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FW: DC Ex-Libris Annual Meeting
by Murthy, Vani Sept. 2, 2009

Sept. 2, 2009

If you have not already responded, and would like to attend the annual meeting this year, please send in your responses by September 2, 2009. This will give us sufficient time to plan the next meeting. Thank you. Vani K. Murthy Library Technical Services Manager Montgomery College Libraries 303N, Macklin Tower 51 Mannakee Street Rockville, MD 20850 Email: vani.murthy(a)montgomerycollege.edu <mailto:vani.murthy@montgomerycollege.edu> Phone: (240) 567-4135 Fax: (240) 567-7141 From: Murthy, Vani Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:50 AM To: 'dcexlibris(a)list.wrlc.org' Cc: Braham, Brenda; 'Denise Branch'; Lash, Metta; 'Rodrigo Colloni'; 'Suzanne Picken'; Swanson, Kathy; Mehok, Pat; Bruno, Jeannine; Amokomowo, Donna; Au, Quynh; Baradi, Gabriel; Braham, Brenda; Brodey, Deborah; Bryce, Robert; Canada, Nancy; Chandra, Anu; Charles, Richelle; Clarke, Lisa; Cockrell, Diane; Cooper, Kate; Curvey, William; Fisher, Sarah; Gilardi, Gonzalo; Haider, Ruby; Hatleberg, Jennifer; Hertzler, Randal; Jablonski, Shelly; Jackson, Sonja; Jou, Yuh-Ching; King, Christine; Lam, Hong; Lash, Metta; Lee, Sarah C.; Leep, Judith; Lehrer, Beverly; Miller, Mark; Murthy, Vani; Nguyen, Mai; Nyland, Nancy; Paige, Judith; Pandya, Niyati; Reiter, Harriet; Seward, Helena; Sogunro, Abi; Stroud, Amanda; Swanson, Kathy; Thoms, Beth; Trawick, Josephine; Tucker, Bridget Subject: DC Ex-Libris Annual Meeting It is that time of the year again. Hope that everybody had a wonderful summer. We now have a committee which will work with me in planning this annual meeting. You will hear from them as the planning begins. As we did last year, we will begin by gathering some preliminary information using the following survey. http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/169973/dc-exlibris-users-group-meeting-2009 Please fill out the entire survey. It will provide us with the essential information we need to start planning for this meeting. If you are interested and able to host this meeting at your institution this year, please let me know. I am still looking for a volunteer to be the chair next year. Please contact me directly if you are interested. If some of your colleagues are not on this listserv but would like to be on it, please send an email to Suzanne Picken at picken(a)wrlc.org Thank you. Vani K. Murthy Library Technical Services Manager Montgomery College Libraries 303N, Macklin Tower 51 Mannakee Street Rockville, MD 20850 Email: vani.murthy(a)montgomerycollege.edu <mailto:vani.murthy@montgomerycollege.edu> Phone: (240) 567-4135 Fax: (240) 567-7141

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Ex Libris DC user grroup meeting
by Murthy, Vani Aug. 25, 2009

Aug. 25, 2009

You may receive another message from Ex Libris to catch people who are not on this listserv. If you have already responded, please ignore the message from Ex Libris. Thanks. Vani K. Murthy Library Technical Services Manager Montgomery College Libraries 303N, Macklin Tower 51 Mannakee Street Rockville, MD 20850 Email: vani.murthy(a)montgomerycollege.edu <mailto:vani.murthy@montgomerycollege.edu> Phone: (240) 567-4135 Fax: (240) 567-7141

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85th Annual PTPL Conference at Gallaudet University Oct. 16, 2009]
by Suzanne Picken Aug. 20, 2009

