Annual Conference
June 1, 2007
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Hassenfeld Conference Center


Space: The Final Frontier

Schedule of the Day

8:00am -- 4:00pm Building Open.

8:30am -- 9:30am Light Breakfast & Registration. Visit with Vendors & Our Sponsors.

9:30am -- 9:45am Welcome.
Opening Remarks -- Christine Turner, President, ACRL/NEC


9:45am -- Morning Plenary: A Forum on Libraries dealing with Space Issues
9:45am -- 10:30am          Keynote Speaker Paul Gherman,University Librarian, Vanderbilt University

10:30am -- 10:45am         Break 1

10:45am -- 11:30am         Plenary Continues with Keynote Speaker Brian Lavoie, Consulting Research Scientist at OCLC

11:30am -- 12:15pm         Plenary Respondent Anne Sauer, Director of Digital Collections and Archives (DCA), Tufts University leads comments and discussions
Judith S. Pinnolis, Vice-President, ACRL/NEC & Humantities Librarian, Brandeis University, Plenary Session Chair


12:15pm -- 12:45pm    2007 Annual Meeting and Awards

12:45pm -- 2:00pm    LUNCH, Visit with Vendors, and Tours

2:00pm -- 3:00pm        Afternoon Sessions
Ia --         Leadership on Space: Where should we go from here?
The moving target of community college library space planning.
Linda Oldach, Mt. Wachusett Community College.
Susan Raidy Klein, co-chair of ACRL NEC WSIG, Session Chair

Ib --         Collective Development Panel
Leslie Button, Associate Director for Collection Services, UMASS Amherst
Steve Hyndman, Regional Manager YBP Library Services
Barbara Preece, Executive Director of the Boston Library Consortium
Darwin Scott, Creative Arts Librarian, Brandeis University, Session Chair
3:00pm --3:05pm         Break

Digital Space Solutions
3:05pm -- 3:50pm        
Greg Pronevitz, Digital Commonwealth, Regional Administrator of Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library
Cynthia Churchwell, Business Information Librarian, Harvard Business School, Session Chair


3:55pm -- 4:00pm         Afternoon Snack. Evaluation forms turned in. Good-bye.

Presentation descriptions and Speaker biographies

Registration opens March 1, 2007 and continues through April 30th, 2007. Registration is limited.

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Location Details: Directions, maps, and accommodation options

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