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Susannah Megow -- TrainingDesk Online Training Manager

Jason Kramer -- Executive Director, New York Higher Education Initiative

2009 Digital Libraries Symposium Panelists

Peggy Pritchard -- Academic Liaison Librarian

Aida Farha -- Medical Information Specialist

Roy Jakobs -- Elsevier Managing Director Academic & Government Sales

Risa Blumlein -- MLIS Student

Tom Rosenthal -- Elsevier Electronic Product Sales Senior Manager

Jay Bhatt -- Engineering Librarian

Judy Luther -- Independent Information Professional

Carlos Machado -- Medical Illustrator

Suzie Kardong-Edgrin -- Journal Editor

Carol Tenopir -- University Professor

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Susannah Megow -- TrainingDesk Online Training Manager

External linkSusannah Megow discusses what's new on TrainingDesk. (Video file opens in Windows Media)

What is TrainingDesk? What's new on the updated TrainingDesk? How can you participate in and contribute to TrainingDesk? To find out about TrainingDesk now and plans for the future, watch this interview with Online Training Manager Susannah Megow by Library Connect Marketing Intern Amber Toland. (Recorded in November 2009)

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Jason Kramer -- Executive Director, New York Higher Education Initiative

Jason Kramer, Executive Director, New York Higher Education Inititaive
Jason Kramer

External linkJason Kramer talks about the most important thing academic libraries can do to make their lobbying successful  (Audio file opens in Windows Media)

The New York State Higher Education Initiative has been successfully lobbying for New York State academic and research libraries since 2007. In this audio podcast, Jason Kramer discusses what NYSHEI is and how it has gained more state support for academic libraries. Based on this success, he explains his most important piece of advice to help other academic libraries lobby effectively. (Recorded in October 2009)

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2009 Digital Libraries Symposium Panelists

Photo: Sitting left to right, Gary Strong, Refugio Ramirez and Denise Pan. Standing left to right, panel moderator Elsevier Global Library Relations Director Daviess Menefee and Jack Maness.
2009 DLS moderator and panelists in Denver

External link2009 DLS panelists talk about Next Gen librarians (Audio file opens in Windows Media)

The 11th Annual Digital Libraries Symposium, in Denver in January 2009, addressed "Next Gen Librarians: Who Are They & What Do They Want?" Elsevier Global Director for Institutional Relations Daviess Menefee moderated. Panelists included librarians Jack Maness with the University of Colorado at Boulder, Denise Pan with Auraria Library, MLIS student Refugio Ramirez from UCLA, and university library director Gary Strong also with UCLA. The discussion covered career paths, the library director's view on Next Gen librarians, skill sets needed to achieve career success in academic libraries, and what Next Gen librarians are glad they learned or wish they had learned in library school. In this audio recording, the panelists speak to those issues and more. (Recorded in January 2009)

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Peggy Pritchard -- Academic Liaison Librarian

Academic Liaison Librarian
Peggy Pritchard

External linkPeggy Pritchard talks about her book published by Elsevier (Video opens in Windows Media)

Published in 2006 by Elsevier Academic Press, Success Strategies for Women in Science: A Portable Mentor strives to encourage and help female scientists. How and why was this guide created? What has been the response to the book? In this video, author and Academic Liaison Librarian Peggy Pritchard - who works for the University of Guelph in Canada - answers these questions and more. (Recorded in August 2008)

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Aida Farha -- Medical Information Specialist

Medical Information Specialist
Aida Farha

External linkAida Farha talks about howExternal link  bibliographic instruction saves lives (Video opens in Windows Media)

What can doctors learn from bibliographic instruction? How can medical librarians save lives? Find out in this video as Medical Information Specialist Aida Farha, with the American University of Beirut, shares her inspiring story. (Recorded in August 2008)

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Roy Jakobs -- Elsevier Managing Director Academic & Government Sales

Elsevier Managing Director Academic & Government Sales Roy Jakobs 
Roy Jakobs

External linkRoy Jakobs talks about research performance management and Elsevier's upcoming workflow solution tools (Video opens in Windows Media)

What is Elsevier hearing regarding the hot topic of research performance management? How can libraries and Elsevier work together to support RPM needs? Watch this video and get the answers from Elsevier's Managing Director Academic & Government Sales Roy Jakobs. (Recorded in August 2008)

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Risa Blumlein -- MLIS Student

Risa Blumlein, San Jose State University MLIS student
David Turney (left) & Risa Blumlein

External linkRisa Blumlein talks about her marketing internship with Elsevier (Audio file opens in Windows Media)

