Pre-Conference Events:

Saturday, 5 September 2009

• IGeLU Steering Committee Meeting – 9:00-17:00 – National Library

Sunday, 6 September 2009

• IGeLU Steering Committee and Product and Special Interest Working Group Coordinators 9:00-12:30 Sandwiches for lunch 12:30-13:30. Marina Congress Center, room Nautica – Please note that the start time is earlier than last year
• Joint IGeLU SC and National/Regional User Group Representatives (including PWG and SIWG coordinators) - 13:30-16:00 , room Nautica – Please note that the start time is earlier than last year
• IGeLU SC/INUG/PWG/SIWG and ExLibris Management Coffee Break and Social Time, 16:00-16:30, room Nautica
• IGeLU SC/INUG/PWG/SIWG and ExLibris Management Meeting – 16:30-17:30, room Nautica

• Opening reception hosted by the National Library
  18:00-20:00 at National Library – Everybody Welcome! Address: Unioninkatu 36

Conference Events:

Monday, 7 September 2009

Registration opens 08:00 at Marina Congress Center Lobby

Opening Session – Plenary
09:00-10:30 Europaea Moderator: Jiri Kende, FU Berlin, IGeLU Steering Committee Chairman

• Welcome remarks – Helsinki hosts, Kristina Hormia
• IGeLU Update, Chair’s Report, Introduce Steering Committee – Jiri Kende
• Ex Libris Report – Matti Shem Tov, President
• Poster presenters – quick takes

Coffee break 10:30-11:00 Foyers

• Ex Libris Product Room – During coffee break. Room 1: Aleph – Noam Kaminer. Room 2: Voyager – Mike Dicus and Jesse Jensen

Keynote address - “Change in Libraries”
11:00-11:45 Europaea Kurt de Belder, Leiden University – Moderator, Michael Fake, London School of Economics

Follow up panel – Managing Change – Plenary
11:45-12:30 Europaea - Panellists: Richard Ovenden, Oxford U; Ere Maijala, Finnish Systems Architecture Project; and Madeleine Vollmin, ETH Zurich. Moderator: Michael Fake, London School of Economics

Lunch break 12:30-13:30 Restaurant and Fennia I

• Ex Libris Product Room – During lunch break. Room 1: Primo/ Primo Central – Gilad Gal and Luda Cherinsky. Room 2: MetaLib – Eitan Ben David

Meet Your Product and Special Interest Working Groups
13:30-14:00 Europaea Introduction of PWG and SIWG leaders;  Highlights of major activities and achievements (Lightening Reports). Moderator: Lukas Koster, Head of Library Systems Dept. Library Univ. of Amsterdam

Ex Libris Product Update Summary
14:00-15:30 Europaea Ex Libris, Oren Beit-Arie and Nancy Dushkin. Moderator: Michele Newberry, Assistant Director, FCLA, US.

Coffee break – 15:30-16:00 Foyers

• Ex Libris Product Room – During coffee break. Room 2: SFX/Verde/bX – Christine Stohn and Eitan Ben David/Nettie Lagace.

Breakout session # 1 – 16:00-17:00

• Voyager Business Meeting – Voyager
  16:00-17:00 Europaea - Moderator: Michael Fake, Library Systems Manager, London School of Economics & Political Science and Voyager Product Working Group Coordinator
• Perspectives on the Aleph-DACH Study Report - Aleph
  16:00-17:00 Nautica. The Aleph DACH study report: addressing the needs and wants of Ex Libris Users from German speaking countries, Ronald M. Schmidt, (hbz). Consortia architecture and URM concepts – the hbz perspective, Günter Hupfer, Stephani Scholz (hbz). Moderator: Ronald M. Schmidt, Hochschulbibliothekszentrum des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (hbz)
• SFX and MetaLib Combined Business Meeting – SFX, MetaLib
  16:00-17:00 Fennia I. Moderators: Meg Bate, Support Officer, AARLIN and Mark Dehmlow, Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Notre Dame
• Primo PWG Update and Business Meeting – Primo
  16:00-17:00 Fennia II. Gilad Gal, Primo Product Manager, Ex Libris. Moderator: Mandy Stewart, Resource Discovery Projects Manager, British Library
• DigiTool Business Meeting – DigiTool
  16:00-17:00 Nordia. Moderator: Guido Goedemé, Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België
• The OPAC is dead – Long live the OPAC – workshop -  Aleph
  16:00-18:00 Baltica.  Daniel Forsman, Systems Librarian, Jonkoping University Library
• URM Subject Matter Review Session: Metadata Management System – SIGN UP ONLY
  16:00-18:00 Room 1. Susan Stearns
• EL Commons Update: What Developers Need to Know – Ex Libris
  18:00-18:30 BalticaTamar Sadeh, Director of Marketing, Ex Libris

