Update: Afternooon panel?, etc.

We've gotten excellent applicants for the panel which Joe, Jane and I have screened.
Given this, and since we've only gotten 2 viable posters so far (though deadline is extended to Sept.14), we are thinking of having a 2nd panel in the p.m. We might be contacting all via email for further input on this.

Danielle is now working on the website, so please give her speaker bios, etc. that should go into that. I realize we don't have all the vendors lined up yet, so their listings will have be added later, and also if we do have the p.m. panel, we'll need to include that in the website. The website will be up and ready early September, and we're proposing an opening registration date for Sept. 8, after Labor Day.

Songqi is currently on vacation thru end of August, but she has worked with Steven Ovadia to get a Paypal registration link.

Please check the last published "Assignments List" (6/19/09) on this blog and notify all if changes needed for deadlines, etc.

Interesting information on a new METRO page

METRO has a new link, netvibe. Here is a link to a recent discussion in NJ about the future and graying of librarians/librarianship. Perhaps some people we could contact about poster sessions?

http://trevordawes.blogspot.com/2009/06/future-of-librarianship.html


Jane

Meeting final agenda, June 19, 10-noon. Grad Center

1. Panel program: criteria for selecting applications; panel questions; selection subcommittee? (30minutes)

2. Add to program?: post reception, wine/cheese socializing (10)

3. Vendors: solicitation levels; offering table at event or have logo in website? (15 minutes)

4. Webcasting: USTREAM details--equipment, moderator needed (20 minutes)

5. Registration: deadlines, price levels, PayPal (15 minutes)

6. Website (30 minutes)

NOTE: Room change! We'll meet in Room 196.05 on the concourse level of the library: http://library.gc.cuny.edu/info/documents/floor_plan_concourse.pdf

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