Inside ZSR
On Monday and Tuesday, I attended my first meeting of CNI, the Coalition for Networked Information. Wake Forest joined as an institution last fall. The rules are that two official representatives are allowed per institution – one from the Library and one from Information Systems. The annual dues had always seemed prohibitive but after attending... more ›
In the last six months, I have had the pleasure of addressing three separate audiences on the future of books and libraries. On July 22, 2011 I was invited to give the keynote presentation at the Future of the Book conference at Florida State University. I was asked to connect the future of the book... more ›
You can see from all the posts that ZSR is well represented in Dallas. Now where did I leave off? Saturday afternoon, I think. I went to a session entitled “Do I Own These E-books or Not?” and the answer, unfortunately, is not really, or not without a fight. State Librarian of Kansas, Jo Budler,... more ›
I haven’t attended ALA Midwinter in several years. This year, I am co-chairing the Cyber Zed Shed Committee for the 2013 ACRL Conference, so my attendance was required. In addition, our peer University Libraries Group (ULG) agreed to meet in Dallas on the day before Midwinter started so that made the trip doubly worthwhile. ULG... more ›
On November 14-15, I attended the fall membership meeting of the Association of Southeast Research Libraries. I was all set to transcribe my notes when ASERL Executive Director, John Burger, posted this summary. It is just too tempting to use his summary, so forgive this shortcut. My supplementary comments appear in italics. 1)Journal Retention Program.... more ›
Last week, I was finally able to attend the Development for Deans seminar put on by CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education). I had tried at least twice in the past, but life events got in the way. The Fall 2011 session was in Atlanta on November 2-4. It was a very full... more ›
Lest anyone be tempted by travel envy, I will say that it rained, snowed, and sleeted today in Flagstaff, AZ where I am attending the Academic Library Advancement and Development Network (ALADN) conference. Despite the current weather, I have always liked ALADN because of its small size (maybe 125 registrants) and tight focus (fundraising for... more ›
The spring meeting of the Association of Southeast Research Libraries (ASERL) was held April 26-27 at Vanderbilt University. I flew in with Aisha Harvey from Duke Tuesday morning and went straight to the meeting. The afternoon program centered around a theme of planning for shared print repositories. Constance Malpas of OCLC gave a high level... more ›
Every so often, maybe once a decade, I hear a presentation at a conference that profoundly affects my thinking. The first was in 1985 at the Medical Library Association conference in New York. Leland Kaiser, health care futurist, predicted the current health care financing crisis due to the outdated fee-for-service model, but what affected me... more ›
I just got back from the ACRL All Conference Reception at the National Constitution Center. Whew, it’s been a long day. For whatever reason, today’s sessions were much more crowded than yesterday. Either there were fewer sessions and the same number of people or more people for the same number of sessions. Since Copyright seems... more ›