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LILRC Home > Programs & Services > Annual Conference > 2005 Annual Conference
As spring changes into summer
we are reminded that nature is always accommodating. Here on Long Island and
throughout the world libraries and librarians are also seeing changes in
technologies and patron demographics.
Join us on Thursday evening and all day on Friday, October 20-21, 2005 in
Fortunoff Hall at Dowling
College in Oakdale, New York as we codify some of the recent trends and the
impact of population shifts on our libraries and how we attract and
service changing groups of patrons.
More than simply an issue of diversity, we begin our review of this current and
future challenge with our 14th annual Pre-Conference Dinner on Thursday, October
20, 2005 with sumptuous cocktails at 6:00 p.m. and our typically marvelous
conference dinner at 7:00 p.m.
This year we are honored to open our 14th Annual Conference on Libraries and the
Future with a presentation from Bookseller Mr. Rueben Martinez,
a 2004 MacArthur Foundation (http://www.macfdn.org/)
"Genius" grant awardee. MacArthur Fellow Martinez is a barber who started the
Libreria Martinez Books and Art Gallery in his barbershop in Santa Ana,
California. By fusing the roles of marketplace and community center, he inspired
an appreciation of
literature and preserved the local Latino literary heritage.
Following on this theme of "Changing Demographics and Our Libraries - people,
collections, and technology"
we will begin our full day program on Friday, October 21, 2005 with a
continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m.
Join us as we look at the challenging changes in demographics and their impact
on library collections
reviewed for us by Maureen O'Connor (Director,
Programs & Services) and Lacey Chan (Information and Data Analysis Librarian of
the New Americans Program) from the Queens Borough Public Library.
During your delicious buffet lunch take a few minutes to view the DVD "Bridging
the Digital Divide in the Spanish Speaking Community."
In an effort to deal with these upcoming changes, we welcome Dr. Camila A. Alire,
Dean of Library Services at the University of New Mexico who will give us a
taste of "Cultural Sensitivity Training." Then Susan M. Pastore, Vice President
- Sales, of Ex Libris, Inc. will review the "Technological Challenges that
libraries and library-technology vendors face serving a diverse population" for
your planning purposes and the Long Island Council of Churches "Building Spaces"
will give us a glimpse of how our local religious organizations deal with the
changing demographics in their efforts to bring us all together as a community.
Finally, enjoy a Viennese reception while you review local LIS student work in
our fourth annual Graduate Student Poster Session.
You've already received the 'Save the Date' card and we look forward to seeing
you in October. Remember to
download your $125 early bird registration form from the LILRC web site at
http://www.lilrc.org/workshops/event115.pdf and send it in before 18 September 2005 to save $25 off the $150
regular registration!
Have a great summer, I look forward to seeing you at our 14th annual
'Oktoberfest.'
Charles Rubenstein, Ph.D.
Pratt Institute - SILS
2005 LILRC Annual Conference Chair
Thursday Dinner Speaker:
Rueben Martinez, 2004 MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant Winner.
Friday Morning Session:
Demographics and Library Collections
Maureen O'Connor, Director, Programs & Services, Queens Borough Public Library.
Lacey Chan, Information and Data Analysis Librarian of the New Americans Program, Queens Borough Public Library.
Bridging the Digital Divide in the Spanish Speaking Community (Video)
Friday Afternoon Session:
Cultural Sensitivity Training
Camila A. Alire, Dean of Library Services, University of New Mexico.
Technological Challenges That Libraries and Library - Technology Vendors Face Serving a Diverse Population
Susan M. Pastore, Vice President, Sales, Ex Libris, Inc.
L.I. Council of Churches "Building Space."
Graduate Student Poster Session.