Ewa Barczyk, CUWL Chair

Rebecca Martin, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of University of Wisconsin System

• Academic Libraries and the Future of Resource Discovery (325/326 Pyle)
  Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technology and Research at Vanderbilt University Libraries; editor of Library Technology Guides; see: http://lib1a.library.vanderbilt.edu/breeding/
  Marshall will discuss some of the trends that are taking place in the arena of next-generation resource discovery. Over the last few years, we have seen a major emphasis on replacing traditional online catalogs provided through our integrated library systems to a new generation of discovery environments, which operate independently from the ILS. Both open source and commercial products compete for attention. In recent months, yet another wave of products, populated with enormous collections of content have entered the scene. Library automation has entered a new phase that calls into question almost all the previously held assumptions. Breeding will give a tour of this new landscape and the options and issues that face academic libraries.
  

• Advances in Cooperative Collection Development (213 Pyle)
  Joan Robb (Green Bay) and Richard Reeb (Madison) | Introduction: Ewa Barczyk
  The Library Dynamics (LD) Working Group utilized LD to analyze UWS holdings acquired during the period 1999-2007, to recommend targeted numbers of copies within LC classes for titles UWS libraries will acquire. Along with use of our primary book vendor, these strategies create a strong foundation for advancing cooperative collection development within the UWS. Discussion will review our progress in cooperative collection development during the past decade and speculate on other opportunities that can or should be taken to promote cooperation in purchasing books and other formats.
  
• Assessment of Digital Collections (226 Pyle)
  Vicki Tobias (UWDCC) | Introduction: Ellen Engseth (Milwaukee)
  The UW Digital Collections Center has been exploring faculty creation, discovery and use of digital resources in teaching and research across the UW System. Vicki will explain what has been discovered and how these discoveries will inform improvements to UWDCC services.
  
• Next-generation Library Automation and its impact on Discovery Interfaces Introduction: Marshall Breeding (see Plenary) | Introduction: Marlys Brunsting (325/326 Pyle)
  This session will explore some of the next-generation library automation developments underway. The open source OLE Project, Ex Libris URM development, and OCLC's Web-scale approach through WorldCat Local present major departures from the traditional library automation models and have large ramifications for the genre of discovery interfaces, resource sharing, and interlibrary loan.
• Moving from Print to Digital Reference Collections - Panel
  Patti Becker (Stevens Point), Linda Kopecky (Milwaukee), and Carol Elsen (Whitewater) | Introduction: Steve Frye (309 Pyle)
  Many system libraries have been downsizing their print reference collection through weeding as well as moving items from non-circulating to their circulating collections. At the same time, libraries are subscribing to online reference materials - both individual titles and packages such as CREDO reference and Oxford Reference Online. The panelists will discuss the decisions they've made at their library and talk about strategies for managing their print and online reference collections. Should we continue to spend money on ready reference titles in the age of Google and Wikipedia? How do we increase the use of these collections?
  

• Commercial Document Delivery
  Ron Hardy (Oshkosh) (226 Pyle)
  This roundtable session will focus on the commercial document delivery services being funded by UW System including CISTI, BLDS, Science Direct, Wiley, and the P-card. It will be an opportunity for librarians and staff to talk about what works, what doesn't, what could be better, and the future of commercial document delivery and document delivery in general. Facilitated by the working group on commercial document delivery.
  
• Digital Copyright Issues & Concerns
  Jen Holman (LaCrosse) and Lisa Saywell (Madison) (213 Pyle)
  Bring your copyright concerns and conundrums to this roundtable discussion.
  
• Gadgets, Hardware, and other Cool Stuff
  Jon Mark Bolthouse (Colleges) (309 Pyle)
  Gadgets, Hardware, and other Cool Stuff is an opportunity for you to share any recent technology your library has acquired. Please bring your Kindles, Flip Cameras, Net Books and more, and share your experiences with others.
• User Experience of Shared Systems - Voyager, Illiad, MetaLib, and SFX
  Valerie Malzacher (River Falls) (325/326 Pyle)
  UW System Libraries share a number of systems including our OPAC, federated search system, open URL resolver, and access (ILL) management systems. From a users' perspective, what do these systems do well? What are the biggest obstacles to making these systems intuitive to use? How have individual campuses improved these systems over time?
  

• E-Books
  Barb Hamel (Madison) | Introduction: Jean Gilbertson (213 Pyle)
  Library interest in e-books has really taken off. A UW-Madison E-Book Working Group was asked to survey the e-book landscape and make recommendations on how to expand and integrate e-books into campus collections and services. This session will focus specifically on e-book products available for selection and acquisition through Blackwell Collection Manager.
• New Technology Platform for Digital Collections
  Peter Gorman (UWDCC) | Introduction: Dorothea Salo (226 Pyle)
  The UW Digital Collections Center's strategic plan includes a gradual transition from the existing technology platforms underlying Digital Collections and MINDS@UW to a single platform on which to re-establish existing services and build new ones. Peter will explain the reasons for the transition and what it means for UWDCC services to libraries and end-users.
  
