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President's Letter |
Join us for TLA's centennial year celebration at the 2002 TLA Annual Conference. Take part in this unique opportunity to commemorate 100 years of library achievements and enjoy the state's premier continuing education event for librarians and library supporters! Learn from more than 200 speakers, authors, and library leaders from across Texas and the U.S. who will carry out TLA's 2002 theme: "Preserving the Past Shaping the Future."
General session speakers are Stephen H. Murdock, Texas State Demographer, and historian Robert Caro. Stephen Murdock will reveal the future face of Texas, its diversity, and the implications for libraries and our clientele. Historian Robert Caro will delight us with stories from his latest volume on the life of Lyndon Baines Johnson what secrets will he reveal? The conference will also feature popular entertainers like Texas' very own Grammy-nominated Brave Combo, as well as Tish Hinojosa, who is branching out from her professional singing career into children's writing.
This year, conference planners are introducing new tracks and programs. Specialized tracks including Accessibility and Assistive Technology (AAT), Art & Illustrations (A&I), Digitization (DI), Distance Learning (DL), Ethnic Diversity (ED), and Library Education (LE) will guide attendees through the week. Look for topics on library education, recruitment to the profession, diversity, and access. The conference will also feature a series of programs called Library Civil Defense in 2002. These programs are designed to help librarians address security issues in libraries and deal with the aftermath of 9/11 events.
Another special feature, the "Conference within a Conference," will consist of three distinct programs that can stand alone or be taken together to provide a comprehensive view of the future of library and information studies education. The three programs are "Voices Projecting the Future of Library and Information Studies
Education," "Ethnic
Diversity in Library and Information Studies Education" and a facilitated,
informal audience participation activity called "LIS Education Table Talk."
"Voices Projecting the Future of Library and Information Studies Education"
will feature predictions from four seasoned library educators with responses
from a practitioner/educator and a student. "Ethnic Diversity in Library
and Information Studies Education" will include presentations from three
professional persons of color who will speak to the importance of recruitment
and retention of students of color in LIS programs. "Table Talk" will
allow participants to discuss their views on the three big questions that came
from the Library Education Summit at the 2001 TLA Annual Assembly. The three
questions are:
TLA President
