October 25–26, 2018 • Chicago, Illinois, USA
Libraries are continuously evolving to meet changing community needs. Ongoing demands and opportunities—driven by technology advancements, data overload, heightened institutional complexities, and user preferences—make keeping pace difficult, and getting and staying ahead even more so. But what if you changed your frame of reference, and focused instead on leading change? Join fellow OCLC member leaders to discuss how we can move beyond incremental progress and instead change the game, transforming not only libraries, but communities. Together we will share ideas and experiences that dramatically expand the boundaries of librarianship.
Technology & innovation
From evolution to revolution
Chart a dramatically different course
Spaces & resources
From collections to connections
Redefine your library’s delivery
Analytics & data
From what we count to what counts
Measure outcomes versus activity
Public purpose
From allies to advocates
Become indispensable to your community
We hope you’ll join us for this exciting event held in the heart of downtown Chicago. The active two-day agenda was designed for attendees representing all library types and will feature thought leaders from within and outside of the library community, including library colleagues and OCLC leadership. Learn from our featured keynote speakers:
This is your opportunity to connect with fellow library leaders to share ideas, learnings, and insights.
This conference was created especially for current and emerging library leaders across all library types—academic and research, public, special, and others. Programming and discussions are centered on library leadership’s opportunity to change the game, both today and into the future. Librarians and staff with these titles and areas of focus will benefit from this meeting:
We welcome all staff members from OCLC member libraries who would like to join this strategic discussion around changing the game.
Please direct questions about event participation to oclcevents@oclc.org.
The programming and agenda at ARC18 are led by a Program Committee of respected leaders from the Americas Regional Council, which spans all library types. We sincerely appreciate their expertise and partnership:
Jennifer Bowen
Associate Dean, University of Rochester
Constantia Constantinou
The H. Carton Rogers III, Vice Provost and Director of the Penn Libraries
Pilar Martinez
Chief Executive Officer, Edmonton Public Library
Kendal Orrison
Director, Resource Sharing Alliance NFP
Antoinette Pinder-Darling
Cataloguing Librarian, The University of The Bahamas
Debbie Schachter
University Librarian, Capilano University
All OCLC member libraries within the Americas region—Canada, United States, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and South America—are part of the OCLC Americas Regional Council (ARC). All members are encouraged to attend member meetings and community activities, to share insights through various member forums and channels, and to participate in elections and governance. Learn more about ARC and OCLC governance.