SLA 2008—Seattle Annual Conference Schedule so far

Time/Date
Programming
Saturday, June 14

8 AM – 5 PM
Full Day CE
8 AM - 12 PM
Half Day CE
1 PM – 5 PM
Half Day CE


Sunday, June 15

8 AM – 5 PM
Full Day CE
8 AM - 12 PM
Half Day CE-- Non Conflict Time LDI, CE
1 PM – 5 PM
Half Day CE
1 PM – 2:30 PM
Sci-Tech Board Meeting
3 PM – 5 PM
Non Conflict Time
Networking Reception/Exhibits Only
5 PM – 7 PM
Non Conflict Time
Opening General Session
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
SLA Awards Reception


Monday, June 16

7 AM – 8:30 AM
Available Programming Slot
Up to 120 minutes
9 AM – 10:30 AM
Science of Coffee
11 AM – 1PM
Non Conflict Time
INFO-EXPO Hall
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Citation Databases
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Vendor Update
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Available Programming Slot
Up to 120 minutes


Tuesday, June 17

7 AM – 8:30 AM
Sci-Tech Awards and Business Meeting
9 AM – 10:30 AM
Science Resources 101
11 AM – 12:30 PM
Available Programming Slot
60 or 90 minutes only
1 PM – 3 PM
Non Conflict Time
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM
Available Programming Slot
60 or 90 minutes only
Also Caucus Meetings
5 PM – 6:30 PM
Cabinet Meetings
7 PM – 9 PM
All Sciences Posters/Reception


Wednesday, June 18

8 AM - ?
Alternative Fuels
10 AM – 12 PM
Non Conflict Time
INFO-EXPO Hall
12:15 PM – 1:45 PM
Academic Roundtable
2 PM – 4:30 PM
Non Conflict Time
Closing General Session, ABM
5 PM – 8 PM
Conference Wide Party


Sci-Tech Program Details

Sunday, June 15

1 PM – 2:30 PM
Sci-Tech Board Meeting
(This does not count as programming since it is before the conference officially starts)


Unique
3 (Target 4-6)
Shared
4 (Target 2-4)
Total Programs
7 Sessions (Limit 10)


Monday, June 16

Session 1:
9 AM – 10:30 AM
Science of Coffee
Cosponsored with PAM, FAN and CHEM
Lead: Sci-Tech

Session 2:
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Citation Databases
Unique Program

Details: Pamela Yorks states: “Carl Bergstrom's Lab, which developed this new way to evaluate journals and is located at the University of Washington, has already agreed they'd be happy to send someone to the Citation session. I heard Carl's presentation about it at ALA Midwinter in Seattle. The (free) website is at: http://www.eigenfactor.org. There is also an article in C&RL News, May 2007, concerning Eigenfactor by Carl Bergstrom:
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2007/may07/Eigenfactor.htm


? Did we want to have the programming back to back like this as separate programming?
? The time slot says “up to 120 minutes”, can we schedule two different sessions in the same slot?
? Would these be in the same room?
? Why couldn’t we condense this into one 120 minute session to save programming space?
? What were the other vendors that we wanted to invite…Thomson?

Session 3:
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Vendor Roundtable—Citation Analysis
Unique Program


Tuesday, June 17

Session 4:
7 AM – 8:30 AM
Sci-Tech Awards and Business Meeting
Unique Program

?Will there be some programming with the business meeting to add interest? ?Maybe 30 minutes worth?

Session 5:
9 AM – 11 AM
Science and Engineering Resources 101
Cosponsored with Engineering? Anyone else?

? Was this the session that we were going to ask Mary Frances and James M to do on science search engines?

7 PM – 9 PM
All Sciences Posters/Reception
?Cosponsored with Chemistry, Biology (any others)?
Sci-Tech is the lead
(This does not count as program planning since it is after official conference hours)


Wednesday, June 18

Session 6:
8 AM -?
Alternative Fuels
Cosponsored with FAN

?How long is this session?

Session 7:
12:15 PM – 1:45
Academic Round Table
This will be a lunch function

?Have we decided on a topic for this session
Other Thoughts—

From Ann Koopman 5/30/07
“I would favor an electronic approach to the [contributed] papers -- a free web seminar (or series of seminars throughout the year if we get enough of them). Permanent archiving on the website, no barrier to access, equivalent to publication.” We'd have to see what SLA can support or what would beavailable from the distance education units of our employers. It might not be doable without some cost to us -- but the session at conference costs money, and we just go out and find sponsorship for it. We also have deep pockets and some toleration for risk. For the topic, here are some ideas -- we could explore the use of 2.0tools among scientists, use of online/on-demand instructional tools,trends in the provision of reference services, creative mashups -merging new technologies into library services, or another round ofcoping with change/challenges of the new. From Roger Beckman 5/30/07 If the Board decides to continue the Contributed Papers session in some form what should our theme be? One idea would be something about instruction. Daureen suggested escience/cyberinfrastructure. So, please send me your ideas on a good theme and your thoughts on whether we should move to an electronic presentation format.