IDEA Funding Proposal Submission Deadline
2022-03-25 00:00 - 23:59 (America/New_York)
Deadline to submit project proposals for IDEA funding.

Resource Sharing Working Group Meeting
2022-04-07 14:30 - 16:00, 2022-07-14 14:30 - 16:00
Via Zoom.

Announce IDEA Funded Projects
2022-04-08 00:00 - 23:59
IDEA funded projects will be announced.

TRLN Discovery Metadata Team Meeting
2022-04-13 14:00 - 15:00
Via Zoom

Electronic Resources Management Working Group (ERMWG) Meeting
2022-04-22 13:30 - 15:30

Electronic Resources Management Working Group Meeting
2022-05-20 13:30 - 15:30

TRLN Discovery Metadata Team Meeting
2022-06-09 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-08-11 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-10-13 14:00 - 15:00, 2022-12-08 14:00 - 15:00

TRLN Discovery Development Meeting
2022-06-14 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-07-19 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-09-13 11:00 - 12:30, 2022-11-08 11:00 - 12:30

Electronic Resources Management Working Group Meeting
2022-06-24 13:30 - 15:30

2022 TRLN Annual Meeting
2022-07-11 08:30 - 2022-07-12 16:00
“Sustainability: Social Equity, Economics, and Environment”

The 2022 TRLN Annual Meeting will be Monday, July 11 and Tuesday, July 12. This year we will be meeting in person at the Carolina Theatre on the first day and online for the second. This year’s theme will be “Sustainability: Social Equity, Economics, and Environment”.

The meeting will feature two keynote speakers, panels and presentations from your TRLN colleagues, and more! This page will continue to be updated with details as we get closer to the Annual Meeting. If you have any questions, please contact events@trln.org.

RecordingsSchedule & ProgramJuly 11July 12KeynotesContact & CommunicationHow to join SlackRespectful Space

Recordings

All recordings from the second day of the annual meeting are available at duke.box.com/v/2022TRLNannual.

Schedule & Program

Monday, July 11 at the Carolina Theatre

The Annual Meeting will kick off at 8:30 am with coffee and breakfast treats at the Carolina Theatre. Meet up with TRLN colleagues you may not have seen in person since 2019! We will wrap at 11:30am so you are free to grab lunch around Durham afterwards and join us for a tour of the Main Branch of the Durham Public Library at 1:00pm.

TypeTimeDescriptionPlenary8:30 – 9:30amCoffee & BreakfastPlenary9:30 – 11:30amWelcoming RemarksKeynote: Keith KnightWoke episode screeningBreak11:30am – 1:00pmBreakTourSeparate Registration Required1:00 – 2:00pmTour of Durham Public Library’s Main BranchSchedule for day one of the 2022 Annual Meeting

Tuesday, July 12 via Zoom

Tuesday will be held entirely online and start with a keynote from Rebekkah Smith Aldrich followed by a selection of panels and presentations throughout the rest of the day.

