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Draft Agenda - May 2009
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Wednesday,
September 30
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5:00 - 7:30
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Registration Desk
Open - Hosted by Hospitality Comm.
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Thursday, October
1: Polaris Presents
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8:00
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Registration Desk
Open - Hosted by Hospitality Comm.
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9:00 - 9:30
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Welcome - Mary Hedrick, PUG and Bill Schickling,
Polaris President
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9:30 - 10:45
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Business Update
Bill and his team wil
bring you up-to-date on what's new at Polaris and with the Polaris ILS,
including new developments in the PAC!
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10:45 - 11:00
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Networking Break
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11:00 - 12:15
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What's New in 3.5 -
Patron Services
Find out what's new
in 3.5, including patron user name functionality, links from the patron
account, ability to sort column data and more.
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11:00 - 12:15
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Focus Group
Discussion
Join members of the Polaris
product development team for an interactive discussion on RDA, Acquisitions
ASN and e-commerce functionality in Polaris Fusion.
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12:15 - 1:30
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Networking lunch
with some tables designated for special topics, such as academic libraries,
outreach services
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1:30 - 2:45
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What's New in 3.5 -
Tech Services
There's a lot going
on backstage in Polaris! See and
discuss new features in version 3.5 Acquisitions, Serials, and Cataloging.
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1:30 - 2:45
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Focus Group
Discussion
SMS text messaging and Books by
Mail are on the development timetable. Discuss the design, share ideas and
provide feedback to the Polaris development staff.
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2:45 - 3:15
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Networking Break
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3:00
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Exhibit Hall Opens
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3:15 - 4:30
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Speed Dating with
Polaris Staff
Have specific
questions about Polaris functionality? Want to talk one-on-one to a product
analyst, developer, or member of the customer support team? Come table hop
and "speed date" with the Polaris staff.
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5:00 - 8:00
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Vendor Reception
Buffet served 5:30 – 7:30
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Friday, October 2
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8:00
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Registration Desk
Open - Hosted by Hospitality Comm.
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8:45 - 9:15
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PUG Business Meeting
Open to all
attendees. Includes discussions on
finances, future locations for PUG, Steering Committee nominations, and
proposals for by-laws changes.
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9:15-10:30
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Admin
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Enhancement Process:
Change is a Good Thing
How does the
enhancement process work, how could it work, and what would it take to change
it. Three different enhancement scenarios will be presented and
feedback on the pros and cons will be solicited.
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Workflow
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Circ/Patron Services
Breakout Session
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Technology
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PAC Customizations
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Director
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Resource sharing and
NCIP
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10:30-10:45
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Networking Break
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10:45-12:00
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Admin
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Movin' on up...to version 3.5
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Workflow
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Cataloging Breakout
Session
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Technology
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3rd party (Polaris
partner) products that improve service
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Director
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Accepting credit
cards at your library
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12:15 - 2:15
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12:15-2:15
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Lunch/Keynote
Speaker -Michael Porter - Fear of a Library Planet: The future of libraries
and information access
Strange things are
afoot in Libraryland! Without understanding and careful planning
in libraries right now we seriously risk missing the chance to harness
impending technological advances. During this engaging and thought provoking
session we will examine dozens of quite surprising real world projects and
research initiatives that you can expect will have powerful impacts on our
real world library services. An examination of new methods of information
access, funding, community building, sharing and communication along with
multiple hardware and software gadgets will help set the groundwork for
necessary adjustments and planning.
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2:15-3:30
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Admin
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Floating collections
in 3.5
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Workflow
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PAC Breakout Session
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Technology
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Reports with Visual
Studio
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Director
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Public Libraries:
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Once the architect
turns over the keys to the library, buildings often begin a downhill slide
and become the victims of poor maintenance, graffiti, profuse wiring, and too
much signage and show the signs of heavy public usage. Learn how to look at
your library with a fresh eye and help return it to opening day condition.
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3:30 - 3:45
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Networking Break
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3:45 - 5:00
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Admin
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Using Google
Analytics for PAC Statistics
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Workflow
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Serials/Acquisitions
Breakout Session
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Technology
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Who are you? The
online version
With blossoming,
popular web tools all around, how do you successfully manage your online
identity? During this session we will examine dozens of ways
individuals and institutions alike can tell their stories and manage
perceptions in a way that is honest, productive and positive. Take
charge online and let the world see you as they should!
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Director
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Library
Administrators Breakout Sesssion
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6:00 - 10:00
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Presidents Reception
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Saturday, October 3
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8:00
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Registration Desk
Open - Hosted by Hospitality Comm.
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8:45 - 9:30
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PUG Business Meeting
Open to all
attendees. Includes discussions on
finances, future locations for PUG, and voting on new Steering Committee
members and by-laws changes.
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9:30 - 10:45
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Admin
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SA/Utilities
Breakout Session
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Workflow
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Acquisitions, EDI
Import, MARCedit - tools for cataloging
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Technology
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Cheap & Easy:
Tools to enhance library service
Need to keep your
Eservices up-to-date but have budget issues? Come see some things you can do
without spending a lot of money or knowing how to write code.
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Director
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Accomodating mobile devices in your library
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10:45 - 11:00
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Networking Break
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11:00 - 12:15
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Admin
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Using Polaris in a
Federated Library System Environment
Are your patrons and staff having a hard time
understanding the different policies and procedures of
the individual libraries in your consortium?" See
how our libraries in a Federated Library System have
come together to help streamline and enhance the library
experience in the Polaris ILS.
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Workflow
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How Simply Reports
makes the most of your data
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Technology
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Using Camtasia to make online tutorials
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Director
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Library funding and
revenue loss
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12:15 - 1:45
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Lunch and Town
Meeting with Polaris Management Team
Ask your questions
of the Polaris Library Systems management and technical team in this open,
free-flowing forum. Polaris will have a few Q&As
ready to get the conversation rolling.
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1:45 - 2:00
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Election Results
Announced/Conference Wrap Up
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Saturday
Post-Conference Training
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2:00 - 4:00
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Session B - Leaders
in Libraries: Marketing Your Library in a Tough Economy!
Are you a whiz at
library marketing, but want a refresher? Are you a pro at promotions, but a
novice at assessing what different groups want from your library and
targeting your services?
"Marketing Your Library in a Tough Economy!" explores the
marketing process, and offers insights and views from many of today's leading
libraries on how marketing can position your library in the mind of the
community as an economic engine while helping users understand what you have
to offer them.
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2:00 - 4:00
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Session A -
Transaction Database Boot Camp
PolarisTransactions is the database that holds Polaris usage statistics.
The 12 tables comprising the transactions database schema contain
detailed information regarding the usage and activity within the Polaris
Integrated Library System. Libraries
may enhance their reporting goals by understanding this database and
enhancing their SQL skills.
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