College of DuPage Webcast Series

Tools, Skills, Staffing, Training

Date/Time:    Friday, April 9, 2010, 12:00 noon – 2:00 pm
Location:       SUNY Oneonta, Milne Library, Oneonta, NY
Instructor:    Eric Lease Morgan, Notre Dame University
                    Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University
Registration: FREE! However you must register to attend. Bring your lunch and we will provide beverages and desserts.
Support:       This webcast is funded by the NYS Department of Library Development with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Librarians know that the target of keeping technologically current is always moving, and budgets are static at best.  Each year, College of DuPage teleconferences dedicates one program that takes a look at future technology trends and gives librarians an important basis for their planning efforts.  Libraries are both adopters and innovators, and are increasingly looking beyond the library environment for technological innovations and solutions. 
This teleconference will address the current status of technology in the library and explore future technological trends as more information sources--and people-- migrate to online environments. Eric Lease Morgan, Head of the Digital Access and Information Architecture Department, University Libraries of Notre Dame, and others will explore libraries’ technology future.

Presenters: Eric Lease Morgan is the Head of Digital Access and Information Architecture Department at the University Libraries of Notre Dame. He considers himself to be a librarian first and a computer user second. His professional goal is to discover new ways to use computers to increase library collections and improve library services. Eric has been practicing open access publishing and open source software distribution since before the phrases were coined. He authors the "Top Tech Trends" columns for upcoming ALA conferences, also posted on the LITA blog; and is the “keeper” of the Infomotions Musings on Information and Librarianship blog. The vast majority of Eric's publications are available online, and the same is true for all the software he has written.

Marshall Breeding is the creator of the Library Technology Guides website (www.librarytechnology.org).  He writes a monthly column for Computers in Libraries, is a contributing editor for Smart Libraries Newsletter published by ALA TechSource, writes Library Journal Automation Marketplace features, has contributed to numerous editions of Library Technology Reports, serves on the editorial boards for Information Standards Quarterly. He has authored numerous other publications on library technology, and is a frequent speaker at library conferences throughout the United States and internationally.