ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries November 1996/667 ACRL p reco n feren ces in N a sh v ille Gain practical new skills you can apply in your library A CRL is offering the following preconfer­ences prior to its 8th National Confer­ ence in Nashville, April 11– 14, 1997. Select one or more o f these seminars and gain practical new tools that can benefit your library. Update your knowledge with topics such as digitizing collections, fundraising, preferred futures, the learning organization, using digital information, designing the library building o f the future, tech­ nical services workstations, new learning com­ munities, and providing data services. Check future issues o f C&RL News for additional preconferences. Unless otherwise noted, preconferences will be held in the Convention Center or a conference hotel. Friday, April 11 8:30 a.m.—3:30p.m. P re ferred L ib ra ry Futures It is possible for you and your staff to create the futures you prefer for your organization. One need not be a captive to the futures the experts predict. Why do we presume they are prescient? You can take control, envision where you want your library to be, and develop strat­ egies to get there. Attend this preconference and gain practical tools you can use back home to move your organization toward its preferred future. The process is both creative in nature and practical in outcome. Attendees will return home with problem-solving processes they can use in a variety o f situations. Attendees will also gain insight about organizational change. For example, what are the conditions that must be present before an organization is likely to change? Presenter; Richard Dougherty, an aca­ demic librarian who is currently a professor in the School o f Information at the University o f M ich ig a n and associated with the Lippitt Planned Change Institute. Dougherty has worked with many groups of librarians, pro­ vosts, computing professionals, publishers, etc. He also works with individual libraries in the public and academic sectors. He has conducted preferred futuring workshops in Ireland, En­ gland, Denmark, South Africa, and Israel. $150 ACRL members; $180 ALA members; $220 nonmembers Friday, April 11 1:00–4:30 p.m. G e o re fe re n c e d In fo rm atio n in a Digital W o rld : Putting y o u r L ib ra ry on the M ap Learn how to effectively and efficiently use vi­ tal demographic, geographic, and environmen­ tal information available in a digital form, and how to find out about maps, aerial photographs, and satellite images over the World Wide Web. This hands-on workshop (each participant will work at a computer with an Internet connec­ tion) will examine the Alexandria Digital Li­ brary (one o f six NSF/ARPA/NASA Digital Li­ brary Initiatives) that focuses on online access to spatial data and other georeferenced infor­ mation. You will learn how to find spatial data in digital form on the Web; and how to identify software, hardware, and staff requirements for dealing with online access to spatial data. Pre­ senters: Joseph Boisse, university librarian, Uni­ versity o f California, Santa Barbara; Terence Smith, executive director, Alexandria Digital Library; Randall Kemp, digital-data librarian, A lexa n d ria D ig ita l Library; M ary Lynette Larsgaard, assistant head, Map and Imagery Lab, University o f California, Santa Barbara. Lo­ cation: Vanderbilt University. Enrollment lim­ ited to first 31 registrants. $65 ACRL members; $75 ALA members; $85 nonmembers Friday, April 11 1:00—4:30p.m. Building the N e w A g e L ib ra ry If you are charged with building or renovating a library building, you need to consider how some o f the changes experienced by higher education— such as the increasing use of tech­ nology, collaborative learning styles, the in­ 668/C&RL News crease in interdisciplinary studies, the expan­ sion o f delivery to distance learners, and the evolution of the lifelong learner— play out on your campus and how the library building can contribute to the evolution o f the university into 21st-century institutions. This involves a great deal more than putting technology in libraries, and it challenges some o f our basic assump­ tions about the library as a place o f quiet study and contemplation, and as a depository o f the world’s wisdom. This preconference will ex­ amine new ways o f thinking about library build­ ings, provide practical examples of how to plan the library building o f the future, and share concrete information about what has worked and what hasn’t. George Mason University’s Johnson Center Library— a library sharing space in a building with food services, bookstore, computer labs, movie theater, and an innova­ tive undergraduate program— will be the cen­ tral case study o f the program. Designers of the building will trace its evolution from the initial concept through the first year o f occu­ pancy and discuss the influence o f the various factors having an impact on higher education and libraries. Presenters: Charlene S. Hurt, di­ rector o f libraries, George Mason University; Philip Tompkins, director o f libraries, Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis; and Geoffrey Freeman and Wendall Wickerham o f Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott. $75 ACRL members; $85 ALA members; $95 nonmembers Friday, April 11 8:30 a.m.–4:30p.m. Funding O u r Future: Fu n d ra isin g S trat­ e g ie s fo r L ib ra rie s Learn how you can raise the funds your library needs to achieve its preferred future. This pre­ conference will start with the basics o f orga­ nizing a new library development program, annual funds, major gifts, and campaigns, and continue through advanced topics such as unique ways of acknowledging library donors. Participants will gain insight into the mechan­ ics and the art-and-science o f fundraising for libraries, strategies for implementing and strengthening already existing fundraising pro­ grams, and sharing ideas for new ways to raise money. Ways to fine-tune traditional methods o f raising money and acknowledging library contributions will also be covered. Presenters: Four seasoned fundraisers who chose the world o f libraries: Adam Corson-Finnerty, director o f development, University o f Pennsylvania; Gwendolyn Leighty, development officer, Smith­ sonian Institution Libraries; Michele Fletcher, di­ rector o f development, University o f North Caro­ lina, Chapel Hill; and Lynn Trojahn, director o f development, University o f New Mexico. $135 ACRL members; $160 ALA members; $190 nonmembers Friday, April 11 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. The Learn ing O rg a n iz a tio n : D eveloping Skills to W o rk in Team s a n d So lve Prob­ lem s This workshop will explore the three disciplines of the learning organization which focus more directly on the individual’s role and contribu­ tion: mental models, personal mastery, and team learning. Participants will learn how to ques­ tion assumptions, how to engage in meaning­ ful dialogue to develop a better understanding of problems and to solve them, and how to improve both interpersonal and team commu­ nication. Although the context is the learning organization model, the workshop will be use­ ful to anyone interested in improving his or her understanding of and skills in interpersonal interaction and communication. Speakers: Shelley E. Phipps, assistant dean f o r team fa c ili­ tation, University o f Arizona, and Maureen Sul­ livan, organizational devlopment consultant, Association o f Research Libraries (ARL). Both speakers have experience in helping libraries explore how to become learning organizations. $125 ACRL/ARL members; $150 ALA members; and $175 nonmembers. (Offered by ARL; use separate registration form.) Friday, April 11 8:00 a.m.