| 8:00am to 9:00am |
Registration || Continental Breakfast |
AUD. 150
9:00am to 9:30am |
Welcome || Officer Reports || ALAO History |
AUD. 150
9:30am to 10:10am |
Keynote Speaker
Sarah Pritchard |
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| Session One -- 10:15am to 11:00am |
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Title/Presenter(s) |
Abstract |
| AUD. 150 |
Keynote Follow-up
Sarah Pritchard (University of California, Santa Barbara) |
Take this opportunity to visit with Sarah Pritchard in a smaller group session immediately following the key note address. |
| RM 131 |
Planting the Seeds of Diversity: Fostering Interest in Librarianship Among Talented Undergraduates
Megan Kinney (Oberlin College), Grace Hammond & Teresa Collins (Oberlin College, Mellon Library Interns) |
Oberlin College is leading a 3-year program funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to address the growing shortage of professional librarians, contribute to the important goal of diversifying the library profession, and create a powerful model that other institutions can follow in pursuing these same goals. The program includes broad-based issues programming designed to make the profession more visible to students, undergraduate internships with a curricular component, and post-graduate internships and library school scholarships. |
| RM 133 |
Positioning the Library Across Campus
Marcia Krautter Suter & Mark Horan (The University of Toledo) |
In collaborative ventures, University Libraries at The University of Toledo is positioning itself to expand its outreach to the campus community by operating 'satellite libraries' that address the needs of particular colleges of the university. In partnership with the College of Engineering , University Libraries has opened an Engineering Library where the engineering librarian offers targeted instruction and reference assistance to the Engineering faculty and students. The Colleges of Education and of Health and Human Services also have college librarians who offer similar services. |
| RM 127 |
E4ME: An Introduction to E-Learning for Ohioans
George Steele (Ohio Learning Network, Ohio University, Zanesville) |
The Ohio Learning Network has created a modular, e-learning course called E 4 ME. The course is non-credit, free to Ohioans, and allows participants to assess their readiness and desire to engage in e-learning. Participants in this session will learn how e-learning can benefit a wide range of learners, in particular adult learners with little to no formal post secondary experiences. |
| RM 120 |
Positioning Ourselves for New Positions in Library Land: Cover Letter and Resume Do's and Don'ts
Susan Direnzo, Lori J. Fielding, & Karen A. Plummer (The University of Akron) |
Learn the importance of a well-crafted cover letter and resume when applying for professional or staff library positions. This session includes an overview of the job search process at academic libraries and will cover reading a job ad, understanding the job description, crafting your cover letter, and the importance of a thorough resume or curriculum vitae. |
| RM 119 |
The OhioLINK Digital Media Center Application Profile, a New Tool for Ohio Digital Collections
Emily Hicks (University of Dayton), Jody Perkins (Miami University), & Margaret Maurer (Kent State University) |
The OhioLINK Digital Media Center (DMC) is used to store and publish digital collections from OhioLINK institutions and other collaborating organizations. The recently adopted DMC Application Profile provides contributors with a core set of standardized metadata elements and guidelines for metadata creation. Panelists will discuss a range of topics related to its development and use. For those who are not familiar with the DMC a brief overview will be provided. |
| RM 113 |
Information Literacy Projects with Statewide Potential
Barbara Schloman & Mary Lee Jensen (Kent State University) |
The Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education (ILILE) is a federally funded project located at Kent State University and dedicated to creating demonstration projects that will further the teaching of information literacy to K-12 students. This session discusses two ILILE initiatives that are of direct potential interest to academic librarians: integrating information literacy into preservice teacher education and working with school library media specialists to smooth the transition of high school seniors to college. |
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| Session Two -- 11:15am to 12:00pm
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Title/Presenter(s) |
Abstract |
| RM 150 |
The USA PATRIOT Act & Virtual Reference
Lori J. Fielding (The University of Akron) & Joe Salem (Kent State University) |
This presentation will discuss the highlights of a research paper on the topic of the USA PATRIOT Act as it relates to virtual reference in academic libraries. The presenters will focus on discussing several aspects of the issue: background literature review; how the impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on virtual reference differs from that of traditional reference; how libraries are responding to this issue; and finally recommendations for helping libraries to prepare for dealing with the issue. |
