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Council Retreat
April 12-14, 2006
University of Washington

Summary of Outcomes

Lodging | Maps
Reading | Survey Results | Guests | Council

Schedule

 
Wednesday
5 pm Retreat begins
  Portage Bay Cafe
4130 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
 
  "Net Gen Students – Who Are They and What Do They Want?"
Joan Lippincott
 

Comments and reactions
Dalia Hagan, John Popko & Betsy Wilson

   
7 – 8:30 pm Dinner & more
 
Thursday
 
Except for lunch, all sessions are in the Donald E. Petersen Room, 485 Allen Library, UW
 
9 – 9:30am Welcome
Betsy Wilson
  Introductions
Susan Barnes Whyte & Joan Lippincott
   
9:30 – 10:15 am

Force Field Analysis (large group discussion)
What environmental forces are shaping our libraries? What opportunities are being opened and what barriers are being created?
Flipchart transcript

   

10:15 – 10:30 am

15 min. Break
   
10:30– 11:30 am "Moving to the Network Level: Libraries, Readers and Applications"
Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC
   
11:30– 12:30 pm Identification of a key campus priority and its relation to libraries (small group discussion)
Transcript of notes from small groups
   
12:30– 1:30 pm Lunch
  Smith Room, 324 Suzzallo Library, UW
   
1:30 – 2:30 pm "Net Gen Students, Learning, and Libraries "
Joan Lippincott, CNI
   
2:30 - 3:15 pm

Panel – Lorcan & Joan
The panelists will react to each other's presentation, reinforce or challenge themes, and take questions from the retreat participants.

 
3:15 – 3:30 pm

15 min. Break

   
3:30 – 4:15 pm

Issues and Trends (small group discussions)
Identification of issues and trends and their relevance to strategic directions for the Orbis Cascade Alliance.
Transcript of notes from small groups

   
4:15 – 5 pm

Reports back from small groups and large group discussion

   
5 pm Retreat adjourns for the day
   
  Council Dinner
6 pm Carpools depart Watertown hotel for Lake Union
6:30 pm Boarding
7 pm Departure (please plan to be on time)
9 pm Return & carpool to Watertown hotel
   
Friday
 
All sessions are in the Donald E. Petersen Room, 485 Allen Library, UW
 
8:30 – 9:30 am

Key strategic directions for the Orbis Cascade Alliance (large group discussion)
What are the strategic opportunities to work in new areas for the Alliance?

   
9:30 – 9:45 am Focusing on priorities
Placing dots to identify high priority initiatives
Flipchart transcript
   
9:45 – 10 am 15 min. Break
   
10 – 11:15 am

Next steps for high priority initiatives (small group discussion)
Joan and Susan sum up
Transcript of notes from small groups

   
11:15 – 11:45 am Next steps
  Retreat evaluation
   
Noon

Retreat ends