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*The Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2018 Conference
call for proposals*
*KEYNOTE SPEAKERS*
*Karen Estlund*
Associate Dean for Technology and Digital Strategies, Penn State University
Libraries
*Bradford Lee Eden*
Dean of Library Services, Christopher Center for Library and Information
Resources, Valparaiso University
*THEME*
Traditional Strengths. Transformational Growth.
*LOCATION*
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
*DATES*
May 13-15, 2018
*WEBSITE*
https://events.library.nd.edu/ovgtsl2018/
How do technical services in libraries convert traditional strengths into
transformational growth? The Conference Program Committee invites
innovative submissions in all areas of technical services librarianship
including acquisitions, cataloging and metadata, serials, electronic
resources, curation, preservation in academic, public, and special
libraries. Applicants are encouraged to think broadly about what
constitutes technical services and where traditional strengths of libraries
may be adapted and utilized to confront contemporary challenges.
Participants are invited to submit proposals that report on recent
research, address emerging trends, or showcase new tools, services and
projects.
Time slots for all sessions are 50 minutes in length, including time for
questions. Submissions for shorter presentations and round tables will be
considered, as well.
Submit the following information in our Google Form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOuD5ymg_tXVcanYeeRUTdX5OMa50mVqOT9UgkTGwJAdi1Yw/viewform>
by *January 5, 2018*:
· Title
· Abstract (no longer than 100 words)
· Names, affiliations, contact information, and short bios of all presenters
· Primary contact for presenters
Presenters will be notified of proposal acceptance by February 16, 2018.
For more information, please contact Alex Papson at apapson_at_nd.edu.
The conference requests that you provide your slides or other “handouts”
for your presentation to be archived and shared on the conference website.
Topics of interest may include, but are not limited to:
· Assessment
· Authority control
· Automation / technology assisted cataloging and metadata creation
· “Big Data” — work in discovery, preservation, or documentation
· Cloud-based solutions and innovations
· Collaboration within and outside the traditional library
· Consortial resource and system sharing
· Cybersecurity and privacy
· Digital library projects, digital curation, and digital preservation
· Discovery, navigation, and search
· Emerging roles for technical services / technical services librarians
· Emerging technologies
· Evolving role of the catalog
· Library I.T. competencies
· Local documentation practices
· Metadata creation, reuse, interoperability, and integration with
traditional cataloging workflows
· Network level data management
· New staffing models
· Open content, software, and technologies
· Patron-driven acquisitions and services
· Practical applications of linked data
· Project management in technical services
· Role of technical services in open access and scholarly communication
· Scalability and sustainability of library services, tools, and resources
· Special formats cataloging
· Systems integration
· Training, especially around the acquisition of new skills
· User experience and accessibility
· Vendor relations
*ABOUT OVGTSL*
The Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL) was founded
in 1924 and draws its members from Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. The annual
conference rotates among these 3 states on a regular basis. Membership is
open to anyone interested in library technical services.
The purposes of OVGTSL are to:
- provide an opportunity to gather together for the interchange of ideas
and discussion of issues in library and archive technical services
- form a united group with the aim to keep in touch with movements in
the field of technical services
- cooperate with and offer suggestions to the Association for Library
Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) of the American Library
Association and/or the appropriate sections of this Division.
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*Monica Crabtree*
*Supervisor, Resource Description and Discovery Services *
*Hesburgh Libraries*
*University of Notre Dame*
402 Hesburgh Library
Notre Dame, IN 46556
*o:* 574-631-2516
*e: mcrabtr1_at_nd.edu <mcrabtr1_at_nd.edu>*
<http://library.nd.edu/>
Received on Mon Nov 27 2017 - 10:35:34 EST