TypeTimeDescriptionPlenary9:30 – 10:45amWelcoming RemarksKeynote: Rebekkah Smith AldrichBreak10:45 – 11:00amBreakConcurrent WorkshopsSelect one to attend11:00am – 12:00pmExhibition Language Guidelines: A Working Document for Academic Library Exhibit ProfessionalsChris Tonelli (NC State); Margaret Brown (Duke); Linda Jacobson (UNC-CH); Rachel Reynolds (UNC-CH); Charles Samuels (NC State); Christopher Vitiello (NC State)Libraries’ exhibitions should be equitable, diverse, and inclusive, and the writing in them should contribute to this. Building on efforts in conscious editing and ethical description, colleagues from TRLN institutions collaborated to provide a guideline for writing with sensitivity and topical specificity about a variety of marginalized groupsYou Are Welcome Here: Customer Service Training for InclusionJennifer Baker and Brooke Guthrie (Duke)This workshop, based on the Rubenstein Library’s internal customer service training for staff, will provide participants with the opportunity to think deeply about customer service as a concept and consider how they might rethink their own methodologies through a series of questions and real world scenarios.Break12:00 – 1:00pmBreakPlenary1:00 – 1:30pmLightning TalksDanielle Colbert-Lewis (NCCU)Virginia Ferris (NC State)Morgan McKeehan (UNC-CH)Colin Nickels (NC State)Brianna Nunez (UNC-CH)Concurrent SessionsSelect one to attend1:35 – 2:00pmThe Indian Art Project: Improving Access to Materials on Indigenous Art of the AmericasDenise Soufi and Sara Levinson (UNC-CH)The Indian Art Project was created to improve access to materials on indigenous art of the Americas through reclassification, subject enhancement of bibliographic records, and the transfer of books to the Art Library. We will discuss challenges and considerations for improving access, the status of the project, and future directions.Do you see what I see? : Creating a Collaborative Workflow for making Instructional VideosAlison Edwards and Darrien Bailey (NC State)Bringing information literacy videos into the world of visual and artistic appeal requires a collaborative workflow. We used simple tools to ideate, communicate, and create. We’ll discuss the tools we used and some tips for combining skill sets and expertise to create instructional videos.Concurrent SessionsSelect one to attend2:05 – 2:30pmVirtual Computing for Digital Special CollectionsBrian Dietz (NC State); Shelly Black (NC State); Matthew Farrell (Duke)Staff at NC State and Duke will discuss our explorations of virtual Linux computers for both staff processing workflows and remote researcher access to digital archival materials. (29) We will reflect on the affordances and challenges this work presents, as well as our goals for the near- to long-term.Integrating FOLIO into ERM workflows at Duke University LibrariesVirginia Martin; Bethany Blankemeyer; Abigail Wickes (Duke)This presentation will provide an overview of how FOLIO electronic resources management (ERM) apps have been integrated into and improved Duke University Libraries’ ERM and acquisitions workflows, as well as expectations for future integrations with additional FOLIO apps as they are implemented.Break2:30 – 2:45pmBreakConcurrent SessionsSelect one to attend2:45 – 3:10pmThe Future of the Library Technology Career Jumpstart ProgramTori Culler, Kevin Beswick, Tarida Anantachai, and Meredith Wynn (NC State)The Library Technology Career Jumpstart Program is a free, virtual experience for LIS students designed to confront the challenge of recruiting diverse candidates for technical positions in libraries. This presentation will outline the program goals and components, cover program assessment, and offer ideas about potential future directions for the program.Change Management – A MicrocosmBill Verner, Natalie Sommerville, Stephen Conrad, Sara Biondi, Bronwyn Cox, Dan Maxwell, and Fouzia El Gargouri (Duke)Reflecting on a recent reorganization, staff from the Duke Libraries Monograph Acquisitions and Resource Description Departments will discuss its change management process, articulating successes and challenges that might extrapolate to larger scale transition efforts in any Library.Concurrent SessionsSelect one to attend3:15 – 3:40pmOur OCLC Reclamation ProjectDennis Christman (Duke)DUL recently finished the main phase of our OCLC reclamation project. This presentation will discuss the different stages of the project, detail some peculiar problems we ran across, and give our overall thoughts on how the project went.Information at Your Fingertips: Developing Browser Extensions for the LibrarySarah Park (Duke)Have you created your browser extensions? Browser extensions offer customizable functionalities that are otherwise not readily available with the browser. With some programming knowledge, you can develop one to improve your workflow. The presentation will share basic concepts and demonstrate working examples on Amazon and Gobi.Concurrent sessionsSelect one to attend3:45 – 4:10pmDesigning Effective Field ExperiencesNancy Lovas (UNC-CH)Offering a field experience project for LIS graduate students can be a mutually rewarding endeavor, but as a site supervisor it can feel like an insurmountable amount of work. This presentation walks through the planning steps one business librarian took to design an academic libraries public services field experience project.Here’s my number, so text me maybe: notes on a new SMS reminder serviceSilvia Sheffield and Mia Partlow (NC State)NC State University Libraries recently developed an SMS application that sends “due soon” and “overdue” text messages for high-demand items like tech devices and textbooks. We’ll share why we pursued this project, what we learned from user research, and how we applied those findings in the finished product.Schedule for day two of the 2022 Annual Meeting

Keynotes

Keith Knight – speaking on July 11 at the Carolina Theatre – is one of the funniest and highly regarded cartoonists in America, as well as a rapper, social activist, father, and educator. His art has appeared in various publications worldwide, including the Washington Post, the New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, the Nib, Ebony, ESPN the Magazine, MAD Magazine, and the Funny Times.

In 2020, the world was introduced to Knight’s work in a whole new way–as the inspiration for the live-action streaming television series, Woke, courtesy of Hulu. Knight serves as co-creator, writer, and executive producer on the show, which is currently streaming season 2.

Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MLS, LEED AP will offer the July 12 keynote online. Author of Sustainable Thinking: Ensuring Your Library’s Future in an Uncertain World and Resilience, Rebekkah has been a public library development consultant and advocate since 1998. Rebekkah is currently the Executive Director of the Mid-Hudson Library System in New York.

