Information Technology Conference 2007

Nuts and Bolts: Implementing Web 2.0
October 12, 2007
Olin College, Needham, MA

Agenda
8:30am	Registration/Refreshments
9:00am	Welcome & Introductions - Nicholas Lux , IT Consultant, NELINET, Inc.
9:15am	Keynote: Technology Nuts and Bolts for a Smaller (Library) World Dianna Magnoni, Library/Knowledge Lab Director, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
10:00am	Nuts and Bolts or Stitches and Sutures: Web 2.0 in a Medical Library *Arlene Freed*, Assistant Director/Manager of Web-Based Resources, Hartford Hospital Health Science Libraries Arlene Freed, MLS, AHIP is Assistant Director/Manager of Web-Based Resources in the Hartford Hospital Health Science Libraries, Hartford Connecticut. Arlene graduated from Northeastern University and Southern Connecticut State University. She has worked in the Health Science Libraries for 16 years. There, Arlene worked in the Medical Library, The Robinson Nursing Library, the Gerontology Resource Center, she has been a Reference Librarian and the Education Librarian before managing the Libraries' web-based resources, including the Libraries' Intranet and Internet pages. Arlene has presented at professional meetings and has published in the Journal of Electronic Resources for Medical Libraries.
10:45am	Morning Break
11:00am	Going where they are: Developing an IM reference service & Catalog Widgets in Facebook Debbie Herman, Digital Resources Librarian, Central Connecticut State University Susan Slaga, Assistant Reference Librarian, Central Connecticut State University Debbie Herman is Digital Resources Librarian at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT. Debbie has been involved with library technology for the last decade and is a frequent presenter on topics ranging from web design and usability to Web 2.0. She holds an MLS from SUNY Buffalo and an MA in American Studies from Trinity College. Susan Slaga is an Assistant Reference Librarian at Central Connecticut State University where she teaches a one-credit information literacy class and has been involved with making online tutorials, assisting with the redesign and usability testing of the library website, and producing podcasts. She has been published in the report "Training College Students in Information Literacy" and the Encyclopedia of American Business. She received her MLIS from Simmons College, Boston, MA.
11:45pm	Lunch and Tours of Olin
1:15pm	Podcast Production Essentials Podcasting Resources *Thom Cox*, Lead Web Developer, Tisch Library, Tufts University Thom Cox is Lead Web Developer for the Tisch library at Tufts University where he leads the Web Team, the Web Resources Team, and the Usability Working Group. As producer of the Tisch Talks and LITS Training podcast series for the library, he brings wealth of experience to share to help others on their way to becoming a podcast producers.
2:00pm	Afternoon Break
2:15pm	LibGuides @ Boston College: A New Generation of Research Guides Ken Liss, Communication Librarian, Boston College Ken Liss, Communication Librarian at Boston College, has been the project leader for LibGuides @ BC. A librarian since 1992, he has led the development of new information and communication products and processes at BC and in previous positions at the Harvard Business School, the Kirstein Business Branch of the Boston Public Library, and Associated Grant Makers’ Resource Center for Philanthropy.
3:00pm	Closing Remarks

January 8, 2008

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