2009 RLG Partnership Annual Symposium
Hearing voices: connecting with users, enhancing services
Links to meeting presentations and outputs are included in the agenda below.
3 June 2009
Venue: Raab Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library
8:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m.
User studies have become a critical component in developing and improving services in our institutions. However, investigations into the needs of users and potential users are expensive and time consuming. This event oriented attendees to the importance of user studies, highlighted findings from recent projects of interest and utility to the RLG Partnership, and laid the groundwork for future collaboration.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:30 a.m. | Coffee |
| 9:00 |
Welcome from Boston Public Library |
| 9:30 | Expectations of the Screenager Generation (.pdf: 4.4MB/53pp.) Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC Research |
| 10:15 | Break |
| 10:30 | Meeting Graduate Student Needs (.pdf: 1.2MB/18pp.) |
| 11:15 | Academic Work Practices of Emerging Scholars (no slides were presented) University of Rochester Nancy Fried Foster, Lead Anthropologist |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:30 | Collaborative Uses in a Digital Library: The Case of Gallica Developed by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) (.pdf: 1.2MB/18pp.) Dominique Stutzmann, Département de l'Information bibliographique et numérique (BnF) |
| 2:15 | Some Findings about Selection in WorldCat Arnold Arcolio, OCLC Research
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| 3:00 | Break |
| 3:15 | Archival Metrics: Promoting a Culture of Assessment in Archives and Special Collections (.pdf: 167K/48pp.) University of Toronto, University of North Carolina, University of Michigan Elizabeth Yakel, Associate Professor, University of Michigan |
| 4:00 | Summary and Next Steps Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC Research |
| 4:15 | Adjourn |
View the 2009 Annual RLG Partnership Meeting agenda for Monday and Tuesday, 1-2 June.
See who registered to attend the Annual Meeting and Symposium.