Social evening at Uunisaari-island 19:00-24:00

Tuesday, 8 September 2009

Registration opens 08:00 at Marina Congress Center Lobby

IGeLU Assembly of Members
9:00-9:30 – Europaea Moderator: Jiri Kende, IGeLU Steering Committee Chairman

• Presentation/approval of Budget
• Introduction of candidates.

Breakout session # 2  – 9:30-10:30

• Don’t panic… are all ‘library’ systems dying? – Voyager, MetaLib
  9:30-10:30 Europaea. Peter Price, Library Systems Manager, University of Plymouth.
  Moderator: Eevaliisa Colb, Systems Analyst, National Library of Finland
• Verde Update and Q+A Update – Verde
  9:30-10:30 Nautica. Netti Lagace, Verde Product Manager, Ex Libris. Moderator-Update: Andreas Sabisch, Verde Project leader; IT-manager, Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek and Verde Product Working Group Coordinator. Moderator-Q&A: Richard Cross, eServices Manager (Resource Discovery), Nottingham Trent University
• MetaLib Product Update and Q&A – MetaLib
  9:30-10:30 Fennia I. Carmit Marcus, Aleph, Voyager and MetaLib Product Manager, Ex Libris; Gilad Gal, Primo Product Manager, Ex Libris. Moderator: Meg Bate, Support Officer, AARLIN
• Aleph PWG Business Meeting – Aleph
  9:30-10:30 Fennia II. Moderator: Gerard Bennett, Systems Librarian, University of Westminster
• DigiTool and Rosetta Product Update and Roadmap – DigiTool, Rosetta
  9:30-10:30 Nordia. Tomer Paz, DigiTool Product Manager, Ex Libris. Moderator: Guido Goedemé, Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België
• Special Libraries SIWG
  9:30-10:30 Baltica. Moderator: Jesus Bustamante, CEDEFOP
• URM Subject Matter Review Session: Fullfillment and Patron Management – SIGN UP ONLY
  9:30-10:30 Room 1. Susan Stearns

Coffee break – 10:30-11:00 Foyers

• Ex Libris Product Room – During coffee break. Room 1: Open Platform – Tamar Sadeh. Room 2: Aleph/Voyager – Noam Kaminer/Mike Dicus and Jesse Jensen.

URM and Strategy Update
11:00-12:30 Europaea Moderator: Jiri Kende, IGeLU Steering Committee Chairman. Oren Beit Arie and Kathryn Harnish, Ex Libris.

Lunch break – 12:30-14:00 Restaurant and Fennia I
Birds of a Feather tables to encourage discussion

• Lunch — IGeLU and ELUNA Steering Committees 
  12:30-14:00 Conf Rm 4
• Ex Libris Product Room – During lunch break. Room 1: Rosetta – Yaniv Levi. Room 2: Primo/Primo Central/MetaLib – Gilad Gal and Luda Cherinsky/ Carmit Marcus and Eitan Ben David.

