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Tuesday,
April 16th
6:00 pm WAAL Board Meeting
Wednesday,
April 17th
8:00 am –5:00 pm Registration
8:30-10:30 Continental Breakfast (for a small donation)
10:30-11:45
Three Concurrent Sessions
Universal
Borrowing Experience in the UW System: Sharing Collections in
Practice
Valerie Malzacher, Assistant Director, UW-River Falls Chalmer
Davee Library
Diana Slater, Reference, Instruction, and Access Services Librarian,
UW-Stout Library Learning Center
Michele Strange, Access Services Librarian, UW-La Crosse Murphy
Library
The
panel will discuss such issues as lines of responsibility,
workflow, user education and the realities of resource sharing
within the parameters of UB functionality.
Sponsored by the WLA Support Staff Section
Managing
Diversity in the Workplace
Michelle Harrell, Multicultural Studies Librarian, UW-Milwaukee
Golda Meir Library
Liz Miller, Project Leader, AGS Recataloging Project, UW-Milwaukee
Golda Meir Library
Maureen Garrison Powless, Head of Personnel, UW-Milwaukee,
Golda Meir Library
Three
panelists, all members of UW-Milwaukee's Library Advisory
Committee on Diversity, will discuss the development and role
of the committee in promoting diversity in the Golda Meir
Library and how members of the committee participate in campus
issues and events.
Sponsored by the WLA Library Careers Committee
and the WLA Foundation
E-Books
and Wisconsin Academic Libraries: Where Are We Headed?
Kathy Schneider, Director, WiLS
David Weinberg-Kinsey, Director, Cardinal Stritch University
Library
Come
join us for a sparkling panel discussion on the future of
e-books in Wisconsin. Cutting edge updates on what is happening
in the field will be provided along with opportunities to
interact on issues of concern. We're turning on our "Speculators"
with one foot in the present and one foot in the future. Virtual
handouts will be available for all participants.
12:00-1:30
Luncheon Program
Keepers
of the Flame in a Brave New World: Academic Librarians in the
21st Century
James A. Gollata, Director, UW-Richland Miller Memorial Library
The
role of the academic librarian as Promethean legatee has evolved
dramatically during the last decade and into this new millennium.
Will we bravely retain our liberal arts identities in this
brave and grave new world, professing our humanity (and the
humanities) to minds seeking sustenance in the warm lamp of
learning, or will we quietly cower in front of the cold, staring
glare of the computer screen while technicians determine the
proper study of humankind? It's time for a third look at The
Two Cultures.
1:45-3:00
Plenary Session
High
Touch/High Tech: The Library of Congress' Collaborative Digital
Reference Service
Diane Nester Kresh, Director, Public Services Collections, Library
of Congress
3:00-3:15
Break
3:15-4:30
Three Concurrent Sessions
Cooperative
Digital Reference Services
Diane Nester Kresh, Director, Public Services Collections, Library
of Congress
Sally Drew, Director, Reference and Loan Library
Mary Struckmeyer, Chief, Reference & ILL, Reference and
Loan Library
Diane
Kresh from the Library of Congress will describe the national
cooperative reference referral program which automatically
matches referred reference requests with a potential responding
library. Sally Drew and Mary Struckmeyer of the Reference
and Loan Library will discuss experiences in Wisconsin.
Great Escapes: Travel Literature for Getting Away from
it All
Helene Androski, Reference Librarian, UW-Madison Memorial
Library
Back
by popular demand, an opportunity to talk about books! The
topic this time will be travel literature. Helene will lead
a book talk on Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods as an example
of the genre. (Reading the book before hand would be helpful,
but not mandatory). Then comes "Show and Tell" as
we share suggestions for other travel books.
