Library Challenges & Opportunities 2007

Teleconferences and DVDs for library professionals

Library Transformation: Making it Happen

March 23, 2007

Richard M. Dougherty, of Dougherty and Associates welcomes Leslie Burger, Director of the Princeton Public Library in Princeton, New Jersey. As President of ALA, she is well-versed in library issues in an era of change. They will be joined by noted librarians to discuss library transformation, not as an abstraction or buzz word, but as something real with hard, practical things necessary to make it happen. They will spell out what needs to happen in facilities, budgets staffing management and leadership to make transformation a reality.

The Relevance of Libraries in a Digital Age

May 11, 2007

James G. Neal, the Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University, will assemble a panel to discuss the future relevance of libraries as we know them. The digital age has been with us long enough to make some practical predictions of how traditional roles of libraries will change in information selection, acquisition, synthesis, navigation, dissemination, interpretation and archiving. New responsibilities in information aggregation, publishing education, research and development and policy advocacy will be explored. It promises to be a lively and provocative session.

All teleconferences are 90 minutes in length - Noon to 1:30 pm Eastern Time

For information contact Cathy Russo at (800) 354-6587

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