. I definitely will be attending this program. Thank you, Chris Tarr, for coordinating and moderating this program.

With ILS costs skyrocketing and library budgets shrinking, libraries are increasingly turning to new models of affording the ILS they want. Open Source ILSs are one answer. Consortia are another. The Orbis Cascade Alliance is implementing a new library management service to be shared by all 37 members of the consortium. Soon all these libraries in the Pacific Northwest will be sharing not only a catalog, but also cooperative collection development, digital initiatives, and discovery services. Hopefully, this will result in better services for students, faculty, and staff. Is it worth giving up the autonomy of a separate institutional ILS? What are the costs, and what are the benefits?

Make sure to stop at the Exhibit Hall by our OBS-SIS Activities table where you could meet our Board and chat with them and ...



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Katrina Piechnik
OBS-SIS Chair
Library Systems Manager
Jenkins Law Library
833 Chestnut St., Suite 1220
Philadelphia PA 19107-4429

Just checking to see how this works. Should be a ball. I've decided to also experiment by uploading a very serious pre-AALL San Antonio photo. I'm giving a demo on how well the average wooden library book truck will easily accommodate an adult male on the top shelf. Also testing the font. Wow, this one could be too tiny for older, fossilized librarians to read.I'm looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible.

TS and OBS Annual Meeting pages

Both TS and OBS have set up "Annual Meeting" pages on their websites.

The OBS page is here, and the TS page is here.

Both pages list programs and meetings you might be interested in along with other info. Check them out!