Silver Jubilee Celebration-   ALAO@25 Program Tracks  Technobattle Contact: Lisa Santucci You and Your Job Contact: Janet Stuckey It is the 21st Century Contact: Carolyn Radcliff

ALAO@25 Program Tracks:

TECHNOBATTLE: Presentations in this track will examine the impact of technology and how individuals are using it in their jobs or libraries.

Beyond Information Overload: So Many Finding Tools, So Little Time

Leela E. Balraj
Reference Librarian
Kent State University

Lisa G. O'Connor
Reference Librarian
Kent State University

Managing the Digital Library Using Relational Databases and Embedded Scripting Languages: A Case Study

Rob Casson
Information Service Librarian
Miami University

Aaron Shrimplin
Information Service Librarian
Miami University

Rob Withers
Information Service Librarian
Miami University

From Then 'Til Now: the Historical and Current Architecture of Today's Internet

Aimee deChambeau
Assistant Professor of Bibliography
University of Akron

Using Usenet: A Secret Weapon for Reference

Joseph A. LaRose
Assistant Professor of Bibliography
University of Akron

Systematic Web Design for the Technically-Challenged: Lessons Learned from Creating an Award-Winning Instructional Web Site

Lisa G. O'Connor
Business Reference Librarian
Kent State University

Build Your Own Space Program: Remote Sensing, GIS and Libraries. The OhioView experience

John Millard
Information Services Librarian
Miami University

YOU AND YOUR JOB: Presentations in this track will discuss the changing roles and positions in the library profession.

Student Employees' Training and Management

Mary Cummings
Reference Librarian
Shawnee State University

New Jack Librarian

Leta Hendricks
Head. EHS Systems
The Ohio State University

Teaching a Credit Course: What You Don't Know May Surprise You!

Arlieda Ries
Physical Sciences Librarian
Miami University Libraries

Carol Fang
Reference Librarian
Wright State University

Quality Control/Record Maintenance for Serial Records Using the Innovative System

Elna Saxton
Head Periodical Services
University of Cincinnati

Why Don't Library Staff use Technology Better?

Rita Vine
Vice-President
IMC Internet Training
Toronto, Canada

IT IS THE 21st CENTURY: DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR USERS ARE? Programs in this track will focus on the impact of the remote users or distance education and learning.

Rethinking Our Ways and Building Better Bridges: Meeting the Information Needs of Post-Secondary Students (PSEOP) in Ohio's Academic Libraries

Marcia King-Blanford
Reference Librarian
University of Toledo

Betsy Fried
Young Adult Services Coordinator
Toledo-Lucas Co.Public Library

Cooperative Ventures: Lessons Learned from the OPAL Experience

Jennilou Grotevant
Library Director
Wilmington College

Sr. Deborah Harmeling
Head Librarian
Athenaeum of Ohio

Lois Szudy
Library Director
Otterbein College

Understanding the Specialized Information Needs of International Students

Suhasini Kumar
Head, Government Documents
University of Toledo

Raghini Suresh
Head,Chemistry/Physics Library
Kent State University

Delivering Articles/Information to the Desktop

Ruey Rodman
Head Access Services
Prior Health Sciences Library
The Ohio State University


Eric Hamrick
Automation/Systems Specialist
Prior Health Sciences Library
The Ohio State University

Distance Learners: Challenges and Opportunities for Librarians

Judy Tribble
Distance Learning Librarian
Indiana State University

Cataloging Chinese Materials: American Libraries Problems and Issues Reflected from the OhioLINK Catalog

Jie Zhang
Education Librarian
John Carroll University

Updated 25 September 1999
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