Get your conference off to a great start by meeting and networking with your colleagues over dinner.
Details: Cash is required since there are no separate checks. Meet at 6:15 in the Essex Inn lobby to walk together.
PRICE: $75.00 Member/ $75.00 Student Member/ $75.00 Non-Member
The Government Transportation Research Information Committee (GTRIC) Roundtable is a forum for sharing and learning about essential tools and best practices for transportation libraries.
PRICE: $60.00 Member/ $60.00 Student Member/ $60.00 Non-Member
Annual business meeting and lunch networking opportunity for Transportation Division members.
Developing a sound taxonomy is a challenge in itself, but what happens when a taxonomist needs to harmonize existing or legacy vocabularies, create crosswalks or mappings between taxonomies, or address a multi-lingual audience? This session will present tips and case studies for bridging multiple vocabularies, taxonomies, and languages.
SPEAKING:
Heather Hedden, Hedden Information Management; Marcie Zaharee, The MITRE Corporation
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/3MMappingMergingMulti-lingualTaxZaharee.pdf
Tips, tricks and other practical information for beginner and experienced catalogers.
SPEAKING
Paul Burley, Northwestern University
Real Forensic Engineering not made for TV. Librarians, information researchers, and libraries of all types and forms are essential to the field of forensic engineering. Come hear Michael Stevenson of ESI talk about what forensic engineering really is and how the gathering of information is key to the field.
MODERATING:
Cheryl Hansen, Engineering Systems Inc.
SPEAKING:
Michael Stevenson, ESI
Please join the Government Information, Solo Librarians, and Transportation Divisions for a lively joint open house. Speak with members from a variety of fields and experiences, all in one place.
Please meet at the event location: 312 Chicago, Downtown Loop.
Business meeting of the Transportation Division Board. All Division members are invited to attend.
PRICE: $55.00 Member/ $55.00 Student Member/ $70.00 Non-Member
Join your colleagues in LMD, DITE, MAHD, DTRN and the Architecture Caucus as we take an evening boat tour of the architectural highlights of Chicago. Beverages and snacks will be available for purchase on the boat.
Attendees should meet in the 8th street lobby of the Chicago Hilton at 5:45 p.m. Please contact On The Scene prior to the event with questions at 312-661-1440 option 0.
MODERATING:
Rebecca Vargha, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
