Abilene Christian University
Abilene, Texas
Thursday, July 17 through Saturday, July 19


Thursday, July 17

6:00 p.m.  Dinner

7:30 p.m.  Welcome & Reception in the ACU Learning Commons
Leadership:  Mark Tucker, Abilene Christian University


Friday, July 18

8:30 a.m.  Devotional: Insights from Henri Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus
Leadership: Dan Bowell, Taylor University

9:00 a.m.  Session 1:  "Staying ahead of the future":  Gaining insight from "strategic foresight"
Leadership:  Rod Vliet, Biola University

10:00 a.m.  Break

10:30 a.m. Session 2:  Nouwen & Senge's "Shared Vision" (from Fifth Discipline): Comparative insights on founding and nurturing a common vision for a changing environment
Leadership:  Ted Goshulak, Trinity Western University

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.:  Lunch break

1:30 p.m.   Session 3:  A discussion of recent LibQual+ experiences and implications for library assessment and service
Leadership:  Sharon Bull, Northwest Nazarene University and Merrill Johnson, George Fox University

2:30 p.m.:  Break

3:00 p.m.:  Session 4:  Staffing for change: New and revised job descriptions, education, and (re-)training for the dynamic information environment.
Leadership: Frank Quinn, Point Loma Nazarene University

4:15 p.m.:  "Palaver and Potation":  (open discussion and a phone conversation with P. Paul Snezek, Jr., in honor of whom the Institute is named)
 
5:30 p.m.:  Dinner -- "A Taste of West Texas"


Saturday, July 19

8:30 a.m.  Devotional: More Insights from Nouwen
Leadership: John Murray, Westmont College

9:15 a.m.  Session 5:  "Collections in transition, transience, and tumult"
Leadership: Dan Bowell, Taylor University

10:15 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. Session 6:  "Succeeding ourselves":  Cultivating future leadership in our libraries
Leadership:  Mary Habermas, John Brown University and Jane Hopkins, Greenville College

12:00 p.m.  Wrap-up

12:30 p.m.  Lunch

(Saturday afternoon excursion opportunities will be provided.)