MLW '07 Conference Agenda

 

 

Sunday, December 2, 2007

 

 

1300 – 1700    Air Force Steering Committee

 

1800 – 2000    MLW Board Meeting Sponsored by Swets Information Services

 

Monday, December 3, 2007

 

 

0800 - 1700     Air Force Steering Committee, Navy and Army Library Steering Committee meetings

 

0800 - 1600     Hosted Beverage Service - Sponsored by Newsbank

 

1200 - 1330     Badge Pick-Up (Pre registered ONLY)

 

1300 - 1700     DOD / Intelligence Community Meeting

 

1630 - 1730     Registration       

 

1730 - 2000     Welcome Reception and Opening of the Exhibits

 

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

 

Sponsored by Elsevier

 

 

0730 - 0900     Registration

 

0730 – 1630    Exhibits

 

0730 – 0830    Hot Breakfast Buffet - Meet and greet new MLW attendees & DMIL members Sponsored by MyiLibrary- Ingram Digital Group

 

0845 – 0915    Army Report - M. Ann Parham, Librarian of the Army

 

0915 – 1015    COL Timothy Reese- Director, Combat Studies Institute, Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas – The Combat Studies Institute (CSI) is a military history 'think tank' which produces timely and relevant military history research publications and contemporary operational history for the U.S. Army. CSI also conducts battlefield staff rides and provides other types of educational and historical support to Army units and commands upon request. COL Reese will speak about the The Operational Leadership Experience Project.  Ths mission of the project is to capture the operational experience. The goal is to interview at least 300 Command and General Staff College (CGSC) students, faculty, and others

 

1015 – 1030    Morning Break - Sponsored by Comex

 

1030 – 1140    Vendor Updates - Vendors have 2 minutes to present their company's latest information so you know what to look for in their exhibits.

 

1140 – 1200    DOD/DTIC Report - Carol Jacobson, Acting Director, DTIC

 

1200 – 1315    Lunch with our Sponsors – Sponsored by LexisNexis

 

1315 – 1335    Welcome Address 

 

1335 – 1400    Afternoon Break - Sponsored by OCLC

 

1400 – 1415    Board first bus for the Liberty Memorial Tour

 

1430 – 1700    National WWI Museum at Liberty Memorial  - Jonathan Casey, Museum Archivist at National WWI Museum.  Sponsored by Bureau of National Affairs

The Liberty Memorial opened on November 11, 1926, eight years after the end of the War and has remained faithful to the initial objective: to collect, preserve and interpret the physical objects of World War One. The National WWI Museum is acknowledged as the only public museum in the United States dedicated solely to the history of World War One.  Jonathan manages the Museum's Research Center and welcomes everyone to use the Research Library, which is available during operating hours on a walk in basis. Researchers wanting to use primary source archival material are asked to make an appointment with Jonathan.   Invaluable information for librarians to understand what is available in this one of a kind museum.  www.nwwone.org    

 

1700 – 1715    Board bus for hotel

 

1800 -              SOLD OUT!!!  Jazz Crawl - Jazzin' up the Town!  Get ready to experience a feel for the history and tradition that lives on in the swingin' jazz clubs of Kansas City. First you will be served an authentic KC barbeque dinner at the historical Mutual Musicians Foundation building. Then our host will provide transportation to a few of KC's hottest jazz clubs. Come see the place where Jazz grew up!  Limited number of seats on the bus, so sign up early!  Transportation sponsored by Baker & Taylor

 

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

 

Sponsored by Springer

 

 

0730 – 0900    Registration

 

0730 – 1500    Exhibits open

 

0730 – 0830    Hot Breakfast Buffet - Sponsored by Gale

 

0830 – 0840    Announcements

 

0840 – 0900    FEDLINK Report - Roberta I. Shaffer, Executive Director, FLICC/FEDLINK

 

0900 – 1030   Dr. Lee Bolman - The Wizard and the Warrior.  Lee G. Bolman, Ph.D., is an author, scholar, consultant and lecturer who currently holds the Marion Bloch Missouri Chair in Leadership at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He has written numerous books on leadership and organizations. His latest book is The Wizard and Warrior: Leading with Passion and Power, of which he co-authored with T.E. Deal. Dr. Bolman consults and lectures worldwide to corporations, public agencies, universities and schools. Time will be available for questions and answers.  Dr. Bolman's website

 

1030 – 1045    Morning Break - Sponsored by Wiley

 

1045 – 1215    Mr. Steve Davis - Experiential Learning in Education of the Military.   Mr. Davis is the Director of the DLDC (Digital Leader Development Center) at the Army's Command and General Staff College.

 

1215 – 1315    Lunch with our Sponsors – Sponsored by Safari Books Online

 

1315 – 1320    Announcements

 

 

1320 – 1430  Mr. Edward Metz - "Google Tools and your Library - the Possibilities are Exponential".

