SCELC Colloquium III
Welcome to our third annual SCELC Colloquium! Once again the Colloquium will be held at Loyola Marymount University on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, the day before Vendor Day 2008.
This year's Colloquium will feature sessions on open source federated search and catalog solutions, social networking and libraries, and the future of cataloging. We have some great speakers lined up for a dynamic program.
As in the past, SCELC will provide complimentary continental breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks.
Registration is now full. Contact Rick Burke at admin@scelc.org if you would like to be placed on a wait list.
Top off your Colloquium by joining us for the annual SCELC Vendors vs. Librarians Bowling Tournament on Wednesday evening!
SCELC Colloquium III Schedule
9:00-10:00 a.m. - Continental Breakfast & Registration, Roski Dining Hall
10:00-10:50 a.m. - Next Generation Discovery: An Alternative to Traditional Federated Searching 
[PPT, 624.5KB] (Tracy Thompson, NELLCO), location: University Hall Auditorium
Tracy L. Thompson is the executive director of the New England Law Library Consortium (NELLCO). In that capacity she represents more than 100 law libraries in the U.S. Canada and the U.K. NELLCO members include academic and state, court and county law libraries. NELLCO is the recipient of a 2007 IMLS National Leadership Grant to aid in the development of an open source discovery tool for e-resources.
11:00-11:50 a.m. - Do You Really Get What You Pay For? A Comparison of Open Source and For-Purchase Next Generation Catalog Products 
[PDF, 11.2MB] (Cindi Trainor, Eastern Kentucky University, and Jezmynne Westcott, Claremont College), location: University Hall Auditorium
This presentation will explain features common to “Next Generation” catalog enhancements, including the faceted navigation that ensures that patrons never hit a dead end while browsing library collections. We'll undertake a survey of the landscape of software that transforms traditional OPACs into an experience more like other websites used by our patrons today; showcasing products available from traditional library vendors alongside their open source counterparts. A suite of OPAC enhancements—improvements that can be made without the investment of an entire software package—will also be covered. See the chart comparing features of for-purchase NGC enhancements.
Cindi Trainor is the Coordinator for Library Technology and Data Services at Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, where until January 2008, she served as the Coordinator of Research & Instructional Services. In her past library lives, Cindi managed information technology departments of varying sizes at libraries of varying sizes, including at the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges, a SCELC member. Since moving east, she's been braving the cold, chasing her kids and taking thousands of bad photographs. Luckily, she's also taken a few good ones. Cindi speaks often at national conferences on topics related to library technology and social networking, is active in LITA and proud to be a member of the library geek community. She also dreams of one day obtaining an MFA in creative writing.
Jezmynne Westcott is a science librarian at the Claremont Colleges in Claremont, California. She is the liaison librarian for Harvey Mudd College and science disciplines, is active in outreach, instruction, and leads the Embedded Librarian initiative. She has her Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a BA in history from the University of New Mexico.
12:00-1:00 p.m. - Lunch, Roski Dining Hall
1:00-2:00 p.m. - The Future of Cataloging (Karen Coyle, Digital Library Consultant), location: University Hall Auditorium
Karen Coyle has over three decades of experience with library technology. Most recently she has been involved in formal and informal contemplation of the future of the library catalog, including co-authorship of the report of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control and work being undertaken to redefine library data for the semantic web. She has come to the conclusion that the best future for the library catalog is to cease to be. This talk will be an attempt to explain what that means, and why it is a good thing.
2:00-2:15 p.m. - Coffee Break, location: University Hall Atrium
2:15-4:15 p.m. - Digital Citizenship: Library Engagement in Online Society, location: University Hall Auditorium
Participatory citizenship is a requirement for true democracy. Citizenship in today's society requires digital engagement. How does the Library facilitate this process? How does an academic library connect with its modern community?
Social Networks: SCELC-Net: A Model Online Social Consortial Network
[PPT, 9.6MB] (Gerry McKiernan, Iowa State University LIbrary)Over the past several years, online social networking sites have become pervasive within a variety of personal and professional communities. In this presentation, we will provide an overview and analysis of key features and functionalities of Facebook, one of the more popular social network services among academic communities. With more than 60 million members worldwide, Facebook is expected to grow to 200 million users by the end of 2008 (January 2008). We will conclude with speculation on the potential application of online social networking services such as 2collab, chemistry.org/exchange, and the Nature Network, as the framework for the creation of SCELC-Net, the next generation Web presence of the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium.
Gerry McKiernan is Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian at Iowa State University (ISU).Prior to joining ISU, he served as the Museum Librarian at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh and as an Assistant Librarian with the Library of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, his hometown. He received his Masters of Science degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign in 1975 and his undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Lehman College of the City University of New York, The Bronx.
Moving Forward: Tools and Trends for Today's (and Tomorrow's) Libraries
[PDF, 23.5MB] (Cindi Trainor, Eastern Kentucky University)Change is a new constant in academic and special libraries due to the growing demands of our increasingly rich and complex research environment. Moreover, the convenience of the web exacerbates the struggle to connect with our ever-more-remote users. What do we do when the pressure to keep up collides with the pressure to have a greater impact on our users? In this presentation, the audience will learn about popular and emerging tools and strategies that can help them create an online library experience that more closely resembles features and functionality that students and faculty have come to embrace in their daily lives. Share in ideas that can lead to web services that your users will soon demand.
Cindi Trainor is Coordinator, Library Technology & Data Services at Eastern Kentucky University Libraries
Librarian as Avatar: A Second Life for You?
[PPS, 2.2MB] (Marsha Schnirring, Occidental College)In 1992, Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk novel, Snow Crash, described a computer generated Metaverse. A decade later, Linden Labs debuted Second Life, a “3D online digital world imagined and created by its residents.” Since 2003 SL has grown from 64 virtual acres to over 65,000. Its 12 million residents hail from some 100 different countries. Higher ed and big business hold classes and meetings there. Librarians came early to SL, creating new library places while experimenting with a range of virtual services. If you're wondering whether you should be there too, this walking/flying/teleporting tour of SL is an opportunity to consider the possibilities.
Marsha Schnirring, aka Buk Binder, is the Instructional Services Librarian at Occidental College. She received her MLIS from San Jose State University in 2005.