The Power Point slides from AALL program B-3, "Bringing the Library to the User: the Theory" are available here, thanks to our webmaster extraordinaire, Martin Wisneski :
--Jean Pajerek
Philadelphia 2015: TS-SIS and OBS-SIS in the City of Brotherly Love
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Monday, July 30, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
Session H-3: Legal Publishing in the 21st Century
Session H-3: Legal Publishing in the 21st Century
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
This year’s Hot Topic program featured several top executives in the legal information industry in a relatively informal conversation about trends and challenges in legal publishing today.
The session was moderated by Jim Heller (William & Mary) and Sally Wiant (Washington & Lee). The panelists were MaryKatherine Callaway (LSU Press), Stacey Caywood (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business), Scott Livingston (LexisNexis), Andy Martens (Thomson West), Dick Spinelli (William S. Hein & Co.), and Paul Wojcik (BNA).
The program was presented in a question-and-answer format, with the moderators asking a series of questions of all the panelists. Audience members had an opportunity to submit their own questions, and a few of these were included near the end of the allotted time. Following are some program highlights.
1) Who is your primary market, how does this impact your decisions on product development and pricing, and how do you determine prices for print and digital products?
BNA: Their primary market includes attorneys and tax professionals. They produce content-based products that are priced based on the cost to produce and the availability of competing products.
Hein: Academic law libraries are their primary market, although they serve other types of libraries as well. They price products according to what the market will bear.
WKL&B: They serve legal professional, law firms, and the federal government. Their pricing is similar to the BNA response.
LN: They are a content creator and a content aggregator; they attempt to focus on research solutions rather than individual products. They use focus groups and customer feedback to inform product development. Their pricing is similar to the BNA response.
LSU: They market their products to retail outlets and directly to scholars. They price digital and print products the same, because the costs to produce are the same.
TW: Legal professionals are their primary market. They are mainly a content company, but they are expanding into litigation support areas.
2) What about Google Books? Are they a competitor or an ally?
Nearly everyone said that Google Books is not a competitor now, but we will have to watch how it evolves. It is a potential competitor but also a potential way to promote books. I could shift user expectations about information delivery.
3) What is the future of university presses and other small presses?
LSU: The university press is tied to the mission of the university and is more of a niche publisher.
Hein: The future is bright if Hein can stay independent, find their niche, do it well, listen to their customers.
BNA: They will succeed by sticking to what they do – create content, not technology – but they need to be business partners with the bigger companies in order to get the content out there.
4) What are the major challenges facing the industry, both general and specific?
WKL&B: A general challenge is making content available electronically, with added value and with their own editorial voice. More specific challenges are aging systems and keeping up with technology.
Hein: Fighting for dollars in the marketplace.
BNA: Franchises are always at risk in the digital world throughout the industry. Specific challenges are the cost of technology and web competition.
LN: Ditto on the web competition. The digital world has lowered information barriers so more free information is out there competing with commercial databases.
LSU: They are not-for-profit, so they can’t lose money endlessly. Their initial print runs are less than 1000 copies on most titles, as compared to 2000 in the 1980s.
TW: The biggest challenge for all companies is to focus on what unique value they add to their services. A more specific challenge is when they buy other companies, trying to integrate them into the larger organization without destroying what made them good in the first place.
5) What is the relationship between companies and their parent conglomerates?
TW: The corporate environment is not international, but rather multi-domestic. The parent company sets revenue targets and the like, but domestic companies run the way that suits their markets and product lines.
LN: Similar answer to TS. They try to make decisions at the lowest possible level.
WKL&B: They are a Dutch company with an American CEO and 4 separate business units. Broad strategic vision is set at the top, but markets are handled by individual units as locally as possible.
6) What are your profit margins?
BNA: 12-13%
Hein: privately-owned, cannot reveal
LSU: not-for-profit
WKL&B: 17%
LN: did not know; profit for first half of 2007 will be announced in 2 weeks
TW: did not know; profit for first half of 2007 will be announced in 2 weeks
For more detailed information, see my fuller report in the September issues of TSLL.
Margie Maes
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
This year’s Hot Topic program featured several top executives in the legal information industry in a relatively informal conversation about trends and challenges in legal publishing today.
The session was moderated by Jim Heller (William & Mary) and Sally Wiant (Washington & Lee). The panelists were MaryKatherine Callaway (LSU Press), Stacey Caywood (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business), Scott Livingston (LexisNexis), Andy Martens (Thomson West), Dick Spinelli (William S. Hein & Co.), and Paul Wojcik (BNA).
The program was presented in a question-and-answer format, with the moderators asking a series of questions of all the panelists. Audience members had an opportunity to submit their own questions, and a few of these were included near the end of the allotted time. Following are some program highlights.
1) Who is your primary market, how does this impact your decisions on product development and pricing, and how do you determine prices for print and digital products?
BNA: Their primary market includes attorneys and tax professionals. They produce content-based products that are priced based on the cost to produce and the availability of competing products.
Hein: Academic law libraries are their primary market, although they serve other types of libraries as well. They price products according to what the market will bear.
WKL&B: They serve legal professional, law firms, and the federal government. Their pricing is similar to the BNA response.
