Presentations

The BRCC Circulation department recently became responsible for all aspects of media services access and circulation. Even though a Media Services department existed before this change, policies and procedures had not been documented, and practices had not be reviewed and assessed. During the summer of 2009, the Circulation department established an inventory for all media items, a revised checkout out procedure for faculty, staff, and students, and created policies and procedures for the Fall 2009 semester. Circulation partnered with the Open Lab to ensure the quality of laptop and calculator circulation to BRCC students. Circulation trained library staff and student workers, and continually assessed the quality of media services provided to BRCC users for future improvement. This presentation will describe the steps taken to organize the BRCC Media Services program as an arm of the Circulation unit, share lessons learned and ongoing issues, and review current best practices and policies at academic libraries around the country.

This session is for anyone interested in partnering with the State Library to help add state documents to the OCLC Digital Archive…which later show up in the LDL. The State Library would continue to pay OCLC, provide OCLC authorizations to the interested libraries, etc. This would be distributed cataloging at its best.

This year has been a period of substantial growth for digital projects at the University of New Orleans. New projects include the digitization of numerous United States House and Senate Committee Hearings and Publications, digitization of the historical archives of Isidore Newman School (a local private school whose roots date back to the early 1900’s), a new institutional repository, and the digitization of items from the Historical Archives of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, one of the most utilized “special collections” at the University of New Orleans. Along the way, we have encountered a host of challenges and have learned a great deal about the presentation of digital collections through the LOUISiana Digital Library. My presentation would focus on describing several of our newest collections in detail, the digitization process, and the challenges we have encountered as well as solutions to these challenges in order to educate librarians and institutions interested in starting or expanding upon digital projects of their own.

Until recently, catalog records produced by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) included links to the online editions of print and/or microfiche publications. Finding the online edition was a simple matter of following the link in the record. However, in October of 2008 GPO began creating a separate catalog record for each format in which a title was issued. This policy has made it much more difficult for patrons to find alternate versions of the same federal publication in the online catalog. The presenters will explain the new GPO policy, demonstrate its impact on search results in the online catalog, and reveal a few tricks that librarians can teach patrons to help them find alternate formats.

The members of the LSU Writers Group (formed in 2007) will report on the formation and evolution of a writing group at the LSU Libraries. The main purpose of this group is to support the publishing goals of LSU Librarians. Under state law, all librarians in publicly funded institutions of higher education in Louisiana are faculty. While not all require their librarians to be tenure track, many institutions do, and publication is a major requirement for achieving tenure. The Writers Group includes core members that are available to review manuscripts (and, as of summer 2009, presentations) and provide suggestions in regard to direction, style, and mechanics, as well as possible venues for submission. The group is currently writing an article on this topic and believes that other institutions could model similar programs on ours. We will provide practical advice for starting such a group, and display the web page and the various forms the group uses.

This presentation focuses on the discovery, collection, and dissemination of digitized historical books and government documents in the public domain using the free online repositories, Google Books and Internet Archive. Aspects of these repositories will be examined, as well as a discussion on how libraries can promote these digital sources to patrons and the community at large using SirsiDynix Workflows and Web 2.0 tools.

Need information literacy? Explore the exciting information literacy initiatives happening throughout the state! Please join members of the LALINC Information Literacy Committee for a discussion on the committee’s past and current activities.

The library serving the Northshore campus of Delgado Community College faces the unique problem of having one small library with a single librarian serving four locations. This problem led to the development of a project in which the participating teachers worked long-distance with the librarian to lead their students through an introduction to the research process. The project included Developmental Reading and English, Freshman Composition I and II, and Psychology classes. The librarian gave a face-to-face presentation followed by three assignments that were completed using the Elluminate! Software. The assignments were designed to teach the students how to use the library databases to find articles, narrow the search using keywords, and choose materials based on evaluation of the search results. The project included a control group that did not receive the librarian’s assistance with using the Elluminate! Software, but all the groups were given a face-to-face presentation and received the same handouts and assignments. Student surveys were completed: after the presentation, before beginning the assignments, and after completing the assignments. Two English teachers, one who did not participate in the Elluminate! portion of the project and one teacher who did, assessed the surveys to determine student gain in research competence and evaluated the assignments and surveys. Both the objective and subjective assessments allowed the librarian to develop a plan to better serve the needs of the students. To aid in the assessment of the software, the subjective evaluation of the project included the teachers’ and librarian’s experiences. It is our hope that the results of the project will assist reference and instructional librarians who provide support for students in distant locations.

