Received: from eagle.calstatela.edu ([130.182.1.1]) by exchange.calstatela.edu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id PVZ9DRVM; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:49:12 -0700 Received: from ra.lib.uci.edu (ra.lib.uci.edu [128.200.103.6]) by eagle.calstatela.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA03618; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:51:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cwomack@localhost) by ra.lib.uci.edu (8.9.3/) with ESMTP id KAA30074; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:51:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:51:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Carol Womack To: Kimberly Franklin cc: Michael Oppenheim , CARL 2000 Planning Committee -- Ann Ward , Deborah Schaeffer , Elizabeth Housewright , John McGinnis , Jose De Jesus Perez , Linda Muroi , Linda Salem , Manuel Urrizola , Nancy Koller , Patricia Burson , Pauline Manaka , Steve Sottong , Tiffini Travis , ssotton@yahoo.com, Joy Thomas Subject: Re: Reply: drumming up business (fwd) In-Reply-To: <397EAA8E.819EA163@rocky.claremont.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Kim, This looks great!!=20 Please send the message to Ron (so that your name appears on the message!) Pauline will also have our panel speaker bios to send to the list. Thank you! Carol On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Kimberly Franklin wrote: > Pauline and Carol, you may already have something, but here's my draft. = As of this > morning, Sally and Sheri have changed their talk (still on the conference= theme, > though) after some late brainstorming in response to my speaker message l= ast week. > Those changes are included here. Since preconference content is already = on the web, > we can focus the message on breakouts and poster sessions since that's s= omething > people really want to know about. Let me know what you think; this shoul= d go out > today. If we agree on the wording, I will be happy to send this to Ron > Rodriguez. I'll be glad to post to lists that Michael has suggested, but= if any of > you are already subscribers, it may be easier for you to post. Kim > ___________________________________________________________________ > CARL Colleagues, >=20 > It is not too late to take advantage of Early Bird Registration for the 8= th Annual > CARL Conference, "Librarians aRe Us: Images and Realities". Your Registr= ation with > a check must be **POSTMARKED** by Tuesday, August 1. For your reference,= the > conference web address is http://mimas.calstatela.edu/library/CARL/. >=20 > In addition to plenary and poster sessions, Friday and Saturday feature c= oncurrent > breakout sessions on some very exciting topics. They include: >=20 > Friday, 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. > **Reference Desk Live: Successes and Failures at the Reference Desk (2 ho= urs)** > Despite all of the technological and environmental changes taking place i= n today's > academic libraries, the core of > reference service remains the interaction between the librarian and the p= atron. > Effective reference interviewing skills are > essential to the success of the reference transaction. Join your referen= ce > colleagues as we play out some sample > reference transactions in a mythical college library. This program is bo= th humorous > and instructive and should help you > refine your reference interview skills. >=20 > Presenter: David Tyckoson, Head, Reference Department, California State U= niversity > Fresno >=20 > **Paraprofessionals: Roles, Structures & Organization Within the Library = and the > Profession** > This session takes an insightful look at the critical role of support sta= ff, with an > emphasis on new responsibilities in > administration, project development and other areas previously considered > "librarian's work." We will examine the > transition from library assistant to librarian, and efforts to diversify = the > profession. >=20 > Presenters: Kathleen Messer, Document Delivery Services, San Francisco St= ate > University; Clara M. Chu, Ph.D., > Associate Professor, Department of Information Studies, University of Cal= ifornia Los > Angeles; Ed Martinez, Public > Access Librarian, El Camino College; Charlie Fox, Editor, Library Mosaics >=20 > **Invisible Librarians for Invisible Patrons: Remote Access to Electronic= Journals > ** > An enlightening panel discussion on the challenges of managing electronic= journals, > including those in aggregator > databases. Panelists will discuss: (1) impact on acquisitions (print vs. > electronic) and collection development (selection > and archiving, subscription vs. aggregator); (2) perspectives from publis= hers and > vendors; (3) access solutions (OPAC or > web page); (4) implications for reference librarians and patrons. >=20 > Presenters: Jina Wakimoto, Librarian, California State University Northri= dge; > Kathryn Kjaer, Acting Department Head, > Science Library, University of California Irvine; Kittie Henderson, Acade= mic > Representative, EBSCO Information > Services. Coordinated by the Southern California Technical Processes Gro= up. >=20 > Friday, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. > **Everyone Can See What's on Your Screen: Using Classroom Control Systems= in the > Hands-On BI Classroom** > With the touch of a button, classroom control systems allow an instructor= to control > everything from screen displays to > lights and window coverings. We will explore the implications of using s= uch systems > in a hands-on bibliographic > instruction classroom. Do these systems improve the quality of instructio= n for > students and the instructor? In what ways > do they impact the librarian's role and image as teacher? >=20 > Presenters: Gale Burrow, Kimberly Franklin, Carrie Marsh, Amy Wallace, Th= e Claremont > Colleges >=20 > **The Road Less Traveled: Expanding Librarian Horizons and Images** > Although the situation is changing, librarians still suffer from the imag= e problem > of a profession comprised of individuals > who only catalog and check out books, work at reference desks, and reboot= computers, > all within the safe confines of the > library. To expand these