Save the Dates! Build the U of T iSchool Symposia into your 2017 Development Plans!

Partnered with FOPL & OLA, Jane Dysart and I regularly plan 1.5 Day Symposia at our alma mater, the iSchool at the University of Toronto.  These have been successful and we’re pleased to provide an advance schedule for 2017.  FOPL and OLA members get a 20% discount on registrations.

Save the Dates! 

Build the U of T iSchool Symposia into your 2017 Development Plans!

March 2/3          UX, Design & Customer Engagement

April 24/25         Making Money: Fundraising, Finding New Revenues & Grants

July 20/21           Enabling Peak Staff Performance

October 2/3       New & Enabling Tech: Implications for Libraries

Watch for more details in the New Near!

Attendee comments from the most recent U of T iSchool Symposium:

• Good mix of theory & practice, concepts & examples & time to discuss & ask questions; variety was great; good pace
• Nice to see the use of Skype, I’ve never seen that in a symposium
• Do it again!
• Got more relevant information than at other conferences
• It was great! Learned a lot & got some ideas for my library.
• Most useful having actual examples of what is working for libraries
• Loved the venue
• Excellent!

Past symposia are online here:

We’ve done 16 Symposia so far with four more on the drawing board.  Here are the links to previous symposia (including many presentations):

​U of T iSchool Symposium 2013-2016

Social Media and Public Libraries:
A New Agenda for Promoting Library Value and Impact

Oct. 3-4, 2016

http://www.doitourselvesfuture.com/

eBooks Symposium! The Current State of the Art in Libraries

http://www.librarytechandthefuture.org/

Customer Service for Libraries

July 16 & 17, 2015, Toronto

http://www.customerserviceforlibraries.com

Pushing the Envelope in Education: Roles for Libraries — MOOCs, eLearning & Gamification

Sept. 30 and Oct.1, 2013, Toronto

http://www.moocsandlibraries.org

Creative Making in Libraries & Museums (2014)

Outcomes, Value & Impact: Metrics for Library Success

Vancouver Club, Vancouver Sept. 28-29, 2015

http://www.metricsandlibraries.org/

The Future of Libraries IV

Oct.19-20, 2015, Toronto

http://www.thefutureoflibraries.org/

Stephen