Risk and Entrepreneurship in Libraries

[Cindy Hepfer <hslcindy@buffalo.edu>]

Risk and Entrepreneurship in Libraries: Seizing Opportunities for 
Change An ALA ALCTS Symposium Philadelphia, PA: January 11, 2008, 
8:30am-5:00pm

Every library is facing challenges in adapting to the rapidly 
evolving information environment. In most cases, the process of 
change involves a willingness to take risks but may also offer 
opportunities for entrepreneurship. The 2008 ALA ALCTS MidWinter 
symposium will examine the concept of risk taking and 
entrepreneurship in libraries in general, with a special emphasis 
on collections and technical services.  Speakers from different 
types of libraries will describe how they have implemented 
innovative changes and managed their risks. The ALCTS President's 
Program Committee invites you to hear our speakers and to take 
inspiration back to your home library!

Confirmed speakers to date include Marshall Keys (MDA Consulting, 
former executive director of NELINET and an adjunct faculty 
member at Simmons' Graduate School of Library and Information 
Science, where he teaches a course on information 
entrepreneurship); Rivkah Sass (Director, Omaha Public Library 
and Library Journal's 2006 Librarian of the year); Mike Carroll 
(Villanova University School of Law and an authority on Creative 
Commons licenses); Regina Reynolds (head of the US ISSN Center at 
the Library of Congress and a respected authority on contemporary 
cataloging issues); and Scottie Cochrane (director of the Denison 
College Library which has created a single collection services 
unit with its sister institution, Kenyon College).

Advance Registration Fees: (Register by November 30th)
ALCTS Member: $199
ALA Member: $249
Non-Member: $299
Student/Retired: $99

Registration information can be found at:
<http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2008/registration.htm#how>

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Cindy Hepfer
Head, Electronic Periodicals Management Dept.
Central Technical Services
University at Buffalo (SUNY)
134 Lockwood Library
Buffalo, NY 14260-2210
Tel 716-645-2784/2786 Fax: 716-645-5955
HSLcindy@buffalo.edu
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