[Eril-l] Invitation to ATG Trendspotting Webinar (June 19) + Trend Storm (Online Submission)

[Beth Bernhardt]

*Announcing the new ATG Trendspotting Initiative!*



Building last year’s FuturesLab, the Charleston Conference invites broad
participation in our new ATG Trendspotting Initiative, a community-engaged
process for cooperatively and collaboratively exploring social, policy,
economic, technology, and educational trends and forecasting the impacts of
these trends on scholarly communication, publishing, and academic libraries.


https://www.charlestonlibraryconference.com/video/webinars/atg-
trendspotting/



*Join the Webinar and Submit your Trend Storm!*



ATG Trendspotting kicks off with a free webinar on June 19, 11 am-12 pm
PT/12-1 pm MT/1-2 pm CT/2-3 pm ET.  Learn about the initiative and how you
can participate as a Trend Storm nominator, Trend Lab participant at the
Charleston Conference, and/or Trend Texts contributor to the annual essay
compendium. Webinar speakers will include Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Project
Director and Trend Lab Leader, as well as Katina Strauch and Leah Hinds of
the Charleston Conference.


Register for the webinar at https://www.anymeeting.com/
AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=ED55D880894D31



The webinar will be recorded and made available for later viewing.



Already ready to submit to the Trend Storm and/or nominate yourself to
participate in the Trend Lab at the Charleston Conference? Fill out this
form by July 20 - https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1183232.  You can submit a
Trend Storm even if you are unable to attend the Charleston Conference so
don’t let travel be a barrier to participation!



*Want to know more about ATG Trendspotting?* Keep reading!



We envision:

·       Producing a vetted listing of social, policy, economic, technology,
and educational trends by means of the *Trend Storm*.

·       Hosting a *Trend Lab* forum at the Charleston Conference on the
potential impacts of the trends on the information industry with a small
group of nominated/invited participants.

·       Presenting a *Trend Talk* panel at the Charleston conference
sharing the results of the Trend Lab discussion and soliciting further
input.

·       Publishing *Trend Texts*, a set of short essays summarizing the
trends, forecasting the impact of the trends on the information industry,
synthesizing the discussion at the Charleston Conference, and assessing the
speed, depth, and desirability of the coming changes.

·       Offering a spring 2019 *Trendspotting *webinar sharing summary of
process and kicking off the next round of trend identification.



*Still have questions?*



Contact Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Project Director and Trend Lab Leader, at
ljanicke at illinois.edu.



Beth R. Bernhardt
Assistant Dean for Collection Management and Scholarly Communications
University Libraries
University of North Carolina Greensboro
PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402
336-256-1210
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