[OPLINLIST] Registration deadline Extended for NOTSL spring meeting

[Maurer, Margaret]

Registration has been extended to May 13 for the Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians’ Spring 2024 meeting. Successful Recipes for Patron Access: Innovating TS Work to Better Serve Patrons, will be held on Friday, May 17, 2024, 10:00 AM - 4:15 PM, at Cuyahoga Community College (aka Tri-C) Corporate College Conference Center East, 4400 Richmond Rd, Warrensville Heights, OH 44128. All are welcome; membership is conferred on all attendees.

NOTSL is pleased to sponsor the following speakers and presentations:

Patrick Conners, Catalog Librarian at Akron Public Library, will present “Generative AI vs. the Catalog Librarian: Practical and Not-So Practical Uses of AI." This presentation will explore how generative AI tools like Gemini and ChatGPT can be used in daily tasks and how they might be included in your workflow. We'll look at its use in metadata creation, help with translation and transliteration, and how it can be used to clean-up and enhance vendor records. This presentation aims to spark ideas of how freely available generative AI technology can be beneficial to cataloging workflows.
Chloe Misorski, Cataloging Librarian at the Ingalls Library at the Cleveland Museum of Art, will present “Labels in the Recipe Box: Considerations for Physical and Digital Access.” The Ingalls Library at the Cleveland Museum of Art has undergone a project to increase collection diversity by acquiring photobooks by marginalized photographers. To support access for different types of patrons, these materials require a specialized workflow from acquisitions, to cataloging, to processing. Chloe will describe additional metadata access points for these collections as well as editing the display of metadata to users. She will also discuss how these materials receive specialized processing because of their dual role as library materials and art objects. These decisions support the specialized access needs of museum professionals as well as the access needs of the general public.
Sandy Jelar Elwell, Director of Collection and Technical Services and Libby McCuan, Technical Services Librarian at Cleveland Public Library, will present “Picture Book Categories: Adapting Technical Services Workflows for Public Service Demands.” The decision to assign categories for picture books and transition to shelving picture books in bins was introduced as part of the Cleveland Public Library’s Facilities Master Plan (FMP). It was first implemented in the ReImagined Branches that reopened in 2022 and then at all locations starting in 2023. Sandy will discuss the details for the behind-the-scenes implementation and how it was integrated into the workflow. Libby will provide insight as a previous Children’s Librarian of the impact of the categories in public services and as the current Technical Services Librarian responsible for assigning the categories to new picture books.
At the Business Meeting (open to all attendees!), officer election results will be announced. The candidate statements will be distributed to attendees one week prior to the meeting. The elections will occur electronically on the morning of the meeting.

Registration fee, which includes continental breakfast and boxed lunch, will be $60, or $30 for students and retirees. For all registrations, please be aware Eventbrite charges a non-refundable processing fee that will affect the total purchase price.

Visit NOTSL’s website<http://www.notsl.org/> (www.NOTSL.org<http://www.notsl.org/>) for full program information and to register. The registration deadline is Tuesday, May 13.

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Margaret Maurer
Associate Professor Emerita
Kent State University
330-628-0313
mbmaurer at kent.edu
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