Subject: announcing a midwinter symposium - Boston - January 2010
From: pbluh_at_umaryland.edu
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 17:02:18 -0400 (EDT)
HOLD THIS DATE!
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2010
The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)
announces a symposium which will be held prior to ALA Midwinter 2010:
Living Digital: The Future of Information and the Role of the Library.
The event will be held on Thursday, January 14 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Collections and access to information are the bread and butter of
libraries. The digital environment has introduced new materials, new
partners, and new user expectations into the information arena. Four
distinguished speakers from both inside and outside of librarianship
will address issues that are expected to include recruiting students
into information-related professions, information seeking behaviors of
those living in the digital age, emerging initiatives related to
information access, and techniques institutions may employ in adapting
to new information ecologies. Attendees will learn how to facilitate the
delivery of information and understand their role in an environment of
constantly evolving genres and increasing quantities of information.
Plenary speakers:
Margaret Ashida, Project Manager, Empire State STEM Education
Initiative, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Kevin Guthrie - President of Ithaka, formerly president of JSTOR
John Palfrey, Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for
Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School and co-author of
“Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives”
John Wilkin – Associate University Librarian for Library Information
Technology and Executive Director of Hathi Trust
A participative session which will enable attendees to exchange ideas
with each other and with the speakers is planned.
Panelists:
Ann Wolpert – Director of Libraries, MIT
Jenny Levine – Internet Development Specialist and Strategy Guide, ALA
and owner of The Shifted Librarian blog
David Stern – Associate University Library for Scholarly Resources,
Brown University
On Friday, January 15, ALCTS will present “And Now For Something
Completely Different.” Registration information for both sessions,
including special rates for those who wish to attend both events, will
be available on October 1, 2009.
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Pamela Bluh
Associate Director for Technical
Services & Administration
Thurgood Marshall Law Library
University of Maryland
School of Law
501 West Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-1768
410-706-2736
410-706-2372 FAX
pbluh_at_umaryland.edu
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