WAAL 1999 Conference Schedule

Dion Kempthorne, Dean, UW-Richland

What role will the campus library play in the university’s future? Will Internet resources and home computers challenge its form and function? Will the old-fashioned book survive sophisticated technologies? Drawing on his experience as an English professor and campus administrator, Dean Kempthorne will discuss the value of reading in student and faculty development and the potential for the library to provide a new sense of place and purpose in the 21^st century.

2:00-3:15 PM

JoAnn Carr, Director, Center for Instructional Materials and Computing, UW-Madison
Peter Cupery, Information Services Librarian, CIMC
Dan Osmundson, Computer Lab Manager, CIMC

The merger of the UW-Madison School of Education IMC and Computer Lab occurred because of a serendipitous meeting of opportunity and philosophy. The merger succeeded because the staffs of both units decided to take steps to embrace and manage this change, rather than have the change overwhelm and manage them. Perspectives from librarians and computer specialists on why these mergers should occur, steps to take for initial success and plans for continued fine tuning of the merger will be addressed.

William Doering, Integrated Systems Librarian, UW-LaCrosse

Julie O’Keefe, Instruction/Reference Librarian, Marquette University
Doug McCullough, Reference/Funding Information Center Librarian, Marquette University

Looking for better ways to facilitate student learning in a darkened room while explaining your catalog and databases? Learn how to give your students visually stimulating information and teach the steps of information literacy in an engaging manner. See portions of an assignment-related presentation from the student’s perspective. Increase your knowledge regarding the three factors that determine students’ desire and ability to process your message. Gain an overview of creative uses of Power Point to enhance your presentation without looking gimmicky.

 3:30-4:45 PM

The Next Generation UW Library System

Ed Van Gemert, Project Manager, UW System Library Automation Project
Kathy Pletcher, Associate Provost for Information Services, UW-Green Bay

Endeavor Information Systems’ Voyager has been chosen as the UW-System’s new library information management system. The speakers will discuss the process for selecting the library system, including the functional and technical requirements, evaluation criteria and methodology, decision-making process, political buy-in, and contract negotiation. Also included will be a project update on the implementation and training schedule, as well as the plans for resource sharing throughout the system.

Libraries in China: A Personal/Professional Perspective

Louise Robbins, Associate Professor and Director, UW-Madison SLIS

Based on an all-too-brief visit to Guangzhou City (Canton) and Guangdong Province, as well as to Beijing, Robbins will use pictures and anecdotes to provide a look at the challenges facing Chinese libraries and some of the approaches being taken to overcome them.

Out of the Drawer and Into the Curriculum: Strategies for Implementing WAAL’s Information Literacy Competencies

The WAAL Information Literacy Committee

Now that WAAL has created Information Literacy Competencies & Criteria, how can librarians work with faculty, administrators, and students to implement them on campus? Committee members will discuss administrative strategies for formally integrating information literacy competencies into the campus curriculum. Best practices for teaching specific competencies also will be shared.

5:15 - 6:15 PM POSTER SESSIONS AND RECEPTION

Judy Tuohy, Interlibrary Loan Librarian, GLS, UW-Madison

The WebZ version of MadCat, the UW-Madison library catalog, now provides access to the catalogs of the Big Ten Universities plus the University of Chicago. Users may search the catalogs and place interlibrary loan requests from any computer with web access.

Judy Palmateer, Library Director, UW-Marathon County
Evelyn Payson, Library Director, UW-Rock County
Mary Rieder, Director of Library Support Services, UW Colleges

Like the original American colonies, the UW Colleges stand together as one collective institution. The Colleges' libraries are unique in the UW System as 13 separate entities sharing centralized acquisitions, maintenance, cataloging, group purchase, and technical support for a joint Voyager library catalog. We also practice shared governance through a central Library Council. Come and see how we make it all work despite our varying sizes, locations and budgets.

Windows NT Print Manager System

LuAnn Dohms, MIT, UW-Stout

How the UW-Stout Library Learning Center has established a way to charge for printing. Use of an NT Server and third-party software to pause print jobs and retrieve them at a public printer.

User Evaluation & Redesign of a Library Web Site

Patricia Herrling, Information Services Librarian, Steenbock Library, UW-Madison
Charles Dean, Information Processing Consultant, GLS, UW-Madison
Don Johnson, Editor, External Relations, GLS, UW-Madison

Design and analysis of a user survey to aid in the redesign of a library web site with resulting incorporation of the survey into a new library web design.

Patents and How to Find Them

Sarah Calcese, Head of Resources,Wendt Engineering Library, UW-Madison
Nancy Spitzer, Patents/Technical Reports Librarian, Wendt Engineering Library, UW-Madison

Display of some patents granted to celebrities. Demonstration of patent searching using internet resources.

