LSRD-SIS is committed to the continuing education of its members and sponsors several programs at each 糖心视频 annual meeting. The Education Committee works with LSRD-SIS members on program proposals for the annual conference. Recent topics cover a wide variety of subjects, from migrating to a new automated system to management of both people and websites.
Committee meetings provide essential networking and more informal means of continuing education and are an essential part of LSRD-SIS members’ schedule at the annual meeting.
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2025 Portland, OR LSRD-SIS Events at 糖心视频 2025
Saturday, July 19 through Tuesday, July 22: 糖心视频 Poster Area
Come and check out the LSRD-SIS poster in the 糖心视频 Poster area!
Saturday, July 19
CONELL Marketplace
Stop by the LSRD-SIS table at CONELL Marketplace.Monday July 21
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. 鈥 Local Systems Meeting
Coordinator: LSRD-SIS Local Systems Committee
Primary Contact: Keiko OkuharaThe LSRD-SIS Local Systems meeting allows members to connect and discuss issues involving specific local systems from a variety of vendors.
1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. 鈥 LSRD-SIS Sponsored Program
Leveraging Data And Technology In Law Libraries: From Operational Efficiency To Strategic Decision-MakingSpeakers: Qi Huang 鈥 Stanford Law School; Alex Zhang (she/her/hers) 鈥 Duke University Law School; Erin Vassalotti (she/her/hers) 鈥 Holland & Knight
Coordinator: Cindy Tian 鈥 University of Notre Dame Law School
As law libraries evolve in a rapidly changing digital and data-driven environment, the role of data analytics and technology in optimizing operations and guiding strategic decisions has become increasingly crucial. Join us to discuss how data and technology can be harnessed to enhance the management and operations of today鈥檚 law libraries. Through a series of real-world case studies and practical insights, this program explores how law libraries utilize data analytics tools and software applications to drive efficiency, improve decision-making, and support the broader organizational goals of their institutions or firms.
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2024 Chicago, IL LSRD-SIS PROGRAMS AND MEETINGS
Below is the slate of LSRD-SIS activities at 糖心视频 2024.
Saturday, July 20
- 9:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CDT 鈥 CONELL participants can visit the LSRD-SIS table at the CONELL Marketplace
Sunday, July 21
- 7:30 a.m-8:45 a.m. CDT- LSRD-SIS Incoming Executive Board Meeting (By invitation only) 鈥 Location: Monroe Boardroom 5
- 12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m. CDT – LSRD-SIS Local Systems Meeting 鈥 Location: Randolph 3
Monday, July 22
- 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. CDT – LSRD Presents 鈥淭aking the Mystery out of Discovery鈥 Roundtable – Location: Randolph 1
Tuesday, July 23
- 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. 鈥撀 (sponsored by LSRD-SIS) 鈥 Location: Regency Ballroom A
Many of our LSRD-SIS members are also presenting, speaking, and moderating in other programs and pre-conference workshops in Chicago that may be of interest, so refer to the full 糖心视频 schedule for more information.
Please send any updates or corrections to Chi Song, LSRD-SIS Web Advisory Committee Chair.
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2023 Boston, MA LSRD-SIS PROGRAMS AND MEETINGS
A schedule of LSRD-SIS activities at the 2023 糖心视频 Annual Meeting.
Sunday, July 16聽
- Incoming Board Meeting 7:30 a.m. 鈥 8:45 a.m. EDT: Marriott Copley Orleans
- VIP Program on FOLIO 5:30 p.m. 鈥 6:30 p.m. EDT: Marriott Copley Tufts
Monday, July 17聽
- Batch Please 9:30 a.m. 鈥 10:30 a.m. EDT: Hynes Convention Center-309
- Local Systems Committee MTG 12:15 p.m. 鈥 1:15 p.m. EDT: Hynes Convention Center 313
Tuesday, July 18聽
- Discovering Diversity through Linked Data 11:15 a.m. 鈥 12:15 p.m. EDT: Hynes Convention Center 311
Post-Conference
Tuesday, August 8 at 3:00 p.m. EST
- OCLC Committee Meeting
- Using Google Scholar with WorldShare Discovery聽 by Diana Reid, Electronic Resources and Discovery聽 Librarian & Assistant Professor University of Louisville
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2019 Washington, DC Business Meetings and Educational Programs
A schedule of OBS-SIS activities at the 2019 糖心视频 Annual Meeting.
