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• Apr 08
• Issue: 221

Evolution & Transformation: Get Ready for the Future!

[Ed. See the Annual Meeting agenda for links to available presentations] Join your colleagues at this year’s Nylink Annual Meeting to engage in conversation, to learn more about trends in the information industry, and to share your thoughts and comments on the future of libraries.

Session topics include “Web 2.0 Technologies and WorldCat Local,” “On the Record: Report of The Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control” and “Web 2.0 and the Open Library.”

Speakers:

• Richard A. Detweiler, President, Great Lakes Colleges Association.
• Zsuzsa Koltay, Special Projects Librarian, Cornell University.
• Mary Catherine Little, Director, Technical Services Department, Queens Borough Public Library.
• Jessamyn West, Community Technology Instructor, Randolph Technical Career Center, Writer/editor of librarian.net.
• Robert Wolven, Associate University Librarian, Bibliographic Services and Collection Development, Columbia University Libraries/Information Services.

This year’s meeting will be on May 5th and 6th at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, NY.

More information, including an agenda, can be found at http://nylink.org/events/amtg08.cfm.