The Oprah Paradigm: A Book Discussion Group Model for Academic Libraries

N. Curtis LeMay, Collection Development Librarian, UW-River Falls

The Lion’s Paw Book Club- Chalmer Davee Library’s Monthly Conversations About Books.

This open discussion group, named for the short story Under the Lion’s Paw by Wisconsin author Hamlin Garland, began in January 1998 as a collaborative effort serving faculty, staff, students, and community members who enjoy the reflective reading of quality books and discussing challenging subjects.

Rose Trupiano, Computer Reference Librarian, Marquette University
Kim Silbersack, Facilities Manager, Golda Meir Library, UW- Milwaukee

As academic librarians there are "burning issues" we face each day - possible outsourcing, electronic privacy issues, lack of diversity, information haves & have nots, etc. This poster session will pool information on these issues & provide lists of references so that academic librarians may be more fully aware and pro-active.

6:30-8:30 PM DINNER PROGRAM

Jean Feraca is Distinguished Senior Producer for Wisconsin Public Radio and host of "Conversations with Jean Feraca."

When Jean Feraca was a young girl her father would read aloud from the Golden Treasury of Poetry and conclude by saying "Now that’s great language and we (meaning Italians) can truly understand it because we are people of the heart." Ironically, the poems were, of course, standard English-language classics. In her presentation Jean Feraca will explore dual identity in American culture and its powerful influence on her development as a poet.

9:00-11:00 PM Let’s Swing & Tango!

Malia Ferron, Malia’s School of Dance

Wednesday, April 14, 1999

8:00 – 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast
Enjoy continental breakfast (for a small donation)

8:15-8:45 AM Wisconsin Geneaology & Local History Roundtabe (WIGLHR) Business Meeting

Aaron Karnilow, Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology and Fellow, Academy of Clinical Psychology

Today, just in the U.S., over 19 million people regularly use the internet, not to mention computers, and countless more knowingly or unknowingly depend on it as the technology revolutionizes how our society does business, entertains itself, educates itself, and even delivers healthcare services. As a psychologist participating in and observing this stampede into the Information Age, what is most striking is how little we understand about the effect these interactive technologies have on us both as individuals and as a society. Dr. Karnilow will explore these questions, present his Cybersapian Hypothesis, and explain why he believes that the next step on our way up the evolutionary ladder has already begun.

Coaching for Improved Job Performance

Randy Kratz, M.S, Counselor and Consultant, Symmetry Balanced Workplace Services

Participants will be offered the opportunity to make the most of coaching situations with the students they supervise. Areas emphasized include: how to motivate; helping supervisees take their job responsibilities seriously; and how to retain the good employees.

Making Sense of the Census

Michael P. Watkins, Acting Head of Government Documents, Polk Library, UW-Oshkosh

The decennial census is an important tool that is used by all levels of government, educational institutions, businesses, geographers and urban planners. This presentation will provide some basic information on the major geographic and Bureau of the Census designations that will help the participants understand the census and work with it more confidently. There will also be a discussion of Census products available in paper and electronic formats for the 1990 census and the differences between them. A brief demonstration of the Census web site will be presented and the session will conclude with a preview of the year 2000 decennial census.

10:30-11:45 AM

Angela Myatt Quick, Carthage College
Dennis L. Unterholzner, Carthage College

A case study of a working, merged student assistant training program at a liberal arts college will be presented. The close cooperation between the two merged units, the advantages and the difficulties of recruitment, scheduling, training, and supervision, along with the philosophy and conceptual framework, will be discussed.

Marquette One Card System

Marc Belanger, Campus Card Coordinator, Marquette University
Debra Jenkins, Assistant Director, Systems and Networks, Marquette University

This program will explore the experience at Marquette University with implementing a campus card system. It will include a discussion of the business and the technical issues involved as well as specific applications such as the pay-for-printing program implemented in the libraries and computer labs.

Starting Fresh with Collection Development

Barbara Walden, European History Librarian, GLS, UW-Madison
Luis M. Villar, Ibero-American Bibliographer, GLS, UW-Madison
Thomas Hahn, East Asian Bibliographer, GLS, UW-Madison

Barbara: Getting to know your sister; or, life-next-door isn’t necessarily like life back home. Reflections and suggestions for starting fresh with collection development in a "similar" setting.
Luis: Experiences as a bibliographer in my Alma Mater. An inside view as a user and as a bibliographer.
Thomas: Same material, same system, but a different approach to the nature of things.

12:00-1:45 PM LUNCHEON PROGRAM

Maureen Sullivan, Organizational Development Consultant and ACRL President

Speaker will address the challenging roles and expectations of academic librarians, especially in student learning and providing leadership in the campus community. She will describe ACRL initiatives to support continued learning and will describe practical steps academic librarians can take to become more effective leaders.

