Tuesday and Wednesday, April 17, 18
Tuesday, April 17th
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Mt. McKinley
WAAL Planning Committee Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Mt. Everest
WAAL Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 18th
8:00am - 5:00pm
Ballroom
Atrium Registration
Mt. Everest
Internet Cafe
8:00am - 9:30am
Grand Ballroom Breakfast
9:00am - 10:15am (Four Concurrent Sessions)
Mt. Blanc
Speakers: Kelli Keclik, Karen Dunn and Janice Rice, UW-Madison Libraries (College and Steenbock Libraries)
Co-sponsored by the WLA Library User Education Round Table (LUERT)
Family Feud: The Rewards of Meeting Up and Teaming Up
Who says teaching students about libraries is all serious business? Consider the lighter side of life, and use games like Family Feud and Jeopardy to instruct and train students. Find out how much students know about our libraries and hear about their creative visions of an ideal academic library. Join in the collegiate spirit of challenging games and competition, as three librarians share how they teamed up with campus student services programs and used games as teaching tool. Learn how everyone became winners by using ideas that promote entertainment, competition, and rewards. Come to the program and hear about exciting ways to engage your undergraduates by collaborating with residence life coordinators, first-year experience programs, and others. Reap the benefits of joining forces with campus learning communities, student employees, and peer leaders. Learn how these librarians used food, laughter, and friendly competition to bring energy into their instruction and training programs.
Matterhorn
Speaker: Erika Behling, UW-Parkside Library
Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood? : Teaching a Library Skills Course as Part of a Learning Community
In Fall 2006, I was invited to teach a library skills class as part of a Student Support Services Learning community. This presentation will provide an overview of the course, including demonstration of the course d2l site where assignment, discussion boards, and course documents are held. It will also address my interactions and experiences with the students enrolled in the class detailing problems they encountered, accomplishments they achieved, and what I would do over if I had it all to do again. Embedded throughout the presentation will be discussion of the learning community concept and how teaching the course as part of a community differed from teaching the course independently. Would I teach the course this way again? I’ll let you know at the presentation!
Mt. Rainier
Speaker: Ewa Barczyk, UW-Milwaukee Libraries
Middle Age Couriers: How Medieval Polish Manuscripts Turned Up in Milwaukee and How they returned back to Poland
In the closing days of World War II, an American G.I. found a cache of old documents in a ditch in Austria, and took them home with him to Racine as a souvenir. Years later, Milwaukee area scholars and archivists determined that they were medieval manuscripts from a region of what is now southwestern Poland. The speaker and her husband, a history professor, became involved in the project of repatriating these historically priceless objects to Poland, and personally delivered them to their country of origin in 2006. She will give an illustrated account of this scholarly adventure, providing historical background, demonstrating some of the manuscripts, and describing the surprises, satisfactions, and discoveries of helping to restore part of the Polish historical heritage.
Pikes Peak
Speakers: Gerri Wanserski and Ulrike Dieterle, UW-Madison, Ebling Library
Dangerous Herb or Miracle Supplement? Resources to Help You Find the Evidence
Lutein, Gingko Biloba, St. John’s Wort, Hoodia 750. The use of herbals and supplements for health care is becoming of increasing interest to all of us as more and more of these products appear on the market, are discussed in the news and advertised on the Web. Research has proven many to be effective with the result that more of our patrons are asking for literature or research resources on the topic. Do you know the best resources for determining which herbals/supplements are therapeutically effective, which may interact with medications, tests or procedures, and what to look for when purchasing products? We’ll use a systematic approach to introduce key print and electronic resources that will answer these and other questions you or your patrons may have. Along the way we’ll discuss special features of each and provide tips for searching.
10:15am - 10:30am Break
10:30am - 11:30am
Mt. McKinley Room
YBP, Jean Eaglesfield
10:30am - 11:45am (Four Concurrent Sessions)
Mt. Blanc
Speaker: Jeff Ellair, Battig Memorial Library, UW-Sheboygan
Effective Assessment Tools for a Journals Cancellation Project; or, How we Reduced Print Subscriptions by 42%, with 100% Faculty Support
In need of making some significant reductions in serials expenditures, UW-Sheboygan librarians conducted a comprehensive analysis of all the library’s print periodical subscriptions during the 2005/06 academic year. A deliberate, holistic approach was used to review all titles with input from all faculty, rather than the previously-used departmentalized review process. A scoring algorithm was created and applied to each title to assess the three factors of usage, cost, and online availability, in order to guide initial discussion and decisions. Jeff will explain the development and use of this simple algorithm, he will discuss the deliberate process and assessment tools used to involve and inform faculty during this work, and we will look at some of the general and specific outcomes of the project.
