I took home a lot of great information yesterday after focusing the day on 21-Century Library Systems and Operations track. The moderator was fantastic, the speakers were engaging (even after lunch!), and the info was useful. I don't have a lot of notes because each presentation is also available online, but a summary of category and each of its sessions is below:
21ST-CENTURY LIBRARY SYSTEMS & OPERATIONS
Integrated, easy-to-use and maintain systems and integrated platforms are what we all
want for our communities who now do business and communicate in our physical and
digital spaces, and often from mobile devices. Hear our speakers talk about cloud computing
for libraries, IT security, open sources trends and migration, Google Plus, as well
as the changing roles of systems librarians. Moderated by Jill Hurst-Wahl, Hurst Associates
From Ground to Cloud
Marshall Breeding, Director, Innovative Technologies & Research, Vanderbilt University
Richard Hulser, Chief Librarian, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Cloud computing is one of the most important technology trends of the times. The phase
of client/server computing is fading into obsolescence, replaced by entirely web-based
systems, increasingly deployed through SaaS. Libraries and other technology-oriented
organizations now have options through infrastructure-as-a-service offerings such as
Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud and Simple Storage Service to ramp up computing
capabilities quickly, enjoy free access for smaller projects, and take advantage of usagebased
subscription models for larger-scale production projects. Breeding expands on
these topics and provides a basic explanation of cloud computing that focuses on real
advantages and disadvantages for libraries. Hulser illustrates the advantages with a case
study of going from manual library operations to 21st-century information management
and access using a cloud-based ILS.
IT Security for Libraries
Blake Carver, Owner, LISHost
Most any library can be a target, so join our expert and get some ideas on how to make
your library and your home more secure. Carver covers privacy, as it is closely related to
security, and should be taken seriously. He shares many ways to stay safe online, how to
secure your browser, PC, and other devices you and your patrons use every day. He also
tackles some common security myths, talks about secure passwords and network security,
as well as hardware and PC security. Carver discusses security issues that you’ll find
in your library as well as tricks sysadmins can do with servers to make things safer for
you, and that you’ll never see as an end user.
Open Source Trends & Migration
Marshall Breeding, Director, Innovative Technologies & Research, Vanderbilt University
Irene McDermott, Reference Librarian & Systems Manager, Crowell Public Library
Libraries have a natural affinity with open source software, and many have implemented
it for their strategic automation infrastructure, including ILS and discovery systems. In his
analysis of the library automation industry, Breeding tracks the pace of adoption of open
source library automation. Come hear his perspectives on the current and emerging
trends of open source in the industry relative to proprietary products and how it fares relative
to broader trends such as comprehensive resource management, cloud computing,
and new-generation discovery. McDermott provides a case study based on a directive
from City Hall: Ditch the $60,000 ILS and migrate to an open source system — in the next
3 months. After the contract was signed with Lib Lime, California’s Crowell Public Library
did in 6 weeks what usually takes half a year, going live with Koha, an integrated library
system essentially written by volunteers. Hear about the perils and the joys of embracing
a new ILS technology that is almost ready for prime time.
Google Plus? Or Minus?
Julie Strange, Statewide Coordinator, Maryland AskUsNow!
Joel Shields, Systems Librarian, Washington Research Library Consortium
J. Shore, Systems Librarian, National Library of Medicine
Patricia F. Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health Sciences,
University of Michigan
The worlds of social media and technology are changing faster than we can blink. Join
four tech-savvy info pros as they discuss how Google+ will change the landscape (and
indeed how it had more than 25 million users in several months after its launch last June),
what it means for libraries, how you can harness its power and tools to use it for yourself and your organization, and how it changes the privacy game. This panel also discusses
the impact of “yet another” tool and how and why your library should get involved.
Changing Role of Systems Librarians
Marshall Breeding, Director, Innovative Technologies & Research, Vanderbilt University
Nicole C. Engard, Director of Open Source Education, ByWater Solutions, & Author, The
Accidental Systems Librarian
Edward Iglesias, Systems Librarian, Central Connecticut State University, & Editor,
Overview of the Changing Role of the Systems Librarian: Systemic Shifts
Lisa Carlucci Thomas, Digital Services & Systems Librarian, Southern Connecticut
State University
This panel of authors and practitioners discusses the changing role of systems librarians.
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