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The Southern California Innovative Users Group is led by the Steering Committee who organizes the annual meeting. Annual meetings include a general presentation by Innovative staff as well as smaller sessions / presentations made by SCIUG members on various INNOPAC/Millennium related topics.

SCIUG is currently a small unincorporated not for profit group. It does not have a Tax ID number.

All staff in any of the Southern California or Nevada Innovative Libraries are welcome to register to attend the annual meetings.

Those interested in planning for future meetings may contact the current Chair, or any member of the Steering Committee.

Registration:

The registration deadline is Friday, October 5, 2007. The cost of the conference is $35.00 and payment should be received by Monday, October 8, 2007. We encourage the use of advance registration.

Payment must be made payable to:
Theodora Toy (sciug)
Science Library
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside, CA 92517-5900

SCIUG supplies payment receipts to those who pay by personal check. The receipt can then be submitted to your Institution for personal reimbursement. Because SCIUG is not established as an official group, tax ID numbers and SSN numbers are not available to those who wish to pay by Institutional check. In addition, payment receipts are not generated for Institutional checks.

Registration for the meeting will take place in Founders Hall. Founders Hall is located at the front of campus overlooking Peace Lake.

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About Soka University of America

Soka University of America, Aliso Viejo (SUA, Aliso Viejo) is a selective, independent, non-profit, co-educational, comprehensive institution of higher learning. The university offers a comparative study of Eastern and Western perspectives integrated across an interdisciplinary liberal arts curriculum. SUA serves both national and international students. Founded on the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights and the sanctity of life, SUA is open to students of all beliefs and is committed to diversity in its academic community. Soka University, Aliso Viejo opened in fall 2001 to its first 120 freshmen students. Ultimately, the university plans to serve 1,200 students. The student-faculty ratio is 9 to 1 and the average class size is 16. Other programs, including educational access for adult students and graduate programs through the doctorate are planned for the future.

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Maps and Directions

Maps and directions to Soka University of America can be found here at Google Maps. A word of caution for those who plan to drive on SR73. SR73 is a toll road which will require cash payment for those who do not already have an electronic toll road transponder.

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Parking

SCIUG attendees should park in Lot A. Lot A overlooks Peace Lake and is located close to Founders Hall. Inform the parking kiosk attendant that you are attending a meeting in Founders Hall.

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Lunch Menu

Lunch will be buffet style and served at the Soka Bistro. You can see an example of the types of foods here. The exact menu will not be posted until the week of the conference.

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Description of Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Please see the Questions and Topics Form to submit questions or discussion topics for the functional sessions in advance.

Breakout Session I

• Playing With “Matches”: Using Regular Expressions in Create Lists
  Presenter: R. Jackson
  Location: 3rd Floor, Rm 322
  Handout: Download Here
  Regular expressions are an underutilized tool that greatly extends the power and usefulness of Create Lists. Using the “matches” condition, it is possible to find patterns of data that cannot be isolated any other way. This presentation will cover a complete explanation of regular expression syntax. It will also provide several practical examples of their use, ranging from the simple to the more complex, and including some more recently developed ones.

• Link+
  Moderators: C. Hennessey, M. Braden
  Location: Library, 4th Floor Meeting Room
  The LINK+ regional groups for Southern California will be meeting to discuss LINK+ problems, concerns, and questions. If you are not a member of LINK+ yet and are considering it, please join us to find out what LINK+ is all about.
  [Submit questions.]

• Functional Session: Cataloging
  Moderator: K. Peters, R. Finnerty
  Location: Art Gallery 1st floor
  Document(s) from Meeting:
  -UCSD Procedures for Adding Death Dates

• Functional Session: Circulation
  Moderators: V. Novoa
  Location: Art Gallery 2nd floor
  [Submit questions.]

Breakout Session II

• Scripting
  Presenter: C. Hennessey
  Location: 3rd Floor, Rm 322
  Do you find yourself repeating similar but elaborate steps of instructions every week or month in Millennium or the character-based system? This session will show how to use Windows-based scripting to automate tasks you perform on a regular basis, such as authority file loads, table-of-contents loads, loading Serials Solutions MARC records, and initializing backup tapes.

• Media Management
  Presenter: K. Halcrow
  Location: Library, 4th Floor Meeting Room
  Session describes how to load multimedia files into the Millennium system, how Media Management can be used for online collections, exhibits, e-reserves, or collection inventories.

• Functional Session: Acquisitions
  Moderators: C. Geraldo, S. Scott
  Location: Art Gallery 1st Floor
  [Submit questions.]

• Functional Session: Reserves
  Moderators: C. Reeske, J. Ellis, S. Whitehead
  Location: Art Gallery 2nd Floor
  [Submit questions.]

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