[Michlib-l] Reminder: ALA President Barbara Stripling to visit Ann Arbor, 4/14

[Emily Hamstra]

Monday, April 14th, 10:30-12noon. National Library Week Town Hall: Join
Barbara Stripling, President of the American Library Association, for a
town hall meeting on The Declaration to the Right to Libraries!

University of Michigan, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery, room 100.

President Stripling will share her national and international perspectives
on the greatest challenges and opportunities for libraries to be life-long
learning institutions, community builders, publishing partners,
collaborators, empowerment engines, maker spaces, and much more.

The town hall meeting format encourages questions from the audience.  If
you have questions to submit in advance, please contact: Karen Downing (
kdown at umich.edu) or Emily Hamstra (ehamstra at umich.edu).

Read more about Barbara Stripling's work:
http://my.ischool.syr.edu/Profiles/Preview/bstripli

April 14, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm National Library Week Lecture: American Library
Association President Barbara Stripling Discusses "Why Libraries Are Here
To Stay" Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room

Libraries today have transformed themselves into community centers of
conversation, innovation, and literacy - both face-to-face and virtual!
 But, what does the future hold for libraries of the 21st Century?  Join us
for a special National Library Week event as American Library Association
President Barbara Stripling discusses the current state and future of
libraries in a presentation entitled "Why Libraries Are Here To Stay."

Contact Tim Grimes (grimest at aadl.org) with questions about this event.

Events are co-sponsored by the Ann Arbor District Library and the
University of Michigan Library and are free and open to all.

Emily Hamstra
Learning Librarian
Kinesiology Librarian
University of Michigan
734-615-1444
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