Ever wonder what a Learning Commons is? This session will cover the Learning Commons model and how this model is employed at the Monroe Library at Loyola University New Orleans. The benefits and challenges of implementing a Learning Commons will be explored. There will be time for discussion and exploration of new ideas.

The LSU Libraries are taking advantage of Web 2.0 technologies! This presentation will explore the benefits of using the social bookmarking site, Delicious, to create and organize resource guides for library users. Social bookmarking allows information seekers to save, classify, and organize bookmarks in a central location while simultaneously contributing to and sharing information with a larger, virtual community.

Within in a game show environment, fans of the television show “Jeopardy” will be able to test their knowledge of Web 2.0 initiatives and the impact on library services. The facts and statistics are based on the OCLC 2007 Report, Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World, and other current sources.

This session will be a discussion on common issues of the Acquisitions module, as well as enhancements in Symphony 3.3.

In a time of hiring freezes, what can you do when your music cataloger moves away? Two musically-illiterate catalogers discuss the challenges of music cataloging, and share the resources that help them navigate the gap in expertise. (Please Note: This presentation will not include instruction on “How To” catalog music.)

The Chair of the Digital Reference committee will share a report of the charges and projects of the committee for the past year and the coming year.

Transforming the academic library into a cultural space is a feat that goes beyond simply making capital outlay changes. It involves creating an environment that offers faculty, students, staff and community member’s exposure to literature, art, music, and intellectual pursuits. Because they enable exchanges of knowledge available nowhere else, academic libraries should be at the heart, not the periphery, of university culture. This presentation focuses on diverse activities and events hosted and housed at Ellender Library on the Nicholls campus, such as The Beat Poetry and Performance Happenings, the Tiki Party (to increase awareness of collection development among university faculty and staff), the Cajun/Zydeco Festival, presentations on research, book talks, a student engagement colloquium, and other phenomena, including the formation of our Publicity and Public Relations Committee.

An update on two projects that the committee concentrated on last year. 1. Co-operative storage and voluntary consortium journal arrangement within Louisiana. 2. Recovery for Louisiana Libraries after Katrina.

Have you ever wondered how students actually feel about library research, and how they regard it in comparison to web-based research? Moreover, does information literacy instruction make any difference in feelings and attitudes? This presentation will give you a pre-publication peek into results of before-and-after-instruction, survey data collected in 2007 from students in LSU’s for-credit LIS1001 course. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from about 100 students. This ground-breaking study finds its roots in the context of research in library anxiety and in cognitive psychology.

This session will describe the steps for getting a new library web-page up and running. It will include the importance of organization of site information, accreditation requirements, staff and student worker input, bench-marking, and the development of a healthy "wish-list." Perils, such as dealing with non-library people, personnel changes, other unexpected mid-stream developments, and how to deal with them will also be discussed.

This session will describe the steps for getting a new library web-page up and running. It will include the importance of organization of site information, accreditation requirements, staff and student worker input, bench-marking, and the development of a healthy "wish-list." Perils, such as dealing with non-library people, personnel changes, other unexpected mid-stream developments, and how to deal with them will also be discussed.

The Grants Committee will provide an introduction to Grant writing principles and procedures and then hold a brief quarterly committee meeting, to which all are invited.

Come meet the newest committee members. We will discuss how the committee operates, how to contact us and provide input, and where to find past minutes. We will review the current LOUIS databases and those under consideration for purchase. We will also talk about our latest development—an electronic resources blog.

Carla Clark will give a brief history of the R&D Committee’s work for the past several years. Anyone interested in technology for libraries is encouraged to attend this session to give the committee suggestions ongoing investigation.

This session will describe a new roving reference service started in the Fall of 2007 at Sims Library. The conception, implementation, and librarian experiences will be presented.

To understand how students perceive their research habits, the presenter used the start/stop essay in select bibliographic instruction sessions over the course of an academic school year to gain feedback from students. The presentation will reveal the results of these essays, with an assist from a colleague.

A look at the National Network of Libraries of Medicine: its purpose; structure; and services including continuing education, grants, and Docline, the medical library ILL network. Nital will also discuss the activities of HSLAL, The Health Sciences Library Assn of Louisiana. Paul will discuss McNeese State University Library's investigation of NN/LM membership and Docline participation, and an early assessment since joining on April 24, 2008.

Have you ever prepared a conference presentation or instruction session and realized, as you were setting up, that the software that was supposed to be available for your use isn’t loaded on the computer? Have you ever wanted to use a piece of software that you couldn’t install on your work desktop because you weren’t assigned Admin privileges? Have you ever tried to play a DVD or video file in a media classroom and the DVD player didn’t work, or media player drivers hadn’t been installed or updated? There is hope to end these frustrations! Portable USB applications (portable apps) are computer software programs that do not need to be installed or copied onto a computer's hard drive to be executed. You can run portable apps from your high-capacity USB drive. In this session, you will learn what programs are available as portable apps, where to get them, how to install them on your jump drive, and how to run them.

The Preservation Committee will be under new leadership beginning with the 2008/2009 fiscal year. Peggy Carter is serving as in-coming chair. Committee member and past chair Jacqueline L. Jones will brief members on past committee activity and engage members in brainstorming ideas for future directions.

A brief overview of the 2007 Reference Forum will be provided along with a discussion of the general survey that was created to measure the issues identified at the forum. This survey was designed to be administered by all academic libraries in the state to their patron base. It was meant to identify how patrons used the library and whether or not they were aware of certain library services. Three institutions tested the survey and will share their results with the audience, along with best practices for administering the survey at your institution and how to maximize the use of results. They will also share what changes have been made in their libraries after analyzing the results of the survey.

Our objective is to improve access to library resources through studying patron reference questions. The Reference staff at Frazar Library record reference questions and classes during reference interviews. Each month, the authors correlate the questions to a Library of Congress classification schema. The results identify areas of the collection that are in high demand by patrons. The Reference Department then creates finding aides, makes purchase suggestions to Collection Management, and initiates outreach programs to classes with large percentages of students seeking reference assistance. In conclusion, this on-going initiative has shown considerable success in developing collection development, faculty outreach, and reference service.

Natalie will lead participants in a discussion of issues related to WorkFlows reports.

With the recent enhancements to the booking module in the Symphony Java client, booking materials is now easier to accomplish and more reliable. This presentation will cover setting up media desk hours, creating booking profiles, and using reports to notify patrons and staff of confirmed and upcoming bookings. As can be expected the module is not without flaws, some of these will be highlighted as well as potential resolutions.

Provide users with accessible avenues to library resources through Directed Search forms and Quick Search. We’ll discuss the background, purpose and technique of embedding the SIRSI search forms in web pages accompanied, and analyze usage statistics.

In an effort to reach new (and experienced!) librarians looking for advice, guidance, and maybe just a shoulder to cry on from fellow librarians, ACRL-LA is in the process of developing a state-wide mentoring program that will help connect librarians seeking help with librarians wanting to help. Towards that end, ACRL-LA has established a mentoring committee that is currently collecting relevant data via a survey that will enable ACRL-LA to create a program that will meet the needs and interests of potential mentors and mentees in the state. The purpose of this presentation will be to share the mentoring program vision of ACRL-LA; discuss how ACRL-LA intends to partner with the Academic Section of LLA to achieve this vision; and discuss the results of the ACLR-LA Mentorship Program Survey. Presenters include Mike Matthews, President of ACRL-LA; Rob Bremer, Academic Section Chair; and Megan Lowe, Chair of the ACRL-LA Mentorship Program.

Explore the exciting information literacy initiatives happening throughout the state! This presentation will highlight research conducted by the LALINC Information Literacy Committee on a statewide institutional awareness survey of information literacy activities and a discussion on the importance of information literacy in the accreditation process.

Workshop and discussion on practical uses for the LDL in the K-12 classroom.

An inside look at how LOUIS operates; governance, committees, system administrators, and services.

This session will describe how BPCC and LSU circulate laptops. It will also include an overview of how Study rooms and lab computers can be checked out in the Circ module as a method to track usage.

This session will discuss various strategies that can be used to educate library users about what libraries and librarians can do for them. Strategies discussed will include getting faculty members to incorporate library instruction into coursework (the switch) and making the library the campus hot spot (the bait).

Basic grant-writing, with specific closing coverage of the "Grants Website" prepared and mounted during John Conover's guidance of the Committee in 2005-07.messaging technology in three distinct areas: reference, instruction and outreach.

We will discuss the creation compound of objects, including tips on designing your file structure and describing your materials, as well as ways to assist your project's workflow.

