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The Western New York/Ontario chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries (WNY/O ACRL) invites you to a day-long conference designed to address the evolving 21st century library. Not only has the library's daily functions changed, but so has the physical space. Please join us at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Niagara Falls, NY, where we will explore topics such as social networking, copyright, academic integrity, management issues, changing job descriptions, partnering, renovations, and more!

The modern librarian practices time-tested methods and embraces professional principles while simultaneously absorbing new technologies. Yet, the online world is full of overnight booms and busts, bubbles and blips. In this fast-paced environment, we strive to keep our libraries, our patrons, and ourselves in tune with the newest tools and trends while managing day-to-day workload. Ms. Frederick and Mr. Fujiuchi will discuss reconnecting with core professional values while exploring creative solutions to 21st Century challenges . Their presentation will demonstrate that professional identity and creative thinking are the keys to staying current and building a dynamic library presence.

Kathryn A. Frederick is the Access and Electronic Services Librarian at Elmira College (Elmira, NY). Ms. Frederick views libraries as vital social institutions and ponders their changing role in society. She is interested in expanding the scope and quality of library services by, among other things, integrating emerging technologies and open source tools. Ms. Frederick is active in the New York Library Association (NYLA), currently serving as President of the NYLA SMART section. Website: www.kathrynfrederick.org.

Ken Fujiuchi is the Emerging Technology Librarian in E. H. Butler Library. He comes to Buffalo State from the University at Buffalo, where he worked as a lab and instructional facilities coordinator and adjunct faculty member in the School of Informatics. Fujiuchi holds a B.A. in English, and Masters in Library Science from the University at Buffalo. His research interests include Web 2.0/Library 2.0, information literacy, information storage and retrieval, and human-computer interaction.

The very essence of working with archival collections is much the same as twenty years ago - collections arrive, content is evaluated, records are organized and finding aids are made to improve access. However, with the growth, potential and popularity of digital media, there is much more to consider when administering primary records. This presentation will look at the benefits and challenges associated with managing archival repositories in a digitally oriented world with specific attention given to time management, funding and collaboration.

David Sharron is the Head of Special Collections and Archives in the James A. Gibson Library at Brock University. He holds a Masters degree in History with an Archives Specialization and is a certified archivist. David has been working in the archival administration field for over nine years. He has had diverse experiences working with archival records from a federal institution at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to a municipal / community archives at the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre in Southampton, Ontario, and now at a post-secondary institution - Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.

The new Daemen College "Center for Information, Research, and Community Programs" is scheduled to open in January 2009. This will be a brand new library facility for Daemen College, replacing a building constructed in 1953. This presentation will discuss the vision of academic library service that lies behind the design of Daemen's 21st century library. The following questions will also be addressed: What process did Daemen follow to plan a new library? How will the library interior be laid out, and why will it look the way it does? What future library service principles are reflected in the design of the building? What are some things that we can ALL learn from the process of designing a 21st century library?

After receiving degrees from DePauw University, Yale University, and University at Buffalo, Mr. Woike was appointed Head Librarian at Daemen College in 1981. Mr. Woike has been involved in every phase of designing the Center for Information, Research, and Community Programs at Daemen College. He authored the vision statement which launched the beginnings of the new building in 1994. He was a member of the Long Range Planning Committee which recommended building a new library. He was appointed chair of the Library Planning Team, and he subsequently wrote the building program for the new facility. Mr. Woike is currently chair of the Furnishings Committee for the new Center for Information, Research and Community Programs at Daemen College.

As a British trained architect Mr. Freeman's twenty-odd years of professional experience have been divided between Great Britain and the United States. In the UK this experience covered a range of building types, including housing and entertainment, but predominately in education, such as the Arts and Technology Building at Uppingham School for Boys and both the Mathematics and Medical Research Buildings at Leicester University.

His work in the States has seen a narrowing focus of interest in libraries for higher education institutions and more specifically library buildings planned around a Learning Commons. In the last ten years he has worked on eight Libraries with Learning Commons. These projects have ranged from the extensive, as in the extension and renovation of the National Library of Medicine or the Georgia Institute of Technology Innovative Learning Resource Center to the modest, as in the renovation of Mortola Library at Pace University that reorients an existing building on a new Learning Commons. They have included exclusively renovation projects such as the replanning of three floors of a thirteen story tower at Boston University and newly conceived buildings such as a new library at Daemen College, the Center for Information Research and Community Programs.

