Carol Pitts Diedrichs is Dean of Libraries, William T. Young Endowed Chair at the University of Kentucky. From 1987 to 2003, she served in various positions at The Ohio State University Libraries including most recently, Assistant Director for Technical Services and Collections. She is active in ALA and NASIG and is currently serving as President of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association focused on collections and technical services. In addition, she served as editor-in-chief of the journal, Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services from 1990 through 2003. She is a frequent speaker and author of numerous articles. Recent publications include: "Rethinking and Transforming Acquisitions: The Acquisitions Librarian's Perspective," Library Resources and Technical Services 42, no. 2 (1998); "Using Automation in Technical Services to Foster Innovation," Journal of Academic Librarianship 24, no 2 (March 1998); "E Journals: The OhioLINK Experience," Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services 25, no. 2 (2001); and "Designing and Implementing a Consortial Approval Plan: The OhioLINK Experience," Collection Management 24, no. 1/2 (2000).

On the library education front, Carol was an adjunct faculty member with the Kent State University School of Library and Information Science Columbus Program. While in Ohio, she was actively involved in the founding stages of the OhioLINK Consortium. She is the 1991 recipient of the Esther J. Piercy Award and the 1999 Leadership in Acquisitions Award, both from the American Library Association's Association of Library Collections and Technical Services.

• Session A1: An Automated Approach to Collection Development Fund Allocations. / Jubilee A
  In academic libraries, allocating the materials budget is both a fiscal and a political process. Faculty are wary at best about how funds get distributed to purchase materials in the various disciplines, while in fact, library materials allocations are often simply based on the previous year?s expenditure and not on the changing publication market, on changing curricular needs, or any other clearly explainable basis. The University of Akron libraries has developed a web-based tool to compile fund allocations for collection development purposes. The tool compiles data on measurable and definable factors that take into account the curriculum of the institution as well as things such as estimated number of books published in a given discipline, average cost of books, level of degree program, the number of users/students, circulation statistics, and perceived need of materials for general research. The tool creates a statistical model into which any amount of money can be entered and then fairly divides the materials budget across subject areas. It eliminates any historical or subject bias a librarian may inadvertently have. It creates a means to firmly justify the fund allocation. It helps librarians adjust the fund allocations with the changing publication market and a changing curriculum. And, it provides explainable criteria in terms of the academic program.
  
  Russell Tinkham, Performing Arts Librarian, The University of Akron
  Roger Durbin, Associate Dean of University Libraries, The University of Akron



• Session A2: Two Libraries, One Plan: Library Technical Services Work Redesign at Kenyon College and Denison University Libraries. / Jubilee DE
  The Libraries of Kenyon College and Denison University, supported by a Mellon Foundation grant, have joined forces to redesign and combine their technical services workflows. This presentation will include a discussion of the process that we used to create the plan and arrive at the point of implementation. This approach could be implemented by other schools or consortia and adapted to their local situations. Spanning two universities, our redesign builds upon the foundation of cooperation that already exists within CONSORT, the Five Colleges of Ohio, and OhioLINK. These workflow design changes profoundly affect how we will work. After the plan is implemented, our two technical services departments will become one. We will make best use of combined funds, collections, technologies, and services. Our plan streamlines receipt and delivery and enables us to reallocate resources to enhance our collections so they better serve our users. Most important, this model empowers our technical services division to create new services and manage information in ways that set our colleges apart, enabling our users to fully realize the liberal arts in an age of electronic information.
  
  Ellen Conrad, Denison University, William Howard Doane Library
  Andrea Peakovic, Library and Information Services, Kenyon College

• Session B1: The OhioLINK Digital Media Center Application Profile, a New Tool for Ohio Digital Collections. / Jubilee A
  The Digital media Center Metadata Application Profile requires contributors to supply a core set of metadata elements about each media object. The goal of this set of core elements is to standardize basic information across disciplines and to assist the contributor in metadata creation. Panel members will present the DMC AP and discuss its? development including the need for the project, selection of elements and related metadata initiatives.
  
