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NEAISL Schedule

9 a.m. Registration
10 - 11:30 a.m. Keynote Address
Designing the Future-Proof Library: Technology Will Take You Only So Far - Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research & Instructional Services, Paley Library, Temple University (Science Lecture Hall)
11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Concurrent Session Block A
A 1. The Slinky™Approach to Institutionalizing Information Literacy Assessment - Joanna Burkhardt, Head Librarian, College of Continuing Education Library, University of Rhode Island
A 2. The importance of reading for children of all ages - Wendell and Florence Minor, Illustrator/Author CANCELLED
A 3. Archives 101 for Private Schools: Starting an Archives - Jennifer Tuleja, Director of Library Services and Archives at St. George's School

1:15 - 2 p.m. Lunch and Business Meeting
2:15 - 3:15 p.m.

Concurrent Session Block B
B 1. Canaries in the Coal Mine: Where Academic Libraries Go, So Goes American Education
- Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy and of Computer Policy and Law Program, Office of Information Technologies, Cornell University
B 2. Beyond “One Shot” Instruction: Student Collaborative Learning and Information Literacy - Eric Styles, Instruction and Reference Librarian in the Edsel Ford Memorial Library at The Hotchkiss School and Tom Drake, Instructor in History at The Hotchkiss School
B 3. Designing for Success: The Future of School Library Spaces and Facilities- Rolf Erikson, school library facilities design consultant with BiblioTECH Consultants and co-author of “Designing a School Library Media Center for the Future”
B 4. Archivist’s Roundtable - Facilitated by Peter Rawson, Archivist, The Hotchkiss School

3:30 p.m. Reception and departure