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WT’s Cornette Library to Host Statewide Virtual Conference
Copy by Chip Chandler, 806-651-2124, cchandler@wtamu.edu
CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University’s Cornette Library will virtually host librarians from across the state for an upcoming conference.
The Texas A&M University System Virtual Library Conference will run June 8 and 9. For the second year, it will be held virtually.
Employees from all TAMUS libraries will attend to share expertise, create new connections, grow professionally and solve problems collaboratively.
Cornette staff members scheduled to present during the conference include Shawna Kennedy-Witthar, Beth Vizzini, Taylor Fairweather-Leitch, Sidnye Johnson, Tanya Sorenson and Kelly Hoppe, who also serves as chair of the conference’s planning committee. Mark McKnight is on the conference’s social media committee.
A presentation entitled “Library Science and Dynamic Achievement” will open the conference, to be given by Dr. Jillian Yarbrough, Virginia Engler Professor of Business Management; Dr. David Howe, assistant professor of management; and Dr. Rahul Chauhan, assistant professor of management.
Dr. Neil Terry, provost and executive vice president of academic affairs, will welcome attendees to the conference with Kennedy-Witthar, Cornette director of information and library resources.
Among the scheduled presentations are an examination of the future of libraries in a post-pandemic world; open education resources; the collaboration between academic and public libraries; and more.
Cornette Library’s intellectual resources are a key way WT will live up to its long-term plan, WT 125: From the Panhandle to the World.
About West Texas A&M University
WT is located in Canyon, Texas, on a 342-acre residential campus. Established in 1910, the University has been part of The Texas A&M University System since 1990. With enrollment of more than 10,000, WT offers 60 undergraduate degree programs, 40 master’s degrees and two doctoral degrees. The University is also home to the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, the largest history museum in the state and the home of one of the Southwest’s finest art collections. The Buffaloes are a member of the NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference and offers 15 men’s and women’s athletics programs.
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