[PADG:1707] ALCTS President's Program

["Patricia P. Selinger" <pepalmer@xxxxxxx>]

John Haar wrote:

> The ALCTS President's Program at the ALA Annual Conference
> will take place on Monday, June 17, from 10:00-12:00 in the
> Capitol North and Center Ballrooms of the Sheraton Atlanta
> Hotel.  The program will follow the ALCTS Awards Presentation
> and Membership Meeting, which begins at 9:30.
>
> The program is entitled "Cultivating the Human Moment in a
> Digital Age."  Our featured speaker is Dr. Edward Hallowell, Child
> and Adult Psychiatrist at the Hallowell Center for Cognitive and
> Emotional Health and an expert in the field of psychological and
> emotional well-being.  He has described how electronic
> communication limits workplace opportunities for "the human
> moment," face-to-face contact that brings valuable social and
> psychological benefits.  Can we find ways to promote efficient
> and productive communication while preserving human moments?
>
> Four librarians will relate Dr. Hallowell's remarks to the library
> working environment:
>
> *Michael Gorman (Dean of Library Services, California State
> University, Fresno)
>
> *Olivia Madison (Dean of Library Services, Iowa State University
>
> *DeEtta Jones (Director, Organizational Learning Services,
> Association of Research Libraries)
>
> *Andrew Dillon (Dean, Graduate School of Library and
> Information Science, University of Texas)
>
> John M. Haar
> Associate University Librarian
> Vanderbilt University
> HAAR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx