15-18 July 2012
McCormick Place
Chicago, IL

Believe it or not, the conference is just a few short months away! Want to start planning your schedule? Take a look at the great programming that has been put together by the Business & Finance Division. You’ll see familiar favorites, as well as some new and exciting hot topics, all to keep you ahead of the curve.

Registration is open — make sure you’re there!

Saturday, July 14, 2012

1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Business & Finance Division Board Meeting

8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Business & Finance Division Open House
The Business & Finance Division welcomes you to Chicago. All conference attendees are invited to stop by to begin the 2012 conference by greeting old friends and making new ones.
Sponsored by: Bloomberg Law / Bloomberg BNA

Sunday, July 15, 2012

8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Business & Finance Division Open House
Join friends and colleagues in honoring the Division’s published authors.

Monday, July 16, 2012

8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Business & Finance Division Annual Business Meeting and Breakfast
The Division’s annual business meeting will be held over breakfast, followed by S&P Capital IQ’s chief equity strategist Sam Stovall’s perspective on the stock market.
Speaker: Sam Stovall, S&P Capital IQ
Sponsored by: S & P Capital IQ

10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Division Partners’ Strategies to Lead the Way
A panel of experts will discuss how trends outside the industry are influencing information delivery and the design of their products and services.
Sponsored by: Bloomberg Law / Bloomberg BNA, Dow Jones & Company, S & P Capital IQ

10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Collaborative Insights
As competitive intelligence and information management evolve, collaboration can lead to better results. Speakers will address how to develop insights through collaboration from different perspectives.

Speaker: Amy Affelt, Compass Lexecon; Arik Johnson, Aurora WDC – Centre for Organizational Reconnaissance; Nicco Mele, Harvard University–Kennedy School of Government
Presented by the Competitive Intelligence Division with the collaboration of the Business & Finance Division, Knowledge Management Division, and Pharmaceutical and Health Technology Division

12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Three M’s: Mapping, Merging, and Multi-lingual Taxonomies
Developing a sound taxonomy is a challenge in itself, but what happens when a taxonomist needs to harmonize existing or legacy vocabularies, or when a taxonomist needs to address a multi-lingual audience? This session will present tips and case studies for bridging multiple vocabularies and languages.
Speakers: Heather Hedden, Project Performance Corporation; Marcie Zaharee, The MITRE Corporation
Presented by the Taxonomy Division with the support of the Business & Finance Division and Transportation Division

4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Business & Finance Division Poster Session
Business & Finance Division members who have previously submitted their posters for review by a committee will display their posters and describe their research to attendees.

5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Business & Finance Division Awards Presentation and Reception
The Division’s 2012 award winners will be announced and honored.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Section and Roundtable Breakfasts (see below)

10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Global Economic Outlook
Sponsored by: Economist Intelligence Unit
Robin Bew, Chief Economist and Editorial Director of the Economist Intelligence Unit, will present his views on the state of the global economy and share what a “day in the life” is like for a leader in this worldwide business intelligence organization.
Speaker: Robin Bew, Economist Intelligence Unit
Presented by the Business & Finance Division with the support of the News Division

2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Opening the Vault: Getting the Most from International Economic Resources from the World Bank, IMF and OECD
Experts from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will discuss and demonstrate examples of the wealth of international economic data and other resources available, much of it free of charge, from their organizations.

Speakers: Kathleen DeBoer, OECD; Tariq Afzal Khokhar, World Bank; Gareth McGuinness, International Monetary Fund
Presented by the Business & Finance Division with the support of the Government Information Division and the Social Science Division
Sponsored by: Dow Jones & Company

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Best Practices in Self-Assessment: Offering Sustainable Value to Users and Clients
Assessment is everywhere, it seems, and in every type of library. At the 2011 ACRL Conference in Philadelphia, James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University, made an impassioned presentation for appropriate means of assessment, noting that “A focus on outcomes can link the academic library to more effective qualitative measures.” In the July/August issue of Information Outlook, Christine Stamison, senior customer relations manager with Swets, argued that ROI assessment can be part of a sound e-book collection development strategy. Whether you use terms and practices from ROI or other assessment experts, you’ll always do a better job if you make room for self-reflection. This panel session focuses on best practices in self-reflective assessment to better communicate your achievements to your clients and supervisors.
Speakers: James G. Neal, Columbia University; Christine Stamison, Swets
Presented by the Food, Agriculture & Nutrition Division with the support of the Academic Division, Business & Finance Division, and Solo Librarians Division

