ALCTS Midwinter Symposium Announcement

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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:36:30 -0400
From: Pamela Bluh (Univ. of MD) <pbluh_at_umaryland.edu>
Subject: ALCTS Midwinter Symposium Announcement

“Definitely Digital” Is the Opening Event in the ALCTS 50th Anniversary 
Celebration 

The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is 
pleased to announce "Definitely Digital: An Exploration of the Future of 
Knowledge on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of ALCTS" as its 2007 
Midwinter Symposium on Friday, January 19, 2007 in Seattle.  "Definitely 
Digital" is supported by the generous sponsorship of Amazon.com.

"Definitely Digital" examines significant changes in scholarly 
communication, library services, collections and staffing created by the 
digital environment. The symposium speakers will discuss scholarship in the 
digital age, new communication models, the future of cooperative technical 
services and enabling technologies, and the training and education of staff 
working with digital collections.   Statements, intentionally controversial, 
and intended to evoke discussion from the panelists and stimulate audience 
participation will be the subject of a blog in the near future.   Check the 
ALCTS website for details:  www.ala.org/alcts  

The keynote speaker Dr. James Hilton, vice president and chief information 
officer, University of Virginia, will explore "Scholarship in the Digital 
Age: Opportunities and Challenges."  

Featured speakers include:  Lorcan Dempsey, vice president and chief 
strategist, OCLC on "Moving to the Network Level: Networks Change 
Structures"; Meg Bellinger, associate university librarian for integrated 
library systems and technical services, Yale University, on "Library 
Collections and Technical Services in the Digital Age: Perspectives and 
Predictions for the Profession at the Half-Century Mark"; and Greg 
Tananbaum, author, consultant, and former president, Berkeley Electronic 
Press, on "Scholarly Communication 2. Oh: New Models of Publishing and 
Library Services."

Brian Schottlaender, University of California-San Diego, will lead a stellar 
panel in a discussion of the challenge statements.  Panelists include Tom 
Clareson, program director for New Initiatives, PALINET; David Nuzzo, head 
acquisitions, SUNY-Buffalo Library; Oliver Pesch, chief strategist of 
electronic resources, EBSCO Information Services; and Robert Wolven, 
director of library systems and bibliographic control, Columbia University 
Library.

Registration for this all day symposium is handled through the ALA Midwinter 
registration form. Link to 
http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2007/home.htm and 
choose “Registration.”

ALCTS extends thanks to Amazon.com, which is generously 
sponsoring “Definitely Digital."

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