PRICE: $495.00 Member/ $495.00 Student Member/ $595.00 Non-Member
This course provides information professionals with a set of tools and an essential knowledge-sharing perspective for implementing change in their organizations. Since 60% of all large-scale implementations fail to meet all of their objectives and fully 80% of those failures are due to change management issues, it is imperative that information professionals involved in any new initiatives learn change management and change implementation skills. Having a strategy, developing good plans, and managing the drive to implement are no longer enough to ensure success. Change management focuses on the “human” side of implementation, working with those interpersonal skills that result in success in any operational activity. Especially applicable for the knowledge management and knowledge services (KM/KS) practitioner, change management supports the development and implementation of any knowledge-sharing system, each of which, notably, always involves people and change. This course concentrates on change management as a critical implementation skill, with attendees learning the necessary links between how personal interactions impact and enable the application of a knowledge strategy that leads to the knowledge culture.
SPEAKING:
Guy St. Clair, Columbia University; Dale Stanley, Gilead Sciences
PRICE: $199.00 Member/ $99.00 Student Member/ $299.00 Non-Member
Toni Wilson, a well-known industry expert in CI source collection, leads an interactive course on unique sources, databases, and Web search to speed up and increase collection value. Wilson has over 25 years of experience, both as a consultant and as a corporate intelligence professional at LexisNexis. You will learn how to identify lesser known and recently available sources specific to your collection needs, use fee-based and free Web sources that are unique, and employ database and Web search tools and techniques to collect relevant information with efficiency. With today's emphasis on cost efficiency, it's important to remain nimble and up to date. If you support CI in your company or are in a CI function, this workshop will give you ideas and sources to take back and use immediately upon your return from the conference.
SPEAKING:
Toni Wilson, MarketSmart Research
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/CreatCollectSupport7CI TasksTWilson.pdf
PRICE: $265.00 Member/ $265.00 Student Member/ $365.00 Non-Member
Although more information is available, executives have less time to consume it. In today's crowded info landscape, these stakeholders are beginning to wonder whether document delivery and desk research can be purchased externally for lower cost. In this “new normal” of cost-consciousness, info pros need to highlight their value to leadership, moving beyond data retrieval to delivering easily digestible yet robust, client-ready presentations. Whether you have spent five hours or five days conducting research, finding and communicating the narrative is what creates memorable audience insights. Effective visualization techniques allow for rapid consumption of critical points while keeping length to a minimum. Through concepts, case studies, templates, and a detailed discussion of design, attendees can expect to gain practical advice on delivering high-value insights to executive decision makers.
SPEAKING:
Krystin Weseman; KC Hudson, PricewaterhouseCoopers
PRICE: $299.00 Member/ $199.00 Student Member/ $399.00 Non-Member
A hands-on course that introduces learners to the basic principles of the five major divisions of chemistry, chemical terminology and drawing, and other intellectual tools that chemists need to do their work. The course will be composed of four basic sections: an introduction to chemistry as a science, strategies for effective communication with chemists, an explanation of basic chemical concepts and research questions, and an exploration of the ways in which chemists’ research needs dictate their information needs.
Note: this course will be held at the nearby Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) campus. Contact Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu for details.
MODERATING:
Judith Currano, University of Pennsylvania
SPEAKING:
Susan Cardinal, University of Rochester; Judith Currano, University of Pennsylvania
PRICE: $495.00 Member/ $495.00 Student Member/ $595.00 Non-Member
This course links knowledge management (KM) theory to knowledge services (KS), the management methodology that brings together information management, KM, and strategic learning. Throughout the larger organization, the goal of knowledge services--characterized as the practical side of KM--is to strengthen research and enterprise-wide knowledge asset management, thus enabling contextual decision making and accelerated innovation. Participants learn techniques for implementing knowledge services--that is, for "putting KM to work"--and, in so doing, learn to support the organization as a knowledge culture. Topics include KM/KS history and an exploration of the KM/KS framework (people, process and technology). Participants will develop an action plan to take back to their organization.
SPEAKING:
Guy St. Clair, Columbia University; Dale Stanley, Gilead Sciences
PRICE: $299.00 Member/ $199.00 Student Member/ $399.00 Non-Member
Many organizations struggle to organize content and are often unaware of the options available for creating successful information architectures. This course is designed to provide participants with the basic skills necessary to leverage taxonomy and metadata to improve navigation and search within a SharePoint environment. Techniques for implementing a taxonomy and metadata using native SharePoint functionality will be discussed, as will the tool’s limitations and potential solutions for the integration and management of complex taxonomic structures. Additional topics include faceted search, custom development and third-party add-ons.
SPEAKING:
Jeff Carr, Earley & Associates; Seth Earley, Earley & Associates
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/TaxInfoArchitectureSharePointJCSE.pdf
PRICE: $325.00 Member/ $99.00 Student Member/ $470.00 Non-Member
Ontologies are the next level of complexity in the realm of classification schemes and information warehousing. They retain the power and capabilities of taxonomies and thesauri while providing inferencing and business rule adherence. They can provide both precision and recall when modeled correctly. What confuses many people is how to use their existing metadata schema, taxonomies and thesauri as a starting point for an organizational ontology. If you're familiar with taxonomies and metadata schema, it's not as hard as you might think. This course will show you how the pieces fit together.
SPEAKING:
Christine Connors, TriviumRLG LLC
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/TransYourSchemaTaxOntCConnors.pdf
PRICE: $265.00 Member/ $265.00 Student Member/ $365.00 Non-Member
With companies relying more and more on financial information as a key component of decision making, information professionals are finding themselves uniquely positioned to provide not only data but also unique analysis and insight that will enable their stakeholders to make better decisions. This course will provide attendees with a basic understanding of financial and economic information and help them play an integral part in their organization's decision-making process.
SPEAKING:
Sean Gaffney, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Michael Portnoy, PricewaterhouseCoopers
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/ConductingFinancialAnalysisSGMp.pdf
PRICE: $230.00 Member/ $115.00 Student Member/ $300.00 Non-Member
Ah, if only knowledge managers and information professionals could identify “magic measures” that would convey the value of information services to decision makers. While Rebecca Jones has yet to find any such measures during her 30 years of working in this sector, she has found, through many informal surveys, an approach to successfully identify, manage and communicate meaningful measures. What's a meaningful measure? It's a measure that matters to your decision makers and demonstrates that your services are making a meaningful difference to the organization. Rebecca provides a framework for defining, analyzing and conveying measures that are meaningful and to your situation--complete with worksheets!
SPEAKING:
Rebecca Jones, Dysart & Jones Associates
PRICE: $199.00 Member/ $99.00 Student Member/ $299.00 Non-Member
This course takes a hands-on approach to introduce learners to the types of questions that chemical researchers ask and reference sources that can be used to answer them. The course provides an overview of the structure of the chemical literature, types of reference sources in the chemical sciences, unique access points for chemical information, and strategies for an effective search. Informal lectures, interspersed with hands-on reference questions, will describe and compare the major chemical information resources.
MODERATING:
Judith Currano, University of Pennsylvania
SPEAKING:
Judith Currano, University of Pennsylvania; Dawn French, Millennium Inorganic Chemicals
PRICE: $199.00 Member/ $99.00 Student Member/ $299.00 Non-Member
This workshop addresses key issues surrounding the creation, maintenance and cultivation of digital repositories. Drawing on the latest literature, case studies, and personal experiences, speakers lead a discussion covering planning the digital repository, selecting a methodology for its establishment, populating it with content, marketing it to the library’s constituencies, and meeting the various challenges and questions along the way. Share your own experiences, engage in group discussions about how to get the most out of a digital repository, and leave with lots of ideas and strategies for dealing with digital repositories.
SPEAKING:
Amy Buckland, McGill University Library; Jim DelRosso, Hotel, Labor, and Management Library; Cornell University
PRICE: $265.00 Member/ $265.00 Student Member/ $365.00 Non-Member
Finally, an interactive half-day workshop on practical techniques for thinking strategically! During 30 years of working with information professionals, the class instructors have often heard clients express the challenge of seeing “the big picture.” Senior managers responsible for information and knowledge management regularly raise concerns that info pros aren’t strong strategic thinkers. This course offers an intensive discussion of practical strategic thinking techniques, applies these techniques in a case study, and provides additional resources to help you align information services with organizational strategies.
