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Rethink, Redesign, Reinvent: The Research Library in the Digital Age
Launc-ch 2009 Annual Conference
Monday, March 9th, 2009 - 8:30 to 4:00 at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill
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Please join us for engaging discussions on March 9, 2009, when a group of speakers active in developing and deploying cutting edge programs, systems, and services will talk about their work in the digital age research library.
Topics
NEW TITLES, CHANGING WORKFORCE
Digital Curation Fellow? Reference Librarian for Emerging Technologies? Metadata Librarians? Libraries are adding new positions to adapt to the evolving expectations of patrons in an increasingly digital information environment. Some of the newest members of the library work force will describe the novel ways in which they are contributing to their libraries' missions.
DIGITAL PROJECTS
Digital collections are now a common component of most research libraries' holdings. Staff from the UNC-Chapel Hill Photographic Archives, Wake Forest University, and Duke University will demonstrate some of the area's most innovative digital collections projects.
OUTREACH AND PERSONALIZATION
Who says that patrons need to come to us? Librarians are bringing the library to their patrons in truly personalized ways through innovative projects that use the latest technologies.
NEXT GENERATION LIBRARY SYSTEMS
The TRLN-led Endeca catalog project has been live for one year. How are we doing? Preliminary research findings will be presented. Duke University Librarians will describe their effort to develop an open-source Integrated Library System, Project OLE, that is compatible with the changing business models in today's libraries.
PANEL DISCUSSION: DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP
Scholars are creating multi-disciplinary projects that use the power of computing to draw connections between disparate information sources. Practitioners will discuss the challenges and opportunities of digital age humanities research; scholarly press publishing; creating and sharing large scientific data sets; and assessing the infrastructure needs of interdisciplinary, collaborative digital research projects.
Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Richard Luce, University Librarian, Emory University
Bobby Allen, Distinguished Professor of American Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
John Blythe, Digital Curation Fellow, School of Information and Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Richard Cox, Digital Technology Consultant, UNC Greensboro
Jean Ferguson, Head, Research and Reference Services, Duke University
Stephen Fletcher, Photographic Archivist, North Carolina Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
Kevin Gilbertson, Web Services Librarian, Wake Forest University
Chad Haefele, Reference Librarian for Emerging Technologies, UNC-Chapel Hill
Noah Huffman, Archivist for Metadata and Encoding, Duke University
Zari Kamarei, Math / Physics Librarian, UNC-Chapel Hill
Jill Katte, Digital Collections Program Coordinator, Duke University
Lynda Kellam, Data Services and Government Information Librarian, UNC Greensboro
Cal Lee, Assistant Professor, School of Information and Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
John Little, Integrated Library Systems Supervisor, Duke University
Erik Mitchell, IT Development Librarian, Wake Forest University
Richard Murray, Catalog Librarian, Duke University
Derek Rodriguez, Program Officer, TRLN
Will Sexton, Metadata Analyst / Programmer, Duke University
Sylvia Miller, Project Director for the Mellon-funded "Publishing the Long Civil Rights Movement," UNC Press
Jacqueline Solis, Humanities Reference and Instructional Services Librarian, UNC-Chapel Hill
Kim Vassiliadis, Instructional Design and Technology Librarian, UNC-Chapel Hill
Megan von Isenburg, Associate Director, Information Services, Duke University Medical Center Library
Kathy Wisser, Director of Instructional Support, School of Information and Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill