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Tuesday
, April 29
554
9:00am •
Pre-Conference Workshop - Exploring AI in Libraries
555
9:00am •
Pre-Conference Workshop - Optimizing your EBSCOhost Experience
556
9:00am •
Pre-Conference Workshop - EDS/FTF Health Check
557
9:00am •
Pre-Conference Workshop: Maximize EBSCO Tools for Effective Book Collection Development and Management
Ballroom A | Boardwalk
7:30pm •
Pre-Conference Game Night- Sponsored by APA
Wednesday
, April 30
552 Selfcare
7:15am •
YOGA- Sponsored by APA
554 | Achor
10:30am •
A Tale of Two Libraries
11:30am •
The SaaS Implementation Playbook: Strategies for Success
1:20pm •
TBD - Placeholder for IET
2:20pm •
Our Journey from the Pandemic to FOLIO
3:20pm •
Holdings Management: The New Collection Assessment Tool
4:15pm •
Shape the Future of Your User Group: A Conversation with the Board
555 & 556 | Seahorse
10:30am •
Proposal for Advancing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) in Library Collections within the EBSCO User Group at an HBCU
11:30am •
Being the Designated Driver: Responsible AI in Psychology Research (APA Sponsor)
1:20pm •
Ins and Outs of Changing Everything: Migrating to New EDS and OpenAthens
2:20pm •
Mosaic Readiness: A Town Hall Q&A
3:20pm •
Unlocking Insights: OpenAthens UX review and future Innovations
4:15pm •
Tips, tricks, and new workflows: Migrating from Sierra to FOLIO as part of a consortium
Ballroom A | Boardwalk
8:00am •
Breakfast- Sponsored by MLA
9:00am •
Welcome/Opening Session
12:20pm •
Lunch- Sponsored by APA
Ballroom B | Coral
10:30am •
Steering the Ship: Piloting the EDS UI Migration
11:30am •
Updates to EBSCO's Configuration Applications
1:20pm •
Transforming Library Services: The New York Public Library EDS Implementation Adventure
2:20pm •
Leveraging Analytics in Academic Libraries: Enhancing Decision-Making and Resource Allocation
3:20pm •
Strategies for Ensuring Access to Electronic Resources from HLM MARC Records
4:15pm •
Evidence-Based Acquisitions and Strategic Partnerships: A Case Study of URI’s Collaborative Approach with GOBI
Ballroom D | Ocean
10:30am •
What is UX design and why is it important?
11:30am •
Using Business Source Premier for Market Research
1:20pm •
Improving the Knowledgebase Improves Access for All: Cornell & EBSCO Cooperative Work on Knowledgebase Enhancement
2:20pm •
Using Linked Data to improve student researcher experiences on EBSCO Discovery Service and EBSCOhost
3:20pm •
Ideation to iteration: a partnered approach to communicating and progressing product roadmaps
4:15pm •
Exploring the New Publication Finder: Features and Benefits
East Prefunction
10:15am •
Networking Break- Sponsored by MLA
11:20am •
Networking Break- Sponsored by MLA
2:10pm •
Networking Break- Sponsored by MLA
3:10pm •
Networking Break- Sponsored by MLA
Providence G (Outside Venue)
6:00pm •
Evening Reception-Sponsored by IET
Thursday
, May 1
552 Selfcare
7:15am •
Meditation- Sponsored by APA
554 | Achor
9:00am •
New UI Accessibility
10:00am •
Navigating the FOLIO Frontier: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
11:10am •
The Importance of Inclusivity in Academic Resource Collections
1:00pm •
Enhancing the Discovery Experience: Customizations, Collaboration, and User-Centered Design
2:00pm •
Sharing and Citing Information in EDS
3:10pm •
Real-time (for fee) record-based document delivery for Nursing students and faculty using EBSCO Customlinking, CINAHL, OpenAthens, and Research Solutions’ Article Galaxy Scholar.