MODERATING:
William DeGenaro, DeGenaro & Associates Inc.
SPEAKING:
Jane Dysart, Dysart & Jones Associates; Rebecca Jones, Dysart & Jones Associates
PRICE: $350.00 Member/ $350.00 Student Member/ $450.00 Non-Member
This course is designed to help information professionals who have at least five years of experience in supplier management and contract negotiations at a material level. The course content will focus on the details of contracts, usage requirement and rules, contract models, client/vendor relationships, and potential opportunities to reopen previously negotiated contracts. There will a concentration on contract models and negotiation strategy.
SPEAKING:
Carol Ginsburg, BST America LLC; Bill Noorlander, BST America LLC
PRICE: $345.00 Member/ $230.00 Student Member/ $400.00 Non-Member
Many in the library world believe librarians have an opportunity to play a vital role in the development and stewardship of publicly accessible collections of research data sets, a process often referred to as data curation. However, working with data is a new, unfamiliar area for many librarians. The Data Curation Profile Toolkit is a set of inter-related resources designed to capture information about data generated by single scientists/scholars/labs based on their needs and preferences for these data. The DCP Toolkit can be used as a means for launching discussions between librarians and faculty, exploring research data needs, and helping to plan for the development of data services.
SPEAKING:
D. Scott Brandt, Purdue University Libraries
PRICE: $299.00 Member/ $199.00 Student Member/ $399.00 Non-Member
This course will provide foundational instruction for both Web analytics and Web usability studies, the quantitative and qualitative methods for measuring the effectiveness of your organization’s Website. The workshop will use Google Analytics as the sample tool for Web analytics, including a basic overview and detailed training as time permits. A key focus will be identifying and interpreting relevant insights from the vast amount of data that Web analytics programs offer. The second portion of the session will focus on the creation and process of a Website usability study. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to use these tools to target a variety of actionable insights into the strengths and weaknesses of your library’s vital Website presence. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops for hands-on access to practice sites.
SPEAKING:
Kate Marek, Dominican University
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/WebsiteAnalyticsUsabilityKMarek.pdf
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/WebsiteAnalyticsUsabilityKMarek2.pdf
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.
Designed as an advanced class for experienced MEDLINE searchers, this hands-on session will highlight advanced PubMed techniques that can be used to conduct comprehensive searches. Attendees are encouraged to share difficult search experiences (both past and present) to discuss with the class. Participants are eligible for two MLA continuing education credits.
Please bring your own computing device; Internet access WILL be provided but laptops/iPads will NOT.
SPEAKING:
Holly Ann Burt, National Library of Medicine
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/PubMedforExpertsHABurt.pdf
Springer will be hosting two sessions featuring Springer for R&D and Hospital Organizations. Learn firsthand how our new rd.sprigner.com site was created for your users and how the power of Springer Innovation can improve your library’s research and development capabilities.
First we will want our participants to get to know each other in a quick Librarian Bingo Ice Breaker. Next you will be given instructions for the Springer for R&D Scavenger Hunt! For participating in the fun hunt, you will be automatically entered to win an Apple iPad! Food and drinks will also be served courtesy of Springer. RSVP Here
EOS invites you to a seminar to learn about EOS.Web Digital, a complete cost-effective suite of software designed to enable you to easily manage today's incredible amount of varied content.
This session is designed to convey the basics of searching the NLM's TOXNET®, a Web-based system of databases in the areas of toxicology, environmental health, and related fields. Participants are eligible for two MLA continuing education credits.
Please bring your own computing device; Internet access WILL be provided but laptops/iPads will NOT.
SPEAKING:
Holly Ann Burt, National Library of Medicine
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/UsingTOXNETToxDataNetHABurt.pdf
PRICE: $199.00 Member/ $99.00 Student Member/ $299.00 Non-Member
This course will introduce participants to specialized search techniques for small molecules in the chemical literature: profiling organic, organometallic and catalytic substances by substructure, applying structure and substructure search techniques to polymer searching, and using basic substructure and Markush search strategies for patent information retrieval. Participants will learn advanced organic substructure search techniques and find out where, when, and how to use them. They will also learn techniques for locating organometallics and polymers using the substructure search techniques taughtand will examine the application of substructure techniques to patent searching, including learning the basics of Markush searching.
MODERATING:
Judith Currano, University of Pennsylvania
SPEAKING:
David Bacino, Abbott; Judith Currano, University of Pennsylvania
PRICE: $230.00 Member/ $115.00 Student Member/ $300.00 Non-Member
As technology becomes more prevalent in the library, information specialists are becoming innovators and technologists as well as content managers. They are now actively managing an organization’s information assets (including new technology projects) rather than passively responding to requests. Project management concepts, tools, and techniques discussed in this half-day seminar will help anyone complete technology/knowledge management projects on time and within budget while meeting project goals. Knowledge of PM will help you avoid common pitfalls, such as vague definitions of goals, unrealistic plans, and lack of meaningful schedules. Participants will leave the course understanding how to put together a plan and budget, lead a team, and manage the project through completion.
SPEAKING:
Jennifer Swanson, Charles Stark Draper Laboratories
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/ProjMgmtInfoKnowManagersJenniferSwanson.pdf
PRICE: $199.00 Member/ $99.00 Student Member/ $299.00 Non-Member
Scott Brown, a leading expert on social media and author of Social Sleuthing: Finding Competitive and Business Iinformation Using Social Media Tools, will lead this hands-on workshop. Social tools are changing the landscape of competitive information gathering. As a business and competitive researcher, learn which social media tools will give you the best company and industry information. See how to complement traditional resources for business and company information by the effective use of social media tools, such as LinkedIn, blogs, Twitter feeds, social networking groups and other specialized search tools. This is a hands-on workshop that will help you think differently about these resources and unlock their true potential. Bring your laptop and a company you would like to research and be prepared to be surprised by what you find!
SPEAKING:
Scott Brown, Social Information Group
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/SocialMediaTechniquesInfoProsScottBrown.pdf
Come and hear about SLA's plans and activities for the 2012 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) conference. Hear about progress at the global level on library issues including copyright, open access, e-lending and disaster assistance response.
SPEAKING:
Donna Scheeder, CRS/Library of Congress
SLA and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) will host a Buyer/
Supplier Roundtable: Buyers and Suppliers Focus on the Future.
Content buyers know what their organizations will need in the future; content vendors are the ones who will build those products and services. This unique roundtable provides a forum for big-picture thinking around the future of information work, bringing buyers and sellers together to discuss key trends.
Mixed tables of buyers and sellers will participate in facilitated brainstorming on emerging topics in information usage and demand such as:
Come lay the groundwork for the next generation of development for both buyers and sellers by learning how "the other half" thinks, in a collaborative environment.
This is an invitation-only event (with limited capacity). If you have content buying responsibility or influence the decision-making process, you may request an invitation from Natasha Kenner.
PRICE: $15.00 Member/ $15.00 Student Member/ $15.00 Non-Member
Join your academic DCHE colleagues for breakfast and a moderated discussion on current topics and concerns. Topic(s) for this roundtable to be determined.
Tentative Discussion Topics: E-Science and Data Curation; Scholarly Communications Issues; and Developments in Astronomy Librarianship. Tentative Speakers: Christopher Erdmann, John G. Wolbach Library, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Lance Utley, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Sponsored by SPIE Digital Library
MODERATING:
Marsha Bishop, National Radio Astronomy Observatory; Margaret Lam, George Mason University
SPEAKING:
Christopher Erdmann, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; Donna Thompson, Smithsonian Astrophysical Obs; Lance Utley, National Radio Astronomy Observatory; Molly White, John M. Kuehne Physics Mathematics Astronomy
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/PAMAstronomyRoundtableLUtley.pdf
Join us for breakfast, discover OCLC WorldShare and get an update on other OCLC activities. Meet with colleagues and consult with our team on solutions that will help you serve your library users more effectively.
