Are you feeling overwhelmed by batch load issues? Fretting over the
presentation of your serial holdings?  Join your colleagues for a day
dedicated to finding Local Holdings Maintenance peace and serenity.

Zen and the Art of Local Holdings Maintenance: A Summit

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at the Holiday Inn in Saratoga Springs, NY

9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.

The goal of this one-day summit is to enhance New York State libraries'
leadership role in contributing high-quality local holdings to the OCLC
WorldCat union catalog. For many years, libraries have shared
item-specific holdings information - regarding their serials
collections, in particular - regionally and beyond. This effort has
helped library users everywhere locate and obtain access to the
materials they need. The summit will provide a forum for the exchange of
ideas regarding issues related to the ongoing contribution and
maintenance of Local Holdings.

The working program includes:

Awareness:  Local Holdings Maintenance and OCLC

Myrtle Myers, Product Manager, Holdings and Local Data, OCLC

Acceptance:  Can Less than Perfect be Perfectly Okay?

Natalie Sturr, Coordinator of Library Technology, SUNY Oswego

Lauren Pinsley, OCLC Services Manager, Nylink

Sharing:  Approaches to Control and Presentation of Serial Holdings

Summary:  Four presenters will share their perspectives about projects
or processes supporting the presentation of serial holdings.

Caryl Ward, Head of Acquisitions, Binghamton University Libraries

Barbara Swetman, Acquisitions and Serials Librarian, Hamilton  College

Miguel Figueroa, SERHOLD Regional Coordinator, MidAtlantic Region

Jeff Sohn, Associate Librarian, Documents and Digital Collections, New
York State Library

Openness:  Roundtable Discussions

Summit participants will have the opportunity to participate in
discussions with their peers, learn about issues and trends in Local
Holdings Maintenance and contribute to guidelines or recommendations
concerning Local Holdings Maintenance and the use of MARC holdings
format.

Registration Information:

$80 per person

Includes continental breakfast, lunch and materials

Click here for registration http://nylink.org/events/zen08.cfm

A small number of rooms have been reserved at the conference rate of
$110 per night.  Please call the Holiday Inn at 518-584-6511 to make
reservations.  Please request the SLN block when making your
reservation.

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Sara Greenleaf

Associate Librarian

Warren Hunting Smith Library

Hobart & William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY 14456

Voice: 315-781-3551

Fax:  315-781-3560

Email:  greenleaf@hws.edu

http://www.hws.edu