WHEN:  Tuesday April 30, 2013
6:30 – 7:00 p.m.  Refreshments, Sign-In & Networking
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.  Presentation and Q & A

WHERE:  OCLC, Jordan Auditorium in the Kilgour Building,
6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin, OH 43017
614-764-6000

RSVP: with Jeff Mixter at jeffmixter@gmail.com

PRESENTER:
Wes Boomgaarden, Ph.D.
is Head, Preservation & Reformatting Department, and Associate Professor, The Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus.  Wes manages preservation and digital imaging activities at Ohio State, duties which also include active roles in business continuity and disaster response.  He has served at Ohio State since 1984, and has also held prior positions at the New York Public Library, Minnesota Historical Society and Macalester College.   He has been published widely in the literature of the preservation of library and archival materials.  He was an adjunct professor in the Kent State University School of Library & Information Science from 1992 through 2011, where he taught the Preservation Management course.   Wes was the Libraries’ Project Officer for the William Oxley Thompson Library renovation from 2000 through its completion in 2009, a key part of the team that renovated the Thompson Library facility.

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday April 30, 2013!

WHEN:  Wednesday March 27, 2013
6:00 – 6:30 p.m.  Refreshments, Sign-In & Networking
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.  Presentation and Q & A

WHERE:  Mount Carmel West, Center for Learning & Education (CLE),
3rd – 4th floors
127 South Davis Avenue, Columbus, OH 43222
614-234-1257

RSVP: with Jeff Mixter at jeffmixter@gmail.com

PRESENTER:
Stevo Roksandic, MLIS MBA,
Stevo was born in Karlovac, Republic of Croatia. He came to the USA in 1999 and completed his B.S. in Human Resources, Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Franklin University, Columbus, OH, and Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) at Kent State University, OH. “My career in the library field started when I came to the USA. While studying I worked at Franklin University Library,” Stevo says. “Joining the Mount Carmel Health Sciences Library team gave me a chance to apply my extensive customer service experience and my business knowledge.”*

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday March 27, 2013!

*Courtesy of the Mount Carmel Health Science Library website

WHEN:  Wednesday February 27, 2013 (Snow Contingency Date: Thursday March 7, 2013)
6:30 – 7:00 p.m.  Refreshments, Sign-In & Networking
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.  Presentation and Q & A

WHERE:  Columbus Metropolitan Library, Main Branch in the Carnegie room,
96 S. Grant Avenue Columbus, OH 43215
614-645-2275

RSVP: with Jeff Mixter at jeffmixter@gmail.com

PRESENTER:

Sandra Aya Enimil,
a licensed attorney, is the Head of the Copyright Resource Center at the Ohio State University Libraries.  Prior to working at Ohio State, she was the Archives/Copyright Manager of the Chicago Defender Newspaper. Sandra is currently enrolled in a Masters of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2004, she was awarded a Law degree from the University of Illinois College of Law. Sandra has Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Psychology from the University of Michigan and a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Ghana. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Sandra participates in several professional and social organizations. She also owns a fashion design business with her mother, Theresa Obeng Sam, called Pretty Afrika Designs,www.prettyafrika.com. The business has been featured on television, in several publications and participates in various designer shows and events.

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday February 27, 2013 (or on Thursday March 7, 2013, if we need to cancel due to snow emergencies).

WHEN: Tuesday December 4, 2012
6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Refreshments, Sign-In & Networking
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Presentation and Q & A

WHERE: OCLC, Smith Boardroom at the Conference Center,
6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin, OH 43017
614-764-6000

RSVP: with Jeff Mixter at jeffmixter@gmail.com

PRESENTER:

Mike Prasse, Ph.D.
has worked in the field of usability evaluation (today known as ‘User Experience’ or UX) for over
25 years. He received his B.A. in mathematics and psychology in 1976 from the University of
Southern California and his doctorate in experimental psychology in 1987 from The Ohio State
University. He has published numerous articles and presentations over the past 20 years, with
his latest being a comparison of the Google search results page with that of worldcat.org, using
eye-tracking data. He lives with his wife Judi and their five dogs, making his favorite hobby by
necessity studying the psychology of dogs and its application to training them!

We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday December 4, 2012!

PRESENTER: Jeffrey A. Young is a Software Architect at OCLC Research. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Ohio State University and an MLIS from Kent State University. He’s worked in software development for 30 years, 25 years at OCLC. His interest in Linked Data is focused on the intersection of domain modeling, semantic mapping, “big data”, Web architecture, application frameworks, and reality.

This program is free and open to the public. RSVP for this Free program with Jeff Mixter on our contact page

WHEN: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13th, 2012
6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Refreshments, Sign-In & Networking
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Presentation and Q & A

WHERE: Kilgour Presentation Room at the Kilgour Building on the OCLC Campus,
Online Computer Library Center, Inc. at 6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin, OH 43017

SUMMARY: The Common Core Standards mesh with 21st century skills to promote college and career readiness. With these standards and skills, Ohio teachers and librarians face state and national changes calling for an increased emphasis on research, literacy, text complexity and rigorous learning. Join this session to learn the paths to understanding the Common Core Standards and how to utilize a variety of INFOhio resources that align with the standards. This session will be of interest to public librarians, school librarians, college librarians, and anyone who wants to learn more about the impact and the implications of the Common Core on the curriculum in schools.

PRESENTER: Gayle Geitgey, INFOhio Instructional Integration Specialist
Gayle Geitgey is an Instructional Integration Specialist for INFOhio, the information network for Ohio schools. She has been a high school librarian, district technology director and online adjunct instructor in the areas of curriculum design and information literacy. At INFOhio, Gayle is currently working with the INFOhio Users Council, the ICoach program, IMatrix, the INFOhio inquiry framework and connecting the Common Core Standards with the INFOhio resources.

