DataFest 09 Planning
Submitted by DeAnne Luck on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 11:06
Timeline | Vendors to Invite | Proposed products by subject track | Potential Vendors/products |Free databases
Timeline:
Current: List potential vendors/products (including free gov’t sources) on the Planning Wiki and discussing the schedule.
Aug 3rd (or so): conference call to determine our schedule and first wave of invitees.
2nd conference call (by Aug 14)
Conference call until Sept 8 – invite vendors and get confirmations
Sept 14 (or so): conference call to determine second wave of invitations (if needed)
Sept 25th : All vendors confirmed.
Vendors to invite (final response by 9/11):
Each bullet represents one session (sometimes more than one product will be covered in a session).
Currently 32 sessions (only 28 available).
Ambrose Video Publishing
T-S contact: Courtney
Vendor contact:
Invitation to: Allen Dohra (aldohra@hotmail.com)
783 Maranello St
Henderson, NV 89052
Invoice to:
Ambrose Video Publishing
Attn: Kwan Chan (kwanchan@ambrosevideo.com)
145 W 45th Street, Ste 1115
NY, NY 10036
Will participate?: yes
Invoice sent: 9-09-09
Pymnt rec'd: YES
* Ambrose Video 2.0 (Video)
Auralog
T-S contact: Wendy
Vendor contact: Michelle Woodlee
Phone, email: 888.388.3535 x641
Address: 3710 E. University Dr. Phoenix AZ 85034; michelle.woodlee@auralog.com
Will participate?: NO
Invoice sent:
Pymnt rec'd:
* TellMeMore (Lang)
EBSCO Publishing
T-S contact: DeAnne
Vendor contact: Steve Strother, Regional Sales Mgr
Phone, email: 800-653-2726 ext. 2447, sstrother@ebscohost.com
Address:
Will participate?: YES
Invoice sent: exempt
Pymnt rec'd: conference scholarships
* Multi-Lingual Health Database (Health)
??* Business Source Complete (Bus)
* EBSCO Animals (Kids)
* Career Library (Bus)
Films Media Group
T-S contact: Hannah
Vendor contact: Chris Dedrick
Phone, email: 800.257.5126
chris.dedrick@films.com
Address:
Will participate?: no (no response)
Invoice sent:
Pymnt rec'd:
* Films on Demand (Video)
Gale Cengage
T-S contact: DeAnne
Vendor contact: Barbara Parrish, Jarrod Roth
Phone, email: Jarrod.Roth@cengage.com, barbara.parish@cengage.com, 704-341-9008
Address:
Will participate?: YES
Invoice sent: exempt
Pymnt rec'd: conference lunch
* powerspeak (all lower case) (Lang)
??* Small Business Resource Center (Bus)
* Grzimek's Animal Life (Kids)
* Career Transitions (Bus)
* GREENR (misc)
Mango Languages
T-S contact: DeAnne
Vendor contact: Drew Kelly, Sales & Development
Phone, email: (248) 254-7450 x805, drew.kelly@mangolanguages.com
Address:
Will participate?: YES
Invoice sent: 9-09-09
Pymnt rec'd: YES
* Mango Languages (Lang)
Mergent
T-S contact: Gayle Baker
Vendor contact: Paul Hazlett, <!--StartFragment-->Paul.Hazlett@mergent.com. <!--EndFragment-->
Phone, email: Brian.Whelan@mergent.com Invoice: Brian Whelan
580 Kingsley Park Drive
Fort Mill, SC 29715
Address:
Will participate?:YES
Invoice sent: YES 9/23/09
Pymnt rec'd: YES
* Mergent Online (Bus)
Morningstar
T-S contact: Courtney Stephens
Vendor contact: Camille O'Connor
Phone, email: camille.oconnor@morningstar.com
Address: 22 W. Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Will participate?: yes
Invoice sent: 9-09-09
Pymnt rec'd: YES
* Morningstar (Bus)
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Overdrive
T-S contact: DeAnne
Vendor contact: Digital Bookmobile
Phone, email:
Address:
Will participate?: yes?
