Keynote Speakers

1996 California Academic & Research Libraries (CARL) Conference

Cerise Oberman
Friday, October 25,
1:00 to 2:45
Esther Grassian
Saturday, October 26,
9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Clifford Lynch
Saturday, October 26,
2:45 to 4:00 p.m.


 



Cerise Oberman



Dean of Library and Information Services
State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh

Phone: 518/564-5180
Fax: 518/564-5100

E-mail: obermacg@splava.cc.plattsburgh.edu

ABSTRACT OF KEYNOTE ADDRESS

"Wrestling with Technology: Library Instruction in the Cyberage"

Today, academic librarians are facing their greatest challenge in library instruction: retaining their focus on teaching concepts in the face of increasing pressures to teach technology. Our colleges are filled with students who are convinced that computer technology is the gateway to all information resources. Increasingly and understandably, librarians who teach are wrestling with the balance between basic search concepts and the need to teach cyberspace. Constructing a conceptual framework for teaching in this time of dramatic changes requires a reassessment of basic library instructional philosophy.

 

BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE

Cerise Oberman is Dean of Library & Information Services at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, New York. She is co-editor of Theories of Bibliographic Instruction: Designs for Teaching (Bowker, 1982) and Proceedings of the Russian-American Seminar in Critical Thinking and the Library, Moscow, Russia, May 29-June 8, 1992 (University of Illinois Occasional Papers, 1995).

Ms. Oberman has published and presented widely on conceptual approaches and active learning in bibliographic instruction. She served as an ACRL continuing education workshop leader for nine years, offering workshops on "Teaching Methods for the Bibliographic Instruction Librarian" and "Active Teaching and Learning: A Practical Design Workshop." Ms. Oberman was awarded the ALA ACRL Miriam Dudley Bibliographic Instruction Librarian Award in 1994. She is currently serving on SUNY's Distance Learning Advisory Panel.
--Julie Sih, CARL Conference Planning Committee




Esther Grassian



Electronic Services Coordinator
UCLA College Library
P.O. Box 951450
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1450

Phone: 310/206-4410
Fax: 310/206-9312

Email: estherg@library.ucla.edu

ABSTRACT OF KEYNOTE ADDRESS

"Doing the I.C. Limbo...And Trying Not to Slip!"

"Information competency"--what does it mean and how can we all achieve it as we struggle to maintain our equilibrium? Accreditation, assessment and professional development for "information dexterity" are all wrapped up together in the envelope of proficiencies. Confusion and uncertainty batter us with each and every new technological development, new software release, ever speedier and more powerful hardware and networking capabilities. Higher education accreditation is also in a confused and uncertain state. Yet all is not lost. In fact, this is an exciting opportunity for technologically adroit librarians to provide a guiding and helping hand to their colleagues and users by defining standards for digital information competency, and by developing user pre-tests and post-tests with a focus on one of the instruction librarian's most important areas of expertise--critical thinking. As new accreditation standards for higher education institutions are developed, we can and should step forward and press for inclusion of these well-defined information competency standards, and offer our expertise in helping learners meet these standards, as well as assessing outcomes.

BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE

Esther Grassian's continuing efforts to foster Internet competence among faculty, staff, and students--as detailed in a March 1996 article in the American Library Association's Library Instruction Round Table News--contributed to her recognition as 1995 Librarian of the Year among her peer professional group at UCLA, the Library Association of the University of California, Los Angeles (LAUC-LA).

Her service as 1995-1996 Chair of the ACRL (Association for College and Research Libraries) Instruction Section represents only one of Esther's many contributions to the professional community. Countless librarians have benefitted from Esther's "Train the Trainer" workshops and from her authorship of helpful tools like the 1993 Sourcebook for Bibliographic Instruction chapter on "Setting Up and Managing a BI Program." Esther also serves on the editorial board of Research Strategies. We look forward to hearing Esther's insights on the conference theme as our Saturday morning keynote speaker.
--Julie Sih, CARL Conference Planning Committee




Clifford Lynch



Director, Division of Library Automation
University of California Office of the President
300 Lakeside Drive, 8th Floor
Oakland, California 94612-3550

Phone: 510/987-0522
Fax: 510/987-0328

Email: clifford.lynch@ucop.edu


 

ABSTRACT OF KEYNOTE ADDRESS

"Networked Information and Digital Libraries: Assessing and Evaluating Sources to Support Education Delivery"

Not available.

 

BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE

Dr. Clifford A. Lynch is a recognized expert in information systems and network access to library resources. As Director of the Division of Library Automation at the University of California Office of the President, Dr. Lynch is responsible for the MELVYL® information system (one of the largest public access information retrieval systems in existence), as well as the computer internetwork linking the nine UC campuses. Dr. Lynch has participated in the development of a number of important standards for network communication (notably the ANSI/NISO Z39.50 protocol), serves on the board of the National Information Standards Organization, and leads the Coalition for Networked Information's Architectures and Standards Working Group. In October 1995 began a term as President of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS).

If you missed Dr. Lynch's keynote address at last year's CARL Conference, check the summary or the transcript of his talk on "The Changing Nature of Collections in the Digital Age" for a sample of the coherency and vision that audiences have come to expect from his presentations. In addition, publications like "The Z39.50 Protocol in Plain English" and "Networked Information Resource Discovery: An Overview of Current Issues" (IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, vol. 13, No. 8) provide further evidence of Dr. Lynch's talent for explaining seemingly inaccessible technological concepts so clearly and insightfully that non-expert audiences not only grasp the essentials, but are even able to participate intelligently in the discussion of their implications.
--Julie Sih, CARL Conference Planning Committee




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