[Web4lib] Ultimate Debate '08

[Fisher, Joseph]

LITA's Internet Resources and Services Interest Group (IRSIG) is proud to present our third Ultimate Debate for ALA Annual !!

Saturday, June 28, 1:30 to 3:30 Hyatt Grand A 

There's No Catalog Like No Catalog: The Ultimate Debate on the future of the library catalog 

Description - Is your library catalog too complex, too expensive, too 20th Century? Alternatives are cheaper, but are they better? Do libraries even need their own catalogs? Can't one big union catalog do the job? Or will users move away from catalogs toward other discovery tools and force libraries to follow suite? Join our expert panel for an "Ultimate Debate" on the future of the concentric library catalog within the eccentric world of the World Wide Web. 

	Moderator - Roy Tennant 
	Roy Tennant is a Senior Program Officer for OCLC Programs and Research. 

	Panelists - Stephen Abram, Karen Coyle, Joseph Janes, Karen Schneider 
	Stephen Abram is Vice President Innovation for SirsiDynix and Chief Strategist of the SirsiDynix Institute. 
	Karen Coyle is a librarian and a consultant in the area of digital libraries. 
	Joseph Janes is Associate Professor at the Information School of the University of Washington. 
	Karen G. Schneider is a freelance writer and librarian who blogs at freerangelibrarian.com.