Registration is open for the 2018 Fall Forum, a one-day conference co-sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). The theme of this year's Fall Forum is 'Innovation in Research Libraries,' with a focus on fostering an organisational culture that is capable of-and comfortable with-producing, testing, implementing, and sustaining innovative ideas regularly. The 2018 ARL-CNI Fall Forum will be held September 27 at the Marriott Georgetown in Washington, DC.
The Fall Forum features the Julia C. Blixrud Memorial Lecture and the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship, which supports the attendance of one master of library and information science (MLIS) student or recent graduate at the forum each year.
The fourth annual Blixrud Memorial Lecture, entitled, 'Culture and Its Role in Innovation,' will be delivered by Bernard 'Bernie' Banks, associate dean for leadership development and a clinical professor of management at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Banks is an expert on leadership and organisational change.
The Fall Forum will also include two panels discussing why innovation is critical for research institutions. The first will be a panel of four senior university administrators - Feridun Hamdullahpur, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Waterloo; Rafael Bras, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Geoffrey Chatas, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Georgetown University; and Padma Raghavan, Vice Provost for Research and Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Vanderbilt University.
The second panel will comprise four directors of ARL member libraries - Patricia Brennan, Director, National Library of Medicine; James Hilton, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, University of Michigan; Wendy Lougee, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, McKnight Presidential Professor, University of Minnesota; and Catherine Murray-Rust, Dean of Libraries and Vice Provost for Academic Effectiveness, Georgia Institute of Technology.
The program will explore the following questions as well as others that may arise throughout the day: What does a culture of innovation look like within research libraries? How do we move beyond projects or initiatives and scale these efforts across the entire organization? How can we draw upon frameworks from other domains to enhance our short-term efforts and long-term planning? How can organizations develop an inclusive participatory environment where innovation is nurtured and everyone has a voice? What risks do we face in not experimenting with new and different modes of work?
How can ARL and CNI help libraries move forward in these areas and develop programming to continue these conversations? Join us to share your ideas at this year’s ARL-CNI Fall Forum.
Registration for the 2018 Fall Forum will be limited to employees of ARL member institutions or CNI member institutions from July 23–29, 2018. Registration will open to all others on July 30. The deadline to register is September 4, 2018.
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