keynote Speaker : DAVID SHUMAKER

David Shumaker is a Clinical Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America, where his teaching interests include the role and future of librarians in society, the management of libraries and information services, marketing, information systems, and library public services.


David’s research and writing focus on the changing roles of librarians in business and educational organisations. He and his co-project leader, Mary Talley, were awarded the 2007 Special Libraries Association Research Grant for their project, “Models of Embedded Librarianship.” The final report of the project is available at http://www.sla.org/pdfs/EmbeddedLibrarianshipFinalRptRev.pdf

David’s research is supported by 27 years at the MITRE Corporation, where he rose to the position of Manager of Information Services. In this position he was responsible for MITRE’s corporate library, records management, and archives operations. Earlier in his career, he was a Library of Congress Intern, a cataloger, and an automation specialist for the U.S. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. He holds graduate degrees from Drexel University and the University of Maryland.
During the Conference David will be exploring the opportunities for embedding librarians and librarianship within our parent organisations.
Check out his blog at: http://embeddedlibrarian.wordpress.com/