Concerned about the future of bibliographic control?

Please join us as we hear presentations focusing on the LC Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control final report in session D-2, “The good, the bad, the ugly: rethinking bibliographic control in the 21st century,” (Monday, July 14, 8:45-9:30 AM, OCC Portland Ballroom 251). Then move with us to OCC-E146 for the OBS-SIS sponsored program “All good, no bad, no ugly? The conversation continues” (Monday, July 14, 9:45-10:15 AM) where the speakers from D-2 will be available to answer questions and continue the discussion. NOTE: this is a change in the title and plans for the session at 9:45 AM.

-Caitlin Robinson

TS-SIS Serials Committee

TS-SIS Serials Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 15th from 7:30am - 8:45 am. The agenda for the meeting includes the following:

* Project Counter Subcommittee
* LLJ Centennial Article project
* Exchange of Duplicates program
* Changes to the ABA Questionnaire
* 2009 Program Proposals
* Project ideas for 2008-09

Anyone interested in serials issues is welcome to attend!

Thanks,
Carol Avery Nicholson

OBS SIRSI/DYNIX Law Users Roundtable

Hello,



The OBS-SIS SIRSI/Dynix Law Users Roundtable is scheduled for Tuesday, July 15th from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. I was originally scheduled to facilitate this roundtable however I now have a conflict. If there is someone from a Sirsi law library who would be willing to facilitate this meeting please let me know.



Thank you,



Heather Buckwalter

Serials/Acquisitions Librarian

OBS Table needs volunteers

The AALL Annual Meeting is only one week away so I'm making one last
request for volunteers to sit at the OBS exhibit hall table. Please
consider volunteering!

Volunteering is simple. You just need to sit at the OBS Exhibit Hall
display table and tell your colleagues about the wonders of OBS, hand
out some candy, encourage passersby to participate in our annual
paperback exchange, and invite them to enter our drawing for a $25 gift
card from Amazon.com.

The following time slots are still available:
Sunday, July 13th
1-2
4-5

Monday, July 14th
9-10
11-12
1-2
4-5

Tuesday, July 15th
9-10
10-11
11-12
12-1
1-2

If you are available to sit and share the beauties of OBS with others,
please let me know when and I will add you to the schedule. For those of
you who haven't really thought about it yet, please give this some
consideration. Representing OBS in the Exhibit Hall is a wonderful way
to serve your SIS.

Thank you for your consideration,
Corinne Jacox
OBS-SIS Member-At-Large
CORINNEJACOX[at]creighton.edu

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, a
list of OBS-SIS programs, and a $25 gift card drawing for Amazon.com.

Please stop by and visit the table anytime the exhibits are open ... and
if you have a bit of extra room in your suitcase, toss in an extra
paperback, and drop it off; we always run out!

Corinne Jacox
OBS-SIS Member-at-Large

TS-SIS Hot Topic: Technical Services and the Three Rs

SAVE THE DATE!

Please join us for an intriguing program on management issues in the modern law library.

HOT TOPIC Program (TS-SIS): Technical Services and the Three Rs: Reinventing, Restructuring and Renewing (TS-SIS Program)
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 — 10:455-11:45 a.m.
Every department goes through change, and Technical Services is no different. Recent news about an increasing amount of departmental restructuring in academic libraries has been piquing interest across the country. While some libraries have created more hierarchy in their management structure, others have opted for a flat organization. Their choice and changes in library practice have left many librarians wondering about the future of their jobs and how restructuring changes the role of the technical services librarian. During this hour-long discussion, our panelists will go into detail about what motivates departmental restructuring in real life situations. They will share advice about how to know when to restructure, as well as how to help staff through the transition. Panelists: Barbara Garavaglia, Assistant Director, University of Michigan Law Library; Paul Lomio, Director, Robert Crown Law Library, Stanford Law School; Edward T. Hart, Acquisitions and Serials Librarian,!
University of Florida Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center. There will be time for questions and answers.

Karen A. Nuckolls
Head of Technical Services
University of Kentucky Law Library
Lexington, KY
kanuck2[at]uky.edu

Demystifying Batch-load Analysis Program

Demystifying Batch-Load Analysis: What You Need to Know About Vendor-Supplied Bibliographic Records

Co-sponsored and co-funded by OBS-SIS & TS-SIS

When: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 4:15-5:15 PM

Where: OCC-E146

Handout available at: http://tsvbr.pbwiki.com/Batchload+Analysis

Description: The availability of vendor-supplied bibliographic records for batch-loading into our local catalogs presents new challenges: How should my library evaluate the quality of vendor-supplied MARC records before acquiring them? What role can the TS-SIS Task Group on Vendor-Supplied Bibliographic Records play in this process? This program will introduce ways to use readily available tools to analyze batches of MARC records. It will help libraries that have purchased access to packages such as MOML, LLMC, BNA, CIS, WLX, etc. and are considering how to provide access to them through their catalogs.

Coordinator: Ellen McGrath, University at Buffalo

Moderator: Kevin Butterfield, College of William and Mary

Speaker: Yael Mandelstam, Fordham University

Learning outcomes:

1. Participants will be able to identify quality control issues and problems associated with the batch-loading of vendor-supplied bibliographic MARC records

2. Participants will be able to analyze and modify batches of MARC records using tools available in their libraries