  Theresa Perkins, Miami University Libraries, King Library
  Margaret Maurer, Assistant Professor, Cataloging Manager, Kent State University Libraries and Media Services
  Emily Hicks, University of Dayton, Roesch Library



• Session B2: Retooling Work Tools: A Look at Technical Services Web Pages. / Jubilee DE
  The 21st century technical services librarian has access to a plethora of electronic and online work tools from which to choose to complete our daily tasks. An assessment of the Western Kentucky University (WKU) Libraries 19 benchmark institutions shows a great disparity of online resources made available through university libraries technical services departments. Analysis of four areas: technical services, cataloging, serials, and acquisitions indicates that in technical services, acquisitions, and serials only two libraries (WKU and University of North Carolina, Greensboro) dominate, while Youngstown State University Library provides significantly more online resources with regard to cataloging. These differences point out that synergy and communication in the development of online resources between libraries can be very beneficial to technical services librarians.
  
  Deana Groves, Education Catalog Librarian, Western Kentucky University Libraries, Department of Library Technical Services

Cynthia Orr is Collection Manager for the Cleveland Public Library where the 2005 annual budget for library materials is over $10 million.

Cindy has many years of experience in the areas of collection development, public service, management and readers' advisory service. She was a co-founder of the web-based free Readers Advisory resource called BookBrowser, which was sold to Barnes & Noble.com.

Cindy has spoken extensively about book related topics at conferences or workshops of many different organizations, including the Ohio Library Council, the Public Library Association, the American Library Association and BookExpo America.

She teaches a class and workshops on Readers' Advisory Services for Kent State University's Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and was on the committee that planned Read This Now, the CLEVNET consortium?s 24-hour-a-day 7-day-a-week live readers' advisory service on the Web, which went statewide as part of the Know It Now service in 2004. She was on the Cleveland Public Library team which worked with the OverDrive corporation to bring the first ever collection of downloadable e-Books to public libraries in early 2003, and digital downloadable audio in 2004.

• Session C1: Rethink Your Cataloging; Sponsor a Library Science Student Intern. / Jubilee A
  The best way to encourage MLS students to persevere with librarianship is to work with them on a one on one basis. Taylor University - Fort Wayne was able to begin a collaborative relationship with the Indiana University SLIS program in 2003 by offering an internship in cataloging.
  
  Since that time we have hosted two interns with the possibility of a third in the 2005 fall semester. The internships were unique because of the different needs, desires and skills of the interns and the needs of the library. The process of gaining an intern, as well as the joys, rewards, and sometimes frustrations will be presented in this workshop.Ruth Elder, Taylor University - Fort Wayne, Calvin H. English Library
  
  Ruth Elder, Taylor University - Fort Wayne, Calvin H. English Library



• Session C2: Retooling Binding? Maximizing Vendor Services Using Heckman's Box and Bind. / Jubilee DE
  Facing budget cuts Technical Services departments are looking at ways to reduce costs while accommodating increases in workflows for electronic resources. At the same time vendors are looking at ways to stabilize and regain lost revenues due to cuts initiated by libraries. To solve the economic challenges both organizations are facing, vendors are providing new services to libraries. One of which is Heckman Binding's Box and Bind, a service whereby all bindery software data is input at the bindery instead of by library binding staff. Faced with reduced binding lines, Wright State University partnered with Heckman Binding to maximize binding workflows to free up staff time for increased electronic resources workflows. Learn about Wright State's experience in implementing the new service. Challenges, assessments, and applications for other libraries will be discussed.
  
  Deberah England, Serials Coordinator, Wright State University Libraries

• Session D1: Greater Cleveland History Digital Library Consortium. / Jubilee A
  Consortia of libraries, archives, historical societies and others are developing digital libraries, memory projects and community scrapbooks focusing on local history. Popular with area residents, and useful to educators at all levels, these resources are also beneficial to consortium partners seeking ways to implement new technologies and provide staff with new skills. Ohio Memory is a statewide example of institutional sharing, but communities from Cincinnati to Worthington to Sandusky have also created such projects through the collaborative efforts of local history and cultural heritage institutions. In Cleveland, a new consortium, with over three dozen participants representing over a dozen university libraries, public libraries, high schools and historical societies, was formed last summer to build the Greater Cleveland History Digital Library (GCHDL). Unlike consortial digital projects founded primarily to initiate digital collections, the Cleveland group was formed to coordinate the Cleveland history digital resources already created by its members as well as to undertake new joint projects. The three principle chairs of the GCHDL consortium will present a brief history of the Cleveland effort against a backdrop of other such efforts in Ohio, and will address how the group is approaching issues such as funding, collection and staff development, and best practices in digitization, metadata creation, and digital preservation.
  