PRICE: $15.00 Member/ $15.00 Student Member/ $30.00 Non-Member
Persons who are actively engaged in consulting are invited to give a rapid-fire "song and dance" of their consulting practice. Through this fun and creative communication opportunity, they can illustrate their value and the innovative insights they can bring to projects while meeting future clients for themselves and their practices. Session attendees who are actively considering contractors or partners to work with are encouraged to attend. Come prepared!
MODERATING:
Janice Sykes, Info Mgmt Svcs Inc.; Lorri Zipperer, Zipperer Project Management
The Wikileaks scandal headlined worldwide news in 2010 - 2011 and highlighted issues of government classification, information policy, and information ethics. This session will explore various facets of the controversy.
SPEAKING: Patrice McDermott, OpenTheGovernment.org
A quick-start guide to implementing a taxonomy program, with an emphasis on building buy-in and leveraging existing standards and pre-published vocabularies.
MODERATING:
Kathleen McElhinney, University of South Dakota
SPEAKING:
Fred Leise, Contextual Analysis LLC
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/TaxDesignShortonTimeFredLeise.pdf
The Semantic Web is a set of technologies that will change the Internet and Web as we know them. Scenario analysis is an established method for strategic planning in uncertain situations. In this session, we'll develop four distinct scenarios for the future of the Semantic Web. We'll apply proven methods and identify the developments and milestones that will tell us which of our scenarios are most likely to come to pass. From these scenarios we'll predict the implications of the Semantic Web for news media, social networking, location-based services, search and telecommunications. This session will be a must-attend for anyone who is interested in the Semantic Web or who represents an industry likely to be disrupted by this emerging technology.
MODERATING:
Emily Rushing, Haynes and Boone LLP
SPEAKING:
August Jackson, Ernst & Young
A collaborative session co-developed by the CI, KM, BF and Pharma divisions. As competitive intelligence and information management evolve, collaboration can lead to better results. Speakers will address how to develop insights through collaboration from different perspectives.
MODERATING:
Ellen Naylor, Business Intelligence Source
SPEAKING:
Amy Affelt, Compass Lexecon; Arik Johnson, Aurora WDC; Mary Talley, Talley Partners
As collections move from the print to the electronic world, libraries must change their collection development practices and policies to reflect new opportunities and challenges. In this session you will learn how libraries are transforming their collection development practices and policies to address the proliferation of electronic books, including acquisitions based on patron demand. In addition, learn about creating, managing and selling e-books from the publisher’s perspective, information that will give librarians valuable insight into e-books from press to desktop.
MODERATING:
Catherine Lavallée-Welch, Univ of South Florida Polytechnic
SPEAKING:
Krista Coulson, University of Chicago Press; Leslie Reynolds, Texas A&M University Libraries; Rebecca Vargha, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
SPEAKER HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/CollectionsinTransLReynolds.PDF
Disruptions are new digital tools and media that are fast gaining traction to address information immediacy, global reach, and diversity. Learn how to understand disruption to bring clarity to consumers and uniquely harness information and consumer insights. Find out the implications and benefits of disruption for information professionals, researchers and users of new tools in the market.
MODERATING:
Grace Villamora, the brightresearch group
SPEAKING:
Hugh Allspaugh, OGILVY & MATHER; Patrick Palmer, VSA Partners; Beth Uyenco, Microsoft
A panel of industry experts will discuss how they, as data and information providers, team with information professionals to provide critical business information in these challenging economic times.
With a bit of a shift from the usual energy focus of this session, we look to a panel of librarians to share their best practices in managing their information services. Join our conversation about the ways we work in a variety of settings.
Learn about the NSF requirement for data management plans to accompany all grant proposals, and find out how libraries are supporting researchers in their efforts to comply.
MODERATING:
Barbara Kern, University of Chicago
SPEAKING:
Amy Friedlander, National Science Foundation; Lisa Johnston, University Of Minnesota Libraries; Sarah Shreeves, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/NatSciFoundationDataMgmtPlansAmyFriedlander.pdf
Discussion of issues related to Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics information and libraries.
MODERATING:
Zahra Kamarei, University of Rochester
The third time’s a charm, and you’re sure to be charmed – and challenged – by the rousing discussion among the 2012 SLA Rising Star Award recipients and 2012 SLA Fellows during the third edition of this popular event. Learn how the perspectives of the Rising Stars, at the beginning of their information careers, and the veteran Fellows differ on relevant topics affecting the industry. For photos and a detailed description of last year’s roundtable, go to http://digbig.com/5bfmdf.
MODERATING:
Webb Shaw, J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Every person experiences a difficult work situation at least once. A rough project, a harsh boss, an unfriendly work environment or even an unpleasant physical space can threaten productivity, working relationships, and the ability to succeed. We might ignore the situation, become combative, flee, or even feel that it is our fault. This session will cover tactics for surviving – and perhaps thriving in – a challenging situation. There will be time for questions so that participants can get advice about situations they have seen or encountered.
SPEAKING:
Jill Hurst-Wahl, Syracuse University
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/CareerConnectSeminarHurstWahl.pdf
Once upon a time in a corporate R&D kingdom, companies were creating products and pushing them out to customers with little or no interaction with them. In today’s fast-paced R&D corporate and hospital environment, companies are getting more creative in their product development process to improve their ROI. Now they are relying on the knowledge experts in customer needs--the customers themselves. Whether these organizations are trying to get a product quicker to market, or just make it better, they are inviting their customers into the development process. This session is meant to be an interactive session on how to engage customers wisely to get qualitative and quantitative data. Springer’s Brian Bishop will discuss his story and a variety of engagement tools in this thought- provoking session.
SPEAKING:
Brian Bishop, Springer
In the modern organization, groups of workers lead knowledge development and knowledge sharing (KD/KS) services. In this follow-up presentation, Guy St. Clair will describe how career professionals support an enterprise-wide and unified approach to KD/KS.
SPEAKING:
Guy St. Clair, Columbia University
James O'Shea of the Chicago News Cooperative will be the keynote speaker for the News Division in this session on the current state of journalism. O'Shea is past editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times, former managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, and author of "The Deal from Hell," a recent book that examined real estate investor Sam Zell's newspaper acquisitions.
MODERATING:
Debra Bade
SPEAKING:
James O'Shea, Chicago News Cooperative
Whether you are moving into a management position at your current organization or taking on a team-lead role at a different organization, the first three months are critical for your longer-term success. Your fortunes depend on your ability to do the jobas well as your skill at clearly positioning yourself in the role with your boss, your team and yourself. The speaker will walk you through a process for transitioning successfully and sanely.
MODERATING:
Martha Foote, LibraryCo Inc.
SPEAKING:
Rebecca Jones, Dysart & Jones Associates
All FAN and IT division sponsors are invited to participate in this fast-paced vendor product information session. Division attendees will visit vendor tables in small groups to discuss their institution's needs and profile, collecting prizes along the way. A business card raffle rounds out the fun!
This wildly popular session that explores new and under-utilized Websites returns for another year. Fast-paced and fun, if offers a glimpse of what you may be missing on the Web.
MODERATING:
Tricia Thomas, Alston and Bird LLP
SPEAKING:
John DiGilio, Reed Smith LLP; Gayle Lynn-Nelson, LexisNexis
This program will highlight strategies for finding content on human behavior in APA research databases of interest to librarians and information professionals across multidisciplinary settings.
SPEAKING:
Anne Breitenbach
Learn about chemical information training resources from librarian colleagues.
SPEAKING:
Marion Peters, UCLA Librarian Emeritus; Andrea Twiss-Brooks, The University of Chicago Library
Change management and focused attention on the bottom line are key drivers for successful information centers. In this way, validated and verifiable results are articulated as milestones and benchmarks for success. More importantly, strategic vision grounded in stakeholder buy-in informs our decisions and leads the change. Therefore, it is incumbent upon us to provide relevant and meaningful metrics as the evidentiary support for our strategic initiatives. But what, exactly, should we measure? Why is it important for us to measure these outcomes? Is it important to delineate the results not only in quantitative but also qualitative form? Join us for this exciting inquiry.
