Califa Vendor Fair
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, California
Table of Contents
Please note that a hard-copy of this program will be distributed at registration.
1. Session Schedule
2. Room Schedule
3. Presentation Locations
4. Product Descriptions
5. Attending Institutions
6. The Gratitude Area
1. Session Schedule
Califa Vendor Fair 2009 Session Schedule
Registration and Breakfast: 8:30am to 9:30am
Morning Sessions
Session 1: 9:30am-10:20am
Session 2: 10:30am - 11:20am
Session 3: 11:30am - 12:20pm
Lunch
Afternoon Sessions
Session 4: 1:30pm - 2:20pm
Session 5: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Optional tour of the Santa Clara University Library 3:45pm - 4:30pm
Please meet at the Califa Vendor Fair Registration Table
We are also so very grateful to InfoPeople for providing their Technology Petting Zoo for your exploration all day. They will be near the Califa Registration Table with all the newest gadgets for you to play and experiment with.
Vendor Tables:
Tables are located in the Arcade Area just outside of the library, near the Califa registration table. Vendors who are not presenting during a session may be found in the dining area if you wish to meet with them outside of the classroom. Please note that all vendors will have tables set-up during the lunch period so you can dine and/or meet with them.
2. Room Schedule
Note: Vendor Tables and the Infopeople Technology Petting Zoo will be available in the Arcade all day.
| Room Number | Arcade | 035 Conference Room | 234 Conference Room | 203 Computer Lab | 205 Computer Lab | 129 Viewing and Taping Room | 133 Viewing and Taping Room | 134 Viewing and Taping Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9:30 | Breakfast and Registration | |||||||
| 9:30 - 10:20 | Brodart | 3M | Gale | Altarama | MyiLibrary/Ingram Digital | Open Source Open Libraries | Learning Express | |
| 10:30 - 11:20 | BigBox Programming Site | AWE Early Literacy Stations | BookBrowse | Shoutbomb | Open Source Open Libraries | OCLC/NetLibrary | ProQuest | |
| 11:30 - 12:20 | H.W. Wilson | Brodart | EBSCO | MyiLibrary/Ingram Digital | Text a Librarian SMS Reference Service | Open Source Open Libraries | Learning Express | |
| 12:20 - 1:30 | Lunch | |||||||
| 1:30 - 2:20 | BigBox Programming Site | AWE Early Literacy Stations | Gale | Shoutbomb | MyiLibrary/Ingram Digital | OCLC NetLibrary | ProQuest | |
| 2:30 - 3:30 | H.W. Wilson | 3M | EBSCO | Altarama | BookBrowse | OCLC/NetLibrary | Text a Librarian | |
| 3:45 | Tour of SCU Library - Meet at Califa Registration Desk |
3. Presentation Locations
| Vendor | Room Number(s) |
|---|---|
| 3M | 234 Conference Room |
| Altarama | 205 Computer Lab |
| AWE Early Literacy Stations | 234 Conference Room |
| BigBox Speaker Searches | 035 Conference Room |
| BookBrowse | 203 Computer Lab 129 Viewing and Taping Room |
| Brodart | 035 Conference Room 234 Conference Room |
| EBSCO | 203 Computer Lab |
| H.W. Wilson | 035 Conference Room |
| Gale | 203 Computer Lab |
| Ingram Digital/MyiLibrary | 129 Viewing and Taping Room 205 Computer Lab |
| Learning Express | 134 Viewing and Taping Room |
| OCLC/NetLibrary | 133 Viewing and Taping Room |
| Open Source Open Libraries | 129 Viewing and Taping Room 133 Viewing and Taping Room |
| ProQuest | 134 Viewing and Taping Room |
| Shoutbomb | 205 Computer Lab |
| Text a Librarian | 129 Viewing and Taping Room 134 Viewing and Taping Room |
4. Product Descriptions
3M
Please join us for a exciting presentation on 3M's latest library product innovations. We will be giving a presentation on our New 3M Automated Materials Handling System as well as our 3M RFID Tag Data Manager. The AMH presentation will also include information on how to determine your potential Return On Investment for AMH.
The 3M Intelligent Return and Sorter System is an affordable, efficient return and sorting system that automatically checks in and separates materials into up to 15 sort locations. This easy-to-use system includes RFID and/or barcode identification, RFID and/or electromagnetic (EM) security and up to four induction options, including indoor/outdoor and staff. Libraries can install a system that allows modules to be added as their capacity needs change. The system can also reactivate security strips and includes an optional receipt printer and two choices for the user interface on the induction unit.
