Subject: NCTPG 2013 Spring Program - Online Registration Now Open
From: Greg Borman <nctpg1_at_gmail.com>
Date: 3/5/2013 11:39 AM
The Northern California Technical Processes Group (NCTPG) is pleased to
announce that online registration is now open for its 76th annual
program. Note that registration and morning refreshments begin at
8:45am. There will be a break for lunch (bring your own or dine nearby)
as well as several shorter breaks throughout the day. Space is limited,
and this is sure to be a popular event. Registration includes your
one-year membership in NCTPG. Registration at the door will be $40.00 -
save by registering online now for the price of $35.00 per person:
http://a3.acteva.com/orderbooking/bookEvent/A332187
Libraries without Walls Revisited
Friday, May 17th, 8:45am-3:15pm
San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium, lower level
Sharing "Hidden Collections" Beyond Our Libraries' Walls / Elaine Franco
At the University of California, Davis, special collections cataloging
is mainstreamed within a comprehensive cataloging department. In recent
years, bibliographic access has been provided for materials that had
been uncataloged and "hidden" for decades. Through cataloging efforts at
the local level, original bibliographic records have been added to OCLC
WorldCat, the University of California's Melvyl, and the ESTC (English
Short Title Catalog). As a result of catalogers' virtual travel beyond
the library's walls, hidden collections can be made accessible beyond
the library's physical boundaries. Specific examples of calculated
online searches, as well as serendipitous discoveries, will be presented
within a broader context of providing access to collections "hidden"
within the physical walls of a physical library, with the intent of
suggesting best practices that could be adapted by other catalogers for
other libraries. Elaine Franco is Principal Cataloger for monographs in
the Cataloging & Metadata Services Department, UC Davis Library. She
currently serves on the Advisory Board of the California Library
Association Technical Services Interest Group, is Chair of the ALCTS
Affiliate Relations Committee, and is a member of the ALCTS Board of
Directors.
The Future of Digital Libraries / Sarah Houghton
After two decades of continuous library technology increases and a
budget crisis that has affected nearly every library in the world, we
are left with the question: what will the library of the future look
like? We have seen huge cuts in expensive brick and mortar spaces and
collections, in-person services and programming, and other face-to-face
library services. At the same time, we are finally realizing the high
return on investment for library web, mobile, hardware, and software
services. The budget crisis may force us to face our inefficiencies and
drastically re-engineer our services and the way we provide those
services to our customers. How do these changes affect the daily work
and priorities of technical staff? How can all library staff work
together to best connect users with the information they want--when and
where they want it? The legacy system is burning down all around us.
What will emerge from the ashes? Sarah Houghton is the Director of the
San Rafael Public Library. She is also known as the Librarian In Black.
She's written and presented internationally on issues of libraries,
freedom of information, and technology.
Building a national digital library repository – and freeing / Terry Reese
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is an ambitious project
conceived around the idea of a shared, national, digital repository. The
resource would bring together the aggregated metadata of millions of
publically accessible digital objects to the public. Working with eight
pilot aggregators, the DPLA is ambitiously working towards a public
launch in Spring 2013. The creation of the DPLA will result in the
development of one of the largest repositories of free and CC0-licensed
bibliographic metadata for digital content. This bibliographic data will
provide researchers and library developers the opportunity to explore
data mining, relationship building and experiment with linked data
concepts. The DPLA represents a next step for libraries looking to move
beyond their own walls and venture into the world of truly collaborative
collections building. Terry Reese is the Gray Family Chair for
Innovative Library Services at Oregon State University (OSU). He is the
author of a number of metadata related software packages for libraries
like MarcEdit, a MARC/XML metadata software suite and the C# OAI
Harvesting package. He has published a number of works on digital
libraries and library metadata issues, including co-authoring a book
with Kyle Banerjee entitled, Building Digital Libraries: a how-to-do-it
manual.
Breaking through invisible walls: Developing a new discovery catalog for
a merged Academic/Public Library / John Wenzler
The concept of a "library without walls" has evolved over the last 100
years. Are there any walls left for 21st century libraries to consider?
One answer to this question is that the remaining walls are virtual,
political, and economic rather than physical. These invisible walls
segregate library content from other content available on the Internet
and create various barriers that restrict access to library resources.
The new discovery catalog at the joint academic/public library in San
Jose is an attempt to break through some of these walls in a complex
political and economic environment. John Wenzler is the Associate Dean
of Digital Futures, Technical Services, and Information Technology at
the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library of San Jose State University.
John oversees the development of a growing suite of digital resources
and services available from the SJSU Library. Because the King Library
is a joint academic/public library, he also works collaboratively with
the management of the San Jose Public Library to establish strategic
goals and priorities. Before moving to SJSU, John was the Electronic
Resources Coordinator at San Francisco State University and has worked
as a Systems Librarian at Innovative Interfaces.
Questions? Please contact Greg Borman (NCTPG Chair): bormang2_at_gmail.com
http://www.nctpg.org/
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