MODERATING:
Marianne Giltrud, The Catholic University of America
SPEAKING:
James King, National Institutes of Health; Rebecca Jones, Dysart & Jones Associates; Juanita Richardson, Dysart & Jones
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/MetricsPerfROI PanelKMCafeJamesKing.pdf
Learn about the unique nature of competitive intelligence in the pharmaceuticals industry and hear how info pros are using it to improve their organizations' competitive advantage. Learn how insights from a variety of sources can help you to deliver value to your organization.
MODERATING:
Craig McHenry, Pfizer Inc.
SPEAKING:
Lisa Orgren, Septagon Research Group; Heather Bjella, Esq., Aurora WDC; Jordan Frank, Traction Software
What do you, as a professional, bring to an organization? What competencies do you need to succeed? A panel will discuss the soft competencies that are core to our profession such as leadership, critical thinking, problem-solving, creative thinking, and proactivity.
MODERATING:
Rebecca Jones, Dysart & Jones Associates
A panel of buyers and sellers will discuss how you can best illustrate return on investment and the distinct value of your content purchases to management and budget approvers.
MODERATING
Robin Neidorf, FreePint
SPEAKING
Ann Lee, Dow Jones & Company; Jantinus Meints, Ernst & Young; Gurinder Sangha; Bill Noorlander, BST America LLC
The 2012 version of the Intel Café brings you four key competitive intelligence topics. The Intel Café is a highly interactive session that lets you engage with four different speakers. You'll go to your corner and come out with information about using social media for CI, how General Motors used CI during the downturn, and CI technology tools.
SPEAKING:
Chris Hote, Digimind; August Jackson, Ernst & Young; Karen Rothwell, Outward Insights, LLC; Fred Wergeles, Fred Wergeles & Associates LLC; Ellen Naylor, Business Intelligence Source
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
On the first weekend that Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo opened in 1934, a staggering 117,400 visitors came to see the world’s most modern zoological park, with innovative bar-less exhibits housing animals from around the world. Join colleagues at a relaxed ”bring your own lunch” session for a fascinating look at the zoo through the eyes of Carla Owens and Douglas Deuchler, co-authors of Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Zoological Society. Historic art deco buildings, WPA artwork, and unusual creatures inhabiting the zoo over its 77-year history will be featured. A book signing will follow.
MODERATING:
Richard Hulser, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
SPEAKING:
Douglas Deuchler; Carla Owens, Brookfield Zoo
Social media offers a powerful yet low-cost way for nonprofits to demonstrate, through pictures, words, and video, how they are making a difference and why they need support. Whether you're considering social media for your organization or you've been using it successfully for years, this session is for you. Participants will learn best practices for creating an engaging social media presence, hear from a nonprofit successfully using social media, and learn about exciting social tools on the horizon.
SPEAKING:
Scott Brown, Social Information Group; Brandy King, Knowledge Linking; Bobbi Weaver, CA Western School of Law
Springer will be hosting two sessions featuring Springer for R&D and Hospital Organizations. Learn firsthand how our new rd.sprigner.com site was created for your users and how the power of Springer Innovation can improve your library’s research and development capabilities.
First we will want our participants to get to know each other in a quick Librarian Bingo Ice Breaker. Next you will be given instructions for the Springer for R&D Scavenger Hunt! For participating in the fun hunt, you will be automatically entered to win an Apple iPad! Food and drinks will also be served courtesy of Springer. RSVP Here
Asian Chapter Board Meeting and Presentation of Awards
Presenters (who have previously submitted their posters for review by a committee) will display their posters and describe their research to attendees.
Join us in this roundtable discussion on issues in computer science librarianship.
SPEAKING:
William Gunn, Mendeley
Librarians have been struggling for many years with digital rights management (DRM) protections built into electronic documents. These protections often make it difficult or impossible to treat an electronic acquisition in a traditional way, i.e., by purchasing it once and sharing it serially among a community of users. Librarians have entered into a dialogue over the past year with publishers and other vendors (e.g., aggregators) of DRM-protected products (standards, journal articles, books, etc.). During this session, you will hear from attendees about how they have been coping (or not) with the DRM challenge. Afterward, we’ll determine where we need to go from here.
MODERATING:
Bert Saul, Simpson Gumpertz and Heger Inc.; Sabina Tannenbaum, LTK Engineering Services
Take the plunge into the world of intellectual property. Find out how to do patentability searches, litigation research, and state-of-the-art-searches.
SPEAKING:
Chris Vestal, LexisNexis; Kristin Whitman, Landon IP
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/PatentResearching101CVKW.pdf
Tips, tricks and other practical information for beginner and experienced catalogers.
SPEAKING
Paul Burley, Northwestern University
• “Don’t Touch that String! There Went the Databases” (Dee Baldwin, Michael Kucsak, Alice Eng)
• “A Study on Search Effectiveness: How Can We Design Search Tools so End Users Find It and Find It Quicker?” (Margaret Hentz, Jenny Emanuel)
MODERATING:
Jeanie Fraser, Self-Employed
SPEAKING:
Dee Baldwin, University of North Florida; Jenny Emanuel, University of Illinois; Alice Eng, University of North Florida; Margaret Hentz, Dow AgroSciences; Michael Kucsak, University of North Florida
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/ContPapersMonSessionDBaldwin.pdf
Case studies and practical advice for transporting library skill sets to new areas of the information profession or to entirely new careers, with a focus on reinventing skills to stay competitive in a tight economy; branching out, and developing in areas that are still relevant to SLA.
MODERATING:
Mary Talley, Talley Partners
SPEAKING:
Richard Hulser, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; Deborah Hunt, Information Edge; Ethel Salonen, The MITRE Corporation
Discover how law firm librarians can morph their skills and services to provide a competitive advantage. Topics to be addressed include legal issues specific to law firms, examples of law firm competitive intelligence, training recommendations, and adding value through CI.
SPEAKING:
Zena Applebaum, Bennett Jones SLP; Nathan Rosen, Dechert; Toni Wilson, MarketSmart Research; Emily Rushing, Haynes and Boone LLP
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/EvolvingRoleCIinLegal.pdf
Despite being overhyped, misappropriated and misunderstood, cloud computing is changing everything from library information services to personal computing. As many technology suppliers peddle their wares to you and tout the attractiveness of ?being in the cloud,? a critical part of the discussion is missing ? ensuring end user happiness. This presentation will focus on how information management professionals can evaluate the impact of cloud-based solutions on end user satisfaction and will provide a (document delivery) case study for building a ?cloud above the clouds? to ensure visibility into end users? interactions with suppliers.
SPEAKING:
Peter Derycz, Reprints Desk
Web-scale discovery products represent the latest one-stop approach to searching library resources. Every stage of the implementation, from selection through the set-up phase to the use of the products, presents key challenges that need to be addressed to ensure the best research experience for the end user. This presentation will focus on some critical points along the way: the importance of a selection criteria grid and user experience studies; implementation issues in relation to the ILS, e-resource holdings knowledge base, and other library tools; and OpenURL linking problems in the Web-scale environment.
MODERATING:
Rafal Kasprowski, Rice University
SPEAKING:
Rafal Kasprowski, Rice University; Debra Kolah, Rice University; Harry Kaplanian, EBSCO Publishing
SPEAKER HANDOUTS:
http://www.slideshare.net/rkaspro/webscale-discovery-services-sla-2012-13745957
Learn about the latest product innovations from many of our technical standards publishers and vendors.
MODERATING:
Susan Morley, CSA Group
SPEAKING:
Stuart Bowyer, SAI Global; Rodney Buhrsmith, Eastview; Patti Ensor, CSA Group; Todd Fegan, Techstreet; Andrew Knopes, SAE International; Betsy Kulamer, American Society of Civil Engineers; Leanne Lowry, ANSI; Sohel Shaikh, British Standards Institution; John Pace, ASTM International; Michael Spada, IEEE
Search is among the most disruptive innovations of our time. It influences what we buy and where we go. It shapes how we learn and what we believe. It's also a radically multidisciplinary, creative challenge that's restructuring the landscapes of publishing, librarianship, communication, and knowledge management. In this talk, Peter Morville defines a pattern language for search and discovery that embraces user psychology and behavior, cross-channel information architecture, multisensory interaction, and emerging technology. He identifies design principles that apply across the categories of Web, e-commerce, enterprise, desktop, mobile, social, and real time. He also explains how future methods and user experience deliverables can help us create better search applications today and invent the improbable discovery tools of tomorrow.