This program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. RSVP for this Free program with Linda Swarlis at lswarlis@columbusschoolforgirls.org

WHEN:
Thursday, September 13, 2012
6:30 – 7:00 p.m.  Refreshments and networking
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.  Presentation and Q & A

WHERE:
Columbus Metropolitan Library, Larry D. Black Auditorium at the Main Library
96 S. Grant Avenue, Columbus Ohio, 43215.
Phone: 614-645-2275

Thank you again, Gayle Geitgey.  Here are the slides from the presentation divided in four parts.

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Here  is a link to the iMatrix

http://imatrix.infohio.org/

Here is a link to INFOhio’s Common Core symbaloo.

http://tinyurl.com/943kfbr

SUMMARY: eBird (www.ebird.org) is an increasingly popular internet-based checklist program that provides bird watchers a free and easy way to organize their bird sightings, keep checklists, and share their observations with others. This seminar will cover getting started with eBird, submitting observations, embedding photos in your checklists, and using eBird’s data visualization tools to explore the local birds or the birds you’ll likely encounter during your next vacation.  Librarians, beginning birders and seasoned experts are encouraged to attend!

PRESENTER: Paul Hurtado, PhD
Paul is a Postdoctoral Fellow at OSU’s Mathematical Biosciences Institute & Aquatic Ecology Laboratory. He is an avid birder and experienced user of eBird.

This program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. RSVP for this Free program at coasistweb@gmail.com.

WHEN:
Thursday, June 7, 2012
6:30 – 7:00 p.m.  Refreshments and networking
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.  Presentation and Q & A

WHERE:
Grange Insurance Audubon Center  grange.audubon.org
505 W. Whittier Street, Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-545-5475
Directions grange.audubon.org/About_ContactUs_DirectionsMap.html
Free parking available.

Here are the links to the presentation and additional resources.

https://people.mbi.ohio-state.edu/hurtado.10/ebird.html

The Special Libraries Association Central Ohio Chapter invites you to join them for a social gathering at Milestone 229 in Columbus! This is great opportunity to get to know members of the chapter, network, and relax.

When: May 8, 2012 from 5:00-7:00 pm
Where: Milestone 229
http://milestone229.com/
229 Civic Center Dr.
Columbus, OH 43215

Valet parking, meters and surface lots are all available. No R.S.V.P. is necessary. However, you are welcome to email Erin Waltz at slacentralohpres@gmail.com so that we can estimate how many people are coming.

While this event is intended for current, future and past library professionals, everyone is welcome. The more the merrier!

Join us on Wednesday evening, November 9th, 2011 for our CO-ASIS&T Program:

We will take a look at how one library is using CollectionHQ, an evidence based stock management tool, to help make collection management easier and more efficient. Collection HQ uses historical and current information about stock use along with local target setting as its evidence base, to assist librarians in making the management of stock more effective, more customer focused, less wasteful, and more measured and performance based.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
6:30 – 7:00 p.m.  Refreshments, Sign-In & Networking
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.  Presentation and Q & A

WHERE: Columbus Metropolitan Library, Larry D. Black Auditorium at the Main Library, 96 S. Grant Avenue, Columbus Ohio, 43215 (Phone: 614-645-2275). Parking available in the garage attached to the library. Parking garage rates

RSVP with Laura Cheng at
lauracheng888@gmail.com or through the contact page

PRESENTERS

Robin Nesbitt, MLS

Robin Nesbitt is the Technical Services Director of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, 2010 LJ Library of the Year.  Robin launched central selection and floating collections at CML.  She’s presented at PLA about Technical Services efficiencies and does regular Tweet chats about eReaders and Digital Content.  She was a panel member on Novelist/LJ’s 2011 webcast “Libraries are Essential” talking about readers’ advisory as a core service that libraries continue to offer even in this age of digital readers and eContent.  At BEA 2011, she was on the panel, “Selling Trade eBooks to Libraries: The Real Deal and was on the 3rd annual Librarian Shout N Share.  She was a keynote speaker for theLJ/SLJ October 12 webinar – Ebooks: The New Normal. Robin has been working with collection management issues for the last 12 years and happy to finally find a BI tool in CollectionHQ. While her experience with the product is recent, her enthusiasm is mighty!

Leslie King

Leslie King has been with CML for 25 years.   For the last 11 years she has been a Collection Development librarian, responsible for juvenile and adult nonfiction in a variety of areas.    She is not a “techie” and asserts that if she can figure out how to use Collection HQ, anyone can.

Kathy Leonard

Kathy Leonard has  been a librarian for CML for 24 years, and a selector for the last eleven years.  She currently selects adult fiction; teen fiction; and adult and juvenile 700’s. Readers Advisory is a passion. She is excited about using HQ to test some of her assumptions about what circulates the most at CML and to data mine our collection in new and exciting ways. The grubby report (over 60 circulations on a copy) has  provided some wonderful replacement possibilities and the dead (no circs in the last 6 months or more) is a good way to spot trends.

We look forward to seeing you at the presentation on Wednesday evening, November 9th, 2011!

6:30 – 7:00 p.m.  Refreshments, Sign-In & Networking

7:00 – 8:00 p.m.  Presentation and Q & A

WHERE:   OCLC’s Kilgour auditorium on the OCLC Campus,  Online
Computer Library Center, Inc. at* 6565 Kilgour Place, Dublin, OH 43017