Wednesday, June 2 - 9:30 am to 6:30

9:30 to 10:00 Registration | Coffee and pastries will be provided

10:00 to 10:30 Welcome & CUWL Report; Introduction of Keynote
Location: University A & B
John Pollitz, CUWL Chair
Kevin Reilly, President of the University of Wisconsin System


10:30 to 11:45 Keynote
Good-Bye Gutenberg: Academic Libraries, Disruptive Innovation, and the Big Shift
David Lewis, Dean of the IUPUI University Library and Indiana University, Assistant Vice President Digital Scholarly Communications
This keynote session will consider the fate of the academic library in light of changes in the environment — the Big Shift — and the theoretical work of Clayton Christensen on disruptive innovation. As academic librarians, we all know that technology has driven significant change in our organizations, but we are only at the beginning of the revolutionary changes to come. Disruptive innovation theory provides a structure to understand what is coming and how we might be the disrupters and well as the disrupted. With this theory a path forward for academic libraries will be proposed.


11:45 to 1:00 Lunch - On Your Own


1:00 to 1:50 Breakout Sessions
The Big Shift in Academic Libraries (University A)
David Lewis (follow-up to keynote address)
Following on the keynote presentation, Mr. Lewis will lead a discussion on the ideas raised in his talk. A short exercise will be used to seed the conversation.

Shelf Browsing with a Virtual Bookshelf (Chancellor)
Macabee Levine (LTCC)
Shelf browsing is a great way to find books on a particular topic, but how do we bring that real-world discovery experience to our online catalogs? One solution is to enhance an OPAC item page with a "virtual bookshelf" of items with proximate call numbers, using the visual appeal of cover images to replicate the shelf browsing experience. Maccabee will demo UW Oshkosh's Related Items Bookshelf, an open source project designed for easy installation into the Voyager OPAC. We'll also look at several other virtual bookshelf implementations, including those on library OPACs across the country.

Minds@UW/UWDC Merger (DICC) (University B)
Peter Gorman, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center
This session is intended to bring attendees up to date on the progress of transforming the UW Digital Collections' service model and technical infrastructure. This process was started in 2009, following on DICC's Digital Initiatives Status Report and Future Vision and the recommendation by the Digital Repository Working Group to merge the MINDS@UW and UWDC services. Peter Gorman will give a guided tour of the new repository and collections services being built, and will discuss how the new platform will enable UWDC to re-mix its service model. He will also show how this new architecture fits into CUWL's Resource Discovery initiative.

Home Brewed Assessment (USCC) (Deans)
Cris Prucha (La Crosse), John Jax (La Crosse) and Michael Current (La Crosse)
Feeling pressured to assess your library’s impact on student learning? In response to a campus emphasis on assessing general education, Murphy Library created an Assessment Task Force. Learn how the ATF promoted a culture of assessment in the library by raising awareness of assessment issues, creating an assessment data farm, and by facilitating analysis, discussion and planning based on assessment results.


2:00 to 2:50 Breakout Sessions

UW-Milwaukee Civil Rights Collection (DICC) (Deans)
UW-Milwaukee panel participants: Prof. Jasmine Alinder, History Department; Michael Doylen, Archives Department Head; Krystyna Matusiak, Digital Collections Librarian.
The UW-Milwaukee Libraries and History Department are collaborating to create a digital collection on the history of the civil rights movement in Milwaukee. Discussion will include topics such as: librarian-faculty collaboration; ethical and legal issues regarding content selection; beta testing of the digital collection; development of collections that are useful, usable, and attractive.

Xerxes implementations (LTCC) (University A)
Todd Bruns & Curran Riley (Madison) and Jim Lowrey (Milwaukee)
An introduction to and demonstration of the new interface for Metalib.

Chat, Texting, IM, SMS (USCC) (University B)
Steve Frye (Madison)
Who is using them? How? Staffing? Pitfalls? Future plans?

Librarians and Research Data (DICC) (Chancellor)
Panel: Dorothea Salo (Madison), Melissa Woo (Milwaukee), Kevin Eliceiri (Madison, College of Engineering)
What is the "digital data deluge" and what does it mean for libraries? Hear about the generation, use, and preservation of research data from a panel of librarians, researchers, and IT professionals.

