Conference Update

Thursday, September 24, 2009

University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics
University of Minnesota, Magrath Library

8:20 – Meet in hotel lobby for shuttle to Campus (shuttle leaves at 8:30)

8:45-9:00 – Coffee/Juice and Pastries Room 2, Magrath library

9:00-10:00

• Welcome and Introductions
  
  

Philip Herold, University of Minnesota Libraries, Program Director of Agricultural,
Biological and Environmental Sciences

Bill Easter, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics, Chair of Waite
Library Committee

10:00-10:30

• Report on EthicsShare, a research and collaboration Web site for scholars working in
  the field of ethics. –Kate McCready and Cecily Marcus (University of Minnesota
  Libraries)
  
  

10:30-11:15

• Born Digital Extension Project – Linda Eells and Leslie Delserone (University of
  Minnesota Libraries)
  
  

11:30-12:45

• Lunch Room 230, Classroom Office Building Lunch Speaker, “Are We What We Eat?” – Rob
  King (University of Minnesota, Applied Economics)
  
  

1:00-1:30

• Central Career Resource Project – Mary Dugan (Purdue University Libraries)
  
  

1:30-2:00

• Ranking of Agricultural Economics Journals - Hua Hui Chua (Michigan State University
  Libraries)
  
  

2:00-2:45

• Report from The Food Industry Center (TFIC) – Koel Ghosh (University of Minnesota,
  Applied Economics)
  
  

2:45-3:30

• Break Visit Magrath Library, Waite Library
  
  

3:30-4:15

• Report on HarvestChoice Project – Philip Pardey (University of Minnesota, Applied
  Economics, Director of International Science and Technology Practice and Policy
  Center)
  
  

4:15-4:45

• E-Journal Discussion – What about Paper? – Susan Garbarino (University of California
  Giannini Foundation Agricultural Economics Library
  
  

5:30-?

• Business Dinner Muffuletta (http://www.muffuletta.com/)(Conference Attendees Pay for
  Their Own Dinner)
  Shuttle service back to hotel
  
  
  

Friday, September 25, 2009

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Chaska, Minnesota
http://www.arboretum.umn.edu/

8:20 – Meet in hotel lobby for shuttle to Arboretum (shuttle leaves at 8:30)

9:30-9:45 - Coffee/Juice and Pastries

9:45-10:15

• Keeping Current Discussion – Methods for Tracking Current Issues –Julie Kelly
  (University of Minnesota Libraries)
  
  

10:15-10:45

• Roundtable Discussion on Maintaining Contact with Faculty – Margaret Merrill and Mary
  Dugan (Virginia Polytechnic Institute & Purdue University Libraries)
  
  

10:45-11:30

• Open Access Journals in Agricultural Economics – Julie Kelly and Susan Garbarino
  (University of Minnesota Libraries and University of California Giannini Foundation
  Agricultural Economics Library)
  
  

11:30-12:45

• Lunch (On your own) at Arboretum Cafeteria
  
  

12:45-1:15

• Tour of Andersen Horticultural Library – Kathy Allen (University of Minnesota
  Libraries)
  
  

1:30-2:30

• Arboretum Tour
  
  

2:45-3:05

• Demonstration of Plant Info Online - Kathy Allen (University of Minnesota Libraries)
  
  

3:05-5:00

• RoundTable Sharing and Updates
  
  
• Sharing of New Projects, Publications or Web-sites of Interest, Great Ideas, Etc.
  (All participants)
  
  1. California Ag Commissioner Reports (Barbara Hegenbart and Susan Garbarino)
     
     
• Updates:
  
  1. National Agricultural Library (NAL) – Wayne Olson (National Agricultural
     Library)
     
  2. USDA/ Economic Research Service (ERS) - Marilyn Graham
     
  3. AgEcon Search – Julie Kelly and Louise Letnes (University of Minnesota)
     
  4. AAEA Meeting – ESIRC and Publications Committee --Julie Kelly and Louise Letnes
     (University of Minnesota)
     
  5. USAIN-
     
     

5:15 – Shuttle back to hotel

Evening: Back to hotel around 6:30pm. Dinner with colleagues.


Saturday, September 26, 2009 (OPTIONAL Tour)

Morning/Early Afternoon

We will discuss departure and return times on the 24th/25th.

Mill City Museum (http://www.millcitymuseum.org/) ($10/person)

“An attraction for all ages, Mill City Museum chronicles the flour milling industry that dominated world flour production for roughly a half-century and fueled the growth of Minneapolis, recognized across the nation and around the world as “Mill City.”

Built within the ruins of a National Historic Landmark — the Washburn A Mill— the museum provides a multi-sensory, interactive journey. The story of flour milling — and its impact on Minneapolis, the nation and the world — comes to life through the eight-story Flour Tower and other hands-on exhibits.”

Stone Arch Bridge

Mill City FarmersMarket (Lunch on Your Own)

Evening – 7:30 -- We will discuss this option on the 24th/25th and buy tickets Saturday morning while at the Mill City Museum.
Performance at Guthrie Theatre The Importance of Being Earnest – Oscar Wilde