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THANK YOU! ACRL WNY/O chapter members will receive a paper copy by mail.
Electronic Resources: the Promise and the Reality
The Western New York/Ontario chapter of the Association of College and
Research Libraries (ACRL) would like to invite you to our Spring Conference
1998. On Friday, April 24th, we will be meeting in Fairport, New York at
the beautiful facilities of the Casa Larga vineyards for a conference which
will explore the future possibilities and the present realities of
electronic resources in academic libraries. The keynote speaker for the day
will be Walt Crawford, an access services officer at RLG, and co- author
with Michael Gorman of Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness, & Reality (winner
of the 1997 Blackwell Scholarship Award from ALA's ALCTS division). H.
Thomas Hickerson (Cornell University) and Paul Wiens (Queen's University)
will present views from both sides of the border about their involvement
with large-scale electronic resource projects, discussing the motivation and
goals underlying these efforts, and what the successes and roadblocks have
been so far. The day will also include a panel discussion on the impact of
electronic resources on specific library processes, with speakers
representing the perspectives of Collections and Acquistions, Reference
Services, and library vendors. It promises to be a most thought-provoking
day, with many opportunities to ask questions and exchange ideas with others
in the academic library world. Casa Larga is located just 5 minutes from the
New York State Thruway, and only 15 minutes from Rochester, near the
historic canal village of Fairport. Hope to see you there!
Conference in Brief:
8:15 - 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:15 Welcoming Remarks
9:15-10:45 Keynote Address by Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group
* Walt Crawford is an access services officer at the Research Libraries
Group, Inc. (RLG), and was principal designer for Eureka, RLG's
patron-oriented search service, and the new Eureka on the Web. He has been
at the Research Libraries Group since 1979, and was previously a
programmer/analyst in the University of California, Berkeley, Doe Library
from 1968 to 1979. Walt served as president of the Library and Information
Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library
Association, in 1992/93. He is the 1995 recipient of the LITA/Library Hi
Tech Award for Outstanding Communication for Continuing Education in Library
and Information Science. Walt has published thirteen books, some 150
articles, and more than fifty columns and editorials on future libraries,
personal computing, online catalogs, desktop publishing, CD-ROMs, user
interfaces, technical standards, and other topics. He currently appears
regularly in Online Magazine, Database Magazine, and Library Hi Tech News.
Walt has also been active as an editor and on editorial boards, and has
given some 70 speeches and presentations on library and computer topics. His
principal concern in recent speeches is the future of libraries and print
and other media. His most recent book is Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness,
& Reality (by Walt Crawford and Michael Gorman), published by ALA Editions
in 1995 (ISBN 0-8389-0647-8, $25.00). Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness &
Reality is the 1997 winner of the Blackwell Scholarship Award, given by
ALCTS (the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a
division of ALA).
Presentation Abstract:
"Digital Where Preferable ": Sensible Futures for Academic Libraries
Will digital resources be more important in tomorrow's academic
libraries? Of course--but not to the wholesale exclusion of print and other
analog resources. We need to get beyond the seductive charms of the
all-digital library, to work towards workable, preferred futures for
academic libraries. If there are real academic institutions in the new
millennium (as seems likely, despite assertions from futurists who should
know better) then real, physical, largely-print-based libraries will be at
the heart of those institutions.
The challenges are many: to deal with shortsighted provosts who see the
virtual library as a great way to save money; to understand the
significance of phrases like "predominantly digital" and "inevitable"; to
build and use coherent digital collections rather than foundering in the
impossibility of comprehensive digital libraries; to appreciate the growing
complexity of libraries in general; and to assure that libraries are living
service centers, neither temples of stacks nor technotoys.
This talk will touch on many of these issues and others,
including library support issues for distance education and ways to assure
"vocal and local" support and partnership.
11:00-12:45: Large-Scale Electronic Resource Projects
* H. Thomas Hickerson, Director of the Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library
Presentation Abstract:
Realizing an Integrated Vision for Tomorrow's Research Library
The Cornell University Library has been actively involved in the
application of digital library technologies for nearly a decade. These
efforts have included the development and management of large textual,
statistical, and visual arts databases and the deployment of an electronic
gateway offering access to 1,100 digital sources. The Library has
exercised broad leadership in university, national, and international
collaborations, but is faced with ongoing technical, professional, and
organizational challenges in implementing an integrated vision of the
research library in the 21st century.
* Paul Wiens, Chief Librarian, Queen's University Libraries
Paul Wiens has served as Director of two ARL libraries, the University of
Saskatchewan Libraries from 1986-1991, and, since, October 1991, as Chief
Librarian of Queen's University Libraries in Kingston, Ontario. Prior to
these appointments he held administrative positions in the libraries of the
University of Lethbridge (Alberta), University of Manitoba, and the
University of Waterloo. He graduated in 1969 from the University of British
Columbia School of Librarianship. Throughout his career he has been active
in professional associations including the Canadian Library Association,
Canadian Association of College and University Libraries, the Library
Association of Alberta and the Manitoba Library Association. He is currently
chair of the Ontario Council of University Libraries and a member of the
Executive of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. He is also a
member of the Leadership Group for the Ontario Universities Digital Library
Transformation Project.
Presentation Abstract:
All of our libraries are in the midst of major transformations in how
knowledge is acquired, accessed and used. The Council of Ontario
Universities and the Ontario Council of University Libraries have recognized
the need for collective action in addressing the huge challenges facing
universities and libraries in providing information resources in the most
cost effective way possible in the face of rapidly changing fiscal,
scholarly communication, and information technology environments. The
Ontario Universities Digital Library Transformation Project proposal is a
vehicle to leverage the collective resources of the Ontario university
libraries in achieving this transformation.
12:45 - 2:00 Lunch (with vegetarian option)
2:00 - 3:30 Panel discussion: impact of electronic resources on traditional
library services
* Library vendors: Representative from Gaylord Publishers
* Collections and Acquisitions: Michael Lavin, associate librarian, Business
and Government Documents department, Lockwood Library, SUNY at Buffalo
* Reference Services: Patricial Viele, senior assistant Physical Sciences
Librarian, Cornell University
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Registration Information - ACRL WNY/O chapter Spring Conference 1998
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Fees (includes continental breakfast, lunch, and afternoon break)
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or library school student
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Registration deadline: April 14th, 1998
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O'Brien Hall
Buffalo, New York 14260
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Registration is confirmed only after cheque is received.
Helen Salmon
Manager, Social Science and Arts Information Services
University of Guelph Library
hsalmon_at_uoguelph.ca
Received on Thu Mar 26 1998 - 16:47:26 EST