(With apologies for duplication)
Hi all,
Registration is now open for WiLSWorld 2008. It will take
place here in
Madison, Wisconsin on July 23-24. We have a great lineup of
plenary and
breakout speakers. There's something for everyone. See
more information
and register here <http:/
/www.wils.wisc.edu/events/wworld08/>.
Roy Tennant is our opening day keynote. Roy is a Senior
Program Officer for
OCLC Programs and Research. He is the owner of the Web4Lib
and XML4Lib
electronic discussions, and the creator and editor of
Current Cites, a
current awareness newsletter published every month since
1990. His books
include Managing the Digital Library (2004), XML in
Libraries (2002),
Practical HTML: A Self-Paced Tutorial (1996), and Crossing
the Internet
Threshold: An Instructional Handbook (1993).
John Blyberg will be our first-day afternoon plenary
speaker. John is
currently the Head of Technology and Digital Initiatives at
Darien Library
in Connecticut. He was formerly the System Administrator and
Lead Developer
for the Ann Arbor District Library (AADL) in Michigan. At
AADL, John was
responsible for rebuilding the IT infrastructure and
numerous software
development products such as a custom session management
system, RFID
circulation client, WiFi registration system, and
point-of-sale (POS)
software. He is most well-known for his work on AADL's award
winning website
and social OPAC (SOPAC).
R David Lankes will be delivering the second day keynote.
David Lankes is
director of the Information Institute of Syracuse, and an
associate
professor in Syracuse University's School of Information
Studies. Lankes has
always been interested in combining theory and practice to
create active
research projects that make a difference. Past projects
include the ERIC
Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, the Gateway to
Education
Materials, AskERIC and the Virtual Reference Desk. Lankes'
more recent work
involves how participatory concepts can reshape libraries
and credibility.
This work expands his ongoing work to understand the
integration of human
expertise in information systems.
Among the breakouts are:
--Conversations with Roy Tennant and David Lankes
--"Open Source Library Automation" by Joshua
Ferraro of LibLime, a company
that assists with Koha implementations
--"WorldCat Local at the University of
Washington"
--Aeon (special collections management) and Ares (reserves
management) from
Atlas Systems, Inc.
--"Leveraging the WorldCat Grid" by Roy Tennant.
The WorldCat Grid is a set
of application program interfaces (APIs) that access a
number of OCLC-based
services.
--Using Second Life to offer library support to courses at
UW-Oshkosh, by
Debbi Duncan
--"Public Access: We Lobbied For It, Now Let's Make It
Work" Julie
Schneider, UW-Madison. A discussion of the UW-Madison
Scholarly
Communication and Publishing Committee's work to engage
researchers in broad
discussions of public access to information.
There will be an opening-day reception and a second-day
breakfast, both
included in the registration fee.
Join us for a useful and educational conference. You'll
also get a chance
to schmooze with your colleagues and have some fun!
Thanks,
Tom
--
Tom Zillner Telephone: 608/262-0047 (Voice)
Research Coordinator 608/262-6067 (FAX)
Wisconsin Library
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precedence
over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."
--Richard Feynman
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burns longer.
--Victor Borge
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