• Resource Discovery Experimentation (RDisco) : Developers Discuss their Work - Panel
  Eric Larson (UWDCC), Mitch Lundquist (Madison), and Steve Meyer (Madison) | Introduction: Marlys Brunsting (309 Pyle)
  Get down with your bad self and come to the disco, the RDisco. The "RDisco" is an experiment of the UW-Madison Shared Development Group (SDG) to identify challenges and opportunities for new library discovery interface projects that have recently matured within the academic and research library community. RDisco development is being pursued using various open source tools for the indexing and discovery of bibliographic and other types of UW-System data. VuFind, Blacklight and a locally developed interface called "SaneCat" are being used for the discovery layer. Come and boogie with the SDG developers as they demo and discuss their efforts.
  
• User Service Trends - Panel
  Jeanne Foley (Oshkosh), Steve Frye (Madison), Molly Mathias (Milwaukee), and Terri Muraski (Stevens Point) | Introduction: Barb Bren (325/326)
  How have user services changed over the last 10 years? What are the current trends within UW System Libraries? Where are we headed? This panel will discuss the trends that are shaping our services, including resource access developments, combined service desks, changing staffing models, proliferation of communication mediums, delivery services, facility policy changes, collaborative efforts with campus partners, and the list goes on.
  

• Illiad/ILL
  Leigh Dorsey (Milwaukee) and Eric Robinson (WiLS) (226 Pyle)
  This session will be an open discussion for Interlibrary Loan staff and others involved with the mechanics of ILLiad. Some ILLiad topics to be discussed include planning and preparing for upgrades (7.4 and 8.0), issues surrounding purging of records, and training questions.
  Discussion will also focus on the communication and coordination among ILL staff at the UW campuses and other ILL related issues.
  
• Library as Place - Trends throughout the UW System
  Ella Cross (Superior) and Bob Sessions (Madison) (213 Pyle)
  How are library spaces changing and evolving within the UW System? This session will provide attendees an opportunity to describe changes happening to the spaces within their library. Come prepared to talk about these changes. If you have pictures of re-purposed spaces that you wish to show - please have these available online or on a flash drive.
  
• Technical Discussion: MetaLib & SFX
  Sue Dentinger (Madison) and Curran Riley (Madison) (309 Pyle)
  An open discussion of any MetaLib/SFX questions or issues you have, including the future of MetaLib after 4.3 and a review of the 2009 ELUNA conference. Please contact Sue and Curran before this session with any specific topics you'd like to hear about.
  
• How do we Assess the Impact that Libraries have on Student Academic Success?
  Sarah McDaniel (Madison) and Dave Dettman (Colleges) (325/326 Pyle)
  As we assess our reference services, access services, instructional services, and collections, we can loose site of a fundamental question being asked by library and campus administration: What impact does the library have on student academic success? How do we answer this question? What assessment tools can help us answer this question? Come prepared to offer suggestions and and join the discussion.
  

College Library - Helen C White Hall
Location: http://www.college.library.wisc.edu/about/location_directions/

Sign-up sheet available at registration table
We'll be leaving from College Library at 7:15pm to walk to restaurants or you can meet us at the restaurant at 7:30pm

Vendor Demos
ExLibris and OCLC | Introduction: Mitch Lundquist

As we heard during Wednesday's keynote, there is a lot happening on the resource discovery and ILS front. We've asked ExLibris to give us a demo of their URM product which will be replacing Voyager in the next few years. We've also asked OCLC to lead us through their vision for a network based ILS. We will be looking at these and other vendors as well as open source products as replacements for the systems we currently license and manage.

• Libqual+ Service Quality Satisfaction: The good, the not so good, lessons learned, and the possibilities
  Nola Walker (Madison) (226 Pyle)
  Come to this tantalizing discussion by experienced Libqual+ users. UW System participants will reflect on how data has been translated into meaningful information for their campus libraries. We will discuss the good, the not so good, lessons learned from the process, and alternative possibilities for informing the work of the library. Participants are encouraged to bring their experiences with Libqual+ data.
  
• Electronic Theses and Dissertations
  Dorothea Salo (UWDCC) (309 Pyle)
  Several UW System campuses are contemplating or implementing ETDs. This roundtable will discuss ETD-related technology, workflow, rights-management, and policy issues.
  
• Integrating Library Content into their Workflow: What are we doing and Is it working?
  Jen Holman (La Crosse) (325/326 Pyle)
  Over the last several years, a number of UW System Libraries have attempted to move library content and services into the workflow of their users by using toolbars, widgets, instant messaging and by promoting alert services and RSS feeds - to name only a few. What is being done, what is being assessed, and what is working?
  