Saturday, July 13, 2019
- Preconference workshop:
9:00 am-1:00 pm
Location: Georgetown University Law Library
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Location: Marriott Rose Garden Board Room- :聽Start the conference off right by catching up with colleagues over dinner. Please ; space is limited, and especially look for the OBS-SIS hosted dine-arounds.
6:45 pm – 8:15 pm
Location: Meet your host in the Marriott Marquis Lobby
Sunday, July 14, 2019
- Deep Dive
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: WCC Room 151AB - : In addition to our regular Business Meeting agenda, we plan a substantive discussion of how to best position OBS-SIS for the future. Your input in this process is of the utmost importance.
6:15 pm – 7:15 pm
Location: Marriott University of DC
Monday, July 15, 2019
- : Join OBS leadership for a discussion of the future and focus of the OBS-SIS OCLC Committee.
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Location: Marriott Gallaudet - Deep Dive: (OBS-SIS Sponsored program)
9:30 am-12:00 pm
Location: WCC Room 152 AB - : 鈥淎 continuing conversation on systems migration鈥
1:30 pm -2:45 pm
Location: WCC Room 156 - Deep Dive:
3:00 pm-5:30 pm
Location: WCC Room 152 AB
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
7:15 am – 8:15 am
Location: Marriott Dogwood
- Preconference workshop:
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2017 Austin, TX Business Meetings and Educational Programs
Here is a schedule of OBS activities for the 2017 糖心视频 Annual Meeting. In addition to these activities, please look for us by the OBS-SIS poster in the exhibit hall during breaks.
- OBS-SIS TSLL Editorial Board
Saturday, July 15, 1:30 pm 鈥 2:30 pm
Location: ACC Room 6A - CS/OBS/RIPS/TS SISs Dine-Arounds聽
Saturday, July 15, 6:45 pm
Location: Those who have signed up in advance meet outside the exhibit hall - OBS-SIS Education Committee聽
Sunday, July 16, 7:30 am 鈥 8:45 am
Location: Hilton Room 416A - Program A6: Linked Data, Your Library and You
Sunday, July 16, 11:30 am 鈥 12:30 pm
Location: ACC Room 19AB - Local Systems User Group Round Table
Sunday, July 16, 12:45 pm 鈥 2:15 pm
Location: Hilton Room 415B - OBS/TS Hot Topic Forum Featuring OBS VIP Scott Carlson Discussing Linked Data
Sunday, July 16, 5:15 pm 鈥 6:15 pm
Location: ACC Room 14 - OBS-SIS Business Meeting
Sunday, July 16, 6:15 pm -7:15 pm
Location: Hilton Room 417A - OCLC Update
Monday, July 17, 7:30 am -8:30 am
Location: Hilton Governor鈥檚 Ballroom Salon A
Documents
- OBS-SIS TSLL Editorial Board
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2016 Chicago, IL Business Meetings and Educational Programs
Here is the complete schedule of OBS activities for the 2016 糖心视频 Annual Meeting, so please look for us at:
- Workshop W5: Linked Data and BIBFRAME in Action: From Theory to Practice聽(Pre-Registration Required)
Saturday, July 16, 1:30-5:00 p.m.
Room: Hyatt-Columbus AB - OBS-SIS TSLL Editorial Board
Saturday, July 16, 1:45-2:45 p.m.
Room: Hyatt-Skyway 260 - CS/OBS/RIPS/TS SISs Joint Reception聽(a.k.a. Alphabet Soup Reception)
Saturday, July 16, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Room: Hyatt-Columbus AD
Sponsored by: Innovative Interfaces - OBS-SIS Outgoing/Incoming Executive Board Meeting
Sunday, July 17, 7:30-8:45 a.m.
Room: Hyatt-Addams - Program B3: Promoting the Value of Technical Services at Budget Time: Practical Advice for Directors and Managers
Sunday, July 17, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Room: Hyatt-Columbus KL - Program C5: Creating the Future of Discovery and Research: BIBFRAME 101 for Library Directors (and Everyone Else)
Sunday, July 17, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Room: Hyatt-Regency Ballroom C - OCLC Update
Monday, July 18, 7:30-8:30 a.m.
