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Organized by the RLG Partnership and OCLC Research
Hosted by the Smithsonian Institution
Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Endorsed by the Joint SAA, ALA and AAM Committee on Archives, Libraries & Museums (CALM)
OCLC Research and an RLG Partnership planning committee have created a two-day event on strategies for effective collaboration that will be hosted by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C, 20-21, September. All RLG Partners, as well as representatives from other cultural heritage organizations, are cordially invited to attend this free event. Please mark your calendars and register now to reserve your spot at this important event.
Building on the success of our workshops on LAM (libraries, archives and museums) convergence held at five RLG Partner institutions in 2007/2008, we will shine a light on collaboration from a local institutional perspective as well as cross-institutional and network-level vantage points. What is necessary to ensure successful outcomes? What lessons learned by others can help us all do better? Participants will take away specific strategies and models to realize their own collaborative ambitions.
The event will feature three keynote speakers, thematic panels, a lightning round and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions enabling participants to more deeply engage with their choice of topics. Speakers will focus first and foremost on their leadership strategies in making their collaborations a success, and exemplify these strategies with the specific projects they are spear-heading. Attendees will play an active role in shaping the event by voting on topics for the Birds-of-a-Feather sessions during event registration. An opening keynote by Allan R. Cohen, Professor of Global Leadership and Director of Corporate Entrepreneurship, Babson College, on the emerging area of management theory and practice in collaborative leadership will expose participants to new ideas for creating a more collaborative work culture. Dave Remsen, Senior Programme Officer, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, will inspire attendees by describing a collaboration at international scale in the natural sciences focusing on infrastructure, standards and capacity-building for biodiversity collections and data. Dylan Tweney, Senior Editor at Wired.com, will enumerate the multiple forces that are significantly affecting the communications sector, giving us an opportunity to consider the increased importance of collaboration in the face of upheaval in our own professional world.
All are welcome to attend this event. Space is limited so register now to reserve your spot in this collaborative event. Please direct any questions to Günter Waibel.
Because travel budgets are limited and there are limited number of spots available at the event venue, the event will be streamed live for remote viewing. Those unable to attend in person are encouraged to host a local viewing party and invite a group of like-minded individuals watch a live stream of the event together. A viewing party can span all or any part of the entire two-day event. Remote viewers can leverage the event as a catalyst for change by watching it in its entirety or viewing a segment of interest, followed by a discussion of local implications with those in the room.
It's easy to host a local viewing party! There is no charge to do so and no special software is required. All you need is a computer with speakers and a Web browser, although you may want to have a projector as well if you'll be broadcasting the event to more than a handful of people. Just click here to sign up to host a local viewing party and we'll send you the URL for the live event stream so the video will display online through your Web browser and the audio will be transmitted through your computer speakers. Contact Merrilee Proffitt with questions.
In-person and remote attendees are encouraged to read the short report, Collaboration Contexts: Framing Local, Group and Global Solutions [pdf], prior to the event for an overview of the benefits and limitations inherent in each of these collaboration settings. In addition to providing a high-level guide to the trajectory of the event, the report serves as a resource in its own right for assessing collaborative activities. ** Please see website above for complete schedule and presentations** FREE EVENT***
/ Karen Weaver, MLS, Electronic Resources Statistician, Duquesne University, Gumberg Library, Pittsburgh PA email: [log in to unmask]