University of Oklahoma
Libraries and University of Oklahoma Foundation
Present
The 20th Annual Conference
Improved Access to Information:
Portals, Content Selection and Digital Information
March 6 and 7, 2003
Embassy Suites Hotel, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma
Registration deadline: February 21, 2003
Conference
Program: Thursday, March 6, 2003

Conference
Welcome
Sul H. Lee, Dean
University of Oklahoma Libraries
1:00 - 1:45
p.m.
James
Michalko President
Research Libraries Group, Inc.
"For whom
is the library an anchor?"
In producing web portals
the university library community intends to create anchor sites that will
recapture an audience, elevate trusted information, and provide users
with a range of services. Is this the correct goal? What are the prerequisites
for its realization? This talk will reflect on the state of our knowledge
of user needs, evolution in the ways research is conducted, the changing
system of mutual support and service provision in the university library
community, and the ways that libraries will be manifest in the world of
digital information. It will conclude with some speculation on the title
question.
1:45 - 2:30
p.m.
Barbara I. Dewey
Dean of Libraries
University of Tennessee Libraries
"Portals
and Human Factor: Bringing Virtual Services to the Life of the Mind."
The notion of scholarly portal has been
largely focused on content and methods of accessing content. This paper
will explore the importance of accompanying services to ensure user success
in locating and applying content to scholarship and learning. Differences
in virtual services supporting portals and those developed in absence
of the portal model will be explored using examples from the academic
library community. Collaborative aspects of portal development and servicing
in an integrated information environment will be summarized. Next steps,
opportunities, and challenges will conclude the paper.
2:30 - 3:00
p.m.
Coffee Break
YBP Library Services
3:00 - 3:45
p.m.
Bernard F. Reilly
President
The Center for Research Libraries
"New
Prospects for Cooperative Preservation and Access for Artifactual Materials"
Cooperative
preservation and resource sharing have long been goals of the research
library community, but have been realized only to a limited degree. Despite
the proliferation of scholarly research materials available in electronic
form, the corpus of paper-based materials held collectively by academic
and research libraries continues to grow, and the challenge of maintaining
comprehensive print collections in all disciplines is becoming increasingly
difficult for individual libraries. Recent cooperative activities among
U.S. libraries, however, suggest that development of a framework for rationalized,
strategic management of research collections on a national or international
level is possible.
3:45 - 4:30
p.m.
Joseph J. Branin
Director of Libraries
Ohio State University Libraries
"Knowledge
Management for Librarians: Building the "Knowledge Bank" at
the Ohio State University"
The general observation that academic librarians have progressed from
"collection development" to "collection management"
and now to "knowledge management" is becoming a reality at the
Ohio State University where librarians are leading an effort to create
a "Knowledge Bank" of the institution's intellectual digital
assets.
This paper
and presentation briefly describes the basic definitions and concepts
of knowledge management and outlines the progression of academic librarianship
practice over the last fifty years. The motivations for creating the Knowledge
Bank at the Ohio State University are discussed, and the main features
and challenges are presented.
4:30 - 5:15
p.m.
Mary E. Jackson
Senior Program Officer for Access Services
Association of Research Libraries
"Portals,
Access, Research Libraries"
The
Association of Research Libraries is supporting two initiatives to advance
the implementation of portals in research libraries. First, the Scholars
Portal Project is a self-selected group of ARL member institutions collaborating
with Fretwell-Downing to test the vision of the ARL Scholars Portal Working
Group using F-D software. Second, the Portal Applications Working Group
has been charged to foster the definition and development of portals for
research libraries and the communities they serve, to ensure ARL's presence
in discussions of similar initiatives advocating the integration of information
technology and content for the benefit of the academic and research communities,
and to monitor how libraries are applying portal technology and to identify
common issues or barriers to successful implementations. This presentation
will provide an update on both initiatives.
5:15 p.m.
Reception
The Haworth Press, Inc.
University of Oklahoma Libraries
Conference
Program: Friday, March 7, 2003
8:30 - 9:15
a.m.
Edward Shreeves
Director, Collections & Information Resources
University of Iowa Libraries
"The role of the Selector in the Development of Digital
Collections and the Deployment of Portals"
Much digital content is coming into libraries through "big deals"
resulting in access to large bodies of material. Much of the attention
of specialists in electronic resources is going to their management and
organization. While lip service is paid to the selector's role in applying
the traditional criteria of programmatic relevance to new acquisitions,
there has been relatively little focus on the ways in which identification
and selection of electronic resources is shifting the culture and principles
of collection development. This presentation will reflect on these changes
and their implications.
9:15 - 10:00
a.m.
Alice Prochaska
University Librarian
Yale University Library
"Are
we all global librarians now? A consideration of the problems and opportunities
in digitizing rare and unique materials."
The
paper will address the issues associated with making unique special collections
available to a world audience, via digitization and the web. Prochaska
will use examples drawn from her experience both at the British Library
up to 2001 and now a Yale University Librarian. She will explore the themes
of universal access to previously inaccessible material, the different
audiences the librarian now needs to consider, and the ways in which priorities
should be set. She will consider the ethics of sharing and caring for
materials that often have strong local iconic ties, as well as significance
for an international audience. The paper will conclude with a look at
the practical realities of building digital collections for use by a global
audience.
10:00 -
10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
Blackwell's Book Service
10:30 -
11:15 a.m.
Betsy
A. Wilson
Director
of University Libraries
University of Washington
"If
We Build It, Will They Come? Library Users in a Digital World"
Libraries are dedicating
significant resources to building robust digital collections and library
portals. How can they ensure that what they are building meets the needs
and aspirations of students, researchers and the citizen scholar? This
paper will examine what is known about current and future user behavior
and needs in a digital environment and how that knowledge can be used
to create authentic, intuitive, integrated, and transparent content.
11:15 -
12:00 p.m.
Lorcan
Dempsey
Vice President of Research
Online Computer Library Center
"The
Recombinant Library: Portals and People"
"Portal" is a much-used word
and with all such words its sense varies with user and occasion. This
paper takes a general view of the portal problem, seeing it as a way of
creating environments in which users are engaged with resources which
are useful or interesting, and resources are presented in ways which maximize
their fruitful use. It takes an architectural perspective, arguing that
there is benefit in developing some shared pictures of what high-level
services such environments might provide and how they might be articulated.
It will exemplify this perspective with examples from commercial and research
activity.
Conference
Organizers
Conference
Chairman
Sul H. Lee
Dean, University of Oklahoma Libraries
Conference
Coordinator
Rhonda Cannon
Assistant to the Dean for Administrative
Services
(405) 325-2611
Conference Committee
Janet Croft, Susan Hahn, Jay Shorten
Speakers
Joseph
J. Branin
Director
of Libraries
Ohio State University Libraries
Lorcan
Dempsey
Vice President of Research
Online Computer Library Center
Barbara
I. Dewey
Dean
of Libraries
University of Tennessee Libraries
Mary
E. Jackson
Senior
Program Officer for Access Services
Association of Research Libraries
James
Michalko
President
Research Libraries Group, Inc.
Alice
Prochaska
University
Librarian
Yale University Library
Bernard
F. Reilly
President
The Center for Research Libraries
Edward
Shreeves
Director,
Collections & Information Resources
University of Iowa Libraries
Betsy
A. Wilson
Director
of University Libraries
University of Washington
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Registration fee $160 (U.S. dollars)
No refunds will be given for cancellations after March 1, 2003.
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