[Asis-l] Library 2.017 Web Conference with ALA on Expertise, Competencies and Careers

[Nicole Purviance]

The San Jose State University School of Information excitedly announces the
Library 2.017 Worldwide Virtual Conference <http://www.library20.com/> .
There will be three topic-specific conferences held throughout the year,
with each three-hour event featuring an opening and closing keynote session
and crowd-sourced presentations. Registration is free.

 

The first date is set for March 29, 2017, and will cover expertise,
competencies and careers. The other two web conferences will be held in June
and October and cover the topics of digital literacy and makerspaces. 

 

Library 2.017: Expertise, Competencies and Careers

All library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators from
around the world are invited to attend and participate in the March web
conference <http://www.library20.com/expertise-competencies-and-careers>
sponsored by the American Library Association's "Libraries Transform: The
Expert in the Library" campaign. 

 

What:             Library and Information Experts Succeeding in the 21st
Century: A Town Hall Dialogue on Competencies, Careers, and Successful
Practice

Date:              Wednesday, March 29, 2017 

Time:              12 - 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (Opening Keynote from
12 - 1 p.m.)

Location:        Online

Cost:               Free 

 

Moderated by Dr. Julie Todaro, ALA president, the opening keynote panel
<http://www.library20.com/expertise-competencies-and-careers>  of thought
leaders will explore competencies, careers and successful practices for 21st
century information professionals. 

 

The keynote panel dialogue will be followed by 10-15 crowd-sourced 30-minute
presentations. The online and participatory conference presents a unique
opportunity to showcase the research, work, or thinking on the skills and
knowledge needed to support libraries of the future. The call for proposals
<http://www.library20.com/page/call-for-proposals>  is now open. 

 

Held entirely online, the Library 2.017 web events are free to attend. The
global conference was co-founded in 2011 by Dr. Sandra Hirsh of the San Jose
State University School of Information <http://ischool.sjsu.edu/>  and Steve
Hargadon of The Learning Revolution. Recorded sessions from past conferences
are archived <http://www.library20.com/>  and freely available.


 

Please visit the conference website at library20.com
<http://www.library20.com/>  for more information, including speaker
biographies, proposal guidelines and registration. 

 

Library 2.0 conferences are open to everyone. Forward this email to your
friends and colleagues and share your excitement using #library2017.

 

 

Contact:

Nicole Purviance

Director of Marketing and Communications

School of Information

San Jose State University

One Washington Square

San Jose, CA 95192-0029

nicole.purviance at sjsu.edu

http://ischool.sjsu.edu