2:00-3:15 PM

Bob Bocher, Library Technology Consultant, State Division for Libraries
Sally Drew, Director, Reference and Loan Library

An update on the state library’s BadgerLink and Linked Systems projects. BadgerLink provides free statewide access, via the Web, to over 4,000 magazines, newspapers and other information resources. The Linked Systems Project will link together several automated library systems and other resources, like WISCAT, to enhance resource sharing. Both of these projects are designed to implement the major goals and objectives of the Wisconsin Library Technology Strategic Plan.

"Colorizing Your Library"- Library Residency Programs

Yolanda Gilmore, Librarian-in-Residence, GLS, UW-Madison
Sandra Guthrie, Assistant Director for Administration, GLS, UW-Madison

The speakers will provide an overview of established library residency programs, with emphasis on the UW-Madison experience. They will address the administrative and participant perspectives, and conclude with a discussion period.

Cheating and Technology: Plagiarism in the Classroom and in the Library

Stefan A. Smith, Outreach Librarian, Murphy Library, UW-LaCrosse

Many aspects of today’s plagiarism are closely related to information search, retrieval, and manipulation skills. Librarians who work with educators and students can provide value-added services by being "plagiarism aware." We will look at the librarian’s role in dealing with plagiarism, learn how students are plagiarizing today, discuss techniques used to detect this problem, explore methods that have proved effective in preventing and discouraging plagiarism, and understand options for taking recourse once it has been identified.

3:30-4:45 PM

Dilys E. Morris, Assistant Director for Technical Services, Iowa State University

Five universities are participating in a project to analyze and compare the time and costs of Technical Services activities. This program will review the project, outline the methodology, analyze the results, identify future steps and the opportunities to extend the study beyond Technical Services. The project participants are Cornell University, Iowa State University, University of California (Santa Barbara), University of Missouri (Kansas City) and Vanderbilt University. Dilys E. Morris is the project leader and has been conducting time and cost analysis at Iowa State since 1987.

InfoPoint: Developing a Model to Provide Reference Service for Remote Users

Jim Stemper, Coordinator, Reference Services to Remote Users, University of Minnesota Libraries-Twin Cities Campus
John Butler, Project Director, Distance Learning Development, University of Minnesota Libraries- Twin Cities Campus

The University of Minnesota Libraries’ Distance Learning Development Project has collaborated with the Libraries’ Reference and Consultation Services Team to develop an organizational model to provide electronic reference services to remote users. The resulting service, InfoPoint, offers a single access point to over 30 information service units, develops technology-based "after hours" information services, and prepares to employ advanced conferencing technologies to support interactive services with remote users. This presentation describes the conceptualization, refinement, and organizational acceptance of the model as a pilot project. A progress report on the service’s implementation, development activities, and reception by users is also provided.

Learning as You Go: Options for Creating Digital Projects

Peter C. Gorman, Technology Librarian, GLS, UW-Madison

This session will explore a wide range of options for creating and publishing digital content, from static HTML pages to detailed SGML/XML markup with sophisticated indexing and retrieval options. Also included will be digital image projects and metadata creation.

5:00 – 8:00 PM Curriculum and Education Librarians’ Meeting

The meeting includes a tour of the CIMC and a discussion of cooperative ventures among Wisconsin curriculum and education libraries. The tour and discussion will be followed by an opportunity for dinner at a downtown Madison restaurant. Rides will be arranged by JoAnn Carr, CIMC. Please contact her for further information.

5:00 – 8:30 PM

Dinner on the Town (Restaurant list will be provided)

8:30-10:00 PM  Reception at Frugal Muse Bookstore
Music to be provided by Troika (George Calden, Victor Gorodinsky, and Fred Middleton)

Hotel shuttle service will be provided.

Thursday, April 15, 1999

8:00 – 8:45 AM WAAL Business Meeting and Continental Breakfast
Enjoy continental breakfast (for a small donation) as the business meeting is conducted.

Arne Arneson, Director, University Library, UW-Stevens Point
David Timm, Senior Information Processing Consultant, UW-Stevens Point
Jan Vogt, Web Database Specialist, UW-Stevens Point

When the general public thinks of libraries on the Internet, they often think of library hours, and an online catalog. Yet many libraries have unique collections which are of interest to a broader community. We will show how to digitize a collection and import the resulting digitized file into a database. The UWSP Library has digitized photo collections, obituary indexes, indexes to local and student newspapers, and telephone directories, and placed them on the Web.