IGeLU Activities – Common Knowledge Revisited
14:00-15:00 Europaea Moderator: Jiri Kende, FU Berlin, IGeLU Steering Committee Chairman

• Customer wiki – Beate Rusch
• Open Developer Platform – Inga Overkamp
• Collaborative testing – Theo Engelman
• Enhancement process and the new enhancement request system (NERS) – Lukas Koster and Mark Dehmlow

Breakout session #3 – 15:00-16:00

• Voyager Product Update and Roadmap - Voyager
  15:00-16:00 Europaea. Mike Dicus, Voyager Product Manager, Ex Libris. Moderator: Michael Fake, Library Systems Manager, London School of Economics & Political Science and Voyager Product Working Group Coordinator
• The Many Faces of Metalib – MetaLib
  15:00-16:00 Nautica. Moderator: Jeremy Acland, IT/Systems Librarian, Queen Mary University of London
  • Title Clustering MetaLib at Brazilian Government Library Consortium – MetaLib
    15:00-15:30. Rodolfo Luz, Project Manager, Rede Nacional de Ensino Pesquisa-RNP, Brazil; Ronan Morae, Technical Manager and Gustavo Portella, IT Senoir Analyst, IT Senoir Analyst, Capes-Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior.
  • Putting the ‘M’ in Mango – MetaLib
    15:30-16:00. Jean Phillips, Aleph Manager, Florida Center for Library Automation
• SFX Update and Q&A – SFX
  15:00-16:00 Fennia I. Moderator: Mark Dehmlow, Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Notre Dame
• Aleph Product Update and Q&A – Aleph
  15:00-16:00 Fennia II. Carmit Marcus, Aleph, Voyager and MetaLib Product Manager, Ex Libris. Moderator: Gerard Bennett
• Same roles, new paths: preserve and present digital objects – DigiTool
  15:00-16:00 Nordia. Moderator: Luis Miguel Costa, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
  • Not out of the box: Recent DigiTool extensions in Bavaria – DigiTool
    15:00-15:30. Matthias Gross, Bavarian Virtual Library, head of division, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München
  • Digital Preservation: The Next Library Frontier – Rosetta, DigiTool
    15:30-16:00. Edward M. Corrado, Head of Technology, Binghamton University
• URM Subject Matter Review Session: Selection and Acquisitions – SIGN UP ONLY
  15:00-16:15 Room 1. Susan Stearns

Coffee break – 16:00-16:30 Foyers

• Ex Libris Product Room – During coffee break. Room 2: DigiTool – Tomer Paz.

Poster Session Presentations – 16:00-16:30 – Foyers

Breakout session # 4 – 16:30-17:30

• Successful Planning: Managing People and Machines – MetaLib, Voyager
  16:30-17:30 Europaea Moderator: Jeremy Acland, Queen Mary, University of London
  • Database workflows: a diagram for success – MetaLib, Voyager
    16:30- 17:00. Europaea. Bryan S. Vogh, Head of Systems, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
  • From Tomcats to Tomahawks and scalps: experiences of the Voyager 7 upgrade – Voyager
    17:00- 17:30. Europaea. Amanda Southam, Senior Subject Librarian, University of Plymouth
• Ups and downs with systems’ downs and ups? – Voyager, DigiTool, MetaLib, Aleph, SFX
  16:30-17:30 Nautica. Moderator: Habib Tabatabai, Director of Systems and Technical Services, University of Central Oklahoma
  • Down and Out – How Long is Your Recovery Time?
    16:30-17:00 Nautica. Brian Flaherty, Assistant University Librarian (IT), The University of Auckland Library, New Zealand
  • Failover and Failback without Fail
    17:00-17:30 Nautica. Gerard Bennett, Systems Librarian, University of Westminster
• Xerxes – improving the metasearch experience – MetaLib
  16:30-17:30 Fennia I. Dave Walker, Library Web Services Manager, California State University. Moderator: Ari Rouvari, Project Manager, The National Library of Finland
• Primo Experiences – Two Perspectives – Primo
  16:30-17:30 Fennia II. Moderator: Mandy Stewart, Resource Discovery Projects Manager, British Library. Tom Ruthven, Digital Library Innovation and Development Manager, University Library, University of New South Wales. Richard Masters, Programme Manager, British Library
• Good News: Newspapers and More in DigiTool! – DigiTool
  16:30-17:30 Nordia. Moderator: Matthias Gross, Bibliotheksverbund Bayern. Bayerische StaatsBibliothek
  • Digitizing newspapers – a case study – DigiTool
    16:30- 17:00 Nordia.  Yves Maurer and Carlo Blum, IT Department, National Library of Luxembourg
  • Trying to Stay Afloat in Today’s Ever Expanding Storage Pools - DigiTool
    17:00- 17:30 Nordia. Bob Trotter, Information Technology Manager, GIL Consortium; University System of Georgia
• Verde Business Meeting – Verde
  16:30-17:30 Baltica. Moderator: Andreas Sabisch, Verde Project leader; IT-manager, Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek and Verde Product Working Group Coordinator
• URM Subject Matter Review Session: Consortia – SIGN UP ONLY
  16:30-18:00 Room 1. Susan Stearns

