Keynote:Dr. Audrey J.
Murrell, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Psychology, Public,
and International Affairs & Director, David Berg Center for Ethics and
Leadership - University of Pittsburgh.
Date & Time:Friday, June 1, 2012, 10 am - 3:30 pm Location:Waynesburg University - Waynesburg, PA (directions, map).
Your library is vital to connecting citizens with the knowledge and tools to
change habits and lessen our impact on the Earth’s limited resources, and it
all starts with leading by example. In this workshop Kathryn Miller, author of
Public Libraries Going Green, will discuss practical ideas for how to become
green, teach green, and lead green. Miller will introduce
environmentally-friendly, money-saving initiatives that fit your existing
building and services. Ideas for hands-on activities, such as rain barrels or
butterfly gardens, will help you raise awareness and get your community
involved.
Topics include:
* What it means to be green
* Ideas for your action plan
* Socially responsible collection management, from purchase
to disposal
* Program ideas for children, young adults, and adults
About the Instructor
Kathryn Miller is assistant vice president of academic resources at Argosy
University in Orlando, Florida. Author of ALA Editions’ Public Libraries
Going Green, she is a frequent presenter on the topic of green libraries,
including a presentation for the community development group Sustainable
Pittsburgh in 2011. She has worked in academic and public libraries.
In recent months, information providers have released a
range of modifications to many abstracting and full text journal platforms.
Whether an update to its look and feel or a radical restructuring of its
search, browse, and full text features, any successful change to a familiar
interface requires communication, tolerance, and understanding among the
affected information provider, publisher(s), and library customers. Join NISO
for a webinar in which a publisher and a librarian share their own experiences
with determining priorities, learning lessons, and improving practices related
to changed and changing information platforms.
Agenda
Introduction
Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, NISO
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway – How to Manage a Platform Migration
Gillian Howcroft, Director, E-Projects, Taylor & Francis
The journal industry has invested a huge amount ($3.2+ Billion) since 2000 in
digitization initiatives of which electronic platforms form a key part. Many
publishers launched new platforms in 2006/7 and again in 2010/11. We need to
keep up with rapidly evolving web technologies, with publishing industry and
regulatory initiatives and our competitors. How do we achieve this in an
interoperable fashion keeping disruption to a minimum for the librarian and
their users? Howcroft shares her experiences in moving interfaces ahead.
Dream a Little Dream: A Librarian Envisions the Ideal Platform Migration
Kelly Smith, Interim Coordinator of Collection Services, Eastern Kentucky
University Libraries
Librarians spend a great deal of time working with electronic resource
platforms and helping our users navigate them. We understand how platform
upgrades and migrations can affect our internal workflows and our users’
experience. How can publishers mitigate the interruptions of a migration and
maximize the potential time savings, increased usage, and improved user
experience that can result from improving a platform? Smith shares lessons
learned during previous migrations to help librarians and vendors determine
priorities and improve practices related to changing information platforms.
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Spring 2012 Program: 'Lead, Follow, or Get
Out of the Way: Setting Your Pace as a Library Leader'
Keynote:Dr. Audrey J.
Murrell Associate Professor of Business Administration, Psychology, Public,
and International Affairs & Director, David Berg Center for Ethics and
Leadership - University of Pittsburgh.
Location:Waynesburg University : Waynesburg, PA Date:Friday - June 1, 2012
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The WPWVC/ACRL is pleased to announce two learning opportunities. Please see the information below for additional details and registration information.
E-Books and Access: Upholding Library Values
Wednesday, December 7 and 14, 2011 at LaRoche College, Library Multipurpose Room.
