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Nylink Annual Meeting 2007

It’s a Mashed-Up World: Libraries and the Evolving Cultural Commons

Wednesday, May 9-Thursday, May 10, 2007
Gideon Putnam Resort and Spa
Saratoga Springs, New York

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Registration
2:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Welcome and Director’s Report
2:15 - 3:15 p.m.
David Lankes, Director of the Information Institute of Syracuse (IIS); Associate Professor at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies
“Libraries as Conversation”
Slides and Audio of David's presentation are available through Dave's site.
3:15 - 3:45.m.
Break
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Scenario Planning Lisabeth Chabot, Ithaca College and Jean Poland, Cornell University, Facilitators
Evolving organizational structures, advances in information technology, and changing user expectations necessitate targeted planning for the future. Attendees will engage in a brainstorming activity using the Taiga Forum Provocative Statements.
Taiga Forum Provocative Statements (PDF) - courtesy Taiga Forum, authors/owners
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Cocktail Hour
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Dinner
7:00 p.m.
Siva Vaidhyanathan, Associate Professor of Culture and Communication at New York University and a fellow at the New York Institute for the Humanities
The Library's Role in the Participatory Media Culture

Thursday, May 10, 2007

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast
9:00 - 10 a.m.
Keynote, Jim Robertson, Director of University Web Services, New Jersey Institute of Technology
“From the Amazon to the North Pole: Touring Library Services in the Web 2.0 Era”
Jim's presentation is available through the Presentations section of his web site.
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Panel Presentation - The Future Is Here: Technology Trends and Opportunities
Christine Dowd, Education Leadership - Apple, Inc.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.
Schools are increasingly using technology to deliver content and advance 21st century literacy skills. This segment will discuss how Apple envisions portable learning tools that allow anywhere, anytime access to educational content, and expand learning possibilities. Whether it be a laptop, an iPod or a cellular phone, content can be delivered in the form of lectures, audio tours, original drama, assisted learning, interviews, foreign language exercises, test review information, and much more.
John Weber, Dayton Director, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College
John discussed The New Media Consortium's 2007 Horizon Report which discusses emerging technologies that will impact teaching, learning, and creative expression
Jill Hurst-Wahl, Principal, Hurst Associates LTD
Jill's presentation, “The Future Is Here: Technology Trends and Opportunities Second Life,” is available on her web site as PowerPoint, includes links.
Currently inhabited by more than 4 million residents, Second Life has become home to a growing number of libraries and librarians. Jill will talk about the services and spaces that libraries are creating in Second Life, as well as how libraries are using Second Life to think out of the box about their work.
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Presentation of Nylink Achievement Awards - winners and photos!
Nylink Leadership Award - new this year
Purpose:The Nylink Leadership Award was established in 2007 to honor Mary Alice Lynch, who served as Nylink Executive Director from 1997 to 2007, for her leadership and vision for libraries. The award is given to an individual in recognition of sustained service reflected in a significant and influential body of professional work furthering Nylink’s mission of library collaboration and/or the promotion of innovative technological solutions to shared library issues.
Criteria: To meet the purpose of this award, the individual must currently be or have been an employee of a Nylink member institution and to have a career of sustained leadership for library cooperation. This award is a special award given when appropriate to an individual with an outstanding record of service to the profession and to Nylink’s mission and vision.
And other Nylink Achievement Awards - winners will be announced at the meeting

CONSER's Basic Serials Cataloging Workshop
11/5/09 - 11/6/09
Nylink Offices
Albany, NY