David Shumaker - Background

David Shumaker has served as Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Information Commons at the School of Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America, since August 2006.
Dave's teaching interests include the management of libraries and information centers, marketing, information systems, and public services. As Director of the Information Commons, Dave has led the establishment of a multipurpose collaborative space for the School, established a new colloquium series, and introduced new technology to support the curriculum. His research focuses on the changing roles of librarians in business and educational organizations.
Dave assumed his present position upon his retirement from the MITRE Corporation, where he worked for 27 years. As Manager of Information Services at MITRE from 2001 until his retirement, he led information professionals at MITRE's Bedford, MA and McLean, VA offices. Earlier in his career, he was a Library of Congress Intern, a cataloger, and an automation specialist for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Dave's participation in SLA includes service on the Government Affairs/Intellectual Property Committee, which he co-chaired in 1999-2000; a variety of positions with the Washington DC Chapter, including President in 2000-2001; and service for the Leadership and Management Division including Professional Development Chair, Continuing Education Chair, and Knowledge Management Section Chair. He is currently Program Chair for the Knowledge Management Division and Mentoring Chair for the DC Chapter. He is a member of the Information Technology, Knowledge Management, and Leadership and Management Divisions.
He is the co-editor of two editions of the Washington Area Library Directory and author of presentations for SLA Conferences and other events. In 2005, he was a co-author of a white paper on the future of librarians in business for the study, "The Future of Librarians in the Workplace", funded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. He holds a Bachelor's in Slavic Languages from UCLA, Master's in Library Science from Drexel, and Master's in Management from the University of Maryland.
He has ben a guest speaker at numerous conference and written several article for literary library publications. He has published numerous article on Embedded Librarianship and this is his primary focus at CUA. Here also has a blog "The Embedded Librarian".
He resides in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife Donna, and has two Millennial daughters whom he can no longer keep up with. When not doing library stuff, he can often be found hiking the C & O Canal towpath.

Chris Szekely

Chris Szekely is Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library, a part of the National Library of New Zealand.  From 1999 to 2007, he was Manukau City Librarian in South Auckland; one of New Zealand’s fastest growing urban areas, serving the country’s largest populations of Maori and Pacific Islanders.  He was a founding member of Te Ropu Whakahau, an association for Maori working in libraries and information management, and instrumental in establishing the International Indigenous Librarians‘ Forum.  He was appointed as an inaugural Commissioner on the Library and Information Advisory Commission in 2003, and in 2006 became a Fellow of LIANZA.

He brings a deep understanding of libraries and their work to his role, especially the place the Turnbull holds in the ecosystem of New Zealand's intellectual life. The Kaitiaki/Guardians look forward to working with Chris to protect, preserve and develop the Turnbull Library's uniquely rich resources and future opportunities."

Brian Pauling, the chair of the Library and Information Advisory Commission (LIAC), says: " Chris was a much valued foundation commissioner of LIAC. The wealth of knowledge, enthusiasm, commitment and vision that he brought to the LIAC table will now benefit the Turnbull Library."

Chris Szekely has also contributed a number of articles and papers on services to maori in NZ Libraries, research papers on Maori and libraries.

CAROL TENOPIR

Professor of Information Sciences,
Director of Research,
College of Communication and Information,
and Director of the Center for Information
and Communication Studies

Carol Tenopir is a professor at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the Director of Research for the College of Communication and Information, and Director of the Center for Information and Communication Studies. Her areas of teaching and research include: information access and retrieval, electronic publishing, the information industry, online resources, and the impact of technology on reference librarians and scientists. She is the author of five books, including, Communication Patterns of Engineers, (IEEE/Wiley InterScience, 2004) with Donald W. King.
Dr. Tenopir has published over 200 journal articles, is a frequent speaker at professional conferences, and since 1983 has written the "Online Databases" column for Library Journal. She is the recipient of the 1993 Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award from the American Society for Information Science/Institute for Scientific Information and the 2000 ALISE Award for Teaching Excellence. She also received the 2002 American Society for Information Science & Technology, Research Award and the 2004 International Information Industry Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Tenopir holds a PhD degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois.

Awards and Honors

Chancellor’s Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Appointed August 2008 (“the designation constitutes the highest permanent academic honor that can be accorded to a member of the faculty by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville”)
Contribution to Information Science & Technology Award, Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society of Information Science & Technology “to honor an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of information science”, January 2008
Whittier College Alumni Achievement Award, October 2007
Miles Conrad Award, “For achievement in the field of Information Science and distinguished service to the Federation,” NFAIS (National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services), 2006
American Society for Engineering Education, Engineering Libraries Division, 2005 Best Publication Award: “Communication Patterns of Engineers,” Carol Tenopir and Donald W. King.
Distinguished Lecturer, Alice Rankin Distinguished Lecture for “an individual who has made significant contributions to librarianship/information science”. New Jersey Chapter of the Special Libraries Association, 2005
Fulbright Senior Specialist Award, University of Oulu , Finland , 2005

Louise Schaper is well known for her "10 steps to sustainable Library Operations"

Ten steps to sustainable library operations

By Louise L. Schaper -- Library Journal, 05/15/2010

You've heard the buzz about building green libraries, but what about green library operations? You know, the things we do every day to give our customers a great library experience, like cleaning the floors, registering new cardholders, and leading a story time. In each area, we can do a better job being stewards of the earth's resources, and, in the process, we can redeploy the money saved to things our customers want.
Green libraries cost less to operate, and, if you plan it right, you might find out that your library has more to spend on items like books. To read the full article...
 http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6727897.html

I will be giving some background insights to our key note speakers

I will be giving some background insights to our key note speakers over the next week as I try to find out more about the them. Although they are well known in the Library world.

Sue McKnight -Lessons learnt from Christchurch

 Sue McKnight, ProVice Chancellor Learning Resources at the University of Canterbury, has agreed to speak on the lessons learnt at the University of Canterbury following the recent earthquake in the Canterbury region.

Are you coming LIANZA Centennial Conference 2010

Are you coming LIANZA Centennial Conference 2010?
Leave me a comment and let me know...
Hope to see you there

Kim Salamonson

LIANZA Conference 2010 on flickr

LIANZA Conference has a flickr page for you to see the venues, accomodation and much much more... C u there Kim
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LIANZA Centennial Conference 2010 on Twitter

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1. Wondering what the conference venue looks like? We're posting images to our Flickr account right now! #fb #lianza10

LIANZA Conference 2010 on Facebook

LIANZA Conference 2010 now on Facebook
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Sponsorship : cadbury sponsoring delegates - goodies in conference bags

LIANZA Conference 2010 has a blog

LIANZA Conference has a blog too, so go on have  a look...
http://lianza2010.wordpress.com/

LIANZA Centennial Conference 2010 on Youtube

Yes on Youtube too, the official welcome, and more
http://www.youtube.com/lianza2010