Dear Sir/Madam We request you to kindly join us for the DELNET Annual Lecture. Please confirm your kind presence. Thanking you Yours faithfully Sangeeta Kaul ============================================================================= DELNET cordially invites you to the DELNET Annual Lecture on Libraries and the Global Technology Forecast by Stephen Abram President, Special Libraries Association (SLA) U.S.A Vice President Innovation for SirsiDynix Corporation on Friday, November 28, 2008 at 6-30 p.m. at India International Centre (Conference Room II) 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003 N. Ravi Shankar Joint Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India has kindly agreed to preside. Tea : 6 p.m. RSVP : 26742222 Stephen Abram is President, Special Libraries Association (SLA), U.S.A. He was President 2004-2005 of the Canadian Library Association, President 2002 of the Ontario Library Association and has served twice on the SLA international board of directors, in addition to the Toronto Chapter, CASLIS and SLA as LMD. He is currently also Vice President Innovation for SirsiDynix where he helps predict the future of libraries, technology and user behavior. He has been VP of Corporate Development for Micromedia ProQuest and Publisher Electronic Information for Thomson. He has run libraries for Suncor, Coopers & Lybrand, Smith Lyons Torrance Stevenson and Mayer and The Hay Group. Stephen has been listed by Library Journal as a "Mover and Shaker", one of the key people influencing the future of libraries and librarianship. He has been awarded SLA's John Cotton Dana Award as well as being a Fellow of the SLA. He was Canadian Special Librarian of the Year and Alumni of the Year for the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto. He is an adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Information Studies. Stephen gives well over 50 international keynote talks annually to library and information industry conferences and articles and columns for, among others, Information Outlook, Feliciter, Multimedia & Internet @ Schools, and Library Journal. Recently he has enjoyed a few radio and television appearances promoting libraries. _______________________________________________________________________________ Sangeeta Kaul Network Manager DELNET-Developing Library Network Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Nelson Mandela Road Vasant Kunj New Delhi-110070 Tel: 91-11-26742222, 32471010, 32471002, 32471011 Fax: 91-11-26741122 Email: sangs@delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003@yahoo.co.in, sangskaul@gmail.com Web : www.delnet.nic.in ________________________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.