Early bird announcement: ALCTS symposium ALA MidWinter in Denver

[Cindy Hepfer <hslcindy@buffalo.edu>]

EARLY BIRD ANNOUNCEMENT - SAVE THE DATE - THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2009

The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services 
(ALCTS) announces a MidWinter symposium - "Implementing an 
Institutional Repository: Benefits and Challenges" on Thursday, 
January 22, 2009 in Denver, Colorado

Has your institution begun to develop, or is it considering 
developing, an institutional repository? If so, will there be a 
role for the library? Whether you answered 'yes' or 'no' to this 
question, please join us to consider the challenges, pitfalls and 
promises of establishing and supporting an institutional 
repository.  An outstanding panel of presenters will discuss the 
legal and access issues as well as various IR platforms and 
models that will provide attendees with the means to make 
informed decisions regarding the introduction of an institutional 
repository.

Speakers:

Greg Tananbaum,
Consulting Services at the Intersection of Technology, Content & Academia
Opening and Closing presentations

Georgia Harper
Scholarly Communications Advisor
University of Texas at Austin Libraries

Leah Vanderjagt
Digital Repository Services Librarian
University of Alberta Libraries

Marilyn Billings
Scholarly Communication & Special Initiatives Librarian
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Jessica Branco Colati
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
Project Director, Alliance Digital Repository

Bob Gerrity
Director of Library Systems
Boston College Libraries

Robert Tansley
Engineer
Google, Inc.

ALCTS thanks bepress for their generous support of this event.

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On Friday, January 23 ALCTS will offer "Breaking Down the Silos: 
Planning for Discovery in Library 2.0" a MidWinter symposium 
designed to help libraries evaluate options among a new 
generation of library catalogs, federated search engines and link 
resolvers.  Bob Wolven, Associate University Librarian for 
Bibliographic Services and Collection Development at Columbia 
University, will deliver the keynote address.  Speakers include 
Roy Tennant (OCLC), Marshall Breeding (Vanderbilt University), 
Jill Grog (University of Alabama) and Rob McGee (RMG 
Consultants).  Panel presentations by Don Barlow (Westerville 
Public Library), John Meador (SUNY Binghamton), David Lee King 
(Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library), and Jennifer Bowen 
(University of Rochester) round out the program.

Attend both symposia and take advantage of special registration rates.
Watch for details in September.


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Cindy Hepfer
Head, Electronic Periodicals Management Dept.
Central Technical Services
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
134 Lockwood Library
Buffalo, NY 14260-2210
HSLcindy@buffalo.edu
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