tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6654659678526392512024-02-20T09:25:12.846-08:00Professional Learning @UNCG University LibrariesLynda M. Kellamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083959976765263141noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-12387320541009445642018-12-14T12:41:00.003-08:002018-12-14T12:41:43.670-08:00Library Assessment ConferenceTerry Brandsma, Sam Harlow, Armondo Collins & I attended the recent Library Assessment Conference in Houston TX. There were many good posters and presentations and the slides are all on the <a href="https://libraryassessment.org/">conference website</a>.<br />
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The opening keynote from Paul Jarvis Heath was very good and a recording isn't on the website but his slides are on his<a href="https://speakerdeck.com/pauljervisheath"> speakerdeck </a>page. (see Dec 5). He talked about design thinking and how it can be applied to libraries. A few key points:<br />
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<li>People don't always say what they need</li>
<li>Designers use ethnography</li>
<li>Suggests "co-design" workshops to get patrons' values and desires</li>
<li>Take your time designing space and move purposely</li>
<li>Consider everything as an experiment rather than permanent</li>
<li>Don't ask if they like x or y but what do they need in useful spaces</li>
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<br />KathrynChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155512265686811172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-71642390519048033732018-01-26T08:03:00.003-08:002018-01-26T08:03:26.609-08:00Attending ALA Midwinter? Register for OCLC EventsHere are the details for OCLC's events at ALA Midwinter, if you care to register and attend:<br />
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There's still time to join our OCLC programs and events at ALA Midwinter as we connect conversations across our community.<b> </b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Our key events at ALA Midwinter—all taking place in the Colorado Convention Center—include:</span></span></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 15px;">A <b>Linked Data Roundtable</b> (<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_469956892" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span>, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_469956893" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">10:30 – 11:30am</span></span>) will feature MJ Han from the University of Illinois who will discuss how linked data sources improve Emblematica Online user experiences and digitized special collections. Plus, Jody Williamson from the Library of Congress will provide an update on BIBFRAME and Sara Newell from OCLC will discuss our latest work with three library partners to prototype a new suite of linked data services that will improve library data and visibility. </li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 15px;">An <b>OCLC Products and Services: Key Initiatives and Insights </b>session (<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_469956894" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span>, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_469956895" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">1:30 – 2:30pm</span></span>) will be led by Mary Sauer-Games, OCLC VP of Global Product Management, and members of her product management team. This session will provide insights into what’s new and upcoming with OCLC products and services and will include light refreshments. </li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 15px;">The very popular <b>OCLC Research Update</b> (<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_469956896" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday</span></span>, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_469956897" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">10:30 – 11:30am</span></span>) will feature discussions about recent and upcoming collaborative projects, pilots, and published reports from OCLC Research, including the Research Library Partnership and WebJunction programs.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 15px;"><b>OCLC product conversations</b> (5 times each day <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_469956898" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span> and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_469956899" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span>) in the OCLC booth will be led by OCLC subject matter experts on discovery, web visibility, open-access content, Tipasa for resource sharing, and shared print.</li>
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Univ Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036166182476195727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-48778038120548612672017-11-21T06:37:00.001-08:002017-11-21T06:37:18.113-08:00Southeastern Library Assessment ConferenceI attended <a href="http://www.southeasternlac.info/contact">this conference</a> in Atlanta last week. Librarians from Georgia Tech, Georgia State and Clayton State have organized this conference three times in the off year of the "big"<a href="http://libraryassessment.org/"> Library Assessment Conference</a>. Assessment librarians just can't wait two years to get together!<br />
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Some noteworthy presentations included the keynote, Ann Emery, who has her own analytics company. She had an excellent presentation on data visualization. I also liked a session from Southern Illinois U at Edwardsville on international students. We probably need to learn about about our foreign students' library needs.<br />
