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September 27-28, 2007

Denver Public Library – Central Library


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Schedule

Thursday, September 27, 2007
Pre-function Area
B2 Room
Training Room
8:00-8:30 Registration, Networking & Continental Breakfast 
8:30-8:45   Welcome - Gene Hainer, State Librarian  
8:45-9:00   Welcome - Shirley Amore, DPL Director  
9:00-10:15   Keynote - Surfs Up: Marketing Databases to Your Community  
10:15-10:45 Break    
10:45-12:00   Shelling out the Benjamins: Working with Other Colorado Libraries and Organizations to Buy Databases Spotting a Shweet Set: Tips and Tricks for Selecting a Database
12:00-1:00 Lunch  
1:00-2:15   Hang Loose: Librarians Share their Database Experiences Making the Deal with the Man: Negotiation and Licensing Skills
2:15-2:35 Break    
2:35-3:50 Vendors available  Technology X-Factor: Technologies that Make Using Databases Easier Tide Reports: Measuring Database Usage
3:50-5:50 Reception - Vendors available Reception - Vendors available  
    
    
Friday, September 28, 2007
Pre-function Area
B2
Training Room
8:00-9:00 Registration, Networking & Continental Breakfast   
8:30-8:50   OCLC  
9:00-9:25   EBSCO NewsBank
9:35-10:00   Thomson Gale Rosen
10:10-10:35   H.W. Wilson Learning Express
10:35-11:00 Break    
11:00-11:25   ProQuest Scholastic-Grolier
11:35-12:00   World Book Greenwood Publishing
12:00-12:45 Lunch Lunch  
12:45-2:00   What do you Need to Stock Your Rig? Needs Assessment It's All Good: Using Databases as a Collaboration Tool
2:00-2:20 Break    
2:20-3:35   Shelling out the Benjamins:Working with Other Colorado Libraries and Organizations to Buy Databases Tide Reports: Measuring Database Usage
3:35-3:50    Wrap-up Wrap-up

 

Session Descriptions

Session

Description

Suggested Presenter

Session Coordinator

Surf’s Up: Marketing Databases to Your Community

In this keynote session strategies of what you can do to market online databases effectively to your community will be addressed. This includes looking at how the characteristics of a database, your organization, and your community can impact your marketing strategy.

Rick Cline – UEN

Lisa Priebe

Technology X-Factor: Technologies that Make Using Databases Easier

This session explores Federated Searching, open access, link resolvers, open WorldCat,  Access My Library, Google Scholar, (ERM) etc.  Looking for real world examples.

Heather Clark, BCR

 

Gillian Harrison

It’s All Good: Using Databases as a Collaboration Tool

We can all use more reasons to collaborate with our library neighbors.  Learn how a library uses databases as a collaboration tool. You can try it too!

Westminster Public & FRCC (Veronica Smith)

 

Lisa Priebe

What do you Need to Stock Your Rig?  Needs Assessment

 

Nancy White – Academy 20 School District

Mark Ferguson

Spotting a Shweet Set: Tips and Tricks for Selecting a Database

Learn how to select and compare database content.  How do you know what’s best for your community? 

Rose Nelson, Alliance
Mark Ferguson, CCS (Goldrush)

Rose Nelson

 

Making the Deal with the Man:  Negotiation and Licensing Skills

You’ve selected a database and now it’s time to get serious with the vendor.  Learn about licensing issues, auto renewals, and contract negotiations.

Terry Leopold, Alliance
Gillian Harrison, BCR

Terry & Gillian

Shelling out the Benjamins: Working with Other Colorado Libraries and Organizations to Buy Databases

What do Colorado Alliance, BCR, CLiC, and AIRS have to offer libraries when it comes to database cooperative purchasing?  What steps should you consider when selecting a database for purchase.

Terry Leopold, Alliance
Gillian Harrison, BCR
Lisa Priebe, CliC
Jim Duncan, AIRS

Lisa Priebe

Tide Reports: Measuring Database Usage

Frustrated by your database usage?  This session will share ways to measure and analyze your statistics correctly & discuss when it’s time to deselect.

Michelle Jeske, DPL
Gwen Giddens, Colorado Springs School  District  11

Mark Ferguson

Hang Loose: Librarians Share their Database Experiences

Librarians will discuss their successes and challenges in having databases as part of the collection.

Jane Besel – Trinidad Public Library
 Wyne Cler - Graland Country Day School 
Cathy Bosley, Fort Morgan
Shelley Walchak - moderator

 

 

Lisa Priebe

 

 

 

 


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