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The 27th Annual Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference will take place on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at the Continuing Education and Conference Center on the Saint Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota. Our keynote speaker is Amanda Moran, Senior Market Analyst for Outsell, Inc.
The 27th Annual Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference will take place on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at the Continuing Education and Conference Center on the Saint Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota. Our keynote speaker is Amanda Moran, Senior Market Analyst for Outsell, Inc.
In a tailored keynote for our conference, Amanda will share "Navigating the Future: Exceeding Stakeholder Demands." Library professionals looking forward into 2018 face uncertainty and challenges on a number of fronts, including budget constraints, tough negotiations, evolving roles, emerging products and technologies, space issues, and engaging with distant end-users. This presentation will identify the key marketplace trends driving today's changing paradigms of library services, along with a roadmap for stakeholder alignment and success.
In her role at Outsell, Amanda focuses on the most critical issues and trends affecting libraries and information managers. She advises the profession as well as senior executives in the publishing and aggregation communities serving the library sector. Amanda analyzes library best practices, emerging technologies, library market size and content spending, and the patterns of enterprise purchasing. Amanda has previously held roles at Pearson, Stanford University Press, and Gale, with experience that spans content strategy, product development, business development, and market intelligence.
Registration information along with the day's full agenda will be sent out in early March.