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I didn't get to attend a session on assessing first year information literacy but it looks very interesting. Instead I went to one on strategic planning from UT Knoxville where they talked about keeping the organization focused on their plan and the tools they used to do so. Very helpful! I also presented on strategic planning the next day. I used a new tool (to me) -- Mentimeter -- a polling app I learned about from Sam Harlow via Jenny Dale. It's wonderful! Much easier to use than Poll Everywhere. <br />
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All the presentations are <a href="https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/southeasternlac/2017/">here. </a><br />
<br />KathrynChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155512265686811172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-36506596758217484452017-11-14T14:18:00.002-08:002017-11-14T14:18:44.936-08:00Charleston Conference 2017Some notes from last week (but with an emphasis on the unofficial business info track we have been developing). --Steve<br />
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<a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/charleston2017/">https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/charleston2017/</a>Steve Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14438018174067565218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-17114791217839528942017-11-14T12:52:00.001-08:002017-11-14T12:52:51.086-08:00LJ: Five Trends Changing Higher Education That Librarians Need to WatchInteresting column from Library Journal's Stephen Bell:<br />
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<a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/11/opinion/steven-bell/five-trends-changing-higher-education-that-librarians-need-to-watch-from-the-bell-tower/#_">Five Trends Changing Higher Education That Librarians Need to Watch | From the Bell Tower</a><br />
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In short:<br />
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<li>21st Century Transcripts</li>
<li>Move to Microcredentials</li>
<li>Tuition-Free Higher Education</li>
<li>Analytics on the Rise</li>
<li>Librarians as Campus Leaders</li>
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See the <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2017/11/opinion/steven-bell/five-trends-changing-higher-education-that-librarians-need-to-watch-from-the-bell-tower/#_">full article</a> for details.Univ Librarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036166182476195727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-70312710961935732152017-10-26T06:47:00.002-07:002017-10-26T06:47:17.101-07:00GCEC 2017 in Halifax N.S. (Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centres)I attended and spoke at an entrepreneurship education conference in Halifax two weeks ago. Details at <a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/gcec2017/">https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/gcec2017/</a> . --SteveSteve Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14438018174067565218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-46712490651777677382017-08-02T05:57:00.000-07:002017-08-02T05:57:15.292-07:00Society of American Archivists annual meeting reportFrom July 23 through 30, I was in Portland, Oregon for the <a href="https://www2.archivists.org/am2017">2017 Society of American Archivists annual meeting</a>. Much of my time there was spent in SAA Council meetings or meetings of sections and committees to which I'm the Council liaison.<br />
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The week started with a day-long Council meeting on July 24. At that meeting, we:<br />
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<li>Issued a statement on <a href="https://www2.archivists.org/news/2017/concerns-about-saa-2019-annual-meeting-in-austin-texas">Concerns about 2019 Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas</a>, which was shared via the SAA website, social media, and an all-member email. </li>
<li>Approved a petition to form a new section, the Independent Archives Section. </li>
<li>Discussed the results of the Membership Committee’s Survey on Barriers to Participation in SAA and agreed to utilize the analysis during their strategic planning session at the November Council meeting. </li>
<li>Discussed the procedures and criteria for component group funding requests and agreed to review a revised draft at the July 29 Council meeting. </li>
<li>Approved SAA support for two International Council on Archives documents, the Principles of Access to Archives and the Basic Principles on the Role of Archivists and Records Managers in the Support of Human Rights.</li>
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On Wednesday, in addition to attending a number of section and committee meetings, I along with my two fellow first-year Council members organized and led SAA's annual Leadership Forum. This Forum brought together leaders from component groups across the organization to discuss collaboration, cooperation, and strategic planning. Thanks to lots of focused pre-event publicity (and promises of candy and buttons for attendees), we were very excited to have nearly 70 attendees at the Forum -- attendance in past years hovered around 20 or 30. Post-event feedback was extremely positive, and we plan to use what we learned as well as the feedback received to revise and update the leadership manual portion of SAA's website in the coming year.<br />
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Other less exciting but equally important Council responsibilities throughout the week included meeting with vendors to thank them for attendance and solicit feedback for our 2018 annual meeting in Washington, D.C., and attending the annual SAA business meeting on Friday afternoon.</div>
