[padg] ALCTS 5th Anniversary Conference-- register soon!

["Kraft, Nancy E" <nancy-e-kraft@xxxxxxxxx>]

You’re invited!

"Interactive Futures” and more, celebrating ALCTS’ 50^th Anniversary. 

What:  "Interactive Futures: A National Conference on the Transformation of Library Collections & Technical Services"
Where:  Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC
When:  June 20 and 21, 2007.  Registration begins at 1:30 on the 20^th.

What:  ALCTS Gala 50^th Anniversary Dinner
Where:  Aboard the luxury cruise ship, the Odyssey III on the Potomac River
When:  June 21, 2007, boarding at 6 pm, cruise at 7 pm

The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has a superb line-up of events to celebrate its 50^th Anniversary.  Visit the ALCTS 50^th web site for more information and to register:  www.ala.org/alcts.

"Interactive Futures: A National Conference on the Transformation of Library Collections & Technical Services": a thought-provoking, open, and participatory exchange on the transformation of our work and the profession; explore the challenges we face and develop a vision of the future roles of collections and technical services librarians.  Registration for ALCTS members is only $250 and includes breakfast, lunch and a reception.   Registration rates are also available for ALA members and non-members.

Keynote:
Richard Lanham: "The Two Markets: Libraries in an Attention Economy"
Lanham, Professor Emeritus, UCLA, and author of the Economics of Attention, U. of Chicago Press, 2006, will speak to the attention economy, where it is not information which is in short supply, but the human attention needed to make sense of it.  Visit his website at http://www.rhetoricainc.com.

Plenary Sessions:
David Lankes:  “Collecting Conversations in a Massive Scale World”
David Lankes’ presentation outlines some of the issues and opportunities for libraries in this massive scale environment as well as presenting a new way of organizing library materials: as conversations.  More about David Lankes, Syracuse University, School of Information Studies: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/

Susan Nutter:  “Genetically Engineering Our Future”
Susan is Vice Provost and Director of Libraries at North Carolina State University

End Notes:
Stephen Abram, Vice President of Innovation, Sirsi/Dynix:  "Social Libraries: The Librarian 2.0 Phenomenon"
Abram’s talk addresses the role of the library and librarians in the social web:  Library 2.0, RSS, YouTube, Blogs, Wikis, Facebook, MySpace-- do library staff have the right skills and competencies for Web 2.0?   http://stephenslighthouse.sirsi.com and http://www.sirsi.com/Resources/abram_articles.html

In break-out sessions led by an outstanding group of facilitators, you’ll have an opportunity to discuss the presentations and brainstorm how the issues and insights the speakers offer will affect the future of technical services.   

The closing session panel, moderated by Carol Pitts Diedrichs, concludes the conference with valuable insights and ideas to take away.  The stellar panel includes Nancy Gwinn, Karen Calhoun, Brian Schottlaender, and Peggy Johnson.

The Gala 50^th Anniversary Dinner, aboard the luxurious Odyssey III, where diners will cruise the Potomac River, enjoying the sites of Washington, DC and Georgetown.  The Odyssey III was build specifically to navigate the Potomac River and its many bridges, http://www.odysseycruises.com/dc/index.cfm.   The ship will begin boarding at 6 p.m. Dinner is $75.

The ALCTS 50^th Celebration is made possible in part by the generous contributions from our sponsors:  OCLC, Innovative Interfaces, EBSCO, Elsevier, Amazon.com, Swets, Preservation Technologies, Harrassowitz, and individual contributions through the “ALCTS $50 for 50 Years Campaign”.  Individual contributions can be made at a variety of levels by clicking the “50 for 50” icon on the ALCTS web site.  To be a sponsor, visit the ALCTS 50^th web page and click “Sponsorships”.   

We hope you’ll join us for these and forthcoming ALCTS 50^th Anniversary events.  Go to the ALCTS web site, www.ala.org/alcts to “RSVP” or to learn more. 

ALCTS 50^th Anniversary Celebration:  Commemorating our Past, Celebrating our Present, Creating our Future

ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association.

Jane
Jane B. Treadwell
University Librarian & Dean of Library Instructional Services
LIB 204A
University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL 62794
(217)206-6597;  fax (217)206-6354

Nancy E. Kraft, PARS chair
University of Iowa Libraries
Preservation
100 Main Library
Iowa City, IA   52242-1420
319/335-5286  FAX 319/335-5900
email: nancy-e-kraft@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/preservation/