Rebekkah is a certified Sustainable Building Advisor (cSBA), Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) and holds an advanced certificate in Public Library Administration from the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University where she is now an adjunct professor.

Currently the co-chair of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Special Task Force on Sustainability and advisory board member for ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries, Rebekkah is a co-founder of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative and a founding board member of the ALA Sustainability Round Table (SustainRT).

Named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2010, Rebekkah is the Library Journal’s sustainability columnist and a frequent presenter at libraries and conferences around the world.

Communication During the Annual Meeting

You can email events@trln.org with any questions, but we have also setup a Slack channel to allow attendees to chat with each other and receive announcements from organizers.

How to Join Slack

You can join the TRLN Slack workspace to chat with other attendees, report issues to organizers, or get updates.

To join, go to https://join.slack.com/t/trln/signup. If you already have a Slack account, you can add the TRLN workspace at https://trln.slack.com/signin#/signin.

Once signed into Slack, join the #annual-meeting channel by selecting “Add channels” then “Browse all channels”. Select “Join” for the #annual-meeting channel.

#annual-meeting should now display in your list of channels. Select it and say hello to fellow attendees! Throughout the TRLN Annual Meeting you can chat with attendees about the sessions taking place and ask organizers questions. Organizers will also post announcements to this channel.

Respectful Space

TRLN is dedicated to providing a harassment-free space for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, physical appearance, age, race, ethnicity, political affiliation, national origin, or religion—and not limited to these aspects. Our consortium does not tolerate any form of harassment. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate at any TRLN event. Any participants violating this policy may, at the discretion of the organizer or facilitator, be asked to leave a TRLN event. Read the full Respectful Space Statement.

Electronic Resources Management Working Group Meeting
2022-07-22 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-08-12 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-09-23 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-10-28 13:30 - 15:30

Employee TRLN Orientation
2022-08-03 11:00 - 12:30
You are invited to attend a virtual employee TRLN orientation! This event will be held via Zoom.

Register to receive the meeting link and additional information at https://duke.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclfuGsqD8oGNDozUd96fP6p0n95g21Uff9.

This orientation will include an open question session on TRLN IDEA funding. While this orientation is designed for “new” employees, we welcome participation by anyone who works in a TRLN library and who might want a refresher. It is a fun and informal introduction to the people, priorities, and activities of the consortium. Attendees will learn about the services that TRLN provides and learn about ways to get involved in numerous areas of collaboration. This is an excellent opportunity to build connections with a community beyond your home library and institution.

IDEA Funding Proposal Deadline
2022-09-02 00:00 - 23:59
Learn more about TRLN’s IDEA funding and how to submit a proposal at https://trln.org/trln-idea-funding/.

Advisory Council Meeting
2022-09-23 09:00 - 10:30
The Advisory Council will hold a joint meeting with the Executive Committee at the NC Biotechnology Center. Get in touch with your Advisory Council representatives with input or questions about this meeting.

IDEA Funding Project Awards Announced
2022-10-06 00:00 - 23:59
Learn more about TRLN’s IDEA funding at https://trln.org/trln-idea-funding/.

MARC for Archival Description Day 1
2022-10-17 12:00 - 16:00
TRLN will be offering the Society of American Archivists’ course “MARC for Archival Description” on October 17 and 19 from 12:00 – 4:00pm ET. The course will be offered via Zoom and has a cap of 30 participants across all TRLN institutions.

Description

This course covers the details involved in expressing archival description in the MARC bibliographic format. Learn about the various aspects of the MARC bibliographic format and the application of DACS in the MARC format.

Your instructor will address all aspects of the MARC format, including fixed fields, main and added entries, subject added entries, and descriptive fields. The course includes hands-on exercises and the construction of a MARC record, discussion of the utility of MARC in the descriptive framework, and identification of resources available for assisting in the construction of MARC records.

Learn more about learning outcomes and content for this course from SAA.

SAA Arrangement & Description Certificate

The exam included in this course counts towards the requirements for SAA’s A&D Certificate.

Enrollment

Contact events@trln.org to participate. This course is capped at 30 seats, which will be evenly distributed across TRLN institutions.

The deadline to enroll is September 19, 2022.

MARC for Archival Description Day 2
2022-10-19 12:00 - 16:00

Resource Sharing Working Group Meeting
2022-11-03 14:00 - 16:00
UNC Davis Library, Room 214

Governing Board Meeting
2022-11-21 10:30 - 12:00

Electronic Resources Management Working Group
2022-12-02 13:30 - 15:30
