Early registration ends soon -- NETSL Programs at the NELA Annual Conference
From:
"Paiste, Marsha S." <Marsha.Paiste_at_tufts.edu>
To qualify for Early Registration discounted rates you must register by September 23.
Visit the Conference webpage and register today: www.nelib.org/conference
The New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) is proud to present the following
programs at The New England Library Association Annual Conference, held in collaboration
with the Vermont Library Association, October 2 – 4 at the Sheraton Hotel & Conference
Center in Burlington, VT!
All NETSL programs will be held on Monday Oct. 3:
8:30-10:00 – Mysterius the Unfathomable: RDA Cataloging at the Clark
Speculation abounds concerning RDA (Resource Description and Access), but what are the
realities of this new standard for cataloging? The Library at the Clark Art Institute in
Williamstown, Massachusetts was a formal national test site and librarians there have been
using RDA for the last year. Join Penny Baker, Collections Management Librarian, and
Christopher Geissler, Cataloger for Archives & Special Collections (now at Brown
University), who will share their experiences, both good and bad, working with RDA.
11:30-1:00 – The Miscellany Collection: How a Small Digital Collection Caught Imagination
of the Scholarly Community at Tufts University and Beyond
Includes the NETSL Annual Business Meeting
Tisch Library’s Miscellany Collection began as an experiment of the Technical Services
Department to meet the needs of increasingly technically savvy faculty & students. It
became a university recognized asset as a result of overarching strategy, identification
of appropriate metadata standards, and the decision to move it to a digital environment.
Alicia Morris, Head of Technical Services, and Alex May, Metadata Specialist, will share
their experiences and discuss departmental strategy & the work necessary to design and
complete this project.
1:30-3:00 - The Future is On Demand, Just-in-Time & Patron-Driven
Co-sponsored by the Academic Libraries Section (ALS)
Academic library collection managers are shifting away from “just in case” purchasing to
focus on spending mapped to actual use patterns. Laura Crain, Associate Director for
Collection Services, focuses on how Saint Michael's College Library employs a variety of
tools to ensure that the small to medium-sized academic library acquires electronic and
physical content that matches up with actual need and use.
Additional highlights of this years NELA Annual Conference include:
- More than 50 sessions to satisfy all library workers, types and needs.
- Keynoter R. David Lankes, author of The Atlas of New Librarianship.
- Post-Conference from WebJunction and other partners addressing the increased demand on
libraries for job-related assistance.
- Each meal at the Conference includes a presentation by a well-known author.
- More than 100 exhibiting companies.
- Burlington City Arts will host the NELA Reception and Games.
- Dine-Around in downtown Burlington.
- Dinner cruise aboard the Spirit of Ethan Allen
If you are not already a member of NELA, stop by NELA Membership area of their website
for details on how to join. NETSL is a section of NELA, so by joining them, you’re joining us!
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Marsha Starr Paiste
Catalog Librarian
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
(617) 627-2280
Received on Fri Sep 16 2011 - 03:07:40 EDT