Selected Program Sessions by Sections and Roundtables

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Resources and Technical Services Section
“The Text Encoding Initiative in North Carolina (TEI-NC)” Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1:45 ~ 2:45 pm (pt. 1);
3:45 ~ 4:45 pm (pt. 2)
This session will introduce the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) metadata standard, its history and structure. The presentation will focus on uncovering the fundamentals of TEI so attendees have a basic understanding of the standard and be able to strategize on potential uses in their library. The presentation will highlight projects in North Carolina that have adopted the TEI standard to represent texts online, provide materials for further exploration, and to discuss the emerging TEI-NC working group being sponsored by NC ECHO.
“Training and Re-Tooling Technical Services Staff Using Web-based Tutorials” Thursday, Sept. 22, 9:15 ~ 10:15 am
Retirements, re-organization and constant system upgrades necessitated the establishment of a portable training program designed to insure a staff that is knowledgeable, flexible, and responsive to users’ needs. Library staff will share their experiences in providing in-house training programs for technical services staff using online tutorials.
“Organizing Special Materials” Friday, Sept. 23, 9:00 ~ 10:00 am (pt 1);
10:45 ~ 11: 45 am (pt. 2)
The presenters will discuss methods of cataloging and organizing special materials such as rare books, local documents, oral histories, architectural drawings, theses, electronic resources, and "home grown" materials.
“FRBR Demystified: Why Does it Matter To Users?” Friday, Sept. 23, 10:45 ~ 11:45 am
This presentation will explain the FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) model and its relevance to users and to resource discovery. The first part of the presentation will focus on the model and its theoretical foundations. Next, the audience will learn why the model is relevant to library public services and users. We will illustrate the weaknesses of current resource discovery systems and show how FRBR might improve access for users. The final part of the presentation will describe the authors' Samuel L. Lazerow Fellowship research in progress. This project will explore user responses to displays for electronic serials and their print counterparts.