The Internet Is NOT Flat

Tuesday, 8:30 – 10:00
Description
Ten years ago, 70 million people used the Internet. Today, there are more than 1.2 billion people online, and that number is still growing. As projects like One Laptop Per Child come to fruition, we can imagine a future where it’s possible to talk to almost anyone, anywhere in the world. But [...]

Easy Web Fixes

Monday, 11:00 – 12:30
Description
Does your web site need an extreme makeover? Would you like to add Web 2.0 functionality? Is your budget for web development somewhere between miniscule and negligible? Get practical advice from Lichen Rancourt, who was responsible for bringing the Manchester (NH) City Library web site to a whole new level. Her [...]

Marketing on a Shoestring: Fifty Nifty Thrifty Ways

Monday, 8:30 – 10:00
Description
Shoestring, pittance, trifling amount, tight budget, wing and a prayer, next to nothing, scratch, chickenfeed, small potatoes. What librarian hasn’t had to do more with less? Come to collect some great ideas for marketing your library on a shoestring, presented by Nancy Davis, partner in The Ivy Group. She has 20 [...]

Crossing the Border: Changing Times for Librarians and Genealogists

Sunday, 3:30 – 4:30
Description
Every library has the basic tools needed by patrons who are searching for their roots, but librarians may not realize the extent of their online and print resources. Cynthia O’Neil, Certified Genealogist, Board for Certification of Genealogists and genealogy expert at the Manchester (NH) City Library, leads you through the process of [...]

Meeting Academic Library User Needs

Two Pilot projects at S.I. Newhouse School for Publishing:
1) Pilot project (02/2007-04/2007)
3 months time frame
Interview questions:
Resources and tools
describe typical course assignment for you and student
how do faculty stay current in field
and how do they collaborate outside of school
Data Processing and Analysis:
Will recordings be transcribed?
If not, what doco will be used as found. for analysis?
Group analysis [...]

Forming Community Partnerships

Link to conference powerpoint: http://www.nelib.org/conference/2007/p/formingcommunity-powerpoint.pdf
Collaboration between Keene State and Keene Public Libraries in Keene NH.
Can an Academic and Public library work together?
A tale of 2 libraries (in walking distance of each other).
Keene State:
est. 1929, 180,000 titles, 5,235 students.
Keene Pub.:
est. 1828, 121,500 titles, approx. 22,500 residents
What is a library partnership?
Consortium model- multiple libraries work together
Joint-use [...]

Discussion Group: Get Involved with NELA

NETCRL- Teen and Children’s Librarian round table.
NETSL- sponsors conference at Holy Cross every spring. November will see another conference co-sponsored by NELINET, focused towards cataloging, but something for everyone.
ITS- Information Technology section. New chair of ITS section present, Rick Taplin. He was also the founder of this section. The IT section originally dealt with topics [...]

Tip Top Tech Training

Laura Blake (NETSL) introduced Dodie Gaudet.
Experience as supervisors, dept. head, contract cataloger, aerobics instructor- lots of training experience (rec’d and giving).
Trainging is an integral part of lib’s job (our REAL job).
Emphasis on preparation.
PREPARATION:
wHAT DO YOU want to accompl. with traingin?
demo?
train?
train the trainer?
know situation, audience, environment:
who are listeners?
why are they here?
training staff to use the [...]

The Hollywood Librarian Showing

On Monday night, NELA sponsored a showing of the new movie, The Hollywood Librarian. About 70 librarians came to the showing, and were fairly vocal during the movie – lots of laughs, and many gasps of surprise.
The movie essentially chronicles the way librarians have been represented by Hollywood in film, from black-and-white movies to [...]

The Way Ahead: A Report from the Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control

Presentation sponsored by NETSL, introduction from Margaret Lourie.
Website for the group: http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/
Report of working group was supposed to be out by this time (10/16/2007), but is still being written, discussed and debated. A draft of the report should go public in the next couple of weeks.
Why was the working group created?

Series decision of [...]