Name: Through the Looking Glass: The Future of Academic Libraries
Start: 2019-09-29T09:30:00-0500
End: 2019-09-29T10:20:00-0500

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Through the Looking Glass: The Future of Academic Libraries

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Academic libraries must be ready and willing to make changes in response to new pedagogies, educational approaches, and institutional changes. How can academic libraries respond to these challenges with dwindling budgets and smaller staff sizes? This panel discussion will consider the challenges and trends of academic libraries of tomorrow.

Moderators

Lacy Wolfe

Information Literacy and Reference Services Librarian, Henderson State University

Speakers

Janice Weddle

Assistant Librarian for Instruction and Outreach, Hendrix College

Janice Weddle has worked at Hendrix College’s Olin C. Bailey Library since 2017, where she oversees the library’s public services and the Library Associates program for student workers as the Assistant Librarian for Instruction and Outreach. She has worked in libraries throughout... Read More →

Philip Shackelford

Library Director, South Arkansas Community College

Philip Shackelford is the Library Director at South Arkansas Community College and is currently serving as Past-President of ArLA. He is the author of Rise of the Mavericks: The U.S. Air Force Security Service and the Cold War (releasing April 2023) and is the creator and host of... Read More →