[Web4lib] RE: "The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate" at ALAthis month

Tue Jun 26 20:19:35 EDT 2007

Greetings,

I think it is nice that the MLS student took the
time to blog part of this meeting. But, it seems
that IF libraries innovate or at least kept up, 
it would have been streamed.

Sigh,
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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:54 PM
To: lita-l at ala.org; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] RE: "The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate" at
ALAthis month

Rush,

  Thanks! The blog entry wasn't there when I checked earlier on Monday.

  And now, for those who were there and who have also read the blog entry,
do you have anything to add?

  Bernie Sloan

"Brandis, Rushton" <rbrandis at library.ca.gov> wrote:
      See

  http://litablog.org/2007/06/26/the-ultimate-debate-do-libraries-innovate/

  or

  http://tinyurl.com/yu3xeq

  Rush Brandis
  California State Library

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  From: B.G. Sloan [mailto:bgsloan2 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 10:51 AM
To: lita-l at ala.org; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [lita-l] "The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate" at ALA this
month

  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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