SFX/Verde/bX, Christine Stohn and Eitan Ben David/Nettie Lagace
17:30-18:00 Room 2

Ex Libris Presentation – Rosetta, Yaniv Levi
17:30-18:45 Nordia

Helsinki City Hall Reception – a gift to IGeLU – 19:30-21:00

Wednesday, 9 September 2009

Registration opens 08:00 at Marina Congress Center Lobby

Breakout session # 5 – 8:30 – 10:00

• From Code to Community: Technologies/Techniques for Customizing Ex Libris Products and the Open Platform Program – Aleph, MetaLib, Primo, SFX
  8:30 – 10:00 Europaea. Mark Dehmlow, Digital Initiatives Librarian, University of Notre Dame, Daniel Forsman, Systems Librarian, Jonkoping University Library and Tamar Sadeh, Director of Marketing, Ex Libris Moderator: Liesbeth Oskamp, Online Services Manager, National Library of the Netherlands 
• TO ARC or Not to ARC? – Aleph
  8:30 – 10:00 Nautica. Moderator: Marcus Zerbst, ARC SIWG coordinator; Systems librarian, Zentralbibliothek Zuerich, Switzerland
  • ARC SIWG – product update / experience and expectations
    8:30- 9:15 Nautica. SIWG Coordinator: Marcus Zerbst
  • I Can’t buy ARC!
    9:15- 10:00 Nautica. Augusto Ribeiro and Tiago Fernandes, University of Porto, USE.pt member
• Reviewing & improving – our job is never done? – MetaLib, Aleph
  8:30 – 10:00 Fennia I. Moderator: Meg Bate Support Officer, AARLIN (Australia)
  • Easy OPAC enhancements – Aleph, MetaLib
    8:30- 9:00 Fennia I. Matthew Phillips, Systems Librarian, University of Dundee
  • “Every reader his book”: recommendations in Aleph – Aleph
    9:00- 9:30 Fennia I. Matthew Phillips, Systems Librarian, University of Dundee
  • MetaLib Review “2 years on“ the librarian’s perspective – MetaLib
    9:30- 10:00 Fennia I. Amanda Southam, Senior Subject Librarian, University of Plymouth
• The Many Guises of the User Interface – Aleph, SFX, Voyager, Primo
  8:30 – 10:00 Fennia II.  Moderator: Ann Munn, Systems Development Officer, University of Westminster
  • Wishful thinking: If Aleph could send an article OpenURL…  – Aleph, SFX
    8:30- 9:00 Fennia II. Ruti Suhami, Electronic Services Librarian, College of Management, Rishon Le-Zion, Israel
  • Patrons’ Collective Intelligence and Communities of Practice: let the OPAC go out and have a social life – Voyager, Primo
    9:00- 9:30 Fennia II. Filipe Manuel dos Santos Bento, Information Manager/Computer Specialist, Documentation Services; Lidia Oliveira Silva, Assistant Professor/Researcher at CETAC.media, Communication and Art Department, University of Aveiro Campus Universitário de Santiago 
  • The wireless library – Extending Aleph with mobile services – Aleph
    9:30- 10:00 Fennia II. Helene H Svihus, Systems Librarian, Sølvberget, Stavanger, Library and Cultural Center; Christian Aune Thomassen, CTO, WapTheWeb AS
• Consortia SIWG (Constitutive) Meeting
  8:30 – 10:00 Nordia.  Moderator: Peter Klien, The Austrian Library Network and Service Ltd
  • Business Meeting
  • “All Kind of Types – an Overview of Finland’s Multifaceted Consortia”, Ari Rouvari, The National Library of Finland
  • “Cooperate on Cooperation – the URM Focus Group on Consortia”, Peter Klien, The Austrian Library Network and Service Ltd
  • “Consortial Models within the URM”, Ex Libris
  • Discussion
• Verde – learning from experience – Verde
  8:30 – 10:00 Baltica. Moderator: Heather Tunender, Electronic Resources Librarian, California State University Fullerton
  • From Green to Red – managing Verde as the signals change – Verde
    8:30- 9:00 Baltica. Richard Cross, eServices Manager (Resource Discovery) and Helen Adey, Information Resources Services Manager, Nottingham Trent University
  • Limits of Verde – Verde
    9:00- 9:30 Baltica. Andreas Sabisch, Verde Project leader; IT-manager, Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
  • A Reporting framework for Verde – Verde
    9:30- 10:00 Baltica. Stefan Lohrum, Manager IT, Cooperative Library Network Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV); Andreas Sabisch, Freie Universität Berlin
• URM Subject Matter Review Session: Metadata Management System – SIGN UP ONLY
  8:30- 10:00 Room 1. Susan Stearns

