Join Us on September 27, 2018, in Washington, DC 

Registration is open for the 2018 Fall Forum a one-day conference co-sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). The theme of this year’s Fall Forum is “Innovation in Research Libraries,” with a focus on fostering an organizational culture that is capable of—and comfortable with—producing, testing, implementing, and sustaining innovative ideas regularly. The 2018 ARL-CNI Fall Forum will be held Thursday, September 27, at the Marriott Georgetown in Washington, DC. 

The Fall Forum features the Julia C. Blixrud Memorial Lecture and the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship  which supports the attendance of one master of library and information science (MLIS) student or recent graduate at the forum each year. This year’s Blixrud Scholarship awardee is Justin Fuhr  library systems support analyst at the Elizabeth Dafoe Library of the University of Manitoba. Fuhr is pursuing an MLIS at the University of Alberta and is interested in the junction between design and information studies. As part of the scholarship, Fuhr will tweet from the forum and write an overview of the event. 

Speakers 

The fourth annual Blixrud Memorial Lecture, entitled, “Culture and Its Role in Innovation,” will be delivered by Bernard “Bernie” Banks  associate dean for leadership development and a clinical professor of management at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Banks is an expert on leadership and organizational change.

The Fall Forum will also include two panels discussing why innovation is critical for research institutions. The first will be a panel of four senior university administrators:

The second panel will comprise four directors of ARL member libraries: 

The program will explore the following questions as well as others that may arise throughout the day: What does a culture of innovation look like within research libraries? How do we move beyond projects or initiatives and scale these efforts across the entire organization? How can we draw upon frameworks from other domains to enhance our short-term efforts and long-term planning? How can organizations develop an inclusive participatory environment where innovation is nurtured and everyone has a voice? What risks do we face in not experimenting with new and different modes of work?

How can ARL and CNI help libraries move forward in these areas and develop programming to continue these conversations? Join us to share your ideas at this year’s ARL-CNI Fall Forum. 

Registration 

From Monday, July 23–Sunday, July 29, registration for the 2018 Fall Forum will be limited to employees of ARL member institutions or CNI member institutions. 

Registration will open to all others on Monday, July 30. 

The 2018 Fall Forum registration fees are as follows: 

The registration fee includes a continental breakfast, coffee/tea breaks, and lunch. 

To register and learn more about the forum, visit the ARL-CNI Fall Forum 2018 webpage   

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 125 research libraries in Canada and the US whose mission is to advance research, learning, and scholarly communication. The Association fosters the open exchange of ideas and expertise, promotes equity and diversity, and pursues advocacy and public policy efforts that reflect the values of the library, scholarly, and higher education communities. ARL forges partnerships and catalyzes the collective efforts of research libraries to enable knowledge creation and to achieve enduring and barrier-free access to information. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.

CNI is a coalition of some 240 member institutions dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of digital information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. The coalition, which is sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and EDUCAUSE, is headquartered in Washington, DC. More about CNI is at https://www.cni.org/.