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Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:17:16 -0500
From: Scott Wicks (Cornell Univ.) <sbw2_at_cornell.edu>
Subject: ALCTS Midwinter Symposium--Risk and Entrepreneurship in Libraries
Risk and Entrepreneurship in Libraries: Seizing Opportunities for Change
An ALA ALCTS Symposium Philadelphia, PA : January 11, 2008, 8:30am-5:00pm
ALCTS is very pleased to announce its 2008 Midwinter symposium, “Risk
and Entrepreneurship
in Libraries: Seizing Opportunities for Change.” Every library faces
challenges in adapting to the
rapidly evolving information environment. The process of change often
involves risks but may also
offer opportunities for entrepreneurship. The symposium will examine the
concept of risk-taking and
entrepreneurship in libraries in general, but with a special emphasis on
collections and technical
services. Speakers from different types of libraries and with varying
backgrounds will describe
how they have implemented innovative changes and managed risk. The ALCTS
President's
Program Committee invites you to participate in this exciting event and
to return to your library
or information organization inspired!
The speakers are:
Marshall Keys (MDA Consulting, former executive director of NELINET and
an adjunct
faculty member at Simmons' Graduate School of Library and Information
Science,
where he teaches a course on information entrepreneurship)
Rivkah Sass (Director, Omaha Public Library and Library Journal’'s 2006
Librarian of the year)
Mike Carroll (Villanova University School of Law and an authority on
Creative Commons licenses)
Regina Reynolds (head of the US ISSN Center at the Library of Congress
and a respected authority
on contemporary cataloging issues)
Joyce Ogburn (Director of the J. Willard Marriott Library at the
University of Utah, which is
currently undergoing a $71 million renovation project)
Scottie Cochrane (director of the Denison College Library which has
created a single collection
services unit with its sister institution, Kenyon College).
The anticipated schedule for the symposium is:
8:30-9:00 Registration/refreshments
9:00-9:10 Welcome
9:10-10:00 Marshall Keys: Opening Keynote
10:00-10:40 Regina Reynolds, bibliographic control/access issues
10:40-10:55 Break
10:55-11:30 Scottie Cochrane, small college library issues and
discussion of merged collection services
11:30-1:00 Lunch on own
1:00-1:45 Mike Carroll, legal issues affecting libraries
1:45-2:30 Joyce Ogburn, issues/opportunities for large academic libraries
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:15 Panel discussion
3:15-4:00 Rivkah Sass: Closing Keynote and public library perspective
Advance Registration Fees (register by November 30th to receive the
advance rate):
ALCTS Member: $199
ALA Member: $249
Non-Member: $299
Student/Retired: $99
To register for this symposium, enter "Event Code AS2" on the ALA
Midwinter Meeting
Registration Form. ALA Midwinter registration information can be found at:
<
http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2008/registration.htm#how
>
Risk and Entrepreneurship in Libraries is proudly sponsored by
Harrassowitz. Booksellers and Subscription agents
Scott B. Wicks
Interim Asst. University Librarian
Library Technical Services
Cornell University Library
111A Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853-5301
607 255-9405
607 255-6110 (FAX)
scott.wicks_at_cornell.edu
http://lts.library.cornell.edu
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