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NWEG Users Group Conference
May 20-21, 2004
Clatsop Community College,
Astoria, OR
Speaker Bios
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May 20 |
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12:00 p.m. - 1:00 pm |
Registration & Lunch |
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Introductions
Endeavor Presentation |
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Session I |
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2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
Cataloging: Unicode
Presenters: Francesca Lane Rasmus and Layne Nordgren |
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Francesca Lane
Rasmus is Director of Technical Services at Pacific Lutheran
University (Tacoma, WA). She has worked at PLU for the past six
years, and previously at Earlham College (Richmond, IN) and St. Olaf
College (Northfield, MN). In addition to her work in Technical
Services, she manages the library’s electronic resources, and is
assistant system administrator for the Voyager system.
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Layne Nordgren
is Director of Instructional Technologies/Library Systems at Pacific
Lutheran University. He has worked at PLU for the past 24 years in a
variety of positions in Circulation, Media Services, Library
Automation, and Instructional Technology. He currently manages the
Digital Media Center and is System Administrator for the Voyager
system, providing technical support for the Voyager system, resource
authentication, and web-based applications.
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2:30 pm - 3:30
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Web Voyage: Periodical Tagging
Periodical Mart: Search All Your Periodicals In One Easy Location
Presenters: Brenda Warrington and Paula Foster |
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Brenda
Warrington has worked at the Foley Center Library of Gonzaga
University for the past 7 years. She is currently employed as the
Graphic Design/Web Specialist for the library.
Paula Foster is a Project Manager for the Washington-Idaho
Network (WIN), located at Gonzaga University. WIN is a consortium
of libraries throughout Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, and
the Foley Center Library is a founding member and the central site
for WIN. |
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Warrington & Paula Foster |
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2:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
Circulation: E-Course Reserves
Presenter: Sue W. Kennedy |
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Sue W.
Kennedy is currently a staff member of Pierce College Libraries
in Lakewood, WA. She will earn her MLIS from the University of
Washington in June 2004. |
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Session II |
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3:45 pm - 4:45 pm |
Admin: Patron / Searching / Advance
Skills
Teaching Users to do Effective Searches in Voyager
Presenter: David W. Rash |
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David W. Rash has been a Public Services Librarian for
Instruction at Everett Community College since 1990. He is a
part-time History Instructor at Everett Community College teaching
the WAOL Western Civilization course via distance education.
Formerly he was a Research Librarian for the Boeing Technical
Libraries and Assistant
Director for Coos Bay Public Library. |
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3:45 pm - 4:45 pm |
Acquisitions: Continuations / Firm Orders
Presenter: Fran Budde |
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Fran Budde
is an Acquisitions & Cataloging Specialist at Pacific Lutheran
University in Tacoma, WA. She is responsible for continuations
ordering and renewals for all media types, and the cataloging of
print and electronic materials. She worked as a cataloger for five
years before taking on acquisitions six years ago.
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3:45 pm - 4:45 pm |
Reports: Ad hoc and Blob Presenter: John Greer |
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John Greer
is the Systems Administrator for the The University of Montana
Libraries. The University of Montana Libraries consist of 7 university
libraries, one tribal college library and one medical library. John
has worked for the Mansfield Library for 7 years and has recently
added the overall systems administration duties to his list of
responsibilities. |
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Session III |
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5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Panel Discussion: Admin:
Facilitator: David Rash |
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5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Panel Discussion: Reports: |
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5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Panel Discussion:
Acquisitions:
Facilitator: Taylor Stoneback |
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May 21 |
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8:00 am - 9:00 am |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Endeavor User Group
Presenter: Dale Burke |
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Dale Burke is
currently serving as the Voyager System Coordinator for the Washington
State ORCA Consortium, a consortium of 16 community college libraries in
Washington State. Dale has been the Technical Services Librarian at
Edmonds Community College since 1987. Dale worked at the University of
Washington Libraries for six years prior to working for Edmonds. He also
worked for two years at the University of Wisconsin Libraries in Madison
before relocating to the Seattle area. |
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9:30 am - 10:30 am |
NWEG Business Meeting |
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Session
IV |
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11:00
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Acquisitions: Serials
Serials Management using Voyager
Presenter: Lynne King |
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Lynne King has
been a Library Technician at Highline Community College for 12 years. She
has been managing the serials collection for 12 years. She currently works
in the Technical Services Department of the library, where her job also
includes MARC cataloging. |
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Technical: Unix Basics
Presenter: Jennifer DysartJennifer Dysart is the systems
librarian (among other things) for Green River Community College in
Auburn, Washington. She's been working with Voyager since 1999. Although
she grew up in Kansas, she's happy to be settled in the Pacific Northwest
near her extended family. "I love the rain and the flora. The fauna I
could give a miss--or are slugs fauna?" |
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11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Circulation: ILL and Voyager
Presenter: Darlene Rangitsch |
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Darlene Rangitsch
graduated from the Highline Community College Library Assistant Program in
June of 1994. She was hired in January 1995, as the night lead in the
circulation department at Highline Community College Library. She moved
to the day shift, and now opens the library, does interlibrary loans (
ILLs ), and works the circulation counter. She also does shelf
maintenance of the main and reference collections, and order supplies for
her department. She is a Library tech III, and she has been doing ILLs
for four years.
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Session
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1:00
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Admin: Web Voyage
Presenter: Rachel MacDonaldRachel MacDonald is a
reference librarian at Green River Community College's Holman Library. She
also serves as the library's webmaster and the resident customizer of
WebVoyage. |
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1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
Cleanup: Regularly Scheduled Reports
Presenter: Dale Burke |
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1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
Technical: Macro Express
Presenter: Sara Campbell
Sara Campbell is a cataloger and reference librarian
at Clatsop Community
College LRC. She also serves as system administrator for the library's
online products.
Pick and Scan
Presenter: Lynne King
Syndetics – Catalog Enrichment with WebVoyage
Presenter: Cindy Kirkpatrick
Cindy Kirkpatrick
is a Project Manager for the Washington-Idaho Network (WIN), located at
Gonzaga University. WIN is a consortium of libraries throughout Eastern
Washington and Northern Idaho, and the Foley Center Library is a founding
member and the central site for WIN.
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Session
VI |
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2:15 pm - 3:15 pm |
Panel Discussion: Circulation |
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2:15 pm - 3:15 pm |
Panel Discussion: Cataloging |
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2:15 pm - 3:15 pm |
Panel Discussion: SysAdmin |
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