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Core webinar: Apples to Oranges: A Blueprint for Comparing Open and Proprietary Library Services Platforms
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.
This is the second session in a four-part series regarding Metadata & Collections.
Description: The University of Wyoming Libraries is evaluating systems to replace Sierra. As vendor consolidation continues to shrink available choices, open source solutions are gaining traction. Comparing vendor products with open source is a new experience for many of us. Resource sharing both within the state of Wyoming and in the Colorado Alliance, enhancing discovery, modern cloud infrastructure, and streamlining e-resources workflows are major concerns. We’ll share the processes we followed to assess requirements, evaluate available systems, and encourage participation and feedback from across the Libraries and close partners.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this webinar, attendees will have learned about:
1. A process for assessing systems that could be used as a pattern or blueprint by similar institutions;
2. Considerations for comparing vendor products with open-source solutions; and
3. Examples for methods for communication with an emphasis on open feedback and transparency.
Who should attend?
Anyone with an interest in the topic can benefit from this session and is welcome to participate.
Presenters:
Paula Martin works in the University of Wyoming Libraries as Assistant Dean, User Services. A native of Missouri, Paula holds a Master of Library and Information Science Degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Truman State University. She started her library career working in architecture and engineering libraries before switching to academic libraries. She’s worked in reference, instruction, circulation, electronic resources management, and most recently as the Director of Holman Library at McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois. She has also taught in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Susan Wynne is the Discovery & Metadata Librarian at the University of Wyoming. Previously, she was the Catalog Management Librarian (aka catalog wrangler) at the University of Iowa, and Cataloging & Metadata Librarian at Georgia State University. She has published and presented on topics such as RDA (Resource Description and Access), next-generation catalogs, oral histories, and batch processes in library catalog systems. She has survived two prior system migrations (at different institutions), from Voyager to Millennium and a consortial migration from Voyager to Alma.
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Registration Fees:
Registration fees for single webinar: Core Member $57.67; ALA-member $71; Non-member $79
Registration fees for 4-webinar series: Core Member $174.47; ALA-member $215.10; Non-member $239
For additional information and access to registration links, see:
https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=232
Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.
If you have a question or need to make arrangements for special assistance or additional accessibility, please contact Tom Ferren (tferren@ala.org).
Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.
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Julene Jones
Director of Library Assessment and Organizational Effectiveness
University of Kentucky
julene.jones@uky.edu------------------------------