SLA 2012 Future Now: A Panel Discussion

Here’s what I’m doing next Wednesday at SLA:

SLA 2012 Future Now: A Panel Discussion

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Be sure not to miss this conference closing event!

Wednesday, 18 July
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by: Springer

Join us for a new and exciting panel presentation by leading information pros who will discuss and debate topics that were popular during the conference and will continue to be important throughout 2012. This highly engaging event will build on the momentum created by conference sessions and attendee interactions and will include content posted on social media platforms by conference attendees. This expert panel will address provocative and radical questions about our profession, our services and our value. You’ll explore challenging perspectives and ideas for our future, and you’ll walk away excited, inspired and re-invigorated about the profession’s possibilities.

Meet the Panel:

Scott Brown is the owner of the Social Information Group, and this year was named an SLA Fellow. He is a founding member of SLA’s CI Division and a frequent speaker and instructor. Follow him on Twitter.

Sara Batts is the library services coordinator at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. She is a past president of SLA Europe, the International Relations Chair of the Legal Division, an SLA Rising Star 2011 and SLA Europe Early Career Conference Award recipient 2009. Read her musings on Twitter.

Stephen Abram is vice president of Gale Cengage Learning. He is an SLA Fellow, and the recipient of the SLA John Cotton Dana Award, the AIIP Roger Summit Award, and the Outstanding Teaching Award at the University of Toronto iSchool Institute. Stephen blogs and tweets.

Lee Ann R. Benkert is the resource center manager at the National Security Space Institute. She tweets, too!

Susan Hildreth is director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Hildreth was president of the Public Library Association and served on its board of directors. She was also an elected member of the council that governs the American Library Association. She was a longtime member of the California Library Association and served as its president and treasurer. Susan is also on Twitter.

Meet the Moderator:

Donna Scheeder is Deputy Chief Information Officer at the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, and is an SLA Past President.

Come and hear what our panelists have to say about the information world!  See you there.

Stephen