FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
June 19, 2007
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
Institute of Museum and Library Services Director and
Staff Take Part in American Library Association Annual
Meeting in Washington, D.C.,
June 21 – 27, 2007
Visit
the IMLS Booth at the ALA Exhibition Hall Booth # 1746.
Washington, DC--Anne-Imelda
Radice, Director of the federal Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS), and other agency representatives,
will participate in various events during the American
Library Association annual meeting in Washington, D.C.,
June 21-27. IMLS staff will be available for questions
June 23-26, at the booth #1746. The exhibits will be located
in the Washington Convention Center, located at 801 Mount
Vernon Place, NW, Washington, D.C. Below is a list of
IMLS-related sessions:
Event title: All History is Local in a Digital
World
Moderator: Susan Malbin, Senior Program Officer,
IMLS
Panelists: Nancy Allen, Dean and Director of the Penrose
Library at the University of Denver
Erich Kesse, Director of the Digital Library Center, University
of Florida
Judy Graves, Digital Projects Coordinator, Library of
Congress
Description: The program will focus on local digital projects
in which academic libraries, public libraries, museums,
and archives collaborate to do what they cannot alone.
Panelists will note successes and failures in digital
space and allow time for questions. This program is sponsored
by the RUSA, History Section, Local History Committee.
Time and Location: Sunday, June 24, 2007, 1:30-3:30 pm,
Washington Convention Center, Room 144 A-C.
Event Title: 3M Reception Honoring the Recipients
of the 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant and the
2006 IMLS National Award for Library Service.
IMLS Participant: Anne-Imelda M. Radice, IMLS Director
Description: Director Radice will recognize award winners
for library service.
Time and Location: Sunday, June 24, 2007, 7:30 PM, Grand
Hyatt.
Event Title: Informing the Future of MARC: An
Empirical Approach
Participants: Speakers: William E. Moen, Associate Professor,
School of Library and Information Sciences, University
of North Texas; Shawne Miksa, Assistant Professor, School
of Library and Information Sciences, University of North
Texas; Sally H. McCallum, Chief, Network Development and
MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress
Description: This program presents findings from a major
IMLS-funded research study on catalogers’ use of
MARC (www.mcdu.unt.edu) and an opportunity to discuss
future directions for MARC and cataloging practices in
the context of FRBR, RDA, and XML. The study’s results
provide a needed empirical basis to inform MARC’s
future.
Time and Location: Saturday, June 23, 2007, 8:00 -- 10:00
am, Washington Convention Center room: Room 144 A-C.
Event Title: Saving Sound 3: Audio and Audiovisual
Digitization and Preservation
Speakers: Joyce Ray, Associate Deputy Director for Library
Services, IMLS
George Blood, President, Save Sound Archive
Tara Kennedy, Preservation Field Services Librarian, Yale
University Libraries
Description: The program will focus on the use of new
technology for audio and audiovisual preservation. Speakers
will cover digitization and preservation of audio materials,
funding opportunities for audio and audiovisual digitization
and preservation, and client/vendor relationships. The
program is sponsored by the Association for Library Collections
and Technical Services division, Preservation and Reformatting
Section.
Time and location: Sunday, June 24, 4:00 -- 5:30 pm at
the JW Marriott, Salon II.
Event Title: Library Services and Technology
Act (LSTA) Coordinators Meeting
Chair: Linda Lord, Deputy Director, Maine State Library
Participants: State Library Administrative Agency (SLAA)
Coordinators
George V. Smith, Associate Deputy Director for State Programs,
IMLS
Laurie Brooks, Terri Brown, Robin Cabot, and Michele Farrell,
Senior Program Officers, IMLS
Description: This is an informal gathering of SLAA LSTA
coordinators to discuss LSTA grants’ administration
issues. George Smith covers major issues concerning the
program and answers questions.
Time and Location: Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:00 --5:30 pm,
Convention Center, Room 149 A.
Event Title: ALA Committee on Legislation, LSTA
Subcommittee
Chair: Pat Tumulty, Executive Director, New Jersey Library
Association
Participants: Members of the Subcommittee
Mamie Bittner, IMLS Deputy Director Policy, Planning,
Research, and Communication, Kevin O’Connell, IMLS
Congressional Affairs Officer
Description: Discuss reauthorization of the Library Services
and Technology Act.
Time and Location: Sunday, June 24, 2007, 4:00 –
6:00 p.m. Convention Center Room 141
The following sessions include
speakers whose research was funded in part by IMLS:
Event Title: The Balanced Scorecard: The Results
Please!
Speakers: James Self, Director of Management Information
Services, University of Virginia Library
Matthews, Director, Matthews &Associates
David J. Palmer, Assistant City Manager/Library Director,
Chula Vista Public Library
Deborah A. Nolan, University Librarian, Albert S. Cook
Library, Towson University
Description: The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is an organizational
tool enabling library management to develop a methodology
focusing on customers, understanding their needs and demands
for library services, and demonstrating accountability
for using public funds. The BSC provides library management
with supporting data needed to implement decisions. Presenters
will provide an overview of the BSC, illustrate how libraries
can implement BSC, and provide concrete examples on how
BSC data impacted their decision-making process.
Time and Location: Saturday, June 23, 2007, 10:30 am --12:00
pm, Washington Convention Center room: Room 144 A-C.
Event Title: Research: A User Experience
Participants: Laurie J. Bonnici, Assistant Professor,
Drexel University
Lynne Watson, Doctoral Student, Florida State University
Marie L. Radford, Associate Professor, Rutgers University;
Lynn Silipigni Connaway Consulting Research Scientist,
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
Joanna Markel, User Experience Design Manager, ProQuest
Information and Learning
Description: Non-Track Peer reviewed papers presented
by researchers in the field
Time and Location: Saturday, June 23, 2007, 10:30 am -12:00
pm, Washington Convention Center room: Room 203 A/B.
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