Speed Geek 2013

The Employee Development Committee is hosting another Speed Geek session, Friday, March 1 from 1:00 - 2:30.  Just direct your feet to any set of stairs leading down to room B108C in WT Young Library and soon you will swept up in geek-o-mania.  I hope everyone realizes that this is the not-to-be-missed event of the season. 

In addition to being able to socialize with your co-workers and have a cookie or two, here's what you'll see:

1. Peter Hesseldenz - Working with Economics Faculty and Students - Economics is a field that has changed a lot in the last few years. Academic librarians need to be aware of the ways that research and teaching have evolved so that they can better serve this group of users. What are the trends and hot topics? Where is the discipline going, how is it changing, and how can librarians stay relevant to it?
2. Mary Molinaro - UK's Participation in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) - University of Kentucky Libraries and the Kentucky Digital Library has been named as one of the initial Service Hubs for the Digital Public Library of America.  Come hear about what this project will mean for our Kentucky content.
3. Julene Jones - Global Data Change - Global Data Change makes batch editing cataloging records even easier!  Find out a little bit about how it works, how I've used it and suggest future projects!
4. Beth Kraemer - Staff Side of the UK Libraries Website - Find out all of the interesting things you can do on the staff side, such as updating you own directory info.
5. Kathryne Lybarger - Thing a week - Little improvements through open source software.  Software doesn't need to be massive or complicated to be useful.  Stop by, and I'll show you some little programs I've written recently, all open source and available from my GitHub repository.
6. Debbie Sharp - What is Active Learning?  What is it, Why it Matters, and How it Can Make a Difference in Your Instruction
7. Ruth Bryan, Megan Mummey, and Sarah Dorpinghaus - Archives are unpublished collections of materials that are acquired or created in the course of the daily life of a person, family, or organization.  To represent this context of creation, archival collections are managed and described by this "provenance."  But often, researchers are interested in the topics contained in and across multiple collections.  Traditional archival representation privileges provenance over subject access.  The Web allows archivists to provide searching and browsing to accommodate both types of entry points.  See some examples of how archival collections are represented on the Web (including ExploreUK) and explore some of the pros and cons of these different representation methods.
8. Robert Shapiro - Mendeley, (the reference manager that is in 'advanced talks' to sell its soul to Elsevier) and other possible alternatives to EndNote.
9. Doug Boyd - Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) - OHMS is the system designed by the Nunn Center and DLS at UK Libraries to deliver oral history in exciting and innovative ways.  Doug Boyd will demonstrate and discuss new developments in the system.
10. Brad Carrington - Make lists with ease and flair.  List anything:  books, articles, DVDs, etc.  Share your lists online with WorldCat or EndNote Web (includes all the oomph of our Get Text @ UK).  Prepare scientifically and stylishly correct citations and bibliographies using EndNote. (ready as fast as your fingers can Copy & Paste!)