Invoice sent: exempt
Pymnt rec'd: L&D prize sponsorship
* Download Video (Video)
Plunkett
T-S contact: DeAnne
Vendor contact: Lynne Zarosky
Phone, email: 713.357.9509, lynnez@plunkettresearch.com
Address:
Will participate?: NO
Invoice sent:
Pymnt rec'd:
* Plunkett Research (Bus)
ProQuest
T-S contact: Gayle Baker
Vendor contact: David Fiumara
Invoice to: Kim Robinson, Kim.Robinson@proquest.com
Phone, email:
Address:
Will participate?: YES Someone else from ProQuest will come to the DataFest. More details when they are worked out.
Invoice sent: YES 10/05/09
Pymnt rec'd: YES (11/13/09)
* ProQuest Family Health (Health)
* ABI/Inform; Factiva; Hoovers; Entreprenuer (Bus) [let them pick the two they want to demo)
* CultureGrams (Int'l)
* Environmental Sciences (misc)
Recorded Books
T-S contact: Wendy
Vendor contact: Mike Poynter
Phone, email: 615-419-7640; mpoynter@recordedbooks.com
Address: 270 Skipjack Rd. Prince Fredrick Maryland
Will participate?: YES
Invoice sent: YES
Pymnt rec'd: YES
* MyLibrarydv (Video)
ReferenceUSA
T-S contact: Gayle Baker
Vendor contact: Bill Carlson
Phone, email: 800-808-1113 ext. 6719
Address:
InfoUSA,ReferenceUSA Division
2200 Abbott Dr.
Carter Lake, IA. 51510
Will participate?: YES
Invoice sent: YES
Pymnt rec'd: YES
* ReferenceUSA (Bus)
Swank Motion Pictures
T-S contact: Hannah
Vendor contact: Mike Eyler and Sarah Garegnani
Phone, email: 1-888-389-3622, meyler@swank.com
sgaregnani@swank.com
Address: 10795 Watson Road St. Louis, MO, 63127-1012
Will participate?: NO
Invoice sent:
Pymnt rec'd:
* Digital Campus (Video)
West ThompsonReuters
T-S contact: Courtney Stephens
Vendor contact: Todd Hawkins, TN Gov't/Academic rep
Phone, email: (615)476-9577 cell, todd.hawkins@thomsonreuters.com
Address:406 Wild Elm St
Franklin, TN 37064
Will participate?: Yes
Invoice sent: YES
Pymnt rec'd: YES
* Campus Research
* Patron Access
World Trade Press
T-S contact: DeAnne
Vendor contact: Tod Fletcher, Library Sales Rep
Phone, email: tod@worldtradepress.com
Tel: [1] 800-833-8586 ext 225
Address:
Will participate?: NO
Invoice sent:
Pymnt rec'd:
* Best Country Reports, Global Road Warrior, etc. (Int'l)
Free Sessions
?? * Live Mocha and Byki (Lang)
T-S contact:
Presenter:
Thursday
Govt: Free Online Health Resources for Your Patrons (55 minutes)
T-S contact: Larry Romans
Presenters: Sandra Martin, Assistant Director, and Jennifer Lyon, Medical Librarian, Vanderbilt’s Eskind Biomedical Library
Discussion of reliable resources on general health, drugs, nutrition, individual maladies, and men’s, women’s, and teen health.
Featured Sites:
Healthfinder. www.healthfinder.gov
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis. www.mayo.edu
Medlineplus from the National Library of Medicine. www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Govt: Energy and Science Databases from OSTI (55 minutes)
T-S contact: Larry Romans
Presenter: Tim Byrne, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information
The presentation will cover Department of Energy databases and federated search tools for scientific and technical information, including over five million full-text documents. We also will cover the soon-to-be-released ScienceEducation.gov.
Featured Sites:
Science Accelerator http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/
Science.gov http://www.science.gov/
WorldWideScience.org http://worldwidescience.org/
Information Bridge http://www.osti.gov/bridge/
Govt: U.S. Government Information – Se Habla Español (55 minutes)
T-S contact: Larry Romans
Presenters: Jim Veatch, Technical Services Manager for the Bartram Trail Regional Library System, and
Justine Veatch, former cataloger, LibraryHQ SiteSource Project
Many libraries are faced with meeting information needs of patrons whose native language is Spanish. Many of the government publications do not get into the Federal Depository Library Program – even when the English-language equivalent is included. This session focuses on Spanish language items that are in electronic form and can easily be integrated into library collections.
