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On Monday, March 9th a whole group of ZSR librarians traveled down to Chapel Hill for the Launc-ch conference. It was my first time going and I was very impressed with how well run the conference was. While Kevin and I did a presentation on digital forsyth, I would much rather spend my time commenting on the opening keynote presented by Richard Luce, University Librarian from Emory University. Richard talked about the changing responsibility of librarians and how external factors are pushing the profession. While he spoke about a number of examples, on quote in particular really described his position. Towards the end of his talk he said that “Libraries are where our social networks and technological networks overlap.” Intriguing if only because there is no mention of many of our traditional roles of resource stewardship, or research advisor.
In other Launc-CH news, the lunch was fabu & I can’t wait to hear about the sessions that I did not have a chance to attend. .