Wednesday, March 31, 2010

"Technology Trends in Libraries: Tools, Skills, Staffing, Training”

You are invited to view the following webcast with MCTC Library Information Technology Program Faculty & Students. 

"Technology Trends in Libraries: Tools, Skills, Staffing, Training”

Presented by the College of DuPage

Friday, April 9, 2010, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM with brief discussion to follow. Bring a bag lunch if you like. Viewing will take place in the MCTC Science building conference room S3420. Please contact Jennifer Sippel (jennifer.sippel@minneapolis.edu) with questions or to RSVP. 
An RSVP is requested, but not required. 

Description
Librarians know that the target of keeping technologically current is always moving, and budgets are static at best.  Each year, College of DuPage teleconferences dedicates one program that takes a look at future technology trends and gives librarians an important basis for their planning efforts.  Libraries are both adopters and innovators, and are increasingly looking beyond the library environment for technological innovations and solutions.  

This teleconference will address the current status of technology in the library and explore future technological trends as more information sources--and people-- migrate to online environments. Eric Lease Morgan, Head of the Digital Access and Information Architecture Department, University Libraries of Notre Dame, and Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University and Executive Director of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, will explore libraries’ technology future.