IUG at ALA Midwinter 2010
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Westin Waterfront Hotel, Adams Room (Mezzanine Level)
- Friday, January 15, 2010, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Agenda and Presentations
2:00 Opening Remarks
IUG Overview (Carol Gyger, IUG Chair, Poudre River Public Library District, Colorado)
IUG 2010 Conference Update (Pat Crawford, IUG Vice Chair/Chair-Elect and IUG 2010 Program Committee Chair, Bryant University, Rhode Island)
2:15 Single Sign-On (Jen Fritz, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire)
In Fall 2008, Dartmouth College implemented Innovative's Single Sign-On product in their library catalog. Come listen to how the project came together, presented by the SSO project lead. Topics will include organizing the time-line, communicating with staff and users, and working with staff and committees to produce a successful roll-out of the SSO product.
PPT presentation - MyIUG login required
2:45 Implementing Encore at UNLV (Kristen Costello, University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
This session is a description of one academic library's journey with Encore from purchasing to implementation. I will describe some of the bumps along the way as well as the surprises and excitement of the new releases. The implementation of Encore made UNLV re-evaluate WebOPAC labels, scopes and more. I will also talk about recent patron usability testing as well as a staff survey of Encore and the results.
PPT presentation - MyIUG login required
3:15 Innovative Interfaces Update and Presentation (Betsy Graham, Vice President Product Management, Innovative Interfaces, Inc.)
Encore 4.0 is moving towards general release and the first version of the Encore Reporter is about to reach this status as well. We will discuss these products after a short company update. (Available on CSDirect.)
4:00 Implementing Research Pro (Richard Guajardo, University of Houston, Texas)
The University of Houston implemented Research Pro, a federated search tool, with 30 databases. A mix of general and subject specific databases were selected for our beta implementation of III's hosted service. We have databases organized by individual colleges on campus (College of Architecture, College of Business, etc.). Patrons can limit their searches as they desire, and they can also save their searches in My Millennium to run again later. Research Pro integrates well with the Encore discovery platform, but is also a stand-alone product.
PPT presentation - MyIUG login required
4:30 Digitization Projects on a Shoestring (Aimee Fifarek, Scottsdale Public Library, Arizona)
Scottsdale Public Library is using the web based ContentPro system to manage a growing digitization program with a only a small group of volunteers and an even smaller group of staff to oversee them. Aimee will discuss the current state of the program and how Scottsdale has used ContentPro’s features to make the digital content creation process as simple as possible.
PPT presentation - MyIUG login required