[Web4lib] Last Call For Participation : ALA Annual at D.C. - What is Your Library Doing about Emerging Technologies?

[Bohyun Kim]

(Please excuse cross-posting)

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CFP : ALA Annual at D.C. - What is Your Library Doing about Emerging
Technologies?

Submission link:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDktR2k2OUpGcGl3b1FkY3RSYjc1RlE6MA
Submission deadline: April, 1, 2010

Do you directly work with emerging technologies at your library? Did
you play a role in creating a librarian position for emerging
technologies? Do you supervise a librarian who work with emerging
technologies or have expertise in emerging technologies yourself? You
don't have to hold the job title of "Emerging Technologies Librarian"
to participate.  If you answer yes to any of these questions, then we
want to hear from you.

Despite the popularity of the term, there is no clear definition or
shared understanding about what "emerging technologies" mean to
libraries and librarians.  Almost all libraries strive to stay current
with quickly changing technologies. But not all libraries have
established a formal method and procedure of supporting, evaluating,
implementing, and adopting emerging technologies.

ALA LITA Emerging Technologies Interests Group (ETIG) is seeking
participants to a panel discussion - "What are your libraries doing
about emerging technologies" at ALA Annual 2010 at Washington D.C. We
are particularly interested in identifying librarians, library
administrators, and technology experts who can contribute to the
following (but not limited) topics:

*    What do we mean when we say "emerging technologies"?
*    What motivates libraries and administrators to create a new
position for "emerging technologies"?
*    What are the daily tasks performed or projects achieved by
(emerging) technology librarians at your libraries?
*    What are the challenges for emerging technologies for libraries?
(From both a manager's, a librarian's, or a technologist's
perspective)
*    How do you evaluate, implement and adopt emerging technologies?
*    What should libraries be doing about emerging technologies?
*    Other thoughts about libraries and emerging technologies

If you are interested, please submit your proposal by filling out this
form: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDktR2k2OUpGcGl3b1FkY3RSYjc1RlE6MA

If you have any questions, please contact Bohyun Kim
(bohyun.kim at fiu.edu), ETIG member, or Jacquelyn Erdman
(ERDMANJ at ecu.edu), ETIG vice Chair.