Wednesday, December 12, 2018, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

As libraries re-evaluate and redesign the services offered to their communities, the ripples of change can be felt across the institution. New job titles and functions appear in university employment postings-clinical information specialist, data scientist, assessment librarian. Space previously given over to stacks is reallocated. Information resources and tools reshape the library's budget. Whether the process is visible or invisible to the library patron, the functions of the library are being re-engineered at a core level. What are the implications for library directors? And for content and platform providers?

Speaker abstracts have been posted to the NISO web site!

10:00 – 10:10a.m. Introduction

Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO

10:10 - 10:45 a.m. Opening Keynote

Confirmed Speaker: Danuta Nitecki, Dean of Libraries, Drexel University

10:45 am - 11:15 p.m. Beyond Place and Format: Library Experiences Across Physical and Digital Services

Confirmed Speaker: Jacob Nadel, Director of Digital Preservation, Library of Congress

11:15 - 11:45 p.m. New Job Titles, Position Requirements and Degrees: Challenges and Change in the Academic Library and its Workforce

Confirmed Speaker: Steven Smith, Dean of Libraries, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

11:45 - 12:45 p.m. Lunch Break

12:45 - 1:15 p.m. The Library’s Contribution in Measuring Research Productivity: A measured approach to supporting research productivity

Confirmed Speaker: Gail Clement, Head of Research Services, CalTech

1:15 - 1:45 p.m. The Library: Hiding In the Open

Confirmed Speaker: Nancy Davenport, University Librarian, American University

1:45 - 2:15 p.m. The Library’s Role in Attracting, Supporting and Retaining the International Student

Confirmed Speaker: Matthew Sheehy, University Librarian, Brandeis University

2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Afternoon Break

2:30- 3:00 p.m. Strategic Thinking & Planning for the Library of the Future: The Case for Building a Learning Organization

Confirmed Speaker: Karen Diaz, Dean of Libraries, West Virginia University

3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Thoughts on the need for continuous learning and reskilling in librarianship

Confirmed Speaker: Carl Grant, Interim Dean of Libraries, University of Oklahoma

3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion