[Asis-l] SILS Forum to Highlight Sharing Knowledge (RSVP requested)

[wanda monroe]

SILS Forum to Highlight Sharing Knowledge (RSVP requested)

A special day-long forum highlighting the theme, “A Legacy of Sharing 
Knowledge” and the "Future of Information and Library Science 
Professionals" will take place on the University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill campus on February 20, 2007. The event will include the 
OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science, a 
tribute to Dr. Kilgour, panel discussions and keynote presentations.

The day will begin with a tribute to Dr. Frederick G. Kilgour, founder of 
the OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and distinguished research 
professor at SILS who passed away in July, 2006. Dr. Kilgour invented the 
WorldCat database, which is one of the most consulted databases in higher 
education used daily by students, teachers, scholars and researchers 
worldwide.

The OCLC/Frederick G. Kilgour Lecture in Information and Library Science, 
named for Dr. Kilgour, will feature keynote speaker, Michael Tiemann, vice 
president, Open Source Affairs for Red Hat who will present, “Sharing 
Knowledge, Multiplying Value: The Non-Linear Nature of Open Source 
Software.” For more on Tiemann, please visit the Web site: 
www.redhat.com/about/companyprofile/inthenews/tiemann.html

The afternoon session will feature the theme, “The Future of the 
Profession: Educational Needs of ILS Professionals in the 21st Century.” 
It will include a keynote address by OCLC president and chief executive 
officer, Jay Jordan, and panel discussions among practitioners representing 
the library community and the information industry.

At approximately 2:30 p.m. the first panel discussion will begin. Confirmed 
panelists include: Charles M. Brown, director of Libraries, Public Library 
of Charlotte & Mecklenburg Co. in Charlotte, NC; George Coe, president, 
Baker & Taylor Institutional, Charlotte, NC; and Judith C. Russell, 
superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 
D.C.

The second panel is expected to convene at approximately 3:30. Panelists 
include: Michel Bézy, program director, IBM, Research Triangle Park, NC; 
Mary Boone, state librarian of North Carolina and SILS distinguished 
alumna; Deborah Jakubs, university librarian and vice provost for Library 
Affairs, Duke University, Durham, NC; and Duncan Smith, NoveList product 
manager, EBSCO Publishing, Durham, NC. Dr. David Carr, associate professor 
at SILS will moderate both panel discussions.

The OCLC/Kilgour Lecture activities are scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. at 
UNC’s School of Social Work Tate Turner Kuralt Building Auditorium. A 
continental breakfast will be served from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m. compliments of 
the SILS Alumni Association. The afternoon keynote address and panel 
discussions will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will be held at the School of 
Government auditorium, room 2603.

Seating is limited. Please send your RSVP via e-mail to 
Ssylvest at email.unc.edu or call 919.962.8366 no later than Monday, February 
12.

We hope to see you there!

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Wanda Monroe
Director of Communications
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
100 Manning Hall
Campus Box 3360
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
Phone: 919.843.8337
Web site: sils.unc.edu