2012 LITA National Forum Schedule

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THURSDAY, October 4, 2012

Registration 10:00am - 5:00pm    

            
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.


PRECONFERENCE I; Delaware D

Developing a Web Analytics Strategy for Your Library: Using Data to Measure Success
Tabatha Farney, Nina McHale


PRECONFERENCE II; Delaware C

Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Running Your Systems (And Are Afraid to Ask!)
Christopher Manly

6:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

NETWORKING DINNER: sign up & meet up at registration


FRIDAY, October 5, 2012

Registration 7:30am - 5:00pm      

   
8:00 a.m. - Noon


PRECONFERENCE I, cont.; Delaware D

Developing a Web Analytics Strategy for Your Library: Using Data to Measure Success
Tabatha Farney, Nina McHale


PRECONFERENCE II, cont.; Delaware C

Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Running Your Systems (And Are Afraid to Ask!)
Christopher Manly


1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.


OPENING GENERAL SESSION: Eric Hellman; Union


2:30 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.


REFRESHMENT BREAK/First Time Attendee Orientation; Lobby


3:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.


CONCURRENT SESSION 1

11 Digital Publishing Trends to Watch This Year and Their Potential Impact on Libraries, Aaron K. Shrimplin, Eli Sullivan; Fayette

Persona Most Grata: Invoking the User from Data to Design; Alexa Pearce, Nadaleen Tempelman-Kluit; Fairfield

Where's that Book? Transforming Bib. Data into Item-Level Collection Maps in the Web PAC, Geoffrey Timms, Jeremy Brown; Madison

Mobile Library Catalog using Z39.50, James Paul Muir; Knox

"Human Factors" in Library Resource Discovery Systems: A Study of Information Seeking Patterns in a Modern Academic Environment; Haihua Li, Jason Battles; Marion

Building Collections in IR from External Data Sources; Sai Deng, Susan Matveyeva; Morrow


4:00 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.


BREAK


4:20 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.


CONCURRENT SESSION 2

JQuery Mobile Framework: an easy and professional way to create a mobile website, Don Kim; Fayette

Library Analytics Toolkit, Carli Spina; Fairfield

Doctoring Strange Results (or, how I learned to stop worrying and love my Discovery tool), Josh Petrusa, Courtney Greene; Madison

Library Favorites and Resource Modeling, Ken Varnum; Knox

The Dream of Data Integration; Kara Reuter, Stefan Langer; Marion

 


6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.


SPONSOR SHOWCASE RECEPTION; Franklin

 

7:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

NETWORKING DINNER: sign up & meet up at registration

 
SATURDAY, October 6, 2012

Registration 7:30 am – 5:00 pm      


8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.


CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & SPONSOR SHOWCASE; Franklin

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.


GENERAL SESSION: Ben Shneiderman; Union


10:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m.


BREAK


10:25 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.


CONCURRENT SESSION 3

Data Visualization Walls: Building Visualization Displays with Open Data, Freeware & APIs; Lisa Santucci, Jason Paul Michel, Jen-chien Yu; Fayette

Creating Web Applications for Data Collection Easily and With the User in Mind, Margaret Heller; Fairfield

Stewarding Research Data with Islandora, David Wilcox; Madison

Metadata Manipulation and Repurposing Workflows for Institutional Repositories and Digital Projects, Maureen P. Walsh;  Knox

Faculty Perceptions of Federated Search Tools, Michelle Frisque; Marion

Preserving Faculty Research: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Data Repository; Kiyomi Deards; Morrow


11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.


BREAK/SPONSOR SHOWCASE; Franklin


11:45 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.


CONCURRENT SESSION 4

The Alchemist's Guide to Research Data: ensuring data usability, Wayne Johnston; Fayette

Web Scale Discovery: A Content-Side View; Theodora Hein, James Mouw; Fairfield

Seeing the Forest by Counting the Trees: Using a Variety of Data Sources to See the Big Picture; Susan Hurst, Andy Revelle, Aaron Shrimplin; Madison

Next-Generation Collection Management: Using Augmented Reality Mobile Applications to Automate Shelf Reading and Inventory Control; Stacy Brinkman, Dr. Bo Brinkman; Knox

Digital screenmedia: Merging technologies, unifying content, May Chang, Michael Blake; Marion

What Public Library Patrons Want and How to Deliver It On Your Web Site, Nina McHale; Morrow


12:35 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.


