SLA Maryland Chapter

JOIN US!   Here's your chance to get the latest updates on fast-moving technologies, listen to vendor updates, and have the opportunity to ask pointed questions. Get practical advice on how to apply new technologies in your organization in our TechTalk sessions.

We know this will be a productive day for you, hearing from our experts and networking with your colleagues about how we can all add value and be more effective - Working in a Virtual World.

A full day of state-of-the-art technologies and discoveries awaits you!

Susan Fingerman, Chair of the Technology Day 2007 Planning Committee

Please read about conference program offerings below. View the final Print Program (PDF).

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Conference Program: Thursday, Oct. 4

8:30-9:30     Welcome and Keynote: The Future of Search (Auditorium)

The Future of Search - The Future is Now! Gary Price, Director of Online Resources at Ask.com, founding Editor of the ResourceShelf and DocuTicker

Gary Price has been creating useful tools for information seekers for many years, and his talks are always both gee whiz and practical at the same time. In his inimitable manner, Gary will not only discuss the future, but will also leave attendees with plenty of tools and resources to use when they return to their office. These tools will range from search "add-ons" to things to do with your phone, even a good old plain phone!

• Enterprise Cyber Security (Classrooms 1 & 2)
  Dr. Simon Y. Liu, Director of Information Systems, NLM, NIH.

  This session will cover multi-layered network security, vulnerability management, and intrusion detection.  Dr. Liu will share with us considerations on network, wireless and personal computer security.

• Digitization of Government Resources Panel discussion: The USGS Experience and the NRL Digital Library (Classrooms 3 & 4)                                  
  Richard L. Huffine, National Library Coordinator, US Geological Survey, and James King, Chief Librarian, Naval Research Laboratory
  
  Richard Huffine, National Library Coordinator for the US Geological Survey, will provide the experience and perspective that his organization is taking on the digitization and access to government resources. USGS has digitized a number of its own historical maps and publications and has provided a number of mechanisms for access and use from their website. Richard will talk about what the bureau has done to date and what they are considering in the future as well. This session will also explore the lessons learned from moving to an increasingly digital library environment at the Naval Research Laboratory. In addition, James King will explore the trends and future implications of consolidated digital library plans at NASA Goddard and EPA.

• Which, When, How? Selecting and Implementing Social Software in the Enterprise (Classrooms 7 & 8)
  Christina Pikas, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
  
  Web 2.0 technologies are proliferating and each technology and company has adamant supporters. How do you decide which is appropriate for your purpose and how do you integrate them into your information ecosystem? Issues such as how they differ, what purpose each serves, and specific examples of how libraries and information organizations use these tools will be covered.

1:00-2:00       Tech Talks – Practical Demonstrations of Technologies You Can Use

Each Tech Talk will be repeated every twenty minutes, allowing you to learn at least 3 new Web 2.0 techniques during the hour time period!

• Wikis(Auditorium)
  Diane J. White, Department of Defense  

• Firefox Browser Extensions (Classrooms 1 &2)
  Ashley Conaway, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

• RefWorks (Classrooms 3 &4)
  Robert Swain, MLIS, John Hopkins University

• Podcasts (Classrooms 5 & 6)
  Nancy Allmang, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Research Library
  
  
• RSS Feeds(Classrooms 7 & 8)
  Dr. Seán Henry, Frostburg State University

• Extreme Web Searching 2007 (Classrooms 1 & 2)
  Randolph Hock, Online Strategies
  
  Today's search engines go far beyond those of yesteryear, and indeed go far beyond "search". This presentation will take a look at some search engine content, techniques, and features that may easily have been missed by even very experienced searchers. It will include observations on a variety of newer options, ranging from custom search engines to advanced translation tools to unbelievably easy mashups, to visualization search, the return of NEAR and truncation - and more.
  
  

• Information Visualization: Opportunities and Challenges(Classrooms 7 & 8)
  Catherine Plaisant, University of Maryland and David Arsenault, MITRE Corporation
  
  Information visualization has emerged as a potent technology to support information seeking and decision making. Users can perceive patterns and exceptions in large data sets to identify areas that need further scrutiny. We will demonstrate examples of visualizations for a variety of data types from time series to hierarchies or social networks. We will also explore new ways of using the Web as a global database and platform for applications that may be used singularly or in combination to create mashups.
  
  

• Bibliographic Tools: Work Smarter Not Harder (Classrooms 3 & 4)
  Robert Swain RN, MLIS, Johns Hopkins University
  
  This talk will focus on the many uses of bibliographic software. In addition to generating bibliographies, use case scenarios will be described showing how these programs can address many publishing issues. Issues such as storage, organization, and collaboration will be addressed.

3:45-4:15     Wrap-Up Session (Auditorium)

Susan Fingerman, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, David Shumaker, Catholic University of America, School of Library and Information Science, and Steve Anderson, Maryland State Law Library.

Susan, Dave and Steve will lead an audience-participation conversation with their reactions to the day’s programming – what they learned, what surprised them, how they’ll use the information etc.

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The Kossiakoff Conference & Education Center is centrally located off Route 29 and Johns Hopkins Road in Laurel, MD.

For more information about the facility, visit: http://www.jhuapl.edu/newscenter/visitor/mapcampus.asp#kossi

For local accommodations, hotel, driving directions, commuter assistance, etc., visit: http://www.jhuapl.edu/newscenter/visitor/default.asp

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Technology Day 2007 Program Planning Committee

• Susan Fingerman, Chairperson Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
• Peggy Carr, Department of Defense
• Ashley Conaway, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
• Seán Henry, Frostburg State University
• Will Hires, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
• Tracy Landfried, Army Research Laboratory
• Chris Olson, Chris Olson & Associates
• Sally Riley, American Institutes for Research
• Liz Scalia, American Institutes for Research
• Ursula Scott, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

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