SPEAKING:
Peter Morville, Semantic Studios
It's no longer enough to efficiently and cost-effectively find the best information. Now we also have to add value to our research products, and develop the services that out clients can't find elsewhere and can't imagine living without. In this fast-paced session, Mary Ellen Bates provides at least five simple techniques for providing more insight and value in what you send your clients.
MODERATING:
Patrick Clapp
SPEAKING:
Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services Inc.
PRICE: $20.00 Member/ $20.00 Student Member/ $20.00 Non-Member
This presentation will draw on Euromonitor’s latest travel and tourism research to explain the global hospitality industry’s performance and present insights about future growth opportunities in the industry. The presentation will also highlight key trends and corporate strategies shaping the market.
MODERATING:
Ilene Strongin-Garry, InterContinental Hotels Group
SPEAKING:
Michelle Grant, Euromonitor International
PRICE: $15.00 Member/ $15.00 Student Member/ $30.00 Non-Member
Join us for a panel discussion, "Using Social Media to Promote Libraries and Librarians.” Hear how organizations have cultivated highly engaged communities and explore how these techniques could be applied to your own environment. Bring your own stories and contribute to the future success of your colleagues.
MODERATING:
Barbie Keiser, Barbie E. Keiser, Inc.; Bethan Ruddock, Mimas
SPEAKING:
Connie Crosby, Crosby Group Consulting; Melissa Giovagnoli, Networlding; Roger Tye, Allstate Insurance Company
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/MktingVirtualBreakfastMeetingCCrosby.pdf
In an age of costly litigation, e-discovery is a fact of life. Teaching information professionals how to manage and reduce risks through management practices that reduce time and costs for e-discovery production is a needed activity. Identifying where an organization's data lives and what must be understood when a discovery request is made is a valuable asset for any professional on the e-discovery team. Tips on creating comprehensive data maps and best practices information management will be offered in this course.
MODERATING:
Tracy Maleeff, Duane Morris LLP
SPEAKING:
Constance Ard, Answer Maven Solutions; Miller Montague, Answer Maven Solutions
Find out how the major chemical information vendors are providing mobile access to important chemistry resources, and learn about anticipated new mobile accessibility.
SPEAKING:
Diana Bittern, Knovel; Tim Hoctor, Elsevier; Sara Rouhi, ACS Publications; Susan Sanders, CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group; Kurt Zielenbach, CAS
Learn about information usage behaviors by engineers and how that relates to using social media to promote information resources and mobile devices. What are the impacts of new engineers coming into the workforce? What does the future hold for information resources across multiple platforms?
MODERATING:
Kathryn Breininger, Boeing Co.
SPEAKING:
Lydia Petersen, Outsell, Inc.
Join a discussion of enterprise search successes and challenges from the corporate perspective.
MODERATING:
Nancy Linwood Lewis, DuPont Company
SPEAKING:
Peter Morville, Semantic Studios; Sofiane Kerboub, Abbott Laboratories; Margaret Ostrander, Thomson Reuters; Eileen Quam, State of Minnesota, MN.IT Services
Find out about the history of alcohol from wood, the economics of alcohol from biomass, and how scientists are using libary resources in these subject areas.
SPEAKING:
Thomas Jeffries, USDA, Forest Products Lab
Robin Bew, chief economist and editorial director of the Economist Intelligence Unit, will present his views on the state of the global economy and share what a "day in the life" is like for a leader in this worldwide business intelligence organization.
SPEAKING:
Robin Bew, Economist Intelligence Unit
The 2012 DBIO Medical Section program will take a look at the KM world within the health care spectrum. During the panel discussion, we'll take a look at what knowledgement management means within this field, hear how one medical librarian is playing a role in knowledge management at her organization, and learn how we can advocate for ourselves to take on knowledge management responsibilities. There will be plenty of time for audience questions and discussion. While this panel will focus on various roles in the health sciences, anyone interested in learning more about KM and getting involved in this new role is welcome to attend!
MODERATING:
Amy Donahue, Aurora Health Care
SPEAKING:
Barbara Jones, National Network of Libraries of Medicine; Carrie Papa-Schold, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare; Lorri Zipperer, Zipperer Project Management
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/KMacrossHealthCareBJones.pdf
NISO'S IOTA initiative (http://www.openurlquality.org/) is working to eliminate the major remaining problems with OpenURL linking. A public reporting tool is available on the IOTA site for users to compare link structures between OpenURL providers and to identify areas for improvement. Vendors and libraries have been contributing millions of OpenURLs for use in the reporting tool and in a scoring system being developed to rank providers by their OpenURL quality. Both IOTA tools could guide link resolver vendors and libraries in adjusting their OpenURL setups, knowing that Web-scale discovery systems, for example, rely heavily on successful OpenURL linking. This presentation will explain how full-text linking evolved into OpenURL, what IOTA does to measure and improve OpenURL quality, and how institutions are using IOTA's work to solve OpenURL problems.
MODERATING:
Rafal Kasprowski, Rice University
SPEAKING:
Rafal Kasprowski, Rice University; Susan Marcin, Columbia University Libraries; Oliver Pesch, EBSCO Information Services
SPEAKER HANDOUTS:
http://www.slideshare.net/rkaspro/nisos-iota-openurl-quality-initiative-ala-sla-2012-13745941
You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Your resume is your marketing tool and the first chance to be noticed. In this session, you will learn how to write a super resume that will get you in the door.
SPEAKING:
Diane M. Goldstein, BST America
Information professionals are critical to any organizations knowledge value-chain; LexisNexis is pleased to have an opportunity to discuss the present and future of enterprise information services with the exceptional librarian and author Kee Malesky of NPR on Tuesday, July 17th at 10am. This conversation centers on the radical transformation of our profession from providing of answers to collaborating to spur innovation and new ideas. Our conversation with Kee begins with the question of how traditional skills are the foundation for refocusing our jobs; creating a mantle of innovation turning our libraries into idea incubators. It’s an exciting time for info-pros and we are lucky to draw on Kee’s unique experiences researching across disciplines and subjects, the innovative culture of NPR combined with her great success as an author. This session is an open conversation, LexisNexis encourages you to bring questions for Kee and to participate with your own examples and experiences. Kee is the author of, All Facts Considered: The Essential Library of Inessential Knowledge. By the way…Scott Simon has called Kee "source of all human knowledge" Look forward to seeing you in Chicago!
SPEAKING: Bobby Schrott, LexisNexis
Competitive intelligence (CI) practices are being adopted by more organizations throughout the world, increasing interest in the diversity, differences and commonalities in CI practices to foster both competitiveness and cooperation among firms and government agencies. In this session, the presenters will describe and discuss differences and commonalities in CI practices across a number of countries and trends in new programs as they explore the demand and requirements for stronger intelligence education.
MODERATING:
Dr. Craig S. Fleisher, Aurora WDC
SPEAKING:
Dr. France Bouthillier, School of Information Studies, McGill University; Dr. Andrew Dillon, School of Information & Professor of Information, Psychology and Risk & Operations Management; Tao Jin, Louisiana State University
Many librarians are involved in the contract negotiation process or work alongside their institutions' purchasing and procurement staff. They have to be able to read and comprehend often complex contracts in order to get the most favorable and sensible terms for their libraries and organizations. Experienced information professionals who manage the content and contracts for their organizations will share their knowledge and tips for "getting to yes" without too much bloodshed!
MODERATING:
Amy Affelt, Compass Lexecon
SPEAKING:
Carol Ginsburg, BST America LLC; Steven Goldstein, Alacra; Barbara Hirsh, NERA Economic Consulting; Laurie Sue Leichman, McKinsey & Co Inc; Bob Lemmond, Wolters Kluwer; Bill Noorlander, BST America LLC
Come enjoy a meal with your fellow corporate librarians while you learn more about EBSCO Publishing's database enhancements.