• Collaborating and Partnering with your Campus Community
  Stefan Smith (La Crosse) and Brad Gee (River Falls) (213 Pyle)
  Has your library collaborated with other on-campus offices or organizations to provide reference, instruction, or on-campus outreach? Are you considering such partnerships? Join us as we explore each others' programs and discuss what has worked and what has not.
  

• Government Documents & Google Books
  Ed van Gemert (Madison) and Irene Zimmermann (Madison) | Introduction: Myrna McCallister (213 Pyle)
  The proposed Google Books settlement agreement has spurred a renegotiation of terms between Google and the UW-Madison Libraries. Ed van Gemert will discuss the Libraries' negotiation principles and his perspective on how the agreement impacts in-copyright and out-of-copyright works. He will also discuss national initiatives to reframe the federal document-depository program to meet today's needs, and introduce the CIC documents initiative. see: http://www.cic.net/Home/Projects/Library/BookSearch/GovDocs.aspx
• Library Records Management
  Joshua Ranger (Oshkosh) | Introduction: Michael Doylen (226 Pyle)
  Ranger will introduce the basics of responsible public records management required of any public employee. He will also detail the General Record Schedule (GRS) for UW System Library Records and the GRS for Business Communications that identify the retention periods and destruction methods for different types of public records housed in our offices and on our computers.
  
• Future of Staffing - Needs and Opportunities - Panel
  Kathy Pletcher (Green Bay), John Pollitz (Eau Claire), and Kathy Davis (Steven Point) | Introduction: Anita Evans (309 Pyle)
  Panel of CUWL Directors will explore new staffing models to meet changing needs of our users; discuss recruitment, retention and succession issues; skillsets and competencies needed; address generational and diversity issues; Come hear the challenges and creative ways of developing opportunities for strategic changes.
  
• MetaLib X-Server - What it Is and How it Might Improve Resource Discovery NOW.
  Todd Bruns (Madison) and Jean Ruenger-Hanson (Madison) | Introduction: Marlys Brunsting (325/326 Pyle)
  The MetaLib X-Server extends MetaLib functionality by allowing libraries to build customized interfaces, embed search boxes and extract lists of resources for reuse. This session will survey how other campuses have implemented the X server functionality to improve user experiences and staff work flows. We will also discuss ongoing UW Madison explorations into a customized user interface for the E-Resource Gateway and incorporation of extracted lists into campus research guides (LibGuides) as well as Library Course Pages. In addition, we will look at how extracted lists might be leveraged for a more personalized delivery of library resources throughtargeted delivery and self selection.
  

• Universal Borrowing
  Mary Rieder (Colleges) (226 Pyle)
  It's been about a year since the Universal Borrowing Working Group's recommendations were adopted by CUWL. (See http://cuwlwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Evaluate+Universal+Borrowing+across+UW+campuses.) Has your library adopted those changes? Are the recommendations working as expected, or not? Are other changes needed? How close are we to adopting a standard format for delivery service routing slips Systemwide? Come to this session for an open roundtable discussion of these and other UB issues.
  
• Web 2.0 and Our Digital Collections
  Leah Ujda (UWDCC) and Melissa McLimans (UWDCC) (325/326 Pyle)
  The UW Digital Collections Center has been extending the reach of its collections through various Web 2.0 services. Leah will demonstrate UWDCC's presence on Flickr, Facebook, and Wikipedia, and discuss the impact of these tools on discovery and use of digital collections.
  
• Voyager
  Edie Dixon (Madison) (309 Pyle)
  An open discussion of Voyager, including new features included in version 7.
  
• Distance Library Services
  Leigh Dorsey (Milwaukee) and Heather Weltin (Madison) (213 Pyle)
  The Distance Library Services Standing Committee will be discussing information that has been gathered during the past year and posted on the CUWL Wiki regarding policies and practices on each of the campuses. Key expectations of the Committee will be reviewed and revised, as necessary. Anyone who deals with Distance Learning students can bring comments and suggestions to the discussion.
  

Help shape the future direction of CUWL and UW System Libraries by sharing your ideas and voicing your concerns with members of the CUWL Coordinating Committees and Taskforce. Hear the results of a recent survey assessing CUWL's organizational structure.

• Collections and Resource Sharing Coordinating Committee
  Richard Reeb (Madison)
  
• Digital Initiatives Coordinating Committee
  Joshua Ranger (Oshkosh)
  
• Technology Initiatives Coordinating Committee
  Marlys Brunsting (Green Bay)
  
• User Services Coordinating Committee
  Steve Frye (Madison)
  
• Taskforce on CUWL Committee Structure
  Valerie Malzacher - also Coordinator of Session (River Falls)
  

Our terms defined:

• Breakout Session: 35-40 minute presentation followed by 10-15min of question/answer (0:50)
• Roundtables: 1 hour and 10 minute discussion sessions led by a facilitator (1:10)