10:00 to 11:30 a.m
Skeptical Knowledge-Seeking: Business Research in the Age of “Truthiness“
Is the trustworthiness of business news changing? Given the decline in resources devoted to investigative reporting in the mainstream media, is business reporting also deteriorating? Are corporate spin, “truthiness” and flat-out errors of fact more common? Using insights from her own work and from conversations with business journalists, Cynthia Lesky of research firm Threshold Information explores how business news is changing and how this fact challenges and potentially rewards researchers and information analysts. Attendees are invited to bring examples of inaccurate business news stories from their own work.
Speaker: Cynthia Lesky, Threshold Information
Presented by the Business & Finance Division with the support of the Competitive Intelligence Division
Sponsored by: Dow Jones & Company

Section and Roundtable Breakfasts

Tuesday, July 17
8:00 to 9:30 a.m.

College and University Business Libraries Section Breakfast
There will be three presentations around the theme of Organizational Agility in Academic Business Libraries:

“Transforming the 21st Century Academic Business Library”
The Management & Economics Library at Purdue University has undergone a three year multi-phase renovation to become the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. The new library is a student-focused multifunctional learning and collaborative space. It is designed with multi-purpose adjacencies for a variety of student activities. The presenters have been involved at every phase of the renovation; meeting with architects, communicating with alumni/donors, collaborating with the interior designer, and overseeing construction. The presentation will highlight key facets of our involvement, the overall design, and the impact it has had on the School of Management and campus-wide.

Speakers: Hal Kirkwood and Tomalee Doan, Purdue University

“Action-Based Learning Means Action-Based Reference at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business”
The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan takes pride in its focus on action-based learning. In addition to the traditional b-school fare of case studies and other classroom-centered instruction, Ross students have the opportunity to participate in a number of “real world” projects that challenge them to put what they’ve been learning to the test. This 15 minute presentation will elaborate on action-based learning at Ross and how librarians at the Kresge Library have evolved over time to implement agility into their day-to-day workflow to support this curriculum model. In addition to a discussion of our action-based reference services, we will also highlight some of the collaboration that takes place across departments, as well as technology and resources used. We will try to identify some best practices as well as areas for improvement and lessons learned.

Speakers: Celia Ross and Nathan Rupp, University of Michigan

“Insights from a Business Library Re-organization”
In 2010, MIT Libraries underwent a reorganization that changed the way subject librarians cooperated to support business information needs across the Institute. Interdisciplinary “communities of practice” replaced a more traditional reporting structure that was previously organized around (and confined by) the geographic layout of our campus libraries. With the benefit of two years’ worth of hindsight, this presentation highlights a few examples of how a more agile organizational model has resulted in new opportunities– and new challenges– for serving our communities and for developing liaison librarian competencies.

Speaker: Alex Caracuzzo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Corporate Information Centers Section Breakfast
“Building a Knowledge Environment Utilizing Agile Methodology”: Nalco recently upgraded its knowledge management environment to incorporate enterprise search and integrated a social layer. The methodology used to manage the project was SCRUM, a form of Agile. This presentation will discuss Nalco’s approach and application of Agile in the process to develop and implement a world class knowledge system designed to be utilized in 150 countries around the globe and by its 12,500 employees. Daniel Flynn is Nalco’s knowledge management manager. Nalco’s customer-intimate business model demands quick access to operations data, knowledge assets and subject matter experts. Dan has been published both on-line and print. Nalco has been recognized this year as an APQC 2012 best practice partner in Knowledge Management. Dan can be reached through email at dflynn@nalco.com.
Speaker: Daniel Flynn, Nalco

Financial Services Section Breakfast
The Intellectual Property Exchange International, the world’s first financial exchange focusing on intellectual property rights, plans to begin issuing the first unit license rights contracts in 2012. The Chicago-based exchange will allow intellectual property to be licensed more efficiently and with more transparency. Unit License Rights(r) (ULR) contracts allow patent owners to license select technology in a non-discriminatory manner via standard form licenses on publicly disclosed terms. Each ULR contract purchased will give the buyer the right to use an agreed unit of intellectual property, for example the right to make and/or sell up to an established quantity of products covered by the patents. Gerard J. Pannekoek, President and CEO of the Exchange, will discuss the organization’s activities and answer questions from attendees.
Speaker: Gerard J. Pannekoek, Intellectual Property Exchange International

Hospitality and Tourism Roundtable Breakfast
Michelle Grant, Travel and Tourism Research Manager, Euromonitor International, will draw on Euromonitor’s latest travel and tourism research to explain the global hospitality industry’s performance and present insights about future growth opportunities in the industry. The presentation will also highlight key trends and corporate strategies shaping the market.
Speaker: Michelle Grant, Euromonitor International