A networking session designed for small-group discussions on the most important and relevant issues facing academic librarians today. Bring your problems, solutions and ideas and be prepared for lively discussion!
Enjoy an open discussion of the latest and greatest tools and resources used for advertising and marketing research. Bring your questions and share your new favorites. Throw your business card in the pile and get a post conference list of roundtable attendees to build your network of experts and colleagues.
MODERATING
Julie-Ann Zilavy, 4A's
Ms. Ginnie Cooper, Director of the District of Columbia Public Library, has led the construction of several libraries using green materials and design. Her presentation will address the DC Public Library's involvement in building a greener future for our capital city.
SPEAKING:
Ginnie Cooper, District of Columbia Public Library
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/BuildingGreenerLibraryGCooper.pdf
Joseph Clair will talk about community issues around energy efficiency, resource management and personal choices that drive our move toward a more sustainable future. What else can you do at work and at home to be "green"?
MODERATING:
Marlene Vogelsang, Pacific Energy Center
SPEAKING:
Joseph Clair, Illinois Institute of Technology
The Great Lakes are facing a number of environmental threats, including invasive species, pollution and a growing need for drinking water. This session will feature speakers from organizations and agencies who are working on Great Lakes environmental issues.
MODERATING
Linda Zellmer, Western Illinois University
SPEAKING
Kevin Irons, Illinois Department of Natural Resources; Angela Larsen, Alliance for the Great Lakes
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
Are you working in an organization that wants to increase its visibility? Do you want to learn more about making the case for marketing in your library? Join us as we weigh in on the pros and cons of taking the marketing plunge as information professionals.
MODERATING:
Patrick Clapp; Tracy Maleeff, Duane Morris LLP
SPEAKING:
Louis Abramovitz, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/LibrarianasEntrepreneurLAbramovitz.pdf
Experts from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will discuss and demonstrate examples of the wealth of international economic data and other resources available, much of it free of charge, from their organizations.
Speakers:
Tariq Afzal Khokhar,World Bank; Kathleen DeBoer, OECD; Gareth McGuinness, International Monetary Fund
Small discussion topics include: physics library instruction, non-traditional services, institutional repositories, historical exhibits, faculty interaction and outreach, and space planning and redesign.
MODERATING:
Michael Chesnes, LAC Group / NASA Goddard; Kathleen A. Lehman, University of Arkansas
This session will focus on new developments and case studies in the world of news archives, particularly with regard to photo collections and page archives.
SPEAKING:
Kyle Henke, Columbia College Chicago Library; Janel Kinlaw, National Public Radio; Steven Puglia, Library of Congress
No one wants to play “Let’s Make a Deal” when interacting with upper management. This session will enable you to identify who is "the boss of you,” develop your ability to reframe challenging situations into ones in which everyone gets what they want, and approach every situation as negotiable. Mary Ellen Bates, who used to be negotiation-averse, will present techniques that work in any professional situation.
SPEAKING:
Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services Inc.
Despite billions being spent reacting to lawsuits and regulatory inquiries; the onslaught of legal proceedings does not seem to be stopping anytime soon. The skyrocketing growth of unstructured information has made responding to e-Discovery and regulatory request exceedingly difficult and costly. Forcing many organizations to seek a better way to address information governance proactively.
SPEAKING:
Martin Tuip, Recommind
Are you an early adopter trapped in a librarian’s body? Not sure how social media is relevant to your job? Is your workplace afraid of social media? As an information professional, you are well-positioned to take advantage of social media and help it get a foothold where you work. Find out how it’s possible and learn how to get started.
MODERATING:
Anne Rogers, Cargill, Inc.
SPEAKING:
Maria Lettman, Cargill, Inc.
This session was standing room only in 2011, so we're bringing it back and expanding it to include international apps for librarians and information pros as well as updates on the best apps for competitive information, productivity, business, entertainment, communications, social networks, lifestyle, and fun.
SPEAKING:
Scott Brown, Social Information Group; Joe Murphy, LibraryFuture; Anna Shallenberger
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/60Appsin60MinutesReduxSBrown.pdf
Linked Data uses the Web to connect related data that were not previously linked. This session will provide an overview of linked data, its sources, and the value that information specialists can deliver through linking and integrating content and data from open sources.
SPEAKING:
Joseph Busch, Taxonomy Strategies; Joel Richard, Smithsonian Libraries
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/AddingValuetoContentJoelRichard.pdf
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/AddingValuetoContentJosephBusch.pdf
This presentation will describe how defensive routines begin and live within organizations, making trust, true teamwork, and honesty difficult. The presenter will describe tested theories and concepts that explain how defensiveness creates threatening and uncomfortable work environments. These theories will relate to how toxic environments feel to the members of the organization and what can be done to create workplaces in which we want to work. The speaker will provide insights into how all staff can play critical roles in creating a healthy workplace. After this presentation, attendees will understand organizational climate and culture more deeply and will see the connection between individual behaviors and their effect on the organization.
MODERATING:
Dianna Magnoni, Olin College of Engineering
SPEAKING:
Kathryn Deiss, Association of College & Research Libraries
SPEAKER HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/CreatingOrgsKDeiss.PDF
SPEAKING:
Peter Dagutis, Computer Services Corporation
The non-profit Cochrane Collaboration works to help health care providers make well-informed decisions about care based on the best available evidence. The group creates, updates, and promotes the accessibility of Cochrane Reviews – internationally recognized as the benchmark for evidence-based clinical review.
This session will provide insight into Cochrane’s purpose, scope, goals, and processes as the global focus on evidence-based medicine and comparative effectiveness research intensifies, while also providing a "behind the scenes" look at the role of information professionals in the creation of these reviews.
SPEAKING:
Roberta Scherer, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Claire Twose, Johns Hopkins University
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/EvidenceHealthcareCochrCollabo.pdf
Insurance Industry: Research and Its Results.
This session will take attendees on a roller coaster overview of research in the insurance industry, broadly covering financial and legal research and finishing with a behind-the-scenes perspective on the processes involved in insurance products.
MODERATING:
Teresa Wilkins, Buck Consultants
SPEAKING:
Jennifer Evert, American Financial Group; Rebecca Roth, Metlife; Karen Ward
This session has a surprise ending. Our very experienced panel of experts will walk you through the key elements for success for CI professionals and info pros who use or support CI. We’ll go from KITS to reporting to key roles to basic alerting systems and finally to instruction on profiling your internal clients.
SPEAKING:
Bill DeGenaro, DeGenaro & Associates Inc.; Jan Herring, Herring & Associates; Anne Herron, Allis Information Management; Marta S. Weber, Applied Behavioral Sciences
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/KeysCompIntelSuccessJHerring2.pdf
SLA’s association, chapter, division and caucus leaders and those who might consider a leadership opportunity will gather to consider a key question: If we did not exist, what association model would we build now? A second key topic will be “Finding and Grooming Tomorrow’s Leaders – Tailor to Your Unit’s Needs,” which will address tips on enticing/encouraging volunteers to take unit roles, developing strategies for making each role’s workload reasonable and enjoyable, and clarifying that not every unit must have every conceivable committee. The final topic is personal for leaders: “How to parlay SLA experience into a promotion, a new job … even your LinkedIn Profile”.
MODERATING:
Ulla de Stricker, de Stricker Associates; Richard Huffine, US Geological Survey
SPEAKING:
Deborah Keller, Department of Homeland Security; Gary Labranche, Association for Corporate Growth; Bethan Ruddock, Mimas
The session will address Open access through the Federal Science Repository Service (FSRS) and the collaboration between NTIS and the scientific and engineering communities. Learn the what, why and how of this collaboration and find out how it is working and what it can do for you.
