Technology for the Rest of Us:
What Every Librarian Should Understand about the Technologies that Affect Us

May 24-27, 2004
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

The Ohio State University
Pfahl Hall Executive Conference Center
The Blackwell Hotel
Fisher College of Business

Monday, May 24 Tuesday, May 25 Wednesday, May 26 Thursday, May 27

"Networking"

Robert Molyneux, author, "The Internet Under the Hood: An Introduction to Network Technologies for Information Professionals"

"OpenURL"

Walt Crawford, author, "The Crawford Files," in American Libraries

"Security"

Peter Murray, Assistant to the Director for Technology Initiatives, University of Connecticut Libraries

"Open Archives Initiative Protocol"

Sarah Shreeves, Visiting Project Coordinator, IMLS Digital Collections and Content, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

"Wireless Networking"

Wilfred (Bill) Drew, owner, The Wireless Librarian" website

"Internet2"

Thomas Lynch III, Vice President for Information Technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

"XML"

Ron Gilmour, Science & Technology Coordinator, University of Tennessee

"Institutional Repositories"

MacKenzie Smith, Associate Director for Technology, MIT Libraries
Charly Bauer, Assistant Director of Library Systems, Multimedia
Databases, OhioLINK

Sponsored by The Ohio State University Libraries and OhioLINK

This project is funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio

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Purpose of the seminar — Who should attend?
Schedule
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Directions
Accommodations near campus
Valet parking is available at the Blackwell for $9/day.
Lunch is on your own. See list of OSU area eateries.

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Technology Seminar Planning Team:
Nancy Courtney, Project Head, Ohio State University Libraries
Thomas Dowling, OhioLINK
Anne Fields, Ohio State University Libraries
Marty Jamison, Ohio State University Libraries
Fred Roecker, Ohio State University Libraries
Kathleen Webb, University of Dayton Libraries

For more information, please email courtney.24@osu.edu.