What's it like to work as an intern with Elsevier? How are librarianship skills applicable to marketing at a publishing company? In this recording, Elsevier Customer Marketing Manager David Turney interviews San Jose State University MLIS student Risa Blumlein and gets answers to those questions and more. (Recorded in July 2008)

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Tom Rosenthal -- Elsevier Electronic Product Sales Senior Manager

Tom Rosenthal, Senior Manager, Electronic Product Sales, with Elsevier
Tom Rosenthal

External linkTom Rosenthal talks about using eBook readers to access Elsevier titles (Video file opens in Windows Media)

Do you want to get the skinny on how Elsevier is making its books accessible via eBook readers? In this video, Tom - who's watched the P-to-E revolution up close and personal during his carreer in publishing - discusses with Elsevier's Senior Library Communications Manager Daria DeCooman how Elsevier is broadening its book distribution to meet users' preferences in terms of choice and convenience. (Recorded in July 2008)

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Jay Bhatt -- Engineering Librarian

Jay Bhatt, engineering librarian at Drexel University
Jay Bhatt

External linkJay Bhatt talks about using 2.0 to reach Millennials (Audio file opens in Windows Media)

In this recording, External linkJay - an engineering librarian with Drexel University - discusses with Elsevier's Engineering Information Marketing Manager Alicia Burns ways to use 2.0 tools to inform engineering students about new information resources and how tagging records and creating records in Engineering Village can help students. (Recorded in June 2008)

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Judy Luther -- Independent Information Professional

External linkJudy Luther talks about evaulating the academic library ROI (Audio file opens in Windows Media)

During the 2008 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, California,External link Informed Strategies LLC President Judy Luther sat down with Elsevier Senior Communications Manager Kira Cooper to discuss the process involved in evaluating a university's return on investments in its library. As part of an Elsevier-sponsored pilot study with Paula Kaufman at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during 2007, Judy developed a formula demonstrating how a university's investments in its library yield a 4-to-1 return in grant income to the institution. Find more details by listening to External linkthis recording discussing "External linkUniversity investment in the library: What's the return? A case study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign." (Recorded in June 2008)

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Carlos Machado -- Medical Illustrator

Dr. Carlos Machado, medical illustrator
Carlos Machado

External linkDr. Machado talks about science and art (Audio file opens in Windows Media)

The connection between science and art is evident in the work of Dr. Carlos Machado who has illustrated all aspects of medicine in his career and has contributed over 1,000 drawings and paintings to the External linkNetter Collection of Medical Illustrations. An artist since childhood and a cardiologist by training, Dr. Machado now serves as a medical illustrator for Elsevier and spoke to an audience of 200 at the 2008 Medical Library Association/Library Connect luncheon hosted by Elsevier.

In this audio file, Dr. Machado shares his thoughts on art and medicine with Elsevier's Vice President of Global Customer Marketing Chrysanne Lowe. (Recorded in May 2008)

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Suzie Kardong-Edgrin -- Journal Editor

Elsevier colleague Megan Curran talks with Suzie Kardong-Edgrin, the editor of the new Elsevier journal Clinical Simulation in Nursing.
Megan Curran (left) & Suzie Kardong-Edgrin

External linkSuzie Kardong-Edgrin talks about educational practices in nursing simulation (Audio file opens in Windows Media)

Clinical simulation technologies allow nurses to learn how to perform procedures before testing their skills on humans. The new Elsevier journal External linkClinical Simulation in Nursing covers the amazing strides taking place in mannequin technology and educational practices in nursing simulation.

In this audio file, the journal’s editor Suzie Kardong-Edgrin shares her thoughts on the present and future of clinical simulation technologies with Elsevier's Associate Marketing Manager for Nursing & Health Professions Journals Megan Curran. (Recorded in June 2008)

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Carol Tenopir -- University Professor

External linkDr. Carol Tenopir talks about further investigation into academic libraries' ROI  (Audio file opens in Windows Media)

University of Tennessee Professor of Information Sciences External linkDr. Carol Tenopir is partnering with Elsevier in a two-part investigation of academic libraries' return on investment. The 2008 Library Connect white paper "External linkUniversity Investment in the Library: What's the Return? A Case Study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaigExternal link  n" by Informed Strategies President Judy Luther explains the findings from the study's first phase.

In this audio file, Dr. Tenopir discusses the upcoming phase two of Elsevier's academic libraries ROI study with Elsevier's Global Library Relations Director Daviess Menefee. (Recorded in June 2008)

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