Tectonic Shifts:
Technical Services of Today
2025 Fall - Virtual
Keynote, Tectonic Shifts: The Changing Landscape of Technical Services
Steve Kelley, Head of Continuing Resources and Database Management, Wake Forest University and CORE President Elect
Technical Services in Public Libraries
Lacie Griffin, Collection Development Manager, Johnson County Library (Shawnee Mission, KS) and Past Chair of CORE's Metadata and Collection Section
Musings on Past, Present, & Future of Technical Services
Cynthia M. Whitacre, Sr. Metadata Operations Manager, OCLC, Retired
Bringing it All Together
Steve Kelley, Keynote
Strengthening the Core:
Advocacy and Support for Technical Services
2025 Spring - Cuyahoga Community College
Flex Your Influence to Lift Up Your Team
Masha Stepanova, Head of Cataloging, The Ohio State University Libraries
Mission and Values Activity
Cara Calabrese, Head of Acquisitions, Indiana University Bloomington
Technical Service is Public Service: Raising Awarness of and Visibilty
for Technical Services
Tim Keller, Head of Discovery and Metadata, Oberlin College & Conservatory
Byte-Sized Libraries:
AI in Cataloging, Acquisitions, and Beyond
2024 Fall - Virtual
Keynote
Terry Reese, Head of Digital Initiatives and Digital Integrations, The Ohio State University Libraries
AI Discussion: Where Are You At?
Cara Calbrese, Acquisition and Access Librarian, Miami University
Overview of Generative AI Experiments at Minnesota State University, Mankato (so far)
Nat Gustafson-Sundell, Collections Librarian, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Evan Rusch, Reference Librarian, Minnesota State University, Mankato
AI and Cataloging: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Jeannette Mazur, Electronic Services Content Analyst, BakerHostetler
Knowledge Access AI Study Group: A Space for Learning About AI and Assessing Its Impact on Metadata
Charlene Chou, Head of Knowledge Access, NYU
Gioia Stevens, Librarian for Specialized Cataloging, NYU
Yasha Razizadeh, Metadata Librarian for Non-Latin Script Resources, NYU
Zehong Liu, Metadata Librarian for Science and Geospatial Data, NYU
Bring Your Ideas for the Future
Cara Calabrese, Moderator
Successful Recipes for Patron Success:
Innovating TS Work to Better Serve Patrons
2024 Spring - Cuyahoga Community College
Generative AI vs. the Catalog Librarian: Practical and Not-so Practical Uses of AI
Patrick Conners, Cataloging Librarian, Akron Public Library
Labels in the Recipe Box: Considerations for Phsyical and Digital Access
Chloe Misorski, Cataloging Librarian, Ingalls Library at the Cleveland Museum of Art
Picture Book Categories: Adapting Technical Services Workflows for Public Service Demands
Sandy Jelar-Elwell, Director of Collection Services, Cleveland Public Library
Libby McCuan, Technical Services Librarian, Cleveland Public Library
DEI DIY:
Tools for Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Your Library
2023 Winter - Virtual
A Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Toolkit for Technical Services
Treshani Perera, Head of Fine Art Library Technical Services, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library, University of Kentucky
DEI Analysis: Repurposing Baker & Taylor's CollectionHQ for Academic Libraries
Alicia Pearson, Metadata and Collection Development Librarian, Siena College
Assessing Subject Analysis with MARCedit and Spreadsheets
Sasha Frizzell, Catalog/Metadata Management Librarian, Binghamton University
The process of infusing DEI into collections & services of an extra-small library
Dolores Yilibuw, Library Director, Lexington Theological Seminary
Katherine Wolsky, Librarian, Lexington Theological Seminary
Library of Congress Classification monthly approved changes lists: implementing an ongoing reclassification workflow
Katherine Manifold, Catalog Metadata Integrity Librarian, University of Nevada, La Vegas
Replacing Obsolete Cutter Numbers Using Batch Processes
Tyler Cunningham, Catalog Librarian, University of Pittsburgh
Getting to Know SQL: or, 20 Minutes of SQL Fun!
Rich Wisneski, Electronic Resources Librarian, Miami University
A Tale of Two Workflows: Streamlining and Automating Acqusitions
Carissa Thatcher, Collections Acquistions Librarian, University of Cincinnati
Cara Calbrese, Acquisitions and Access Librarian, Miami University
Migration in Motion:
Managing Expectations
2023 Spring - Cuyahoga Community College
Managing Futures: Working Towards the Future you Need
Jennifer M. Eustis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Migration, Reimagining Your Library
Lori Thorrat, Manager, Catalog and Processing, Cuyahoga County Public Library
Advocating for TS Before and During Migration
Mike Monaco, Coordinator, Catologing Services, University of Akron
Managing an ILS Migration Project Using Microsoft Teams
Robin Buser, Supervisor, Acquisitions and Metadata Management, Columbus State
Migration Station:
Tips and Tricks to Manage Your Data
2022 Fall - Virtual
Getting Ready for the Big Move
Kyle Banerjee, Sr Implementation Consultant, EBSCO FOLIO Services
A Marathon, Not a Sprint: The OHIOLink RFP Process
Theda Schwing, Associate Director, Discovery and Delivery, OhioLINK
Lessons Learned from a Decade of System Migrations
Wes Osborn, Executive Director, Central Library Consortium
A Dive into Data:
Using COUNTER and Tableau
2022 Spring - Virtual
Creating a Tableau Dashboard to Analyze Descriptive Data
Nathan Putnam, Director of Data Quality and Governance, OCLC
Tableau in Action: Enhancing Discovery and Complementing Decision Making
Stephanie Church, Acquisitions Librarian, Case Western Reserve University
Understanding and Using COUNTER in Collection Analysis
Greg Edwards, Cataloging & Metadata Librarian, Lehigh University
Phil Hewitt, Sr. Engineering and Electronic Collections Librarian, Lehigh University
Scarlet Galvan, Collection Strategist, Grand Valley State University
It's All Subjective:
Modern Subject Analysis
2021 Fall - Virtual
“About” Is What It’s About! The State of Subject Access
Rocki Strader, Catalog and Authorities Librarian, Bibliographic Initiatives Department of The Ohio State University Libraries
Underrepresented Collections in the Howard B. Waltz Music Library
Linda Bagley, Music Cataloging Specialist, University of Colorado Boulder
Clara Burns, Music Copy Cataloger & Processing Lead, University of Colorado Boulder,
Kelsey Fuller, Ph.D., Ethnomusicology, University of Colorado Boulder
Ghost in the MARChine: Pseudonymity and Anonymity Usage in Electronica Music Sound Recordings
Leonard Martin, Resource Description Librarian, University of Houston Libraries
Copyright and "Copywrong":
Rules for the Digital Age
2021 Spring - Virtual
Copyright Basics and Creative Considerations
Cindy Kristof, Head Copyright & Scholarly Communication, Associate Professor, Kent State University
Virginia Dressler, Digital Projects Librarian, Kent State University
Copyright in Digital Projects: Considerations and Evaluations
Cindy Kristof
Virginia Dressler
