Program Schedule

WAAL – Our Capital Convergence
April 19-22, 2005
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
Madison, Wisconsin

Welcome
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› Housing & Travel
› Monona Terrace

Call to Conference (Program)
› Tuesday, April 19 (WAAL Board Only)
› Wednesday, April 20 (1st Day)
› Thursday, April 21 (2nd Day)

Post Conference
› Friday, April 22

Conference Sponsors and Exhibitors

About Madison
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Conference Planning Committee

PROGRAM SCHEDULE: WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2005

8:00am-5:00pm - Wednesday

Registration - Counter 2
Internet room - M

8:00-9:00am - Wednesday

CUWL Distance Education Committee - Hall of Ideas E (Please note change of Location)

8:00-9:30am - Wednesday

BREAKFAST - Promenade

9:00-10:15am - Wednesday

Keynote Presentation - Ballroom B
The Future of Higher Education in Wisconsin
Kevin Reilly, President, UW-System

Dr. Kevin Reilly, President of the University of Wisconsin System since July 2004, will share his vision of higher education in Wisconsin as the premier developer of human potential. He will address the importance of partnership in meeting the challenges facing higher education and the need to keep the best and brightest minds in the classroom.

10:15-10:30am - Wednesday

BREAK - Promenade

10:30-11:45am - Wednesday

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Convergence: Librarians and the Web - E
James Ellis, Wisconsin Historical Society

Librarians, whether they know it or not, are the next group to take over responsibility of the web. We've passed the technology hump, where engineers and programmers lead the way. Now, it is up to the Information Specialists to take the lead. We've gone through three Internet Revolutions (The Browser / HTML, Applications / Databases, and Structured content / XHTML) and we're beginning our fourth: Modular/Flexible Content. The difference is that instead of writing books for the web, we're all adding paragraphs to a bigger entity: something more defined and self-documenting. In this seminar, we'll see how librarians and the web are made for each other, but in a few ways, they make each other crazy. Then, we'll look past the horizon of library web sites and see what users will one day come to expect from any decent web site.

Resource Sharing in the UW System Libraries - Are we there yet? - F
Paul Moriarty, UW System;
Heather Weltin, Memorial Library, UW Madison
Rachel Watters, Wendt Library, UW Madison

"One System, One Library" has been an ongoing vision for the UW System Libraries in its mission to improve the sharing of resources. Universal Borrowing via Voyager, ILL via ILLiad, electronic document delivery via Odyssey, and now SFX have converged; UW System library collections and accessibility. Are we there yet? Come to this session to learn what strategic directions are on the horizon and what innovative, new services are being developed.

The Confluence of Information Literacy Basics and Information Technology: Optimizing Teaching and Learning Outcomes for Technical College Students - G
Ron Edwards, Chippewa Valley Community College

The development of an information literacy program for technical college students will be explored in this program. The needs of technical college student's information literacy competencies and overall educational background, and the level of information literacy skills they require will be discussed. Although student learning outcomes are similar to those from other information literacy programs conducted by academic librarians across the higher education continuum, various library instruction components differ from one technical college to another because of administrative support, faculty involvement, and curriculum planning.

11:00-12:00pm - Wednesday

Academic E-books Consortium Meeting - Community Terrace

12:00-1:30pm - Wednesday

LUNCHEON - Ballroom B
Speaker: Jessica Doyle
Program includes presentation of WAAL Information Literacy Award

1:00-3:00 - Wednesday

Wisconsin Technical Colleges Meeting-Community Terrace

1:45-3:00pm - Wednesday

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Our best library customers are the ones we never see - E
Gary Flynn, Gateway Technical College
Kim LaPlante, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Charlene Pettit, Moraine Park Technical College
Julie Gores, Waukesha County Technical College

New technologies allow libraries to adapt traditional services such as orientation, reference, reserves, and document delivery for use by distance learners. A panel of librarians from selected technical colleges in the WISPALS Library Consortium will explain and demonstrate services and programming that enhance the learning experience of distance education students and provide easy access to resource materials. Multi-library searching, video streaming, online writing labs, virtual reference, document delivery, and e-reserves are among the services to be highlighted. This session will benefit librarians who are developing and providing services to meet the instructional needs of students and staff involved with distance education.

Thinking about the Data: Making Use of Student Feedback in Instruction - F
Abbie Loomis, UW-Madison, and
2005 WAAL Information Literacy Award Winner

In Spring 2002, as part of a campus wide initiative to study the impact of a required freshman-level communications requirement at the UW-Madison (Comm-A) on students’ performance and attitudes, we developed a pilot project to evaluate student outcomes vis a vis the information literacy component of the course. A workbook was developed which was completed by a sample of Comm-A students from across campus in conjunction with their research assignment. In a session at the WAAL 03 conference, the process for selecting and implementing this tool and for rating the results was discussed and some preliminary results were presented. Two years later we are still working with the results of that assessment project. This session will look at what we learned from that data and how we’ve used that information to revamp our approach to the Comm-A course, as well as other undergrad courses, and to inform our interactions with faculty.

