Know before you go...

The Colorado Academic Library Summit 2007 is only a week away! Here are some things to know before the conference:


1. New Thursday activity added: Wildflower Hike

Join naturalist and librarian Jan Loechell Turner for a wildflower hike in beautiful Red Rocks Park on Thursday, May 31, from 1:00 –3:00 p.m. Hikers should meet at 12:45 PM at the Red Rocks Trading Post; those wishing to carpool from the Sheraton Denver West should meet in the hotel lobby at 12:30 PM. More details contact Robin rdean@clicweb.org


2. Conference Location

The conference will be held on the second floor of the Sheraton Denver West, 360 Union Boulevard, Lakewood, CO. Please proceed to the second floor of the hotel for registration and detailed conference information.


3. Thursday program

The Thursday keynote by Carie Windham begins at 4:00 PM. Following the keynote, there will be a complimentary reception in the City Lights room from 5:00-6:30 PM. At registration, you will also be able to sign up for networking dinners with colleagues Thursday night after the reception.


4. Friday Program

On Friday, registration and breakfast begin at 8:00 AM; the welcome and keynote speech by Joan Lippincott starts at 8:30 AM.



5. More Information

Program information and much more can be found on the CALC web site:
http://clicweb.org/calc2007/



Let us know if you have any questions about the conference. We’ll see you there!




Robin Dean
Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC)
770 W. Hampden Ave Ste. 340
Englewood, CO 80110
Phone: 303-422-1150
Toll-Free: 888-206-2695
Fax: 303-431-9752
Email: rdean@clicweb.org


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Relax and Smell the Wildflowers

Hi Everyone. Lest you think the Summit will be all work and no play, I wanted to remind you that Jan Loechell Turner, naturalist and librarian from Regis University, will be leading a Wildflower Hike through Red Rocks Park on Thursday afternoon from 1 to 3. Read more at the Summit Website: http://www.clicweb.org/calc2007/Wildflower Hike.pdf
Map to Red Rocks Park: http://www.clicweb.org/calc2007/Red Rocks_Map.pdf

We have 180 people registered!

See you next week,
Rhonda

Hot Off the Press from Carie Windham - Keynote Speaker

Hi Everyone,

Don't miss the new article just published in the May/June 2007 issue of EDUCAUSE Review by our keynote speaker, Carie Windham. In Confessions of a Podcast Junkie, Carie talks about her experiences in the "real world" as a student with podcasting and also provides recommendations for institutions of higher education to promote and use podcasting. http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0732.pdf

See you at the Summit!

Rhonda
http://rhondagonzales.wordpress.com/

Relax, spend the night and help CALC/CLiC

Hotel rooms are still available for the CALC Summit which you have registered for. CLiC has arranged a special rate of $99 for Thursday night and you can get this rate by going to the CALC website and clicking on the hotel link, http://www.clicweb.org/calc2007/index.html



The deadline for getting the discounted rate is this Friday, May 11th. CliC had to commit financially to get this discounted rate (and we have only booked about half the rooms we need) so please consider staying for Thursday night and make sure you book through the above link. Thanks!

SITES FOR INSIGHTS INTO CHANGING CULTURES

Being librarians we are inclined to create bibliographies. So here are "a few" sites that you might want to read before the Summit to give you some insight into Library 2.0. If you have other sites that might be of interest please add a comment. ~~ Beth Avery


Abraham, Stephen.. The Social Library 2020: 2.0 in Action. SirsiDynix Institute. January 20, 2007.


Abraham, Stephen. 25 Technologies in 50 Minutes. SisriDynix Institute. November 14, 2006.


Fitcher, Darelne. Using wikis to support online collaboration in libraries.(WikiWikiWeb). Information Outlook 10(1):30-31.

Fisch, Karl. Did You Know?

Foster, Andrea. Information Navigation 101. Chronicle of Higher Education 53(27).

Herzog, Susan. BlogBib: an Annotated Bibliographyon Weblogs and Blogging with a Focus on Library/Librarian Blogs.

Maness, Jack. M. Library 2.0 Theory: Web 2.00 and its Implications for Libraries. Webology 3(2), June 2006.

McDonald, Robert H. and Chuck Thomas. 2006. Disconnects Between Library Culture and Millennial Generation Values Educause Quarterly 29(4)

Morris, Sharon. Keeping Up with Technology Resources for Library Staff.

Radford, Marie L. and Lynn Silipigni Connaway. “Expect the Unexpected: Urban Screenagers’ Communication and Information-seeking Preferences.” Presented at the National Communication Association preconvention seminar, “Urban Communication: Creating Sites for Connection and Action,” 15 November 2006, San Antonio, Texas.

Social Tagging @ Harvard: A Del.ici.ous Alternative or Passing Flickr?

Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us.

Wilder, Stanley Wilder. The New Library Professional. Chronicle of Higher Education February 20, 2007.

McLib TV

Did you ever wonder how different libraries are using YouTube to promote their services? Take a look at this video. I was amazed! The folks from McCracken County Public Library have actually created a TV branch for their library. With grant funding, they purchased equipment and now they create, produce, and host programming on the a local cable TV channel. Their website is really nice too! Kudos to McCraken!

ACRL Webcast will help you build a library 2.0 game plan

Want to get started thinking about the changing culture? Here's and interesting program that promises to provide some insights. Based on what Institute of Industrial Relations Library, at the University of California, Berkeley has done.