2:50 to 3:00 ** Pick-up Water/Soft Drinks and Cookies on way to Break Session **


3:00 to 4:00 Roundtable Discussions
Programming on a Shoestring (USCC) (Deans)
Kelli Keclik, Madison and Eric Jennings, Eau Claire
Programming & marketing budgets have gotten smaller with libraries’ budgets getting squeezed by increased journal, book and database costs. Because of this, it takes more creativity and wherewithal to do the things that librarians used to take for granted. Come to discuss successful and not-so-successful programming ideas or ideas that are just taking shape.

Learning Commons – Spaces and Collaborations (LTCC) (University A)
Jim Lowrey (Milwaukee), Molly Mathias (Milwaukee), Terri Muraski (Stevens Point)
What exactly is a Learning Commons? A discussion of Learning Commons implementations in libraries, including at UW-Milwaukee. Share ideas for campus collaboration and the space transformations in your

Blackwell to YBP (CRS) (Chancellor)
Mary Rieder (Colleges)
With the unexpected acquisition of Blackwell Book Services by Baker & Taylor in December, 2009, the UW System libraries suddenly found themselves faced with having to transition to a new book vendor, YBP, and their GOBI software in the middle of the fiscal year. How has your transition gone? Do you have concerns that you’d like to discuss about the transition? What is the future of the UW System book procurement contract with YBP? Bring your questions and comments for a lively discussion.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations (DICC) (University B)
Participants: Heidi Southworth - also panel moderator (River Falls), William Doering (La Crosse), Laura Jacobs & Kristen Lindquist (Superior), Rebecca Peters (Stout), Dorothea Salo (Madison)
Thinking about ETDs? Want to learn more about starting an ETD program on your campus? Confused about what an ETD is? Well, come to this panel discussion to learn about recent activities across UW System campus libraries regarding the management of theses and dissertations in electronic form. Each of our panelists will tell about how they started an ETD program on their campus and how those programs are progressing so far. Come prepared with your questions!

4:00 to 5:00 Roundtable Discussions
Circulation Supervisors (USCC) (Deans)
Emily Rogers (Green Bay)This session will be an open discussion of issues related to Circulation, including but not limited to 24x7 operations and ideas for creative management of a student workforce

Mobile Computing in Libraries and Universities (USCC) (Chancellor)
Ian Benton (Madison) Mobile computing is something we should all have on our radar. So, whether you're a long-time smartphone user, or simply have some healthy professional curiosity to satisfy, this discussion is for you! Join us to share your expertise, to learn a few basics, or to speculate on where we're going. We'll aim to learn a thing or two about mobile device adoption and usage trends, and discus ways libraries and universities can be ready for them.

Efficiencies Task Force (CUWL) (University A)
Kathy Davis (Stevens Point) and members of the task force
A general discussion and update on the work of the CUWL Efficiencies Task Force, whose charge is to identify CUWL service commonalities, investigate opportunities that allow CUWL libraries to perform more efficiently and better manage shrinking budgets, establish implementation plans for refined services, develop a plan for involving library staff and communicating the process to staff, and develop a plan for implementation of a training/retraining of library staff.

Resource Discovery Task Force (CUWL) (University B)
Task Force Members
An update and discussion of resource discovery tools and the RFI which is in progress.


5:15 to 6:30 CUWL Reception - All Invited
Wisconsin Historical Society


7:15-9:00 Dinner at Select State Street Restaurants Sign-up sheet and information will be available at the conference


Thursday, June 3 – 9:00 am to 4:00pm

9:00 – 9:30 Registration | Coffee, tea, pastries will be provided

9:30 – 9:45 Welcome John Pollitz, CUWL Chair
9:45 to 11:45 Plenary Session (University A & B)

Resource Discovery Panel

Paul Pival, University of Calgary
Gregg Silvis, University of Delaware
Mark Dehmlow, University of Notre Dame
Bill Doering, UW-La Crosse

Members of this panel are all early testers or implementers of new commercial resource discovery tools, including Summons from Serials Solutions, OCLC’s WorldCat Local, Primo Central from Ex Libris and Ebsco’s Discovery Service. They will share their experiences with these new interfaces and ideas for successful implementation

11:45 to 1:00 Lunch - On Your Own


1:00 to 1:50 Breakout Sessions
Forward (LTCC) (University A)
Kelli Keclik, Eric Larson, and Steve Meyer and from the Forward Development team
An update on the development of this open source resource discovery tool. The second half of this session will be devoted to responding to your questions concerns, and ideas about Forward.