Room: Hyatt-Acapulco - Program D3: Search Does Not Equal Research: Implications for Discovery Layer Design
Monday, July 18, 9:45-10:45 a.m.
Room: Hyatt-Columbus IJ - OBS-SIS Business Meeting
Monday, July 18, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Room: Hyatt-Michigan 3 - OBS-SIS Education Committee
Monday, July 18, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Room: Hyatt-Skyway 269 - Local Systems User Group Round Table
Tuesday, July 19, 7:00-8:15 a.m.
Room: Hyatt-Michigan AB
Documents
- Workshop W5: Linked Data and BIBFRAME in Action: From Theory to Practice聽(Pre-Registration Required)
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2015 Philadelphia, PA Business Meetings and Educational Programs
Here is the complete schedule of OBS activities for the 2015 糖心视频 Annual Meeting, so please look for us at:
- TS/OBS/RIPS/CS-SIS Joint Reception (a.k.a. Alphabet Soup Reception)
Saturday, July 18, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Room: Marriott-Grand Ballroom Salon CD
Sponsored by: Innovative Interfaces - OCLC Update
Sunday, July 19, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Room: Philadelphia Convention Cener-Room 112B
Sunday, July 19, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Room: Philadelphia Convention Center-Room 103A- OBS-SIS Outgoing/Incoming Executive Board Meeting
Sunday, July 19, 5:15-6:30 p.m.
Room: Marriott-Room 302
Monday, July 20, 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Room: Philadelphia Convention Center-Room 113BC
Monday, July 20, 3:15-4:30 p.m.
Room: Philadelphia Convention Center-Room 111A- OBS-SIS Business Meeting
Monday, July 20, 4:45-5:30 p.m.
Room: Marriott-Room 303 - OBS-SIS Education Committee
Monday, July 20, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Room: Marriott-Room 302
Tuesday, July 21, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Room: Philadelphia Convention Center-Room 201BC
Documents
- TS/OBS/RIPS/CS-SIS Joint Reception (a.k.a. Alphabet Soup Reception)
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2014 San Antonio, TX Business Meetings and Educational Programs
Here is the complete schedule of OBS activities for the 2014 糖心视频 Annual Meeting, so please look for us at:
- CONELL (Conference of Newer Law Librarians)
-do not miss this great opportunity to send some of your young co-workers to this event.
Saturday, July 12, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Room: Marriott Rivercenter - OBS/TS-SIS TSLL Executive Board Meeting
Saturday, July 12, 1:45-2:45 p.m.
Room: HBGCC-Room 210A - OBS-SIS Executive Board Meeting聽(outgoing and incoming)
Saturday, July 12, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Room:聽HBGCC-Room 210A - TS/OBS/RIPS/CS-SIS Joint Reception聽(a.k.a. Alphabet Soup Reception)
Saturday, July 12, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Room: Marriott Riverwalk-Alamo Ballroom, Salon D
Sponsored by: Innovative Interfaces - OBS Local Systems Roundtables
Sunday, July 13, 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Room: Marriott Riverwalk-Travis RoomOur VIP, for the 2014 Annual Meeting is聽Nicole Engard, who will speak during聽OBS-SIS Local Systems Roundtables. This will not follow a roundtable format, but instead will be a program that will definitely be worth attending. This program will be held in Marriott Riverwalk鈥檚-Travis Room. Please note that because this program will happen during a roundtable, it will not be listed on the 糖心视频 program schedule.Nicole C. Engard聽is the Vice President of Education at ByWater Solutions. Her primary role at ByWater Solutions is to educate librarians about open source software with a focus on the Koha ILS. In addition to her daily responsibilities, Nicole keeps the library community up to date on web technologies via her website “What I Learned Today…” (www.web2learning.net) and volunteers as a community moderator on opensource.com. In 2007, Nicole was named one of Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers and in 2009 she was the editor of 鈥淟ibrary Mashups,鈥 a book published by Information Today, Inc. and in 2010 she authored 鈥淧ractical Open Source Software for Libraries,鈥 a book published by Chandos Inc. and in 2012 the second edition of “The Accidental Systems Librarian” which she worked on with Rachel Singer Gordon was released.The topic of Nicole鈥檚 presentation is聽. - OBS-SIS OCLC Users Group
Monday, July 14, 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Room: HBGCC-Room 007A - OBS-SIS Business Meeting
Monday, July 14, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Room: Marriott Riverwalk-Bonham - OBS-SIS Education Committee聽(for 2015 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia)
Tuesday, July 15, 7:00-8:15 a.m.
