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Cindy Shirkey

East Carolina University
Head of Collection Development
Greenville, North Carolina
Cindy Shirkey is the Collection Development Librarian for the Humanities at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.  She received her M.A. in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.S.L.I.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 
Tuesday, November 7
 

12:30pm EST

Publishers are not the enemy: A workshop on publishers and libraries cooperating with e-books for mutual benefit Ashley Room, Courtyard Marriott HotelJohn Lavender • Jackie Ricords • Chris Box • Jill Emery • Amy Filiatreau • Steven Harris • Kate Hill • Ryan Johnson • Rick Misra • Kari Paulson • Elizabeth Siler • Andrew Smith • Charles Watkinson
 
Wednesday, November 8
 

8:30am EST

Welcome and Opening Remarks Performance Hall, Gaillard Center

8:35am EST

21st Century Academic Library: The promise, the plan, a response. Performance Hall, Gaillard CenterGlenda Alvin • Loretta Parham

9:15am EST

Cynthia Graham Hurd Memorial Scholarship Award Presentation Performance Hall, Gaillard Center

9:20am EST

The Future of Print in Open Stacks: a Proposal Performance Hall, Gaillard CenterJim O'Donnell

9:30am EST

Technology and Platforms: What's On the Horizon Performance Hall, Gaillard CenterAnthony Watkinson • Georgios Papadopoulos

10:20am EST

Publication Ethics, Today’s Challenges: Navigating and Combating Questionable Practices Grand Ballroom 2, Gaillard CenterRamune Kubilius • Barbara A. Epstein • Jenny Lunn • Duncan MacRae • Jayne Marks

11:35am EST

Approval Plans: An Apology Grand Ballroom 1, Gaillard CenterPamela Grudzien • Rick Lugg • Bob Nardini

12:45pm EST

A Little EBA’ll Do Ya: How EBA is Driving Changes to eBook purchasing Salon I, Gaillard CenterCambridge University Press • Apryl Price • Anna Sansome • Nathan Turner

2:30pm EST

Don’t Stop the Presses! Study of Short-Term Return on Investment on Print Books Purchased under Different Acquisition Modes Salon II, Gaillard CenterCandace Lebel • Maria Savova

3:30pm EST

Transforming Textbook Affordability: A Library and Vendor Collaboration Grand Ballroom 3, Gaillard CenterEvelyn Elias • Athena Hoeppner • Ying Zhang
 
Thursday, November 9
 

8:35am EST

Bringing Your Physical Books to Digital Learners via the Open Library Project Grand Ballroom, Gaillard CenterAnn Okerson • Brewster Kahle

9:15am EST

ABC-Clio Vicky Speck Leadership Award Grand Ballroom, Gaillard Center

9:20am EST

All the Robots are Coming! The Promise and the Peril of AI Grand Ballroom, Gaillard CenterHeather Staines • Peter Brantley • Elizabeth Caley • Ian Mulvany • Ruth Pickering

10:20am EST

Open Access Monographs: Promise or Bust? Grand Ballroom 1, Gaillard CenterHeather Staines • Erich van Rijn • Dean Smith • Frank Smith • Rebecca Welzenbach

12:45pm EST

The Past is Prologue: Telling our Stories about Textbook Affordability Programs Colonial Ballroom, Francis Marion HotelSerin Anderson • Jeanne Hoover • Suzan Parker • Cindy Shirkey

2:30pm EST

Expanding Spaces: The Rosemont Shared Print Alliance and Supra-Consortial Collaboration Grand Ballroom 1, Gaillard CenterRebecca Crist • Geneva Henry • Ben Walker

3:30pm EST

Aligning Our Books To Our Patrons Grand Ballroom 3, Gaillard CenterErika L. Johnson • Glenn Johnson-Grau • Rice Majors Working 'Inside-out': Transforming a Collections Department Salon II, Gaillard CenterMartha Kelehan

4:45pm EST

Charleston Premiers: Five Minute Previews of the New and Noteworthy Grand Ballroom, Gaillard CenterTrey Shelton