Aug. 20, 2009

*ANNOUNCING POTOMAC TECHNICAL PROCESSING LIBRARIANS 85th ANNUAL MEETING *October 16, 2009 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Plaza Dining Hall Gallaudet University 800 Florida Avenue NE Washington, D.C. Open Source, Open Sesame! For Online Registration go to PTPL Website: * http://web.mac.com/ptpl/PTPL/Annual_Meeting.html* *Keynote Speakers* Marshall Breeding Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University Bradley Daigle Director of Digital Curation Services, University of Virginia * Panelists* Andrea Buntz Neiman and Karen Collier Kent County Public Library Chestertown, MD Amy Begg De Groff Director of Information Technology, Howard County Library Columbia, MD Abby Blachly LibraryThing Cambridge, MA *Meeting Schedule * 08:00 - 09:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast 08:30 - 08:50 Tour of Library Archives and Deaf Collection 09:00 - 09:15 Welcome Polly Khater, Chair, PTPL Sarah Hamrick, Director, Library Public Services, Gallaudet University 09:15 - 10:15 Keynote Speaker “Open Source Alternatives in the Discovery Interfaces and Library Automation Arena” Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 11:30 Keynote Speaker “Catch the Hydra by the Tail: Cooperative Open Source Development for Digital Curation” Bradley Daigle, Director of Digital Curation Services, University of Virginia 11:30 - 12:45 Lunch 12:45 - 01:00 Business Meeting Panelists 01:00 - 01:45 Andrea Buntz Neiman and Karen Collier, Librarians, Kent County Public Library 01:45 - 02:30 Amy Begg De Groff, Director of Information Technology, Howard County Library 02:30 - 02:45 Break 02:45 - 03:30 Panelist Abby Blachly, Head Librarian, LibraryThing 03:30 Passing the Gavel and Close of Meeting 03:45 - 04:45 Tour of Gallaudet University campus Vote on the Proposed Bylaws Amendment, Article IV, Section 4, at the Business Meeting (4) The Association year shall be November through October. (for full text of Bylaws, see http://web.mac.com/ptpl/PTPL/-Bylaws.html * * *Open Source, Open Sesame!* *PTPL 85th Annual Meeting – October 16, 2009* *CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM* Name of Attendee: ______________________________________________________________ Institutional registration contact: __________________________________________________ Preferred address: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Institution: __ __________________________________________________________________ Email: ________________________________________ Phone: ________________________ *Registration fee includes PTPL membership, conference, continental breakfast, and lunch. Please note deadlines below.* · Early Bird registration deadline *Sept. 11* $65 _____ /(Must be postmarked by *Sept. 11)*/ · Registration deadline *Oct. 2 * $75 _____ /(Must be postmarked by* Oct. 2)*/ · Student member: $45 _____ / //(For students enrolled in a Library / / or Information Science program) / · Membership only: $10 _____ (Dues only; does not include conference) · Would you like to make an additional contribution to the PTPL scholarship fund? $ _______ * Total enclosed:* $ _______ Receipts will be available at the Registration table on October 16.* * *Forms of Payment: PayPal * Online registration and payment may be made using PayPal at the PTPL website: http://web.mac.com/ptpl/PTPL/Annual_Meeting.html ** *Check* Send your completed registration form and check made out to “PTPL” to: Linda Wirth, PTPL Treasurer, 5250 Signal Hill Road, Burke, VA 22015 Phone: (703) 978-0831 e-mail: llw(a)gwu.edu <mailto:llw@gwu.edu> Please let us know if you will need any special assistance or have special dietary needs:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I plan to attend a tour of the Gallaudet campus after the conference ** For further information, please contact Polly Khater: _khaterp(a)si.edu_ ** -- Suzanne Picken Integrated Library Systems Specialist Washington Research Library Consortium 901 Commerce Drive Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 Ph: 301 390-2039 Fax: 301 390-2020 email: picken(a)wrlc.org _______________________________________________ Ptpl-l mailing list Ptpl-l(a)list.wrlc.org http://list.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ptpl-l

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by Suzanne Picken Aug. 20, 2009

Aug. 20, 2009

If you receive this, please respond to picken(a)wrlc.org This is just a TEST... -- Suzanne Picken Integrated Library Systems Specialist Washington Research Library Consortium 901 Commerce Drive Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 Ph: 301 390-2039 Fax: 301 390-2020 email: picken(a)wrlc.org

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DC Ex-Libris Annual Meeting
by Murthy, Vani Aug. 20, 2009

Aug. 20, 2009

It is that time of the year again. Hope that everybody had a wonderful summer. We now have a committee which will work with me in planning this annual meeting. You will hear from them as the planning begins. As we did last year, we will begin by gathering some preliminary information using the following survey. http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/169973/dc-exlibris-users-group-meeting-2009 Please fill out the entire survey. It will provide us with the essential information we need to start planning for this meeting. If you are interested and able to host this meeting at your institution this year, please let me know. I am still looking for a volunteer to be the chair next year. Please contact me directly if you are interested. If some of your colleagues are not on this listserv but would like to be on it, please send an email to Suzanne Picken at picken(a)wrlc.org Thank you. Vani K. Murthy Library Technical Services Manager Montgomery College Libraries 303N, Macklin Tower 51 Mannakee Street Rockville, MD 20850 Email: vani.murthy(a)montgomerycollege.edu <mailto:vani.murthy@montgomerycollege.edu> Phone: (240) 567-4135 Fax: (240) 567-7141

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List serv for all things ExLibris
by Suzanne Picken Aug. 18, 2009

Aug. 18, 2009

All, This list is intended for users of any ExLibris Product--including Aleph. Sorry, I forget to mention that. Please feel free to discuss any and/or all issues regarding ExLibris products/services. And, of course, the annual DC ExLibris Users Group. Suzanne -- Suzanne Picken Integrated Library Systems Specialist Washington Research Library Consortium 901 Commerce Drive Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 Ph: 301 390-2039 Fax: 301 390-2020 email: picken(a)wrlc.org

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New DC ExLibris List
by Suzanne Picken Aug. 18, 2009

Aug. 18, 2009

Welcome! By now, you should have received your welcome notice from the list manager. Please use this list for any issues related to local Voyager, SFX, and Metalib. This list will be used to announce details of the upcoming DC Exlibris Users' Group Meeting this Fall. Please use dcexlibris(a)list.wrlc.org when posting to this list. Thank you! Suzanne -- Suzanne Picken Integrated Library Systems Specialist Washington Research Library Consortium 901 Commerce Drive Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 Ph: 301 390-2039 Fax: 301 390-2020 email: picken(a)wrlc.org

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