Columbia University Library staff have the opportunity to participate in part of Cornell University’s Career Development Week!
When: Tuesday, May 17 9am -2:30pm
Where: Butler Library, room 523
A schedule of events is listed below. All events will be broadcast over videoconference and discussion and interaction is encouraged! Events can be attended on a drop-in basis – check out what interests you!
CUL International Participation
Panelists: Stefan Kramer, Amy Emerson, Jesse Koennecke, Jim Morris-Knower
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
CUL staff who have been involved in an international project, or a project that carries with it an international scope, will come together to discuss and answer questions about their project work and experiences. Facilitated by Jessica Withers.
Asking (And Answering) the Fundamental Question: Who Are We?
Jim LeBlanc
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.
Formed in 2009 in response to the budgetary crisis, CLO’s "Delivery and Metadata Management Services" (DMMS) was originally intended as a temporary administrative arrangement. This talk will review how this "accidental" CUL department, born out of a need for administrative and functional pragmatism, has sought to define itself and how this exercise in self-definition has provided the group with a platform from which to engage the CUL Strategic Plan.
Grassroots Initiatives in CUL – How Do They Come About?
Kathy Chiang, Virginia Cole, Jon Corson-Rikert
10:15- 11:15 a.m.
A panel will describe the development of three grassroots initiatives yielding new CUL services for library staff, Cornell users and the public respectively: Usability Testing, Citation Management Services, and VIVO. Participants will describe each service’s genesis and analyze reasons for success. Q&A encouraged.
Research Trends in Human Computer Interaction (HCI): Promise and Perils of Information and Communication Technologies
Oya Rieger
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Smartphones, ebook readers, and other digital devices are becoming ubiquitous. How do these technologies improve the quality of life and education? Will technologies empower us and make us feel safer, happier, and more connected? This presentation will provide an overview of how HCI research agenda is evolving in response to such questions and the role of philosophical, ethical, and value-based approaches in understanding our relationship with technology.
Assessing the Need for Chinese Science Journals at Cornell
Marty Schlabach
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
The extent of CUL subscriptions to Chinese science journals lags behind the rapid rise in the quantity and quality of science publishing in China. This session reports on a recent assessment of the demand for Chinese science journals at Cornell and outlines options to fill the need.