[Asis-l] Information Professional 2050 (IP 2050) Conference

[Monroe, Wanda G.]

Join us for a very special 80th anniversary event! Hear about the future of the profession from 16 internationally known thought leaders. Register today! 

A SILS 80th Anniversary Celebration - June 5th Information Professional 2050 (IP 2050) Conference

As the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science celebrates the ending of its 80th anniversary year, it will take a forward look at the future of our field and its graduates. The results of this event is expected to influence strategic planning and contribute to the challenges faced by all educators, employers and policy makers as they work together to ensure a bright future for the Information Professionals of 2050 and beyond.
The IP 2050 Conference will highlight selected position statements from information and library science leaders who will be asked to address key issues related to future visions, skills and values. Response panels will be used to comment on the papers and the issues raised.

Themes of the day include the areas of the 1) Information Industry, 2) Libraries and Archives, 3) Education and 4) Information Trends. Following the Conference, the contributors will be invited to prepare final versions of their papers for publication as a monograph in both paper and e-book forms.

The contributors are thought leaders of our profession and include:

Marshall Breeding, director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University Libraries Anne Caputo, executive director, Dow Jones' Learning and Information Professional Programs Bonnie Carroll, president, International Information Associates Mary Chute, deputy director for Libraries, Institute for Museum and Library Services Lorcan Dempsey, vice president and chief strategist, OCLC Michael Eisenberg, professor and dean emeritus, University of Washington School of Information Buck Goldstein, University entrepreneur in residence and professor of practice, Department of Economics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill William Graves, senior vice president for Academic Strategy, Sungard Higher Education Elizabeth Liddy, dean and trustee professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies Charles Lowry, executive director, Association for Research Libraries Cathy Marshall, senior research scientist, Microsoft Joanne Marshall, alumni distinguished professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nancy Roderer, director, Johns Hopkins University Welch Medical Library Roger Schonfeld, director of research, Ithaka David Silver, associate professor, University of San Francisco Duncan Smith, co-founder, Novelist (EBSCO Publishing) 

Moderators include:
Susan Nutter, vice provost and director of Libraries, North Carolina State University Sarah Michalak, university librarian and associate provost for libraries, UNC at Chapel Hill Reagan Moore, professor at the UNC at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science and director of the Data Intensive Cyber Environment group Derek Rodriguez, Program Officer at the Triangle Research Libraries Network

Please join us for this exiting and informative grand finale celebration on June 5th, 2012!

EVENT: IP 2050 Conference
Location: William and Ida Friday Center, 100 Friday Center Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1020
Date: June 5, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sponsor: School of Information Library Science Pay Types: Check, Credit Card or UNC Account
Price: Regular Rate $80.00
Student Rate $50.00

To register or to learn more about our presenters, please go to the SILS Web site: http://sils.unc.edu/news/2012/ip-2050

For more information on registration, please contact: Wake Harper at wharper at email.unc.edu For questions regarding the conference, please contact: Wanda Monroe at wmonroe at unc.edu or Susan Sylvester at ssylvest at email.unc.edu.

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