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While I wasn't able to get to many educational sessions due to Council responsibilities, I did attend (at least in part) three really strong sessions. Those sessions focused on email archiving, diversifying the archival record, and/or community archives. In particular, I was interested in one session focused on ways in which universities have enabled students to do intensive research into university history (and specifically underrepresented aspects of university history) through fellowships or projects in the archives. This session tied in nicely with some of the work we are doing with our 125th anniversary student researchers, but it also reinforced the importance of supporting this type of work on an on-going basis.<br />
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On Saturday, after our 7:30am Council meeting, we hosted <a href="https://www2.archivists.org/am2017/program/liberated-archive-forum">The Liberated Archive Forum</a>, which aimed to bring together archivists and community members in conversation over issues of documentation. The Forum was a departure from the typical annual meeting structure, and we were all very excited to see strong attendance.<br />
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And, with the end of the annual meeting on Saturday at 5pm came the end of my first year on SAA Council. Now I feel I have a better grasp on how the organization operates, I look forward to the remaining two years of my term!</div>
Erin Lawrimorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498393988180431169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-33787541399799017142017-05-15T12:36:00.001-07:002017-05-15T12:36:13.602-07:00Report from The Innovative Library Classroom 2017 conference<a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/report-from-the-innovative-library-classroom-2017-conference/">https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/report-from-the-innovative-library-classroom-2017-conference/</a><br />
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--SteveSteve Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14438018174067565218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-53454061983805453822017-03-22T14:14:00.000-07:002017-03-22T14:14:52.036-07:00OCLC Resource Sharing Conference 2017<div class="MsoNormal">
March 14-16, 2017, I attended the OCLC Resource Sharing
Conference in Virginia Beach, VA. This conference used to be named the ILLiad
International Conference and was organized by Atlas Systems, Inc. As OCLC announced their intent last year to
build a new cloud based product to replace ILLiad, the conference changed hands
and names. Users of the current OCLC ILL product, WorldShare ILL, were invited
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The new product is named <a href="https://www.oclc.org/en/tipasa.html">Tipasa</a> after an ancient trading
post and UNESCO World Heritage site in Algeria. Migration to Tipasa is by
invitation from OCLC. OCLC began the Tipasa migration process last year by
inviting small academic libraries using ILLiad “out of the box” to consider
migrating. Out of that group of @400,
@75 volunteered to be early adopters. To
date, 26 of these libraries have gone live and others are in the queue to
migrate. OCLC is ready to begin phase 2
which will include medium academic libraries and those that use <a href="http://rapidill.org/">Rapid ILL</a>.
Phase 3, which should begin in 1-2 years, will consist of large
academics and <a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/docline/">Docline</a>
users. (OCLC does not have a date by
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Tipasa uses responsive design to allow for the same look and
feel regardless of the device on which it is used. It will include a patron interface
like My Account in WorldCat Local/WorldShare Discovery. Within this interface patrons will be able to
place and monitor orders, receive links to articles, renew loans and cancel
requests online. The link to request
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used mainly for consortia lending but has an ILL component. While there is no OCLC roadmap for Relais
yet, they plan to move it into the cloud and are in the early days of
determining how to make Relais work with WorldShare Discovery. Thus, OCLC eventually plans to provide 3 ILL
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231896273112753186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-48988770509143847862017-03-08T14:37:00.003-08:002017-03-08T14:37:31.737-08:00Academic Libraries Supporting Entrepreneurship online symposium Some librarians from Toronto and Pennsylvania organized an online symposium called <b>Academic Libraries Supporting Entrepreneurship. </b>I provided a lightning round titled "<i>What I’ve Learned from Four Years of Teaching a Three-Credit Entrepreneurship Research Class</i>". The slides are posted at <a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2017/03/02/alse/">https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2017/03/02/alse/</a> . <br />
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The morning plenary focused on issues with using library business database subscriptions to support campus entrepreneurship projects. (The Bryan School has long emphasized experiential learning tied to local economic-development, so this is hardly a new issue here).<br />
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I missed the concluding plenary because I had to teach my class!<br />