The 3M Tag Data Manager opens the door to RFID interoperability. The 3M Tag Data Manager embedded in 3M RFID products (staff readers, self checks, hand held readers, self checks and automated materials handling systems, allows us to simultaneously read multiple (ISO Standard) tag data formats. Even if your library has competitive ISO RFID tags and products, the new 3M Tag Data Manager makes 3M an excellent choice for RFID tags and hardware.
The Califa group purchasing program has saved Califa Members over $100,000 on 3M products over the last year! Great products from 3M and great discounts through Califa.
We invite you to come to our sessions and learn more about our products.
Presenters: Konrad Siefker, Al Skinner
Altarama
Reference/request management is more complex than ever. Do you have the tools to get it under control?
RefTracker is, simply put, the missing module, providing powerful tools for use in those parts of a reference librarians job that are the most time-consuming and error-prone, and the least satisfying, especially the practical challenges of request management. It is a comprehensive Web-based request management system that can replace unwieldy email reference systems. RefTracker can handle off-line completion of walk-up, phone, email, IM, test and chat sessions and provide comprehensive, integrated reference statistics.
Are you tired of spending half your time recording what you did the other half?
DeskStats is for those librarians who want real reference statistics; it’s a Web-based solution for capturing maximum data elements with minimum effort (a dozen or more data elements with a single click).
As your IM service becomes more popular have you found that due to the one-on-one nature of IM technology -- your quality of service is deteriorating? RefChatter is a Web-based solution built specifically for reference librarians who want to offer IM-based reference service, and have determined that single platform (e.g. AOL) and single staffer (e.g. Meebo) approaches just won’t do. Your patrons use their own familiar IM tools and features and any number of staff can use RefChatter concurrently, ensuring that any volume of sessions can be handled.
Presenters: Arthur Brady, Louise Stewart
AWE's Early Literacy Station
AWE’s Early Literacy Station is an incredible learning tool currently being used by 40% of public libraries nationwide. The utilization of top-rated educational software coupled with simplicity and no internet connectivity, builds the framework for a love of lifetime learning. Join us to see how the Early Literacy Station creates a fun learning environment in your library for kids ages 2-10.
Presenter: Dan Monka
BigBox
The Bigbox website provides information submitted by libraries and bookstores regarding speaker's contact information, location, ratings, genre, and price range. The website will allow users to search for speakers by keyword, genre, name, and location (City and/or Zip code). Staff saves numerous hours by having a one stop-shop for speaker search. Bigbox program is meant to be the Yelp for speaker reviews.
Presenter:Monica Schultz
BookBrowse
BookBrowse helps busy librarians stay on top of new books, while also offering patrons a fun, intuitive, and interactive guide to their next great read. A unique blend of readers' advisory resource and online book magazine, BookBrowse combines rich content with a user-friendly, fully searchable website that links directly to your OPAC. Our in-depth and engaging reviews have made BookBrowse one of the most popular internet destinations for booklovers, with thousands of individual members and millions of visitors each year.
BookBrowse now offers a customized subscription service specifically for libraries and their patrons. Key features include:
Presenter: Davina Morgan-Witts
Brodart
What better way to spend your time today than learning about the variety of ways Brodart can save you money and time?
Join us as we share these new and exciting services:
BrodartSelect
The content (or tweets) will be managed by our Collection Development experts. You will receive tweets about upcoming titles, new Brodart selection lists (available on BIBZII.com) author news, books buzz, and more!
BrodartPulse
The content (or tweets) will be managed by our Marketing staff. You will receive tweets about street date changes, industry news, alerts to new products and services, and special promotional offers.
EBSCO
EBSCO welcomes you to Califa Vendor Day, and encourages you to visit our presentations. Be prepared for some surprises! We will be demonstrating many brand new EBSCOhost products, ranging from our cost effective and powerful Integrated Search to our latest full text resources in biography, genealogy, health, consumer information and reader’s advisory. Attendees will also get a sneak preview of our forthcoming Legal Information Reference Center and Small Business Reference Center, both featuring active, full text content from Nolo and many other publishers.
EBSCO has tapped their ingenuity of librarians to assist us in developing high quality products and technologies for the library industry. These contributions, along with unmatched content, usability and service make EBSCOhost® databases the most-used, for-fee, online information resources for tens of thousands of institutions worldwide.
In its seventh decade of business, EBSCO maintains relationships with more than 79,000 publishers worldwide. These publisher relationships uniquely position us to offer the best subscription services and full text database products in the industry. EBSCO maintains a Dun & Bradstreet financial strength rating of 5A1, the highest awarded.
