Keynote format/panelist final decisions, meeting this Friday at GC 10-12am

Based on all feedback, here's final draft for panel--let's discuss these points at our F2F meeting this Friday, June 19, at Graduate Center, 10-noon. Meeting place: 18th century room in the Grad Center library. Thanks to all who confirmed interest in attending this!

Panel topic: a general discussion about what is unique or significant about so-called "next generation" librarians and where do people see them leading academic libraries in the 21st century.

Moderator: possibly Marie Radford (Brian to contact her if she's interested, etc.). She recently presented at METRO on intergenerational librarian collaboration. Brian to contact her week of June 15.

Paneslists: 3-4 from CUNY libraries, to be solicited via CULIBS--selection to be based on submission of brief statement (we need to craft this, etc.) (Joe, can you draft application instructions and selection criteria?) do we want 2 "boomers" and 2 genexers representing different viewpoints on the "generational" issue??

~Brian

Update: keynote, call for posters, save the date, panel, USTREA, vendors

1) Keynote: We're pleased to announce that Stanley Wilder is our keynote, and he's very enthused by our topic and has lots to offer on the subject. It wasn't possible to have the other candidate speak. More to follow.


2) Panel: Please see discussion below about panel. I like Joe's suggestion that it not be a reaction to the speaker, but address this issue: "a general discussion about what is unique or significant about so-called "next generation" librarians and where do people see them leading academic libraries in the 21st century". Need your " feedback on panelists....if this is our topic, then Marie Radford/Rutgers, Valeda Dent/AUL Rutgers could be excellent. Other names?  
All: Let's decide on possible speaker choices by next Monday, June 15.  post your comments in discussion item below.

Option: We can have F2F meeting on June 19, 10-noon at Grad Center to go over the panel. Anyone want to do this or can we just meet via this blog??


3) Announcement: Here's text that we can send out for Save the date announcements. I'll send this to ACRLNY and LACUNY by Friday, June 12 if there are no further comments. All: please review by Thurs. June 11 and think of other list servs to post this to after final o.k.

SAVE THE DATE!

LACUNY Institute 2009 “Library Leadership: The Next Generation.”

When and Where? October 23, 2009 at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.

According to recent estimates, academic libraries are undergoing a significant demographic shift that is dramatically changing the make-up of the profession. At the heart of this transformation is the uniquely large proportion of veteran librarians nearing retirement age and the potential impact of the perceived “graying of the profession.” In addition to raising concern about a possible “brain drain,” this development has also prompted a closer examination of the attitudes and characteristics of the newer generation of librarians poised to assume leadership. This conference will be addressing these issues.

4) Call for posters. Joe has finalized call for posters and it includes URL for the institute:
lacuny.cuny.edu/institute/2009
Our web content files can be sent to Steve Ovadia/Junior Tidal for posting.
(Danielle, could you do this when we have content--see below).

5) Conference website:
For the site, we'll need to have the call for posters there, plus preliminary program. (Joe, can you work on this with Danielle)?

6) USTREAM.   Joe has been working on this wih GC.  We need to provide equipment and chat moderator for this. (Joe, anything else to add here?)

7) Vendors:  Jane has sent Brian list of vendors to contact for sponsorship.

All: anyone want to share this responsibility with me? 

Update: Panel & keynote, next steps

We need to decide on whether the panel is simply a group reacting to the keynote presentation OR or whether the panel is presenting on a specific topic entirely. Let's decide on this by June 9, Tues.

Keynote: we're still awaiting confirm from Peter Hernon if he's available or interested.

~Brian

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

Keynote choice

I think that a good choice for the the keynote is Peter Hernon. He is actively researching demographics and leadership in librarianship as a faculty member of the Simmons library school, and he could give us the the broad view of the situation--addressing points raised in our revised Mission Statement (see Joe's posting 4/24).
What does everyone think about this? Let's make a decision by end of this week, May 1 on this. To post your comment, click comments (this function now enabled)

~Brian
I like Hernon, and Wilder as a backup. A lot depends on who is available and what they will or won't charge.
Jane