LN: They are a content creator and a content aggregator; they attempt to focus on research solutions rather than individual products. They use focus groups and customer feedback to inform product development. Their pricing is similar to the BNA response.
LSU: They market their products to retail outlets and directly to scholars. They price digital and print products the same, because the costs to produce are the same.
TW: Legal professionals are their primary market. They are mainly a content company, but they are expanding into litigation support areas.
2) What about Google Books? Are they a competitor or an ally?
Nearly everyone said that Google Books is not a competitor now, but we will have to watch how it evolves. It is a potential competitor but also a potential way to promote books. I could shift user expectations about information delivery.
3) What is the future of university presses and other small presses?
LSU: The university press is tied to the mission of the university and is more of a niche publisher.
Hein: The future is bright if Hein can stay independent, find their niche, do it well, listen to their customers.
BNA: They will succeed by sticking to what they do – create content, not technology – but they need to be business partners with the bigger companies in order to get the content out there.
4) What are the major challenges facing the industry, both general and specific?
WKL&B: A general challenge is making content available electronically, with added value and with their own editorial voice. More specific challenges are aging systems and keeping up with technology.
Hein: Fighting for dollars in the marketplace.
BNA: Franchises are always at risk in the digital world throughout the industry. Specific challenges are the cost of technology and web competition.
LN: Ditto on the web competition. The digital world has lowered information barriers so more free information is out there competing with commercial databases.
LSU: They are not-for-profit, so they can’t lose money endlessly. Their initial print runs are less than 1000 copies on most titles, as compared to 2000 in the 1980s.
TW: The biggest challenge for all companies is to focus on what unique value they add to their services. A more specific challenge is when they buy other companies, trying to integrate them into the larger organization without destroying what made them good in the first place.
5) What is the relationship between companies and their parent conglomerates?
TW: The corporate environment is not international, but rather multi-domestic. The parent company sets revenue targets and the like, but domestic companies run the way that suits their markets and product lines.
LN: Similar answer to TS. They try to make decisions at the lowest possible level.
WKL&B: They are a Dutch company with an American CEO and 4 separate business units. Broad strategic vision is set at the top, but markets are handled by individual units as locally as possible.
6) What are your profit margins?
BNA: 12-13%
Hein: privately-owned, cannot reveal
LSU: not-for-profit
WKL&B: 17%
LN: did not know; profit for first half of 2007 will be announced in 2 weeks
TW: did not know; profit for first half of 2007 will be announced in 2 weeks
For more detailed information, see my fuller report in the September issues of TSLL.
Margie Maes
Bringing the Library to the Users
FYI ... this relates to the Program Bringing the Library to the User:
the Practice at 2007 AALL.
--Rhonda
The University of Rochester River Campus Libraries are designing and
developing a set of open-source applications that will provide libraries
with an alternative way to reveal their collections to library users.
This set of applications, called the eXtensible Catalog (XC), will
provide easy access to all library resources (both digital and physical
collections) and will enable library content to be revealed through
other services, such as content management systems and learning
management systems.
XC will be a collaborative effort between partners that will serve a
variety of roles in its development. Phase 1 of the XC project
(2006-2007), funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, involved the
creation of a project plan for developing XC during Phase 2.
To inform the development of a plan for XC, we conducted a survey of
prospective library users of XC to gauge interest in the XC system and
readiness to implement it. A summary of the findings from this survey
is now available on the XC blog:
We look forward to hearing your comments on our findings, and on the XC
project in general.
Look for additional Outcomes from Phase 1 of the XC Project to be posted
to the blog over the next couple of months!
Jennifer Bowen, Nancy Fried Foster, and David Lindahl, XC Co-Principal
Investigators, for the XC Team
the Practice at 2007 AALL.
--Rhonda
The University of Rochester River Campus Libraries are designing and
developing a set of open-source applications that will provide libraries
with an alternative way to reveal their collections to library users.
This set of applications, called the eXtensible Catalog (XC), will
provide easy access to all library resources (both digital and physical
collections) and will enable library content to be revealed through
other services, such as content management systems and learning
management systems.
XC will be a collaborative effort between partners that will serve a
variety of roles in its development. Phase 1 of the XC project
(2006-2007), funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, involved the
creation of a project plan for developing XC during Phase 2.
To inform the development of a plan for XC, we conducted a survey of
prospective library users of XC to gauge interest in the XC system and
readiness to implement it. A summary of the findings from this survey
is now available on the XC blog:
We look forward to hearing your comments on our findings, and on the XC
project in general.
Look for additional Outcomes from Phase 1 of the XC Project to be posted
to the blog over the next couple of months!
Jennifer Bowen, Nancy Fried Foster, and David Lindahl, XC Co-Principal
Investigators, for the XC Team
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Heads of Cataloging in Large Libraries
Ann Sitkin chaired this meeting. We began with the round robin.
Rhonda Lawrence, Chair of TS, recognised Ann Sitkin and Kathy Winzer for all the work they've done (Kathy as CC:DA rep, and Ann as chair of the Working Group on Description) and Jean Pajerek, Chair of the Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee, as well.
We discussed our Big Heads statistics. We decided that we should only count authority records that we create (either locally or for NACO) and discussed how to count e-resources. Judy will look over the format and send out questions for review.
