Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI) is an organization representing all academic libraries in accredited non-profit institutions of higher education in Indiana. Included among the 72 ALI members are major research libraries, law and medical libraries, theological school libraries, and many undergraduates libraries.

ALI was established in 2003 to:

• Support economic development in Indiana
• Promote collaboration, innovation, preservation, and resource sharing
• Maintain resources for improving teaching, learning, research and service
• Improve Indiana's information infrastructure

You are invited and encouraged to take part in the ALI Annual Meeting, May 10, 2012 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EDT) at the Indiana Wesleyan University, Indianapolis, Precedent Office Park: http://g.co/maps/9vqau. The program presenters will be all of us! Unlike recent years, there will be no keynote speaker. Instead, the program will focus upon discussions among ALI members about collections, space, staffing and scholarly communication. The background for our conversations will be The Education Advisory Board/University Leadership Council's report "Redefining the Academic Library: Managing the Migration to Digital Information Services" available at http://goo.gl/8qD9R

Prior to the meeting, you are heartily encouraged to read this report and examine the guiding questions, "Understanding Your Current Practice." Beyond the anticipated fruitful conversations among ALI members, we hope that issues and ideas will emerge that can inform an impending revision of ALI's Strategic Plan and guide ALI's definition and development.

John Lamborn (Wabash College) chairs the Annual Meeting Planning Committee assisted by Arthur Hafner (Ball State), Brenda Johnson (Indiana, Bloomington), David Lewis (IUPUI), and David Peter (Vincennes).

More information about this meeting, including the agenda, is available on the ALI Calendar page.

This story and more availble in the April 2012 Update to ALI Member Libraries.