Announcement: OCLC Institute Spring Seminar Schedule

[Lytle,Amy]

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The OCLC Institute is pleased to announce our Spring, 2002 seminar and
special event schedule.  Complete details for the seminars listed below are
available on the Institute Web site at http://www.oclc.org/institute.  If
you are attending ALA Midwinter, we invite you to visit the OCLC booth to
discuss our professional development opportunities.

April 22-24  Knowledge Management: Methods & Systems
Hosted by the University of Nevada Las Vegas.  
The OCLC Institute's Director Emeritus, Martin Dillon, presents this
seminar, designed to explore the background, motivations and definitions of
knowledge management and the intersection of this management trend with the
Web revolution and digital knowledge resources.  The focus will be on
threats and opportunities for libraries.  Topics include components and
characteristics of knowledge management, system fundamentals, functional
requirements and system performance.  A hands-on guided lab provides
participants with practice in creating a knowledge management system. 
Early-Bird Registration Deadline: March 1.  Cost: $400 for OCLC Members,
$450 for non-members.

April 25-26  Planning in a Time of Rapid Technological Change
Sponsored by PALINET and OHIONET.
Join your colleagues at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, WV to explore planning
techniques for a rapidly shifting technological environment.  David
Penniman, Dean, School of Informatics, University at Buffalo and Keith
Russell, Coordinator of Employee Development, University of Kansas provide a
planning approach that involves both top-down development and bottom-up
assessment.  The course includes both lecture and hands-on sessions to help
you find ways to manage change, not react to it.
Early-Bird Registration Deadline: March 1.  Cost: $400 for OCLC Members,
$450 for non-members.

May 20-22  Creating a New Reference Librarianship
Hosted by the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Designed especially for reference and public service librarians at all
levels, this seminar will help you take a more active role in creating a new
reference librarianship...in your own career, work unit, library or larger
spheres of influence and concern.  This intensive seminar includes
provocative lectures, facilitated group discussions, lectures and hands-on
laboratory sessions.  You will be challenged to ask the difficult questions,
gain experience with new technology applications and create an action plan
for change.  Martin Dillon, Director Emeritus of the OCLC Institute presents
this seminar.
Early-Bird Registration Deadline: April 5.  Cost: $400 OCLC Members, $450
for non-members.

Steering by Standards Videoconference Series
http://www.oclc.org/institute/events/sbs.htm

This series of 3 satellite videoconferences addresses standards that will
significantly impact librarians and other information professionals.
Presentations by standards experts and local practitioners, debate among the
speakers and audience-driven question-and-answer sessions will provide
practical insight into these global initiatives, helping library leaders
decide more quickly and effectively how to respond locally to these emerging
standards.

The series includes:

 "A New Harvest: Revealing Hidden Resources with the Open Archives Metadata
Harvesting Protocol,"  March 26, 2002.  Host: Lorcan Dempsey, Vice
President, OCLC Office of Research, featuring Herbert Van de Sompel,
Director, e-Strategy and Programmes, British Library.

 "The OAIS Imperative: Enduring Record or Digital Dust?" April 19, 2002.
Host: Meg Bellinger, Vice President, Digital & Preservation Resources,
featuring Donald Sawyer, Lead, Science Office of Standards and Technology,
NASA.

 "Paper Past, Digital Future: Managing Metadata Standards in Transition,"
May 29, 2002.  Host: Gary Houk, Vice President, OCLC Services, featuring
Barbara Tillett, Director, Integrated Library System Program Office, Library
of Congress.

For further details, including registration forms for all events as well as
content information costs for the "Steering by Standards" videoconference
series, please see http://www.oclc.org/institute or contact Amy Lytle, Event
Coordinator, at mailto:lytlea at oclc.org or (800) 848-5878 x 5212.

Thank you.




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