NAAUG 2002 Meeting Agenda
Boston College - July 28 - July 30, 2002
Time Event Location
Sunday, July 28, 2002
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Registration & Welcome
Bob Gerrity

Chair, North American Aleph Users Group
Jerome Yavarkovsky
University Librarian, Boston College
Azriel Morag
Chairman, Ex Libris
Carl Grant
President, Ex Libris U.S.A.

Opening Reception
Sponsored by Ex Libris and NAAUG

Musical entertainment by Shorten the Road

Art Museum Exhibit
The McMullen Art Museum will be open 5:00-8:00, featuring IN A PERFECT WORLD: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century American Landscapes, including works from the Masterworks Foundation of Bermuda.

 Lyons Hall -- Welch Dining Room
(Registration, Welcome, & Reception)

McMullen Art Museum
(Art Museum Exhibit)
Monday, July 29, 2002
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Registration
Continental Breakfast		 Devlin Hall Patio or Museum Hallway
Session 1
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. Opening Session
[Convenor: Robert Gerrity gerrityr@bc.edu]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
NAAUG Steering Committee Report
Robert Gerrity, Head of Library Systems, Boston College		 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
New Site Introduction Devlin Hall -- Room 008
NAAUG Enhancement Report
Larry Woods, University of Iowa		 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
10:15 - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break Devlin Hall Patio or Museum Hallway
Session 2
10:45 - 11:30 a.m. News From ExLibris
Carl Grant, Michael Kaplan		 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
11:30 - 12:00 p.m.

GUI Interface Design
Ezra Schwartz

 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Lyon's Hall -- Welch Dining Room
Session 3a
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Concurrent site presentations
1 "The Journey to No-frames"
[Presenters: Erja Kajosalo kajosalo@mit.edu and Tracy Gabridge (MIT) topic: OPAC]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 117
Moderator: Carole Trainor, Boston College
2 "Creating a Dynamic New Book List through ALEPH"
[Presenter: Susan Pyzynski pyzynski@brandeis.edu (Brandeis) topic: Systems]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 112
Moderator: Deena Frazier, Boston College
3 "Authority Control - Getting the Best of It"
[Presenters: Andy Perry and Sandy Card scard@binghamton.edu (SUNY Binghamton) topic: Tech. Services]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 216
Moderator: Abigail Bordeaux, SUNY Binghamton
4 "Managing the ALEPH Joblist"
[ExLibris, topic: Systems]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 010
Moderator: Julian Stam, Boston College
5 "Harvard's ALEPH Implementation"
[Presenter: Tracey Robinson tracey_robinson@harvard.edu (Harvard) topic: Implementation/Training]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 218
Moderator: Chris Conroy, Boston College
6 "Report from Cyprus: the 2002 ALEPH Seminar"
[Presenters: Jane Aitkens jane.aitkens@mcgill.ca (McGill) and Kevin Kidd kiddk@bc.edu (Boston College) topic: Systems]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
Moderator: Monique Lowd, Boston College
7 Rooms available for impromptu conversation -- Open to all. Devlin Hall -- Rooms 221 or 227

Session 3b
2:30 - 3:15 p.m. Concurrent site presentations
1 "Using ALEPH Web OPAC to Organize & Retrieve Electronic Resources"
[Presenter: Alexander Jerabek Alexander.jerabek@mcgill.ca (McGill) topic: OPAC]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 112
Moderator: Deena Frazier, Boston College
2 "Hold Requests at Boston College"
[Presenter: Kathy Williams williakj@bc.edu (Boston College) topic: Circulation]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 216
Moderator: Lea Messman-Mandicott, Frostburg State University
3 "Creating Bibliographic, Holdings, and Item Records for OCLC WorldCat Collections Sets"
[Presenter: Mary Moynihan moynihan@brandeis.edu (Brandeis) topic: Tech Services]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 218
Moderator: Diane Kost, SUNY Binghamton
4 "ALEPH Indexing Tips & Tricks"
[ExLibris, topic: Systems]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 010
Moderator: Maggie Horn, SUNY Albany
5 "I Want to be an Alephant!: Humorously Coping with System Migration"
[Presenters: Cecilia Benereu gener002@umn.edu and Betsy Friesen b-frie@umn.edu (Minnesota) topic: Implementation/Training]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 117
Moderator: Carole Trainor, Boston College
6 "ALEPH GUI Re-design: Cataloging Module"
[Presenters: Ezra Schwartz ezra@exlibris-usa.com  topic: Cataloging]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
Moderator: Chris Conroy, Boston College
7 Rooms available for impromptu conversation -- Open to all. Devlin Hall -- Rooms 221 or 227