Join your fellow CONTENTdm users in a session about how to upload multiple compound objects with existing metadata. We will discuss how to export your data from Access and Excel, organizing your files, and importing it all into your CONTENTdm collection.

This session will instruct you how to navigate the CQ Researcher online and it's essential features, such as the "Cite Now", "Your Profile" and the new "Issue Tracker". We will also discuss using other CQ Press online databases to work with your existing CQ Researcher.

This presentation will include an overview of what the tasks of the DRC are and how we’re applying them. It will also include an overview of the digital reference initiatives in the state, who’s
using what, and with whom, and what we plan to do in the future as a committee, as well as upcoming tools/products/services.

Introductory course on blogs. We will discuss what makes a blog a blog, how to read blogs with RSS feeders and how to create your very own blog.

A presentation of the features of the personal user accounts in ILLiad. Designed for public service staff and ILL users.

A panel discussion led by Elissa Plank on how supervisors in various departments at LSU train student workers to use WorkFlows and iLink. Audience participation is encouraged and welcomed.

An open forum for the LOUIS interlibrary loan community. Hear of developments at other institutions; find an answer to that burning question; and help a colleague get an answer. Among topics presented will be statewide courier and custom holdings updating.

The presentation will explain the development, implementation, and execution of the IM Reference Service at McNeese State University. When implementing IM reference, it is important to provide plenty of training and technical support to those librarians who conduct the service.

This presentation will report the research conducted and resources provided for LUC members over the last two years and suggest ways to use of this research and available resources to embed information literacy into campus programs and demonstrate this in SACS-related reporting.

Shelly will demonstrate how to setup the WorkFlows Label Designer including how to use the Custom Labels Report. She will focus on creating a label template for a 1 in. x 1.5 in. spine label, as well as explain the various label printing functions of the Java Client.

Flash has been growing up incrementally since it first appeared on the internet, and it is no longer the novelty item it once was. This program can be useful for a lot of things in your library.

Technology has changed the world in which millennials live, play and learn. How can librarians accommodate the different learning styles of the millennial students in the technology-integrated world of iPod’s, Facebook, wikis and multi-tasking? The presenters will share how librarians can meet the millennial learners on their turf and use Library 2.0 and other tools to enhance learning.

Carla Clark and Wil Peters will speak about Endeca and AquaBrowser, two applications that are designed to make OPAC searching more effective. Endeca utilizes “faceted” searching, while AquaBrowser employs “visual” searching. The two concepts will be described, and we will look at some libraries that are currently using one of these applications in place of their OPAC systems.

ILLiad 7.2 testweb allows you to edit and test web page changes using real data from your ILLiad database without affecting your patron production web pages. Learn how to create the testweb and access the test pages through a web browser. This session will be presented by staff from Atlas Systems.

Kristina will present an overview of new and/or improved functionality in WorkFlows modules. She will also discuss reasons why you may want to consider migrating to the Java client.

For non-research subject areas, especially undergraduate collections, the library workers who are in the stacks every day can be an untapped resource of knowledge. These are people who know which subject areas are used most frequently, which are languishing on the shelves, and which are in such disrepair the students workers don’t even want to straighten them. The physical condition of broad, shallow collections is critical to functionality and ILS reports will not always reveal which books are dirty, damaged, or outdated. By having specially trained paraprofessionals and student workers pull books for review and sorting them for review by professionals, the work of the librarian is maximized.

The presentation will share the results of a mini survey disseminated by the committee to LALINC Libraries in December of 2006. We hope to offer suggestions and possible recommendations address the preservation of digital and electronic library records issue. James Wade of the LSU Law Library will share work on the digitalization of historical materials for ease of access and preservation efforts for those materials.

Preliminary results from a survey by the LALINC Collections Committee that examined LALINC libraries’ collection spaces needs and interest in cooperative serials purchasing.

James will demonstrate simple programming for open source macro scripts for anything that requires repetitious typing, ex. gift notes, call numbers, marc holdings, serial delayed notes, compile cataloging statistics.

This presentation will discuss the development of the graduate student training program for the students who work in a public-service capacity in the library. In addition to learning their job requirements, the students get a broad introduction to all public service areas of the library, training in the use of many kinds of library resources, and free lunch. Training day also provides a way for the faculty, staff, and graduate students to meet and socialize, thus contributing to a positive work environment and builds sense of community.