Featured Sites:
GobiernoUSA.gov: http://www.usa.gov/gobiernousa/
Fugitive Spanish-language government documents: http://www.worldcat.org/profiles/jveatch/lists/915101
T-S contact: Larry Romans
Presenter: Ashley Dahlen, Government Printing Office
Federal Depository Libraries have free access to lots of valuable Federal publications, access to 5 Federal agency databases that are normally subscription based, as well as free catalog records for FDLP materials. Learn about how the network of depository libraries “Keep America Informed” if you are not a depository library, and discover more if you already are!
Featured Sites: FDLP Desktop www.fdlp.gov
Govt: Business (25 or 55 minutes)
T-S contact: Larry Romans
Presenter: Robbi De Peri, Vanderbilt Univ.
Featured Sites:
Business Data and Statistics http://www.business.gov/expand/business-data/
Recovery.gov -- U.S. White House http://www.recovery.gov/
Economic Indicators – U.S. Congress. Joint Economic Committee http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/index.html
Govt: Kids (25 minutes)
T-S contact: Larry Romans
Presenter: I'm still working on it.
Friday
Govt: GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) (50 minutes)
T-S contact: Larry Romans
Presenters: Ashley Dahlen and Amanda Colvin, Govt Printing Office
FDsys provides public access to Government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes.
Govt: Finding Answers with Census Data (55 minutes)
T-S contact: Larry Romans
Presenters:
Jacob Thornton, Geographic Information Systems Coordinator, Census Information Center Coordinator. Vanderbilt Univ., and
Larry Romans, Head, Government Information and Media Services, Vanderbilt Univ.
Discusses how different the 2010 Census will be from its predecessors, census geography, and how to use the American FactFinder and American Community Survey.
Featured Sites:
American FactFinder http://factfinder.census.gov/
American Community Survey http://www.census.gov/acs/
Proposed products by subject track: 28 sessions
Language | Consumer Health | Political Science | Business | Census/demographics | International | Kids' info | Career | Videos | Misc
Language learning product (Gale)
TellMeMore language learning (Aurolog)
There are several free online language learning options, like Live Mocha and Byki, if we go that route.
Multi-Lingual Health Database (EBSCO)
ProQuest Family Health
ConsumerReportsHealth.org (EBSCO)
Free Sites:
Healthfinder - www.healthfinder.gov; Spanish http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol/
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis. - .mayo.edu
Medlineplus - National Library of Medicine. - .nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - www.cdc.gov
FDA (Food & Drug Administration) - www.fda.gov/
MedlinePlus Drug Information - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
CQ Press (CQ Moneyline compares to free MAPLight)
Political Science Complete (EBSCO)
Thomas - legislative information from the Library of Congress
http://thomas.loc.gov/
U.S. Senate
www.senate.gov
U. S. House of Representatives
www.house.gov
Biographical Directory of the American Congress
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
State Governments
www.usa.gov/Agencies/State_and_Territories.shtml
White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Statistical Abstract of the United States - U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Historical Census Browser
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
WorldTrade Press (Best Country Reports, Global Road Warrior, etc.)
U.S. Dept. of State http://www.state.gov/
CIA - The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook
U.S. Government Web Sites for Kids & Students
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html
Kids.gov http://www.kids.gov/
CryptoKids (NSA) - http://www.nsa.gov/kids/home.shtml
CIA Kids - https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/index.html
Occupational Outlook Handbook
www.bls.gov/OCO
Career Transitions (Gale)
Career Library (EBSCO) free for public libraries thru Dec 09
Recorded Books: MyLlibrarydv (video)
Films Media Group: Films for the Humanities & Sciences Films on Demand
Swank Motion Pictures: Digital Campus
Career Transitions (Gale)
Career Library (EBSCO)
Mergent Online
Morningstar
ProQuest business something (?)