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--SteveSteve Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14438018174067565218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-19232695032275628962017-02-13T07:16:00.002-08:002017-02-13T07:16:16.883-08:00USASBE 2017 report<h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, serif; font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">
Business librarians represent at USASBE 2017</h2>
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<a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/usasbe2017/">https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/usasbe2017/ </a></div>
Steve Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14438018174067565218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-38905944104590486442016-12-02T08:17:00.003-08:002016-12-02T08:17:31.457-08:00Charleston Conference 2016Two summary posts:<br />
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<li><a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/business-vendors-business-librarians-in-a-circle/">https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/business-vendors-business-librarians-in-a-circle/</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/liaisons-charleston-conference-2016/">https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/liaisons-charleston-conference-2016/</a></li>
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--Steve</div>
Steve Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14438018174067565218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-27697100725430002902016-10-21T12:33:00.002-07:002016-10-21T12:33:38.970-07:00World Bank/GWU Entrepreneurship 2016 Conference & 2016 Conference for Entrepreneurial LibrariansGetting caught up on conference reports:<br />
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<li><a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2016/10/18/world-bank-gwu/">Report from the World Bank/GWU Entrepreneurship 2016 Conference</a></li>
<li><a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/2016-entrepreneurial-librarians/">Data Research Engagement and the Future of Subject Specialists at the 2016 Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians</a></li>
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--Steve</div>
Steve Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14438018174067565218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-43731854416220293532016-10-11T07:04:00.005-07:002016-10-11T07:04:53.455-07:00Teaching Topics: Open and Close with ImpactHi,<br />
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This webinar was great. I thought I'd post it here b/c I think it's helpful for planning workshops for any discipline, not just medicine or health sciences.<br />
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LeaLeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09448042618243684668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-29367529526000293892016-08-09T07:06:00.002-07:002016-08-09T07:07:01.072-07:00Society of American Archivists Annual MeetingFor those interested, I wrote up a blog post on "What I Did in Atlanta: The SAA Meeting as a Newly Elected Council Member" for my own site: <a href="https://barkivistoncouncil.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/what-i-did-in-atlanta-the-saa-annual-meeting-as-a-newly-elected-council-member/">https://barkivistoncouncil.wordpress.com/2016/08/07/what-i-did-in-atlanta-the-saa-annual-meeting-as-a-newly-elected-council-member/</a>.Erin Lawrimorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498393988180431169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-19499324702557303762016-06-15T10:55:00.002-07:002016-06-15T10:55:48.452-07:00NC LITe at Duke University<br />
I attended the NC Library Instructional Technology meeting at Duke University's The Edge on June 9. You can <a href="https://lyndamkreads.wordpress.com/2016/06/15/summertime-nc-lite/">read more about the event on my blog</a>.Lynda M. Kellamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083959976765263141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-43549943353997206382016-05-20T06:09:00.003-07:002016-05-20T06:09:48.571-07:00SAA CouncilI'm officially going to be starting my three-year term as an elected member of the Council of the Society of American Archivists in August BUT the organization brought the newly-elected folks out to headquarters in Chicago earlier this month for orientation and observation of the May Council meeting. These trips are funded by SAA itself, so, aside from my time away from work, there is no burden on UNCG.<br />
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One thing that SAA hears frequently - particularly from newer members - is that members wish they knew more about the inner workings of the organization. SAA itself is pretty transparent when it comes to releasing agendas, minutes, budget reports, etc. But it's also a large organization, with membership and leadership spread across lots of different types of archives all across the country.<br />
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In an effort to provide yet another venue to provide information about organizational action and to help newer members learn more about how the organization operates, I started a blog to give insight into the work I'm doing as a new Council member. If anyone is interested in how a large professional organization's main governance body works, you can follow along here: <a href="https://barkivistoncouncil.wordpress.com/">https://barkivistoncouncil.wordpress.com/</a>. Our next Council meetings will take place at the SAA Annual Meeting in early August -- one at the start of the meeting and one at the close.Erin Lawrimorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498393988180431169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-14402500040666753132016-05-12T07:48:00.000-07:002016-05-12T07:48:41.253-07:00LOEX, UNC Student Success Symposium, SBI (getting caught up)Sorry, I forgot about this blog. Here are links to summaries of recent conferences I've been to:<br />
