All the tech in the world…

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and I still don’t blog. I could write posts on my work computer, my laptop, my netbook, and my Droid. Yet, I don’t write. I have been thinking a lot lately about why I don’t write and have some ideas:

  • I want to protect the innocent. A lot of what I want to write about is related to my current job. Protecting the innocent is necessary, since the entire full-time library staff consists of five people including myself.
  • I feel a need to write about events in chronological order.
  • My job has shifted away from instruction and to library
    administration.

I am going to try and get back into the habit of writing. It may also be time to rethink the title of this blog.

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MARS Local Systems & Services Discussion Forum – Discovery Systems: Solutions a User Could Love?

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The Local Systems and Services committee of the RUSA/MARS: Emerging Technologies in Reference Section is hosting a discussion forum on discovery systems during Annual 2010.

When: Sunday, June 27, 2010 from 1:30-3:30 pm
Where: JW Marriott Hotel Washington DC in Capitol Ballroom E/F (14th St NW at E St NW)

Panelists include:

- Marshall Breeding will provide an “Overview of Discovery Systems.”
- Scott R. Anderson will share Millersville University Ganser Library’s experience with EBSCO’s Discovery Service.
- Dale Poulter will share Vanderbilt University’s experience with DiscoverLibrary (Primo Central).
- Ellen Safley will share the University of Texas at Dallas McDermott Library’s DISCOVER search (Innovative Interfaces Encore).

Our panelists will highlight the experiences of libraries that have implemented “next generation discovery tools” that provide access to library collections from a single search box. Panelists will focus their comments on user response and subsequent assessment of the local implementation. Discussion forum participants will be able to share their experiences with discovery tools and ask questions following the panelists. Notes will be posted following Annual on a publicly ALA Connect document at http://bit.ly/lssala10. A summary of the Midwinter 2010 discussion forum on the same topic can be read at http://connect.ala.org/node/92049.

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