Annual Lazerow Lecture to be Held April 7
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 26, 2008) − Martin Dillon, independent
technology consultant and former senior official at Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), will
deliver the annual Lazerow Lecture Monday, April 7, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Niles Gallery on
the first floor of the Lucille Little
Fine Arts Library and Learning Center. OCLC is the world's largest research and library
services enterprise.
Dillon's lecture, which is sponsored by the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science, is titled "The Evolving Web and the Changing Role of Information Providers." All members of the UK community and the general public are welcome to attend.
From 1970 to 1985, Dillon held a joint appointment on the faculty of the School of Information and Library Science and the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where his research and teaching focused on topics in library automation and information retrieval. Previously, he was a research scientist at Research Analysis Corporation and a member of the faculty of the English department and computer science department at UK.
He went to OCLC as a Visiting Distinguished Scholar in 1985 and in 1986 became director of its Office of Research followed by director of the Library Resources Management Division. In January 1997 he became the first executive director of the OCLC Institute, where he led the institute in forging new ways to facilitate the evolution of libraries through advanced educational opportunities.
He is now consulting editor for Scarecrow Press and operates a private consulting company. Dillon is a prolific author on a wide range of topics in automation and information retrieval. He earned his doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1967, and a bachelor's degree from Canisius College in 1961.
The Lazerow Lecture series is sponsored by Thomson ISI in Philadelphia, a division of Thomson Scientific. The series honors the work of Samuel Lazerow, a federal librarian for 25 years and a vice president of ISI at the time of his death in 1981. ISI produces and distributes databases of citations to scientific and scholarly journals, such as the Science Citation Index.
For further information, contact Lousetta Carlson, administrative assistant with the School of Library and Information Science at (859) 257-8876, or Timothy W. Sineath, professor and director of the School of Library and Information Science at (859) 257-8100.
Dillon's lecture, which is sponsored by the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science, is titled "The Evolving Web and the Changing Role of Information Providers." All members of the UK community and the general public are welcome to attend.
From 1970 to 1985, Dillon held a joint appointment on the faculty of the School of Information and Library Science and the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where his research and teaching focused on topics in library automation and information retrieval. Previously, he was a research scientist at Research Analysis Corporation and a member of the faculty of the English department and computer science department at UK.
He went to OCLC as a Visiting Distinguished Scholar in 1985 and in 1986 became director of its Office of Research followed by director of the Library Resources Management Division. In January 1997 he became the first executive director of the OCLC Institute, where he led the institute in forging new ways to facilitate the evolution of libraries through advanced educational opportunities.
He is now consulting editor for Scarecrow Press and operates a private consulting company. Dillon is a prolific author on a wide range of topics in automation and information retrieval. He earned his doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1967, and a bachelor's degree from Canisius College in 1961.
The Lazerow Lecture series is sponsored by Thomson ISI in Philadelphia, a division of Thomson Scientific. The series honors the work of Samuel Lazerow, a federal librarian for 25 years and a vice president of ISI at the time of his death in 1981. ISI produces and distributes databases of citations to scientific and scholarly journals, such as the Science Citation Index.
For further information, contact Lousetta Carlson, administrative assistant with the School of Library and Information Science at (859) 257-8876, or Timothy W. Sineath, professor and director of the School of Library and Information Science at (859) 257-8100.