Nylink

Monday May 5-Tuesday May 6, 2008
Gideon Putnam Resort and Spa
Saratoga Springs, New York

Presentations: have been added as we receive them; the links are below, after a speaker’s name.
Pictures: Check out pictures of the annual meeting at Nylink's Flickr account.

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Registration

2:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Welcome and Introductions

2:15 - 3:15 p.m.

Web 2.0 and the Open Library: Jessamyn West, Community Technology Instructor, Randolph Technical Career Center, Writer/editor of librarian.net, on library technologies [bio]; Jessamyn’s presentation; What does Library 2.0 actually mean, and what does it have to do with how we run our libraries? Now that we’ve been using some of the applications are let’s take a look at how libraries are integrating them into their service delivery. We will discuss ways that libraries have been using new technologies, and also some old familiar tech, to reach and interact with patrons in new ways.

3:15 - 4:30.m.

Nylink Executive Director’s Report to be followed by question and answer period: W. David Penniman, Executive Director, Nylink

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Cocktail Hour (cash bar)

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Dinner

7:00 p.m.

Leading a Lake or Leading a River? Transforming Leadership in a Running Time: Richard A. Detweiler, President, Great Lakes Colleges Association [bio]; Rick’s presentation (PDF); The idea that this is a time of change is no news to anyone working in the world of libraries; similarly, the idea that this is a time requiring newly effective library leadership is also no news. What may be most difficult for libraries and for the leadership exercised by librarians is that we can’t really know nor fully understand the world to which we are expected to lead, nor are we in charge of the developments that have been and will continue to be drivers of change. How can we think about leading and leadership when everything is in motion?

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

9:00 - 10 a.m.

Web 2.0 technologies and WorldCat Local: Zsuzsa Koltay, Special Projects Librarian, Cornell University [bio]; Zsuzsa’s presentation (PDF); Web 2.0 is on everybody’s lips these days, but how do we tell trendy buzz and true user needs apart? This presentation will describe a fast track process that Cornell used to anchor their ‘Web Vision’ project to local user needs. What goals did the findings articulate, and what solutions did we find to move towards achieving these goals? The resulting four-part implementation project makes WorldCat Local the center piece of the updated discover-delivery-information environment that we are hoping to debut for fall 2008.

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m. -11:45 p.m.

“On the Record,” the report of The Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control: Mary Catherine “Kitty” Little, Director, Technical Services Department, Queens Library [bio]; Kitty’s presentation (PDF) and Resources Sheet (PDF); Robert Wolven, Associate University Librarian, Bibliographic Services and Collection Development, Columbia University Libraries/Information Services [bio]; Robert’s presentation (PDF)

11:45 p.m. - 12:30

Question and answers period with speakers: Moderated group discussions of key roles and services we all need to be aware of now and into the future.

12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

Buffet Lunch

CONSER's Basic Serials Cataloging Workshop
11/5/09 - 11/6/09
Nylink Offices
Albany, NY