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PTPL holds an annual meeting and offers occasional workshops and trainings.  Suggestions for potential workshops are welcome.

Upcoming events

    • 15 Nov 2024
    • 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Montclair Library
    • 46
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    THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES AND AI: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE TBD

    Event: PTPL 100th Annual Meeting
    When: 15 Nov 2024
    Where: 
    Montclair Library, 5049 Waterway Drive,  Dumfries, VA 22025

    Registration: $135.00 Early Bird through November 1 | Regular $150.00 

    AGENDA: (printable agenda)

    9:30 AM – 10:00 AM: Arrival, Registration, and Badge Pickup

    Attendees register, receive their name badges, and enjoy some light refreshments.

    10:00 AM – 10:45 AM:

    Keynote: “Artificial Intelligence: Dream | Dread | Deconstruct” / R. David Lankes

    10:45 AM – 11:00 AM: Break

    10:00 AM – 10:45 AM:

    Exploring Computational Description: Machine Learning Experiments at the Library of Congress” / Caroline Saccucci and Abigail Potter

    11:45 AM – 12:15 AM:

    PTPL Business Meeting and Awarding of Scholarships

    Scholarship winners Rebecca Gray Kurylo and Kayla O’Leary

    12:15 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch Break

    Attendees will pick up the Panera lunch they chose at registration from the designated tables and have an opportunity to sit and chat with their colleagues.

    1:00 PM – 1:45 PM:

    Adapt or Die? Adapt and Rise” / Kelly McKernan

    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM: Break

    2:00 PM – 2:45 PM:

    Engaging with AI at the Smithsonian: Experiences and Insights” / Richard Naples

    2:45 PM – 3:30 PM: Panel discussion

    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM: PTPL historical moment and passing of the gavel.

    4:00 PM: Meeting adjournment

Past events

30 Jul 2024 Making Proposals for LCSH: Process and Demonstration
12 Jul 2024 Automating Metadata Manipulation with MarcEdit - Second Session
17 May 2024 Fundamentals of Moving Image Cataloging
19 Apr 2024 Automating Metadata Manipulation with MarcEdit
13 Oct 2023 PTPL 99th Annual Meeting
18 May 2023 PTPL Workshop
14 Oct 2022 PTPL 98th Annual Meeting
15 Jul 2022 Alma Analytics: A Holistic Approach
11 Jul 2022 Serials (a.k.a. indeterminate successive diachronic works): a Workshop
03 Jun 2022 Metadata Makeover: clean, enhance, and reconcile messy bibliographic data with OpenRefine
27 May 2022 Metadata Makeover: clean, enhance, and reconcile messy bibliographic data with OpenRefine
15 Oct 2021 PTPL 97th Annual Meeting
09 Aug 2021 Metadata Makeover: Transforming messy data with OpenRefine and MarcEdit
07 Jun 2021 Metadata Makeover: Transforming messy data with OpenRefine and MarcEdit
16 Oct 2020 PTPL 96th Annual Meeting
18 Oct 2019 PTPL 95th Annual Meeting
30 Apr 2019 WebDewey 101: Dewey Decimal Classification Tips and Tricks
12 Oct 2018 PTPL 94th Annual Meeting
07 Jun 2018 Automating Metadata Manipulation with MarcEdit
20 Oct 2017 PTPL 93rd Annual Meeting
02 May 2017 MarcEdit Workshop
01 May 2017 MarcEdit Workshop
21 Oct 2016 PTPL 92nd Annual Meeting
19 May 2016 MarcEdit Workshop
23 Oct 2015 PTPL 91st Annual Meeting
29 May 2015 Workshop: Building Your Licensing and Negotiation Skills Toolkit
17 Oct 2014 PTPL 90th Annual Meeting
25 Jul 2014 RDA Access Points in Original Cataloging
11 Jun 2014 Using the RDA Toolkit
11 Oct 2013 e-Books: Lifecycle Management and Workflows
12 Jun 2013 RDA from Scratch for Catalogers with Shana McDanold
15 May 2013 RDA from Scratch for Catalogers with Shana McDanold
12 Oct 2012 ERM & U: Workflows in the Electronic Age
07 Nov 2011 XML Workshop
21 Oct 2011 RDA or not -- here we come!
13 May 2011 XML Workshop
29 Oct 2010 Kaleidoscope of Choices - Collection Development Today
24 Jun 2010 MarcEdit Workshop
11 May 2010 Metadata & Digital Library Development
07 Jun 2007 A Supervisor's Academy: Essentials of Supervision for the Professional Librarian
26 Apr 2006 Managing E-Resources
14 Oct 2004 E-Journal Archiving: Who Is Responsible?
10 May 2004 Through Fire and Flood: Disaster Planning and Response
31 Mar 2002 Serials Holdings
31 Mar 2002 Advanced Serials Cataloging
24 Feb 2002 Basic Serials Cataloging
24 Feb 2002 Electronic Serials Cataloging
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