narrowly perceived images we need to follow diff= erent paths > to expand our horizons. For > example, by participating as instructors in institutional programs other = than > traditional library instruction programs, > librarians can not only increase their visibility within their campus com= munities, > but can also enhance their working > relationships with colleagues and students, fostering mutual respect and > appreciation. The satisfaction comes from > knowing we are making a difference and are part of something larger than = the > library. The presenters, both key players in > on-campus instructional programs administered outside their respective in= stitution's > libraries, will discuss their experiences > on the "road less traveled" and how they were able to transfer their core > professional knowledge and skills to programs > outside the library. Expanding our images depends on expanding our horizo= ns and the > paths we follow, even if some lead > to detours or dead ends. What to bring? A healthy dose of enthusiasm, ene= rgy, and > endurance is strongly recommended. >=20 > Presenters: Bruce Harley, Associate Librarian, San Diego State University= and Sarah > Blakeslee, Information > Literacy/Instruction Librarian, California State University Chico >=20 > Saturday, 10:45 - 12:00 p.m. > **High and Low: Images of Libraries and Are They Us?** > It is said that academic libraries are undergoing a profound soul searchi= ng for > goals and visions because of the effects of > technology and the changing nature of disciplinary research. The organiz= ers of this > breakout session would like to pose to > the participants a more fundamental problem - that of libraries' ambiguou= s position > within our culture. This discussion > with the audience will center around the concepts of "High" and "Low" cul= ture, > borrowed from debates in art history. > Libraries are either satirized as vessels of minutely classified informat= ion with > troglodytes servicing the "god of > classification", or are seen as elite (and elitist) institutions, too int= ellectual > to be of broad cultural interest, and yet somehow > imperceptibly important. >=20 > Presenters: Ruth Wallach, Head, Architecture and Fine Arts Library and Sa= rah > McDaniel, Instructional Services > Coordinator, University of Southern California >=20 > **The Reality is Change: Image Will Follow** > New opportunities creating new images abound in this era of change. Libr= arians need > to actively seek these opportunities, appreciate how their current skill = sets apply, > and be bold in borrowing or acquiring additional expertise. Two libraria= ns will > discuss their experiences discovering and developing some of these new op= portunities > in the expanding boundaries of the profession. >=20 > Presenters: Sally McCoy, Owner, Libraries in Touch and Sheri D. Irvin, Ar= chivist, > California State University Fullerton >=20 > Sally McCoy has held a variety of library positions Orange and Riverside = Counties. > She has worked in circulation, acquisitions and systems and has managed g= rants in > training and technology. In 1999 she started her own business, Libraries = In Touch, > which brings professional development training to the local library commu= nity. > Sally's career objectives are to assist in providing the continuing educa= tion > necessary to help librarians and library staff prepare for ongoing change= s in > information technologies, thereby allowing them to give the highest quali= ty service > to their students, patrons or clients. Sally received her MLS from San Jo= se State > University, School of Library and Information Science, Southern Californi= a Program. >=20 > Sheri D. Irvin currently works as archivist in the Oral History Departmen= t, > California State University Fullerton, and is an Information Literacy Con= sultant for > the Anaheim City School District. Throughout the last 23 years she has wo= rked in a > variety of libraries and information settings including academic (Claremo= nt > Colleges, CSU Fullerton, and Glendale Community College), public (Riversi= de Public > Library=92s Eastside Cybrary), school (Anaheim City School District), and= part time > faculty for the M.L.I.S program San Jose State University teaching a cour= se titled > =93The Internet and Libraries.=94 She has served on CLA=92s task force = =93The Future of the > Library Profession=94 and is Chair of the Library History Round Table. Sh= e is also > co-author of two articles=97the most recent titled =93At the Pleasure of = the board: > Women Librarians and the Los Angeles Public Library, 1880-1905,=94 in Lib= raries & > Culture 34:4, Fall 1999. She has an undergraduate degree in English Liter= ature from > the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.L.I.S from San Jose= State > University. >=20 > **Everything You've Always Wanted To Know About Non-print Media But Were = Afraid To > Ask** > Join two librarians with extensive experience in developing and managing = non-print > collections as they discuss patron > needs, selection, acquisition, cataloging, preservation and maintenance i= ssues. > This session is sure to appeal to seasoned > media librarians and novices alike. > Ellen Broidy will speak to collection development in a particularly dynam= ic/fluid > moment for film studies programs. As > programs evolve from traditional concentration on close reading of film o= r strict > analysis of auteur, etc. and embrace the > far broader and more interdisciplinary fields of visual studies or cultu= ral > studies, and with it a greater reliance on theory > (psychoanalytic, marxist, feminist, postcolonial), bibliographers have ne= eded to > adjust both their understanding(s) of the > discipline/interdiscipline and their ideas about building collections to = support > it/them. >=20 > Presenters: John Hickok, Audiovisual & Curriculum Materials Center > Librarian,California State University Fullerton and > Ellen Broidy, History, Film Studies, Classics and African American Studie= s > Librarian, University of California Irvine >=20 > -- > Kimberly Franklin > Reference Librarian > The Libraries of the Claremont Colleges > Phone(909)607-7956 Fax(909)607-8785 > kfranklin@rocky.claremont.edu >=20 >=20