As libraries become increasingly “as much about bytes as they are about books” it’s important for us and our patrons to stay abreast of the latest web tools and their steady stream of enhancements. Google has reached out to the library community in recent months in an effort to demonstrate how their tools can be used by us to help make our resources more universally accessible. This brief survey of some of Google’s latest services and enhancements will cover Google Scholar’s Library Linking Program, Google Alerts, Google Gadgets, Google Books’ My Library feature and Google Alerts.

 

                  

                       Mr. John Dubuisson - “Outreach Services for Military Libraries”. 

                       Join the CARL's John Dubuisson for a presentation on outreach services for military librarians, particulary those serving in libraries with

                       an academic mission.  Topics covered include:  basic outreach strategies, brown bag sessions, cost-effective advertising ideas, web-

                       based services, and promotional materials.

 

1430 - 1500     Afternoon Break - Sponsored by WT Cox

 

1500 – 1700    Concurrent Sessions

The Hollywood Librarian: Librarians in Cinema and Society -  A special screening of Ms. Ann Seidl’s film “The Hollywood Librarian: Librarians in Cinema and Society”. The documentary is the first full-length film to focus on the work and lives of librarians in American movies. Ms. Seidl has spoken at annual library conferences in more than 10 states and Canada about the documentary.  Time will be available for Q&A with Ms. Seidl. www.hollywoodlibrarian.com

 

Poster Sessions will be running concurrently with the screening of the film. MLW 2007 Poster Session Application.doc 

poster session MLW.doc

 

1700 -              Announcements

 

1800                MLW Banquet with special guests - Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum - "Unshelved" Sponsored by Thomson West.  

                         "A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Library" –What possessed Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum to write a comic strip about a library? And how do they keep tens of thousand of librarians around the globe laughing every day? Visit www.unshelved.com to find out what everyone's talking about, and then  come to the banquet to hear Bill and Gene discuss what makes libraries so darned funny.

 

 

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Sponsored by Jane’s

 

 

0730 - 0900     Registration

                        No exhibits

 

0730 – 0845    Hot Breakfast Buffet - Sponsored Praeger Security International/Greenwood Publishers

 

0730 – 1000    MECC-LWG meeting

 

0845 – 0900    Announcements

 

0900 – 1015    Mr. Andrew K. Pace - is Head of Information Technology at NCSU Libraries, where he has participated in several successful initiatives, including ILS migration, web interface design, and served as project manager for development of NCSU Libraries' ERM system and faceted browse (Endeca) online catalog.  Prior to NCSU, Pace was a product manager for library vendor, Innovative Interfaces.  Pace recently completed a term as at-large member of the LITA Board and was recently elected Vice President/President Elect.  Pace is a frequent speaker and writer on several library topics. He is the "Technically Speaking" columnist and "Hectic Pace" blogger for American Libraries magazine.  Time will be available for questions and answers. Andrew Pace's Blog

 

1015 – 1045    Morning Break - Sponsored by Ebsco Subscription Services

 

1045 – 1200    Digitization Panel – Barbara Fullerton, Andrew Pace and Greta Marlatt.  Have your questions answered regarding the future direction of digital records and repositories by experts in the field.  Greta Marlatt will brief issues around the Homeland Security Digital Library.

 

1200 – 1330    MLW Luncheon & MLD Business Meeting  -  Sponsored by Thomson Scientific & Dialog

 

1340 -  1400     Navy Report - James King, Naval Research Laboratory

 

1400 – 1420     Air Force Report - Margie Buchanan, Director, Air Force Library Program

 

1420 – 1530     Barbara Fullerton, Manager, Librarian Relations, 10-K Wizard.   60 Gadgets in 60 Minutes.   http://handheldlib.blogspot.com/

 

1530 – 1545    Preview of MLW 2008 and closing ceremonies

 

1545                Afternoon Break - Sponsored by Florida Library Designs/Southeast Storage Solutions

 

 

1600 – 1730    MLW Lessons Learned Sponsored by Morningstar - MLD Officers & Workshop Planners - Signboard I

 

1800                Dine-Arounds

 

 

Friday, December 7, 2007

 

 

0730  - 1000    Breakfast on the go Sponsored by Knovel

Tours Sponsored by Recorded Books

 

 

0830 - Option 1:

Truman Presidential Museum and Library - Speaker and tour.

Lunch on your own at the Ameristar

Arabia Steamboat Museum

 

Return time to the hotel for option 1 is expected to be around 1700.

 

0800 - Option 2:

Fort Leavenworth

Combined Arms Research Library

Fort Leavenworth Frontier Museum

Lewis and Clark Center

Lunch will be provided by the CGSC Foundation .

 

Picture ID is required for the Fort Leavenworth tour.

 

Return time to the hotel for option 2 is expected to be around 1330.

 

Estimated travel time between the hotel and the airport is 30 minutes

 

 

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