SWON Libraries

Co-sponsored with the Special Libraries Association Cincinnati Chapter

Date & Time

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Location

Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY

Speaker(s)

Join us for a day of learning and sharing! Whether you are an information specialist, an academic or public librarian, or a library school student, this workshop will inspire and refresh your professional interests in librarianship and technology. Our keynote speaker is George Needham, Vice President of Member Services for OCLC. Our workshop sessions include such varied topics as federated searching, Second Life, wikis, grant writing, and effective communication. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to take a day out of your busy schedule and get back a day and a half in productivity!

George Needham
Keynote Speaker
George Needham is VP, Member Services for OCLC. Before joining OCLC in 1999, George was State Librarian of Michigan. From 1993 to 1996, he was Executive Director of the Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association. From 1990 to 1993, he was Director of Member Services of the Ohio Library Association. From 1977 to 1989, he served held various posts in libraries in Ohio and Charleston, SC. George is a frequent speaker at conferences and symposia, with topics ranging from library environmental scanning to gaming.


Paul Gerwe
Special Session Speaker
Federated search software allows a user to search multiple electronic resources at the same time. The goal is to let users search all relevant sources quickly and easily to get their answer. Even with federated search software, the goal is easier said than done. Paul Gerwe has investigated, designed and implemented a federated search solution for the Procter & Gamble library. He’ll share high level details on what’s possible and practical for federated search.
Paul Gerwe began his career as a webmaster and technical writer. He received his MSIS in 1999 from the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined Procter & Gamble in 2000 to provide IT support for legacy systems. In 2002 he moved to the P&G Library. There he split his time between business research and IT projects including federated search. Today his time is devoted to supporting library systems and technologies with a special emphasis on search and findability.


Margaret De Bruine
Breakout Session Speaker
Would you like to increase your productivity, communicate seamlessly, bring groups together virtually, share content? There are free tools available! Margaret De Bruine has reviewed the best of these tools and will tailor her break out session to meet the attendees’ needs and interests.
Margaret De Bruine received her MLS from Syracuse University in 1977. She has spent over 25 years in corporate and special libraries as a reference librarian, solo library practitioner and information specialist. During her career, Margaret has developed library services for business and health care organizations. Her broad experiences have exposed her to all types of special libraries with an emphasis on reference and end-user service delivery.

Chad Boeninger
Breakout Session Speaker
Wikis are incredibly useful tools that can be used for a variety of purposes: facilitating communication, promoting library resources, and fostering group collaboration. This session offers best practices for creating a wiki, marketing the wiki, getting others to use and contribute to the wiki, marketing the wiki, and keeping your wiki growing.
Chad F. Boeninger is the Reference & Instruction Technology Coordinator at Ohio and the Business and Economics Bibliographer at Ohio University's Alden Library. He created the The Biz Wiki and blogs at Library Voice.

Laura Sullivan
Breakout Session Speaker
Have you ever want to try your hand at writing a grant proposal but didn’t know where to start? Not sure how to qualify for a grant? Laura Sullivan will highlight the basics of grant writing as well as show how technology has changed the application process.
Laura Sullivan received her MLS from Indiana University in 1981. She has spent over 25 years in academic libraries as a reference librarian, administrator, and most recently Grants Coordinator. Most of Laura’s career has been at Northern Kentucky University as an Associate Professor of Library Services, where she currently identifies external funding sources, develops fundable projects, and writes grant proposals. Laura also assists library faculty with grant funding for new projects and services in their specialized areas. In addition, her background in Communication allows Laura the opportunity to teach an Interpersonal Communication class as an adjunct at NKU.

Beth Kraemer
Breakout Session Speaker
Librarians and other educators exploring the virtual world Second Life are finding creative ways to engage students and create educational experiences that are not possible in real life. This session will include a general introduction to Second Life, a sampling of educational and library projects currently underway, and an opportunity to discuss benefits as well as potential obstacles when pioneering on the 3‐D web.
Beth Kraemer is a librarian in the Information Technology division of the University of Kentucky Libraries. Her current interests include social networking and Second Life. Beth has been involved in Second Life since January 2007. In that time she has been active in library projects in both the teen and adult worlds and helped establish the University of Kentucky presence in Second Life.