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<li><a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/loex-2016/">LOEX 2016</a></li>
<li><a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2016/04/07/student_success_symposium/">UNC GA Student Success Symposium</a></li>
<li><a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/sbi2016/">Small Business Institute 2016</a> (<a href="https://liaisonlife.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/sbi-presentation/">our presentation there</a>)</li>
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Steve Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14438018174067565218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-42655233089980206302016-04-20T05:39:00.002-07:002016-04-20T05:39:11.653-07:00CNI ConferenceTim Bucknall and I attended the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Conference April 4-5 in San Antonio. Tim presented a breakout session on the Slavery Database and I did a very informal presentation on our OER initiatives at a roundtable discussion. <br />
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I came away feeling very good about our work here. We are providing many of the services that large ARL libraries do with far fewer resources. So bravo! If there was one theme it was about seeking partnership both on campus and externally. I think we've done a good job with that, too, and we'll continue to grow.<br />
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Our efforts on OER are on par with many other libraries as well. Some libraries have worked more closely with student groups which is a great idea. <br />
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All of the presentations are here:<br />
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<a href="https://www.cni.org/events/membership-meetings/past-meetings/spring-2016/s16-project-briefings-breakout-sessions">https://www.cni.org/events/membership-meetings/past-meetings/spring-2016/s16-project-briefings-breakout-sessions</a><br />
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One I found quite useful was The Role of Next Generation Libraries in Enhancing Multidisciplinary Research. The 2d half had some good recommendations.<br />
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<br />KathrynChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155512265686811172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-38094742353575346862015-12-11T08:00:00.000-08:002015-12-11T08:51:12.087-08:00Dr. Husain at MAC-MLA - free meducationIn October I attended the Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Medical Library Assn conference. I presented on one of my projects, <a href="https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=18621">supporting online Kinesiology doctoral students</a>. I also picked up some interesting ideas.<br />
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<a href="http://macmla.libguides.com/FYI2">Dr. Itifat Husain</a>, founder of <a href="http://imedicalapps.com/">iMedicalApps.com</a>, discussed free medical apps and other info in medical education. He reported heavy use of smartphones among the medical community, with over 75% of medical students and physicians using iOS devices. His advice could have come from our own information literacy sessions "They key is to use Google and Wikipedia appropriately. Look at the references and summaries to get you into PubMed." <br />
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<b>Free Medical App - Legit or Not? </b><br />
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<li>Last updated? If more than 18 months, it might be an orphan app</li>
<li>App developer - is it a medical society or well known health care provider? what other apps have they developed?</li>
<li>Clear, detailed descriptions available before download?</li>
<li>Is there a landing page? not just a download page in iTunes or other app store or facebook page</li>
<li>References included so that you can verify the content?</li>
<li>iTunes and Google Play ratings are useless</li>
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<b>The #FOAM movement </b><br />
<b>F</b>ree <b>O</b>pen <b>A</b>ccess <b>ME</b>ducation<br />
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<li>free resources with open commentary: blogs, tweets, online videos, etc.</li>
<li>coin was termed by emergency physicians</li>
<li>advantages: free, appealing, rapid dissemination (authors don't want to wait months to years for traditional publication process)</li>
<li> disadvantage: at this point a lot of the content is unusual/attention gathering rather than core foundational topics</li>
<li>concerns: sustainable? (MDs doing this in spare time); students shouldn't try to use FOAM w/out solid foundational knowledge</li>
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Peer review debate<br />
public comments are a form of "post publication" peer review<br />
VS<br />
a more formal open peer review process <a href="http://www.aliem.com/introducing-open-post-publication-peer-review/">like the one being promoted</a> at<a href="http://www.aliem.com/"> Academic Life in Medicine</a> <br />
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Dr. Husain's predictions<br />
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<li>digital medicine tools like these will be a core part of med ed curriculum </li>
<li>medical textbook use will decline, but there is still be a need for foundational knowledge sources</li>
