The Privacy Conversation scheduled for Thursday afternoon, June 23, 1:00 – 5:00 at the New Orleans Public Library has been cancelled.
The Privacy Conversation scheduled for Thursday afternoon, June 23, 1:00 – 5:00 at the New Orleans Public Library has been cancelled.
Competing in the Information Marketplace II:
Strategic PR partnerships—Journalists and Libraries
Highlights from
Beyond Books: News, Literacy and Democracy for America’s Libraries–A Work Session for Journalists, Librarians, and Citizens, April 5-6, 2011 Cambridge, MA
ALA 2011 Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA
Saturday, June 25, 8-10 am
Morial Convention Center Room 383-385
Two renowned journalists join the convener of ALA’s Center for Public Life for a lively discussion of possibilities when libraries and journalists work together to encourage community conversations. Join the discussion and help shape the future of libraries and journalism!
Panelists
Bill Densmore, career journalist and organizer of Beyond Books, is also a publisher, entrepreneur and director of the Media Giraffe Project, New England News Forum, and a collaborator on Journalism That Matters.
Mike Fancher is the 2011-2012 Donald W. Reynolds Chair in the Ethics of Entrepreneurial and Innovative Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, and a consultant to the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.
Nancy Kranich is a past president of ALA, an organizer of Beyond Books, and the convener of ALA’s Center for Public Life.
Marsha Iverson is the program chair for this LLAMA program and an organizer of Beyond Books. For more information, contact Marsha at miverson@kcls.org
Background on Beyond Books: http://journalismthatmatters.org/biblionews/
Who Do I Trust to Protect My Privacy?
Privacy Conversation Deliberative Forum
And Moderator Training
Sponsored by
ALA Intellectual Freedom Round Table and
The ALA Center for Public Life
A FREE Preconference
Thursday, June 23, 2011, 1:00 – 5:00
New Orleans Public Library
Join an afternoon conversation on privacy Thursday, June 23rd, from 1:00 to 5:00 at the New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola Avenue. The conversation will be structured with an Issue Map. Following the dialogue, participants will learn how to convene and moderate a deliberative dialogue so they can host their own local forums that explore privacy values and concerns.
Download forum materials including the Issue Map here
Register: Bryan Campbell: bcampbell@ala.org
Registration in advance encouraged; Walk in registration accepted
For More Information, contact: Nancy Kranich, nancy.kranich@nyu.edu; Bryan Campbell: bcampbell@ala.org
Libraries Foster Civic Engagement Membership Initiative Group
2011 ALA Annual Conference – New Orleans, LA
Sunday, June 26, 2011, 10:30 – 12:00 pm
Morial Convention Center. Room 241
AGENDA
1. America Speaks, Experiences from the Field:
Johnson County, MO—Donna Lauffer
New Orleans, LA—La’Kedra Robertson, NO Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Engagement
2. NIFI Online and Face to Face Dialogue Opportunities
3. Civic Engagement Activities Around the Country
4. Other
(Send Suggestions to Nancy Kranich nancy.kranich@nyu.edu)
Join Us. Bring Your Colleagues
Follow us on:
Civic Engagement Blog-http://discuss.ala.org/civicengagement/
ALA Connect–http://connect.ala.org/node/64933
Subscribe to ALA’s Civic Engagement listserv:
1. Go to: http://lists.ala.org/wws
2. Click on “View All Lists”
3. Scroll down to “deliberate@ala.org”
4. Click on “Subscribe”