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There are 13 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:

9/10: First meeting of class
9/17: Presentation by Marshall Breeding, the Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University, on the evolution of library automation marketplace
9/24: Demo from Ex Libris representative Jenny Forbes on Voyager and Primo
10/1: Demo from Innovative Interfaces, Inc. representative Susan Wagner on Millennium, Encore and other III products
10/8: The class attends NISO Forum Library Resource Management Systems: New Challenges, New Opportunities
 10/15: Presentation by Imani Beverly of Smith Leadership Academy Library on automating a charter school library
10/22: Demo by Judith Narosny, Simmons Library Cataloger, on Millennium cataloging module and authority control tools (3:30-4;15); Presentation by Nathan Mealey, Systems Librarian at Simmons, on library system technological infrastructure and running Millennium ILS at Simmons (4:30-5:30). The class session takes place in L225.
10/29: Presentation by Betsy Eggleston, Collections and Knowledge Management Librarian, Harvard Countway Library, on experience working with ILS
11/5: Presentation by Kim Maxwell, Head of MIT Serials Acquisition, on using ILS for serial acquisition
11/12: Presentation by Benjamin Florin, GSLIS Blended Learning Coordinator, on content management systems and electronic resource tools
11/19: Presentation by Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer OCLC Programs and Research, on ILS trend
12/3: Talk by Andrew Pace, Executive Director, Networked Library Services OCLC, on nextgen ILS and ILS vendor landscape
12/10: Class presentation on term project, class ends

 

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Date

Topics/Activities

Readings

Assignments
 

9/10
 

Session 1: Introductions; Overview and History of Library Automation

 

Distributed: Assignment 1-- Vendor/Product Review
9/17
 

Session 2: Automation Systems Defined; Automation Vendors

Presentation: Marshall Breeding on the evolution of automation system marketplace (4:15-5:30)

  • Schultz-Jones,  Chapter 1-2
  • Wilson, chapter 1, 3
  • Pace, Chapter 1
  • Borgman, C. (1997). From acting locally to thinking globally: A brief history of library automation. Library Quarterly, 67(3), 215-249.
  • Kochtanek & Mattews, Chapter 2. The ILS Marketplace, p. 14-19. (Available on course E-learning site).

 
9/24
Session 3: Automation Systems Marketplace

Demo: Ex Libris Jenny Forbes presents on Voyager & Primo (4:15-5:30)

 Distributed: Term Project
10/1
Session 4: Technical Considerations and Open Source ILS

Demo: Innovative Interfaces, Inc. Susan Wagner presents on Millenium, ERM, and Encore (4:15-5:30)

Due: Assignment 1

Distributed: Assignment 2 -- Library automation site study

10/8

Session 5: Library Resource Management Systems: libraries, users, system selection, vendors business, and open source

No lecture: Class participates in NISO Forum

All students attend Day 1 NISO forum

10/15
Session 6: Automation Project Planning; System Selection and Implementation

Presentation: Imani Beverly speaks on automating a small charter school library (4:15-5:30)

  • Hodgson, C. (2002). The RFP writer's guide to standards for library systems (Available on course E-learning site).
  • Schultz-Jones, Chapter 9-12
  • Pace, Chapter 5, 6
  • Cervone, F. (2007). ILS migration in the 21st century: Some new things to think about this time around. (Available on course E-learning site).
  • Additional readings: Cohn, et al. (2001). Planning for integrated systems and technologies: A how-to-do-it manual for librarians. Part I, II & III.( Available on reserve at Simmons Library)

 

Distributed: Assignment 3 -- ILS Functional Requirement Document; Extra-credit Assignment

Team formation for the Term Project

 
10/22

 
Session 7: Cataloging and Authority Modules

Demo: Judith Narosny, Simmons Library Cataloger demos on cataloging items using Millennium cataloging module and authority control tools (3:30-4:15)

Demo & Presentation: Nathan Mealey on system infrasturcture of Millennium ILS at Simmons (4:30-5:30)
 

 

Due:Assignment 2

The class session takes place in L225
10/29
Session 8: Circulation Module

Presentation: Betsy Eggleston on ILS experience from Harvard Countway Library of Medicine (4:15-5:30)

  • Wilson, Chapter 6
  • Pace, Chapter 7
  • Surpass Central User Guide. P. 133-283. Focus on sections on "Patrons," "Circulation," and "Setup." (Available on course E-learning site).
  • Breeding, M. (2008). Circulation Technologies From Past to Future
  
11/5

Session 9: Acquisition and Serials Modules

Presentation: Kim Maxwell, Head of MIT Serials Acquisition, on using ILS for serial acquisition  (4:15-5:30)

  

Distributed:Assignment 4 -- nextgen ILS case investigation 

 

11/12

Session 10: Content Management Systems and Electronic Resource Tools

Guest Lecture: Ben Florin talks about CMS and online library resource tools

  • Browning, P. and Lowndes, M. (2002). Content Management System: Who Needs Them? Ariadne Issue 30.
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  • McBride, M. (2004). Open source weblog content management systems. Searcher, 12(9), 24-29. (Available on course E-learning site)
  • Wisniewski, J., & Stenstrom, C. (2007). Content management systems. Computers in Libraries, 22. (Available on course E-learning site)
  • Miller, J. B. (2009). Internet technologies and information services. Chapter 16: Libraries and the Internet: Learning from the past, exploring the future.  (Available on course E-learning site)

 

 Due:Assignment 3

11/19

Session 11: OPAC and Resource Sharing

Presentation: Presentation by Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer OCLC Programs and Research, on ILS trend (4:15-5:30)

  
12/3

Session 12: Patron Empowerment and Next Generation ILS

Presentation: Andrew Pace, Executive Director, Networked Library Services OCLC, on "Library Automation 1.0 in a 2.0 World" (4:15-5:30)

  • Wilson, Chapter 12
  • Schultz-Jones, Chapter 5
  • Pace, Chapter 8
  • Breeding,  Next generation ILS (Available on course E-learning site)
  • 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

 Due: Assignment 4
12/10

 

Session 13: Term Project Presentation     
Due: Written Project Report

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