Coffee break – 10:00-10:30 Foyers

• Ex Libris Product Room – 10:00-10:30 Room 2: Primo/Primo Central – Gilad Gal and Luda Cherinsky

URM Development Partnerships: A Panel Discussion
10:30-12:00 Europaea. Moderator: Jiri Kende, IGeLU Steering Committee Chairman

• Presentation by Oren Beit-Arie and Kathyrn Harnish, Ex Libris
• 3 development partners: Janet Lute, Princeton; Bob Gerrity, Boston College and Johan Rademakers or Bart Peters, KU Leuven/LIBIS

Lunch break – 12:00-13:30 – Restaurant and Fennia I
Birds of a Feather tables to encourage discussion

• Lunch – IGeLU Steering Committee and Ex Libris Management 12:00-13:30 Room 4

• Ex Libris Product Room 12:00-13:30 Room 1: Aleph/ Voyager/Primo/Primo Central – Noam Kaminer/Mike Dicus and Jesse Jensen/Gilad Gal and Luda Cherinksy. Room 2: SFX/Verde/bX/MetaLib – Christine Stohn and Eitan Ben David/Nettie Lagace/Carmit Marcus and Eitan Ben David

Ex Libris General Q&A
13:30-15:00 Europaea. Moderator, Peter Klien, The Austrian Library Network and Services Ltd

Coffee break 15:00-15:30 Foyers

Breakout session #6 – 15:30-16:30

• Data You can Use – Voyager
  15:30-16:30 Europaea. Moderator: Michael Fake, Library Systems Manager, London School of Economics & Political Science
  • Enhancing your Voyager Access queries: a series of ‘quick tips’ – Voyager
    15:30- 16:00 Europaea. Janet Lute, Integrated Library Systems Coordinator, Princeton University
  • Reusing Search Statistics to enhance the use of Library Services – Voyager
    16:00- 16:30 Europaea. Morag Watson, Digital Library Development Manager, Edinburgh University Library
• We’re in this together: project ownership, management and the art of collaborative inclusion – Aleph, DigiTool, MetaLib, SFX, Primo
  15:30-16:30 Nautica. Moderator: Habib Tabatabai, Director of Systems and Technical Services, University of Central Oklahoma. Pascal Calarco, Head, Library Information Systems; Mark Dehmlow, Electronic Services Librarian, University of Notre Dame/Michiana Academic Library Consortium.
• Two Views of SFX: for Consortial Use and Collection Analysis - SFX
  15:30-16:30 Fennia I. Moderator: Inga Overkamp, Max Planck Digital Library
  • Consortial SFX – Common Gain … and Common Pain – SFX
    15:30- 16:00 Fennia I. Mathias Kratzer, Bavarian Virtual Library, Deputy Head of division, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München
  • Using SFX tools for analysis of e-journal holdings – SFX
    16:00- 16:30 Fennia I. Liesbeth Oskamp, Service Manager, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands
• Self Service Aleph (lockers, baskets, SIP2, RFID?) - Aleph
  15:30-16:30 Fennia II. Bas Vat, Project Manager / Consultant Library Systems, Leiden University Library
  Moderator: Fay Harrison,eServices Manager (LMS), Nottingham Trent University
• Primo Experiences – Consortia Perspectives – Primo
  15:30-16:30 Nordia. Gary Johnson, Assistant Director, College Center for Library Automation, Florida; Andreas Sabisch, IT Manger, Freien Universitat Berlin; Stefan Lohrum, KOBV; Christian Hänger, UB Uni Mannheim. Moderator: Mandy Stewart, Resource Discovery Projects Manager, British Library
• DigiTool sites and workflows – DigiTool
  15:30-16:30 Baltica. Moderator: Guido Goedemé, Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België
• URM Subject Matter Review Session: Selection and Acquisitions – SIGN UP ONLY
  15:30-16:30 Room 1. Susan Stearns

