Keynote invited, and next steps: panelists and poster session invites

We've invited Peter Hernon to be keynote and panelist moderator (thanks Joe for sending the letter!)--now awaiting confirmation....

Next steps:

*Who will are panelists be? Here's idea: 3 people=1 library administrator (or someone in leadership position), 1="boomer", 3="genexer". Should we get speakers from CUNY, tap our own community rather than importing talent from elsewhere? What are your thoughts? let's decide by end of next week May 15.

*Now that we have breakout topics (thanks Joe for drafting the initial, and for all commentators!)--see posting below--we'll need to craft a poster proposal.
Here is an example from ACRLNY--I'd say we follow this example:
http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=serialst;2is57g;20070912152712-0400

Questions remain: How many posters do we accept--5? (Jane, how much room do you think our room can accomodate?) What should our deadline for submissions be? How about mid September, followed by 2 week period of review and then notification by end of September (this would give presenters 1 month to prepare). What are your thoughts? let's decide by end of next week May 15.

~Brian

Final decisions on keynote & breakout sessions

Hello,

After reading Joe's comment about Horrell's scholarly lit on the topic leadership--and seeing the great bibliography of references that Joe just did-- am back to thinking that Hernon would be best as keynote. However, how about considering Horrell as a panelist (representing an academic library director pt of view?). So am revising my count here. Feel free to revise if you change your vote

Hernon (2)
Horrell (1)
Gordon (1)

Let's decide by May 8 on final choice. If we have clear pick earlier than that, we'll take next step to contact speaker choice asap.

Regarding the breakout themes, unless any of us have any further feedback, can we just go with the bullet points in Joe's final draft of mission. Let's really finalize this by May 8.

~Brian

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Some possible breakout topics:

• The "Graying of the Profession": Are Academic Libraries Poised to Lose Their Most Valuable Resource?


• Transfer of Power: Training the Next Generation of Library Leaders


• Are the Nextgen's Prepared?: Issues in LIS Education


• Will They Stay or Will They Go?: Recruitment and Retention of Nextgen Librarians


• Bridging the Gap: Addressing Generational Issues in the Workplace


• Redfining Librarianship in the 21st Century: Nextgen Librarians and Professional Identity

~Joe

Breakout sessions

As we're now moved on to thinking about breakouts this week, consider the points that Joe addressed in Mission statement (Draft B). Can we use those as the major themes for poster sessions/breakouts? In addition, Sharon noted that the table of contents of Peter Hernon's book, Making A Differerence: Leadership and Academic Libraries (Libraries Unlimited, 2007) has great ideas for breakouts which align with our mission

What are your thoughts? Reminder: Our deadline for breakout topics is tomorrow, Friday, May 1.