USF SOLIS Hosts Future of Libraries Panel

ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels headlines a five-person panel discussing the future of libraries hosted by the Student Organizations of Library & Information Science (SOLIS) at USF's School of Information (SI). We have seen great changes in the library world over the last few years. Budgets have tightened with the economy in turmoil and customers are increasingly using the internet and Google for their informational needs. Do libraries and librarians have a future in this new world? What changes should we make to fit this new world? The panel will touch on these questions and many more during the last SOLIS After-Dark Lecture for the spring 2011 semester.

Date / Time: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 · 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: USF Main Campus: Education Building - TECO Conference Center

Refreshments and light snacks available. Everyone is invited, including staff members from neighboring libraries and students from anywhere in the area.

Panel Members:
ALA Executive Director: Keith Michael Fiels
Dean of University of South Florida Libraries: William A. Garrison
Director of St. Petersburg Public Libraries: Laurel Gustafson
Executive Director of TBLC: Charlie Parker
Supervisor, Library Media Services K-5 HIllsborough County: John Milburn

For more information please visit the website - http://slisstudentorgs.usf.edu/ or contact Bill Harris (wharris3@mail.usf.edu) with questions.