[Asis-l] Celebrating Kilgour's Legacy of Sharing Knowledge

[wanda monroe]

(Apologies for cross-posting.)

Just a reminder that 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 Tuesday, 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. 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; Andrew Pate, vice president, Lulu; 
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 9:00 a.m. at 
UNC’s School of Social Work Tate Turner Kuralt Building Auditorium. A 
continental breakfast will be served from 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.

The event is free and open to the public.

Please send your RSVP via e-mail to ssylvest at email.unc.edu or call 
919.962.8366.

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