- Chris Tarr of University of California reported that Bill Benemann, former head of technical services, has moved into a new position as archivist for the law school, a position in the library. Chris has become head of cataloging. The news at Berkeley is that they will soon be moving from OCLC to RLIN; that they are reconsidering their decision not to buy the MOML records, and that they are planning how to eventually reclassify the pieces of the collection (Oceania, Africa, Latin America, Canada and Europe except for Germany and France) that remain in the LA County schedule.
- Jean Pajerek of Cornell said that Cornell is reclassifying their old JX collection; that they are planning to move from RLIN to OCLC, and that Jean asked on the TS list which libraries were planning to use the new OCLC institutional records. She posted the responses on the list. RLIN will be no more as of August 31.
- Pat Sayre-McCoy of the University of Chicago said that they are renovating, and will lose 45% of their stack space. This means that they are discarding, weeding, and sending things to storage. Some of their discarded larger sets are going to the Law Library Microform Consortium.
- Suzanne Graham is the new head of cataloging at the University of Georgia Law School Library, replacing Beth Geesey Holmes. She is working with the workflow, and also sending authority records to LTI.
- George Praeger of New York University Law School Library reported that they are still buying as much foreign material as domestic. This has implications for staffing, since they work they have requires professional workforce rather than clerical, but clerical is what they have.
- Hofstra reported that they are moving from DRA to III, and reclassifying their federal documents, thousands of titles, from SuDoc numbers to LC classification.
- Grace of Columbia University Law School Library reports that Robert Rendell, their serials librarian, has accepted a job as a serials librarian at the Main Library, which leaves them with an open position. Their head of special collections has retired. Since there is some uncataloged manuscripts, the director wants to create a one year temporary rare book cataloging position to deal with these materials. They have moved from RLIN to OCLC as of July 1, with some CJK implications. They will do all copy in their local system, and all original cataloging in OCLC.
- According to Susan Karpuk of Yale University Law Library, their budget has remained the same, they have infinite offsite storage, and they are busy acquiring other collections.
- Yael Mandelstam of Fordham noted that they discovered boxes of historical Fordham Law School photographs, which they are digitizing. They are still in the conceptual stages, but they plan to design the database to store the digitized photos, and it's a lot of fun.
- Ming Lu of the Los Angeles County Law Library reported that they are reorganizing, which is resulting in lots of weeding. they have three projects in the new future. They are moving to OCLC; they are moving from Voyager to III; and they are reclassifying their collection from LA County into LC. (!!!) The new director decided this, and it will be outsourced. Half of their 800,000 collection is not on-line.
- Terry Saye of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law School noted that they are putting Endeca on top of their III catalog so that they will be able to search the Duke and NC State catalogs from theirs. They're also in the midst of a building expansion, and may be digitizing the 4th circuit records and briefs. They'll be looking to Duke to help. but they're currently shut down or a renovation, so that may take some time.
- According to Judy Vaughn Sterling, the University of Pennsylvania Law School Library will be switching from RLIN to OCLC. The Law School has taken half of one floor from the library for their own purposes. The Law Library is undertaking a huge weeding project, both due to lack of space, but also due to the new Collection Development librarian. They've been weeding, cutting subscriptions, and not buying much. A new contract for the support staff is causing some trouble, as people are now put into a higher classification, yet there is still need for clerical level work to be done. the director is uncomfortable with paying higher level salaries for lower level work. Richard Amelung recommended Better World Books as a cost effective and responsible way to dispose of books from weeding projects.
- Kathy Winzer of Stanford reported that the Stanford Law Library is still renovating, one floor at a time. The new renovations give some technical services office space to faculty support. This arrangement is not ideal, since that space is between two library offices, meaning that book trucks will need to be rolled through the faculty support office daily. The Library also lost its Open Reserve Collection space. This was a heavily used collection that will now be shelved in amonst the general collection. They are weeding heavily, and Google is digitizing their materials. they have lost the Technical Services librarian, and along with that, the Technical Services department. This may work well eventually, but at the moment they are struggling with coordination issues. They've moved to OCLC, which was easy. They're still reclassifying.
- Michael Maben of the University of Indiana at Bloomington Law Library reports that they have also lost space to the law school in a renovation --10 % of their space. They are sending many things off to storage. They are also digitizing.
- Susan Goldner, of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, reported that UALR has a larger acquisition budget, which is leading to space problems. They have installed compact shelving, and are also weeding. They are thinking about moving to having a vendor do authority control.
- Richard Amelung, of St. Louis University Law Library, reported that the law school is currently in the midst of an enormous 41 month renovation project which will give the law school a new classroom building, but will not add any space to the library. He noted that St Louis U is the coordinator of the OCLC NACO law funnel, which may be of some interest to new OCLC libraries. Richard also noted that there are lots of new sets of records -- the Trials records, and the records for the Readex Serials Set, which are going to makethe MOML records look very small. There was some discussion (Yael Mandelstam is also interested in this) about having the authority work done before we all load the records so that it only needs to be done once.
