Second General Session
Finding OZ: Discovering a Bright Future for Libraries
with Stephen Abram

Time and Date: 2:00-3:30 pm, Thursday, November 11, 2004
Location: Ballroom A

New challenges are hitting libraries faster than a Kansas tornado spins out cows. The president of the Canadian Library Ass0ciation will share his views on which trends are near and clear and which are the ones that we can take a more wait-and-see approach. Some trends are: technological (but we know technology is just a tool); demographic (and the kids are adapting differently than you and I); and cultural and economic. For those of us who value our changing users, let's think about it...Join us as Stephen Abram reports on these trends.