Presenter: Lisa Rabin, Kevin Leffew, Betty Marks
Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
Gale's vision focuses on empowering users and bringing value to the library - this vision is evident across all Gale products, and is ever so prominent in our next generation experiences: Global Issues in Context, GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources), Career Transitions and Grzimek's Animal Life. Discover how these experiences can empower users and bring value to the library through this open and interactive discussion. Gale will showcase these premier information offerings, tools and resources that are sure to enhance your everyday life experiences and the communities of which you are a part.
Presenter: Patti Brown Finnie
HW Wilson Company
Stop by the HW Wilson demonstration to see products designed for public libraries. We offer numerous databases for the public library market. The demonstration will focus on the products listed below. Since we cannot cover all products in one demonstration, each demonstration will be tailored to the attendees’ interests.
Biography Reference Bank
The perfect option for libraries that want a full-text biographical resource, Biography Reference Bank Select Edition provides comprehensive coverage of people in the news and history-makers, along with images and an improved, user-friendly interface.
Current Issues
Many public libraries subscribe to this product in print. The demonstration will include all three online editions: Reference Shelf, Health and Environment. This is a perfect resource for the high school student.
Cinema Image Gallery
This year we introduced this comprehensive image archive of movie, television and entertainment history that links to articles and biographies. Cinema Image gallery 200,000 images that are rights cleared for education purpose. It’s a fun and entertaining database.
Science Full Text Select
This 100% full text science database includes all the full text content from Wilson’s acclaimed Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, and General Science Full Text, plus additional related full text science titles indexed by other Wilson databases including Readers’ Guide Full Text and Wilson OmniFile Full Text.
Core Collection (formerly called the Standards Catalog)
Created with the input of librarians, each Core Collection is a guide to thousands of books, plus review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists.
Presenters: Donna Liss, Nancy Kolady
Ingram Digital/ MyiLibrary
MyiLibrary Audio is Ingram Digital’s new leading-edge audiobook solution for libraries. Featuring a user-friendly interface that is both PC and Mac compatible, 100% of our titles are downloadable and playable via iPod and iPhone—in addition to hundreds of WMA/MP3 devices. Our growing catalog of front list DRM-protected titles from leading authors and publishers is sure to meet the demand of even the most discriminating user.
Libraries control the lending period, and users have full visibility into title availability. Participate in a shared purchase model or build your own collection - it’s your choice. Either way, you’ll get MARC records included and usage reporting, all on a web-based system that’s available to users 24/7.
Presenters: Patrick Moore, Carlos Pizarro
Learning Express
The LearningExpress Library online learning platform has helped millions of library patrons and students prepare for a wide range of career-oriented licensing and certification exams in health care, education, civil service and homeland security. It also helps patrons improve their job search and workplace skills such as creating a great resume, honing interviewing techniques, and improving business communications.
The platform has interactive tutorials to help users improve basic skills in reading, writing, and math, as well as prepare for high-stakes tests such as the GED, ACT, and SAT. The innovative platform includes self-paced interactive study, instant scoring, and diagnostic feedback, and can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection.
We also offer a new Computer Skills Tutorial program that offers interactive tutorials of today’s most popular applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Internet Explorer, Outlook, Corel WordPerfect, Windows XP, Vista, and Mac OSX Leopard.
Presenter: Tom Burnosky
OCLC/NetLibrary
Worldcat Suite of Web-Scale Services
Worldcat Local -- QuickStart (no charge—included in your worldcat subscription)
WorldCat Local QS simplifies the discovery-and-delivery experience by letting your library users find what they want, when and where they want it. No more looking for different kinds of library resources using different interfaces, or even thinking about your services as separate systems. The WorldCat Local search box seamlessly connects them to everything in your collection, including physical and electronic books and journals; digital media; open-access article full text; special collections…WorldCat Local gives your library users a Web-scale experience with each and every search, and provides Web visibility for your library on a far-greater level than you could achieve on your own. WC Local QS is our OPAC for our planned Web-Scale Cooperative Library Management Service
users: http://jerseyvillelibrary.worldcat.org www.lib.washington.edu http://www.lincolntrail.info/
Worldcat Navigator (similar concept to Link+)
WorldCat Navigator is a new consortia borrowing solution that provides seamless resource sharing
Within a library consortia and beyond. The service manages returnable and nonreturnable items, 508 compliant and integrates with circulation systems to create a superior discovery-to-delivery tool that saves time for library users and increases efficiency for library staff and fully integrated with OCLC ILL service.