Influencing faculty and academic staff through personal power - G
Speaker: Les Howles, Division of Information Technology, UW-Madison

Power doesn't just belong to those in a position of authority. Every day we need to influence others without relying on positional power. In this session we'll explore elements of personal power and strategies for using expert, referent, and informational powers. You'll deepen your understanding of how power is perceived and become more effective at influencing others when you don't have formal authority. This interactive session will feature a lively discussion of how we can impact higher education through personal power.

3:00-3:15pm - Wednesday

BREAK - Promenade

3:15-4:30pm - Wednesday

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Ubiquitous Computing in Academic Libraries - E
Matt Brzeski, Carthage College Library
James Lowrey, Marquette University Library
Robert Sessions, UW Madison Steenbock Memorial Library

After mainframe computing and personal computing, the era of ubiquitous computing has arrived. College students are more mobile than ever, owning cell phones, laptop computers, and personal digital assistants (PDAs). With portable computing devices and wireless Internet access you can be online anywhere. So what does the future of ubiquitous computing hold for academic libraries? How does this technology work and how will it change traditional library service points? Our three panelists will share specific technology implementations in their campus environments.

Licensing and archival issues: Is there a convergence? - F
Susan Barribeau, UW-Madison

This presentation will review some of the language found in current license agreement clauses covering perpetual access rights to purchased electronic material and ponder the meaning(s) thereof.  The issues of access to this material for our future patrons, with attention to legal, financial, and practical matters, will be discussed, as well as some proposed solutions.

The Global Convergence: Librarians Abroad - G
Trish Iaccarino Peterson, College Library, UW-Madison
Kay Ihlenfeldt, Department of Public Instruction, Madison
Cindy May, UW Law Library, Madison
Brad Gee, Chalmer Davee Library, UW-River Falls

The possibilities for college students to study abroad are numerous, but what about opportunities for academic librarians to ‘work’ abroad? This presentation will profile the professional experiences of four librarians that have converged in the global library community. Trish Iaccarino Peterson and Kay Ihlenfeldt presented research seminars in Cuban libraries last spring. Cindy May participated in an informal librarian exchange in England at the University of Sheffield. And as the co-director for the Semester Abroad: Europe Program at UW-River Falls, Brad Gee travels with students and assists with their research projects in libraries across the European continent.

5:00pm-7:00pm - Wednesday

Vendor Demos & Poster Sessions: Community Terrace. Hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar will be available.

Rica Dieterle: Creating tutorials in an online environment.
For the fall of 2004, School of Nursing instructors and librarians at UW Madison combined their creative energies to produce three online library tutorials. This presentation will illustrate 1) project objectives; 2) How the group planned, developed, and implemented online learning objects; 3) lessons learned from experiences and assessments; and 4) implications for future projects and collaborations.

Tom Durkin & Curran Riley: FileMaker Pro Databases: A Tool for Facilitating Convergence.
Creating local digital library projects is a process that can be difficult and expensive. One of the best solutions for dealing with these problems is through convergence: the establishment of centralized digital library collections and production facilities. Fortunately, the collaborative creation of metadata can be greatly facilitated through affordable and effective technology, such as FileMaker Pro. It is fast and easy to set up, and is affordable to purchase. It also offers room for scalability: both PC and server versions are available.

Jill Markgraf, Yan Liao, David Dettmen Jennifer Schmidt, Lynn Gilman, Valerie Malzacher: WAAL Information Literacy Award
Information literacy best practices from libraries around the state are highlighted in this poster session. Take home some ideas to enhance your own instruction program.

Betsy Richmond & Jill Markgraf: Keeping men in college: preliminary data on library use by male students.
Data show that male students are less likely to progress and succeed in college than female students. Success in college is often correlated with engagement in campus activities, programs, and support services. This poster session will report on a study looking at the use of UW Eau Claire’s McIntyre Library by male and female students and implications for library services.

Axel Schmetzke: How accessible is your campus/library web site for people with disabilities?
Conference attendees are invited to check the latest data (March 2005) on web accessibility at their library/campus and to discuss the (in)adequacy of their institutional Web accessibility policy.

Renee Sengele & Marissa Finkey: Murder in the stacks: hosting a murder mystery in your library.
Looking for a fun and unusual library orientation event for new students? Librarians from UW Oshkosh will share information about how they planned a murder mystery in the stacks of Polk Library.

Joe Tomich: Short cuts: Voyager Cataloging and Macro Express.
Macro Express allows routine computer tasks to be recorded and then ‘played back’ by just pressing a couple of keys. Use of these short cuts in a Voyager cataloging workflow will be demonstrated.