[This is not a CARL event, but is announced here as a service to CARL members. Text of original E-mail announcement follows:]

 

THE CLA TASK FORCE ON THE FUTURE OF THE PROFESSION

AND THE CLA CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE

INVITE YOU TO ATTEND STATEWIDE FORUMS ON:

FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR THE LIBRARY PROFESSION AND ITS EDUCATION

A CLA Task Force of concerned professionals and educators has completed its report on the Future of the Profession. Now its your turn to add to the dialogue at one of the statewide forums listed below. Come prepared to interact with a panel of prominent information professionals. Then, work in small groups to prepare policy recommendations about the issues covered in the report. Those issues include

 

 

PARTICIPATION IS THE ONLY COST OF ADMISSION

The report is available on the Web: http://www.cla-net.org/html/future.html

 

STATEWIDE FORUMS:

Friday, March 14 at San Jose
San Jose State University 9:30 am -12:30, WLN Room 610
Panel:
Vickie Atherton (Evergreen Community College); Ken Dowlin (ALA Presidential Candidate); Susan Fuller (Santa Clara County Library); Mary Jo Levy (Palo Alto Public Library); Jim Schmidt (San Jose State University); Steve Watkins (CSU Monterey Bay)
Cosponsored by the School of Library & Information Science Alumni
FOR INFORMATION, INCLUDING A MAP OF CAMPUS, CONTACT RUTH HAFTER at (408) 924-2465 or rhafter@email.sjsu.edu
Friday, March 14 at San Diego
Oceanside Public Library 5:30-7:00pm.
Panel:
Ramiro Gonzalez (SJSU SLIS Fullerton Program); Wanda Ramser Hannabach (San Diego Public Library); Eve Hinkley (Palomar Library Assocication); Sheri Irvin; Cindy Mediavilla (UCLA ); Deborah Polich (Oceanside Public Library); Sue Swisher (Serra Cooperative Library System and Special Library Association)
Cosponsored by the CLA/Palomar Library Association
FOR INFORMATION, INCLUDING DIRECTIONS, CONTACT WANDA RAMSER HANNABACH at (619) 533-3969 or $lo-m@library.sannet.gov
Monday, March 17 at Los Angeles
UCLA, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, GSEIS Room 111
Panel:
Marcia Bates (UCLA) and other local prominent library/information leaders.
Co-sponsored by the UCLA Department of Library and Information Science Continuing Education
FOR INFORMATION, INCLUDING A MAP OF CAMPUS, CONTACT CINDY MEDIAVILLA at (310) 825-6880 or cmediavi@ucla.edu
 
Friday, March 21 at Berkeley
Berkeley Conference Center, 9:30am- 12:30
Panel:
Gregg Atkins (CLA President); Sandra Rios Balderrama (Oakland Public Library; Leslie Farmer (Redwood High School); Michael Gorman (CSU Fresno); Cindy Hill (Sun Micxrosystems); David Loertscher (San Jose State University); Regina Minudri (Library Director Emerita, Berkeley Public Library)
Cosponsored by the U.C. Berkeley SIMS Alumni Association
FOR INFORMATION, INCLUDING A MAP OF CAMPUS, CONTACT RUTH HAFTER at (408) 924-2465 or rhafter@email.sjsu.edu

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Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916 447-8541
FAX: 916-447-8394
e-mail: info@cla-net.org