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/services/brochures/213665usb_worldcat_navigator.pdf
Netlibrary ebooks & eAudio
NetLibrary is the leading provider of eBooks & eAudio (including 1000+ Ipod compatible titles), offering a growing catalog of more than 190,000 titles. Whether you're supporting a small community or a multi-branch system you'll find something for every need and every budget. NetLibrary also offers services and tools to help you streamline acquisitions, integrate eBooks into your ILS, and facilitate discovery (new Media Center) of your collections. And because NetLibrary provides a single platform for all your eContent—eAudio as well as eBooks—your users benefit from access to one simple, easy-to-use interface. www.oclc.org/us/en/ebooks/subjectsets/default.htm
OCLC Cataloging
1) WorldCat Cataloging Partners -- is a collaborative effort with materials vendors to reduce the cost of cataloging for libraries. WorldCat Cataloging Partners will deliver OCLC MARC records that match the materials you order through participating vendor partners and set your library’s holdings automatically in WorldCat. This service is included in your OCLC cataloging subscription.
2)Contract Cataloging: have new acquisitions, backlogs or gift collections shipped directly to OCLC for cataloging and physical processing and items will be returned to you approximately 4-6 weeks after receipt at OCLC. To request a Contract Cataloging cost proposal based on your project requirements, please complete the order form located at https://www3.oclc.org/app/contract/.
3)Language Sets-- a fast and easy way for your library to meet the needs of your diverse library community with popular materials in 13 languages. Let OCLC language specialists build a collection for you by carefully selecting classics, best-sellers and highly anticipated new releases that appeal to public library users and have it arrive self-ready.
4) Bibliographic Record Notification (aka BibNote) is designed to help libraries capture upgraded records by automatically delivering updated MARC records. This service is particularly valuable when original cataloging is done at abbreviated- or minimal-level. This service is included in your OCLC cataloging subscription.
6) OCLC Batch Processing--is an efficient way to update, add or cancel large numbers of records or holdings offline. It supports resource sharing activities for libraries, consortia and bibliographic networks—no charge with membership
7) Worldcat Registry--is a free Web tool that provides a single location from which any library can manage and distribute data that describes its institutional identity and services. www.oclc.org/us/en/registry
Presenter: Micheal Ahern
Open Source Open Libraries
With the introduction of Koha and Evergreen, two new integrated library system (ILS) products, libraries have an opportunity to choose an ILS that is free, designed by the library community, and continually enhanced by the library community. The Open Source Open Libraries consortium was created to build awareness of these two free, Open Source Library System (OSLS) products and to provide support for libraries ready to migrate now.
During the presentation, participants will learn more about Evergreen and Koha and the differences between an ILS and OSLS. We'll discuss how the principles and practices underlying Open Source Software projects match the principles and practices underlying our work as librarians. In addition, a survey of other libraries that have migrated to an OSLS will provide evidence that it can be done, and show the range of support options and expanded resource-sharing opportunities that are part of making this choice. We will address the challenges and fears associated with moving to an OSLS, as well as the exciting possibilities.
At the booth, Matt Carlson (Evergreen Project Manager at kcls.org) will have the version of Evergreen currently in development at King County Library System up and running so that participants can come by to take a peek under the hood. We will also have a computer connected to a Koha demo server so you can test that out as well.
Presenter: Lori Ayre
ProQuest
ProQuest Newsstand lets librarians create an online newspaper resource that meets the needs of their library's patrons. Customers can choose to receive a selection of major national newspapers, or create customized state and regional packages. The core of the database includes international, national and regional papers such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, The Guardian, El Norte, Jerusalem Post, and South China Morning Post. Now Available! Exclusive access to 85 full-text newspapers from the world-leading news and information provider, Gannett, plus an additional 7 U.S. military titles will be available on a non-exclusive basis. Gannett newspapers span 30 states providing high quality reporting to their local and regional constituencies. A complete list of Gannett titles available through ProQuest can be found at http://www.proquest.com/go/gannett.
Additionally, ProQuest Newsstand is fully cross-searchable with other important ProQuest products including ABI/INFORM®. For each article cited in the database, an abstract helps the researcher know if the complete text will meet his or her needs. Abstracting and indexing are available for the more than 750 newspapers in ProQuest Newsstand; of these, almost 700 are full text.