LUNCH & SPONSOR SHOWCASE; Franklin


2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.


CONCURRENT SESSION 5

Remote Usability Testing:  Methods and Tools to take your Testing outside of the Library; Jenny Emanuel, Charlotte Roh; Fayette

Data-driven design decisions for discovery interfaces, Erin White, Joseph Gilbert, Jimmy Ghaphery; Fairfield

Building a better e-books search: Challenges and opportunities in a rapidly changing landscape, Kathryn Frederick; Madison

Connecting systems to enhance the discoverability of hidden collections; Hong Ma, Cheryl Gowing; Knox

Is Anybody Actually Using This? Gaining Insight to Technology Ownership and Use for Planning and Purchasing; Elizabeth German, Anita R. Dryden; Marion

Primary Source Corps: Leveraging Gamification & Crowdsourcing to Improve Findability & Context in Digital Collections; Holley Long, Thea Lindquist; Morrow


2:50 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.


REFRESHMENT BREAK/SPONSOR SHOWCASE; Franklin


3:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.


CONCURRENT SESSION 6

An Update on the New Open Linked Digital Library, Joel Richard; Fayette

Collections Amplified: Exhibiting data using DSpace, Viewshare and Google Fusion Tables, Meghan Frazer; Fairfield

The Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE): A Model for Deep Library Collaboration and a Demonstration of our Latest Software; Robert H. McDonald, Michael Winkler, Kristin Antelman, Brad Skiles; Madison

Increasing the level of Openness in Academic Research, Robert Olendorf, Steve Koch, Yan Wang, Lori Townsend; Knox

Lightening Rounds; Morrow


4:00 p.m. –  5:30 p.m.


POSTER SESSIONS; Franklin

"Pop-up" Your Data!; Andrea Leonard

LibX 2.0; Annette Bailey

Exploring Methods of Using Public Data on Twitter for LibraryAssessment; David Meincke

Kindred Works: developing a content-based recommendation service for WorldCat; Diane Vizine-Goetz, JD Shipengrover, Roger Thompson, Harry Wagner

Using the Data Curation Profiles Toolkit to Inform the Development of a Research Data Registry; Gail Steinhart, Leslie McIntosh, Kathy Chiang, Dianne Dietrich, Wendy Kozlowski, Huda Khan, Sarah Wright

Implementing DMPTool  [Data Management Planning Tool]; Hong Ma

From the field to the desktop: how online access to historical botanical collections, data and literature creates a world of information at your fingertips; Larry Schmidt

Taking Risks: Improving Productivity, Collaboration, Accountability, and Transparency by Adopting New Project Management Techniques; Mark P. Baggett

Databib: An Online Bibliography of Research Data Repositories; Michael Witt, Mike Giarlo

Research Data Management Training for Graduate Students: An Iterative Approach; Rebecca Reznik-Zellen

Robust ‘Altmetrics’ as a Framework for Measuring Item Usage and Researcher Impact in Institutional Repositories; Stacy Konkiel


6:45 - 9:00 p.m.  

Networking Dinners - sign up & meet up at registration

 

SUNDAY, October 7, 2012

Registration 8:00am – 11:00am       
   

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.


CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST; Franklin


9:00 - 9:50 a.m.


CONCURRENT SESSION 7

What Do You Mean "Get Up to Speed on Data"? Self Educating on the Fly; Abigail Goben; Fayette

Read/Write Web Services: Let the Great Data Remix Begin; Alice Sneary, Andrea Schurr, Kathryn Harnish; Fairfield

Student/Library Collaborations for Mobile Application Development; David Ward, Jim Hahn, Lori Mestre; Madison

Understanding data services in distributed and collaborative research settings; Erik Mitchell, Jeffery Loo; Knox

WorldCat Library Finder:  the Front and Back-Story: a practical application of responsive web design and Hadoop data storage; J.D. Shipengrover, Jeremy Browning; Marion

Data Mining the Twitter API, Jason Paul Michel; Morrow


9:50 - 10:30 a.m.


BREAK; Risky Business Contest Voting


10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon


CLOSING GENERAL SESSION: Sarah Houghton; Union