10:00 a.m. -- REGISTRATION & COFFEE
  LOCATION: Atrium area of the Foss/Lobeck/Miles Chapel (directly across from the library)

10:30 a.m. -- KEYNOTE: Joshua Ferraro, LibLime - "Open Source Library Automation, All Grown Up"
  LOCATION: Sateren Auditorium (on the first floor, SW corner of the Music Hall)

2007 has seen two major milestones in the open-source library automation world: the overwhelming success of Georgia PINES' Evergreen ILS; and the completion of the next generation Koha solution, dubbed 'Koha ZOOM'.

Koha ZOOM includes a powerful search engine with search behavior and interface that mimics successful commercial search services such as Amazon.com, Ebay, and Google.

Joshua Ferraro, Release Manager for the Koha project and President, Technology of LibLime, gives an overview of these developments and will discuss why open-source software will continue to change the face of library technology and empower libraries.

For libraries who fear they can't take advantage of the benefits of open source, Ferraro will discuss the perceived barriers to implementation and show how libraries can now enjoy the advantages of open source--with or without an IT staff.

Finally, Ferraro will demonstrate how hundreds of libraries around the world are taking the lead and collaborating to achieve their goals by using open source.

12:00 p.m. -- LUNCH
  LOCATION: Atrium area of the Foss/Lobeck/Miles Chapel (directly across from the library)

1:00 p.m. -- ENCORE-  Bill Easton, Innovative Interfaces
  LOCATION: Sateren Auditorium (on first floor, SW corner of Music Hall)

Bill Easton will be presenting on Innovative Interfaces' Encore. This exciting new product goes beyond the online-catalog model to provide a better patron experience that leverages library content and patron-contributed information.

1:45 p.m. -- BREAK with drink refreshments only (can be taken  to the roundtable discussions)

2:15 p.m. -- CONCURRENT ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS:
  LOCATION: MUS 4, MUS 5 (both of first floor), MUS 22, MUS 23, MUS 24 (directly above on the second floor)

     Acquisitions
     Mary Calvo (St. Paul Public Library) and Brian Karschnia (St. Paul Public Library), facilitators

     Cataloging
     Kathy Blough (St. Olaf College Libraries), facilitator

     Circulation
     Cindy LaCount and Suzanne McGinn (St. Paul Public Library), facilitators

     Public Access/Public Catalog
     Sarah Johnston (St. Olaf College Libraries), facilitator
      
     Serials
     Karen Hogan (Augsburg College Library) facilitator

3:15 p.m. -- REFRESHMENTS & CLOSING REMARKS
  LOCATION: Atrium area of the Foss/Lobeck/Miles Chapel (directly across from the library)