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The Current & Future State of
Library Automation
Libraries today find themselves facing many challenges in the way that
they deliver content and services to their users. Relative to the pace
of change on the Web, the automation products available to libraries
have evolved rather slowly. Much more rapid change is in order. Breeding
will review the current state of the library automation arena and
suggest some of the possible strategies for achieving a new generation
of library automation products more in tune with current and future
challenges. These strategies include a reworking the basic models of
library automation systems, working toward more open systems, and
engendering more effective partnerships with vendors.
*Register Now*
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Full, Associate, Participant members: no charge
Non-members: $50.00
This session is part of the MLNC
Speakers Series. In
the event of over-registration, MLNC reserves the right to limit
the number of attendees from a given institution.
| 2/21/2008 |
Kansas City |
Kansas City Public Library
Central Library
Helzberg Auditorium |
9am - 12pm |
Schedule: 9:00 – 9:30 Coffee and visiting, 9:30 –
11:30 Speaker, 11:30 – 12:00 Questions and discussionAudience:
Staff from MLNC member libraries interested in library
automation, technology trends, and keeping up with new trends.
Presenter:
Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and
Research, Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University
Marshall Breeding is the Director for Innovative Technologies and
Research at the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt
University. He is part of the senior management team of the library and
he focuses on planning the strategic use of technology in the library.
He designs and develops digital library resources for the library.
Marshall oversees the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, a large-scale
archive of digital video content.
In addition to his responsibilities at Vanderbilt, Marshall is a
frequent speaker and writer on topics of network technologies and
library automation. He is the creator and editor of the Library
Technology Guides web site and the lib-web-cats online directory of
libraries on the Web. His monthly column “Systems Librarian” appears in
Computers in Libraries; he is a Contributing Editor for Smart Libraries
Newsletter published by the American Library Association, and has
authored the “Automated System Marketplace” feature published in the
April 1 issue of Library Journal for the last six years. He has
authored sixissues of ALA’s Library Technology Reports, and has written
many other articles and book chapters. Marshall has edited or authored
five books. He regularly teaches workshops and gives presentations at library
conferences on a variety of topics related to network technologies and
library automation.
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