Event Description
Libraries: What Is The Way Forward?
2014 CSLIS Fellow Joseph Janes, Associate Professor and MLIS Program Chair, iSchool, University of Washington, will present the CSLIS inaugural lecture.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Talk: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Reception: 2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Drexel University Main Campus
Paul Peck Alumni Center
32nd & Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
This event will include welcoming remarks, the lecture, the panelists’ responses to the lecture, a Q&A session and reception.
Click Here to RSVP
This lecture will be recorded and available for later viewing on the College of Computing & Informatics YouTube page.
About the Speaker:
Joseph Janes is Associate Professor and Chair of the MLIS Program at the University of Washington Information School. A frequent speaker in the US and abroad, he was the Founding Director of the Internet Public Library and the author of several books on librarianship, technology, and their relationship, including Library 2020. He has written a monthly column for American Libraries magazine since 2002, and is the creator of the podcast series "Documents That Changed the World". He is the 2006 recipient of the Isadore Gilbert Mudge award from the American Library Association for distinguished contributions to reference librarianship. He holds the M.L.S. and Ph.D. from Syracuse University, and has taught at the University of Michigan, the University of Toronto, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the State University of New York at Albany as well as at Syracuse and Washington. For additional information, please refer to Janes’ faculty profile.
About the Panel of Respondents:
Stacey A. Aldrich, Deputy Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries
Siobhan A. Reardon, President and Director, Free Library of Philadelphia
Adam Townes, Doctoral Candidate researching “Urban Public Library Service for Underserved Groups: A Study of Contemporary Public Library Practice,” CCI, Drexel University
Veronica Britto, M.S.L.S., Vice-President/President-Elect, Philadelphia Chapter of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association; Branch Manager, Lovett Branch Library, Free Library of Philadelphia
This event is funded by the College of Computing & Informatics and the Office of Faculty Development & Equity Career Development Awards program. |
|
Location:
Paul Peck Alumni Center
Located on the southeast corner of 32nd & Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
Audience:
AlumniCurrent StudentsFacultyStaffGraduate Students |
Special Features:
Free Food |
|