Kevin Merriman and Karen Cook will talk about implementation and use of Selection Wizards to record selection decisions, streamline the acquisition and cataloging process, and enhance customer service through order and cataloging notices to requestors.

QuestionPoint's reference management service provides libraries with the tools they need to interact with their users in multiple ways, using both chat and email. LOUIS libraries may opt to participate in the 24/7 Reference Cooperative to provide live reference service around the clock to their users. Examine how current LOUIS Libraries are using QuestionPoint 24/7 Reference and the opportunity for others to join the existing service.

Joe and Mary Jane will share their enthusiasm and experience with the new WorkFlows Java client including setting up custom toolbars, customizing properties, using circulation functions, and setting up user access. Audience participation is encouraged.

This session will demonstrate the process of making the 856 tag (or any other tag) searchable in your OPAC.

A look at the steps in WorkFlows and how to manage the lists to your sites needs.

An introduction and live demonstration to Campus Research. Reference Librarians can depend on Campus Research to provide students with an easy-to-use online resource for news, law-related and business information. Topics discussed will include: Coverage--depth and breadth of news, business, and law related databases; Organization of the Interface and Functionality; Competitive comparison; Key benefits for Librarians and students; The LOUIS Trial; and Questions and Answers.

With the Java client, SirsiDynix is introducing a new way to manage toolbars and properties. During this session we'll discuss the new Toolbar Management Wizard and how to manage properties for your users.

During this session we'll focus on the changes in Java for both the serials and acquisitions modules.

During this session we'll focus on features in the Java client that make circulation fast and easy.

One of the most noticeable trends on college campuses is the abundant use of cell phones. Text messaging, also known as SMS (i.e., short message service), is a technology for sending and receiving messages via cell phones and other handheld devices. In the Spring of 2005, Sims Memorial Library at Southeastern Louisiana University initiated a “Text A Librarian” service that enables students, faculty and staff to send questions to and receive answers from reference librarians using the text message feature of their cell phones. In the Spring of 2006, the presenters received a grant to incorporate text messaging into their information literacy efforts. The plan is to use existing cell phone technology to increase student involvement and improve student learning. This presentation will include discussion on the use of text messaging technology in three distinct areas: reference, instruction and outreach.

Explores the issues of copyright as it applies to digital libraries. Covers the origins of copyright legislation, current legislation and periods of copyright. Discusses major legislative provisions and examines solutions for digital libraries. Concludes with an analysis of specific problem areas and challenges relevant to copyright in digital libraries.

Do you know how and why to use RSS feeds? RSS feeds can be used to display current events, new books, or recent EBSCOHost articles on a web page. RSS feeds can be offered to other departments who may wish to display this information on their respective web sites. In this practical session, participants will learn how an RSS feed might be useful to a library, how to create one, and how to display one using an RSS reader. Participants will leave this session with the practical skill of creating an RSS feed, as well as displaying an RSS feed on web pages. A basic knowledge of html will be helpful to participants.

A general exploratory session examining the various means of creating text collections for use online. Examines existing collections to explore such issues as objectives, selection, submission, and processing, and how CONTENTdm may be used to create them.

Explains how to customize your collections pages and add new search functionality.

Explores how to pool resources and personnel from several institutions in order to create significant digital collections. Uses the experiences of the GUMBO grant participants to address organization, funding, workflow, and selection issues.

Learn how to build and manage your own WebFeat systems using WebFeat's exciting new WebFeat Express system. Session will also include a brief review of latest developments at WebFeat, including MyWebFeat.

Two library directors speak about their experience with starting, maintaining, or revitalizing Friends groups at academic libraries.

If your library is not yet using Ariel or ILLiad for your interlibrary loan tasks, come and learn about what these two applications can do for you. Carla Clark will give an introduction to Ariel document delivery software and general hardware requirements. Karen Jung will discuss ILLiad interlibrary loan software.

There are many interesting customizations that can be made to iLink without going beyond the Workflows config tools. In this session, we'll cover descriptions, links from gateway elements, booklists and quick searches. Booklists are a great way to draw attention to particular areas of your collection & quick searches allow catalog users to do limited searches without needing to know how to use advanced searching.

An inside look at how LOUIS operates; governance, committees, system administrators, and services.

This session will explore options for redesigning the digital library web site to make it more user-friendly.

