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NEW! Hear me speak at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. I'll be speaking at the NISO Update Meeting on Sunday, June 24th, in the afternoon, between 1:30-3:30pm Pacific Time in the Anaheim Convention Center, Room 206B. My 20 minute talk (I'm second on the agenda) is titled:

How and why librarians must participate in shaping the future of library management systems. 

This talk is going to look at the major trends in library systems, the major trends in librarianship and identify areas where librarians need to be actively involved to ensure that systems will support where the profession is heading.  Looking at major trends including hosting, cloud computing, discovery, demand-driven acquisitions, resource management and others, this talk will provide a brief overview of efforts underway, as well as areas where efforts are needed.

I hope you'll attend!

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Click on the image below and you'll be able to obtain a free (through June 30th, 2012) copy of my latest article: "Construction Zones on the Library Road to the Future".

The LITA Guide edited by Edward M. Corrado and Heather Lea Moulaison and entitled "Getting Started with Cloud Computing" contains a chapter I wrote. Ordering information can be obtained by clicking on the image below.

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