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VIVA: 2024 ILL Forum

Virginia's Academic Library Consortium

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* This event is open to Virginia institutions only. 


AGENDA
Time Session
9:30 - 10:00 AM Registration and Breakfast at Harrison Auditorium (UVA)
10:00 - 10:15 AM

Welcome

Ruth Castillo, VIVA Resource Sharing Committee Chair (Emory & Henry)

10:15-11:00 AM

Keynote presentation: Navigating the Next Frontiers of Resource Sharing

Keynote Presenter: Marc Hoffeditz

Marc Hoffeditz serves as the Resource Sharing Manager for the Boston Library Consortium, supporting the organization's interlibrary loan communities and strategizing about the future of resource sharing for libraries and consortia. Recent projects include the upcoming launch of BLC's Controlled Digital Lending Early Adopters Program and the development of E-Book ILL Roadmaps to help demystify the process and promote broader adoption of the practice. He is completing his Masters of Library and Information Science degree at San José State University, where he serves as Managing Editor of the Student Research Journal.

11:00 - 11:15 AM Break
11:15 - 11:45 AM

Passing It Forward: Succession Planning and Adaptable Job Descriptions

Speakers: Sharon Gotkiewicz (Virginia Tech); Michael Hunter (GMU)

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Lunch
12:15 - 1:00 PM Optional tour of the renovated Edgar Shannon Library for in-person attendees
1:00 - 1:15 PM

Gift card drawing

VIVA Update

Speaker: Genya O'Gara

1:15 - 1:45 PM

Finding Light in the Algorithm: Embracing Challenges and Opportunities in AI in Interlibrary Loan Services

Speakers: Dr. Heidi Blackburn, Chris Magee, and Trevor Watkins (GMU)

1:45 - 2:00 PM Break
2:00 - 2:30 PM

Streamlining Access: The merge of information services and interlibrary loan for an (almost) seamless(ish) library experience

Speaker: Loftan Hooker , Isabelle Pence-Lanctot (VCU)

2:30 - 3:00 PM

Alma Peer-to-Peer Resource Sharing in the SUNY System

Speaker: Tim Jackson (SUNY)

3:00 - 3:15 PM

Gift card drawing

Closing Remarks

Speaker: Rachael Huber ILL Community Forum Chair (PVCC)

Programming put together by the ILL Community Forum Planning Committee.