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<b>Yes, this movement has spread to nursing!</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://injectableorange.com/foam-injection-for-nursing-graduates-foaming/">FOANed Fundamentals</a> - a list from the Injectable Orange</li>
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Resources<br />
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<li><a href="http://lifeinthefastlane.com/">lifeinthefastlane</a> - blog by Cadogan et al showcasing FOAM content</li>
<li><a href="http://www.aliem.com/">Academic Life in Medicine</a> - blog by Michelle Lin et al</li>
<li><a href="http://googlefoam.com/#gsc.tab=0">GoogleFOAM</a></li>
<li>Nickson and Cadogan (2014) <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1742-6723.12191/full">Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) for the emergency physician. Emergency Medicine Australasia</a>. 26 (1): 76-83 - development of FOAM and recommended sources for emergency medicine </li>
<li> Chan, T., Joshi, N., Lin, M., & Mehta, N. (2015). <a href="http://www.jgme.org/doi/full/10.4300/JGME-D-14-00545.1">Using Google Hangouts on Air for Medical Education</a>... <i>Journal of Graduate Medical Education</i>, <i>7</i>(2), 171–173 - nice model for brief webcasts that are automatically archived in YouTube
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<br />Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09448042618243684668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-7604908788234712822015-11-19T11:37:00.000-08:002015-11-19T11:37:03.641-08:00Southeastern Library Assessment ConferenceI attended this conference November 16-17 in Atlanta. It was very useful. Below are some of the highlights for me. All of the presentations are <a href="http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/southeasternlac/2015/">here</a> (or will be soon).<div>
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Two librarians from UNC Charlotte presented on assessing e-resources. They focused on Political Science but had a good protocol that could be applied to other subject areas. The liaison to that area worked w/ their E-Resources Librarian. They collaborated closely with teaching faculty to gain their input and used the data to cancel or promote underused resources. See "Give e-resources a chance" on the program.</div>
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Librarians from MIT presented on "Design Thinking." They worked with teams of students for a marathon over 2.5 days to gain input on library space design. It was somewhat similar to our Idea-Thon and working with the IARC students a few years ago but with a different twist.</div>
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One of the most valuable presentations was from Grand Valley State. The Information Literacy librarian conducted a study to examine the impact of library instruction on student retention. She found a definite correlation. Interestingly, she used a method similar to what we've started here by recording the Genie course code for each instruction session. She then worked with a statistician to compare it to retention rates. Because she is working toward a publication she didn't post her PPT on the conference web site but will send it to individuals. I've requested it and will share.</div>
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I presented with Crystal Baird from SACSCOC about how libraries can use assessment to prepare for accreditation. </div>
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KathrynChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15155512265686811172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-21449114245061801412015-09-03T05:45:00.001-07:002015-09-03T05:45:13.895-07:00Research Design and Librarianship - free ACRL webinar on 9/29I just received message about this free webinar on 9/29, 2-3 pm EST - <br />
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Conducting research is an integral part of academic librarianship.
To help equip librarians to design and conduct research projects the
Loyola Marymount University William H. Hannon Library created the
Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (<a href="http://irdlonline.org/" target="_blank">http://irdlonline.org</a>). Hear from participants of this intensive two-week crash course in research methods and get their tips on research design.
They’ll describe the projects they’ve created using their new skills
and offer insights to inspire fellow librarians to conduct their own
projects. <br />
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Date/Time:</h4>
September 29, 2015 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm ET<br />
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Featured Presenter(s):</h4>
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<li><strong>Marie R. Kennedy</strong> is the Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. She is the IRDL project co-director.</li>
<li><strong>Frans Albarillo</strong> is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. His research focuses on how immigrant students use academic libraries. Frans has finished his first IRDL project on foreign-born students, and is writing up the results.
He is preparing to start a second project with an IRDL fellow in the
second year cohort that focuses on how graduate students and faculty use
mobile devices for teaching and research.</li>
<li><strong>John Jackson</strong> is the Reference & Instruction Librarian for Wardman Library at Whittier College.
His current research examines the values that undergraduates place on
the knowledge practices outlined in the new ACRL Framework for
Information Literacy for Higher Education.</li>
<li><strong>Lisa Zilinski</strong> is the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Research Data Specialist.
