Today's Topics:
1. ALA Midwinter: ALCTS Technical Services Managers IG at
Midwinter (Elaine Franco)
2. ALA Midwinter: Faceted Subject Access Interest Group at
Midwinter (Elaine Franco)
3. ALA Midwinter: ALCTS/LITA ERM Interest Group Meeting at
Midwinter (Elaine Franco)
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Apologies for duplication!
The ALCTS Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries Interest Group
will meet on Saturday, January 31st from 8:30-10:00 a.m in MicCormick Place
West W471.
Come talk with your colleagues from around the world about the following
topics: library-vendor relations; duplication of effort at libraries using
a catalog and a discovery layer; the effects of ADA compliance on technical
services work; linked data--is anyone using it yet?; marketing technical
services; in-house collaborative work. The roundtable format of these
discussions will provide focused conversations and there's no need to ask
questions in front of a large group!
Amy Lana
Chair, Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries IG
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Faceted Subject Access Interest Group
ALA Midwinter 2015
Saturday, January 31
4:30-5:30 PM
McCormick Place W 182
Add this event to your schedule: http://alamw15.ala.org/node/25814
The Faceted Subject Access Interest Group invites you to join us for two
brief presentations on FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology).
Chiat Naun Chew (Director of Cataloging and Metadata Services, Cornell
University) and Dr. Diane Vizine-Goetz (Senior Research Scientist, OCLC
Research) will provide an update on their respective institutions'
activities concerning FAST.
Q&A and discussion of Cornell and OCLC's work, as well as other FAST topics,
will follow the presentations. Bring your FAST questions! We look forward to
seeing you in Chicago.
Interest Group co-chairs:
Brian Falato, University of South Florida
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Susan Wynne, Georgia State University [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Susan C. Wynne
Cataloging & Metadata Librarian
Georgia State University
100 Decatur Street SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-413-2729
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Data-Driven Decision Making in E-Resources Management: Beyond Cost per Use
The ALCTS/LITA Electronic Resources Management Interest Group will host
three presentations on innovative uses of data to make decisions in
e-resources management. Please join us on Saturday, January 31 at 10:30am in
McCormick Place West W194a.
Galadriel Chilton (University of Connecticut) will describe the process and
outcomes of the UConn Libraries? Massive Analysis Project, which used nearly
a decade of extensive cost and usage data to compare their subscriptions to
Scopus and Web of Science, leading to high-impact decisions about renewal or
cancellation.
Josephine Crawford (Kansas State University) will take a hard look at the
value of managing detailed e-resource ?business terms? data?meaning dollars
paid and the content, rights, and/or services received?leading to improved
collection assessment, user support, and budget management.
Lynda Aldana (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) and Randall Lowe
(Frostburg State University) will discuss their decision-making process for
a demand-driven e-book acquisitions program across the USMAI Library
Consortium, comparing many facets of data?such as title, publisher, subject,
and institution-level usage?against past expenditures to support consortial
fine-tuning.
Kate Silton
Electronic Resources Librarian
F.D. Bluford Library
North Carolina A&T State University
1601 E. Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27411
336.285.4256
[email protected]
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