SPEAKING:
Wayne Strickland, National Technical Information Serv
Adding Value - Honing Our Craft:
• “Copyright in Special Libraries: Overview and Suggestion of Best Practices” (Susan Craft)
• “How the Agility of Librarians Led to the Development of TRAIL” (Daureen Nesdill)
• “Models of Agility: Lessons from Embedded Librarians” (David Shumaker)
• “People-focused Marketing: Showing Value, Gaining Loyalty, Staying Flexible” (Kate Vilches)
MODERATING:
Helen Losch
SPEAKING:
Susan Craft, North Carolina Biotechnology Center; Daureen Nesdill, University of Utah; David Schumaker, The Catholic University of America; Kate Vilches, Lockheed Martin Corporation
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/ContributedPapersTuesSessionSusanCraft.pdf
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/ContributedPapersTuesSessionSusanCraft2.pdf
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/ContributedPapersTuesSessionDaureenNesdill.pdf
Chicago is the home of Second City, the improv comedy theatre where Mike Myers, Stephen Colbert and Tina Fey all started. Improv has a lot to teach us about how to think quickly on our feet in pressure-filled situations and how to do it with grace and humor. In this session, a Chicago-based improv troupe will show the audience that by using the principles of this comedic art form, we can successfully work with difficult team members, handle negotiations, and justify our work in the face of critics.
MODERATING:
Christian Miller, Cornell University Library
SPEAKING:
Kayce Alltop, pH Productions Comedy Theater Troupe; Sally Anderson, pH Productions Comedy Theater Troupe; Nick DeFina, pH Productions Comedy Theater Troupe; Micah Philbrook, pH Productions Comedy Theater Troupe
Success is measured in a variety of ways. In a reception-style atmosphere, participants will share their stories of solo librarianship success. Find out how others have broken down walls and created innovative services, and share your own story! Attendee participation is encouraged.
MODERATING:
Patrick Clapp
SPEAKING:
Kevin Adams, ESR; Hildy Dworkin, NYC Department of Social Services; Carla Robinson; Tanya Whippie, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Back by popular demand, this session will focus on the science and chemistry of popular skin care products. Scientists will provide insights into the benefits of skin care products old and new, and experts from the industry will address the cultural side of skin care trends. Product samples will be available.
SPEAKING:
Patricia Aikens, BASF Beauty Care Ingredients
The theme for this year’s poster session is “Jumping over the Candlestick: Individual and Institutional Efforts to Be Nimble and Quick in an Interconnected World.” Posters will present case studies, research and innovative ideas about how information professionals and/or their institutions are staying agile in today’s open world economy. This session is a relaxed and informal time to share ideas with colleagues, learn about exciting projects, and of course, choose how you’ll cast your vote for favorite poster!
PRICE: $15.00 Member/ $15.00 Student Member/ $15.00 Non-Member
Join your corporate DCHE colleagues for breakfast and a moderated discussion on current topics and concerns. Topic(s) for this roundtable to be determined.
Do you feel like you can't get through to colleagues or customers? Ever find yourself hoping that your co-workers would comprehend what you need without having to explain it to them--again? This fun-filled and interactive session will uncover the ways we inadvertently impede communication and how we can gain practical skills for any interaction--especially where generations mix.
SPEAKING:
Laura Crandall, Slate Communication
• The STEP (Safety and Toxicity of Excipients for Paediatrics) Database: International cooperation between US and European Paediatric Formulation Initiative
Barbara Brandys, National Institutes of Health Library, National Institutes of Health, MD
• Taxonomy Creation for AAAS by Vantage Information Services SM
Jean Fisher, MLS, Vantage Information Services (Vantage), PA
• Retracted Publications: The Hidden World of Biomedical Literature
Merle Rosenzweig, Anna Ercoli Schnitzer, Katy Mahraj, and Irina Zeylikovich, University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library, MI,
• Collaboration, Innovation and Diversity: Keys to Building a Cost-Effective and High-Impact Biomedical Instructional Program
Christopher Stave, MLS, Instructional Program Coordinator, Lane Medical Library, Stanford University, CA
MODERATING:
Alicia Livinski, NIH
SPEAKING:
Barbara Brandys, NIH; Jean Fisher, Vantage Information Services; Merle Rosenzweig, University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library; Anna Schnitzer, University of Michigan; Christopher Stave, Stanford University; Irina Zeylikovich, University of Michigan Library
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/BiomedicalLifeSciDivContributedPapersChrisStave.pdf
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/BioLifeSciDivContPapersBBrandys_Summary.pdf
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/BioLifeSciDivContPapersBBrandys2.pdf
PRICE: $15.00 Member/ $15.00 Student Member/ $30.00 Non-Member
A panel of buyers and sellers will discuss the most significant challenges faced in acquiring content over the past year.
MODERATING:
Ann Kenny, Ernst & Young LLP; Cynthia Studnicha, Ernst & Young LLP
SPEAKING:
Dawn Lynn, Abbott Labs; Bill Moore, ThomsonReuters; Mike Stelzer, Knowledge Management Services; Jim Toomey, Standard & Poor's
Your senior VP of Marketing comes to you with a request for information on your top three competitors’ products, services and marketing plans. You are able to collect a significant amount of information, but how do you organize the data and make sense of it all? This discussion will highlight a few analytical tools and techniques that information professionals can use to gain additional insights from the information they have collected. Using real-life case studies, the presenters will demonstrate tools that can provide decision makers with a keener understanding of your industry, markets, competitors and future business environment. The presenters will provide “analytical templates” that can be used to organize, evaluate and assess the information, and provide guidance to the attendees on when and how to apply the techniques.
SPEAKING:
Claudia Clayton; Michel Bernaiche, Aurora WDC; Fred Wergeles, Fred Wergeles & Associates LLC
Once a taxonomy has been deployed, the real challenge is keeping it relevant, up to date, and aligned to organizational objectives. This session will highlight cases, tools, and best practices for governing and maintaining a taxonomy. The session will also examine the impact of taxonomy changes on previously-tagged content.
SPEAKING:
Matt Johnson, EMC Corporation; Fran Alexander, BBC Technology, Distribution, and Archives
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/KeepYourTaxFreshRelevantMattJ.pdf
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/KeepYourTaxFreshRelevantFAlexander.pdf
PRICE: $35.00 Member/ $30.00 Student Member/ $45.00 Non-Member
The News Division annual education session. Annie Anderson, from the Public Insight Network of American Public Media, will provide news researchers, journalists, and other attendees with a high level overview of PIN and how it helps newsrooms do smart, targeted crowd-sourcing. PIN currently has more than 130,000 sources around the country and 60 partner news organizations.
MODERATING:
Nina Johnson, University of Missouri - Columbia Missourian Newspaper Library
SPEAKING:
Annie Anderson, American Public Media
This year in 101 our experts will introduce the best tools to help you discover, obtain, and work with resources in nuclear engineering and physics.
SPEAKING:
Mary Frances Lembo, PNNL Tech Library Pacific Northwest Technical Laboratory; James Manasco, University of Louisville
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/SciEngineering101MaryFLembo.pdf
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/SciEngineering101JManasco.PDF
So you've created your organization's Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube accounts. Everyone is patting themselves on the back...but what's next? Before you rest on your laurels, here are some great tactics for propelling your social media strategy from mediocre to fabulous.
MODERATING:
Joan Axelroth, Axelroth & Associates
SPEAKING:
Cheryl Yanek, Catalyst
Assessment is everywhere, it seems, and in every type of library. Whether you use terms and practices from ROI or other assessment experts, you'll always do a better job if you make room for self-reflection. This panel session focuses on best practices in self-reflective assessment to better communicate your achievements to your clients and supervisors.
SPEAKING:
Elizabeth Beers, University of Chicago; Christine Stamison, Swets; Devin Savage, Northwestern University Library
SPEAKER HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/BestPracticesSelfAssessmentDSavage.PDF
Gretchen McNeely, Jennifer Melinn, Product Manager for EndNote at Thomson Reuters, Debra Kolah, Convener of the SLA UX Caucus, and Christopher Erdmann, will share stories about their UX experiences, and introduce you gently to: relevant terms in UX, information architecture (IA) and service design; elements of design thinking that play into UX discussions; areas where content strategy, IA and UX intersect; the challenges addressed by effective experience design; and simple ways to assess the current user experience in your information environment. You will also learn to isolate insights based on that assessment and develop concepts for improving that environment.
MODERATING:
Stella Ota, Stanford University
SPEAKING:
Debra Kolah, Rice University; Mike Corbett, Simmons College; Gretchen McNeely, Self-Employed; Tilla Edmunds,Thomson Reuters
The Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress collects and preserves personal stories and other documents from America's war veterans. Robert Patrick will discuss the role that librarians play in this effort, focusing on the dual roles of many librarians who are both veterans and project facilitators.
