Good afternoon! I am forwarding this message on behalf of the Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference Planning Committee. Excuse posting to multiple lists. Please forward to anyone/group that you believe may benefit from receiving this information. Thank you! - heather ***************************************************************** Please help spread the word by forwarding on to library staff who might be interested. (Please excuse any cross-posting) [cid:image001.png@01D2CE4F.DDC4B4C0] Register for the 4th Annual Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference on June 8-9, 2017<http://glrsc.org/> by May 26 to take advantage of the early registration fee. The $95 registration fee will increase to $125 after May 26. The registration fee includes all sessions, as well as the reception on Thursday, and breakfast and lunch on Friday. Schedule in brief: Thursday, June 8, 2017 * 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.—OCLC Resource Sharing Update * 1:45 to 3:30 p.m. (including break)—Lightning rounds * 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.—The Contemporary Academic Library Resource Sharing Mission: Fragmentation or Evolution? * 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.—Opening reception and trivia contest * 6:00 p.m. and later—Dine-arounds or dinner on your own Friday, June 9, 2017—8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. * Keynote address: History Has Its Eyes on You: Lighthouse and Libraries Weathering Storms of Change * Corey Seeman, Director of Kresge Library Services (Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) and manager of A Library Writer’s Blog * Three tracks of concurrent sessions * Breakfast, lunch, and breaks included Concurrent Sessions: * CARLI’s Patron Driven Acquisitions Project for Print Materials: A Review of a Consortial Project * Strength in Numbers: Demonstrating Value During Times of Change * Strengthening Workflows: Developing an Improved Staffing Model to Weather the Winds of Change * Trying to Jump-Start Collaborative Collection Development: Finding Simple Methods for Effective Cooperation * And many more! See the conference website<http://glrsc.org/> for a full list. Join your resource sharing partners in harnessing the winds of change!