– 4:00p.m. S eizin g the High G ro u n d : (R e)Creating Technical S erv ices w ith S m art M achin es a n d N e tw o rk e d L ib ra ria n s The Technical Services Workstation, suitably outfitted with electronic tools and in conjunc­ tion with the Internet and Z39.50, promises to revolutionize the future of technical services operations into a tightly integrated processing environment. This revolution will not happen without planning and training and a thorough understanding o f the evolving technology and its implications for human and machine re­ sources. The experts assembled for this pre­ conference— a potent mix o f theorists, devel­ opers, and practitioners— will address these issues within an overall perspective and place them squarely within the context of the chal­ lenges facing academic libraries. Learn how to November 1996/669 address staff training issues, see examples of productivity enhancements developed in real settings, and gain a vision o f the future of tech­ nical services. (Note: this preconference, spon­ sored by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), has been com­ pletely updated from previous presentations in the ALCTS TSW institute series.) Speakers: Howard Harris, vice-president, RMG Consult­ ants; Bruce Johnson, senior library information systems analyst, Library o f Congress; Michael Kaplan, head, database management and coor­ dinator f o r OCLC/RLIN operations, Harvard Col­ lege; David Williamson, senior descriptive cata- loger, L ibra ry o f Congress; a n d D ia n e Vizine-Goetz, consulting research scientist, OCLC. $145 ACRL/ALCTS members; $195 ALA mem­ bers; and $245 nonmembers Friday, April 11 8:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m. U se r N e e d s: S e rv ic e M o d e ls fo r D ata L ib ra rie s Collections o f machine-readable numeric data pose a new challenge for the library. Many aca­ demic libraries have begun developing digital collections (images and electronic text). These collections may require individualized assistance from the data library staff forcing us to develop a new model o f service. Using the Social Sci­ ences Data Center at the University o f Virginia as a backdrop, this preconference will explore service issues associated with data libraries, and will give participants the opportunity to dis­ cuss similar projects and initiatives in their own institutions. You will learn about financial and staffing issues, how to determine user needs for data and service, and examine service mod­ els. You will also be able to identify techno­ logical and programming requirements as well as opportunities for innovation and partnership. Speaker: Patrick Yott, coordinator o f social sci­ ences data services, University o f Virginia. $65 ACRL members; $75 ALA members; $85 nonmembers Friday, April 11 1:30–5:00p.m. D igitizing A rc h iv a l Co llectio ns Learn how to digitize your archival collections for online distribution. The Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers and the Thomas A. Edison Pa­ pers— two documentary projects digitizing their collections for online access— will be used to discuss and demonstrate their approaches to putting digitally processed archival materials on­ line. The Pauling Papers, an archival collection at Oregon State University, is establishing an electronic archive that includes typed and hand­ written material, using proprietary software to organize the archive and optical characters rec­ ognition to index the large number o f type­ written documents in the collection. The Edison Papers, a documentary publishing project that has published a selective edition o f the full Edison archive in microfilm and a more selec­ tive edition of transcriptions in printed volumes, is scanning its film to create images o f the docu­ ments. The Edison project will eventually pro­ vide SGML-tagged text, including editorial ma­ terial now in its published volumes as well as document transcriptions linked to document images. Speakers: Robert Rosenberg, director, Thomas A. Edison Papers, Rutgers University; Cliff Mead, special collections librarian, and Ramesh S. Krishnamurthy, project director, Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers, Oregon State University. $65 ACRL members; $75 ALA members; $85 nonmembers Friday, April 11 8:30 a.m.—4:30p.m. N e w L e a rn in g C o m m u n ities: C o lla b o ­ ratio n th ro u g h T ech n o lo g y This preconference will focus on the process o f forming successful New Learning Commu­ nities through partnerships of faculty, librarians, information technologists, and others. Presen­ tations by team members and educational lead­ ers will help participants gain an understand­ ing o f the concepts involved in successful collaborations; exposed them to examples of New Learning Communities in which student involvement and the teaching/learning process are emphasized; and see projects from model programs. The University o f Washington’s UWired project will be used as a case study to illustrate one approach to bringing technology into the service o f teaching and learning. Char­ acteristics o f the new learning community, how to create a learning environment, and assess­ ment and evaluation will be covered. Speakers: Philip Tompkins, Indiana University/Purdue Uni­ versity at Indianapolis (IUPUI); Randy Hensley, University o f Hawaii; Mary McMahon, Gettysburg College; Susan Perry, Mt. Holyoke College; Betsy Wilson, Andi Bartelstein, Bunny Laden, and Anne Zald, University o f Washington; Karen Williams, University o f Arizona; Peggy Seiden, Skidmore College; and Mary Jane Petrowski, Colgate University. $150 ACRL members; $180 ALA members; $220 nonmembers 670/C&RL News November 1996/671 (Internet cont. from page 660) lection o f feature films with gay, lesbian, transgender, or bisexual themes. Access: www.planetout.com/kiosk/popcornq. Jo u rn a lism • Queer Press International. 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