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
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Thank you! - heather
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Register for the 4th Annual Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference on June 8-9, 2017 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 for a full list.
Join your resource sharing partners in harnessing the winds of change!