The Library as Physical and Virtual Space for Knowledge Management:
Blueprints for the Future
CONBLS Directors’ Retreat, March 10-12, 2006
Hosted by Medical College of Georgia Greenblatt Library
Augusta, GA
Retreat Summary
Friday, March 10
4:00 p.m. Shuttle pick-up @ hotel for Greenblatt Library
4:30 p.m. NLM’s Changing Faces of Medicine Exhibit and library tour
5:30 p.m. Shuttle from Library to Reception/Dinner
6:00 p.m. Reception/Dinner (Bistro)
9:00 p.m. Shuttle from Bistro to Radisson
Note: Please let me know if you plan to arrive later than the Library visit and need transportation to dinner. I could pick you up in front of hotel @ 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 11 (Radisson)
8:30 a.m.—Continental Breakfast
9:00-12:00 noon—Academic Learning Space: An Information Commons, Crit Stuart, Associate Director for Public Services, Georgia Tech Libraries
Noon-1:00 p.m.-Lunch
1:00-4:00 p.m.—Smart Tech: an Institutional Repository, Tyler Walters, Associate Director for Technical Services, Georgia Tech Libraries, and, GALILEO’s Knowledge Management Repository: A State Perspective, Mark Spasser, PhD, Chair, Education and Information Services, Medical College of Georgia
4:00-5:00 p.m.—Assessment and Wrap-up
Dinner—On Your Own (numerous downtown eateries and night clubs)
Sunday, March 12 (Radisson)
8:30 a.m.—Continental Breakfast
9:00-12:00 noon—Program (State of Our Universities and Libraries)
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Morehouse School of Medicine Library (formerly the Multi-Media Center), Cynthia L. Henderson
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UF Health Science Center Libraries Status Report, Beth Layton
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The Medical College of Georgia: State of the Library, Tamera Lee
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University of South Carolina School of Medicine State of the Campus and Library, Ruth Riley
12:00 noon—1:00 p.m.–Lunch
Recommended local options for those who may arrive early or stay longer (an easy distance via the River Walk just outside hotel unless noted otherwise):
Augusta Golf and Gardens ( http://www.gghf.org/)
Morris Art Museum ( http://www.themorris.org/)
Ft. Discovery Museum ( http://www.nscdiscovery.org/)
Augusta Canal and Petersburg Boats ( http://www.augustacanal.com)–short cab ride from downtown)