[Carolinas_asist] Symposium: "Preparing Stewards of Public Information in a Digital World" Registration Open!

[Helen Tibbo]

Please excuse cross postings

 

WHAT: SYMPOSIUM: PREPARING STEWARDS OF PUBLIC INFORMATION IN A DIGITAL WORLD

WHERE: UNC-CHAPEL HILL, SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT

WHEN: FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2010, 8-5

HOW MUCH: $45; STUDENTS, $25 - Includes Lunch & Breaks

WHO: See Speaker List Below

REGISTRATION:
http://cfx.research.unc.edu/res_classreg/browse_single.cfm?New=1
<http://cfx.research.unc.edu/res_classreg/browse_single.cfm?New=1&event_id=2
2298> &event_id=22298 

 

The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and School of
Government (SOG) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
will hold a day-long symposium called "Preparing Stewards of Public
Information in a Digital World" on January 15, 2010 from 8-5 in the Warren
Jake Wicker Classroom of Knapp-Sanders Building on the UNC-CH campus.  The
symposium will include panel discussions and other interactive sessions
related to lessons and strategies for professional preparation to engage in
public information stewardship.

 

Online registration for the symposium is available at
http://cfx.research.unc.edu/res_classreg/browse_single.cfm?New=1
<http://cfx.research.unc.edu/res_classreg/browse_single.cfm?New=1&event_id=2
2298> &event_id=22298. 

The ESOPI-21 Symposium web page is available at
http://ils.unc.edu/esopi21/symposium10.html. 

 

Panelists will contribute insights based on extensive experience in a
variety of professional contexts.  They include:

 

.        Richard Barry, management consultant (recently retired), author,
and cofounder of the OpenReader Consortium

.        Duncan Friend, Director of Enterprise Technology Initiatives,
Kansas Department of Administration

.        Alex Hess, Librarian of the Joseph Palmer Knapp Library, SOG,
UNC-CH

.        Robert Horton, State Archivist and Director, Library, Publications
and Collections, Minnesota Historical Society

.        Cal Lee, Assistant Professor, SILS, UNC-CH

.        Richard Marciano, Professor at SILS, Senior Scientist at
Renaissance Computing Initiative, and Executive Director of Data Intensive
Cyber Environments (DICE) Center, UNC-CH

.        Theresa Pardo, Director of the Center for Technology in Government

.        Carl Stenberg, Professor of Public Administration and Government/
Director, Master of Public Administration Program, SOG, UNC-CH

.        Helen Tibbo, Professor, SILS, UNC-CH

.        Shannon Tufts, Lecturer and Director of the Center for Public
Technology, SOG, UNC-CH

.        Victoria Irons Walch, Executive Director, Council of State
Archivists

 

The themes of the day will include persistent issues in the stewardship of
electronic records; the "policy game" - what it is and how to play it
successfully; advancing professional values through IT policies and systems;
and professional education - context and strategies of SILS and the SOG at
UNC. 

 

The symposium is part of Educating Stewards of Public Information in the
21st Century (ESOPI-21), which is a three-year collaboration between SILS
and the SOG at UNC-CH, sponsored by the Institute for Museum and Library
Services (IMLS).

 

ESOPI-21 is based on the belief that the stewardship of public information
is a fundamental responsibility of a democratic society.  Public information
(e.g. agency records, government publications, datasets) serves as evidence
of governmental activities, decisions, and responsibilities at the local,
county, state, and federal levels.  Providing appropriate access to public
information promotes accountability, rights of citizens, effective
administration of policy, and social memory.

 

Archivists, records managers, librarians and other information professionals
are often directly charged with ensuring that public information is
accessible and meaningful over time.  However, the distributed nature of
both government and modern information systems places responsibility for the
stewardship of public information into the hands of many other
professionals, including those who develop, implement and interpret public
policies.

 

Public officials and public servants must increasingly make and enact
decisions related to information systems; this requires an understanding of
the ways in which people, information and technology can best complement
each other.  At the same time, information professionals are increasing
required to engage in policy discussions and processes, in order to carry
out their duties responsibly and effectively; this requires an understanding
of the history, principles, processes and methods of public administration.

 

ESOPI-21 is developing educational and professional engagement opportunities
to prepare for the stewardship of public information and the integration of
policy with information technology solutions and workflows.  It is funding
graduate-level Fellows, who pursuing dual degrees at SILS and the SOG, and
providing internships for the Fellows at the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA), North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources,
Archives and Records Section (NC-ARS), and UNC-CH's University Archives.
The project builds on the work and accomplishments of the DigCCurr I & II
(Digital Curation Curriculum) [LINK TO DIGCCURR SITE] projects, which were
also funded by the IMLS.  ESOPI-21 is also benefiting from the extensive
knowledge of experts who compose its Advisory Board, and who are serving as
panelists at the January 15 symposium.

 

 

Dr. Helen R. Tibbo

School of Information and Library Science

201 Manning Hall CB#3360

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360

Tel: 919-962-8063

Fax: 919-962-8071

Email: tibbo at email.unc.edu

 

 

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