SLA WCC

is pleased to presents:

Stephen Abram

A Tech Forecast: Library 2.0 in the Real World

Wednesday, November 28, 2007
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Terminal City Club
837 Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC

Your ticket includes a delicious canapé buffet. There will be a cash bar.

PROGRAM DETAILS

5:00 p.m. Registration and cash bar open.
5:15 p.m. Canapé buffet opens, mingling, eating & drinking
6:00 p.m. Stephen Abram's presentation
7:00 p.m. More mingling, eating & drinking
8:00 p.m. Wrap-up

THE PRESENTATION

A Tech Forecast: Library 2.0 in the Real World

RSS, YouTube, Blogs, Wikis, Facebook, MySpace, and more! There is a global conversation going on right now about what the next generation of the web will be like. It's happening largely under the meme of Web 2.0. It's the McLuhanesque hot web where true human interaction takes precedence over merely Œcool‚ information delivery and e-mail. It's about putting information into the real context of our users‚ lives, learning, research and play. Concurrently, a group of information professionals are having a conversation about the vision for what Library 2.0 will look like in this Web 2.0 ecosystem. Some are even going so far as to talk about Web 3.0! Web 2.0 is coming fast and it's BIG! What are the skills and competencies that Librarian 2.0 will need? MySpace and Facebook are just the tip of the iceberg! Come hear an overview of Web 2.0, a draft vision for Library 2.0, and an opinion about what adaptations we'll need to make to thrive in this future scenario.

THE SPEAKER

Stephen Abram, MLS, is the President 2008 of SLA and the past-President of the Canadian Library Association and Vice President Innovation for SirsiDynix and Chief Strategist for the SirsiDynix Institute. He has been VP of Corporate Development for Micromedia ProQuest and Publisher Electronic Information for Thomson. He ran libraries for Suncor, Coopers & Lybrand, Smith Lyons Torrance Stevenson and Mayer and Hay Group. Stephen has been listed by Library Journal as one of its first "Mover and Shakers", the ‚key‚ people influencing the future of libraries and librarianship. He has been awarded SLA's John Cotton Dana Award as well as being a Fellow of the SLA. He was Canadian Special Librarian of the Year and Alumni of the Year for the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Information Studies. He was President 2002 of the Ontario Library Association as well as sitting on the SLA Board of Directors as Director and Secretary. Stephen gives over 90 international keynote talks annually to library and information industry conferences and writes articles and columns for Information Outlook, Feliciter, Access, Multimedia & Internet @ Schools, and Library Journal. He is the author of ALA Editions' Out Front with Stephen Abram.

Cheque (payable to SLA WCC), PayPal, or cash. Please RSVP and register to Lesley.perkins@cbsa-asfc.gc.ca pay by November 27.

To pay by cheque, please complete the online registration form <http://www.sla.org/chapter/cwcn/programs/regform2004.htm> and mail it , with your payment (cheque made out to SLA WCC), to:

Lesley Perkins Vancouver Director
Canada Border Services Agency
Pacific Region Enforcement Centre
700 - 300 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B 6C8

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FEES

VENUE

The Terminal City Club, 837 Hastings Street. There is a dress-casual dress code in effect, so no jeans please.

Thank you to LexisNexis Canada for generously sponsoring this event.