HeritageQuest Online HeritageQuest Online combines digital, searchable images of U.S.federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content. This online database is an essential collection of unique material for both genealogical and historical researchers, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. Researchers can use HeritageQuest Online to find their ancestors, trace their paths across America, and learn what life was like in the areas where they settled.
HeritageQuest Online includes all of the images, and extensive indexing, from the 1790 - 1930 U.S. federal censuses. It offers more than 20,000 book titles, including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories. Additionally, there are more than 250 primary-source documents such as tax lists, city directories, probate records, and more.
Ancestry Library ProQuest has partnered with MyFamily.com to create Ancestry® Library Edition, one of the most important genealogical collections available today. It has unparalleled coverage of the United States and the United Kingdom, including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. This collection, with thousands of databases and billions of names, is essential to having a broad genealogy collection, and its valuable content is a strong complement to HeritageQuest Online.
The Ancestry Library Edition collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes); Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes); The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630; Social Security Death Index (updated monthly); WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; and a strong Civil War collection. Ancestry Library Edition updates continually, with more indexes and original images added all the time.
Presenter: Daniel Paskett
Shoutbomb - SMS Notification Service
Libraries services are each tailored to provide information about available resources and keep patrons’ informed about their library accounts. Libraries have utilized available technologies and text messaging is a natural outgrowth of this continued march to harness available technologies to deliver these services.
To access Shoutbomb services a library only needs to subscribe and provide access to their network. The patron needs text messaging enabled as part of their service agreement with the cell phone provider.
Shoutbomb services include, but are not limited to:
Signup: opt-in registration process. Patrons choose what services to activate.
Renewal: a text is sent and a patron can respond requesting renewal of eligible items.
Courtesy: a text of items due back and eligible renewal is sent. No response is allowed.
Holds: a text is sent and a patron can respond requesting a list of holds available for pickup.
Overdue: a text is sent and a patron can respond requesting a list of overdue items.
Fee/Fines: a text is sent when fees or fines exceed a threshold.
Library Calendar Events: a text is sent a set time before the event of interest.
ISBN: a patron can send an isbn (10 or 13 digits) and they will receive a notification about available items. The notification will take into account their home library and other geographically ‘close’ libraries when searching for items. Depending on your available library systems, the patron can place an item on hold.
Shoutbomb supports Spanish notifications.
Text a Librarian from Mosio
On average, 3.5 billion text messages are sent daily in the United States. Americans are now texting twice as much as they are talking on their mobile phones, making SMS the preferred method of communication for people on the go.
Mosio’s Text a Librarian enables libraries to engage with patrons on their mobile devices and to manage text message reference services in an easy, organized and efficient way. There is no hardware to install, no software to download and no phone required. Accessible by any computer or mobile device with internet, Text a Librarian’s web-based interface includes a suite of features that increase workflow efficiencies while maintaining patron privacy. From auto-responders, answer-templates and statistical reporting features to collaborative utilities, multimodal notifications and even a Text Speak Translator, Text a Librarian was developed specifically for libraries and is now the fastest growing SMS reference service technology in the library industry. Even with so many features, using Text a Librarian is as easy as clicking the big red Answer button.
We are now pleased to offer RefStart™ as a standard feature of Text a Librarian. RefStart is a web-based reference application giving librarians customizable one-click access to reference tools, search engines, web 2.0 sites and popular social networks, providing a single starting place to answer patron inquiries. Please visit www.textalibrarian.com for more information. We look forward to seeing you at the Califa Vendor Fair!
Presenter: Gabriel Macias
5. Attending Institutions
As of August 21, Califa members from the following libraries are registered for the Vendor Fair:
Alameda County
Alameda City
Burlingame
CSU Fresno
Fresno
Hayward
Las Positas College
Livermore
Los Gatos
Mill Valley
Monterey County
Monterey Peninsula College
Mountain View
North Net Library System
Oakland
Palo Alto
Queen of the Holy Rosary College
Saint Jude Medical
San Benito
San Bruno
San Francisco
San Jose
San Mateo County
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara City
Santa Clara University
South San Francisco
Thank You!
This was the first Califa Vendor Fair, and we hope it will continue as an annual event. We owe enormous thanks to many people for helping us get this event off the ground:
HW Wilson: Lunch Sponsor
Gale, a part of Cengage Learning: Lunch Sponsor
Ingram Digital/MyiLibrary: Breakfast Sponsor
Learning Express, LLC: Lunch Sponsor
OCLC/NetLibrary: Breakfast Sponsor
ProQuest: Breakfast Sponsor
The Califa project is supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian