Opening Event in the ALCTS 50th Anniversary Celebration

[Cindy Hepfer <hslcindy@buffalo.edu>]

Please excuse cross-posting

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"Definitely Digital" Is the Opening Event in the ALCTS 50th 
Anniversary Celebration

The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services 
(ALCTS) is pleased to announce "Definitely Digital: An 
Exploration of the Future of Knowledge on the Occasion of the 
50th Anniversary of ALCTS" as its 2007 Midwinter Symposium on 
Friday, January 19, 2007 in Seattle.  "Definitely Digital" is 
supported by the generous sponsorship of Amazon.com.

"Definitely Digital" examines significant changes in scholarly 
communication, library services, collections and staffing created 
by the digital environment. The symposium speakers will discuss 
scholarship in the digital age, new communication models, the 
future of cooperative technical services and enabling 
technologies, and the training and education of staff working 
with digital collections.  Statements, intentionally 
controversial, and intended to evoke discussion from the 
panelists and stimulate audience participation will be the 
subject of a blog in the near future.  Check the ALCTS website 
for details:  www.ala.org/alcts

The keynote speaker Dr. James Hilton, vice president and chief 
information officer, University of Virginia, will explore 
"Scholarship in the Digital Age: Opportunities and Challenges."

Featured speakers include:  Lorcan Dempsey, vice president and 
chief strategist, OCLC on "Moving to the Network Level: Networks 
Change Structures"; Meg Bellinger, associate university librarian 
for integrated library systems and technical services, Yale 
University, on "Library Collections and Technical Services in the 
Digital Age: Perspectives and Predictions for the Profession at 
the Half-Century Mark"; and Greg Tananbaum, author, consultant, 
and former president, Berkeley Electronic Press, on "Scholarly 
Communication 2. Oh: New Models of Publishing and Library 
Services."

Brian Schottlaender, University of California-San Diego, will 
lead a stellar panel in a discussion of the challenge statements. 
Panelists include Tom Clareson, program director for New 
Initiatives, PALINET; David Nuzzo, head acquisitions, 
SUNY-Buffalo Library; Oliver Pesch, chief strategist of 
electronic resources, EBSCO Information Services; and Robert 
Wolven, director of library systems and bibliographic control, 
Columbia University Library.

Registration for this all day symposium is handled through the 
ALA Midwinter registration form. Link to 
http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2007/home.htm 
and choose "Registration."

ALCTS extends thanks to Amazon.com, which is generously
sponsoring "Definitely Digital."