Tuesday, March 21

"Workshop 4 — Social Tools for Your Library"

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Aaron Schmidt, Reference Librarian, Thomas Ford Memorial Library, and author of walkingpaper.org

"Workshop 8 — Technology Planning for Libraries"

1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Michael Stephens, Technology Librarian, St. Joseph County Public Library

Wednesday, March 22

"Sessions C101 & C102 — Wikis in Action"

10:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Abigail Bordeaux, Electronic Resources Librarian,

Erin Rushton, Science Reference Librarian and Bibliographer, &

Marcy Strong, Catalog Librarian, Binghamton University (BU)

Joseph Balsamo, Systems Administrator, Mary Chimato, Head Access Services, & Darren Chase, Informatics Librarian, H.S.C. Library, Stony Brook University

Khaled Saeed, Programmer, S.C. Library, Stony Brook University

Chad Boeninger, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Ohio University Library

I'll be speaking from 1:45 to 2:30 with Chris Hall, Session D103. Topic: "New Technology Challenges & Successes"

"Session C104 — Building Communities with IM"

3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Aaron Schmidt, Thomas Ford Memorial Library

Amanda Etches-Johnson, Reference Librarian, McMaster University

Michael Stephens, St. Joseph County Public Library

"Wednesday Evening Session"

7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Digi TechForum: Looking at Dead & Emerging Technologies

Dinner with the InfoToday crew, including Rachel Singer Gordon and John Bryans, plus Meredith Farkas.

Thursday, March 23

"Session D201 — Scanning for Planning"

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Alane Wilson, OCLC, & Editor, 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan

"Session B202 — Digitization Issues & Challenges"

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Stephen Abram, VP Innovation, SirsiDynix

Lloyd Davidson, Northwestern University

Christopher Warnock, ebrary

"Session D203 — New Library, New Technologies, New Services"

1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Bill Helling, Crawfordsville District Public Library

"Session D205 — Working & Planning with Your IT Department"

4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Barrett Jones, Joint IMF World Bank Library

Friday, March 24

"Session D301 — Supporting the Digital World with Gadgets"

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Hope Tillman, Director of Libraries, Babson College

"Session C302 — SMS in Libraries: The Killer AP?"

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

John Iliff, Library Technology Development Consultant, Palinet

"Session D303 — The Exploding Future of Social Communication"

1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Brian Pomeroy, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

"Session D304 — The Web 2.0 Challenge to Libraries"

3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Paul Miller, Technology Evangelist, Talis Information Ltd

"Session C305 — Virtual Reference, IM Chat, & Beyond: Taking Reference Services Out of the Library"

4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Diane Kresh, Library of Congress

Susan McGlamery, OCLC

Joe Thompson, Maryland Ask Us Now!

Laura Maldonado, Deborah Gaspar, & Sarah Palacios-Wilhelm, Gelman Library, George Washington University