THE FUTURE
IS NOW:

Academic & Research Libraries at the Crossroads of the Millennia

October 10-12, 1999
Asilomar Conference Center
Pacific Grove, CA

 




CONFERENCE EVALUATION


Highlights of the Conference


FIRST PLENARY SESSION

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Academic Libraries in America's Multicultural 21st Century

Dr. Carlos Cortés
Professor Emeritus of History
University of California, Riverside

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Biography

Dr. Cortés, who is a Professor Emeritus of History at UC Riverside, will deliver the conference keynote address on Sunday evening. Dr. Cortés has published and lectured widely throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia on such topics as: race, ethnicity and multiculturalism; ethnicity and foreignness in the media; multicultural, global, bilingual and social studies education; media literacy; Hispanic culture; film and history; Latin American and Chicano history; and the implications of ethinic and global diversity for education, government, and private business. A consultant to many government agencies, school systems, universities, mass media, private businesses, and other organizations, he has written film and television documentaries, has appeared as guest host on the PBS national television series, "Why in the World?" and is the featured presenter on the Video Journal of Education's 1994 training video, "Diversity in the Classroom." Since 1990, he has served on the summer faculty of the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education.


SECOND PLENARY SESSION

Copyright, Higher Education, and News from Washington

Dr. Kenneth Crews
Director, Indiana University Copyright Management Center
Indiana University School of Law--Indianapolis
Indiana University School of Library and Information Science

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Biography

Dr. Kenneth Crews is an associate professor in the Indian University School of Law-Indianapolis and in the IU School of Library and Information Science. He is also the director of Indiana University's Copyright Management Center at IUPUI. Professor Crews is a recognized expert on the relationship of copyright law to the needs of higher education, and will take this opportunity to bring his expertise to bear on the challenging topic of intellectual property and copyright law in the digital age.


Embracing Change:
Opportunities and Challenges for Librarians


Maureen Sullivan
Organizational Development Consultant

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Biography

Ms. Sullivan is the current President of ACRL, and is an organizational development consultant who has worked extensively with college and university libraries across the nation. At our conference, she will address the topic of evolving organization structures and roles in academic libraries.


CONCURRENT PROGRAMS

Building Shared Digital Collections for the 21st Century

Dawn E. Talbot
Charlotte Brown
Merrilee Profit



GIS Services in Academic Libraries:
Issues and Directions


Sariya Talip Clay
Ann Johnson

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Library Services to Remote Users:
Treasure Chest or Pandora's Box


Pat Knobloch
Robin Lockerby
Vicki Rosen
Annemarie Welteke
Colleen Power

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Teaching and Assessing Information Competencies

Liz Tynan
Topsy N. Smalley
Joy Chase
Bonnie Gratch Lindauer


Internet Showcase

David Densmore
Gordon W. Smith
Brad Norris
Sean O'Doherty
Brian Warling

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CSU's Journal Access Core Collection:
A Model for Change


Evan Reader
Director, CSU Software & Electronic Information Resources
CSU Chancellor's Office

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FINAL PLENARY SESSION

On Being Wise Stewards...

Michael Gorman
President of LITA and Dean of Library Services
California State University, Fresno

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Biography

Mr. Gorman, author of AACR2, is Dean of Library Services at CSU Fresno and President Elect of LITA. Mr. Gorman will take this opportunity to opine about the future of academic libraries in a world where reading and technology have become inseparably entwined; where books and bytes share the same bed.


MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Beth Sipley


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CARL recognizes the following vendors for their generous
support of the Seventh Annual CARL Conference:


    Endeavor Information Systems, Inc.
    Ameritech Library Services
    Pacific Bell Education Market Group

    Midwest Library Services
    Ovid Technologies, Inc.
    Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
    Baker & Taylor Books
    Advanced Information Management (AIM)
    Institute of Physics Publishing
    SilverPlatter Information, Inc.
CARL also acknowledges Yankee Book Peddler
for their support in the printing of the conference program.


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