ENY-ACRL Spring Conference, 2004
Controlling Chaos:  Harnessing Digital Collections
General Information | Program Schedule | Registration Form | Pre-conference Dinner | Accommodations | Directions | Vendors

General Information

When: Monday May 17, 2004 
Where: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Time: 8:30am - 3:00pm
Cost:     $30 for Chapter Members; $45 non-members
Registration Deadline:  Friday, May 7, 2004
The conference site is handicapped accessible.

Program Schedule

8:30am - 9:15am: Coffee & registration & vendor demos of metasearch products
9:15am - 9:30am: Welcoming remarks
9:30am - 10:30am: Keynote Address by James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University: ,"Advancing the Role of the Academic Library through Digital Innovation."
10:30am - 11:15am: Coffee break, poster sessions [follow link for descriptions of posters], metasearch vendor demos
11:15am - 12:30pm:
"Digital Scholarship: Creating Policy for Tenure and Review in an Increasingly Digital World."
Deborah Lines Andersen, Assistant Professor, SUNY/Albany SISP
12:30pm -- 1:45pm:
LUNCH & BUS. MTG.
2:15pm -- 3:00pm: 
Panel: "The Who, What, Why - and Why Not - of Federated Searching" 
Jane Neale, NYLINK, Moderator 
Sandy Hurd, Innovative Interfaces 
Mike Poulin, Le Moyne College 
Nan Hyland, Cornell University
3:00pm: Wrap up, evaluation forms, & snacks for the road

Pre-Conference Dinner

The pre-conference dinner will be held May 16th at Brindisi's, 390 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Folks can begin to meet at the bar at 5:30, we'll be seated at 6:00. Attendees will pay for their own dinners at Brindisi's. Please indicate on the registration form if you plan to attend. Elizabeth Putnam can answer questions about the dinner, call (518) 580-5542 or e-mail  eputnam@skidmore.edu .

Directions

Directions to Skidmore College , Skidmore Campus Map ,  

Map highlighting parking 

Conference parking will be in Palamountain ('K' on the map below). The conference will take place in Palamountain and Bolton Halls. Upon arriving on campus, follow the signs to the Palamountain parking lot (parking is free) and into the Palamountain Hall Lobby, where the registration table will be located.

Vendors

Sponsors

Exhibitors

Vendor sponsors may e-mail mailto:mdpoulin@syr.edu


General Information | Program Schedule | Registration Form | Pre-conference Dinner | Accommodations | Directions | Vendors