----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >[THIS RELEASE IS BEING CROSS-POSTED TO THE LAW-LIB LISTSERV AND SENT VIA >E-MAIL TO AALL MEMBERS; PLEASE EXCUSE THE DUPLICATION] > > >AALL to Present Video Conference on Change Management in the Age of Technology > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >January 30, 1998 > >CONTACT: >Lara Koban, Education Program Coordinator >312/939-4764 > >"The Age of Technology: Your Guide to Change Management" is the theme of >the American Association of Law Libraries' (AALL) 2nd Annual Satellite >Videoconference, to be held on April 16, 1998 from 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. >Eastern Standard Time. This videoconference is being presented through a >partnership between AALL and West Group and is part of AALL's continuing >efforts to maximize professional development opportunities at national, >regional, and local levels. > >The Information Age is creating a work revolution for librarians--work >evolves, new work is created, and other work disappears. Technology >contributes to this revolution in many ways; chiefly, it accelerates the >pace of change, creating anxiety and a wish for things to stay the same. >The goal of the videoconference is to provide participants with an >increased understanding of the change process and to provide some practical >information about managing, coping with, and embracing change. > >Participants will learn to define the organizational and technological >issues of the change process and to identify management tools and >techniques necessary for the planning, coordination, implementation and >assessment of a successful change process. Participants will also learn >the advantages of being pro-active as a change agent within their >organizations and how to locate resources to assist in managing a change >process. > >The teleconference speakers are James L. Hoover, Associate Dean for >Library & Computer Services, Columbia University Law School Library; >Florence Mason, Adjunct Professor of Library and Information Sciences, >University of North Texas, School of Library and Information Sciences; and >Mike Wilens, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, West >Group. > >If you are interested in hosting a site for the teleconference broadcast >and would like to obtain the Videoconference Registration Packet, go to: >http://www.aallnet.org/events/edu_age.html or contact Maggie Kearney at >AALL Headquarters, 312/939-4764, for a registration form. Upon >registration, site coordinators will receive a site coordinator's manual >that provides the complete information needed to successfully host a >teleconference. > >The American Association of Law Libraries was founded in 1906 to promote >and enhance the value of law libraries to the legal and public communities, >to foster the profession of law librarianship, and to provide leadership in >the field of legal information. > ># # # > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Private reply: AALL Press Releases <[log in to unmask]> >This message is being sent by a closed listserv. >Technical Questions? Mark Folmsbee, [log in to unmask] >Address Questions? Jason Hinkle, [log in to unmask] >A service of AALLNET, > http://www.aallnet.org >Hosted by Washburn University School of Law Library (WashLawWEB) > >