- Richard Paone, of Dickinson Law Library (the law school for Penn State) mentioned that they are moving from III to Sirsi. The move is messy, but okay. They are reclassing their JX collection, including many formely unclassed materials
- Ellen McGrath of the State University of New York at Buffalo Law Library mentioned that they are sending materials out to storage and reroofing, which requires that they empty the 7th floor. They continue to reclass in house, as they have been doing since 1993. They've stopped binding as a cost-saving measure.
- Rhonda Lawrence, of the University of California, Los Angeles mentioned that they end some 6,000 Arabic records out to OCLC Techpro, which has been okay, but not great. The records are fine, but there have been lots of local processing issues. they have a new head of technical services. Rhonda also mentioned that the 10 campus UC system is engaging in a project to replace the aging Melvyl union catalog with a new WorldCat local catalog.
- Ann Sitkin of Harvard reported that they have taken a 10% hit in their budget, which is resulting in smaller expenditures. They are getting rid of looseleaf services, CCH products, multiple copies, stuff that's online. So far the faculty seems okay about it. The Dean took over half of the third floor, and will take more. All this has been demoralizing. They are moving to OCLC, where they wil have institution records. Google digitization will start next week.
Rhonda Lawrence, Chair of TS, recognised Ann Sitkin and Kathy Winzer for all the work they've done (Kathy as CC:DA rep, and Ann as chair of the Working Group on Description) and Jean Pajerek, Chair of the Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee, as well.
We discussed our Big Heads statistics. We decided that we should only count authority records that we create (either locally or for NACO) and discussed how to count e-resources. Judy will look over the format and send out questions for review.
Mary Jane Kelsey awarded Renee Chapman award
Rhonda Lawrence, chair of TS-SIS, presents Mary Jane Kelsey with the Rene Chapman award.
AALL Second Line Blog
Check this out! It's the AALL general New Orleans blog, full of all kinds of information. Well worth reading before you leave town --
Monday, July 16, 2007
Who are these people?
Jean Pajerek, Chair of Cataloging and Classication Committee, and Jolande Goldberg, Library of Congress, at the TS-SIS Business Meeting
Pictures from the TS Table
The table itself ...
Brian Striman at the table
Susan Goldner grabs a bite to eat at the table
It looked very lonely when I first got there (I was a bit late), but then some TSers came by, and even a new librarian. Susan and I advised her while Brian foraged for candy. Dawn Smith came by for her shift, and it was time to go.
--Chris
Brian Striman at the table
Susan Goldner grabs a bite to eat at the table
It looked very lonely when I first got there (I was a bit late), but then some TSers came by, and even a new librarian. Susan and I advised her while Brian foraged for candy. Dawn Smith came by for her shift, and it was time to go.
--Chris
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Cat and Class agenda
To those of you planning to attend the Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee meeting on Monday morning, please print out a copy of the agenda and take it with you to the meeting. There will be very few paper copies of the agenda available on-site.
Thank you for your cooperation.
The agenda can be printed from here.
--Jean Pajerek
Chair, TS-SIS Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee
Thank you for your cooperation.
The agenda can be printed from here.
--Jean Pajerek
Chair, TS-SIS Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee
LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control Task Force
Dear TS-SIS members,
Are you interested in the future of bibliographic control? Have you been keeping up with the activities of the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control? Do you do your best work under pressure? :-) Do tight deadlines focus your mind?
If your answers to the above questions are "yes," you might want to consider signing up for a VERY short-term task force. The charge of the task force will be to draft testimony on behalf of the TS-SIS Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee to be presented (by way of our AALL representative to the Working Group, Richard Amelung) to the Working Group. The deadline for getting the testimony to the Working Group is July 31 (this is an extension from the previous deadline of July 15), so the task group's deadline would have to be earlier, say, July 27, so that the testimony can be vetted by Richard, the TS-SIS Executive Board, and members of the Cataloging and Classification Committee before submission to the Working Group.
Richard offers the following guidance to those drafting the testimony:
I must say that we've been encouraging people/organizations
to offer specifics. Where is the value & the value added?
Who might be parties that have yet to be tapped that have
data or resources that the Library Community (and LC) use
that we're not using now?
If you are interested in serving on this task force, please email me at jmp8@removethiscornell.edu. I will also be recruiting members at AALL in New Orleans.
Further information about LC's Working Group can be found here:
http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/
You might also want to attend the TS-SIS Hot Topic program, "Does Cataloging Have a Future? An Update from the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control," which is scheduled for Monday morning, July 16 at 10:30 AM in Convention Center 224.
Thank you.
--Jean Pajerek
Chair, TS-SIS Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee
Are you interested in the future of bibliographic control? Have you been keeping up with the activities of the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control? Do you do your best work under pressure? :-) Do tight deadlines focus your mind?
If your answers to the above questions are "yes," you might want to consider signing up for a VERY short-term task force. The charge of the task force will be to draft testimony on behalf of the TS-SIS Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee to be presented (by way of our AALL representative to the Working Group, Richard Amelung) to the Working Group. The deadline for getting the testimony to the Working Group is July 31 (this is an extension from the previous deadline of July 15), so the task group's deadline would have to be earlier, say, July 27, so that the testimony can be vetted by Richard, the TS-SIS Executive Board, and members of the Cataloging and Classification Committee before submission to the Working Group.