Room: HBGCC-Room 210B - F1: Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit: A Library Management Service Model for the Future
Tuesday, July 15, 10:15-11:30 a.m.
Room: HBGCC-Room 217AWith ILS costs skyrocketing and library budgets shrinking, libraries are increasingly turning to new models of affording the ILS they want. Open Source ILSs are one answer. Consortia are another. The Orbis Cascade Alliance is implementing a new library management service to be shared by all 37 members of the consortium. Soon all these libraries in the Pacific Northwest will be sharing not only a catalog, but also cooperative collection development, digital initiatives, and discovery services. Hopefully, this will result in better services for students, faculty, and staff. Is it worth giving up the autonomy of a separate institutional ILS? What are the costs, and what are the benefits? This program is sponsored by the OBS-SIS.Takeaway 1:聽Participants will be able to assess the benefits and drawbacks of a consortial library management service from the big picture 鈥 i.e., what鈥檚 in it for a director?
Takeaway 2:聽Participants will be able to assess the benefits and drawbacks of a consortial library management service from the nuts and bolts 鈥 i.e., what鈥檚 in it for technical services?
Takeaway 3:聽Participants will be able to assess the benefits and drawbacks of a consortial library management service for user experience 鈥 i.e., what鈥檚 in it for the people on the front lines?
Who Should Attend:聽Library directors, public services librarians, technical services librarians 鈥 from any type of library.
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- CONELL (Conference of Newer Law Librarians)
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2013 Seattle, WA Business Meetings and Educational Programs
This is the final schedule for the OBS-SIS business meetings and educational programs planned for the 2013 糖心视频 annual meeting. Presentation slides and handouts for the programs will be posted here as they become available.
- TS-SIS TSLL Executive Board Meeting
Saturday, July 13, 1:45-2:45 p.m.
Room: Sheraton-Cedar A - SIS Council Business Meeting
Saturday, July 13, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Room: Sheraton-Redwood B - OBS-SIS Outgoing Board Meeting
Saturday, July 13, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Room: Sheraton Daily Grill - TS/OBS/RIPS/CS-SIS Joint Reception
Saturday, July 13, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Room: Sheraton-Metropolitan Ballroom B
Sponsored by: Innovative Interfaces - OBS/TS-SIS Joint Research Grant Committee Meeting
Sunday, July 14, 7:00-8:15 a.m.
Room: Sheraton-Everett - OBS-SIS OCLC User’s Group Meeting
Sunday, July 14, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Room: WSCC-Room 204This roundtable is open to anyone who uses OCLC products or services, and will feature the OBS-SIS OCLC liaison, Glenn Patton, Director of the WorldCat Quality Management Division at OCLC, as the speaker. Glenn will discuss OCLC’s new and enhanced services, as well as planned future developments. Following this overview, the bulk of the roundtable time will be allotted to audience members to ask questions and to share comments, ideas, and concerns with the speaker and other OCLC users in the audience. Come prepared both to learn and to participate during this informative and interactive session. - B-6: Linked Data: The New Bibliographic Framework in the Post-MARC World
Sunday, July 14, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Room: 615-617The Library of Congress’ Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative will transform existing metadata (the MARC format) into a sustainable bibliographic encoding system, connecting library resources to the whole world of information resources. Does the library’s initiative enable current library metadata to be used in linked data technology to construct a core data model for library applications? Can a huge library infrastructure built up over the years around the MARC format be harvested by the new and emerging content standards to support prototype services? How can future bibliographic control standards leverage all the services to benefit the community? You will find answers to these questions in this program.Panelists:聽Karen Coyle, Eric Miller, Glenn E. Patton.
Coordinator/Moderator:聽Keiko Okuhara.Takeaway 1:聽Participants will be able to explain three significant reasons for the new bibliographic framework.
Takeaway 2:聽Participants will be able to describe a new code system to replace Machine Readable Catalog (MARC).
Takeaway 3:聽Participants will be able to design an action plan to make library resources accessible in Semantic Web.
