Program
Keynote address
Debate
| 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
| 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM | Welcome & Opening Remarks Patricia Renfro, Deputy University Librarian, Columbia University Libraries |
| 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | Keynote Address - Smooth or Choppy Seas: What Does the Future Hold for Higher Education? Nancy Van Note Chism, Professor of Higher Education at Indiana University |
| 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Break |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Moderator: Kathleen M. Dreyer, Librarian, Columbia University Libraries |
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch & Table Topics |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Debate - Be it Resolved: There will be no reference desks in large academic libraries in 2012 Pro: Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services, Temple University Con: Sarah Watstein, Associate University Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles Moderator: Kate Wittenberg, Director, EPIC, Columbia University Libraries Pro-Desk Flyer from Sarah Watstein |
| 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM | Closing Remarks Patricia Renfro, Deputy University Librarian, Columbia University Libraries |