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Membership news, views, events, support and training
June 2011 | Vol. 2, No. 7 | ISSN 2152- 8993
In this issue:
See you soon at ALA!
View presentations from Good Practices for Great Outcomes events
OCLC to offer free online training for members in the U. S. and Canada
News and Events
See you soon at ALA!
In just a few days, we’ll meet in New Orleans at ALA Annual 2011 to
discover, share and celebrate the vital contributions libraries make.
Visit us in Booth 2840 to see service demonstrations, preview future
functionality, meet with other OCLC members and consult with our team
on solutions that will help you serve your library users more effectively.
We also have many sessions planned about OCLC membership
activities, services and related developments in the library community. A
few of them— our key membership events— are highlighted below. Please
view the full list of these sessions that are open to ALA Annual
Conference registrants, and confirm your attendance at those that
interest you most.
# OCLCALA11
Friday, June 24, 2011
OCLC Americas Regional Council Member Meeting and
Symposium
11: 00 a. m.– 4: 00 p. m.
Hilton Riverside
Grand Ballroom Suite A
Join us for the Americas Regional Council Annual Member Meeting from 11: 00 am to 2: 00 pm
( registration and working lunch open at 11: 00 am) to hear two key task force reports and
participate in a Q& A session with members of the OCLC Board and OCLC President and CEO
Jay Jordan.
The OCLC Symposium, The Infinite Collection: Resources in the Digital Age, follows from 2: 00
to 4: 00 pm. The explosion of ways in which we are digitally connected impacts every part of our
lives. Whether we’re researching, building social connections or sharing our own media, the
digital realm has extended its influence into nearly every aspect of what we do. What does this
do to the boundaries of your library’s collection? What does it mean to curate a collection that is
becoming, for all intents and purposes, infinite? Join digital experts from the library community
for a discussion on successful strategies for dealing with both the volume of resources out there
— and the changing nature of content consumption in a world that’s increasingly digital.
Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information, will provide the
keynote address. Joining him will be symposium moderator, Brian Schottlaender, The Audrey
Geisel Librarian at the University of California, San Diego Libraries, and two distinguished
panelists:
Rick Anderson, Associate Director for Scholarly Resources and Collections, J. Willard
Marriott Library, University of Utah, and a 2005 Library Journal Mover & Shaker.
Bobbi Newman, Co- founder of the Libraries and Transliteracy Project, and a 2011 Library
Journal Mover & Shaker.
Register now »
Not attending ALA? View this meeting via live- streaming video!
We will stream this meeting live from the Web from 11: 30 am to 4: 00 pm at
http:// www. oclc. org/ livefeed/ ( no login information is required). All are welcome to participate
virtually. Please register and select the virtual participation option.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
End- to- End E- resource Management: How OCLC Makes it
Easier
8: 00– 10: 00 a. m.
Morial Convention Center
Room 244
New OCLC services let you centralize and simplify management of e- resources from selection and
purchase to discovery, delivery and ongoing maintenance. Hear how the new, cooperative
WorldCat knowledge base features and data help OCLC members connect users to e- resources in
library collections through WorldCat Local, WorldCat Resource Sharing and OCLC’s Web- scale
Management Services.
Register now »
Join the Revolution: Library Management at Web Scale
10: 30 a. m.– 12: 00 p. m.
Morial Convention Center
Room 269
Find out how moving traditional ILS functions to the Web has positively impacted library services,
improved the bottom line, and increased global library visibility and collaboration.
Register now »
Perceptions of Libraries, 2010
3: 00– 4: 00 p. m.
Doubletree Hotel
Madewood Rooms A/ B
In Perceptions of Libraries 2010: Context and Community, OCLC explores how changing contexts
impact perceptions and behaviors concerning libraries and information sources. The technological
and economic environments are vastly different now than they were in 2005 when OCLC published
Perceptions of Library and Information Resources. Join George Needham, OCLC Vice President,
Global and Regional Councils, for discussion of trends, perceptions and attitudes of the information
consumer examined in the 2010 study.
Register now »
Sunday, June 26, 2011
OCLC Update Breakfast
7: 00– 8: 00 a. m.
Hilton Riverside
Grand Ballroom Suites A/ B
Join OCLC and your colleagues for breakfast, a free gift and an update on OCLC activities from Jay
Jordan, President and CEO. Then, share roundtable conversation with colleagues who share your
interests, hosted by OCLC staff. Choose a roundtable topic when you register.
