[Web4lib] RUSA President’s Program, 2007, in DC

[Alec Sonsteby]

RUSA President’s Program, 2007
Time Odyssey: Visions of Reference and User Services
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaevents/rusaannual/presidentsprogram/presprog.htm

Once upon a time, there existed reference librarians. Working in 
libraries and depending on books and the Internet, they helped people do 
research and answered questions — free of charge! — in-person, over the 
phone, and via e-mail and instant messaging. But, of course, since then, 
things have changed. The year is 2017, and the world is not as we knew 
it. Speaking at this year's RUSA President's Program are four 
individuals who, through story, will paint pictures of how they imagine 
the world will be 10 years from now. How will anthropological, 
economical, political, and technological forces shape what it means to 
provide reference services in libraries?

Speakers include Genevieve Bell, Director of User Experience at Intel 
and an anthropologist; Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet & American 
Life Project; Allen Renear, Professor of Library and Information Science 
at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Wendy Schultz, 
Director of Infinite Futures and Fellow of the World Futures Studies 
Federation. Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research and 
Instructional Services at Temple University and blogger at the ACRLog 
and The Kept-Up Academic Librarian, will act as moderator and conclude 
the program a story of his own.

Plan to attend the RUSA President’s Program on Monday, June 25, 2007 
from 1:30-3:30 in the Grand Hyatt Constitution A-B. Be prepared to be 
challenged and to continue the conversation with your colleagues!
-- 
Alec Sonsteby, M.S.
Instruction/Reference Librarian
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN

Phone: (218) 299-3237
Web: http://library.cord.edu/sonsteby/
AOL IM: AlecSonsteby