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There are 12 class sessions. The table below displays the course
schedule by Session Number and Date, Topics, Readings and
Assignments.
Here is a list
of important dates and no-class dates:
9/9: First
meeting of class
9/16: Demo from Inmagic
Founder Karen Brothers on Inmagic ILS Genie
9/23: Demo from Ex Libris
representative Jenny Forbes on Voyager and Primo
9/30: Presentation by Scot Colford,
Applications Manager of Boston Public Library, on Horizon's functionality
and BPL's customization
10/14: Presentation by Rachael Stark,
Librarian of Boston Culinary Arts School, on library automation process for
small libraries
10/21: Demo by Judith Narosny,
Simmons Library Cataloger,
on Millennium cataloging module and authority control tools
; Lecture by Daniel Joudrey on
cataloging and authority record structure
10/28: No class:
group work on assignment 3 and term project
11/4: Presentation by Roy Tennant,
Senior Program Officer OCLC Programs and Research, on ILS trend
11/11: No class:
Veteran's Day Holiday
11/18: Presentation by Kim Maxwell,
Head of MIT Serials Acquisition, on using ILS for serial acquisition
11/25: Talk by Andrew Pace,
Executive Director, Networked Library Services OCLC, on nextgen ILS and ILS vendor landscape
12/2: Presentation and demo by Nathan Mealey, Systems Librarian of Simmons College,
on Millennium system in Simmons and the new OPAC design in incorporating library2.0 features.
12/9: Class presentation on term
project, class ends
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Readings
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Assignments
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9/9
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Distributed:
Assignment 1-- Vendor/Product Review |
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9/16 |
Session 2: Automation Systems Defined; Automation
Vendors
Demo:
Inmagic's Founder Karen
Brothers presents and demos on Inmagic Genie (11:30am-12:30pm) |
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Schultz-Jones, Chapter 1-2
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Wilson, chapter 1, 3
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Pace, Chapter 1
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Borgman, C. (1997). From acting locally to thinking globally: A
brief history of library automation. Library Quarterly, 67(3),
215-249.
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Kochtanek & Mattews, Chapter 2.
The ILS Marketplace, p. 14-19. (Available on Simmons E-learning).
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9/23 |
Session 3: Automation Systems Marketplace
Demo:
Ex Libris Jenny Forbes
presents on Voyager & Primo (11:00am-12:30pm) |
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Distributed:
Term Project |
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9/30 |
Session 4:
Technical Considerations and Open Source ILS
Demo & Presentation:
Scot Colford of BPL presents on use and customization of
Horizon (11:15am -12:30pm)
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Due:
Assignment 1
Distributed:
Assignment 2 -- Library automation site study
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10/7 |
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- Schultz-Jones, Chapter 6-8
- Pace, Chapter 3, 4
- Kochtanek & Mattews, Chapter 11. Usability
of Systems. (Copies will be distributed to class on 9/30).
- Additional reading:
Cohn, et al. (2001). Planning for integrated
systems and technologies: A how-to-do-it manual for librarians.
Part I (Available on reserve at Simmons Library)
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10/14 |
Session 6: Automation System Selection and
Implementation
Presentation:
Rachael Stark of Boston Culinary Arts School presents on
automating a small library
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- Hodgson, C. (2002).
The RFP writer's guide to standards for library
systems (Available on Simmons E-learning)
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Schultz-Jones, Chapter 9-12
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Pace, Chapter 5, 6
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Cervone, F. (2007). ILS
migration in the 21st century: Some new things to think
about this time around. (Available on Simmons E-learning)
- Additional readings:
Cohn, et al. (2001). Planning for integrated systems and technologies: A how-to-do-it
manual for librarians. Part II & III.( Available on reserve at Simmons Library)
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Distributed:
Assignment 3 -- ILS Functional Requirement Document
Team
formation for the Term Project
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10/21 |
Session 7: Cataloging and Authority Modules
Demo:
Judith Narosny, Simmons Library Cataloger
demos on cataloging items using Millennium
cataloging module and authority control tools (10:15-11:15)
Guest Lecture: Dr.
Daniel N. Joudrey lectures on MARC record and authority record structure
(11:30-12:30)
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- Wilson, Chapter 5
- Surpass Central User Guide, p. 1-132. Focus on
the section of "Materials." (Available on Simmons E-learning)
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Due:Assignment
2 |
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No class: Group work on Assignment 3 and the Term Project
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11/4 |
Presentation:
Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer OCLC Programs and Research, on ILS
future trend
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Distributed:Assignment
4 --
nextgen ILS case investigation
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11/18 |
Session 9:
Acquisition and Serials Modules
Presentation:
Kim Maxwell, Head of MIT Serials Acquisition, on using
ILS for serial acquisition
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Due:Assignment
3
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11/25 |
Session 10:
OPAC and Resource Sharing
Presentation:
Andrew Pace, Executive
Director, Networked Library Services OCLC, on "Library Automation 1.0 in a 2.0
World" (11:15-12:30)
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Wilson, Chapter 8-9
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Schneider, K. (2006). How OPAC
Sucks
Part I,
Part II,
Part III
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Bahr, E. (2007). Dreaming of a
better ILS. (Available on Simmons E-learning.)
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Balas, J. L. (2007). Will the
ILS soon be as obsolete as the card catalog? (Available on Simmons
E-learning)
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Markey, K. (2007).
The Online Library Catalog: Paradise lost and paradise regained?
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Murray, P.
(2008).
Links to OPAC Enhancements, Wrappers, and
Replacements
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12/2 |
Presentation & Demo:
Nathan Mealey, Systems Librarian of Simmons College,
on Millennium system in Simmons and the new OPAC design in incorporating
library2.0 features |
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Wilson, Chapter 12
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Schultz-Jones, Chapter 5
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Pace, Chapter 8
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Breeding, Next generation ILS
(Available on Simmons E-learning site)
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Gordon, Information tomorrow: Reflections on technology and the
future of public and academic libraries. (Available on reserve
in library). Select a chapter of
interest to read
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Due: Assignment
4 |
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12/9 |
Session 12: Term Project Presentation
 Due:
Written Project Report |
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Tang 2008.
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