Sponsored by WLA Readers' Section
Library
Instruction: Bringing the Library to the Faculty
Steven Heser, Librarian, Web Development, Milwaukee Area Technical
College Library
Molly Susan Mathias, Instruction Librarian, Milwaukee Area
Technical College Library
Participants
in this session will learn innovative methods of incorporating
wireless technology, instructing faculty, and fostering campus
alliances. The participants will discuss the implementation
of a campus-wide library instruction program for faculty,
as well as the integration of wireless technology. They will
also demonstrate the collaboration between the library, IT
and professional development departments.
5:00-6:30
Poster Sessions and Reception
Are
We Making Progress? Accessibility of UW-Library Web Sites for
People with Disabilities
Axel Schmetzke, Librarian/Assistant Professor, UW-Stevens Point
University Library
With
the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in
1990, libraries undertook much effort to provide access to
their physical resources for all people. With more and more
information resources migrating to the Web, libraries' concern
for access must now include the virtual realm. Axel's studies
conducted in 1999, 2000, and 2001 showed that many of the
campus libraries within the UW System do not provide sufficiently
accessible Web pages. In this poster session, Axel will present
his latest accessibility data (March 2002). Stop by to check
on the trend in your library, to learn how to check your Web
site for accessibility, or to see a demonstration of how blind
people can navigate your library's Web pages.
Improving
Patron Service in Interlibrary Borrowing: A Case Study
Heather Weltin, LSA Advanced/Lead, UW-Madison Memorial Library
Brian Beecher, Coordinator of Circulation/Reserves, UW-Whitewater,
Andersen Library
Judith Tuohy, Head, Interlibrary Loan, UW-Madison Memorial
Library
Tanner Wray, Head of Access Services, UW-Madison Memorial
Library
The
UW-Madison Memorial Library ILL Borrowing Office is a high
volume borrowing office. Over the past 5 years, the office
has implemented technological and workflow changes to improve
the delivery of ILL borrowing services to patrons. Technological
changes implemented in the office include: patron-initiated
requests in the CIC Virtual Electronic Library and WorldCat,
tight links between patron-initiated requests and an external
patron database, OCLC Direct Request Service, OCLC Custom
Holdings, OCLC ILL Fee Management Service, Web-based request
forms, using the integrated library system to manage circulation,
ARIEL, and CLIO ILL management integrated software. Other
changes include expanding communication with patrons via e-mail,
offering fewer office hours, abolishment of all paper files,
physical rearrangement of the office, only accepting requests
via electronic means, and routing selected ILL requests to
Acquisitions for rush purchasing and processing. Turnaround
time has decreased significantly and patrons receive their
requested materials much faster. The poster session will present
the changes made by the ILL Borrowing Office and the impact
on patron service. Plans for the future will also be presented.
Innovations
in Rush Order Processing
William Byrne, Head, Order Unit, UW-Madison, General Library
System
Karl E. Debus, Head, Acquisitions & Serials Department,
UW-Madison, General Library System
Through
changing its rush order policies from a passive process relying
on book vendors to a proactive process whereby acquisitions
staff identify the availability of materials at local bookstores
and on the Web, UW-Madison has reduced the amount of time
between order placement and patron notification from approximately
35 to 8 days. Time from ordering to patron notification of
foreign rush materials has also been reduced to approximately
25 days.
University
of Wisconsin-Learning Innovations
See live demonstrations of UW Online learning.
Sample courses and other material will be presented.
6:30-8:15
Dinner on Your Own
A list of area restaurants will be provided
8:30-10:00
Weakest Link
With your host, Rose Trupiano, Reference Librarian Marquette
University Memorial Library
Frustrated
that you can't get on a national TV game show? Well, do the
second best thing—be a contestant on WAAL's version of
"The Weakest Link!" Eight of your peers will compete
in this exciting, live game of trivia knowledge. Seven of
the contestants will be voted off and will take that "walk
of shame." ONE contestant will become a winner. Will
that person be you?
(Note:
Contestants will be determined by interested persons names
being drawn at the event. You can put your name in the hat
to vie to be a contestant or you could come to be part of
the live "studio" audience).
Door
prizes and prizes for contestants will be provided! Come and
join us for an evening of trivia fun!
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