Closing Session – Plenary
16:30-17:00 Europaea. Moderator: Jiri Kende, IGeLU Steering Committee Chairman

• Report on voting results
• Thanks to the Helsinki hosts
• Greetings from our next hosts
• Conference goodbyes

Goodbye Coffee break 17:00-17:30 Foyers

Post-conference events

• SC (new&old) meet with PWG coordinators (new&old) 17:00-18:30 or 19:00 – Hotel Lobby
  

Posters (for details see Posters page)

1. IGeLU A – Z – Peter Klien, The Austrian Library Network and Service Ltd (IGeLU); Tuesday 16:00-16:30
2. Exercises in democracy: uncovering the mysteries of IGeLU elections – Peter Klien, The Austrian Library Network and Service Ltd (IGeLU); Tuesday 16:00-16:30
3. Get on our NERS! – Marcus Zerbst, Lukas Koster, Mark Dehmlow (IGeLU)
4. Conversion from Excel into Aleph sequential - François Renaville, Systems Librarian and Paul Thirion, Director of the Libraries, University of Liège (Belgium) (Aleph)
5. Working with Ex-Libris as an Application Service Provider- a Personal Experience - Naomi Galor, Aleph Coordinator, The Marc Rich Library of The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel (Aleph)
6. Integration of the Repository of Lisbon University in RCAAP - Cristina Domingues, Inst. Geofísico Infante D. Luís and Marta Nogueira, Serviços Documentação reitoria, Lisbon University. (DigiTool)
7. Repository of LU: implications of the field limit number of characters – Marta Nogueira, Serviços Documentação reitori and Cristina Domingues, Inst. Geofísico Infante D. Luís and, Lisbon University (DigiTool)
8. METs in Biblos-e Archivo – Maria Luisa Perez Aliende, Manager, Institutional Repository, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) (DigiTool)
9. The implementation of MetaLib and SFX in Uniform Information Gateway and Czech subject gateways – Hana Nemeskalova, Reference and and Karolina Kostalova, ILL Services Department, National Library of the Czech Republic (MetaLib, SFX, Other)
10. Trick-and-Treat: Some tricking with SFX’s local-Aleph-catalog Target - Ruti Sahami, Electronic Services Librarian, College of Manage (SFX)
11. SFX & DOI: How to make the best of it? – Inga Overkamp, Max Planck Society (SFX)
12. AARLINK – persistent, shareable links for SFX – Daniel Tosello, IT Support Officer, AARLIN Consortium, Australia (SFX)
13. Corrective Procedure for two million library records – Maria Kovero, Deputy Librarian, National Library of Health Sciences – Terkko, University of Helsinki (Voyager)
14. From the store to your door – Peter Price, Library Systems Manager, University of Plymouth and Fiona Greig, Electronic Resources Development Manager, University of Plymouth (Voyager)
15. Acquisitions on autopilot: EDI – Peter Price, Library Systems Manager, University of Plymouth and Fiona Greig, Electronic Resources Development Manager, University of Plymouth (Voyager)
16. Ghost busting at Plymouth or gremlins in the machine – Peter Price, Library Systems Manager, University of Plymouth and Fiona Greig, Electronic Resources Development Manager, University of Plymouth (Voyager)

– The page has been updated September 4, 2009. Program is available also in GoogleDocs.