This year's conference will be held at Concordia University in St. Paul
on October 9th from 9:30am to 4:00pm.
The cost will be $25.00 per attendee from member libraries and $30.00 per
attendee from non-members libraries.
As always, a delicious and nutritious lunch will be provided.
Registration and participant checkin begins at 9:30am in the Buenger
Education Center.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 2nd, 2008
[ REGISTRATION
FORM (pdf) ]
Program Overview | Directions
and Parking | Registration
Info
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The morning plenary session keynote speakers will be:
Melanie Huggins
Director, St. Paul Public Libraries;
J.C.
Huggins
Web Engagement Manager, Blue Cross/Blue Shield
"Brand
X: Uncovering Your Library's Brand"
and
Dinah Sanders
Senior Product Manager, Innovative Interfaces
*Encore 2.0 and beyond*
This keynote session provides an overview of changing patron
expectations & their implications for library interfaces, a tour of
Encore, details on the features of Encore 2.0, and highlights of some of
the things coming in Encore 3.0.
Afternoon breakout sessions include:
*WebPAC Planning & Implementation*
PRESENTER: Dinah Sanders -
Senior Product Manager, Innovative Interfaces
This session will bring everyone up to date on WebPAC features in
Release 2007, a reminder of the benefits of upgrading to WebPAC Pro,
hot
tips about using the free example sets with each release to keep your
catalog current, and a review of services relating to WebPAC such as the
WebPAC Refresher.
*Engaging Your Patrons & Saving Staff
Time*
PRESENTER: Dinah Sanders - Senior Product Manager,
Innovative Interfaces
This session will review many features & products you can use to stay
relevant to your users, empower patrons to act on their own behalf and,
as a by-product of that empowerment, free staff from
low-complexity/low-value tasks. My Millennium functionality is at the
heart of achieving these goals.
* Tech Toys *
A hands-on demo of some of the latest gadgets, like the Kindle, the iPod
Touch, and more. Attendees are invited to bring their own gadgets to share
with the group as well!
Other tentative session topics include:
* Floating Collections
* e-Commerce
* Web Services
* My Millennium
* Upgrade Toolbox
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DIRECTIONS / PARKING INFORMATION
Concordia University map and parking information:
http://www.csp.edu/AboutUs/maps/color_campus_map.pdf
Parking is in lot E or H.
Driving directions:
http://www.csp.edu/AboutUs/directions.html
The conference will begin in Buenger Education Center. After lunch, we
will move to the Library Technology Center for break-out sessions.
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
To register, please mail completed registration form below (one per library) with payment by October 2, 2008.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 612-348-7982 or timothy.devine@co.hennepin.mn.us
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Download REGISTRATION FORM (pdf).
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