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Register now for the ACRL / NY 2017 Symposium “The Mission,” being held Friday, December 1, 2017, at the Baruch Vertical Campus.
The 2017 Symposium will be a day to take stock of the history of our profession and its contemporary challenges and opportunities, and to revisit the academic and research library core mission of mediator between student, faculty and researcher populations and the wider information world.
Our traditional mission—stewardship and guidance in the exploration of recorded knowledge and experience valuable for higher learning—must be adapted for the twenty-first century research, teaching, publishing and mass communication environments.
What are our responsibilities vis-à-vis our user populations and contemporary spheres of information and mass communication? How do we reconcile the interests of profit-driven commercial entities with the academic mission of college and research libraries? How have academic libraries worked to ensure the preservation, accessibility and discoverability of endangered research-worthy content?
At the Symposium, participants will be invited to critically reflect on these questions and more, to engage in discussion and work toward the construction a flexible but distinct 21st century identity for the institution of the academic library and academic librarianship.
Come join the conversation. Space is limited, so register now! Registration will close November 20th.
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Registration is now open. Please fill out the ACRL/NY 2017 Symposium registration form here.
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