ACS Workshop Agenda: ALIANCO

All meetings will take place at the ACS Tech Center in Smith Library
All breaks will take place in the Library Lounge, Room 251
All lunches will take place in the Lynda Ballroom in the McCombs Center


Wednesday, August 1

Afternoon: Arrivals at Holiday Inn Express
6:00 pm Dinner at Geaux Phish on the Square

Thursday, August 2: Schematic Design
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast at hotel
8:30 am: Van pickup at hotel
9:00 -10:15 am Long Range Master Planning to determine content scope
                                   Languages, Geographic Areas, Media Types, Learning Modules

10:15-10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Phasing; Creation of a Schematic Design Chart
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2: 15 Task Groups:
           Content Management: Soliciting Materials, Submission Technical Standards, Vetting, Processing
           Back end support: Database Options, Management, Access Issues
           Page Design: GUI, Field types, Search criteria, Cataloging Standards        

2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:00 Task Groups  
                     
3:00-3:30 Presentation by Jeff Barnett/Jeff Overholtzer (Washington and Lee University)
           on the VISTAS project http://home.wlu.edu/%7Ebarnettj/vistas/index.htm: the database tool,
          
how it evolved, and plans to incorporate various media (beyond images) and to make it
          
available to various disciplines.
3:30-5:00 Task Groups
5:00 Vans depart to hotel
6:00 Dinner
at La Margarita in Round Rock

Friday, August 3: Development
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast at hotel
8:30 am: Van pickup at hotel
9:00 -10:15 am: Task Groups       
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Create models for presentation to general group
12:00: Lunch
1:00 - 2: 15 Organizational Strategies for dividing labor: Faculty, Staff, ACS Support, CET, etc.
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-5:00 Presentation of Models
                 Feedback, Synthesis and Creation of Development Plan/Schedule

5:00 Vans depart to hotel
6:00 Dinner
at the Monument Cafe

Saturday, August 4: Joint Meeting with Global Partners (morning) and Next Step Planning (afternoon)

7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast at hotel
8:30 am: Van pickup at hotel
9:00 -10:15 am: Presentation of Development Plan in joint session with Global Partners
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Discussion: Reciprocity and Linking; teaming with Global Partners
12:00: Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 Administrative discussion: Leadership, Compensation, Future Funding (Sunoikisis example)
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-4:30 Next step planning
4:30-5:00 Fill out Workshop Evaluation

5:00 Vans depart to hotel
6:00 Dinner
at the Walburg Mercantile

Sunday, August 5: Departures
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
Van pickup at hotel for airport according to departure times