Carol Hixson, University of Regina

Karen Calhoun, Cornell University

As library users experience success in searching the web, but much less success in searching library catalogs, libraries have begun to look to ways to improve their catalog interfaces. Two options--using AquaBrowser and Endeca software--will be discussed.

Kristin Antelman, North Carolina State University Libraries
Holly Johnson, Howard County Library, Columbia MD

(Note: Session A is offered only one time. Sessions B-E are repeated in Concurrent Session Two)

A. Community College Libraries - How Far Do We Need To Go?

Today's community colleges constantly try to keep up with new technologies, but with limited budgets it is very difficult to compete with other like libraries to provide the best possible resources. Many are making efforts to use the funds they have to the best of their abilities, using techniques such as trimming print collections and purchasing databases and electronic journals. This presentation reports on a survey of area community colleges that asks what measures these colleges are taking to develop journal collections during tight budget times, how they propose to cope with increased use of electronic journals, and the impact of the conversion from print journals to partial or fully electronic formats.

Marilyn Carney, Wake Technical Community College

B. The Right of Passage: Going from Print to Electronic -- Is it the Right Move?

Transitioning from a primarily print journal collection to all online journals really is a rite of passage -- is this undertaking the best move for all libraries? And during this transition, the responsibilities of the subscription agent must also change accordingly - the vendor must be savvy and flexible in keeping current in both the continually changing technology and terminology of electronic journals. This session presents the process and effects of this transition from print to online only, from the librarian and vendor perspectives, and how each overcame the obstacles and celebrated the final achievement.

Barb Dietsch, EPA Library, Research Triangle Park NC
Leslie Covington, EBSCO Information Services

C. The TRANSFER Initiative: Helping Develop Guidelines for Journal Transitions between Publishers

Journal transfers between publishers can present special challenges in the electronic environment that affect not only the publishers involved but librarians, intermediaries, and the end-users of scholarly information. The goal of this session is to foster an understanding of the important work of the UKSG's TRANSFER initiative, established in April 2006 to help all involved better manage the move of scholarly journals from one publisher to another. A member of the TRANSFER Advisory Board will present an update on this important initiative's progress, and give a publisher's perspective on the promise of standardizing information about journal transitions.

Yvette Diven, ProQuest CSA
Beth Bernhardt, UNC-Greensboro

D. Got Chopsticks? Get SUSHI

What is this thing called SUSHI and why is everyone talking about it? Serials specialists came together in 2005 to build a tool that would ease the pain of gathering e-resource usage statistics. The result, the Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI), has been published as a Draft Standard for Trial Use, NISO Z39.93. SUSHI utilizes a Web services approach for gathering and consolidating COUNTER statistics and has the potential to streamline processes that now consume untold hours of staff time each month by using pre-set, automated, harvesting techniques. What are the challenges for implementation for librarians, publishers, and integrated library systems? What else is coming that will help serialists control electronic resources? Learn more about SUSHI at this informative session.

Sandy Hurd, Innovative Interfaces

E. Implementing ERMs: Opportunities and Challenges

An ILS' Electronic Resources Management (ERM) module serves as a central database for gathering together information about e-resource licenses, title coverage for journal packages, vendor contact information, and usage statistics. The presenters' two institutions provide contrasting implementation case studies: UNC Chapel Hill is a large institution with many e-resources, whereas UNCW is a small institution with fewer e-resources, but it is also a member of a consortium. The presenters discuss their institutions' decisions regarding organizing e-resource information in the ERM and displaying that information through the public catalog. They also will address challenges, either expected or unexpected, that have accompanied the ERM implementation process.

Jeff Campbell, UNC-Chapel Hill
Rebecca Kemp, UNC-Wilmington

(Note: Session A is offered only one time. Sessions B-E are repeated. For session descriptions, please see Concurrent Session One listings.)

A. User-Based Serials Collection Development

The Sampson-Livermore Library, like many libraries, has reached a turning point in serials collection development and growth. The increasing acquisition and dependence on databases and online collections has so dramatically altered the serials environment that clinging to traditional collection development policies is no longer feasible. Students, accustomed to the vast resources available to them through online collections, are frustrated and discouraged when they find citations relevant to their research but with no full-text access. This situation prompted the Library to review its collection policy and explore alternative strategies. This session will demonstrate how input from our reference services staff and other resources are being used to help guide serials collection development decisions.

Robert Wolf, UNC-Pembroke

B. The Right of Passage: Going from Print to Electronic -- Is it the Right Move?

Barb Dietsch, EPA Library, Research Triangle Park NC
Leslie Covington, EBSCO Information Services

C. The TRANSFER Initiative: Helping Develop Guidelines for Journal Transitions between Publishers

Yvette Diven, ProQuest CSA
Beth Bernhardt, UNC-Greensboro

D. Got Chopsticks? Get SUSHI

Sandy Hurd, Innovative Interfaces

E. Implementing ERMs: Opportunities and Challenges

Jeff Campbell, UNC-Chapel Hill
Rebecca Kemp, UNC-Wilmington

Regina Romano Reynolds, National Serials Data Program