Presentations

Staff Presentations

Technical Services staff are very active professionally in all aspects of technical services, metadata, and information organization research at the local and national levels. These presentations and publications show the depth and breadth of the work carried out by Cornell Technical Services staff members.

• Banush, David, Martin Kurth, and Jean Pajerek. "Rehabilitating Killer Serials: An Automated Strategy for Maintaining E-Journal Metadata." Library Resources and Technical Services 49:3 (2005): 190-203.
• Banush, David, and Nathan Rupp. "Staying Afloat in the Sea of e-Journals: An Automated Process for Cataloging Electronic Serials." Paper presented at 2004 EndUser Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 15, 2004.
• Calhoun, Karen (1998). "A Birds Eye View of Authority Control." Presentation to Workshop on Taxonomic Authority Files, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, ALCTS and the US Geological Survey Biological Resources Section, June 22-23, 1998, Washington DC.
• Calhoun, Karen (2005). "An Integrated Framework for Discovering Digital Library Collections." As submitted to the 1st International Conference on Universal Digital Library, Hangzhou, China, 31 Oct.-2 Nov. 2005. Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE 2005 6A(11). [forthcoming].
• Calhoun, Karen (2005). "Being a Librarian: Metadata and Metadata Specialists in the Twenty-first Century." In Metadata and Digital Collections: a Festschrift in Honor of Thomas P. Turner. Ed. Elaine Westbrooks and Keith Jenkins. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. [forthcoming].
• Calhoun, Karen. "Catalogs and Portals: Models and Tools for Discovery and Access." (PDF, 1767K) Paper presented at the 2004 American Library Association Annual Meeting, Orlando FL, June 27, 2004.
• Calhoun, Karen. "Curves Ahead! A Sunday Driver's Tour of Metadata, Metasearch, and Open Linking." Presented at a retreat for library staff from Colby, Bates and Bowdoin College, March 18, 2005.
• Calhoun, Karen. "E-Journal Access Using the Catalog, Federated Search, and Reference Linking Systems." Brief prepared for the CONSER Summit on Serials in the Digital Environment, Alexandria VA, March 18-19, 2004.
• Calhoun, Karen. "Librarians, Learning, and Creativity: A Boundary-Breaking Perspective." Paper presented at the ALCTS President's Program, June, 2005.
• Calhoun, Karen. "Libraries and Librarians Responding to Change: Transitions and Emerging Priorities." Presented at a retreat for library staff from Colby, Bates and Bowdoin College, March 18, 2005.
• Calhoun, Karen. "Lists, Catalogs, and Portals: Models and Tools for Electronic Resource Access." Paper presented at the Law Librarians of New England Spring Meeting, Freeport ME, April 30, 2004.
• Calhoun, Karen. "User-Centered Services: Information Experts, Interface and Content in the Virtual Library." Paper presented at a retreat for library staff from Colby, Bates and Bowdoin College, March 18, 2005.
• Calhoun, Karen and Scott Wicks. "Technology, Process Redesign, and the Evolving Role of Technical Services." Paper presented at the 2004 American Library Association Annual Meeting, Orlando FL, June 27, 2004.
• Chandler, Adam. "Update on DLF Electronic Resource Management Initiative (ERMI), with Focus on XML Schema for e-Resource Librarians." Presented at the ALCTS meeting, Orlando, Fla., June 25, 2004.
• Hillman, Diane I., and Elaine L. Westbrooks, ed. Metadata in Practice: Building the Diverse Digital Library. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2004.
• Kurth, Martin. "Implementing 'Find Articles': A Low-Altitude View of Metasearching." Paper presented at the 2004 Digital Library Federation Spring Forum, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 20, 2004.
• Kurth, Martin. "A Practical Introduction to XML in Libraries." Paper presented at the New York Library Association Annual Conference, Rochester, New York, October 22, 2004.
• Kurth, Martin, David Ruddy, and Nathan Rupp. "Repurposing MARC Metadata: Using Digital Project Experience to Develop a Metadata Management Design." Paper presented at the 6th Annual Cornell University Library Professional Development Week, Ithaca, New York, May 13, 2004. Also published as (PDF, 169K) Library Hi Tech 22:2 (2004): 153-165.
• Kurth, Martin, Greg Nehler, and Rick Silterra. "Using Controlled Vocabularies to Manage Resource Relationships: The KMODDL Experience." (Submitted for publication in Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, September 12-15, Madrid, Spain.
• Kurth, Martin. "Three Years Later: Lessons Learned from Establishing a Metadata Service." Paper presented at the Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 5, 2004.
• Lafleur, LeRoy J., and Nathan Rupp. "Making Grey Literature Available through Institutional Repositories." (PPT, 525K) Paper presented at GL6, Dec. 6, 2004.
• McMillin, Paul, and Martin Kurth. "Customizing ENCompass to Provide Access to Networked Resources." (PPT, 1.14MB) Paper presented at 2004 EndUser Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 15, 2004.
• Rupp, Nathan, and Joy Paulson. "Opportunities for Collaboration: The HEARTH Project." Paper presented at the 2004 Digital Library Federation Spring Forum, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 21, 2004.