Library Issues Workshop
Preliminary agenda

*Who does what, where?
*How do they do it, and does it work?
The results of this survey will go some way to providing a registry of installed products and configurations to further interlibrary cooperation on technical matters.

2. Library technology plans - hype or hope?

Are Library Technology plans an effective mechanism for setting direction based on competing needs, available resources, and compatible technologies.  Do they really help in communicating concepts, priorities, and needs throughout the Library and University. Discuss.

3. Strategies for novel service introductions in the new Library Technology

Environment
    The Skunkworks
The Experiment
The Hired Gunslinger(s)
Alliances and Sharing
Friends and Foes.

4. Some Nitty Gritty Specifics:

Strategies for secure Public Internet access
A Library-based caching proxy server
Tying-down those wayward clients.
Useful proxy server run-time configuration directives

5. Kiss and Tell: Evaluating Automated Library systems and their vendors.

An opportunity to share your experience of your existing vendor and their offerings, and give your impressions of the competition.