Who Should Attend:聽Technical services librarians; library administrators who are interested in the future bibliographic control. - OBS-SIS Web Advisory Group Meeting
Sunday, July 14, 5:30-6:15 p.m.
Room: Sheraton-Everett - OBS-SIS Business Meeting
Monday, July 15, 11:45a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Room: WSCC-Room 210 - OBS-SIS Local Systems Roundtable : Orbis Cascade Alliance
Sunday, July 15, 5:30-6:45 p.m.
Room: WSCC-Room 210At the106th 糖心视频 Annual Meeting on Monday July 15th at 5:30 p.m., the Local Systems Roundtable will present the trailblazing work of the Orbis Cascade Alliance– a 37-member academic library consortium that includes 6 law libraries in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Beginning in 2013, the members of this consortium began migrating from individual integrated library systems to a shared library management system鈥 the Ex Libris Alma and Primo management system. This roundtable will focus on the planning and implementing of a shared system by the first cohort of libraries that led to making their vision a reality. Three members from the Alliance will lead an informal moderated roundtable, which will include both prepared and real-time questions from the audience.Orbis Cascade Alliance Presenters:聽Bill Kelm, Systems Librarian at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon; Al Cornish, departing Systems Library at Washington State University at Pullman and incoming Shared ILS Program Manager for the Alliance staff; and Ann Nez, one of our own and Coordinator of Technical Services at Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington. - OBS-SIS Education Committee
Tuesday, July 16, 7:00-8:15 a.m.
Room: WSCC-Room 209 - OBS/TS-SIS Research Roundtable : Passport to Publication
Tuesday, July 16, 7:00-8:15 a.m.
Room: WSCC-Room 213Each attendee will be given a passport and will visit four countries (or experts) — including Anne Klinefelter, who will talk about the writing workshop she hosts each spring, Marguerite Most, who will talk about how to get involved with editing, Michael Maben, who will talk about how to write for TSLL, and one other. Each attendee who receives passport stamps from the four experts will have their name entered in a drawing for an Amazon gift card. - TS/OBS-SIS Task Group on Vendor-Supplied Bibliographic Records
Tuesday, July 16, 7:00-8:15 a.m.
Room: WSCC-Room 304 - F-8: Hot Topic: Rethinking the Cloud: Legal Aspects of Cloud Solutions
Monday, July 16, 8:30-9:45 a.m.
Room: 618-620While cloud computing is revolutionary in the legal context, it does have a potential impact on legal risk. Once the data is on the web, where does it reside? Electronically stored information on the cloud is subject to different protections than information stored in-house. Warranties are given by the customer instead of by the service provider for privacy and data security. If your library chooses a cloud solution, which regulations do you need to be familiar with to protect client/patron data? Identify key factors to discuss and negotiate with service providers before giving assent to their Service Level Agreements (SLAs).Panelists:Danielle Conway, George Pike.
Coordinator/Moderator:聽Keiko Okuhara. Takeaway 1:聽Participants will be able to identify at least three important laws and regulations to consider for cloud-based solutions.
Takeaway 2:聽Participants will be able to create legal strategies to successfully migrate their library data and services to the cloud.
Takeaway 3:聽Participants will be able to predict three potential risks for cloud implementation.
Who Should Attend:聽Administrators interested in cloud computing implementation; information technology and technical services/systems librarians.
Track:聽Information Technology. - I-3: Joe Janes Discusses the Library of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Monday, July 16, 3:45-4:45 p.m.
Room: 606-607Joseph Janes, writer of American Library’s “Another Story” column, curator of the podcast series “Documents that Changed the World,” and associate professor and MLIS program chair at the University of Washington iSchool, will discuss what’s in store for the library of the future.Panelists:聽Joseph Janes.
Coordinator/Moderator:聽Christina Tarr.Takeaway 1:聽Participants will be able to identify coming trends in library technology.
Takeaway 2:聽Participants will compare a broad picture of evolving library technology with the constant of human searching behavior.
Takeaway 3:聽Participants will assess whether information technology in their libraries is in line with current trends.
Who Should Attend:All librarians鈥攖echnical service librarians, reference librarians, library management, private law librarians.
Track(s): Library Management, Information Technology, Reference, Research and Client Services, Collection Development and Cataloging, General or Core Programs.
Documents
- TS-SIS TSLL Executive Board Meeting

