EndUser 2007 Tracks and Coordinators

1. Acquisitions & Serials

Presentations related to vendor records, fiscal management and statistics, fund structure, orders, invoicing, pattern creation, serial check-in, claiming, binding, fiscal period rollover, EDI, selector request management, and all other things pertaining to the Acquisitions module in Voyager. Sessions range from beginner to advanced and can relate to libraries of any type or size.

Coordinator:
Sherrie Kristin, Purdue University Calumet, kristin@calumet.purdue.edu

2. Cataloging

Presentations related to the basic components of the cataloging process -- bibliographic, holdings, and item records, plus authority control -- as well as bulk import, cataloging of electronic resources, label creation, diacritics, Batchcat, withdrawals, bibliographic linking, innovative approaches to cataloging workflow, creative ways to solve cataloging problems, and any other aspect of cataloging. Sessions range from beginner to advanced and can relate to libraries of any type or size.

Coordinator:
Connie Haley, Chicago State University, chaley@csu.edu

3. Circulation

Presentations related to circulation operations, reserves, e-reserves, self-checkout, media scheduling, stacks maintenance, inventory, collection security, patron records, usage of materials, and other aspects of Circulation operations. Sessions range from beginner to advanced and can relate to libraries of any type or size.

Coordinator:
Melissa Wisner, Yale University, melissa.wisner@yale.edu

4. Consortia

Presentations pertaining to the management of consortia in relation to using Endeavor products and multi-library and multi-institution settings and environments where different groups of clients, patrons, and organizations must work together to construct and use one integrated system. Endeavor's Universal Borrowing, Universal Catalog, system-wide training, implementation planning and management, and network cooperation are all samples of past session topics. Sessions range from beginner to advanced and can relate to libraries of any type or size.

Coordinators:
Bob Trotter, University of Georgia, rwt@mail.libs.uga.edu
Clare Whittaker, Scottish Digital Library Consortium, clare.whittaker@ed.ac.uk

5. Digital Products - Curator, Discovery Suite (Finder and Resolver), EJOS, Meridian

Presentations related to the installation, customization, and use of the Endeavor digital products to manage and/or provide access to digital content. Sessions range from beginner to advanced and can relate to libraries of any type or size.

Coordinator:
Habib Tabatabai, University of Central Oklahoma, htabatabai@ucok.edu

6. General - including Analyzer and Extension Products

The General Track is designed to accommodate those who wish to present sessions that don't fall naturally into the other, more specific tracks or span two or more tracks. Representative sessions from previous EndUser meetings include "Beta: It Doesn't Have To Be Greek to You," "Creating Online Tutorials Using Viewlet Builder," and "Handheld Access to Voyager." The General Track also includes presentations on Endeavor "extension products" not covered by other tracks, such as: ARS, ILL, and ImageServer. Participants are encouraged to share how these products serve their patrons and how they were implemented, configured, and staffed. Sessions range from beginner to advanced and can relate to libraries of any type or size.

Coordinator:
Shelley Schultz, Kirkwood Community College, sschult@kirkwood.edu

7. Small Libraries

Presentations related to small library operations (less than 100,000 volumes). EndUser presentations are often geared to larger institutions with dedicated staff and IT departments. Smaller libraries often have staff wearing multiple hats without the background or experience to accomplish difficult tasks or functions. The Small Library Track covers all Endeavor products and services -- from a small library perspective. Sessions range from beginner to advanced.

Coordinators:
Glenn Cook, Coors Brewing Company, Glenn.Cook@coors.com
Sharon Nelson, Northern Illinois University, slnelson@niu.edu

8. Strategic Planning

Presentations related to long-range planning in all types of libraries. The goal of this track is to engage senior administrators, project or team leaders/managers, and those involved in strategic planning in discourse with their colleagues and with Endeavor staff. Keeping the intended audience in mind, the sessions in this track might address new services and functions being planned, library initiatives in support of college and university goals, budgeting, staffing and staff development, courseware applications, distance learning, electronic resources, institutional repositories, preservation of digital objects, migration issues, planning for add-on products, and similar broad-based and future-oriented topics. Sessions can relate to libraries of any type or size.

Coordinator:
Katharine Farrell, Princeton University, kfarrell@princeton.edu

9. Technical & Systems

Presentations related to Voyager system administration, server administration, importing and extracting bibliographic and authority records, reporting, and other technical matters that affect the functioning of the entire system. Sessions range from beginner to advanced and can relate to libraries of any type or size.

Coordinators:
Perry Bratcher, Northern Kentucky University, bratcher@nku.edu
Janet Higgins, Idaho State University, higgjane@isu.edu

10. WebVoyage & Public Services

Presentations related to how staff have implemented WebVoyage and Citation Server in their libraries. Sessions on special programs written to enhance WebVoyage are always interesting, such as a new books list and linking to library floor plans. Discussions of configuration decisions are helpful as are sessions on indexing, service forms, local databases created using Citation Server, gathering use statistics, multilingual implementations, and display enhancements such as book jackets and links to book reviews. Sessions range from beginner to advanced and can relate to libraries of any type or size.

Coordinators:
Janet Higgins, Idaho State University, higgjane@isu.edu

Ex Libris Products & Services

The Ex Libris Products & Services Track consists of sessions given by Ex Libris staff and is not open to other presenters.

Coordinator:
Wil Frost, University of Hawaii at Manoa, wilfrost@hawaii.edu

Special Track: Poster Sessions

Poster presentations are displayed in the meeting area. Poster authors give brief talks during each of two one-hour periods. A wide variety of poster sessions are sought, covering topics of all kinds relating to Endeavor's products and services and their use in libraries and other organizations.

Coordinators:
Melissa Wisner, Yale University, melissa.wisner@yale.edu

Special Track: Special Interest Group (SIG) Sessions

Special Interest Group meetings are, for the most part, informal sessions. They serve as opportunities for people with shared interests, based on things like Endeavor modules or products, job function or library type, to spend some time together discussing whatever topics of mutual interest they wish to bring up.

Coordinators:
Laura Guy, Colorado School of Mines, lguy@mines.edu
Carol Klink, Loyola University Chicago Law Library, cklink@luc.edu

Special Track: Regional Users Group Sessions

Regional Users Group meetings are, for the most part, informal sessions. They serve as opportunities for people with shared interests, based on geographic location, to spend some time together discussing whatever topics of mutual interest they wish to bring up.

Coordinators:
Lesley Gray, University of Cambridge, lm10013@cam.ac.uk

If you have any questions, contact the track coordinators shown above.