4:05pm •
The Next Step in Serials Transformative Agreement Management: Evaluation using Read and Publish Dashboards
555 & 556 | Seahorse
9:00am •
Benefits of the Full Text Finder Product Suite
10:00am •
Coordinated and Collaborative: An Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation Collection Development Project
11:10am •
Navigating Success Post-Migration: Mastering the Enhanced EBSCOhost UI
1:00pm •
Creating Short, Targeted, Effective EDS Tutorial Videos for Patrons
2:00pm •
"Too Good To Be True?": Exploring the Ways Generative AI is (and isn't) Reshaping Student Research
3:10pm •
Linked Data and MARC: Or There and Back Again
4:05pm •
Leveraging Your Linked Data
Ballroom A | Boardwalk
8:00am •
Breakfast- Sponsored by MLA
12:00pm •
Lunch- Sponsored by APA
Ballroom B | Coral
9:00am •
Partnering For Success: Jackson Library's Journey with EBSCO FOLIO
10:00am •
Charting a Course with GOBI Library Technical Services
11:10am •
Increasing access to resources using free software tools from EBSCO
1:00pm •
Unsung Heroes of Academic Research: Magazine Archives as Primary Sources
2:00pm •
Coverage and Curation: Reflecting the Scope of Language and Literature Study
3:10pm •
EBSCO’s Voice of the Customer Program Update and Enhancement Request Deep Dive
4:05pm •
Supporting OER with EBSCO
Ballroom D | Ocean
9:00am •
The E-Resources Lifecycle: The EBSCO Ecosystem
10:00am •
Searching in EBSCO’s new Business Searching Interface
11:10am •
Enhancing Library Services at Andrews University with FOLIO, One Year On: Successes and Challenges Beyond the Honeymoon
1:00pm •
Linked Data at EBSCO: Enhancing Discoverability, Engagement, and Interoperability
2:00pm •
EBSCO: History, context, and Innovation
3:10pm •
Research Databases as Community Practice: Three Perspectives on the MLA International Bibliography
4:05pm •
Getting familiar with the new EBSCO Discovery Service
East Prefunction
9:50am •
Networking Break- Sponsored by MLA
11:00am •
Networking Break- Sponsored by MLA
1:50pm •
Networking Break- Sponsored by MLA
2:50pm •
Networking Break- Sponsored by MLA
Friday
, May 2
554 | Achor
10:30am •
From Chaos to Clarity: A FOLIO Inventory Cleanup Project
11:30am •
Enhancing Library Operations with FOLIO API Integration: The Development and Impact of Redbud Reports
1:20pm •
From Manual to Magic: Automating User Imports in FOLIO
2:20pm •
Coming Around: MOBIUS' First ILS Conversion in 25 Years
3:20pm •
Retraining our Minds: Considerations when transitioning Integrated Library Systems
555 & 556 | Seahorse
10:30am •
AI Workflows with edge-ai and FOLIO
11:30am •
User journey and advice for migrating to FOLIO, OpenAthens, and new EBSCO Discovery Search UI
1:20pm •
eReserve Plus FOLIO Application
2:20pm •
Unlocking FOLIO: Transforming APIs and SQL queries into Innovative Library Services
3:20pm •
From Roadmap to Release: Maximizing Your FOLIO Enhancements
Ballroom A | Boardwalk
8:00am •
Breakfast- Sponsored by MLA
9:00am •
FOLIO Plenary Session
12:20pm •
Lunch- Sponsored by APA
Ballroom B | Coral
10:30am •
FOLIO integrations at the Five Colleges
11:30am •
GALILEO here we go again: migrating to FOLIO after 7 years of Alma
1:20pm •
Some of the things we wish we had known and understood early in our FOLIO implementation
2:20pm •
All about the Package POL in FOLIO–from the original vision for the feature design to use cases in practice and ideas for shaping future development
3:20pm •
Enhanced Consortia Support Discussion: Meeting the needs of complex systems
Ballroom D | Ocean
10:30am •
Collecting Course Reserves and Annual Report stats: Lessons learned
11:30am •
FOLIO Product Management Update: Exploring Ramsons and Sunflower Metadata Management & Lists Enhancements
1:20pm •
Acquisition and Finance: the FOLIO ERM lagniappe
2:20pm •
The Lowdown on Locate: A Modern Discovery Solution for Local Collections
3:20pm •
Using FOLIO's API – An introduction with examples
East Prefunction
10:15am •
Networking Break- Sponsored by MLA
11:20am •
Networking Break- Sponsored by MLA
2:10pm •
Networking Break- Sponsored by MLA
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, April 29
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, April 30
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Track 1 | Ocean
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Technology & Trends
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Users & Usage
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Change Management
Collection Development
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Integrations & API's
Library Services
Technology & Trends
Technology and Trends
Users & Usage
Track 3 | Coral
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Integrations & API's
Library Services
Migration & Change Management
Technology & Trends
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Integrations & API's
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All are welcome
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Article Galaxy Scholar
BiblioGraph (BIBFRAME)
Business Searching Interface (BSI)
Business Source Premier
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EBSCO Configuration
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)
FOLIO
FOLIO Implementation Process
FOLIO Migration
Free Software Tools
Full Text Finder
GOBI and E-book Collections
HLM
Holdings and Link Management
Holdings and Links Management
Independent Online Research Database
Knowledgebase
LOCATE
MARC Record Service
OpenAthens
Panorama (Analytics)
Product Roadmaps
Stacks
System Migrations
UX Design
Sub-Topic
Accessibility
AI
Collection Development
Community Practice
Configurations and Settings
Consortium Management
Demo
Diversity/Equity/Inclusion
EBSCOAdmin ERM
FOLIO BIBFRAME
FOLIO Demo
FOLIO Electronic Resource Management (ERM)
FOLIO Implementation Process
FOLIO Innovation
FOLIO Integrations
FOLIO Tips and Tricks
Library Vendor Collaboration
Metadata Management
New UI Innovation
Open: Open Source/Open Access/Open Infrastructure
OpenAthens
Optimizing Search
Product Roadmaps
Reporting and Analytics
Resource Sharing
Tips and Tricks
Use Cases for Historical Academic Resources
User Experience
User Journey
UX Design
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