Conference History
9th 2008 Pontifical College Josephinum
Theme: OPAL 2.0 - Honoring Our Past, Building Our Future
Host librarian: Peter Veracka, Library Director
Conference planning: Peter Veracka, Pontifical College Josephinum, Chair; Allen Reichert, Otterbein; Zelda Patterson, Muskingum; Beverly Lane, Pontifical College Josephinum; Collette Knight, Defiance; Aija Bjornson, Trinity Lutheran Seminary
A. T. Wehrle Memorial Library website
2008 Conference Links
» Pilgrim’s Progress: From Library to Learning Commons
Presenter: Dan Suvak, Associate Dean for Library Services, Walsh University.
» Picturing Your Library a 1,000 Ways
Presenter: Allen Reichert, Electronic Access Librarian, Otterbein College.
» Podcasting: It’s Easier Than You Think
Presenter: Andrew Whitis, Head of User Services, Muskingum College.
» 2008 Photo Gallery
8th 2007 Wilmington College
Theme: OPAL ‘007 - That Special “Bond”
» Presenters
» Program
Host librarian: Jean Mulhern, Library Director
Conference planning:
Watson Library website
7th 2006 Bluffton University
Theme: Special Collections, Special People: Celebrating the Unique
Keynote: Jim Gerencser, College Archivist Library Srvs, Dickinson College, discussed the Dickinson Chronicles project
Host librarian: Mary Jean Johnson, Library Director
Conference planning:
Musselman Library Website
6th 2005 Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Theme: Strength From Within
Keynote: Tom Peters, CEO, TAP Information Services (”Collaboration and Consortia: The Potential and the Pitfalls”)
Pre-conference: evening reception and speaker, Columbus College of Art & Design (John Burke, “Extreme Makeover”)
Host librarian: Rebecca Ayers, Library Director
Conference planning: Rebecca Ayers, Mt. Carmel, Chair; Stevo Roksandic, Mt. Carmel; Carolyn Tarpey, Mt. Carmel; Susan Jenkins, CCAD; Patty Rothermich, Otterbein; Rebecca Raeske-Grinch, Otterbein.
Mt. Carmel Health Sciences Library website
Additional 2005 Conference Links
» OPAL SWOT (PowerPoint)
» 2005 Conference Evaluation
5th 2004 Muskingum College
Theme: Finding OPAL
Keynote: Tom Kirk, Library Director & Coordinator of Information Services, Earlham College
Pre-conference: afternoon area activities and evening training (statistics)
Host librarian: Sheila Ellenberger, Library Director
Conference planning: Sheila Ellenberger, Muskingum, Chair; Judith Gaydos, Muskingum; Margaret Hasenmyer, Antioch; Susan Jenkins, CCAD; Lois Szudy, Otterbein; Charlene Willey, Malone.
Muskingum College Library website
4th 2003 Tiffin University
Theme: OPAL 5th Anniversary
Keynote: Scottie Cochran, Director of Libraries, Denison College
Pre-conference: Millennium Serials training
Host librarian: Fran Fleet, Library Director
Tiffin University Library website
3rd 2002 Mount Union College
Theme: The Next Generation
Keynote: Phyllis Bova-Spies, Vice President of Collection Management Services, OCLC
Host librarian: Robert Garland, Library Director
Mount Union Library website
2nd 2001 Otterbein College
Theme: Boldly Into the Future
Panel: OPAL Vision
Host librarian: Lois Szudy, Library Director
Otterbein College Library website
1st 2000 Otterbein College
Theme: Meet Your ‘O’pals
Host librarian: Lois Szudy, Library Director
Otterbein College Library website
