State of American Librarianship
American Library Association Annual Conference
Orlando, Florida
Friday, 25 June 2004
Renaissance Marriott Sea World
This half-day program for international librarians will provide an understanding of the state of American librarianship on six key topics presented by experts in the field. The cost to participate in the preconference is $40 USD in advance, and includes lunch at a restaurant. (This is in addition to the regular conference registration fee.) Only for International Librarians outside the United States. If you are interested in attending the preconference, please fill out and return the registration form.
Schedule:
8:30 Opening Remarks
Kurt Cumiskey, Chair, IRRT CE subcommittee
8:45 - 9:15 Tracie D. Hall
Director, Office for Diversity, American Library Association
(topic: ALA Diversity Initiatives)
9:15 - 9:45 Dr. Loriene Roy
Professor, University of Texas School of Information
Katie Prentice
MLIS, University of Texas School of Information
(topic: "If I Can Read I Can Do Anything" program)
9:45 - 10:15 Dr. Thomas Walker
Interim Dean, School of Information Studies, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(topic: the impact of DE on LIS curricula)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:00 Sally Reed
Executive Director, Friends of Libraries USA (FOLUSA)
(topic: role of Friends of the Library organizations)
11:00 - 11:30 Larry Alford
Deputy University Librarian, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill Academic Affairs Library
(topic: Documenting the American South)
11:30 - 12:00 Fred Harden
Head of Reference, Daytona Beach Community College
Florida’s statewide collaborative virtual reference service
12:00 - 12:30 Andrew Pace
Head, Systems, North Carolina State University
Dis-integrated Library Systems and Electronic Resource
Management
Lunch is provided at a local restaurant to be determined.