Richard offers the following guidance to those drafting the testimony:
I must say that we've been encouraging people/organizations
to offer specifics. Where is the value & the value added?
Who might be parties that have yet to be tapped that have
data or resources that the Library Community (and LC) use
that we're not using now?
If you are interested in serving on this task force, please email me at jmp8@removethiscornell.edu. I will also be recruiting members at AALL in New Orleans.
Further information about LC's Working Group can be found here:
http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/
You might also want to attend the TS-SIS Hot Topic program, "Does Cataloging Have a Future? An Update from the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control," which is scheduled for Monday morning, July 16 at 10:30 AM in Convention Center 224.
Thank you.
--Jean Pajerek
Chair, TS-SIS Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee
Wireless in New Orleans
For those interested in Wireless access,
Wireless Internet Service is provided in the following areas of the Morial Convention Center:
All lobby areas, 2nd & 3rd floor, meeting rooms and pre-function areas, including the Ballrooms.
Individual Attendee Pricing (all connections end at midnight)
Per Minute: $0.30
Per Hour: $3.95
Per Day: $16.95
AK
***********************************************
Alan Keely
Associate Director for Collection Services
and Systems
Professional Center Library
Wake Forest University
P.O. Box 7206
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109-7206
Wireless Internet Service is provided in the following areas of the Morial Convention Center:
All lobby areas, 2nd & 3rd floor, meeting rooms and pre-function areas, including the Ballrooms.
Individual Attendee Pricing (all connections end at midnight)
Per Minute: $0.30
Per Hour: $3.95
Per Day: $16.95
AK
***********************************************
Alan Keely
Associate Director for Collection Services
and Systems
Professional Center Library
Wake Forest University
P.O. Box 7206
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109-7206
OBS/TS Research Roundtable
Have you ever published? Or considered publishing?
Most likely everyone falls into one or the other of these categories. If
you do, please plan to join us for the Research Roundtable meeting, which
is jointly sponsored by the OBS and TS SISs. It will take place Tuesday,
July 17, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM in the Convention Center (EMCC)-Room 228.
This meeting will include free-flowing discussions of:
-- Opportunities for publishing
-- Personal experiences with doing research and writing for
publication
-- Project ideas attendees would like to share and gather feedback on
All are welcome! Feel free to bring your lunch with you. Hope to see you
there ...
Ellen
******************************************************************************
Ellen McGrath E-mail: emcgrath@removethisbuffalo.edu
Head of Cataloging Phone: (716) 645-2254
Charles B. Sears Law Library Fax: (716) 645-3860
University at Buffalo
State University of New York
Buffalo, New York 14260-1110
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Most likely everyone falls into one or the other of these categories. If
you do, please plan to join us for the Research Roundtable meeting, which
is jointly sponsored by the OBS and TS SISs. It will take place Tuesday,
July 17, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM in the Convention Center (EMCC)-Room 228.
This meeting will include free-flowing discussions of:
-- Opportunities for publishing
-- Personal experiences with doing research and writing for
publication
-- Project ideas attendees would like to share and gather feedback on
All are welcome! Feel free to bring your lunch with you. Hope to see you
there ...
Ellen
******************************************************************************
Ellen McGrath E-mail: emcgrath@removethisbuffalo.edu
Head of Cataloging Phone: (716) 645-2254
Charles B. Sears Law Library Fax: (716) 645-3860
University at Buffalo
State University of New York
Buffalo, New York 14260-1110
*******************************************************************************
Tech Services Programs
We are so close … New Orleans is just a few days away!
And TS-SIS is offering the most technical services events ever during AALL 2007 in New Orleans--you may never again see such a great selection of acquisitions, cataloging and technical services related programs and meetings! Thanks again to all the members of the 2006/2007Education Committee and to the coordinators for their tremendous work in putting this together.
Go to our web site at http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/annualmeeting/2007/ to see all the technical services related events.
Important reminder: our very own in-house TS-SIS sponsored programs, listed below, are not included in the AALL final program. Instead, we have provided descriptions, handouts and evaluation forms on our own TS-SIS website, thanks to the huge effort exerted by our web master Martin Wisneski.
Please check out these two links and print the handouts and evaluations forms to take with you to AALL. Very few paper copies will be available at the meetings.
Handouts for TS SIS programs: http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/annualmeeting/2007/handouts/
Evaluation forms for TS-SIS programs:
http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/annualmeeting/2007/programevaluations/
TS-SIS 2007 Program Descriptions (all programs held in the Convention Center except the Acquisitions Roundtable, held in the Hilton Riverside)
Next Katrina: Are you ready? (TS-SIS Program)
Sunday, July 15, 2007 — 4:15-5:15 p.m. EMCC-Room 223
Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc throughout New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in August 2005. Area librarians will discuss their experiences before, during, and after the catastrophe. Speakers will provide real-life recommendations for how to improve our own disaster preparedness. Vivid, dramatic photographs of damage will complement the presentations.
Blogging and Beyond: New Communication Streams for Technical Services Librarians (TS-SIS Program)
Sunday, July 15, 2007 — 4:15-5:15 p.m. EMCC-Room 224
To keep technical services law librarians apprised of the latest communication techniques, technologies such as blogs, RSS feeds and other communication streams beyond websites and e-mail will be explored. Librarians will learn how to apply these technologies to monitor publisher and vendor developments, follow journal publication schedules, network with colleagues, and manage listserv e-mail overload, etc.