Session 3c
3:30 - 4:15 p.m. Concurrent site presentations
1 "Adding Service-Request Forms to ALEPH OPAC"
[Presenter: Kevin Kidd kiddk@bc.edu (Boston College) topic: OPAC]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 218
Moderator: Maureen Zajkowski, SUNY, OLIS
2 "ALEPH Staff Security - Tips, Tricks, & Wishes"
[Presenter: Sue Julich Suzanne-julich@uiowa.edu (Iowa) topic: Systems]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 117
Moderator: Elvira Reynolds, Boston College
3 Yankee Book Peddler Order/Bib. Loader @ MIT
[Presenters: Christine Moulen orbitee@mit.edu and Charlene Follette cfollett@mit.edu (MIT) topic: Tech Services]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 112
Moderator: Scott Stangroom, Boston College
4 "TYP and MARC Fields: Creating and Customizing with tab_type_config"
[Presenter: Natalie Sturr sturr@oswego.edu (SUNY Oswego) topic: Tech Services]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 216
Moderator: Chris Conroy, Boston College
5 "Introduction to InterWise"
[ExLibris, topic: Implementation/Training]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 010
Moderator: Donna Hirst, University of Iowa
6 "ALEPH GUI Re-design: Circulation Module"
[Presenters: Ezra Schwartz ezra@exlibris-usa.com  topic: Circulation]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
Moderator: Margie Fiels, Boston College
7 Rooms available for impromptu conversation -- Open to all. Devlin Hall -- Rooms 221 or 227
Session 4
4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Aleph Enhancement Discussion - Module Specific (7 concurrent sessions)
Acquisitions
[Convener: Sherry Keen, Brandeis University; Ex Libris rep.: Susan Marshall]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 010
Cataloging
[Convener: Chris Conroy, Boston College; Ex Libris rep.: Mary Croxen]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 112
Circulation/Reserves
[Convener: Kathy Williams, Boston College; Ex Libris rep.: Michael Blake]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 117
OPAC
[Convener: Sacha Jerabek, McGill University; Ex Libris rep.: James Steenbergen]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 216
Non-Roman
[Convener: Charles Husbands, Harvard University; Ex Libris rep.: Junfang Zhang and Michael Kaplan]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 218
Serials
[Convener: Ruth Christ, University of Iowa; Ex Libris rep.: Martha Gettys]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 221
Systems Administration
[Convener: Donna Hirst, University of Iowa; Ex Libris rep.: Jerry Specht and Dennis Sage]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
ALEPH GUI Re-design: Serials and Acquisitions Modules
[Presenter: Ezra Schwartz ezra@exlibris-usa.com]
[Moderator: Elvira Reynolds, Boston College]
 O'Neill Library -- Room 211
5:30 - 8:00 p.m. New England Lobster/Clambake
Lobsters and Clams 		St. Mary's Lawn
(Rain location: Lyon's Hall - Welch Dining Room)
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast Devlin Hall Patio or Museum Hallway
Session 5
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. Concurrent site presentations
1 "Electronic Exams as a Logical Base in MGU30"
[Presenter: Jane Aitkens jane.aitkens@mcgill.ca (McGill) topic: OPAC]
 Devlin Hall -- Room216
Moderator: Deena Frazier, Boston College
2 "AlephFAQ's, AlephTheTime - a Training Support Database"
[Presenters: Kimberly Clarke, Christine DeZelar-Tiedman, Cecilia Genereux, and Cathy Tweedie tweed005@tc.umn.edu (Minnesota) topic: Implementation/Training]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 117
Moderator: Kathy Williams, Boston College
3 "Batch Loading Bibliographic Records"
[Presenter: Beth Siers siers@mit.edu (MIT) topic: Tech. Services]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 218
Moderator: Chris Conroy, Boston College
4 "MIT's Solutions to Custom Reporting from ALEPH"
[Presenter: Christine Moulen orbitee@mit.edu and Kim Maxwell kmaxwell@mit.edu (MIT) topic: Systems]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 112
Moderator: Roger Brisson, Harvard University
5 "PRB Database: How and Why to Use It"
[ExLibris, topic: Systems]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 010
Moderator: Jill Thomas, Boston College
7 Rooms available for impromptu conversation -- Open to all. Devlin Hall -- Rooms 221 or 227
Session 6
10:00 - 10:45 a.m. ExLibris Devlin Hall -- Room 008
Session 7
11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Roundtable discussion - Module Specific (10 concurrent sessions)
Acquisitions
[Convener: Sherry Keen,  Brandeis University]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 010
Cataloging
[Convener: Sandy Card,  SUNY Binghamton]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 112
Circulation/ILL
[Convener: Sue Swanson,  Brandeis University]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 117
Large Research Libraries
[Convener: Dale Flecker,  Harvard University]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 216
OPAC
[Convener: Abigail Bordeaux,  SUNY Binghamton]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 218
Oracle
[Convener: Tom Hanstra,  Notre Dame]
 O'Neill Library -- ADC Classroom
Reserves
[Convener: Janet Hill,  Brandeis University]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 227
Serials
[Convener: Deena Frazier,  Boston College]
 O'Neill Library -- Room 211
Systems Administration
[Convener: Mac Norton,  Boston College]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
Union Catalogs
[Convener: Ken Behringer,  MnLINK]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 221
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Lyon's Hall -- Welch Dining Room
Session 8
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Beyond ALEPH: Customer Implementations of MetaLib, SFX, and Digitool

"Implementing DigiTool: the Daumier Lithograph Project" - Brandeis University 

[Presenter: Mary Moynihan moynihan@brandeis.edu and Susan Pyzynski pyzynski@brandeis.edu (Brandeis)]

"Implementing MetaLib & SFX at Boston College" 

[Presenter: Theresa Lyman lymanth@bc.edu (Boston College)]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
Session 9
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. NAAUG Enhancement Request Process -- Group Input
Larry Woods, Director, Information Technology and Branch Libraries, University of Iowa
[Convenor: Robert Gerrity gerrityr@bc.edu]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
Session 10
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. NAAUG 2002 - Closing Remarks
Robert Gerrity, Systems Librarian, Boston College
[Convenor: Robert Gerrity gerrityr@bc.edu]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
Session 11
3:45 p.m. NAAUG Steering Committee Business Meeting
[Convenor: Robert Gerrity gerrityr@bc.edu]
 Devlin Hall -- Room 008
(updated July 18, 2002)