C-3 Latest Trends in Library Automation: Building Creative and Inspiring Discovery Platforms

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Sunday, July 26 - 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Location: 
WCC-Room 152 AB
Target Audience: 
Librarians who want their patrons to use their information resources effectively and innovatively
Learning Outcomes: 
1) Participants will assess the latest library automation innovations and discovery platforms.
2) Participants will better understand how libraries can meet patron expectations.

Marshall Breeding will address next-generation library interfaces and what the future holds for merging currently disparate resources, or silos of information. Some next-generation discovery platforms include AquaBrowser, Encore, Endeca, Primo, WorldCat Local and NELLCO’s Universal Search Solution. Breeding is a VIP to AALL 2009, sponsored by ALL-SIS, the Library Journal author of “Automation System Marketplace,” and a Computers In Libraries columnist. In addition, Breeding will update the audience on current innovations in library automation technology.

Speaker(s): 
Georgia Briscoe, Coordinator and Co-moderator, University of Colorado Law Library, William A. Wise Law Library
Filippa Marullo Anzalone, Co-moderator, Boston College Law Library
Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University, Jean and Alexander Heard Library