NEUG Annual Meeting

The Northeast ExLibris User Group is meeting at the Yale Divinity School.

Schedule of Events:


8:30-9:00 Breakfast

9:00-9:15 Welcome Address Niebuhr Hall (N123) NEUG Officers

9:15-10:00 ExLibris Update - Company updates, Future of RUGs at ExLibris Niebuhr Hall (N123) Susan Stearns, VP Customer Services (ExLibris)

10:15-11:15 First Sessions

• Voyager Product Update Voyager 6.5 release, ILL 6.5 release, Voyager 7.0, Analyzer Niebuhr Hall (N123)

• Jenny Forbes, Customer Liaison (ExLibris)

11:30-12:30 Second Sessions

• Querying Voyager with MS Access CANCELLED

• SFX at Yale University Library A look at the staff administrative module of SFX and local practice at YUL Niebuhr Hall (N123) Nisa Bakkalbasi (Yale)

12:30-2:00 Lunch

1:00-2:00 Primo and Verde Product Updates Niebuhr Hall (N123) Susan Pastore, VP Sales (ExLibris)

2:00-3:00 Third Sessions

• Enhancing Your OPAC without Losing Your Mind Enhance your Voyager OPAC using: book covers from different sources, Google Books, and other customizations. Source code for all the enhancements will be provided as well as a few tips and tricks regarding general issues with the OPAC. J. Edwards Dining Hall (N126) Julia E. Allen (FLO- WIT)

• Panel: A Look at the Aleph ILS and a Discussion on the Future of the ExLibris ILS An overview of managing the Aleph ILS followed by a group discussion on the future of Aleph and Voyager at ExLibris Niebuhr Hall (N123) Jan Jourdain (Amherst College), Tania Fersenheim (Brandeis University)

3:15-4:00 SIGs

• DIGITool Discussion of the different ExLibris products, including various Voyager modules Library Seminar Room (L104) Rodney G. Obien (WPI)

• Acquisitions J. Edwards Dining Hall (N126) Lora Brueck (WPI)

• Cataloging Niebuhr Hall (N123) Catherine Touhy (Emmanuel)

• Systems Library Seminar Room (L104) TBA

• Circulation Common Room (N226) TBA

4:00-4:30 Business Meeting Niebuhr Hall (N123)