Don’t miss any of these great annual meeting events sponsored by the Computing Services Special Interest Section!

This is a quick list of all of the CS-SIS programs and events in excel format.

TS/OBS/RIPS/CS-SIS Joint Reception on Saturday, July 12, 2008, from 7 pm to 8:30 pm at OCC-Skyview Terrace.

Join other members of CS-SIS and from other special interest sections for this exciting joint reception.

CS-SIS Karaoke 2008 on Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 9:30 until unknown

Additional information available.

CS-SIS Roundtable on Publicizing Your Library with Technology on Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Come learn about how to use technology to publicize your library.

Explore the Real World in Real Time: Making Legal News on JURIST on Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Explore how the real-time legal research and ready reference techniques now employed by many law librarians are elaborated and applied every day to legal news production on JURIST (jurist.law.pitt.edu), the Webby-winning legal news service headquartered at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. JURIST publisher and editor-in-chief Professor Bernard Hibbitts and a member of JURIST’s law student staff will discuss the challenges of covering appropriate national and international legal developments as they happen, researching and contextualizing them with reliable primary and secondary sources under intense real-time pressure, writing them up in an Internet-friendly manner as members of virtual editorial teams, and delivering them over user-friendly publishing software to a worldwide audience on the Web—all while maintaining essential quality control. They will demonstrate how law librarians interested in working with Internet based resources on a small or large scale can provide quality real-time research content online to domestic and worldwide audiences via blogware, RSS and other delivery systems.

Ruth Levor, Coordinator and Moderator, University of San Diego, School of Law/Legal Research Center

Bernard Hibbitts, University of Pittsburgh Law School

Leslie Schulman, University of Houston

Exploring Relevancy Ranking Systems in Search Engines on the Web and in our OPACs: What They Are–How They Work on Monday, July 14, 2008 at 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Most librarians see the relevancy rankings displayed in search results in their library’s OPAC and as they use the Web in their work. However, most librarians do not understand the software that underpins these ranking systems. Therefore, this introductory, lecture-style program will teach participants what relevancy systems are and how they work. The speaker will include the pros and cons of relevancy ranking systems as they relate to all librarians who use the Internet and who routinely use their library’s OPAC for reference service.

Brian D. Striman, Coordinator, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Marvin & Virginia Schmid Law Library

Scott M. Childers, University of Nebraska

Evolving Legal Education: Adding Law Practice Technology to the Curriculum on Monday, July 14, 2008 at 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Most law students graduate with little exposure to how technologies are changing the practice of law, or to how the ethical implications of these technologies impact the practitioner. This program presents an overview of courses at two law schools that provide students with an introduction to technology’s impact on current law practice, as well as hands-on experience using a variety of legal technologies. The program considers the impetus behind these courses, identifies course goals, looks at how technology is used in the classroom to meet these goals, and presents an overview of the format and content of the courses, including the incorporation of an ethicalcomponent. Speakers will discuss the selection and sequence of topics, and provide concrete examples of subjects covered, for example: metadata as an element of electronic evidence. Types of student assignments, problems encountered and other practical considerations will be identified. The audience will have an opportunity to share similar teaching experiences.

Kenneth J. Hirsh, Coordinator and Speaker, Duke University School of Law Library

Wayne Miller, Duke University School of Law Library

Marguerite I. Most, Boston College Law Library

Mary Ann Neary, Boston College Law Library

Laura Scott, Duke University School of Law Library

CS-SIS Roundtable on Teaching with Technology: Best Practices on Monday, July 14, 2008 at 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Come learn about best practices in using technology in teaching.

CS-SIS Hot Topic I: Keeping Up With Technology: Advice for Librarians on Monday, July 14 at 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

The only constant in technology is change, and the speed of that change can be overwhelming. Our panel of librarians will review key resources they use to stay current with technology. They will discuss how they incorporate these tools into their busy schedules, and how embracing technology tools could help your career.

Speakers, June Liebert, John Marshall Law School (Chicago) Library
Ken Hirsh, Duke University Law Library
Phillip Bohl, Pepperdine University Law Library
Darin Fox, University of Oklahoma Law Library

CS-SIS Hot Topic II: Using LAMP to Shine a Light on Open Source Applications in a Library Setting on Monday, July 14 at 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Any library can benefit from integrating open source applications into its technological infrastructure. While many servers already run a variation of LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP), other open source programs could be beneficial to a library setting. Programs such as a student worker timeclock, a content management system, a room booking platform and a survey tool will be set up, configured and demonstrated. Furthermore, this program will highlight the important points of the GPL license, which many open source applications utilize.

Speakers: Stacey Rowland, University of Mississippi Law Library
Dan Blackaby, Western State University College of Law Library

Cool Tools: Energizing Law Librarianship with Web 2.0 on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Wikis, blogs, social networks, desktopish applications, collaboration software and virtual worlds! An emerging Web 2.0 universe offers new solutions for teaching, management and your own learning plans. Panelists will illustrate how they are using this new set of tools to teach, market the library and connect with patrons. Be ready to make friends with the underlying technologies, such as AJAX, RSS and APIs, that are making the “Web-as-platform” possible. Learn about tips and traps you might encounter when employing these fun methods that will put your library on the map. Following this informative discussion, participants will tour showcases where their colleagues will demonstrate and discuss specific initiatives used in their libraries.

Victoria J. Szymczak, Coordinator and Moderator, Brooklyn Law School Library

Kincaid C. Brown, University of Michigan Law Library

Deborah Ginsberg, Chicago-Kent College of Law Library, Illinois Institute of Technology

Barbara Ginzburg, Washburn University of Topeka School of Law Library

Jewel Makda, Washburn University of Topeka School of Law Library

Harvey Morrell, University of Baltimore

Bonnie Shucha, University of Wisconsin Law Library

Life on a Stick: Traveling Light with Portable Applications on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Alligator on a stick, fried Twinkies on a stick, and now, presenting … life on a stick! Much of the food on a stick developed out of a need for convenience—eating while walking, for example—and the same idea now applies to computer software. Many librarians travel or use multiple computers in their work. Not all of these computers are configured to give them access to their familiar programs, bookmarks or documents. Carrying a laptop everywhere is clunky and not all librarians have a PDA or smartphone. Even for those that do, synchronizing various devices can be inconvenient, and sometimes, there is just no substitute for a computer. Portable applications on an USB stick or MP3 player allow you to use programs and settings without installing them on the computer at hand or leaving data footprints behind. This program will identify useful portable programs (such as e-mail clients, browsers, office software), inform librarians on ways to make nonportable programs portable and discuss methods of keeping information on portable devices safe.

Susan M. Boland, Coordinator and Speaker, Northern Illinois University, College of Law Library

Energize! Teleporting to Second Life: Exploring the Legal and Library Communities in a Virtual World on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Ready … Set … Energize! Watch as law librarians teleport and materialize in the virtual worlds of Second Life. The program will give an overview of Second Life, how libraries can use it, and what the current state of legal, library and academic projects are in Second Life. Participants will also learn how to get a Second Life project going in real life. The speakers are librarians who have created law libraries in Second Life or have universities that are committed to working in Second Life.

D. Prano Amjadi, Coordinator, Moderator and Speaker, Santa Clara University

Kate Fitz, Sacramento County Public Law Library

Meg Kribble, Nova Southeastern University