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2024 Annual Meeting Information

Introduction

Below is the slate of TS-SIS meetings, the TS-SIS sponsored programs, and other programs that TS-SIS members may find of interest at the the 2024 ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ Annual Meeting & Conference, July 20-23, in Chicago, IL.

Updated 6/21/2024 – Send updates/corrections to: Marijah Sroczynski, website coordinator

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Saturday Evening Dine-Arounds

TS-SIS will be holding their Annual Dine-Arounds after the opening reception on Saturday, July 20. You will meet with your host at the at 6:45 p.m. to walk to the chosen restaurants. Each person is responsible for paying for their own meal. Whether it is your first time at the Annual Meeting or if you have recently retired, it is a great way to begin the conference with a delicious meal in the company of your fellow librarians and colleagues. Here are the restaurants and their hosts:

  • with Yan Yu
  • with Elisabeth Umpleby and Becky Bearden
  • with Alyssa Koclanes
  • with Keelan Weber
  • with Marijah Sroczynski

Please ; space is limited. Please contact Rachel Decker if you wish to host a group or have questions about the event.

Schedule

All meetings and programs will take place in the All times listed below are in Central Time.

Saturday, July 20, 2024

  • 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. – (Separate Registration Required) – Regency Ballroom A
  • 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. – Opening Reception – Purple Level (East Tower)
  • 6:45 p.m. – TS-SIS Dine-Arounds – see above for locations

Sunday, July 21, 2024

  • 10:15 a.m. – Exhibit Hall Opens (refreshment break, 10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m.; closes 4:00 p.m.)
  • 12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m. – Management Issues Roundtable – Roosevelt 3B
  • 3:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. – (sponsored by LHRB-SIS) – Regency Ballroom B
  • 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. – Metadata Management Standing Committee Roundtable – Grand Hall K

Monday, July 22, 2024

  • 8:30 a.m. – Exhibit Hall Opens (refreshment break, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.; closes 4:00 p.m.)
  • 9:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. – (sponsored by TS-SIS and PLLIP-SIS) – Regency Ballroom A
  • 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. – TS-SIS Hot Topic: Artificial Intelligence in Technical Services, a Frank Discussion – Grand Hall K. AI is everywhere and is touted as the “solution” for any number of problems. What are the likely impacts of AI in technical services work? Will it make our jobs easier, or harder, or put us out of our jobs? How can we talk with our administrators to educate them as to what is, and is not, a realistic expectation for use of AI in our technical services departments? Join your TS-SIS colleagues for an open discussion of AI, its promise, and its pitfalls
  • 1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m. – – Regency Ballroom A
  • 5:45 p.m.-6:45 p.m. – Resource Management Standing Committee Roundtable – Grand Hall K

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

  • 8:30 a.m. – Exhibit Hall Opens (refreshment break, 9:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.; closes 12:00 p.m.)
  • 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. – (sponsored by LSRD-SIS) – Regency Ballroom A
  • 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. – – Grand Ballroom A
  • 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. – – Grand Hall LMN