Here's what happened at a Glance
Saturday, June 7 - Sunday, June 8 - Monday, June 9 - Tuesday, June 10 - Wednesday, June 11
Sunday, June 8, 2003
9:00-11:30 PM; LMD Open House
Located in the Hilton Hotel LMD Suite
Sponsored by:
IDC
Come network with your fellow DLMD members. Event coordinators: Ann Cullen/Tom Pellizzi
7:30-9:030 PM LMD Mentoring Breakfast
Located in the Hilton Hotel LMD Suite
LMD members meet and discuss professional issues in question and answer session.
11:30-1:00 PM LMD Annual Business Meeting/Lunch
Sponsored by:
Basch Subscriptions/ The Reference Shelf
At the Annual Business Meeting and luncheon, the prestigious Karen J. Switt Leadership Award will be presented.
1:30-3:00 PM Accounting 101
What You Should Know About Accounting Research
Sponsored by:
Lexis Nexis
Now that Accounting issues are front-page news, it's inevitable that you'll need to know how to find your way around the Accounting literature. This program will explore the resources you'll need to: 1. Understand the question (become a self-taught CPA in 30 minutes or less!), and 2. Find the answer (What's a SFAS? Where can I find it? How do I know if it's been superseded?). This program will also consider free and fee-based resources, and examine the current state of online products (Is there life after NAARS?).
1:30-3:00 PM Competitive Intelligence Section Roundtable
Competitive Intelligence experts will discuss the limits and boundaries of experience, education and knowledge required to function in the information age. The "L" word may be removed from the vocabulary but the work and resources and the barriers are still there which need to be recognized and dealt with to meet the new challenges. They will also talk about transferable skills and how one can convert their expertise to blend into the Internet world. The experts will also try to provide a road map to new horizons, and how to stay competitive. This will be an open session with questions and answers for the audience, as well as the panel. Please join us in changing the face and structure of the educational programs to meet real world requirements.
1:30-3:00 PM Designing Library Spaces that Work in a Virtual World -
Part 1
Sponsored by: Modern Office Systems, Inc., New York, NY
What are the latest trends in special library design? What are the most successful strategies for planning your space today? How do you calculate your library's actual space requirements? How and when should this information be communicated to management? Moving, merging, right-sizing, down-sizing? Come to this session and find out how to plan for it.
3:30-5:00 PM It's Already 4:00 PM and There's So Much Left To Do - How Librarians Handle the Stress of That Hour
It seems that all librarians confront this constant dilemma of how to tie things up at the end of the day so that clients get what they need and you can go home! Come to this session to get tips on how our panelists' libraries support research workflow as the day progresses. Learn how to negotiate research deadlines so that everyone is happy.
9:00-11:30 PM LMD Open House
Located in the Hilton Hotel LMD Suite
Sponsored by:
Microsoft
7:30-9:030 PM LMD Mentoring Breakfast
Located in the Hilton Hotel LMD Suite
LMD members meet and discuss professional issues in question and answer session.
11:30-1:00 PM LMD Consulting Section Lunch
Are you confident of success when negotiating with senior management? You will be if you practice Positive Politics. Join the LMD Consulting Section for this second annual working lunch in our successful "Winning" series. Our speaker, Donna Scheeder, has a proven track record in practicing positive politics in various fields. She will present the best tips for managing workplace politics, Before, During and After your meeting with those in power in your organization - to help you win in the boardroom.
1:30-3:00 PM Social Engineering for Information Professionals - For Those Who Like to Read!
Social Engineering is the ability to blend into a community or organization. It is the stuff of Science Fiction (Blue Nowhere by Jeffrey Deaver) and of our Virtual World (hackers use its techniques to crack into systems). Can the techniques of social engineering be used by information professionals in their communities and organizations to connect to their clients and communities? Join us for a spirited discussion of ideas, stategies and techniques for enhancing your role and position in your environment.
3:30-5:00 PM Preserving a Nation's Future - Electronic Records at the National Archives
The NARA Electronic Records Archives is a primary player in digital preservation. Legally mandated to preserve the electronic records of the United States, the ERA is inventing state-of-the-art methods for such disparate resources as NASA photos and government e-mail. With so many successful preservation solutions being presented, they may have the one that works best for you.
3:30-5:00 PM Marketing Your Information Center
Sponsored by:
Factiva
Marketing your information center has become essential in an era of constant change. Organizational changes, management turnover and the loss of “library advocates”, higher patron turnover, and physical relocation away from primary user groups, are all potential crises that are best dealt with by effectively defining and marketing your services within the organization. Our speakers will discuss many situations affecting the integration of information services within the changing organization, and will offer first-hand marketing strategies to enhance your visibility and reinforce the essential need for information services.
7:30-9:00 AM Global Content Buyers Roundtable
Sponsored by:
Outsell
Come join others who manage and negotiate the purchase of electronic information content for global enterprises. Network with these peers to share best practices, tips and solutions to common problems. Topics may include: the issues of a global/multilingual audience, global contracts, global communication, and global training needs. Discuss options for further networking throughout the year with interested participants. Recommended audience: Intended for experienced senior managers who are responsible for global content and global contracts as a major part of their job description, working in a global organization.
12:00-1:30 PM LMD Incoming Board Meeting and Luncheon
Sponsored by:
IDC
Meeting of the 2002-2003 division executive and advisory boards to review business of the past year.
2:00-3:30 PM Career Stages in the Global Economy
Sponsored by: Lexis Nexis
Ever wonder if you might enjoy an unusual or different role in the information industry? Are you curious if a detour might turn out to be just the direction you should be pursuing to "round out" your career? Listen to our panelists to discover how pursuing different opportunities is both challenging and rewarding and how it compares to their previous professional lives.
2:00-3:30 PM Conference Highlights and Wrap-up Session
Join our distinguished panel of information professionals as they share new, exciting, stimulating and useful ideas, as well as, information on products and strategies they have gathered at this year's conference. What's hot;what's not? Who's predicting what for the future? A most interactive wrap-up session, not to be missed!
4:00-5:30 PM Leadership and Management Principles in the Developing World
The practical application of leadership and management principles and strategies to libraries, information services, knowledge services, and products was explored in this competition for papers from the developing world. The best papers will soon be published. Come hear the winning paper (20 minutes), and join in the discussion to follow.
The SLA Leadership & Management Division is grateful for the generous
support of its business partners:
Basch Subscriptions
C. Berger Group, Inc.
Dialog, a Thomson Company
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company
IDC
LexisNexis
Microsoft
Modern Office Systems
Outsell, Inc.