As part of the Scholarly Publishing, Archives, and Data Services
Division, Lisa consults with faculty to identify data literacy
opportunities, develops learning plans and tools for data education, and
investigates and develops programmatic and sustainable data services
for the Libraries. Her
research experience focuses on research data management education and
literacy principles; integration of data services into the research
process; and assessment and impact of data services and activities.</li>
<li>Moderated by <em>Bronia Flett,</em> Editor, Online Library Products, SAGE Publications</li>
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Registration: <a href="http://acrlchoice.learningtimesevents.org/webinar-sep292015">http://acrlchoice.learningtimesevents.org/webinar-sep292015</a></h4>
<br />Leahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09448042618243684668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-17148803383464139782015-08-27T05:39:00.001-07:002015-08-27T05:39:57.514-07:00Society of American Archivists annual meetingFrom August 18-23, I was in Cleveland for the Society of American Archivists annual meeting. The week was packed with SAA committee meetings, section meetings, and sessions.<br />
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On Wednesday morning, SAA's Committee on Public Awareness (COPA) met to discuss our work plan for FY16 as well as our promotional events that were tied to the 2015 meeting (everything from branding to a StoryCorps booth to a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXI5G9ptXxo&feature=youtu.be">promotional video</a> that was played during the first plenary session). Because of this meeting, I missed the first half of a day-long pre-conference on <a href="http://teachwithstuff.org/tps-workshops-unconference-2015aug-saa-conference/">Teaching with Primary Sources</a> that I helped organize at the Cleveland Public Library. But, after lunch, I was able to join the pre-conference, where I sat in on sessions focused on integration of special collections into non-humanities curricula and ways to balance one-shot classes/presentations vs. in-depth instruction and teaching. I was particularly interested in a number of universities that have integrated critical primary source document analysis into their basic freshman writing course.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside of the Cleveland Public Library</td></tr>
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On Thursday morning, the conference itself began. The plenary session debuted our video and featured speakers discussing the importance of storytelling in advocacy and awareness efforts. Effective storytelling was actually a theme that ran throughout the conference and tied into the work of COPA and outgoing SAA president Kathleen Roe to encourage archivists to tell stories of how "archives change lives." Many speakers throughout the conference noted the importance of telling the right story in the right way to the right audience -- something that is drilled into your mind when you're doing any kind of public relations work. And we also stressed that these aren't just stories that you find in the archives themselves, but stories of how the archives and the work of the archivist made an impact on someone's life in a critical way.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the park across the street from the convention center</td></tr>
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On Thursday afternoon, I participated in the Reference, Access, and Outreach Section meeting. I'm an elected member of the RAO steering committee, and my responsibility throughout the section meeting was to use the RAO Twitter account to take the topics of conversation at our meeting (which was done in a kind of "world cafe" style) to SAA members who were unable to attend the conference.<br />
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Friday morning was a second plenary session where outgoing president Kathleen Roe once again emphasized the importance of stories, and incoming president Dennis Meissner unveiled that his presidential focus will be on building standards for assessment that will give us hard, reliable statistics to back up our stories. We also heard from one of the members of SAA Council about Council's new initiative on cultural competence for archives and archivists. This tied into another theme that ran through many of the sessions I attended -- archivists may have professional expertise in recordkeeping but they must recognize that the members of the communities they are documenting are the experts in their communities. More and more, this is manifesting as a post-custodial model of archives, where the archivist is simply educating community members on how to better manage the records of their community (as opposed to acquiring the records and bringing them into the holdings of the archival institution). While my primary responsibility focuses on university records (which are legally required to be transferred to our holdings), I'm hoping I can take the post-custodial model to some of our community groups and educate on recordkeeping (particularly digital record keeping) without an eye towards acquisition.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Statue behind the convention center</td></tr>
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Friday was also the day for my session -- <a href="https://archives2015.sched.org/event/a612ab59e88a7fe937b22f95e6d0d7b1#.Vd8BASVVgno">"No More Silence in the Library: Documenting Fans and Fandom in Special Collections and Archives."</a> We had seven speakers crammed into an hour time slot, but we heard about the value of fan mail in the Louisville Underground Music Archive, outreach activities (including concerts in the library basement) at the DC Public Library's DC Punk Archive, a sci-fi zine digitization and cataloging project at the University of Iowa, a class project at UW-Stout where students create graphic novels based on historical campus events researched in University Archives, and a game (with cute badges and an armadillo guide) that the University of Texas is using to crowdsource cataloging of their local zines. It was a well attended session -- over 120 attendees and standing room only -- and was the 3rd most tweeted about session of the whole conference.<br />
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Outside of the sessions and committee meetings, I was able to explore Cleveland. Our all-attendee reception on Thursday night was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I was also able to visit the Western Historical Society (where they have a fabulous collection of early American cars and planes) and the Cleveland Museum of Art (which is one of the best art museums I've visited in the US). The most exciting, however, was a trip to visit the Christmas Story House and Museum -- yes, Ralphie's house.<br />
