October 17, 2003
Westin Grand Hotel
Washington DC

Preliminary Reading

Global Changes in Scholarly Communication

by Suzanne E. Thorin, Indiana University, Bloomington

Welcome

Fred Heath, Vice Provost and Director of General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin

Keynote

Scholarly Communication and Epistemic Cultures

Blaise Cronin, Professor of Information Science, Indiana University

Traditions in the Sciences

Technology and Information Management in the Life Science

Milton Corn, MD, Associate Director, National Library of Medicine

Scientific Data Libraries

Michael Lesk, Professor, SCLIS, Rutgers University

Traditions in the Humanities

The Humanist: "Dances with Wolves" or "Bowls Alone"?

John Unsworth, Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Traditions in the Social Sciences

Impact of Tradition and Technology on the Social Sciences

Barbara O'Keefe, Dean, School of Communication, Northwestern University

Concurrent Breakout Groups in the Disciplines

• Sciences
• Humanities
• Social Sciences

Facilitated Discussion

Duane Webster, Executive Director, ARL, Facilitator

Based on the day's presentations and small group discussions, participants were guided through a discussion of such issues as the similarities and differences in traditions, how technology is or is not changing faculty work, what might be changing or converging across disciplines, opportunities for library or campus support.

Musings on the Future

Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, CNI

The speakers provided a perspective on the day's discussion and an assessment of some of the key issues brought up. Clifford Lynch moderated the panel and concluded the program with his thoughts on future steps.