Sunday, June 9, 2002
SLA Conference
Los Angeles, California
The news industry is in crisis. They need help. And even though they may
not know it, they need innovative, creative, and forward thinking news librarians. This session will focus on three things: the crisis in news
organizations, the results of a study of news organizations' information practices by Kathy Hansen and Nora Paul and a workshop on how to be an
effective change agent in your organization led by Barbara Spiegelman. If you are interested in finding out more about what your industry needs and
how to be more effective at helping them, come to this CE.
Here's the agenda:
8:00 - 8:30: Welcome and introduction to the CE
8:30 - 9:15: News Industry in Crisis: Money, Values, Audience,
Leadership
Kathy Hansen and Nora Paul, Univ. of Minnesota
9:15 - 10:00: News Informatics: Survey of News Industry Information Usage
Markers
Nora Paul, Kathy Hansen, Univ. of Minnesota
10:00 - 10:15: Break
10:15 - 12:00: Becoming a change agent
Barbara Spiegelman, Spiegelman Group
12:00 - 2:00: Lunch
2:00 - 5:00: Becoming a change agent: Part II
Barbara Spiegelman, Spiegelman Group