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Albanese, Andrew; Miller, Rebecca; Oder, Norman – Library Journal, 2005
This brief article reports on the 12th national Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) conference held April 7-10, 2004 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. William Mitchell, head of the media arts and sciences program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an architecture professor provided the conference attendees with the opening…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Conferences, Public Libraries
Berry, John; Blumenstein, Lynn; DiMattia, Susan; Kenney, Brian; Oder, Norman; Rogers, Michael – Library Journal, 2004
The American Library Association's (ALA) Annual Conference, June 24?30, in steamy Orlando, drew 19,575 people, including 5,739 exhibitors, the lowest total since Miami in 1994, not counting the SARS-shadowed conference in Toronto last year (see statistics, p. 15). Although this years conference was filled with exciting events, this abstract is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Public Libraries, Library Associations, Librarians
Segal, Joan; Tyson, John – Library Journal, 1985
At a two-day symposium held in DeKalb, Illinois, university administrators and library directors debated key issues of the library's role in higher education: invisible ownership of books, dual governance, on-campus competition for information delivery, collective bargaining and unions, government support, trends in higher education,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
Berry, John – Library Journal, 1993
Discusses issues raised at the Special Libraries Association (SLA) 1992 annual conference. Topics addressed include international activities; goals for SLA; a keynote speech by Ray Kurzweil that discussed innovation and creativity; SLA board actions; candidates for upcoming elections; and the interests of academic members versus working corporate…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Corporate Libraries, Creativity
DeLoach, Marva L. – Library Journal, 1985
Reports on the First African and African-American International Federation of Library Associations Pre-Conference Seminar, which was held in Nairobi, Kenya, in August 1984. Papers and issues highlighted cover publishing and ethnic collections, combatting racism, children's services, school libraries, public library services, academic libraries,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education