Plunkett Research business -- industry info
Small Business Resource Center (Gale)
Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Optimal Resume https://www.optimalresume.com/libraries.html
Free Sites:
Business Data and Statistics http://www.business.gov/expand/business-data/
Recovery.gov -- U.S. White House http://www.recovery.gov/
Economic Indicators – U.S. Congress. Joint Economic Committee http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/index.html
Science:
GREENR
Environmental Sciences (CSA/ProQuest)
Environmental Science Database (Ovid)
Free Sites:
EPA
Science Accelerator http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/
Science.gov
WorldWideScience.org
Environmental Sciences (CSA/ProQuest)
Environmental Science Database (Ovid)
Senior Citizens' Resources - U. S. Social Security Admin. http://www.seniors.gov/
EBSCO (these are suggestions from the vendor):
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Integrated Search - federated search
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NoveList Select - we had this session last year, but Steve says "this latest offering by NoveList integrates NoveList reader’s advisory content directly into your library catalog at the title level"
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Discovery Service
Gale:
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Career Transitions (pair with gov't materials (& Learning Express?))
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Grzimek's Animal Life -- print set is a standard (this is the new e-version)
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Language learning product (pair with Mango (others?)
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GREENR (public, academic environmental issues)
Mango: Mango Languages
Auralog: TellMeMore language learning
CQ Press (CQ Moneyline compares to free MAPLight)
Plunkett Research business -- industry info
Ingram: MyiLibrary (ebooks and audio)
Recorded Books: MyLlibrarydv (video)
Films Media Group: Films for the Humanities & Sciences Films on Demand
ProQuest: ?
Ovid: ?
Free Govt Info Session A - Census
American Factfinder -- U.S. Census Bureau -- Population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the Census Bureau. Browse, search, and map data from many Census Bureau sources, including the Decennial Census, Economic Census, American Community Survey (CS), annual population estimates, and annual economic surveys. Includes extensive help, glossary, and tutorial sections.
Enter a Street Address -- U.S. Census Bureau -- Find Census 2000 data from your state to your block. Most useful for finding Demographic Profile (DP) and other information about your Census Tract, Block Group, or Block. Enter your street address and either the city and state or the ZIP code. In the geographic area box, choose which area you want - state, country, census tract, block, etc.
Free Govt Info Session B - Consumer Health (2 sessions)
Healthfinder. www.healthfinder.gov
Gateway consumer health information site from the U.S. government.
Medlineplus - National Library of Medicine. www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ Information on hundreds of diseases, conditions and wellness issues.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
others as time allows
Free Govt Info Session C - Business
Business.gov http://business.gov/
Provides information and resources that help small businesses comply with federal, state and local business laws and government regulations.
Business Data and Statistics http://www.business.gov/expand/business-data/
Links to collection of resources providing free access to business and economic statistics collected by the U.S. Government.
Small Business Admin.
Free Govt Info Session D - Kids
U.S. Government Web Sites for Kids & Students
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html
Kids.gov http://www.kids.gov/
CryptoKids (NSA) - http://www.nsa.gov/kids/home.shtml
CIA Kids - https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/index.html
Free Govt Info Session E - International
Country Studies – U.S. Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
U.S. Dept. of State http://www.state.gov/
Covers international issues, countries and regions, travel, and other topics. Includes Countries and Regions and Background Notes
CIA - The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook
Glassdoor.com had a booth at ALA. Free website showing salaries & reviews from employees. [From DL -- I'm actually sending this out as a free resource in the newsletter]
Cenus info. There was a presentation on it 2 years ago at TLA but i don't have the booklet in front of me to figure out who gave it. Maybe Melissa? --wmc
MAPLight.org follows the money in politics.
There are several free online language learning options, like Live Mocha and Byki, if we go that route.
Govt: Energy and Science Databases from OSTI (55 minutes)
T-S contact: Larry Romans
Presenter: Tim
The presentation will cover Department of Energy databases and federated search tools for scientific and technical information, including over five million full-text documents. We also will cover the soon-to-be-released ScienceEducation.gov.
Featured Sites:
Science Accelerator http://www.scienceaccelerator.gov/
Science.gov http://www.science.gov/
WorldWideScience.org http://worldwidescience.org/
Information Bridge http://www.osti.gov/bridge/