Expanding Educational Opportunities in the Information Age

Christopher Blaire Bundy, Technology Training Coordinator, UW-Madison GLS
Dietmar Wolfram, Associate Professor, SLIS, UW-Milwaukee

Blaire: Establishment and development of Undergraduate Studies in Technology at UW-Madison SLIS. Discussion of issues, stages and implementation of the program.
Dietmar: An overview of the B.S. program in Information Resources being offered at UW-Milwaukee’s School of Library and Information Science.

Joan Stewart, The Summit Group, LLC

Great communication is more than just saying the right thing at the right moment. It’s leaving unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. When an angry patron asks, "Would you like me to tell your boss about your snotty behavior?" how do you respond- with diplomacy or disdain? This workshop will help you keep your cool, avoid misunderstandings, and provide friendlier, more helpful service.

10:30-11:45 AM

J. Frank Cook, Director, UW-Madison Archives

Academic Archivists and Academic Librarians often work in the same building but often ply their trades in different worlds. What should academic librarians know about the collections in the academic archives? How can the two groups bridge the gap between books and manuscripts to serve patrons better? The speaker will outline the statewide archival resources that can be made locally to librarians through the Area Research Network of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 1998-99 is the Sesquicentennial of the UW-Madison and the speaker will use the anniversary to illustrate the range of historical reference materials available to librarians and library users in an academic archives.

How Accessible Are Our Web Pages?

Axel Schmetzke, Ph.D., Librarian, UW-Stevens Point

Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act mandates that the services and programs offered by public institutions must be accessible to people with disabilities. While web-based information plays an increasingly important role on our campuses, it’s accessibility to people with print disabilities is often not recognized as an important legal and ethical issue. Drawing from empirical data collected with Bobby, an accessibility validation tool, the speaker analyzes, compares, and demonstrates the accessibility of campus homepages and library web pages within the University of Wisconsin System.

12:00-1:45 PM Luncheon Program

Virginia S. Hinshaw, Dean, Graduate School, UW-Madison

In the next millennium, research findings from universities will continue to expand, almost at an explosive level. These findings reach their greatest value when shared among investigators. This sharing is critical to generating the next discovery and to training the new generation of researchers. Libraries are truly key to ensuring that these findings are accessible in the new electronic world. V.S. Hinshaw will discuss new research findings, from cancer therapies to "talking" toilets. Come and enjoy the research explosion.

2:00-3:15 PM

Thomas Kessler, Acquisitions Librarian and Bibliographer, University of Northern Iowa
Patrick Wilkinson, Assistant Director for Public Services, UW-Oshkosh

The presenters will describe an aspect of communication that they call responsible communication. It is communication based on the recognition that how library staff relate to others in the work place is an ethical issue which has real consequences for people and organizations. Responsible communication is a basic way to communicate with others that fosters openness, creativity, and honesty; values people; and promotes the accomplishment of organizational goals for the good of society. Based on a review of the professional management literature, the presenters will develop this idea of responsible communication around four basic principles: fair process, free speech, open debate, and basic respect.

Alternate Careers for Librarians

Barbara Moore, Owner, Net Results
Judith Tuttle, Owner, J. Tuttle Books
Ruth Bessant, Library Consultant
Sharon Locken, President, Locken Information

A panel discussion. The presenters will speak about why they decided to leave their positions as librarians for other careers. They will talk about the successes and challenges of having their own businesses and how their backgrounds in librarianship have affected them.

Eileen Quam, Metadata Specialist and Project Coordinator, Foundations Project, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

What is metadata and how can its possibilities be harnessed? Metadata specialist, cataloger, and indexer Eileen Quam will give an overview of metadata, focusing on Dublin Core and use of controlled vocabulary. She will demonstrate the "Bridges" site of The Foundations Porject, a real-life implementation of metadata.

3:30-4:45 PM

Rick Johnson, SPARC Enterprise Director
Ken Frazier, Director of the UW-Madison GLS and Chair of the SPARC Steering Committee

Formed less than two years ago, The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) now has over 115 institutional members and the endorsement of major research organizations in the North America and Europe. Although SPARC is off to an impressive beginning, the task of creating a more affordable system for disseminating knowledge in the academic community will be anything but easy. What are the prospects for collective action by academic libraries to transform scholarly communication? This program will explore some of the practical steps that are being taken by academic libraries represented by SPARC to change the way information is managed, preserved, and made accessible to our users.

Basic Medical Resources

Susan Kirkbride, Medical Reference Librarian

Most library users will need medical and health information at some point in their academic careers. A variety of traditional and electronic/web health resources for the non-medical academic library will be presented. The session will toufh on general health information and ready reference as well as health related resources that students and faculty often need to use for writing papers, class assignments, and teaching. Tools that are readily available, relatively inexpensive, (or free) and easily accessible will be emphasized.

Designing Interactive & Instructional Research-Resources Web Pages

Jeff Ellair, Library Director, UW-Sheboygan