| RM 131 |
Creating and Maintaining Information Management Credit Classes in the Digital Age
Rob Withers & Lisa Santucci (Miami University) |
Establishing credit courses to teach students how to effectively use and create information sources entails dealing with a mix of political, pedagogical, logistical, and technological issues not once, but on an ongoing basis to reflect changes in available resources and students evolving level of comfort with it. This case study will explore how two instructors have developed and evolved courses over the past decade at two different institutions that differ in size and in mission. |
| RM 133 |
Falling in Love Again ... with Your Own Profession: Faculty & Librarian Collaboration
Sharon Huge & Dr. Jane Johnsen (Ohio University Lancaster) |
EDCS 400, School, Society and the Professional Educator is a capstone course for Middle Childhood (4th-9th) and Adolescent/Young Adult Education (7th-12th) majors. The course attempts to help students see themselves as professionals who will respond to and influence the profession by engaging them in inquiry regarding the foundations of American education. The presenters will describe how they used library centered work to help students engage in a level of critical thought required for such inquiry. |
| RM 119 |
Web Site Accessibility: Planning for the Inevitable
Stefanie Hunker (Bowling Green State University) |
Bowling Green State University 's University Libraries (UL) is embarking on a major site redesign. One of the main goals of the project is to make the site accessible. This presentation will focus on UL's goals for accessibility and the challenges we face as we endeavor to bring the entire UL web site into Section 508 and WCAG compliance. |
| RM 113 |
Using Cost-Benefit Analysis to Justify Library Facilities
Matthew Simon (Pre-DESIGN Planning Associates, Inc.) |
Many academic administrators believe that library space is underutilized and can be reassigned to other campus offices and activities. An understanding of the cost of library space and the use of benefit analysis provides library administrators a better understanding of their operations and a means of justifying existing space allocations or requesting new or renovated facilities. |
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Great Hall
12:15pm to 1:30pm |
Lunch |
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| No Conflict Time -- 1:30pm to 2:00pm
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Vendors |
| Aud. 172 | Poster Sessions |
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ALAO – Programming for Success
Betsy Blankenship – The Ohio State University and Marion Technical College
Diane Schrecker – Ashland University
Baby Steps to Big Strides: The Evolution of a Library Instruction Program
Judy Perella – Ashland University
Kathryn Venditti – Ashland University
Bridging the Gap and Filling a Void: An Academic Librarian's Economic Activism in an Urban Public Library
Tiffeni J. Fontno - Case Western Reserve University
Creating Web Pages and Online Reading Lists Using EBSCO's Page Composer
Marti Alt – The Ohio State University
Penny Pearson – The Ohio State University
Developing and Disseminating Learning Objects: Who CAN'T Use a Good Learning Object?
Karen Marsh - University of Cincinnati
Tom Wulf - University of Cincinnati
Sujata Prakash, University of Cincinnati
Digital Media Storage: Why Centralize Locally When You Can Centralize Statewide or Worldwide?
Karen Marsh – University of Cincinnati
Empowering Nursing Students with Information Literacy
Kevin Deemer - Kent State University Ashtabula Campus
Johnett Benson-Soros - Kent State University Ashtabula Campus
Tamra Courey - Kent State University Ashtabula Campus
"In-class Reference Assistance": Working with Writing Students in a New Setting
Charlotte M. Droll - Wright State University
The Learning Commons: A Center for Collaborative Learning
Dr. Gary A. Hunt – Ohio University
Nancy Thomas Weir - DesignGroup
Librarian-Faculty Learning Community for Information Literacy
Frances Yates – Miami University
Cynthia Mader – Miami University
Libraries, Swedish Style
Patricia Rothermich – Otterbein College
Marketing Ohio's Academic Libraries: It's All In the Toolkit!
Candi Clevenger - OhioLINK
Narrowcasting to Faculty and Students: Creating an Efficient "Research by Subjects" Page
Rob Withers - Miami University
Rob Casson - Miami University
Aaron Shrimplin - Miami University
No Lectures Here
Pam Bach - University of Cincinnati
Barb Macke - University of Cincinnati
Re-Positioning Our Collections
Ann M. Watson - Denison University
Sheryl Pustay – Denison University
University Libraries Connects to World Library Partnership & South Africa
Mary G. Wrighten - Bowling Green State University
Write an LSTA Mini-Grant? Yes You Can!
