ALA 2015 Annual Conference Program: Look into the Crystal Ball
Don’t miss the ULS Program, Look into the Crystal Ball: Future Directions for Higher Education and Academic Libraries, at ALA Annual!
Date/Time: Saturday, June 27, 1-2:30PM
Place: Moscone Convention Center 3003 (W)
How should we approach the future? Speakers from Ithaka S+R and Stanford’s Graduate School of Education will identify broad transformations within and future directions for higher education. Academic librarians will then discuss how these transformations affect the organization and structure of university libraries, liaison roles, collections, and instruction and outreach. The program will conclude by engaging the audience in a discussion of how changes in higher education are playing out at their own institutions.
Speakers:
Mitchell L. Stevens
Associate Professor of Education and Sociology
Stanford University Graduate School of Education
Chris Bourg
Director of Libraries
MIT
Deanna Marcum
Managing Director
Ithaka S+R
Janice Jaguszewski
Director and Associate University Librarian, Health Sciences
University of Minnesota Libraries
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