Hot Topic Program (TS-SIS): Does Cataloging Have a Future? An Update from the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control (TS-SIS Program)
Monday, July 16, 2007 — 10:30-11:30 a.m. EMCC-Room 224
Advances in search-engine technology, the popularity of the Internet and the influx of electronic information resources have greatly changed the way libraries deliver information. To address these changes, LC convened a Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control (LCWGFBC), which is holding public meetings around the country and due to complete its review by November 2007. Richard Amelung, AALL's representative, will discuss the ongoing activities of the Group, including a hearing just held July 9th at the Library of Congress. There will be a question and answer period.
Indigenous Government and Law in the Americas. Library of Congress Online Classification: A Gateway to Web Resources? (TS-SIS Program)
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 — 9:00-10:30 a.m. EMCC-Room 224
A growing need to provide access to legal records of indigenous governments in the Americas has challenged libraries. How to broaden and enhance access to these materials will be discussed by librarians expert in cataloging, collection building and digital projects. LC's new online Classification schedule for the Law of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas (KIA-KIX) was explored for the various ways in which this tool can be used in capturing and presenting digital copy of these hard to-come-by sources and other web resources, institutional or tribal.
Resource Description and Access (Cataloging Roundtable and TS-SIS Program)
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 — 12:00-1:30 p.m. EMCC-Room 224
As the publication of the new cataloging code RDA approaches, law catalogers face challenges learning and applying it. Kathy Winzer, AALL's representative to CC:DA, will provide an update on the latest progress, followed by a panel discussion led by the Cataloging & Classification Committee's Descriptive Cataloging Policy Advisory Working Group. Michael Gorman will also be present for questions and a follow-up to his earlier presentation on the Future of Cataloging.
Tips and Tricks for Successful Vendor Negotiations (Acquisitions Roundtable and TS-SIS Program)
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 — 12:00-1:30 p.m. Hilton Riverside-Prince of Wales
Getting the material that the law library needs involves knowing what to ask for and how to ask for it. To what extent does referencing the AALL Fair Practices Guidelines facilitate discussions with vendors? What can vendors do to help a library transition part of its collection to other formats? This half-hour program will explore ways to foster better communication with vendors.
Casting a Wider Net: the Challenges and Rewards of Making Your Online Catalog a Useful Tool Beyond The Law Library (TS-SIS Program)
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 — 2:45-3:15 p.m. EMCC-Room 224
The Suffolk University Law School's Moakley Law Library expanded their OPAC beyond the law library setting by incorporating the holdings of the University's Career Development Office resources into its OPAC--the mechanics of how this was done will be demonstrated.
For a complete listing of TS-SIS and other AALL committee meetings, go to: http://www.aallnet.org/database/meeting_annual_events.asp
See you in New Orleans!
--Rhonda
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Rhonda K. Lawrence
TS-SIS Chair, 2006/07
And TS-SIS is offering the most technical services events ever during AALL 2007 in New Orleans--you may never again see such a great selection of acquisitions, cataloging and technical services related programs and meetings! Thanks again to all the members of the 2006/2007Education Committee and to the coordinators for their tremendous work in putting this together.
Go to our web site at http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/annualmeeting/2007/ to see all the technical services related events.
Important reminder: our very own in-house TS-SIS sponsored programs, listed below, are not included in the AALL final program. Instead, we have provided descriptions, handouts and evaluation forms on our own TS-SIS website, thanks to the huge effort exerted by our web master Martin Wisneski.
Please check out these two links and print the handouts and evaluations forms to take with you to AALL. Very few paper copies will be available at the meetings.
Handouts for TS SIS programs: http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/annualmeeting/2007/handouts/
Evaluation forms for TS-SIS programs:
http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/annualmeeting/2007/programevaluations/
TS-SIS 2007 Program Descriptions (all programs held in the Convention Center except the Acquisitions Roundtable, held in the Hilton Riverside)
Next Katrina: Are you ready? (TS-SIS Program)
Sunday, July 15, 2007 — 4:15-5:15 p.m. EMCC-Room 223
Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc throughout New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in August 2005. Area librarians will discuss their experiences before, during, and after the catastrophe. Speakers will provide real-life recommendations for how to improve our own disaster preparedness. Vivid, dramatic photographs of damage will complement the presentations.
Blogging and Beyond: New Communication Streams for Technical Services Librarians (TS-SIS Program)
Sunday, July 15, 2007 — 4:15-5:15 p.m. EMCC-Room 224
To keep technical services law librarians apprised of the latest communication techniques, technologies such as blogs, RSS feeds and other communication streams beyond websites and e-mail will be explored. Librarians will learn how to apply these technologies to monitor publisher and vendor developments, follow journal publication schedules, network with colleagues, and manage listserv e-mail overload, etc.
