1101   ALL-CONFERENCE PLENARY SESSION
THE RIGHT BRAIN OF LIBRARIANSHIP
Friday, February 3   10:40 AM

STEPHEN ABRAM

Are Libraries Innovative Enough?

Stephen Abram, MLS, is Vice President Innovation of Sirsi Corporation. People and corporations all over the world want to hear Stephen's answer to this question: Are libraries innovative enough? Innovation is the prism through which Stephen views the world, and most particularly the library world. Skeptics and believers alike know that right brain cannot be the whole story, unless he has three right brains feeding each other. He gives over 50 international keynote talks annually to library and information industry conferences. Our conference theme could not be more perfect. It is our turn.

Stephen was President of the Ontario Library Association three years ago and of the Canadian Library Association last year. He is running for President of the Washington-based Special Libraries Association. He has been VP of Corporate Development for Micromedia ProQuest and Publisher Electronic Information for Thomson. He ran libraries for Coopers & Lybrand and Hay Group. Stephen has been listed by Library Journal as one of the top 50 people influencing the future of libraries and librarianship. He has been awarded SLA's John Cotton Dana Award as well as being a Fellow of the SLA. He was Canadian Special Librarian of the Year and Alumni of the Year for the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto. He writes a regular column for Information Outlook and Multimedia and Internet @ Schools as well as regular articles for Library Journal, OLA's Access and CLA's Feliciter, among others.

Preceded by the
OLA Board's Distinguished Service Award for 2006.