Program: Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D., OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc., Consulting Research Scientist,will discuss results from two IMLS-funded projects describing individuals’ preferences for finding and using information sources and services and why their first choices often do not include library sources and services.

Presenter: Lynn Silipigni, Ph.D is the Co-Principal Investigator with Marie Radford of Rutgers University in an IMLS-funded grant project to study virtual reference services. Connaway is also studying the behavior patterns of college and university information seekers in a collaborative project with The Ohio State University, also funded by an IMLS grant. More info on Dr. Connaway is available at http://www.oclc.org/research/staff/connaway.htm

Keynote Speaker: Pat Losinski, Executive Director, Columbus Metropolitan Library

Program: Our guest speaker is Mr. Pat Losinski, Executive Director of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Mr. Losinski will be speaking on findings from his recent Urban Libraries Council trip to the new National Library in Singapore and the new Central Library in Hong Kong. Members of the delegation were able to see and experience new technologies, service models, collaborations and cultures in action. Come and join discussion about how American libraries might benefit from this exchange.

WHERE:
Embassy Suites Hotel
Ballroom, Salon I
5100 Upper Metro Place
Dublin, Ohio 43017

WHEN:
Monday, June 12, 2006
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Registration & Lunch
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Presentation and Q & A

PAYMENT METHODS:
-You may pay with a credit card via the following secure URL:

https://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/cohioregform.shtml

-Or if you prefer, send a check payable to “CO-ASIS&T” to:
Dr. Ted Morris
School of Library & Information Science
124 Mount Hall
1050 Carmack Road
Columbus, Ohio 43210

NEW THIS YEAR:
As mentioned before, this year’s luncheon is being
held in conjunction with the TechConnections 7 Conference
on June 12 & 12 – also at the Embassy Suites Hotel.
For conference details visit: http://www.rls.lib.oh.us/tc7

WHERE:
Columbus Metropolitan Library, Main Library
96 S. Grant Avenue
The Larry D. Black Auditorium

WHEN:
Wednesday, February 5, 2003
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm – Refreshments
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Program

WHERE: Kilgour Auditorium at OCLC

WHEN: Tuesday, July 16, 2002
6:30 – 7:00 – Refreshments
7:00 – 8:30 – Program

As we move away from traditional print resources toward the digital library of the future, how do we forsee and manage the changes ahead? At OSU, Mr. Branin provides leadership for one of the largest university library systems in the nation. In addition to overseeing grants dealing with the introduction of new information technologies to libraries, he has served as a consultant and published widely on collection management and information technology topics. Come and share in what promises to be an interesting and informative discussion!

WHEN: Wednesday, March 6, 2002
5:30 p.m. Appetizers and networking
6:30-8 p.m. Presentation, Q&A, and short business meeting

WHERE: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
6565 Frantz Road
Dublin, OH 43017-3395 USA

Kilgour Building Park in the visitor parking lot and enter through the front entrance.

The changing landscapes of higher education, scholarly communication, and technology have provided a catalyst for rethinking existing structures for information delivery and access within the academy. Wendy Lougee will discuss perspectives on the digital information environment. The University of Michigan’s Digital Library Program is offered as a case study to highlight the organizational and technological dimensions of developing digital collections and services. Collaboration–with the technology and research sectors–is offered as an imperative in building local and national infrastructure for digital library resources.

Begun in 1993, Michigan’s Digital Library Program is jointly sponsored by the University Library, the newly chartered School of Information, and the Information Technology Division and brings together the complementary expertise of librarians, researchers, and technologists to develop digital content and the access environment. Through a project-based strategy, the campus information infrastructure is being developed and attention directed toward attendant issues of economic models for information delivery, access policies, and intellectual property management.

Wendy Lougee currently serves as Assistant Director for Digital Library Initiatives at the University of Michigan Library. In this capacity, she oversees a campus-wide collaborative Digital Library Program focused on achieving a comprehensive, coherent networked information environment for the University. Previously, she directed the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library at Michigan, Michigan’s central humanities and social science research library. Her professional and research interests have been in the arena of scholarly communication, collection management models, and digital library development.

Ms. Lougee holds a BA from Lawrence University, an MS (Library Science) from the University of Wisconsin, and an MA (Psychology) from the University of Minnesota.

The OCLC Office of Research graciously invited CO-ASIS members to attend this OCLC Distinguished Seminar and sponsored our attendance.