Many sets of MARC records are not quite ready for your catalog. Carla and Jeremy will provide examples of feral MARC records and how MARCEdit can be used to tame these beasts. No flash photography PLEASE!

This session provides an introduction to the new version of EBSCONET, navigating the interface, and descriptions of major EBSCONET functions, including claiming, ordering, and renewing.

This session will introduce you to new capabilities from OCLC including tools for cataloging electronic resources, the new Terminologies service, and the e-Serials Holding service to help maintain holdings on electronic serials. You will also hear an update on the OCLC Collection Analysis service, including the ability to compare your holdings to Authoritative Lists, such as Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles, and an update on the new NetLibrary interface and purchase models for groups.

This session will offer details of recent attempts at UNO and Loyola libraries to combine circulation, reference, and other services at one desk. The rationale, benefits, and challenges of merging multiple service points will be discussed, and implications for future directions in providing these essential services, including the idea of the "information commons," will be explored.

Thomson Gale is proud to present its new platform for all Gale electronic resources -- Thomson Gale PowerSearch. New features such as cross-search capability, language translation, citation generation, an enhanced vocabulary, product customization and collection building will be highlighted, as well as content updates for Literature Resource Center and Biography Resource Center.

Wondering what you'll need to do to prepare for the ISBN 13 change? If so, this session is for you! We'll discuss the ISBN 13 changes and how they affect the software. In addition, we'll discuss some of the newest reports available in the Java client that can help you to administer your system more efficiently.

This session will focus on searching in Unicorn, starting with a discussion of the indexes. We’ll take a look at the indexing structure of Unicorn, what you would need to do if you were to change what is searched and finally we’ll cover searching strategies in Unicorn. This is great for both C and Java users!

During this informal session, we’ll talk about new products coming from SirsiDynix as well as future enhancements. We’ll leave plenty of time for questions from you!

Cal Shepard will overview the Mellon Foundation funded project to assist Gulf Coast academic libraries with hurricane recovery activities, including the program to distribute grants to libraries. An update on the latest in SOLINET programs and services will also be provided.

Explores a range of digital formats and how to work with them. Focuses on special formats, (e.g. audio files and maps), converting them into digital files (e.g. MPG, JPEG2000) and loading them into CONTENTdm.

Natalie Palermo will discuss how LSU Libraries has replaced the Intermec 2410 portable scanner with a PocketCirc PDA. Learn how to use PocketCirc to mark items used or inventory items. Installation, setup, and offline/online usage will be covered. A PocketCirc PDA will be available for demonstrations.

This presentation will cover intermediate applications of the LOUIS custom report of NATC counts, including selection criteria to facilitate collection analysis: specifically publication date segmentation, and current volume counts vis-à-vis pre-selected collection levels by manipulating the exported tab-delimited data in Excel graphs.

This session will provide a cursory review of the Acquisitions Module with full details of implementing 9XX ordering.

The steps needed to implement EDI serials invoicing and 9xx ordering, the workflows involved, and LSU's experiences will be presented. If you are interested in making Unicorn acquisitions easier, this session is for you. Both processes can significantly reduce the amount of time spent manually creating invoices and order records.

Those interested in library technology, reference librarians and System Administrators Carla Clark will explain the concept of a thin-client network and describe its benefits and limitations. She will discuss the LSUS library's implementation of a thin-client network using CITRIX Metaframe software.
She will also talk about the library's use of GoPrint pay-to-print software and the benefits the library has realized from these changes.

An informal discussion on using ARIEL in libraries. Topics include software and hardware maintenance, upgrades to Version 3.4 and beyond, and resources that can be consulted for troubleshooting.

Mary will give Authority Control basics using Unicorn and Marcive authorities, plus a review of Unicorn 2003.1 enhancements to authority control. Glenn will discuss UNO’s process of planning for and loading bibliographic and authority records for their initial Marcive authority records project.

Reports which can be used for resolving cataloging problems, tracking staff activity, weeding, identifying duplicates, determining the age of the collection, and more will be discussed.

This session will explore many of the reports that are used in circulation, reserve, and booking functions. Practical scenarios and examples of using these reports will be covered. Primary emphasis will be on circulation and circulation statistical reports.

This session will provide a demonstration on the creation of Monograph Compound objects that have an inherent hierarchy involved, for example Books, Diaries, Journals, Scrapbooks, so that users can retrieve them with the hierarchical structure intact.

Demonstration how to create the document, postcard, and cube Compound objects in CONTENTdm.