Diane Schrecker – Ashland University
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| Session Three -- 2:00pm to 2:45pm
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Title/Presenter(s) |
Abstract |
| RM 150 |
Bring on the Databases! Using Dynamic Web Pages to Handle Electronic Resources
Jessica Gardner & Russell Tinkham (The University of Akron) |
This presentation details how the University of Akron Libraries responded to the challenge of keeping service levels up-to-date with rapidly increasing electronic resource collections by implementing database-driven dynamic web pages. The resulting project enables subject bibliographers to maintain their own pathfinder pages without knowledge of web editing, allows for rapid updating of information on multiple web pages, generates statistical data, and uses IP recognition to steer off-campus users to appropriate instruction pages. |
| RM 133 |
Upstream or Downstream? Positioning Tech Services to Deliver Streaming Multi-Media Content
Cliff Glaviano (Bowling Green State University) |
The purchase of statewide or institution-wide rights to audio and video content allows local repackaging as streamed audio or streaming video for delivery through course management systems, course reserves, computer desktops and streamed into the classroom itself. Technical Services needs to position itself to enable the dissemination of this valuable content to our faculty, staff and students through the creation and display of metadata in our local online catalogs and/or from our library web pages |
| RM 127 |
Academic Users of Ohio Talked About Their Information Seeking Methods
Chandra Prabha (OCLC Online Computer Library Center), Lynn Connaway (OCLC Online Computer Library Center), & Brenda Dervin (The Ohio State University) |
A random sample of 300 participants comprising students and faculty from academic institutions of all sizes within a 100-mile radius of Columbus , Ohio , were surveyed using an online questionnaire and a follow-up phone interview. Participants talked about their information seeking methods in the context of the situations that prompted them to seek new information. Information services designed with an understanding of the methods users prefer may improve the position of library services and librarians. |
| RM 120 |
To Publish or Not To Publish
Carol A. Singer (Bowling Green State University) |
Many academic librarians feel pressured to write and publish. This presentation covers reasons for and against publishing, finding a topic, planning and carrying out the research and writing process, and other topics of interest to librarians considering becoming an author. |
| RM 119 |
The OhioLINK ETD Center: The Library's Role in Implementation and Maintenance at Two Universities
Corey Seeman (University of Toledo), Lisa Santucci (Miami University), & John Millard (Miami University) |
In Ohio , participation in an electronic theses and dissertation (ETD) program is free and easy for OhioLINK member libraries. The OhioLINK ETD Center is a statewide resource available to all the universities in the state of Ohio . Examining the program through the experiences at Miami University and the University of Toledo , the presentation will examine the role that the library plays in implementing and maintaining ETDs at your university. |
| RM 113 |
Improving Data Literacy: Panel Discussion on Data Access, Storage, Retrieval and Instruction Issues
Michael Howser, Jen-chien Yu, Aaron Shrimplin (Miami University), and Joe Salem (Kent State University) |
Academic libraries in the digital age are besieged with faculty and student requests for numeric and geospatial data. To fulfill these data requests, libraries must expand data access beyond a drawer of CDs and consider alternative data access methods. To improve data comprehension, libraries must include data literacy within information literacy programs. This panel discussion highlights issues and solutions related to sharing, accessing, and providing instruction with numeric and geospatial data. |
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| Session Four -- 3:00pm to 3:45pm
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Abstract |
| RM 150 |
Plagiarism: Librarian in the Middle
John Napp & Mark Horan (University of Toledo) |
Librarians are uniquely positioned in academia to see both sides of almost every problem in the academy. Plagiarism can be a selective criminal act or the forced result of a bad assignment or an assignment gone badly. The presenters will look at the some of the origins of plagiarisms, some of the problems with assignments that pressure students into making the plagiarism mistake and what roles the librarian can play in collaboration with others to reduce plagiarism and increase creativity and help strengthen student writing voices. |
| RM 131 |
S.O.S. - Secrets of Student Supervision
Tamara Bachtal, Tracy Rebstock, & Peggy Welker (University of Cincinnati) |
How can we as student supervisors better position ourselves in terms of training and education? We can begin by creating a training program for our student workers. Most libraries depend on their student workers as their frontline in assisting patrons. Student workers shape our users' opinions of our libraries. Great student workers reflect well on library staff, but staff has to be trained first. This workshop will cover training, evaluating and retaining student workers. |
| RM 133 |
Better Living Through Web Standards
Scott D. Debney (OHIONET) |
Web standards are no longer limited to early-adopting web geeks, bloggers, and evangelists. The practical benefits of using standards have never been more evident. Designing with web standards makes your site faster, more interactive, 508 compliant, easy to maintain & viewable on PDAs and cell phones. This session will cover various aspects of designing with web standards, including what to consider before you begin and problems you may encounter along the way, web resources, and how to validate your site. |
| RM 113 |
Global Library Collaboration: a Case Study
Haipeng Li (Oberlin College) and Xudong Jin (Ohio Wesleyan University) |
As the information world is becoming increasingly smaller, libraries around the world are looking beyond their traditional boundaries and exploring new ways to seek effective global collaboration in order to position themselves better for the future. This presentation will talk about how the Oberlin College Library works with a non-profit organization, the Oberlin Shansi Memorial Association, to make collaboration possible between Oberlin College and academic libraries in Asia . The presentation will also discuss the challenges libraries face in this process. |
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| 3:45pm to 4:00pm |
Evaluations || Door Prizes || Closing Procedures |