Hot Topic Program (TS-SIS): Does Cataloging Have a Future? An Update from the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control (TS-SIS Program)
Monday, July 16, 2007 — 10:30-11:30 a.m. EMCC-Room 224
Advances in search-engine technology, the popularity of the Internet and the influx of electronic information resources have greatly changed the way libraries deliver information. To address these changes, LC convened a Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control (LCWGFBC), which is holding public meetings around the country and due to complete its review by November 2007. Richard Amelung, AALL's representative, will discuss the ongoing activities of the Group, including a hearing just held July 9th at the Library of Congress. There will be a question and answer period.
Indigenous Government and Law in the Americas. Library of Congress Online Classification: A Gateway to Web Resources? (TS-SIS Program)
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 — 9:00-10:30 a.m. EMCC-Room 224
A growing need to provide access to legal records of indigenous governments in the Americas has challenged libraries. How to broaden and enhance access to these materials will be discussed by librarians expert in cataloging, collection building and digital projects. LC's new online Classification schedule for the Law of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas (KIA-KIX) was explored for the various ways in which this tool can be used in capturing and presenting digital copy of these hard to-come-by sources and other web resources, institutional or tribal.
Resource Description and Access (Cataloging Roundtable and TS-SIS Program)
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 — 12:00-1:30 p.m. EMCC-Room 224
As the publication of the new cataloging code RDA approaches, law catalogers face challenges learning and applying it. Kathy Winzer, AALL's representative to CC:DA, will provide an update on the latest progress, followed by a panel discussion led by the Cataloging & Classification Committee's Descriptive Cataloging Policy Advisory Working Group. Michael Gorman will also be present for questions and a follow-up to his earlier presentation on the Future of Cataloging.
Tips and Tricks for Successful Vendor Negotiations (Acquisitions Roundtable and TS-SIS Program)
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 — 12:00-1:30 p.m. Hilton Riverside-Prince of Wales
Getting the material that the law library needs involves knowing what to ask for and how to ask for it. To what extent does referencing the AALL Fair Practices Guidelines facilitate discussions with vendors? What can vendors do to help a library transition part of its collection to other formats? This half-hour program will explore ways to foster better communication with vendors.
Casting a Wider Net: the Challenges and Rewards of Making Your Online Catalog a Useful Tool Beyond The Law Library (TS-SIS Program)
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 — 2:45-3:15 p.m. EMCC-Room 224
The Suffolk University Law School's Moakley Law Library expanded their OPAC beyond the law library setting by incorporating the holdings of the University's Career Development Office resources into its OPAC--the mechanics of how this was done will be demonstrated.
For a complete listing of TS-SIS and other AALL committee meetings, go to: http://www.aallnet.org/database/meeting_annual_events.asp
See you in New Orleans!
--Rhonda
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Rhonda K. Lawrence
TS-SIS Chair, 2006/07
Future of Cataloging
I am very pleased to announce that the AALL Continuing Professional Education Committee has selected our AMPC sponsored program, The Future of Cataloging, to video tape at this year's AALL annual meeting.
The program will be presented Tuesday, July 17, 2007 — 10:45-11:45 a.m. in the Convention Center (EMCC) Room 206/207.
Selected in part because of its topical interest, and primarily because of its dynamic speaker, Michael Gorman, the program will be made available on the CPE web site on AALLNET after it has been edited.
Mr. Gorman, the internationally renowned editor of the Anglo American Cataloguing Code, 2nd ed. and many other publications on library education and cataloging, will offer his insightful views on the future of bibliographic control in a 21st century American context. Those who have had the pleasure of hearing Michael Gorman speak know that he promises an hour of wit, provocative statements, challenges and thoughtful insight into our profession. The audience will have an opportunity for debate during an open question-and-answer period.
--Rhonda Lawrence
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Rhonda K. Lawrence
Program Coordinator
TS-SIS Chair, 2006/07
The program will be presented Tuesday, July 17, 2007 — 10:45-11:45 a.m. in the Convention Center (EMCC) Room 206/207.
Selected in part because of its topical interest, and primarily because of its dynamic speaker, Michael Gorman, the program will be made available on the CPE web site on AALLNET after it has been edited.
Mr. Gorman, the internationally renowned editor of the Anglo American Cataloguing Code, 2nd ed. and many other publications on library education and cataloging, will offer his insightful views on the future of bibliographic control in a 21st century American context. Those who have had the pleasure of hearing Michael Gorman speak know that he promises an hour of wit, provocative statements, challenges and thoughtful insight into our profession. The audience will have an opportunity for debate during an open question-and-answer period.
--Rhonda Lawrence
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Rhonda K. Lawrence
Program Coordinator
TS-SIS Chair, 2006/07
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
TSLL needs 11 more reporters
WE are making fabulous progress with our Annual Meeting reporter volunteers! Thank you so much everybody.
I need 11 more volunteers yet.
Brian Striman
Editor-in-Chief, TSLL
Schmid Law Library
University of Nebraska College of Law
tsll@remove thisunlnotes.unl.edu
402-472-8286
I need 11 more volunteers yet.