Illiad 8 (CRS) (Deans)
Eric Robinson (WILS) and Heather Weltin (Madison)
With ILLiad 8 on the horizon many questions and concerns have been raised about how it works and how it is working for those using it. This discussion will include some tips and tricks for ILLiad 8 borrowing, document delivery, and lending. It will also include ample time for discussion and questions you may have about it.

UW System Shared Electronic Collection (CRS) (University B)
Judy Wurtzler (Platteville) and Mary Rieder (Colleges)
Have you ever wondered exactly what databases are included in the UW System Shared Electronic Collection, how they’re paid for, what other databases are licensed by groups of UW libraries, or how the BadgerLink databases fit into the picture? This session will discuss all of these things, plus a little bit of history about the Collection and the hopes for its future growth.

Digital Collections Tour (DICC) (Chancellor)
Moderator: Leah Ujda (UWDCC), Participants: David Null (Madison Archives), Troy Reeves (Madison Steenbock), Linda Duychak (Madison Art Library), Barbara Hamel (Madison Steenbock), Michael Doylen (Milwaukee)
Join us for a “tour” of recent additions to the UW Digital Collections led by digital collection project sponsors from across the UW System.



2:00 to 2:50 Breakout Sessions
Favorite E-Resources Module (LTCC) (University A)
Steve Meyer (Madison)
Researchers at UW Madison should be able to get fast access to their favorite databases and e-journals without re-navigating the Libraries' website each and every research session. The Favorite E-Resources module is a tool to help researchers get fast access to their most heavily used online journals and databases through Researcher View within UW-Madison's MyUW portal.

WILS: What’s New and How do you like it? (CUWL) (Deans)
Ewa Barczyk (Milwaukee), Patrick Wilkinson (Oshkosh) and Scott Silet (Colleges)
Are you familiar with the recent changes and service levels at WiLS? Hear from CUWL representatives to the WiLS Board about current projects being undertaken by WiLS. Tell us if these new WiLS services are relevant to your library's needs. We want to know what is the biggest things that are eating up your time and whether WiLS going in the right direction.

Database Statistics (CRS) (University B)
Kirsten Houtman, (WILS)
For the past year WiLS has been compiling database usage statistics for some UW-System databases. Please come share your ideas about statistics and what is most useful to you. What tips and tricks do you have for gathering and using statistics and what could WiLS do to help more with usage statistics?

BP Logix and other new software updates (LTCC) (Chancellor)
Bryan Vogh (Eau Claire)
Can it be done? Will it be cool? Stop by and find out about using Photosynth for a library tour, automating workflows with BP Logix, creating point of use connections with LibX, and mobile applications for Voyager and Metalib. NOTE: Subject to change, additions and failures!


2:50 to 3:00 ** Pick-up Water/Soft Drinks and Cookies on way to next session **

3:00 to 4:00 Roundtable Discussions
CUWL Distance Library Services Committee (USCC) (Deans)
Jill Markgraf (Eau Claire) and Renee Sikma Wallin (Colleges)
Share ideas on providing services to distance education students

APIs for Voyager and other new API developments (LTCC) (University A)
Mitch Lundquist, Ryan Freng, Steve Meyer & Eric Larson (Madison's Shared Development Group)
Share new ideas to enhance Voyager or other system resources, including fine payments in Voyager, and the use of APIs in Lib Guides, HathiTrust, and Forward.

Resource Delivery Working Group (CRS) (University B)
Susan Lindahl (Stout)
The UW System uses two systems, Universal Borrowing and ILLiad, for resource delivery. Using two systems can be confusing to patrons; how do we give them the best of both systems? Will technology allow us to move to one system? What would the implications be to staffing? Join us for discussion and help to plan the future of resource delivery.

Database Exploratory Working Group (CRS) (Chancellor)
In March, 2010, the Database Exploratory Working Group was charged with exploring the need for legal, news, business and international database content before the 2011 Lexis-Nexis Renewal to see if other products or combination of products would better suit the needs of UW library users and could be purchased within current budgetary constraints. This group will present its findings to the Collections & Resource Sharing Coordinating Committee and the Collection Development Committee at their joint meeting in Fall, 2010. This session will discuss the group’s progress so far on the project, as well soliciting ideas for databases which should be reviewed.


Our terms defined:
Breakout Session: 35-40 minute presentation followed by 10-15min of question/answer (0:50)
Roundtable Discussion: 1 hour sessions led by a facilitator (1:00)