[Asis-l] Distinguished Seminar Announcement - please excuse cross posting

[Browne,Ginny]

OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series
February 3, 2003

Libraries, Their Role And Relationship To Other Cultural Institutions

Robert S. Martin, Ph.D.
Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

9:00-9:30 am Coffee and Pastries
9:30-11:00 am Presentation

OCLC Auditorium
6565 Frantz Road
Dublin, OH 43017-3395

Dr. Robert Martin, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services,
will provide an overview of IMLS and its role as a federal grant-making
agency promoting leadership, innovation, and lifetime learning through
support for museums and libraries across the nation. Consistent with its
role, IMLS manages a variety of programs that support research and encourage
innovation.

You are welcome to attend this presentation.  Advance registration is
encouraged, but not required.  However, doing so allows us to plan
sufficient refreshments and to alert you if the lecture needs to be
rescheduled for any reason.

To RSVP, please email bakerk at oclc.org or call OCLC Research at (614)
764-6073 indicating your name, affiliation, and telephone number by January
29, 2003.

Background information: 
The principal focus of IMLS is to articulate the educational mission of
museums and libraries and to express the important role they play in
developing a new learning society for the 21st century, particularly by
supporting and enhancing education and providing information for daily
living. The mission of IMLS is to support the efforts of museums and
libraries to improve and enhance the services they provide to their
communities.

Robert Martin was nominated Director of IMLS by the President of the United
States and confirmed by the Senate in July of 2001. Prior to his
appointment, he was Professor and Interim Director of the School of Library
and Information Studies at Texas Woman's University. From 1995 to 1999, he
served as Director and Librarian of the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. In addition, Dr. Martin has held positions at Louisiana State
University, the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Texas at
Austin, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Dr. Martin is a librarian, archivist, administrator, and educator. He has
authored several publications and served on editorial boards of scholarly
library journals such as American Archivist, Library Quarterly, Libraries
and Culture and Meridian. He has held elected and appointed roles in
professional library and archives organizations, and has been honored for
his contributions. Among his many awards is the Justin Winsor Prize from the
American Library Association.

Robert S. Martin's biography:
http://www.imls.gov/about/rmartin.htm

IMLS Website:
http://www.imls.gov/

This document is available on line at
http://www.oclc.org/research/dss/martin.pdf

Posted by
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Robert C. Bolander
Communications and Programs Manager
Office of Research
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.
6565 Frantz Road - MC 710
Dublin, Ohio 43017-3395
phone:  614.761.5207     fax:  614.718.7602
e-mail:  bolander at oclc.org
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