K-State Libraries: Conference Reports

IL2007 Closing Keynote

Internet Librarian 2007

Closing Keynote
From Physical to Virtual and Back Again - Blurring the Boundaries.
Liz Lawley

IL2007: Tech Tools for Library Outreach

Internet Librarian 2007

Tech Tools for Library Outreach
Chad Boeninger, Ohio University
Paul R. Pival, University of Calgary

IL2007: Content Management Systems

Internet Librarian 2007

From Static to Dynamic: Choosing and Implementing a CMS
Ruth Kneale, National Solar Observatory

and

CMS Experiences at CSP and UST: Same Application, Different Libraries
Amy Radermacher, Concordia University
May Chang, UMBC Library

IL2007: Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries

Internet Librarian 2007

Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries
Megan Fox, Simmons College

IL2007: How to Lose Your New Tech Librarian

Internet Librarian 2007

How to Lose Your New Tech Librarian
Jenny Benevento, Associated Press

and

Building Your Techie Team: Tips for Training Staff
Sarah Houghton-Jan and Michael Stephens

IL2007: Screencasting and eLearning on a Shoestring

Internet Librarian 2007

Screencasting and eLearning on a Shoestring
Michelle Boule and Karen Coombs, University of Houston

IL2007: Promoting Play Through Online Discovery: Lego Building

Internet Librarian 2007

Promoting Play Through Online Discovery: Lego Building
Meredith Farkas, Norwich University
Helene Blowers, Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg (PLCMC)

IL2007: Have You Got a Game Plan?

Internet Librarian 2007

Have You Got a Game Plan? Adapting Library Services to the Needs of Gamers
Chad Boeninger, Ohio University
Randy Christensen, Southern Utah University Library

NISO: Electronic Resource Usage Data

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

Electronic Resource Usage Data: Defining a complex problem
Caryn Anderson
Doctoral Studies Program Manager
GSLIS, Simmons College

NISO: Building Frameworks of Organizational Intelligence

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

"I'm sorry, we didn't know we wanted to know that!" Building frameworks of organizational intelligence
Joe Zucca
Director for Planning and Communication
University of Pennsylvania Libraries

NISO: From Shoeboxes to Mashups

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

From Shoeboxes to Mashups: ERMs and Decision Support
Tim Jewell
Director, Information Resources and Scholarly Communication
University of Washington Libraries

Also sits on the SUSHI development committee

NISO: Searching for Value

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

Searching for Value in a Changing Research Environment: What data do you have and how can you use it?
Patricia Brennan
Product Development Manager
Thompson Scientific

NISO: Real World Data

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

Real World Data: Using Usage to Shape Libraries
Virginia Steel
University Librarian
University of California, Santa Cruz

IL2007: Reference 2.0

Internet Librarian 2007

Opening Keynote, 10/30/2007
Reference 2.0
Joe Janes, iSchool at University of Washington

IL2007: User-Generated Content

Internet Librarian 2007

User-Generated Content
Meredith Farkas and Josh Petrusa, Norwich University

IL2007: Cool Tools for Library Webmasters

Internet Librarian 2007

Cool Tools for Library Webmasters
Frank Cervone, Northwestern University
Darlene Fichter, University of Saskatchewan

My notes were tragically lost, but please see this post, which sums things up nicely. This was another great session, and many of the tools are pretty cool even if you're not an official "webmaster."

IL2007: Inspiration for Your Library Redesign

Internet Librarian 2007

Inspiration for Your Library Redesign
Bennett Ponsford and Christina Hoffman Gola, Texas A&M University
and
Erica Reynolds, Johnson County Public Library

IL2007: The New Rules of Web Design

Internet Librarian 2007

The New Rules of Web Design
Jeff Wisniewski, University of Pittsburg

Internet Librarian 2007

I'm back from Internet Librarian 2007 and am going to start posting my notes shortly. Various technologies all teamed up to conspire against me, so I have to type up a few sets of notes, but I'll start with what I've got! A colleague from Baylor who attended with me also blogged notes about sessions that I was unable to attend. You can find these at Instructional Design Resources.

NISO: Usage Statistics & Information Behaviors

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

Usage Statistics & Information Behaviors
John McDonald
Assistant Director, User Services & Technology Innovation
The Libraries of the Claremont Colleges

NISO: Why Collect Data?

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

Why Collect Data?
Colleen Cook
Dean of the Texas A&M University Libraries
Sterling C. Evans Chair in Librarianship

Also co-creator of LibQUAL

NISO: ScholarlyStats

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

ScholarlyStats: How it utilizes COUNTER and SUSHI standards, questions regarding effective use, and future strategic plans for the service
Tina Feck
Vice President, Customer Relations
Swets Information Services

NISO: Usage Data: an aggregator perspective

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

Usage Data: An Aggregator Perspective
John Law
Director, Strategic Alliances and Platform Management
ProQuest CSA

(The conference wireless died in the middle of this post so I lost all my thoughtful analysis (ahem). This is the nutshell version posted later in the afternoon.)

NISO: SUSHI & COUNTER

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

SUSHI & COUNTER
Oliver Pesch
Chief Strategist, E-Resources
EBSCO Information Services

(Oliver was moving fast through his slides so there are lots of items I missed)

NISO: Usage Data: seeing the full perspective

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

Usage Data: Seeing the Full Perspective
Kevin Cohn
Product Director, Atypon

(The conference wireless was down while Kevin was speaking. These are my notes captured off-line and posted later in the afternoon.)

NISO: The MESUR Project

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

The MESUR Project: An Update from the Trenches
Johan Bollen
Staff Researcher
Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library

NISO: From What to Why

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

From What to Why: Electronic Resource Usage Data in Collection Development and User Behavior
Karen Coombs
Head of Web Services
University of Houston Libraries
and
Library Web Chic

NISO: Aggregation & Analysis of Usage Data

NISO Forum: Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data

Aggregation & Analysis of Usage Data: A Structural, Quantitative Perspective
Johan Bollen
Staff Researcher
Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library

(Johan says he is afraid of yelling into the microphone, but it's quite difficult to hear him)

NISO at the sign of the Red Pegasus

Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data
November 1-2, 2007
Dallas, Texas

Initial Impressions:
Under the Magnolia Oil Company's red pegasus, I'm meeting with a big group of library hangers-on to discuss the pressing issues of the day. It starts to sound like a political meeting, but the topic is usage data in all its use/ful/less forms. Todd Carpenter from NISO is telling us this is the largest-attended forum this year, and the room is packed. We're meeting in a fabulous old Art Deco ballroom and it's impossible to divorce the architecture of our surroundings from the topic at hand. If we can depart with the same clear sense of structure and purpose regarding our data that the architects of these buildings possessed in their design schemes, we'll be doing very well indeed.