OVGTSL: 2nd Call for Proposals
Emerging Technologies & Reinventing Services: Ohio Valley Group of
Technical Services Librarians 2015 Conference
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
May 18-20, 2015
http://library.indstate.edu/ovgtsl/
Description: Library technologies evolve at a rapid rate, and require
continual assessment and adaptation of services. Yet, technical services
librarians meet these challenges and develop innovative ways to recreate
services for the information needs of library users. You are cordially
invited to come and share with others how you are using emerging
technologies to reinvent services at your library.
Proposal Information: The Conference Program Committee invites forward
thinking submissions in all areas related to technical services
librarianship: acquisitions, cataloging, serials, electronic resources,
and preservation in academic, public, and special libraries.
Participants are strongly encouraged to think about emerging
technologies and how technical services librarians are reinventing
services, within technical services and in the library as a whole.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
§ Leadership in technical services
§ Collaboration within and outside the library
§ Emerging roles for technical services/technical services librarians
§ New staffing models in technical services
§ Metadata: creation, reuse, and interoperability
§ Integration of metadata with traditional cataloging workflow
§ Authority control
§ The catalog: what is its future?
§ Meeting the challenges of RDA implementation
§ Special formats cataloging
§ Increasing costs and shrinking budgets: meeting financial challenges
§ Patron-driven acquisitions and services
§ Vendor relations with technical services
§ Managing the collections: de-selection and inventory
§ Linked data publishing and applications
§ Local documentation practices
§ Managing government documents: access and de-selection issues
§ Cloud-based solutions in technical services
§ Digital library projects
§ Digital object curation and preservation
§ Network level data management
§ Role of technical services in open access and scholarly communication
§ Open source tools and platforms in technical services
Participants are invited to submit proposals that address emerging
trends, report on recent research, or demonstrate new services,
projects, and tools. Time slots for all sessions are 50 minutes in
length; this time includes the presentation itself and questions from
the audience. Submissions will also be accepted for lightning rounds
and round tables.
Submit the following information to natalie.bulick_at_indstate.edu by
Friday, December 15, 2014:
§ Title of presentation
§ Abstract (no longer than 250 words)
§ Names, affiliations, and contact information of all presenters
§ Primary contact for presenters
§ Format (presentation, lightning round, round tables)
§ Equipment and other special needs
Presenters will be notified of proposal acceptance by February 1, 2015.
For more information contact Natalie Bulick, vice-chair, Ohio Valley
Group of Technical Services Librarians.
About OVGSTL
The Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGSTL) was
founded in 1924 and draws its members from the states of Indiana,
Kentucky, and Ohio. The annual conference rotates among these three
states on a regular basis. Membership is open to anyone interested in
library technical services.
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Caroline L. Gilson
Associate Dean of Libraries and Coordinator, Prevo Science Library
DePauw University
602 S. College Street
Greencastle, IN 46135
765.658.4404
cgilson@depauw.edu<http://m.lib.uci.edu/>
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