The Future of Rhode Island Libraries

Navigating the Future of Libraries: A Rhode Map
Friday, May 7, 2004

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Plan your future! Plan to attend the Rhode Island library community’s first ever multitype futures conference, Navigating the Future of Libraries: A Rhode Map.

• When is it?
  Friday, May 7, 2004, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Where will it be held?
  Crowne Plaza at the Crossings Hotel in Warwick
• Who is organizing it?
  LORI Committee
• Who should attend?
  Staff in all library types from throughout the state, students, GSLIS faculty, trustees and board members, and others committed to a bright future for Rhode Island libraries
• Pre-Registration Required

Conference Information

• Program
• Sponsors
• Exhibitors
• Contact

Navigating the Future of Libraries: A Rhode Map is under development with several objectives in mind. One goal is to be a catalyst for participants to think in new and innovative ways about delivering programs and services. Another is to operate as a springboard for the approaching statewide study of the future of Rhode Island libraries. As a multitype library event, the conference will facilitate dialog throughout the day and beyond about the common future opportunities and challenges all libraries will face in the future. Ongoing dialog about the ways Rhode Island libraries and their communities can cooperate and collaborate in new and creative ways will be a positive outcome of the conference.

The conference program will consist of a keynote address, a luncheon plenary speaker, and concurrent sessions in the morning and afternoon. Three themes covered by the concurrent sessions include population trends and their effects on who will be library users in the future; the future of the delivery of information; and educational trends in library graduate programs as well as how people learn as they encounter information in libraries. Check back to this web site for speaker and agenda updates!

There are plans for an exhibit area with vendors and sponsors to show conference goers the products and resources that can shape library services and resources for the future. A continental breakfast, lunch and breaks are included in the registration fee.

Want to get involved? Have a vendor to recommend? Are willing to be a sponsor? Contact Donna Longo DiMichele, Chair of the LORI Committee, at donnadm@gw.doa.state.ri.us

updated: 4/26/06
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