The Future of the Academic Library - A Symposium McMaster University

Opening remarks for The Future of the Academic Library Symposium, 2011, held at McMaster University, Ron Joyce Centre.

A panel consisting of McMaster Faculty.

Moderated by: Dr. Stefan Sinclair, Associate Professor, Communication Studies and Multimedia, McMaster University.

Presenters:
-Business - Brian Detlor, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Information Systems) & Director (Ph.D. Program in Business Administration), DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
-Science - Joseph Kim, Assistant Professor, Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University
-Social Sciences - Jim Dunn, CIHR-PHAC Chair in Applied Public Health and Associate Professor, Department of Health, Aging & Society, McMaster University
-Humanities - Dr. Ken Cruikshank, Chair & Associate Professor, Department of History, McMaster University

Reflecting upon an eclectic career of nearly four decades, the speaker will both explore how the worlds of art, music, and literature can serve as inspirations for leadership and move on to discuss the roles that risk, vision, culture, strategy, ambiguity, improvisation, and opportunity play in the practice of leadership.