This session will present basic concepts used to discuss digital images and demonstrate these concepts as they apply to benchmark scanning items for your digital library collection.

Digital reference is becoming increasingly commonplace in academic libraries across the country. This session provides an overview of digital reference initiatives at three Louisiana universities, LSU, Tulane and Southeastern, and gives a brief introduction to three different digital reference software interfaces, LiveAssistance, QuestionPoint and Tutor.com.

This presentation demonstrates the use of tab-delimited reports imported into Excel to get quick and versatile answers (rather than guessing which report pulls the data you want). The advantages over most WorkFlows reports are on-the-fly customization and the added benefit of immediately creating charts and graphs. This type of information is helpful for collection analysis and strategic planning.

In February 2003, Northwestern began working with EBSCO’s AtoZ product, and for the following year and a half, two librarians coordinated the effort of registering and activating all of Northwestern’s online access to EBSCO-purchased journals. Once most of the EJS online journals were activated, these titles were added to Northwestern’s AtoZ list. This complicated and time-consuming project will be described in detail, along with an overview of Northwestern’s AtoZ product as it currently stands.

EZproxy is arguably the most widely used software for securing your library's electronic resources. This session will answer questions about the problem EZproxy solves, how to configure and maintain it, the statistics EZproxy generates, the different resources you can secure with it, authentication, and the different ways libraries have deployed it.

This session will provide an overview of federated searching technology and describe how it is being used by database vendors, OPACS, search engines and other content providers. Audience participation welcome.

This session will present a new twist on today's online tutorial options using Flash Macromedia. Like animation? Your students probably do. Flash, by Macromedia, sets a new standard for interactivity, learning, and attention grabbing options for online tutorials. Using Flash, librarians can create visually compelling miniature movies ranging from the simple text-only tutorial to explosive mini-movie demonstrations of techniques and tips for research and library skills. Demonstrations of the powerful possibilities of Flash including examples of tutorials, and some funny and serious Flash animations found on the web, will also be previewed.

Julie will present OCLC 's integration of Interlibrary Loan into the FirstSearch interface, and its impact on ILLiad. Jerome will present OpenURL and ILLiad.

Discussion on LOUIS System Administrator topics.

Discussion on circulation topics, patron initiated booking and reserves.

Serials update and discussion.

The future direction of CONTENTdm will be discussed.

This session will provide practical tips and recommendations for making web pages more accessible. Discussion will include aspects of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Web Accessibility Initiative, and Cascading Style Sheets. In addition to individuals with disabilities, focus will be given to users of different types of technology, including PDA's. This session will cater to the general web page creator.

The LALINC Information Literacy Committee will provide a “state of the state report” of information literacy in Louisiana’s academic institutions including presentation of a brief description of Information Literacy, an update to the statewide ACRL Information Literacy Information Quotient report, and a panel discussion by academic librarians whose schools represent various stages of information literacy programs based on the IQ test results.

This session will introduce the concept of Institutional Repositories, the technologies they use, some of the issues involved (i.e. copyright and self-archiving), and how UNO is using CONTENTdm in a pilot project. Institutional Repositories are a new service that libraries can offer by collecting the scholarship of their university's faculty and making it available on the web to all users. The content may include pre-prints, working papers, images, data sets, and published articles. Such a repository concentrates the intellectual production of a University and highlights its scholarship for researchers and administrators alike. The library handles all submission and commits to upgrading them as technology and software change.

This session will focus on the changes made to the CSA Interface with the introduction of IDS 7.0. This will include discussion of the enhancements to the search capabilities used by the researcher as well as the new features of the Administrative Profile Module.

An overview of Library Dynamics collection analysis software will be provided.

Ever wonder how many consortium committees exist, how they work or how someone is selected to sit on one? How about what happens to committee recommendations? This session will explain the structure of LOUIS committees, how they relate to LALINC and LLN and the process behind selecting members, establishing duties, and implementing recommendations.

Need a report? This session will cover the "My Reports" area of delivered reports from Sirsi. You’ll find out why you might want to look at this area before giving up and requesting a "custom report" and how easy most of them are to use.

An overview of the collection development/collection management aspects of netLibrary via the reports feature in the administrative module of netLibrary will be provided.