Matterhorn
Speaker: Robert Sessions, Steenbock Library, UW-Madison
Energy Conservation in an Academic Library
Every opportunity for change is an opportunity for improvement. The renovation of Steenbock Library’s air handling system required extensive demolishing of existing ceiling, lights, lighting controls, temperature controls and heating systems. The new facility and equipment has innovative automatic controls and is paid for in part by energy saving funds. Come to learn about library automation extending into programmable lighting controls, Variable Air Volume heating systems that enable more efficient use of energy. See how we made the library look and feel better at the same time.
Mt. Rainier
Speakers: Matt Blessing and Jim Lowrey, Raynor Memorial Library, Marquette University
Digitizing Large Scale Print Collections
Many libraries have completed successful digital initiatives that involved preparing item-level metadata for photographs, maps, and other historical documents. Some libraries and archival repositories are now considering larger scale projects, but recognize the impracticality of item-level cataloging. Using university yearbooks as an example, this session presents a straightforward method for digitizing bound print materials. The presenters will consider factors involved in selecting a vendor; plus tasks completed by professional, support staff, and student employees. The session also explores the unique funding opportunities made available by an anniversary celebration, and considers some of the decisions made in selecting materials for digitization.
Pikes Peak
Speaker: Jo Ann Carr, CIMC Library, UW-Madison
Staff Engagement: Discovering a Path to Success
Engaging all levels of staff in planning, communication, and community building enables the U.W. Madison’s Center for Instructional Materials and Computing (CIMC) to successfully meet the needs of its clients. This engagement has resulted in the development of a facility that elicits love ♥ (and cookies) from its patrons and a joyful workplace for its staff. This program will review our strategies for creating a joyful workplace from logs to blogs, from memos to enotes, and from bulletin boards to facebook entries. From the white board at the entrance created by the students, to the displays developed by graduate assistants, to instructional programs collaboratively developed by all staff, this emphasis on shared program development has resulted in a client responsive environment. Program participants will be encouraged to share their secrets for creating a culture of staff engagement.
11:45am - 12:00 noon Break
12 noon - 1:45pm
Grand Ballroom Luncheon Program
Wisconsin Library Association Foundation, Announcement
Rick Krumwiede, WLA Foundation President
Speaker: Michael Norman
Exploring Haunted America
Author, educator and playwright Michael Norman is an Illinois native who now lives and works in River Falls, Wis. A professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Wisconsin – River Falls, Norman created with his late co-author Beth Scott the best-selling Haunted America series of true ghost tales from the United States and Canada. His newest book, Haunted Homeland, takes readers on a coast-to-coast ghost trip with over 100 ghost stories from 30 states and Canada – from a legendary haunted Russian castle in Sitka, Alaska to the multiple ghosts in a crumbling Mississippi mansion. Norman and Scott began their collaboration with Haunted Wisconsin in 1980 and all the books in the Haunted America series remain in print. He is at work on a collection of Minnesota ghost stories
Michael Norman is a former high school teacher, sportswriter and radio news director. He was a professor and chair of the Department of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls for nearly thirty years before turning to a career as a full time writer. He also served as director of the UW-River Falls Press and director of the Midwest Writers’ Conference for many years.
As a playwright, he authored the musical play Entering the Circle: The Lives of Pioneer Farm Women, based on the letters, diaries and memoirs of rural Midwestern farm women and funded by the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission.
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Mt. McKinley
EBSCO Electronic Resources, Stephanie McConnell
1:45pm - 2:00pm Break
2:00pm - 3:15pm (Four Concurrent Sessions)
Mt. Blanc
Speakers: Kim Bartosz, UW-Parkside, Jen Holman, UW-La Crosse, Diane Osborne, UW-Milwaukee, Lisa Pillow, UW-River Falls, Richard Reeb, UW-Madison and Joan Robb, UW-Green Bay
All for One and One for All: The UW System Primary Book Vendor Contract
In the spring of 2006, the CUWL Collection Management Task Force recommended establishment of a Book Procurement Working Group to conduct an RFP process in order to select a primary book vendor for domestic monographs for all UW campus libraries. At the time this program was being prepared, the vendor awarded the contract for 2007 had not yet been announced. Members of the Working Group will present the rational underlying this new CUWL direction, a description of the RFP process, and early steps in implementation. Another collection Management Task Force recommendation that has been referred to the Collection Development Committee is that of compiling “best practices” among UWS technical services operations from the point orders are received in Acquisitions through the processing of invoices. Their findings will also be presented.
Matterhorn
Speaker: Tom Zillner, Wisconsin Library Services (WiLS)
Mashing It Up
“Mashups” have become all the rage in the Web world. What are mashups? To quote Wikipedia: “A mashup is a website or web application that seamlessly combines content from more than once source into an integrated experience.” Mashups can be useful for librarians that have a web presence, as well as for individuals to help meet their professional and personal information needs. Tom will demonstrate some examples of library-related and other mashups, discuss how they work, and present a method to construct mashups that anyone can try out.
