MARS Hot Topics Discussion Group

MARS Handbook Description

• Co-sponsored by the NISO Metasearch Initiative Committee - NISO Metasearch Wiki
• When? Saturday January 15, 11-12:30 p.m.
• Where? Westin Hotel, Staffordshire Room
• Presentations -
  • Andrew K. Pace, Systems Librarian at North Carolina State University, and Co-Chair of the NISO Metasearch Initiative.
    PowerPoint Presentation
  • Karen McNulty, Digital Resources Reference Librarian, Boston College
  Metasearch: What it Could Be

  Chair: Carole Pilkinton, Electronic Resources Librarian, University of Notre Dame
  Co-Chair: Matthew Bejune, Digital Reference Services Coordinator, Purdue University

• When? Saturday, June 26 11:30-12:30 p.m.
• Where? Orlando Convention Center 312C

Presentations:
• Toni Katz, Asst. Director, Technical Services at Colby College. Responsible for bringing up the SerialsSolutions MARC Records service at Colby.
• Marvin Pollard, UIAS (Unified Information Access System) Project Manager, Cal State System, reporting to the Office of Chancellor. Marvin is an early implementor of the SFX MarcIt Service.
  PowerPoint Presentation, MARCit! Service

  Chair: José Aguiñaga, jaguinag@csulb.edu
  Co-Chair: Carole Pilkinton, pilkinton.10@nd.edu

• When? Saturday, January 10 11:30-12:30 p.m.
• Where? Courtyard Marriott, Bankers Room

Chair: José Aguiñaga, jaguinag@csulb.edu

• When? Saturday, January 25, 11:30-12:30 p.m.
• Presenters: Rich Bennett, University of Florida, Ed Tallent, Boston College and Mark Dehmlow of the University of Notre Dame.

  Chair: Mary Mintz, mmintz@american.edu

• When? Saturday, January 19, 11:30-12:30 p.m.
• Where? Fairmont Hotel, Explorer's Room
• The discussion will be informed by Bill Mayer and Walt Crawford.

  Bill Mayer, Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology, George Washington University. Bill was a key developer of myALADIN for the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC).

  Walt Crawford, Senior Analyst, Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG). Walt is a seasoned library automation professional and award-winning commentator on library technology issues.

  Suggested reading: Information Technology & Libraries 19(4) December 2000. Special Issue: User-Customizable Library Portals. Eric Lease Morgan, Guest Editor

  Chair: George Porter, george@library.caltech.edu
  Co-Chair: Mary Mintz, mmintz@american.edu

• Librarians and library users have been wishing for simple access from bibliographic indexes to the text of the articles since the first index rolled off a printing press. CD-ROMs and web-based databases were major advances in providing powerful reference services, but have generally fallen short by failing to point to all copies of the full text available to a library user at a particular site, i.e., the "appropriate copy" problem. OpenURL and link servers may be the wish come true. Join Margery Tibbetts, California Digital Library, and Eric Hellman, Openly Informatics, to discuss the potential offered by these new technologies. George Porter, Caltech Library System, will demonstrate SFX, a production system based on OpenURL and link server technology.
• Forum Summary
• Handout Including links to slide presentations

Chair: Linda Keiter, lkeiter@library.utah.edu
Vice-Chair: George Porter, george@library.caltech.edu

• When? Saturday, January 13, 2001, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Where? Renaissance Washington Hotel, Renaissance B
• Complete Forum Summary

  Chair: Linda Keiter, lkeiter@library.utah.edu
  Co-Chair: George Porter, george@library.caltech.edu
  

ALA Annual 2000 DG Topic: "askjake": Aggregator Content Revealed!

• When?Saturday, July 8, 2000 11:30 - 12:30
• Forum Summary

• Jake Local Customizations
  • Notre Dame Jake- Custom holdings using php programming
    Use Donna Stevenson's askJake customization program
  • University of Florida Jake Includes user tutorial

• Managing Aggregator Database Content: A Bibliography
  • PCC Standing Committee on Automation (SCA). "Task Group on Journals in Aggregator Databases," Final Report , January 2000.
  • Karen Calhoun and Bill Kara, Aggregation or Aggravation? Optimizing Access to Full-Text Journals, ALCTS Online Newsletter, 11(1), Spring 2000.
  • Carole A Kiehl and Edward H. Summers,"Comprehensive access to periodicals: a database solution," Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services 24 (2000) 33-44.
  • John McDonald and Jimmy Ghaphery, "Do we have this in full-text? Providing access to content in full-text agggregated databases," Against the Grain, 12(2), 28-30.

  Chair: Carole Richter Pilkinton, richter.8@nd.edu
  Vice-Chair: Linda Keiter, lkeiter@library.utah.edu

ALA Midwinter 2000 DG Topic:Coordinating/Integrating Electronic Resources Gateways and OPACS

• When? January 16, 2000, 9:30-11:00 a.m., ALA Midwinter (San Antonio, TX)
• Forum Summary
• Forum Handout including URLs for outstanding gateway examples

  Chair: Carole Richter Pilkinton, richter.8@nd.edu
  Vice-Chair: Linda Keiter, lkeiter@library.utah.edu

ALA Annual 1999 DG Topic:Electronic Resources Gateways: Why & How?

• When? June 26, 1999, ALA Annual Conference (New Orleans, LA)
• Discussion Summary
• Forum Handout including gateway links

  Chair: Carole Richter Pilkinton, richter.8@nd.edu
  Chair: Ellen Bosman, ebosman@nmsu.edu

Electronic Database Statistics: Apples, Oranges and Kumquats!

• When? January 30, 1999, ALA Annual Conference. (Philadelphia, PA)
• Discussion Summary

  Co-Chair: Carole Richter Pilkinton, richter.8@nd.edu
  Co-Chair: Ellen Bosman, ebosman@nmsu.edu

Edited: January 31, 2005