Brian Striman
Editor-in-Chief, TSLL
Schmid Law Library
University of Nebraska College of Law
tsll@remove thisunlnotes.unl.edu
402-472-8286
OBS-SIS Table
Colleagues:
Once again, OBS-SIS will have a presence in the AALL Activities area of the Exhibit Hall. We’ll have the ever popular paperback book exchange -- stop in and drop off a title, and choose a new favorite. We’ll also have a list of OBS-SIS programs, our wonderful new brochure, and you can pick up a sticker to show your TS-SIS pride. You can chat with a real-live member of OBS-SIS during the special events in the Exhibit Hall:
Exhibit Hall Opening, Sunday, 9:00-10:00 AM
Exhibit Hall Refreshments, Monday, 1:00-2:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Refreshments, Tuesday, 1:30-2:00 (the refreshments last until 2:30)
Please stop by and say hello, or visit the table anytime the exhibits are open. BTW, if you have a bit of extra room in your suitcase, toss in an extra paperback, and drop it off; we always run out! Looking forward to seeing you in New Orleans, “laissez le bons temps roule!”
Caitlin Robinson
Head, Collection Services
University of Iowa Law Library
228 Boyd Law Building
Iowa City, IA 52242-1166
voice: 319/335-9049
fax: 319/335-9039
email: caitlin-robinson@removethisuiowa.edu
Once again, OBS-SIS will have a presence in the AALL Activities area of the Exhibit Hall. We’ll have the ever popular paperback book exchange -- stop in and drop off a title, and choose a new favorite. We’ll also have a list of OBS-SIS programs, our wonderful new brochure, and you can pick up a sticker to show your TS-SIS pride. You can chat with a real-live member of OBS-SIS during the special events in the Exhibit Hall:
Exhibit Hall Opening, Sunday, 9:00-10:00 AM
Exhibit Hall Refreshments, Monday, 1:00-2:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Refreshments, Tuesday, 1:30-2:00 (the refreshments last until 2:30)
Please stop by and say hello, or visit the table anytime the exhibits are open. BTW, if you have a bit of extra room in your suitcase, toss in an extra paperback, and drop it off; we always run out! Looking forward to seeing you in New Orleans, “laissez le bons temps roule!”
Caitlin Robinson
Head, Collection Services
University of Iowa Law Library
228 Boyd Law Building
Iowa City, IA 52242-1166
voice: 319/335-9049
fax: 319/335-9039
email: caitlin-robinson@removethisuiowa.edu
Blogging and Beyond!
Below is a link for handouts for the TS-SIS program “Blogging and Beyond: New Communication Streams for Technical Services Librarians". The program will be held on Sunday, July 15th at 4:15-5:15 pm in EMCC-Room 224.
Handouts for the program can be found at Bonnie Shucha’s Scribd page.
The presentation can be found here.
It can be viewed online, downloaded in PDF, MSWord, or listened to in MP3.
We hope to see you at the program!
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*Lisa J. Arm 617-353-8875 *
*Collection Development Librarian email:larm@remove thisbu.edu*
*Boston University Law Library *
*765 Commonwealth Ave. *
*Boston, MA 02215 *
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Handouts for the program can be found at Bonnie Shucha’s Scribd page.
The presentation can be found here.
It can be viewed online, downloaded in PDF, MSWord, or listened to in MP3.
We hope to see you at the program!
**************************************************
*Lisa J. Arm 617-353-8875 *
*Collection Development Librarian email:larm@remove thisbu.edu*
*Boston University Law Library *
*765 Commonwealth Ave. *
*Boston, MA 02215 *
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Heads of TS Roundtable
TS-SIS Members:
I am inviting you to attend the Heads of Technical Services Roundtable which will be held Sunday, July 15, 2007 at the Hilton Riverside, Melrose Room from 12:00 PM -1:15 PM. Feel free to bring your lunch. Everyone is welcome, whether you're a Head of Tech Services, or want to be one.
Our discussion will cover topics shamelessly "borrowed" from the ALA ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group, or any other burning issues you might want to discuss.
The ALCTS topics are:
Best practices for incorporating special projects into the regular workflow
Management/employee supervision and motivation issues in technical services
Collection Development and technical services: how are they/can they/ should they be coordinated?
Staffing workflow changes as a result of the move from print to e-journals
If these or other topics are of interest to you, please be sure to join us.
Karen Douglas,
Roundtable Coordinator
Karen B. Douglas
Head of Technical Services
Duke University Law Library
PO Box 90361
Durham, NC 27708
919-613-7116 phone
919-613-7237 fax
douglas@removethislaw.duke.edu
I am inviting you to attend the Heads of Technical Services Roundtable which will be held Sunday, July 15, 2007 at the Hilton Riverside, Melrose Room from 12:00 PM -1:15 PM. Feel free to bring your lunch. Everyone is welcome, whether you're a Head of Tech Services, or want to be one.
Our discussion will cover topics shamelessly "borrowed" from the ALA ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group, or any other burning issues you might want to discuss.
The ALCTS topics are:
Best practices for incorporating special projects into the regular workflow
Management/employee supervision and motivation issues in technical services
Collection Development and technical services: how are they/can they/ should they be coordinated?
Staffing workflow changes as a result of the move from print to e-journals
If these or other topics are of interest to you, please be sure to join us.
Karen Douglas,
Roundtable Coordinator
Karen B. Douglas
Head of Technical Services
Duke University Law Library
PO Box 90361
Durham, NC 27708
919-613-7116 phone
919-613-7237 fax
douglas@removethislaw.duke.edu
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