[Web4lib] "The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate" at ALA this month

[B.G. Sloan]

Just wondering how this session went on Saturday...
   
  Bernie Sloan

         

      
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  From: Fisher, Joseph [mailto:Joseph_Fisher at uml.edu] 
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 2:35 PM
To: lita-l at ala.org
Subject: [lita-l] "The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate" at ALA this month

   
  Due to popular demand, the LITA Internet Resources and Services Interest Group (IRSIG) is hosting a second “Ultimate Debate” session at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C.  
   
  Time: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm     Saturday, June 23, 2007
  Room: Renaissance Mayflower (MAY) Grand Ballroom
  Title – “The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate?”  
  Speakers: Stephen Abram, Joe Janes, Karen Schneider, and Andrew Pace
  Description – Libraries did not invent Google Book Search, LibraryThing, Facebook, or any other innovation critical to the new information era and knowledge economy. We make use of these inventions, but is that enough? What prevents us from being more creative? Questions and answer session follows. 
   
  Question 1:
  Is there any evidence that libraries are innovative institutions?
   
  Question 2 (reserve):
  What is your definition of an innovative library and what would be some of its qualities?
   
  Question 3:
  What prevents libraries from innovating?
   
  Question 4:
  Can libraries become more innovative, and if so, how?
   
  Question 5:
  What will happen if libraries do not become more innovative?
   
  Question 6:
  Even if libraries become more innovative, can they hope to compete with the private sector for their user’s attention?
   
  Question 7:
  What is your vision for the future of library innovation, and what is your level of confidence in achieving it?
   
  Please join Stephen Abram, Joe Janes, Karen Schneider, and Andrew Pace for the ultimate debate on these questions.
   
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Please also join us for an IRSIG business meeting at Hyatt Regency Capital Hill (REG) Columbia A, 10:30 am - 12 noon   Sunday, June 24. 
   
   
   
  Joseph Fisher
  IRSIG Vice-Chair
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell 
  Joseph_Fisher at uml.edu
   



       
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