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Practical Strategies for Building a Library 2.0 Game Plan
Webcast Date: May 14, 2007

Webcast Time: 11:00 a.m. Pacific, 1:00 p.m. Central, 2:00 p.m. Eastern Length: 1.5 hours "Practical Strategies for Building a Library 2.0 Game Plan" will help you get started with building a library 2.0 strategy for your library. Past ACRL Webcaster Terry Huwe will describe long-term strategic plans used to "enliven" the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) Library, even as Library 2.0 began to gain momentum. During 2005-2006, IRLE deepened its blogging activity, launched wikis, created a new Virtual Private Network, and more. At the same time IRLE funded the creation of a new, state-of-the-art Library Commons as well as major digitization initiatives. Throughout these processes, the Library organized to "take" services to the populations it wanted to reach. Huwe will outline the practical steps that led to this robust set of Library 2.0 strategies, focusing on both technological and interpersonal skills.
Terry Huwe, director of library and information resources at the Institute of Industrial Relations Library, at the University of California, Berkeley, will lead the Webcast. Terry oversees print collections and all Web administration for the Institute, in addition to managing the production of the Institute's eScholarship working papers. He is a frequent presenter at Internet Librarian USA, Internet Librarian International (London) and Computers in Libraries (Washington, DC).
Registration is limited to 60. ACRL and ALA members receive a registration discount. A group registration rate is also available. For complete information, including a link to registration, go to: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/lib20.htm RegistrationACRL member: $50ALA member: $75CACUL member: Can$90 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)Nonmember: $90Student: $40Group: $295
(ALA members and nonmembers with an existing account will need to use their login and password to register. New users will be asked to create a user account before registering.) ************************************************ACRL is a division of the American Library Association, representing 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals. ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.

CALC Workshop Application for Financial Support

CALC Workshop Application for Financial Support

CLiC is offering five (5) individuals [in Colorado only] a chance to earn $200 to help defray expenses by assisting us at the CALC Sumitt event May 31 - June 1 . Selection will be based on a random drawing. To apply go to http://clicweb.org/calc2007/WorkshopSubsidy.php. It's a simple three step process.

Registration for CALC Summit Now Available

Welcome Back from Spring Break and/or ACRL! Now is the time to register for the 2007 CALC Summit.

Register at http://www.clicweb.org/calc2007/registration.html


Conference Flyer

Some things never change

If you think all this new technology is confusing and you'll never get used to it, check this out and you'll see "some things never change"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRjVeRbhtRU&NR

Deadline for Proposals Extended

You're in luck. The deadline has been extended until
February 14, 2007!

Rhonda

Call for Proposals

Colorado Academic Library Summit 2007

Call for Proposals

Due date for proposals is February 5, 2007

The Colorado Academic Library Summit planning committee seeks proposals for high quality concurrent sessions and digital poster sessions for the Colorado Academic Library Summit 2007. The Summit is jointly sponsored by CALC, CoALA, CLiC, CSL and BCR and will be held at the Sheraton Denver West Hotel (6^th Ave & Union) on May 31-June 1, 2007.

Theme: Changing Cultures: Collaborations, Social Networking and New Technologies

The planning committee is seeking presentations that highlight the changing culture and values of library staff; the implementation and potential of social computing tools and emerging technologies; and reaching out to the new generation of patrons. Proposals should address one of the following three tracks:

Track 1: Changing Culture and Values of Library Organizations and Staff

If libraries are to embrace Library 2.0 and the many changes it means to library services and organization, we need to create dynamic organizations that can anticipate, manage and cope well with these changes. Track 1 will deal with identifying Library Culture 2.0; generational, motivational, and background differences among library staff and library patrons; encouraging the use of changing technologies and information access tools; advancing and administering successful succession planning; developing a vision of future library work force talents and training needs.

Track 2: Changing tools

Rapidly evolving technologies are facilitating new communication and interaction between libraries and their external communities. These tools allow librarians to offer services and resources in new ways or in new environments. Track 2 will explore areas of emerging technology within a library services context; integrating libraries into course management environments; Library 2.0 tools, communication and interaction; social computing and patron-centered environments; personal broadcasting (blogs, podcasting, etc.); cell phone and PDA accessible content and services; educational gaming and the library; augmented reality and enhanced visualization environments; context-aware environments or devices; and institutional repositories – trends and realities

Track 3: Outreach

The success of the academic library depends on understanding changing needs and expectations of its users. Track 3 will address a number of topics concerning library outreach in a changing culture: promotion and marketing of library resources and services to new clientele; developing and redesigning library services for a new generation; understanding and embracing new modes of scholarly communication; library outreach to a new generation of university faculty; using new technologies (including course management software) for library services and promotion.

Digital Poster Sessions

Want to share your innovative program with your colleagues, now is your chance—submit your idea for a digital poster session. Here’s the opportunity to demonstrate innovative uses to new technology in teaching and learning—are you using a blog or wiki in library instruction; are you incorporating digital special collections/archival resources into classroom individual instruction; have cell phone delivery been tested on your campus? Are you offering a multi-media lab for student use? We’ll have 6 digital poster sessions for you to share your innovations with your colleagues.

Table Topics

Lunch will include discussion topics at specific tables. These topics will be tied to the three themes described above. If you are interested in leading a discussion, please submit your name, topic title, and brief topic description per the instructions listed below.

Presentations for the concurrent sessions will be 1 hour in length and may include multiple presenters. There will be a total of 15 presentations in one of three time slots. To submit a proposal, send the following information via email:

• Title of presentation, table topic or poster session (specify)
• Abstract and brief outline (200 words max)
• Brief biographical information
• Full contact information

Submit proposals by February 5, 2007, to Rhonda Gonzales rhonda.gonzales@colostate-pueblo.edu You’ll be notified about the status of your proposal by February 19, 2007.