Information technology (IT) professionals from 62 highly selective liberal arts colleges nationwide will gather for the annual meeting of the Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges (CLAC) at Hamilton College on June 13-15.
The topic of the conference, "The Challenge of Change," deals with the rising expectations IT organizations face as IT is recognized as a fundamental enabler of new ways of thinking, promoting efficiencies, and enhancing teaching and learning.
Hamilton College Vice President for Information Technology David Smallen says, "IT organizations are facing incredible challenges caused by rapid changes in technology, rising expectations of students and faculty and constrained institutional budgets. The CLAC conference is an opportunity for IT professionals from liberal arts colleges to come together to share their experiences and discuss possible ways to meet these challenges."
A keynote address will be given by Michael Keller, a 1967 graduate of Hamilton and university librarian, director of academic information resources and publisher/founder of HighWire Press at Stanford University. Frederick P. Schmitt of Teamwork Strategies will deliver another keynote presentation. In addition to the keynote addresses, there will be 13 sessions on various topics related to the use of technology in a liberal arts college.
Presentations include:
More information about CLAC can be found on its Web site: www.liberalarts.org
The topic of the conference, "The Challenge of Change," deals with the rising expectations IT organizations face as IT is recognized as a fundamental enabler of new ways of thinking, promoting efficiencies, and enhancing teaching and learning.
Hamilton College Vice President for Information Technology David Smallen says, "IT organizations are facing incredible challenges caused by rapid changes in technology, rising expectations of students and faculty and constrained institutional budgets. The CLAC conference is an opportunity for IT professionals from liberal arts colleges to come together to share their experiences and discuss possible ways to meet these challenges."
A keynote address will be given by Michael Keller, a 1967 graduate of Hamilton and university librarian, director of academic information resources and publisher/founder of HighWire Press at Stanford University. Frederick P. Schmitt of Teamwork Strategies will deliver another keynote presentation. In addition to the keynote addresses, there will be 13 sessions on various topics related to the use of technology in a liberal arts college.
Presentations include:
- "The Modern Cybrary: Continuity and Change"
Michael Keller, Stanford University - "NetGen: What Do They Think, Say, and Do?"
Panel Discussion - "Learning from Ourselves, Sharing with Each Other: Academic Commons; LoLa Exchange as Collaborative Infrastructure"
Michael Roy, Wesleyan University; Peter Schilling, Amherst College and Andrew White, Bates College - "Disaster Planning - Facing the 'Smoke and Rubble'"
Michael Osterman, Whitman College, and Gene Spencer, Bucknell University - "Turn On, Tune In, Print Out: A Professor - Technologist - Librarian - Student Experiment in Multimedia Collaboration"
Franklin Sciacca, Lynn Mayo and Krista Siniscarco, Hamilton College - "Identity and Access Management: Role Changing in the Virtual World"
Joel P. Cooper, Carleton College, and Mark I. Berman, Williams College - "Chasing the 24/7 Challenge ...On a Budget"
Jason LaMar, Ohio Wesleyan University - "Digital Asset Management: All Eggs in One Basket ...But Whose Basket?"
Marianne Colgrove, Reed College; Nedda Ahmed, Christian Faur and Scott Siddall, Denison University - "A Change of Voice: Considerations in Implementing IP Telephony at Swarthmore"
Mark J. Dumic, Swarthmore College
More information about CLAC can be found on its Web site: www.liberalarts.org