With OCLC's new services for groups, library consortia can create a customized union catalog in WorldCat that offers a single, unified view of library collections. This session will describe how groups of libraries can build on holdings already contributed to WorldCat to improve access to collections through the familiar FirstSearch interface. Topics will also include OCLC's new subscription pricing options for unlimited access to OCLC Cataloging and Interlibrary Loan.

You will learn how OpenURL works with online databases, ILLiad, etc. and how you can use some of the database admin accounts to configure links.

A demonstration of some of Sirsi’s latest products: Director’s Station, SingleSearch, OpenURL Resolver and Rooms will be provided.

One site’s experiences on conducting an inventory with handheld scanners will be presented. Come hear and share tips, learn the steps/process, including the new inventory reports and gather other information on using a scanner to do an inventory in Workflows.

This session will focus on different aspects of setting up a digital project. She will cover different attributes
of the CONTENTdm software including full resolution manager, setting up field properties, banding images,
creating templates to help with the input of metadata and image optimization.

Sirsi's operations and how it has evolved over time will be presented, as well as an overview of the Sirsi enhancement process.

The Unicorn Transaction Statistics report can provide a lot of useful information, but it can also be confusing to use and interpret. This presentation discusses the basics of the Transaction Statistics report, and gives a view of the StatLog file, which is where the report gets its information. You will get techniques and software to look at the StatLog file in new ways, and get hour-by-hour breakdowns of the kinds and amount of work taking place at Circulation, Acquisitions, Cataloging, or any other service area. Two additional functions will be discussed: 1) a program to create a fund summary report in Excel directly from WorkFlows, and 2) a new look at the New Book list.

An overview of monthly and weekly bibliographic title loads created by Marcive. Suggestions of Unicorn reports with selection criteria and output options after the loads are added to the database will be discussed, as well as other useful reports in managing daily functions of a circulating library.

Presenters will provide an overview of the Serials Group of Workflows reports and describe how these reports can be used to facilitate serials work. Specific attention will be given to reports used for serials claiming, binding, and statistical activities. Selected reports from the Acquisitions, Bibliographic, Cataloging, and Circulation Groups will also be included in this session.

Discussion of advantages of implementing a digital project, selecting a collection and audience, funding sources, marketing to stakeholders and public, system and skill level requirements and LOUIS’ role.

This session will explain why LSU chose to implement the use of custom reports for gathering acquisitions data. The discussion will include a list of custom and delivered reports that LSU uses to collect acquisitions data as well as the benefits and uses of those reports.

Mary Johns (LSU-LAW) will present an overview of authority control in Unicorn, including loading records and clean up, using WorkFlows and Marcive reports. Marie Morgan (UNO) will lead Q&A at the end of the session.

Marcy Stevens (LOUIS) will review how several LOUIS sites have customized their iLink catalogs and also will show you what is new in 2003.

Denise Repman (Delgado), Marsha Aucoin (LSU), Cathy Tijerino (SLU), and Fred Hamilton (LaTech) will discuss loading records into your catalog from OCLC, etc., via SmartPort and by using the bibload report. The different methods used by several LOUIS libraries will be discussed. Please come and share your experiences with others.

Pat Vince (LOUIS) and John Kelly (UNO) will discuss scanning targets and techniques.

Carla Clark (LSU-S) will do an overview of the OpenURL standard, and describe how OpenURL is being used by database vendors, OPACS, interlibrary loan applications, and other content providers. She will also talk about how SFX software is allowing libraries to control how databases and other applications link to one another. The audience is welcomed to comment and share their experiences.

One site’s experiences on conducting an inventory with handheld scanners will be presented. Come hear and share tips, learn the steps/process, including the new inventory reports and gather other information on using a scanner to do an inventory in Workflows.

Mike DiCarlo (LaTech) will discuss the custom report for extracting holdings to ftp to Ingenta for Custom Gateway of library holdings.

Peggy Carter (LaTech) will discuss Camp Ruston Project, John Kelly (UNO) will discuss Frank Moore Photographs, Gerald Patout will discuss Historic New Orleans Collection and Glenda Sharbono (LSU-S) will discuss the Strand Theater Photographs.

Floris St. Amant (LSU) and Denise Repman (Delgado) will explain how to put items on reserve and how to use Unicorn reports to manage reserve items. A custom report written by LOUIS that allows one to remove items from reserve while retaining the original record for further use will be discussed. The configuration and procedures that were used to bring the Booking Module up for Delgado will be explained. She will discuss how the module is used and which Unicorn booking reports Delgado uses.