Mt. Rainier
Speakers: Jon Mark Bolthouse and Amy Mussell, Battig Memorial Library, UW-Sheboygan
Redesign on a Dime: UW Colleges’ new catalog interface
How do you get 27 librarians to agree on a new catalog interface? First appoint a committee, of course, which is what the UW Colleges Library Council did in spring 2005. This working group was charged with assessing the opinions and needs of library staff and users of the Endeavor (now Ex Libris) Webvoyage Catalog, regarding enhancements to the interface. Without a budget for the project, the working group surveyed library council members for enhancement requests and completed usability studies of our users. From this data, and viewing the online catalogs of other Endeavor libraries, the working group recommended a radical redesign of the catalog interface. We will discuss our process, problems and the results: a streamlined catalog interface that went live in fall 2006.
Pikes Peak
Speaker: Heidi Southworth, Chalmer Davee Library, UW-River Falls
What’s Lurking in Your Stacks? : How to Plan and Complete an Inventory of Your Library’s Collections
In October 2005, a library inventory committee was created to plan and execute a thorough and complete inventory of all barcoded items in the Chalmer Davee Library at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Using a laptop, a Symbol® barcode scanner, plenty of student help and the Scan and Go Voyager Inventory Program developed by Paul Johnson at Bryan College, the scanning of the library’s collections began on March 1, 2006 and ended on July 25, 2006. Despite the fact that a proper inventory had not been completed in some time, the library’s collections were surprisingly clean, with only 1,767 items missing. While the library used a software program designed specifically around the Endeavor Voyager System, this presentation will explain the procedures used to plan the inventory and the personnel involved in running a successful inventory. Additionally, the presentation will show the specific steps taken to conduct the inventory, what problems were experienced and the solutions to those problems, and the final results and procedures that were reached.
3:15pm - 3:30pm Break
3:30pm - 4:45pm (Four Concurrent Sessions)
Mt. Blanc
Speakers: Mark Rozmarynowski, T.N. Savides Library, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, Susan Spiker, Viterbo University and Ulrike Dieterle, Ebling Library
"But I’m Here and You are There…”: Support for Distance Learners
"…every thing you wanted to know about…” We’ve often heard this phrase in connection with everything from acupuncture to zinc mining. Today, representatives from an academic library, a private college library, and an on-line university will share their secrets, challenges and experiences in supporting distance learners including ILL. Learn how others are doing it. Guaranteed to give you some new ideas of things to do and things NOT to do.
Matterhorn
Speakers: Carol Brill, Larry Duerr and Jeff Desannoy, Alverno College Library
Plagiarism, Privacy and Learning
The presenters will share information on how the plagiarism detection service turnitin.com is used at Alverno College, a small Catholic women’s college. Alverno is a nationally recognized leader in ability-based curriculum that does not give traditional grades.
The Alverno College library works with faculty and staff to use the website turnitin.com. Instructors at the college have used turnitin.com since the fall semester of 2006. The Internet-based service can be used as a teaching tool, instead of simply as one step on the path to student discipline.
Although there are significant privacy concerns, the tool offers an opportunity to teach students about the proper citation of sources and the skill of paraphrasing. Multiple submissions of papers to Turnitin allow students to measure their understanding of plagiarism and meet the academic expectations of the college.
Mt. Rainier
Speakers: Marc Boucher, Jim Stevens and Mark Robson, UW-Washington County Library
Podcasting in the Academic Library Setting: UW-Washington County’s Approach
UW-Washington County’s Library and IT Departments have created a solution to offer course content and community lectures through an openly accessible podcasting portal. The presenters will explain the process and will demonstrate how a library can offer such a service themselves with minimal time and cost. Among items to be discussed are pitfalls that were encountered on the way and possible improvements in the future.
Pikes Peak
Speakers: Steve Frye, Nancy McClements, Robert Sessions and Kelli Keclik, UW-Madison Libraries (College, Memorial and Steenbock Libraries)
The Tail of the Dog: Re-envisioning Virtual Reference
In late 2005, the UW-Madison Libraries decided to replace their virtual reference software. Instead of making this decision in isolation, we decided to integrate this decision into a larger reference services planning process. We collected user survey data, conducted staff interviews, reviewed the pertinent literature, and produced a final report, Re-envisioning Reference on the UW-Madison Campus, which was approved by our library administration in July of 2006. During our presentation we will highlight this larger process of re-envisioning reference while focusing on our decision to launch a blended virtual reference service that combines the use of call-center chat software (Velaro) with interoperable instant messaging software (Trillian).
4:45pm - 5:30pm
Mt. McKinley Room
Education & Curriculum Librarians' Meeting, JoAnn Carr
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Grand Ballroom
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Mt. Rainier
Games Night
Thursday | Friday