Call for Presentations
The Ex Libris Mid-Atlantic Users Group ( EMA ) will meet this year at William Paterson University in New Jersey on October 21-22 , 2009. We have a tradition of providing an excellent program to our participants along with an opportunity to network with your Ex Libris colleagues. We will, again, have Ex Libris representatives present to give product updates and answer questions.
Conference information will be posted to http://emausers.org/.
Please do consider contributing to the community of Ex Libris users in this way. Our strength is in our many different voices! We look forward to receiving proposals from users of any and/or all products. If would like to discuss your ideas before submitting your proposal, please don't hesitate to contact the chair—Ray Schwartz (see contact info below). If you *think* you have a good idea, you probably do! The conference's success depends on the efforts of its participants. We need volunteers to share their experiences and expertise and help everyone become a more enlightened and effective Ex Libris product user.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: July 31, 2010
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: August 16, 2010
Topics: Proposals may cover any of the Ex Libris products, the interactions between them, and their interoperation with other systems. We are interested in users’ experiences of Aleph and ARC, Voyager, SFX, MetaLib, Verde, DigiTool, Rosetta (digital preservation system) and Primo. Proposals may also cover topics that relate to the wider development of library and information systems. For example:
- Innovative use of products
- Integration of products with each other or with external systems
- Experiences of latest releases of products
- Experiences with new products, e.g., Primo, Rosetta
- Authentication and authorization, e.g., PDS, Single Sign On, Shibboleth
- Follow up to sessions from last year’s meeting
- Next-generation systems
- Optimizing systems and maximizing resources
- Usability/accessibility of interfaces
- Consortia issues
- Aleph, Voyager, Metalib, SFX, Digitool, Verde, Primo specific sessions
- Improved workflows for cataloging, acquisitions, circulation or other areas
- OPAC customization
- Data mining and data warehousing
- Creating RSS feeds with Ex Libris data
- Complex publication patterns (or basic publication patterns training)
- Access or SQL report writing
- ILL module
- Media Scheduling
- Incorporation of open-source applications
- System administration tips and tricks
- Digitization
- Non product-specific, general topics
- Cataloging, Acquisitions, Circulation, SysAdmin roundtables
Please include the following information :
- Proposed presentation topic/title
- Proposed presenter's name
- Presenter's institution affiliation
- Presenter's email address
- Presenter's mailing address
- Presenter's telephone and FAX numbers
- Description of the presentation
- Presentation requirements (e.g. computer/projector, Powerpoint, Access Ex Libris (product/version) module(s))
Proposals m ust be submitted via email to:
ematopics@princeton.edu
Proposals will be reviewed by the EMA Program Committee. Proposals submitted via email must be received no later than July 31, 2010.
Please contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Edward M. Corrado, Chair of the Ex Libris Mid-Atlantic Users Group (EMA)
Head of Library Technology
ecorrado@binghamton.edu
+1-607-777-4909
EMA Program Committee
Emily Batista, University of Pennsylvania
batista@pobox.upenn.edu
Ed Corrado, Binghamton University
ecorrado@binghamton.edu
KJ Collins, Stony Brook University, Health Sciences Library
kevin.collins@sunysb.edu
Trevor Dawes, Princeton University
tdawes@princeton.edu
William Jones, New York University
william.jones@nyu.edu
Jennifer Palmisano, Center for Jewish History
jpalmisaro@cjh.org
Ray Schwartz, William Paterson University
schwartzr2@wpunj.edu
Kurt Wagner, William Paterson University
wagnerk@wpunj.edu
Yongming Wang, The College of New Jersey
wangyo@tcnj.edu
Sara Witte, Columbia University Libraries
spurgin@columbia.edu