  William C. Barrow, Special Collections Librarian, Cleveland State University Library
  Ronald L. Burdick, Head, History & Geography Department, Cleveland Public Library Main Library
  Linda Cantara, Metadata Librarian, Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University



• Session D2: The Evolving Cataloging Department. / Jubilee DE
  Today, the cataloging landscape has changed. Catalog records are available for purchase through products such as PromptCat; an increasing number of electronic books are purchased and loaded en masse into the catalog; print journal purchases are decreasing as electronic journals are increasing. In such a library, is there still a place for a copy cataloger? At University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), the answer is a resounding yes. Even in the quickly-changing information and library landscape, there is still a need for the work that catalogers know best: describing, classifying, and organizing information to make it accessible to users. The catalogers at IUPUI have reorganized workflow in order to apply their skills beyond the traditional formats, into the digital arena. Working with the team leader for digital libraries at IUPUI, and with technical staff, the paraprofessionals at IUPUI are using metadata schema to create records for digital items, from maps to images to text, in the Library?s collection. This paper will examine what was needed in order to adapt the department?s role within University Library, how changes were implemented, how communication among the various teams and the dean was conducted, and what training issues were involved.
  
  Ann O'Bryan, Associate Librarian, Bibliographic and Metadata Services Team Leader, University Library, Indiana University-Purdue University

Lorcan Dempsey is VP of Research for OCLC. He oversees the work of OCLC Research and participates in OCLC's Strategic Leadership Team. Lorcan was named OCLC Chief Strategist in March 2004.

He joined OCLC in Summer 2001. Before this he worked in the UK as, at times, Director of the UK Office for Library and Information Networking (UKOLN), founding co-Director of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN), and Director of the Joint Information Systems Committee's Distributed National Electronic Resource (JISC, DNER).

For more information on Mr. Dempsey, please visit his web page: http://www.oclc.org/research/staff/dempsey.htm.

• Session E1: E-Journals - Partnering with Subscription Agents. / Jubilee A
  This program will focus on how libraries/consortia and agents can work together with publishers to manage electronic journal packages. Agents are in a fortunate position to have the information needed by libraries and publishers - title lists, invoicing profiles, order numbers and budget codes, contacts and contract essentials. Agents can assist in ensuring that lists and invoices are approved by all parties, providing libraries with EDI invoices for automated systems, and being the mediator/interpreter and even the negotiator. Other aspects of partnership in the electronic arena will also be presented.
  
  Tina Feick, Vice President, Customer Relations, Swets Information Services



• Session E2: What's up with AACR3? : An Overview of the Process and Reactions / Jubilee DE
  AACR3 is coming in 2007. This presentation will review the highlights of the creation process and the reactions of groups such as the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) to the current draft of Part 1.
  
  Emily Hicks, Head of Bibliographic Management, University of Dayton

• Session F1: The Story Paper Digitization Project. / Jubilee A
  The Browne Popular Culture Library plans to digitize its collection of story papers and nickel weeklies. The Library has over 40 titles published between 1870 and 1910. They plan to provide full text access to the contents and images of each issue, and to index the contents so they will be searchable by author, title, periodical title, and subject keyword. By May they hope to have completed a pilot project on a small selection of the nickel weeklies. The presentation will discuss the reasons for doing this project and the planning and logistics that have gone into this project, and will provide examples of the originals and the scanned pages to show how the look of the original papers and be preserved.
  
  Dr. Nancy Down, Interim Head of Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University



• Session F2: Integrating Library Technical Services with Genera Library Operations. / Jubilee DE
  Technical services are sometimes perceived as separate operations within the library organization. Boundaries separating technical and public services can appear impenetrable. In today's information age, technical services can not afford to continue to work in isolation from other divisions in the library. This presentation will address four aspects of interdepartmental integration in libraries: 1) benefits of interdepartmental cooperation and mechanisms of integration; 2) advantages and disadvantages of this partnership; 3) impact of this partnership on education, training and the quality of work provided by technical services; 4) impact of this partnership on establishing priorities and streamlining workflow. The presentation will include a discussion of specific examples of partnerships established with collection development, IT and ILL.
  
  Magda El-Sherbini. Ohio State University Libraries