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Bertha Chang

NC State University Libraries
Associate Head, Collections & Research Strategy
Bertha Chang is Associate Head of Collections & Research Strategy at the North Carolina State University Libraries. She holds an M.S. from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and an S.B. and Ph.D. from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Wednesday, November 7
 

7:00am EST

Registration Check-in Upper Lobby, Francis Marion Hotel

8:30am EST

Welcome and Opening Remarks Performance Hall, Gaillard Center

8:35am EST

Opening Keynote - The Future of Research Information: Open, Connected, Seamless Performance Hall, Gaillard CenterAnthony Watkinson • Annette Thomas

9:15am EST

Cynthia Graham Hurd Memorial Scholarship Award Presentation Performance Hall, Gaillard Center

9:20am EST

Open Scholarship Initiative Update Performance Hall, Gaillard CenterT. Scott Plutchak • Anthony Watkinson

9:30am EST

Data Expeditions - Mining Data for Effective Decision-Making Performance Hall, Gaillard CenterAnn Michael • Ivy Anderson • Gwen Evans

10:10am EST

Refreshment Break Outside Grand Ballroom, Gaillard CenterDraw it to Know it

10:30am EST

“They Didn’t Teach This in Library School”: Identifying core knowledges for beginning acquisitions librarians Grand Ballroom 2, Gaillard CenterCris Ferguson • Lindsay Cronk • Rachel Fleming

11:30am EST

Meeting Customers & Users Where They Are Colonial Ballroom, Francis Marion HotelScott Ahlberg • Stacey Burke • Bert Carelli • Lettie Conrad • Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe • Erika Valenti Strategic Restructuring: staffing collections for an evolving scholarly landscape Carolina Ballroom B, Francis Marion HotelSamuel Cassady • Pamela Jacobs • Denise LaFitte

12:10pm EST

Lunch On Your Own TBA

1:00pm EST

A Joint Roadmap for Open Science/Scholarly Tools: Collaborating to Support Open Infrastructure Carolina Ballroom A, Francis Marion HotelLisa Janicke Hinchliffe • Alison McGonagle-O'Connell • Travis Rich • Mike Roy • Dan Whaley Popular Reading Collections in Academic Libraries - A Panel Discussion on Goals, Parameters, and Campus Reactions Cooper Room, Courtyard MarriottCarol Cramer • Hilary Davis • Suchi Mohanty • Lynn Whittenberger

2:30pm EST

Read & Publish: What Changes Can Libraries Expect? Carolina Ballroom A, Francis Marion HotelCurtis Brundy • Katharine Dunn • Josh Horowitz • Kevin Steiner

3:10pm EST

Refreshment Break TBA

3:40pm EST

Collecting Standards for Scholarship, Organization, Industry, and Innovation Pinckney Room, Francis Marion HotelJulia Gelfand • Ibironke Lawal • Jill Hanson Powell • Anne Rauh Library Space Transformed Colonial Ballroom, Embassy SuitesMatt Barnes • Jee Davis • Jared Howland • Wen-Ying Lu • Rebecca Schroeder Publishing Community Efforts and Solutions to Mitigate the Risks Sci-Hub Poses to Researchers, Librarians and Publishers. Cypress Ballroom South, Courtyard MarriottJuan Denzer • Sari Frances • Don Hamparian • Crane Hasshold
 
Thursday, November 8
 

10:30am EST

Sustainable Open Access Approaches: Benefits for Researchers, Librarians, and Publishers Grand Ballroom 1, Gaillard CenterCaroline Campbell • Diane Fulkerson • Julia Gelfand • Mehdi Khosrow-Pour • Kevin Sayar

11:30am EST

Library Outreach: An International Perspective On Successful Strategies Cypress Ballroom South, Courtyard MarriottEglantine Ronfard • Bertha Chang • Dorit van Moppes • Jennifer Park • Lucie Tryoen

1:00pm EST

Tradition + Evolution: Providing Scaffolding for Librarians in a Time of Change Ashley Room, Courtyard MarriottHilary Davis • Mira Waller • Scott Warren

3:40pm EST

Stopwatch Session Ashley Room, Courtyard MarriottRamune Kubilius • Beth Blanton-Kent • Bertha Chang • Whitney Jordan • Sarah McKee • Timothy Morton