Save the date: Institutional Repository Symposium 1/22/09 Cindy Hepfer 22 Sep 2008 18:10 UTC
ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION SAVE THE DATE - THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2009 - Denver, Colorado "Implementing an Institutional Repository: Benefits and Challenges" A MidWinter symposium presented by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Has your institution begun to develop, or is it considering developing, an institutional repository? If so, will there be a role for the library? Whether you answered 'yes' or 'no' to this question, please join us to consider the challenges, pitfalls and promises of establishing and supporting an institutional repository. An outstanding panel of presenters will discuss the legal and access issues as well as various IR platforms and models that will provide attendees with the means to make informed decisions regarding the introduction of an institutional repository. Speakers: Greg Tananbaum, Consulting Services at the Intersection of Technology, Content & Academia Opening and Closing presentations Georgia Harper Scholarly Communications Advisor University of Texas at Austin Libraries Leah Vanderjagt Digital Repository Services Librarian University of Alberta Libraries Marilyn Billings Scholarly Communication & Special Initiatives Librarian University of Massachusetts, Amherst Jessica Branco Colati Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries Project Director, Alliance Digital Repository Bob Gerrity Director of Library Systems Boston College Libraries Robert Tansley Engineer Google, Inc. Advance registration opens on October 1 through the ALA conference website. ADVANCE REGISTRATION: Division/RT member: $199.00; ALA member $249; Non-Member $299; Student/retired member $99 ONSITE REGISTRATION: Division/RT member: $249; ALA member $299; Non-Member $349; Student/retired member $99 SPECIAL DISCOUNTED RATE FOR BOTH SYMPOSIA [information regarding the other symposium follows below]: Division/RT member $339; ALA member $419; Non-Member $499; Student/retired member $198 ALCTS thanks bepress for their generous support of this event. ****** On Friday, January 23 ALCTS will offer "Breaking Down the Silos: Planning for Discovery in Library 2.0" a MidWinter symposium designed to help libraries evaluate options among a new generation of library catalogs, federated search engines and link resolvers. Bob Wolven, Associate University Librarian for Bibliographic Services and Collection Development at Columbia University, will deliver the keynote address. Speakers include Roy Tennant (OCLC), Marshall Breeding (Vanderbilt University), Jill Grog (University of Alabama) and Rob McGee (RMG Consultants). Panel presentations by Don Barlow (Westerville Public Library), John Meador (SUNY Binghamton), David Lee King (Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library), and Jennifer Bowen (University of Rochester) round out the program. Please consider the environment before printing this message ************************************ Cindy Hepfer Head, Electronic Periodicals Management Dept. Central Technical Services University at Buffalo (SUNY) 134 Lockwood Library Buffalo, NY 14260-2210 Tel 716-645-2784/2786 Fax: 716-645-5955 HSLcindy@buffalo.edu ************************************