Meet Saint Minutia at the SMART Booth

“Non Pilus Tam Tenius Ut Secari Non Posit (No Hair is Too Fine to be Split)” – Saint Minutia
Don’t forget to come visit us at the SMART Section booth in the Pavilion! Learn about Saint Minutia, the Patron Saint of Catalogers. Sign up for our raffle for a chance to win some great prizes, including a signed print of the Unshelved Comic Strip where the Cataloger makes her first appearance. If your lucky you might even get to meet Saint Minutia by the booth, or wandering through the exhibits.

Electronic Resource Management Systems: Hope or Hype?

Program Slot #1: Thursday, 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Librarians implementing an ERM will discuss factors impacting their decision, choice of system, and how they envision the system assisting with resource management.

Speakers:

• Susan Davis, Electronic Periodicals Management Dept., University at Buffalo
• Mark Sullivan, Systems Administrator, SUNY Geneseo

Keynote Speaker – Diane Ravitch

In 2003, noted historian, Diane Ravitch, published the powerful book, The Language Police, an expose of the systematic censorship and sanitization of books and standardized tests by test makers, publishers, school boards, state governments, and the federal government as well. These organizations and agencies routinely delete and/or change words and topics which they consider to be too offensive or controversial for the intended audience. Diane’s keynote address, “The Language Police Revisited,” will reiterate and update her findings and inform us of what, if anything, is being done to remedy this travesty.