The Global Dimensions of Scholarship and Research Libraries:
A Forum on the Future
R. David Thomas Center, Duke University
December 5-7, 2012
December 5, 2012
1:00 pm Welcome
Introductions, Background, Overview, Goals
Deborah Jakubs, Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs, Duke University
1:30 – 2:30 pm American Scholarship and the Global Turn
Charles Kurzman, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Discussion paper)
Seteney Shami, Program Director, Middle East, North Africa, Inter- Asia, Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
2:30 – 3:15 pm Discussion
3:15 – 3:45 pm The New Global Information Pipeline
Bernard Reilly, President, Center for Research Libraries (CRL) (Discussion paper)
3:45 – 4:15 pm Provocations and Irritations for the Globalized Research Library
Dan Hazen, Associate Librarian of Harvard College for Collection Development, Harvard University (Discussion paper)
4:15 – 5:00 pm Discussion
5:00 – 5:30 pm Concluding remarks
Gilbert Merkx, Professor of the Practice of Sociology and Director of International and Area Studies, Duke University (Discussion paper)
5:30 – 6:30 pm Break
6:30 – 7:30 pm Reception – The Washington Duke Inn
Hosted by Duke’s Office of the Provost, The Office of Global and Strategic Programs (OGSP), and the Center for International Studies (DUCIS)
Welcome -- Peter Lange, Provost, Duke University
7:30 – 9:30 pm Dinner – The Washington Duke Inn
"If My Library Had the Book, Sir..." Scholarship, Collaboration and Imbalance in the "Global" Academy
Laurie Patton, Dean, Arts & Sciences, Duke University
December 6, 2012
8:00 – 8:30 am Continental breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 am Unequal Pairings: Haves and Have-Nots Conjoined to Support Research
James Nye, Bibliographer for Southern Asia, University of Chicago, and Director, Digital South Asia Library (DSAL)
9:30 – 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 – 10:15 am Break
10:30 - 11:30 am Perspectives from the Field
Charles Hale, Director, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Steve Wheatley, Vice President, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Betsy Wilson, Dean of Libraries, University of Washington
11:30 –12:15 pm Small group discussions on themes, challenges, outcomes
12:30 – 1:30 pm Working lunch in small groups
1:45 – 2:45 pm Summary discussion and next steps
3:00 pm Adjourn
December 7, 2012
8:30 – 12:30 Steering group convenes