[Baynet] Mini-conference in SF on 9/23: Libraries - The Recovery Engine on the Hard Times Train

[Hersh, Daniel]

Registration is now open for:

The Future of Libraries (5.0):
Libraries: The Recovery Engine on the Hard Times Train
Danielle Patrick Milam, Keynote Speaker

San Francisco Public Library, Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 9:00 am - 4:45 pm (sign-in 8:30 - 9:00)

$40 Registration Fee
  
Sponsored by the Pacific Library Partnership Staff Development Committee
(formerly the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay
Area) and the BayNet Library & Information Network
  
"The Future of Libraries 5.0" is the fifth in an ongoing annual series
of conferences where speakers draw from library traditions to highlight
innovations taking place in libraries today. This year's conference will
focus on libraries' special roles in helping our patrons navigate the
challenges of today's economy. Presentations will feature examples of
what is and is not currently working for libraries, with an emphasis on
projects and programs that are being implemented creatively and
economically.

This year's keynote speaker is Danielle Patrick Milam, Las Vegas-Clark
County Library District Foundation Development Director and former Vice
President for Program and Development of the Urban Libraries Council.
She edited the Urban Libraries Council report "Making Cities Stronger:
Public Library Contributions to Local Economic Development".  Danielle
will provide a survey of how libraries and businesses are creatively
forming partnerships to benefit the communities they serve.

The remainder of the presenters throughout the day are drawn from
libraries, nonprofit organizations, and businesses throughout the San
Francisco Bay Area and will be discussing the programs, services and
collaborations that they have developed to assist with economic
development in our communities 

For more details and to register, go to
http://www.plsinfo.org/workshops/future09.htm.

Daniel Hersh
dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org
for the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay Area