8:00-9:00

Check-in and Continental breakfast

In the exhibit area

9:00-10:00

Plenary Session / Keynote

Forks in the Rhode: Trends to Consider When Planning For the Future of Libraries in Rhode Island

Sarah Ann Long, System Director, North Suburban Library System, Wheeling, Illinois; Past-President of American Library Association (2000-2001)

10:00-10:30

Break

In the exhibit area

10:30-12:00

Concurrent sessions

Population Trends: Who Will Be Our Future Library Users?

Mark G. Brown, Principal Planner, Rhode Island Statewide Planning Program (Presentation) and
Chester Smolski, Professor Emeritus, Geography Department, Rhode Island College

Internet2: Its Impact On the Delivery of Information and Education

Transcript (Word Document)

George Loftus, Executive Director, OSHEAN;
Maryann Scholl, Program Coordinator, Office of Marine Programs, URI Graduate School of Oceanography (Power Point), The Jason Project; and
Stephen Coan, PhD, Vice President of Education, Mystic Aquarium Immersion Institute

The Librarian and the Learner in the 21st Century

Anne Hird, PhD, Professor and Coordinator of the Instructional Technology Program, Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts; (Download Powerpoint Presentation) and
Judith A. Sykes, Principal of Belfast Fine Art/Technology Learning Center, Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Canada (Download Powerpoint Presentation)

12:15-1:00

Luncheon

1:00-1:45

Luncheon Speaker

Reinventing Your Library: A Twelve-Step Program for a Networked World

Karen D. Hyman, Executive Director, South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Gibbsboro, New Jersey

Transcript (World Document)

2:00-3:30

Concurrent Sessions

Serving Your Library Patrons in the Future: Developing New Paradigms

Louise Blalock, Chief Librarian, Hartford Public Library, Hartford, Connecticut and
Karen D. Hyman, Executive Director, South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Gibbsboro, New Jersey
Bonnie Isman, Director, Jones Library, Amherst, Massachusetts

Meeting Consumer Health Information Needs: New Roads to Access Through Outreach

Transcript (Text File)

Jane Fisher, Coordinator of Information Services, New York Public Library, the Branch Libraries

Educating Librarians for the Future

(Transcript - word document)

Raymond F. von Dran, PhD, Dean, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University; and
Helen R. Tibbo, PhD, Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3:30-4:00

Break

In the exhibit area

4:00-4:45

Wrap-Up Session: What’s Next for Rhode Island Libraries?

Facilitator: Carolyn Noah, Regional Administrator, Central Massachusetts Regional Library System