Personalizable Library Websites: Panacea or Pandora's Box?

[george at library.caltech.edu]

Join the MARS Hot Topics Discussion Group at ALA Midwinter in New Orleans.
Saturday, January 19, 11:30-12:30, in the Fairmont Hotel's Explorer's Room
we'll have a lively discussion of the pitfalls, pratfalls, and positive
potential of personalizable library websites in delivering customized
content to your core constituencies.  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
<http://www.library.american.edu/FramesetmyAladin.html> 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
<http://www.lita.org/ital/ital1904.html>

George S. Porter, MARS Hot Topics chair
Sherman Fairchild Library of Engineering & Applied Science
Caltech, 1-43
Pasadena, CA  91125-4300
Telephone (626) 395-3409 Fax (626) 431-2681
george at library.caltech.edu

Mary Mintz, MARS Hot Topics co-chair
American University Library
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20016-8046
Telephone:  202-885-3243
E-mail:  mmintz at american.edu
Fax: 202-885-3226