2005 Conference - Day 1: pt.2
Yes, well, we're a bit late getting back from lunch, but not too bad. There was plenty of time for everyone, but that did mean we ended up going downstairs and not off to a restaurant somewhere. But we did talk Ralph into driving us to The Parthenon for supper. Should be good!
The first presentation is from Shannon Behrhorst of the Nebraska Library Commission. They're doing a very interesting project, getting public libraries across the state to digitize their collections of rare and historical materials that have to do with Nebraska history. It's the Nebraska Memories project. They've bought 50 user licenses for CONTENTdm and hosted it at their main office so libraries don't have to host it themselves. Then the local libraries can scan and create their own collections. I'm just wondering if this model can be adapted somehow to the SDA resources that we were talking about yesterday. Well, I suppose any problem can be solved if we had enough money and time.
Then Sabrina and Laurie give us an interesting presentation of a study they did of students' use of Questia.com. It was an exercise to see how students were relating to a new model of information delivery. And the conclusion is that maybe students still like face-to-face interaction. But change is inevitable, and we're just going to have to manage that change if we want to give our patrons the best service that we can.
Now, finally, the moment we've all been waiting for. The Group Picture. And I think we managed to get everyone that is here in the picture this time. There usually seems to be someone that has to be off doing other things, but since we've gone straight from a meeting to posing, I think we're OK. I didn't bring my camera down to get the picture, so I get the photographer to promise to send me the digital version for the web page, so check back there in a bit.
Then there's the Business Meeting, but more on that later!
The first presentation is from Shannon Behrhorst of the Nebraska Library Commission. They're doing a very interesting project, getting public libraries across the state to digitize their collections of rare and historical materials that have to do with Nebraska history. It's the Nebraska Memories project. They've bought 50 user licenses for CONTENTdm and hosted it at their main office so libraries don't have to host it themselves. Then the local libraries can scan and create their own collections. I'm just wondering if this model can be adapted somehow to the SDA resources that we were talking about yesterday. Well, I suppose any problem can be solved if we had enough money and time.
Then Sabrina and Laurie give us an interesting presentation of a study they did of students' use of Questia.com. It was an exercise to see how students were relating to a new model of information delivery. And the conclusion is that maybe students still like face-to-face interaction. But change is inevitable, and we're just going to have to manage that change if we want to give our patrons the best service that we can.
Now, finally, the moment we've all been waiting for. The Group Picture. And I think we managed to get everyone that is here in the picture this time. There usually seems to be someone that has to be off doing other things, but since we've gone straight from a meeting to posing, I think we're OK. I didn't bring my camera down to get the picture, so I get the photographer to promise to send me the digital version for the web page, so check back there in a bit.
Then there's the Business Meeting, but more on that later!
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