MODERATING:
Monika Maslowski, Library of the Marine Corps
SPEAKING:
Robert Patrick; Library of Congress
Standards are part of our daily lives. When embarking on a vocabulary or metadata project, we often turn to standards to guide our decisions to structure items a certain way or determine how detailed to be with different metadata types. Panelists will discuss how technical standards played a part in developing features based on user requirements, accessing vendors and implementing their vocabulary and metadata projects. They will also provide tips on how to traverse technical standards documentation.
MODERATING:
Janel Kinlaw, NPR
SPEAKING:
Paulette Hasier, ARTI; Hannah Sommers, NPR; Marcie Zaharee, The MITRE Corporation
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/ImpactTechStandMetaContVocabProjPHasier.pdf
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/ImpactTechStandMetaContVocabProjZaharee.pdf
Learn from seasoned experts how to implement and manage institutional repositories, and tips for making them grow.
MODERATING:
Jonathan Nabe, SIU - Carbondale
SPEAKING:
Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University; Jim Ottaviani, University of Michigan Library; Lisa Palmer, Lamar Soutter Library, UMass Medical School
The return of the successful Unconference session where Legal Division minds meet to discuss current issues, swap ideas and realize they aren't working in a bubble! This year features the Corporate Café, an opportunity for those who work in the legal field outside of a court, law firm or law school to get together.
MODERATING:
Tracy Maleeff, Duane Morris LLP; Tricia Thomas, Alston and Bird LLP
Marketing may not be in your job description, but it's a critical part of everyone's job. Mary Ellen Bates offers techniques for raising the profile of your information center and yourself in ways that are authentic and comfortable to even the most marketing-phobic.
MODERATING:
James Manasco, University of Louisville
SPEAKING:
Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services Inc.
This session was developed in response to a study commissioned by Intel Corporation which revealed that the role of engineers in our society is not widely understood by teenagers. We will focus on ways that information professionals can publicize what engineers do.
MODERATING:
Barbara Williams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SPEAKING:
Jeffrey Hoffman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gail Dundas, Intel Corporation
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/MobilizingtheMessageGDundas.pdf
Chicago has recently launched major government transparency efforts. Learn more about open data initiatives in the Windy City, particularly the work of the Metro Chicago Information Center.
SPEAKING:
Virginia Carlson, Urban Rubrics
A discussion of issues related to mathematics information and libraries.
MODERATING:
Jane Holmquist, Princeton University; Andrew Shimp , Yale University
Is the trustworthiness of business news changing? Given the decline in resources devoted to investigative reporting in the mainstream media, is business reporting also deteriorating? Are corporate spin, “truthiness” and flat-out errors of fact more common? Using insights from her own work and from conversations with business journalists, Cynthia Lesky explores how business news is changing and how this fact challenges and potentially rewards researchers and information analysts. Attendees are invited to bring examples of inaccurate business news stories from their own work.
SPEAKING:
Cynthia Lesky, Threshold Information Inc.
Gaining and leveraging skills to deal with 21st-century challenges is key to success. Susan Hildreth, director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), will speak about the Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills Initiative begun in 2009. This initiative underscores the critical role our nation's museums and libraries play in helping citizens build such skills as information, communications and technology literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, civic literacy, and global awareness. The second part of the program will include Wendy Wasman, librarian at the Cleveland Natural History Museum, and Betsy Lanz, library director at the Cleveland Museum of Art. They will speak about The Circle Undergraduate Internship Program, a joint project of several institutions that provides undergraduate students a chance to explore career opportunities as a librarian, archivist or information professional in libraries, museums and archives.
MODERATING:
Richard Hulser, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
SPEAKING:
Susan Hildreth, Institute of Museum and Library Services; Betsy Lantz, Cleveland Museum of Art; Wendy Wasman, Cleveland Museum of Natural History; Greg Byerly, Kent SLIS/TIP Associates
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/MuseumsLibraries21stCenturySkillsWasmanByerly.pdf
It's a nightmare occurring too frequently: cuts in resources, budgets and personnel turn a group of professionals into a team of one. Join the Solo Division as we discuss the challenges surrounding this issue.
MODERATING:
Patrick Clapp
SPEAKING:
Katharine Arzeta, CH2M HILL; Gabriele Hysong, Rolls Royce; Brendan Thompson, Gnarus Advisors, LLC
This session will examine competitive intelligence in the context of a wide range of free, cost-effective services as well as emerging/alternative sources, applications and sites that facilitate lightweight but robust, proactive services on current awareness and archival issues to clients who are increasingly accustomed to immediate responses. It will also cover actionable research services: sourcing, reliability and accuracy of data, and the relationship between the researcher and the client.
SPEAKING:
Sabrina Pacifici, LLRX.com
This session will provide an overview and case studies of using controlled vocabularies and metadata schema to index and manage non-textual content including video, still images, and audio files. The session will focus on the unique standards, best practices, tools, and challenges of DAM. The session will also address how the DAM approach differs from (and integrates with) the management of textual content.
MODERATING:
Leigh Montgomery, Christian Science Monitor
SPEAKING:
Rene Aranzamendez, Getty Images; David Riecks, ControlledVocabulary.com; Laura Fu, Sears Holdings Corporation; Randall Marcinko, MEI
SPEAKER HANDOUTS:
http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/sla/1249_Riecks.ppsx
http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/sla/sla-chi.pdf
Government information is now being made available on the go via smart phone applications. This session will explore creating mobile applications using government information as well as one government library's experience evaluating mobile applications for use in an agency setting.
SPEAKING:
Heidi Peters, ARTI; Katrina Stierholz, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS:
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2012/GovontheGoMobileAppsHPeters.pdf
In November 2011, the Chicago City Council approved $6.7 million in budget cuts to the Chicago Public Libraries. Our speaker, a Chicago librarian and union member from AFSCME, Council 31, will present an overview of strategies being taken to save public libraries as well as a discussion of how public and special libraries can work together to provide services that are in high-demand.
MODERATING:
Larry Guthrie, Covington & Burling LLP
SPEAKING:
Lolita Griffin, Chicago Public Library; Carl Sorrell; Jessica Storrs, AFSCME Library
Expanding Horizons & Leadership Skills:
• “Cuba’s Special Libraries: Tribulations and Triumphs” (Melanie Freimuth)
• Listening to Our Users: Comparing Feedback and Insights from Multiple Surveys and Points of Contact” (Michael Maciel, Leslie Reynolds)
• “Delivering Higher-value Service: Using Combined Internal and External Information to Drive Business Decisions” (Barabara Wilson, Amy Spiegel)
MODERATING:
Jeanie Fraser, Self-Employed; Helen Losch
SPEAKING:
Melanie Freimuth, Saint Catherine University; Michael Maciel, Texas A&M University; Leslie Reynolds, Texas A&M University Libraries; Amy Spiegel, Dow Chemical Company; Barbara Wilson, Dow Chemical Company
Calling all SLA Unit Webmasters and members of the Webmaster Section (IT Division)! Join Daniel Lee and Quan Logan for this interactive meetup to discuss "Operation Vitality" SLA's effort to adopt Wordpress as the CMS of choice for unit websites. We'll share tips and strategies for optimizing Wordpress, discuss what the future holds and have a general Q & A session. Bring your lunch and your laptops! Wi-fi will be available.
In this panel discussion, current LIS faculty will address how library school teaching and learning have changed in response to the job market and current practices in all types of libraries. Librarians will address what they learned and how they applied it on the job, as well as what they wish they had learned while in library school. Together, speakers will offer perspectives on continuing to learn on the job and staying connected.
SPEAKING:
Jill Hurst-Wahl, Syracuse University; Hope Jansen, CABI; Sara Tompson, University of Southern California
Join the GLBT Issues Caucus for our annual business meeting and welcome 2011 Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame inductee Owen Keehnen for a conversation about his work as a queer author, journalist, and historian.
MODERATING:
Karen McQuillen; Bacilio Mendez
SPEAKING:
Owen Keehnen, Self-Employed
