Division of Library and Information
Science Presents: Fall Symposium
1. Mary Niles Maack, Ph.D – keynote
speaker title: Toward a new model of the information professions:
embracing empowerment. - Affiliation: Professor, UCLA, Grad Sch of
Ed and Info Studies
2. Audrey Belanger - Title: Public Library Services for the
Homeless in NY Metropolitan Area
3. Susan Berdinka - Title: Drupal Content Management System in the
Library
4. Leslie Chen - Title: Fandom Works - Affiliation: Queens
Library
5. April Lynne Earle - Title: Design of an Application Profile for
the St. John’s University Oral History Collection
6. Alyse Hennig - Title: Davis Library Archives and Special
Collections
Note: presentation proposals are still
being reviewed this month; a complete list will be forwarded the
first week in October
Presentation Title: Public Library Services for the
Homeless in the New York Metropolitan Area
Presentor: Audrey Belanger, St. John’s
University
Homelessness is a significant problem in the New York metropolitan
area. Public libraries have the potential to provide valuable
services to meet the information needs of homeless individuals. In
order to reach their potential, libraries must have the appropriate
services and policies in place to ensure that they are assisting
homeless patrons rather than unintentionally or deliberately
excluding them. This presentation will examine policies and
services suggested by the literature, and the differing viewpoints
on the topic in the field. The presentation will conclude with
research questions for further study.
Presentation Title: Drupal Content Management System in
the Library
Presentor: Susan R. Berdinka, St. John’s University
What is the purpose of a library web presence? As any other library
service, it exists to serve the patron’s information needs, and to
help build the library community. If a library’s web presence fails
to achieve that purpose, it must be changed to meet that goal.
Drupal is an open source content management system (CMS). A
content management system is software that saves content in a
database, allows administrators to easily edit the content, and
displays the content in a standardized way; all without the editor
needing to know any programming languages. Drupal is scalable: the
library’s website can continue to grow without needing to start
over again.
In this presentation, we will discuss basic installation and
maintenance of a of a Drupal 7 website. We will discuss Drupal
“out-of-the-box” and the suggested minimal modules for a basic
library website and how to use them. We will demonstrate content
creation and customization of a basic library website. And we will
also discuss how Drupal can be the foundation for a truly
interactive web presence, including sharing, commenting, tagging,
and RSS feeds. We will also discuss what skills are required in
order to build a good Drupal site.
Presentation Title: Fandom Works
Presentor: Leslie Chen, Children’s Librarian at Queens
Library
Pop culture is an undeniable and omnipresent force in our society,
and while some libraries have taken the hint and are incorporating
it into their programs and services, many misconceptions and
prejudices prevail. Rather than being mere receptacles, kids and
teens interact with pop culture, critique it, disseminate it, and
even transform it -- thus creating, and participating in, the world
of fandom. In this presentation, we will have a basic introduction
to fandom, learn about fanfiction and fanpedias, and find how we
can use fan culture to help young people find connections between
pop culture in their everyday lives and the concepts they learn in
class.
Presentation Title: Design of an Application Profile for
the St. John’s University Oral History Collection
Presentor: April Lynne Earle, Librarian, St. John’s
University
The goal of this project was to create an application profile (AP)
for the St. John’s University Oral History Project Collection.
Begun as part of the LIS 253/HIS 404: Oral History course in the
Spring 2011 semester, the purpose of the Oral History Project is to
record and collect the memories of the St. John's community. Oral
histories have the potential to provide information that is not
otherwise published. These very personal, digitally-recorded,
recollections of individuals’ connections to St. John’s help to
fill the gaps in the University’s recording of its own history.
At present the only way to access the collection is to contact
the University Archives by phone and make an appointment to listen
to CDs on-site. The Web serves as a primary point of access and
resource discovery for most researchers; however, the University’s
own OPAC is still an important discovery tool. Therefore, the
required element set created for this AP was mapped to the most
relevant standards available for cataloging and web-based,
electronic resources; MARC and Dublin Core Qualified respectively.
Both MARC and DC presented their own sets of issues and quandaries.
However, I hope that presenting the experience of applying existing
metadata standards will show that record creation is a surmountable
task and a necessity if we plan to share our University’s
history.
Presentation Title: Davis Library Archives and Special
Collections
Presentor: Alysse Hennig, Librarian, St. John’s University
This presentation will overview of the Davis Library’s Archives and
Special Collections. Ongoing projects will be discussed. Topics
will include processing, creating finding aids, updating and
enhancing the website, inventory management, marketing, and grant
writing.
Date: Saturday, November 3rd,
2012
Time: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: Saval Auditorium, Manhattan
Campus
RSVP: Required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT!!
More Information
Dr. James Vorbach
vorbachj@stjohns.edu
Ext: 1834