The Wallace Library at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has worked to reach out to first year students in recent years through a number of avenues, including an Open House during orientation week and Fall Quarter library tours for all first year students enrolled in the First Year Enrichment program (FYE). The tours are part of the FYE curriculum and present a general overview of the variety of resources and services the library offers. Introducing first year students to the value of subject resources is sometimes more difficult. One traditional solution is to have library liaisons present instruction sessions based on the syllabus and instructor-designed assignments in FYE classes. This past fall, two liaison librarians representing different RIT colleges forged a partnership with an FYE instructor to collaborate on creating a research assignment for the Winter Quarter. The librarians and the instructor collaborated on the entire process - co-creating the interdisciplinary research topics, posting a web guide with recommended resources, creating and delivering an interactive library instruction presentation, offering students follow-up consultation opportunities, and participating in the students' preliminary project presentations. This partnership provided the library liaisons with both a model of how to work with instructors teaching first and second year students and a model of how to work with each other on interdisciplinary assignments.

Jennifer Freer is the library liaison to the Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Prior to joining RIT, she was a Business Reference Librarian for The Conference Board in New York City from 1995 to 2002. She earned her M.L.S. from Queens College and her current library interests include using Web 2.0 technologies to make information accessible.

Roman Koshykar is currently the Librarian Liaison to the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at the Rochester Insitute of Technology's Wallace Library. Roman's interests include providing innovative and interactive library instruction, instructing patrons in the use of citation management systems, use of social networking technology in libraries, and integrating new technologies into library services. Roman holds an M.S. in library and information sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a B.S. in biological sciences from Cornell University. Prior to his current position, Roman was Librarian for Engineering at Binghamton University.

Poster Sessions

Sticker Shock: Publicizing the Rising Cost of Scientific Journals

Rachel Inbar, Reference Assistant
Engineering Library, Cornell University

The Engineering Library at Cornell University recently mounted an electronic exhibit called "Sticker Shock 2," updating a similar exhibition from 2001, that highlights the ever-increasing cost of providing access to scientific journals. The exhibition compares the subscription cost of several important journals in the fields of engineering and computer science to similarly priced goods including a new car, a jet ski, and a vacation abroad. Additional information regarding each journal title's cost-per-use, page-per-use, impact factor, and percentage increase in subscription cost is included. This exhibit is intended as an eye-catching and entertaining way to inform the community about the expense involved in providing the information resources necessary for research and scholarship. It is also intended to prompt discussion among patrons, library professionals and publishers about some the economic challenges they face in the 21st century. The presentation will include still images from the online exhibit as well as print material developed in conjunction with the exhibit.

Expanding Beyond Our Library Walls: Integrating Into a Patron’s Community Through Facebook

Bridget Schumacher , Assistant Librarian, Oscar Silverman Undergraduate Library
Ligaya Ganster, Information Literacy Librarian, Lockwood Memorial Library
State University of New York at Buffalo State University of New York at Buffalo

As society changes with the adaptation of new, emerging technology, so does the library. Reaching beyond the traditional brick and mortar setting, the 21st century library has the opportunity to embrace change and expand library services by new means of communication. Online social networking is emerging as one of many new methods of communication, particularly for young adults in the18-24 age range. Facebook, a social networking tool and popular website for college students, provides libraries with the opportunity to develop an outreach presence within an online community. Libraries can update and inform their online community of new events, workshops, library services and resources. In addition, students, faculty and staff can provide discussion and feedback regarding library services. This poster presentation demonstrates the design of an interactive page on Facebook, including the use of third party applications for a more engaging virtual presence. Custom applications can be developed for searching the holdings within a library catalog. Challenges and ideas for marketing pages on Facebook will also be presented.

What is an Unconference, Anyway? Flexible Forms of Library Continuing Ed

Erin Dorney, May 2008 graduate candidate from Syracuse University (MLIS & CAS-DL)
Rochester Institute of Technology

As the 21st century library continues its evolution, continuing education is also evolving. Although traditional library conferences are in no threat of extinction (and with good reason), more flexible, collaborative, and cost-effective methods of continuing education are becoming popular. These methods include “unconferences”, meetings in virtual worlds including Second Life, real-time webinars, podcasts and teleconferences. Many of these events are low cost or free, and if electronically based, accessible nationwide. No longer restrained by cost or location, library staff have more opportunities than ever to participate in a variety of continuing education activities. This poster presentation will discuss past examples of library “unconferences” including the Syracuse Library Camp as well as a variety of virtual learning opportunities. Handouts and links to various resources will be provided for conference attendees.

Virtual Reference With Crafty Syntax

Tim Ribaric and Laurie Morrison
Brock University

No Virtual Reference yet? Those co-browsing platforms at bit too pricy for you? Today it’s easy today to start a virtual reference service regardless of budget restraints or size of library. No need for expensive (often unstable) push technologies, proprietary software or, at the other end of the financial spectrum, overly simple chat software (eg. MSN). This poster presentation will outline an easy and fast solution offered by open source software to get your VR started. The James A. Gibson Library, at Brock University, began its virtual reference service in 2006 taking advantage of the expansive body of literature about VR in academic libraries. During this first year, we started a simple pilot project (Microsoft Messenger) with staffing for 3 hours a day. Realizing the potential to extend the service, we sought out a more user friendly and flexible technology. Crafty Syntax, an open source software, offered greater flexibility and robust data collection about users. It allowed for a more comprehensive connection with users; no need for users to create separate user account and load an application (MSN). A "Live Help!" icon was embedded into the Library website making us (JAG) present to our users everywhere on our site without any additional software or plug ins. The increase of user questions is testimony to the success of our service; in one semester we have quadrupled our statistics. This session will outline how to start using Crafty Syntax in under an hour and customize it to your own web environment. We will also explore its use for individual reference librarians and for collecting user statistics.

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Conference in Brief

9:00-9:30	Registration, Continental Breakfast and an opportunity to view poster sessions
9:30-9:35	Opening Remarks
9:35-10:45	Session One: Kathryn A. Frederick and Ken Fujiuchi
10:45-11:00	Coffee Break and an opportunity to view poster sessions
11:00-12:00	Session Two: David Sharron
12:00-1:00	Lunch and a final opportunity to view poster sessions
1:00-2:00	Session Three: Glenn V. Woike and Mark Freeman
2:00-2:15	Break
2:15-3:15	Session Four: Jennifer Freer and Roman Koshykar
3:15-3:30	Closing Remarks

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Conference Site

Crowne Plaza
300 Third Street
Niagara Falls, New York
1-716-285-3361

This upscale Niagara Falls hotel offers 391 newly renovated guest rooms and suites, as well as over 17,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, located in the heart of the downtown tourist area. It is located just minutes away from Niagara University and less than a 1/2 hour drive from Buffalo, N.Y.

Get customized directions to the Crowne Plaza.

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Registration

WNY/ONTARIO ACRL Chapter Spring Conference 2008

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Fees (includes continental breakfast, breaks and hot buffet lunch - Canadian funds accepted at par)

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US $110 ____ for U.S. non-members

US $40 ____ for U.S. full-time library school students

US $50 ____ for attendees presenting a poster session

Membership for ACRL Western New York Ontario is $15.00 per year (Canadian at par) and $10.00 for ACRL National members (Canadian at par).

**The best deal! If you are currently not a member, you may become one and take advantage of the member conference rates. Simply add membership dues to your registration check. All memberships expire as of August 31st each year. If you have not yet paid your membership for this year, please take the time to do so now.

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Check here ____ if you wish to donate $1 toward our Library School Student Conference Scholarship. Two scholarships are to be awarded at the conference.

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Receipts will be available the day of the conference. We do not send confirmations by mail.

Registration deadline: Friday, April 18, 2008

Please make checks payable to: Western New York/Ontario ACRL

Please mail checks and forms to:

David Bertuca
Associate Librarian
Science & Engineering Library
225 Capen Hall
North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: 716-645-2947 ext. 229
Fax: 716-645-3710
Email: dbertuca@buffalo.edu

IMPORTANT NOTE: If your institution will be sending payment to WNY/O ACRL for your conference fee, please contact David Bertuca. Since institutional checks are often delayed, it is important to notify the treasurer that you wish to be registered.

We will accept cancellations with refunds up until April 18. After the 18th, no refunds will be issued.