Register now ��
View presentations from Good Practices for Great Outcomes events
In May, OCLC’s Member Services Team presented two in- person events in Texas. Then in June, Member
Services and WebJunction presented a webinar to more than 450 participants. Presentations from all three of
these events are now available online through OCLC’s portal for “ Good Practices.”
May 5 | Good Practices for Great Outcomes: Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference
Hosted by the McDermott Library at the University of Texas at Dallas
Dr. Ellen Safley, Director of Libraries, University of Texas at Dallas kicked off this event by welcoming
more than 60 participants. Stefanie Wittenbach, University Librarian at the brand new Texas A& M– San
Antonio library, provided the opening keynote at this lively, interactive OCLC member event, generously
hosted by the McDermott Library at the University of Texas at Dallas. We also featured the following
speakers from OCLC and our member community, who discussed workflow efficiencies: Glenn Patton,
Director, WorldCat Quality Management, OCLC; Debbie Montgomery, Head of Cataloging Team,
University of Texas at Dallas; Jennifer Gordon, Head of Electronic Resources Team, University of Texas
at Dallas; and Beth Walters, Head of Cataloging, Fort Worth Library. Shawne Miksa, University of North
Texas College of Information provided the closing keynote on training the cataloger of the future. View
and print PDFs of presentations from this event.
May 6 | Good Practices for Great Outcomes: Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference
Hosted by Albert B. Alkek Library, Texas State University– San Marcos
Joan Heath, Associate Vice President, Texas State University– San Marcos, welcomed more than 65
participants to this event. Stefanie Wittenbach, University Librarian at the brand new Texas A& M– San
Antonio library, delivered the keynote, followed by several OCLC and member representatives, including
Glenn Patton, Director, WorldCat Quality Management, OCLC; Elaine Sanchez, Head Cataloging
Librarian, and Paivi Rentz, Head Acquisitions Librarian, Texas State University– San Marcos; Richard
Hasenyager, Director for Library Services, North East Independent School District, San Antonio; and Jee-
Hyun Davis, Head Librarian, Cataloging & Metadata Services, University of Texas at Austin. View more
information, including PDFs of presentations from this event.
June 14 | Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference Webinar
Listen to the recording, view slides and chat from this OCLC/ WebJunction webinar.
Visit our Good Practices for Great Outcomes Portal
Learn more about this series, view past presentations and join our virtual community.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Creating Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference
8: 00– 10: 00 a. m.
Morial Convention Center
Room 271
Join us for Creating Cataloging Efficiencies that Make a Difference, as speaker Bradford Lee Eden,
UC Santa Barbara, presents “ Transforming Collection Management and Technical Services
Operations: the Next- Generation Technical Services ( NGTS) Initiative of the University of California
Libraries.” Roundtable discussions will follow to provide an opportunity to share and compare notes.
Register now »
Support and Training
OCLC to offer free online training for members in the U. S. and Canada
We are pleased to announce that OCLC will offer free, live- online and self-paced
training for many courses that cover Cataloging, Resource Sharing and
FirstSearch services beginning July 1, 2011.
Advances in e- learning technologies and the increased demand for online
learning have allowed us to offer more training while affording greater
economies of scale. This makes it possible to pass these savings on to OCLC
members in the U. S. and Canada by offering free training on the services
members rely on most.
In April, OCLC announced that prices remain flat for the third consecutive
year, through June 2012. Adding training at no additional cost further
increases savings and the value of membership in the OCLC cooperative.
We want all members to be able to take full advantage of OCLC training and learning opportunities.
OCLC trainers and training partners— Amigos, WiLS, Minitex, MLNC, MCLS, OHIONET and LYRASIS—
will continue to offer a wide variety of classes and learning opportunities to help members refresh or
maintain skills, ensure effective use of OCLC subscription services, and learn new applications to help
members leverage their investments in the cooperative.
To find out more about training that OCLC offers, sign up for courses and begin taking advantage of
these new learning opportunities, please visit the OCLC Training Portal. On- site training or customized
courses are still an option; contact Rachel Van Noord, Senior Manager, Member Training & Support
Communities, by calling 1- 800- 848- 5878, ext. 1322 ( or 1- 206- 336- 9222), or by sending an e- mail to
training@ oclc. org, to discuss specific interests and needs.
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