2011 ALAO Conference

Academic Library Association of Ohio

37th Annual Conference

Constant Change, Constant Opportunity

Toledo, Ohio @ Hilton Toledo

November 3rd- 4th 2011

http://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/conf2011 

ALAO Welcomes Keynote Speaker Steven J. Bell

The ALAO 2011 Conference features an opening keynote from Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian at Temple University and ACRL Vice-President/Present-Elect. His presentation,Change + Design = Innovation: Taking a Design Approach to Achieve Innovation From Change, will explore how academic librarians can apply a design approach, a process that designers use to identify problems and develop thoughtful solutions, in their libraries to stimulate ideation, innovation and implementation in times of constant change.

ALAO 2011 Conference lineup includes:

• Presentations, posters, and spotlight sessions, all centered on change in today’s academic libraries
• Vendor spotlights
• Lunch with colleagues
• Plenty of time for networking
• Much, much more!

Pre-Conference

Thursday, November 3, 2011 

The pre-conference includes an opening keynote delivered by Lauren Pressley, Instructional Design Librarian at Wake Forest University, entitled, “Change and Opportunities for Today’s Academic Libraries.” A panel discussion on ACRL’s The Value of Academic Libraries: A Comprehensive Research Review and Report features a panel of Ohio academic library leaders. Lunch and time for networking with colleagues is included in the preconference price.

Registration Now Open!

Save money with early bird registration, available now through September 24, 2011.

Register for the conference only, pre-conference only, or both conferences today. Special discount rates available for students, retirees and early registrants. Visit the conference registration page for more information.

ALAO Newsletter: June 2011

The ALAO Newsletter, Vol. 29, Number 2, is now available. This issue features:

• ALAO President's Report
• 2011 / 2012 ALAO Election Results
• Membership Announcements
• Diversity Scholarship Award Winner
• Interest Group Updates 

Special thanks to CMCIG chair Stephanie Bange for submitting a great CMCIG workshop wrap-up for the newsletter. 

"The 2011 CMCIG Spring Workshop was held at Wright State University, in the Charles & Renate Frydman Educational Resource Center (ERC). Sixteen attendees listened intently and participated in the workshop, themed “Local Resources and Collaborations”. Stephanie Bange, Director of the ERC, gave an overview of audiobooks, their usefulness in the classroom, audiobook evaluation and awards. She shared some anecdotes about her recent experience as a member of the 2011 Odyssey Award Committee and gave everyone 5 audiobooks to add to their library’s collections. The group headed over to WSU’s Bolinga Center, the home of the Virginia Hamilton & Arnold Adoff Resource Center. There, Dr. Dana Murray Patterson explained the history of the resource center, allowing everyone access to the collection — reference materials, personal readings and books written by Hamilton and Adoff — used by Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff to research information for their books. ThinkTV (Dayton area PBS station) Educational Projects and Services Manager Mary Anne Kirk talked about the free streaming video and teacher instructional materials available on local PBS websites. Such programs as “Our Ohio : Exploring Our Heritage” and “World War II : Exploring Your Local History”, streamed through ThinkTV, were highlighted. Mary Anne said that (hopefully) soon all the streaming programming available through individual PBS stations will be gathered into one umbrella website. A highlight of the tour of the ERC was the 3,000 item collection of the Dayton Holocaust Resource Center, available for loan to Ohio libraries through OhioLINK. In the afternoon, the group gathered at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, where we were given a docent-tour of the permanent exhibit “Prejudice & Memory” by Holocaust survivor Renate Frydman. At the conclusion of the business meeting, attendees were able to wander through the museum at their leisure." -- Stephanie Bange, Wright State University, Curriculum Materials Center Interest Group, ALAO Newsletter, 6/2/11

The ALAO Newsletter is available at http://newsletter.alaoweb.org/ and is published four times year.

CMCIG Workshop: Spring 2011

Many thanks to our workshop host, Stephanie Bange, Director of the Charles & Renate Frydman Educational Resource Center at Wright State University.  We had a wonderful time discussing Audio books & The Odyssey Award, touring the Virginia Hamilton & Adoff Resource Center at the Bolinga Black Cultural Center at Wright State University, learning more about local PBS resources and touring the ERC at Wright State.  A wonderful picnic lunch was followed by a tour of the "Prejudice and Memory" exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Air Force conducted by Renate Frydman, director of the Dayton Holocaust Resource Center. 

Take a few minutes to watch the Flikr slide show featuring pictures snapped during the day.

2011 CMCIG Spring Workshop

“Local Resources and Collaborations”
ALAO-Curriculum Materials Centers Interest Group

When? Friday, May 20, 2011 ~ 8:30 to 4:00

Where? Wright State University ~ Educational Resource Center

How can you locate and leverage local resources in your CMC? This workshop is for those interested in learning about resources readily available and inspiring partnerships and collaborations.

After a picnic lunch, we will tour the Holocaust Exhibit in the National Museum of the United States Air Force and see WSU’s active partnership with the Dayton Holocaust Resource Center.

Complete details, including travel information, session descriptions, and presenter bios, can be found on the CMCIG Events page.

Registration is $35 and includes continental breakfast, lunch, and museum fees. Questions? Please contact Stephanie Bange, stephanie.bange at wright.edu

TEDSIG Spring 2011 Workshop

ALAO TEDSIG  - Spring 2011 Workshop

May 27, 2011 - OhioNET, Columbus, OH

"Linked Data: Connecting Distributed Data across the Web"

Workshop Agenda / Details:

9:00-9:30 AM--Registration & Coffee

9:30-11:30 AM—What is Linked Data, and What Does It Mean for Libraries?Emily Nimsakont. Cataloging Librarian. Nebraska Library Commission.

11:30-Noon—Announcements

Noon-1:30 PM—Lunch (On your own)

1:30-2:30 PM—Linked Data Activities at OCLCRalph LeVan. Senior Research Scientist. OCLC Research. OCLC Inc.

2:30-2:45—Break

2:45-4:00—Non-Linear Thinking and New Media LiteracyJared Bendis. Creative Director New Media. Freedman Center. Kelvin Smith Library. Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, Ohio

Linked Data is about using the Web to connect related data that wasn’t previously linked, or using the Web to lower the barriers to linking data currently linked using other methods. More specifically, Wikipedia defines Linked Data as "a term used to describe a recommended best practice for exposing, sharing, and connecting pieces of data, information, and knowledge on the Semantic Web using URIs and RDF."

Registration is now open, visit the ALAO TEDSIG workshop web site.
Registration: $50.00. Student $25.00. Deadline: May 20, 2010

* Announcement origin: ALAO List Serv, 4/21/11