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Erin Lawrimorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498393988180431169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-42422987050248228792015-06-12T13:28:00.001-07:002015-06-12T13:28:36.482-07:00Digital Library on American SlaveryRichard Cox did a very interesting session on this resource, and I would urge all to take a look. It's one of our most heavily used resources, around 300,000 hits per year, mostly by users outside of the University. https://library.uncg.edu/slavery/ is the main website and the largest portion is the Race and Slavery Petitions Project - used heavily by African American (and other) genealogists and researchers on the history of slavery. The online source is an index but we also have microfilm of the actual handwritten petitions (the title is Race, Slavery and Free Blacks) - there's a guide in the Ref collection at E441 .R280 and the Film numbers are 5294 and 4939. We are one of the few libraries in the country that owns the entire set - most locations have the records only for their own states. It's a tricky set to use because you need to use the PAR number which is explained in depth in the print volumes, Essentially, you must have the state and the year from the online index to find them easily. We do appear to have online access to these through Proquest's History Vault but for some reason it's not on the Database list. Mary Krautterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10413447027157739341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-665465967852639251.post-34831734536043666822015-06-12T08:31:00.001-07:002015-06-12T09:01:38.780-07:00Catalog Stuff - East Coast WMS User GatheringThis week I had the chance to go to the <a href="https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/east-coast-wms-user-group-gathering">WMS East Coast User Meeting</a> with a few others from our library.<br />
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The location was beautiful. And there were several sessions on <b><a href="http://uncg.on.worldcat.org/">WorldCat Discovery Services</a>!</b> A few takeaways from my perspective:<br />
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<li>Beta testing for WorldCat Discovery will officially end after the July update</li>
<li>FirstSearch is supposed to go away in December 2015</li>
<li>OCLC has not yet set a "sunset date" for WorldCat Local, so libraries aren't being forced to move from WorldCat Local to WorldCat Discovery. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">OCLC still supports WorldCat Local but won’t be developing it. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Apparently we're not supposed to be abbreviating WorldCat Discovery Services to WCD, but to WDS. I'll spell it out frequently in case you don't want another set of acronyms in your life. </span></li>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Upcoming developments for <a href="http://uncg.on.worldcat.org/">WorldCat Discovery </a> </span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Knowledge cards" will appear in a banner across the top of the list of results. These are brief blurbs, for instance biographical info with links to our holdings by an author and about an author (scheduled for June)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">WorldCat Discovery records should have suggested citations in APA, MLA, and Chicago style (scheduled for July) & fyi they're working on getting Discovery to work with Zotero (not sure when this will happen) </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Call numbers will be added to the temporary "bookmarked" list in Discovery (scheduled for July)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Users will be given some sort of mechanism for moving lists saved in WorldCat Local accounts over to WorldCat Discovery (scheduled for July)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Editions and formats" lists don't have the cue of your library name next to the edition you own, as WCL does. That sort of cue will be added to Discovery (not sure when)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emails from the system - Don't include a permalink back to the record so you can check availability and other info like you can with emails from WorldCat Local. This will be added (not sure when) </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Although some librarians continue to request a comprehensive results display, for instance brief info for a book followed by a list of all locally owned years/formats/copies, "in the short term" OCLC will continue to display only "representative sample" of what a library owns. OCLC will start displaying your most recent copy as the sample. Those catalog records won't be quite as appealing, for example after this change we'll see less cover art in the results list (not sure when). OCLC is exploring other results display options.</span> </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Other things to expect in June</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">A new Community Center</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">--One user forum that will replace the WCL and WMS User Support Centers - existing centers will be available through the end of this year</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">--Users can create profiles that are private or are visible to other customers who subscribe to the same OCLC products</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">--Posting an enhancement request in the Community Center will automatically: send an email to a member of the product development team, and post the request to the community center where other members can rate and comment on it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">--The listservs will continue </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">WorldShare Report Designer </span>- Product that allows customers to create customized reports. Available as an add-on (extra subscription fee required)</li>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I don't have details on some of the things listed here, but feel free to ask me directly if there's anything else that I've heard from OCLC or from other librarians. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In case you'd like other perspectives from the meeting, Terry, Mary Jane, Cathy G., Marcie, and Darinlee attended. Most of them also presented!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Remember, we do have a library staff guide to WorldCat Discovery: <a href="http://uncg.libguides.com/wcdstaff">http://uncg.libguides.com/wcdstaff </a> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It has a search box pre-limited to UNCG holdings, a link to <a href="http://uncgworldcatlocal.blogspot.com/">Terry's blog</a> and more.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thanks!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lea </span></div>
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