Exploring the "Open" Universe: A Librarian's Guide

4/6/2006
Hogan Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA

Morning speaker: Eric Lease Morgan, (Head of Digital Access and Information Architecture Department, University Libraries of Notre Dame):
The State of "Openness": Trends, Challenges and Opportunities of Working in "Open" Environments

Breakout sessions:
Amira Aaron (Manager, Digital Content and Access Services, Office for Information Systems, Harvard University Library): OpenURL: Implementation and Impact
Elizabeth B. Thomsen (Member Services Manager, NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange): Playing Tag: Cataloging by the Crowd
Ann Devenish (WHOAS Project Manager, MBLWHOI Library Data Library & Archives): Open Access to Science Content: A View from the ‘Hole’
Patrick Yott (Digital Initiatives Librarian, Center for Digital Initiatives, Brown University): Automating Metadata Creation with Open Source Software

Featured Professional Organization: NELA and NETSL - Matt Hall, NELA Membership Chair; Martha Rice Sanders, NETSL Membership Chair

Afternoon speaker: Kat Hagedorn, (OAIster/Metadata Harvesting Librarian, DLXS Bibliographic Class Coordinator, Digital Library Production Service, University of Michigan): The Open Archives Initiative and OAIster: Past, Present and Future