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BOSTON – Jonathan Zittrain, co-founder, director, and faculty chair, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, will be a featured speaker, along with °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±app () President Sari Feldman and other leadership, in a discussion on how library professionals can further emphasize the critical value of libraries to decision-makers and influencers.

In his remarks, Zittrain will focus on the work at Harvard’s Library Innovation Lab on developing new concepts, services and tools for libraries. Educating decision makers and influencers about such innovation is an important part of policy advocacy for the library community from the local to international levels.

The other panelists will talk about the context, connecting Zittrain’s presentation to the recently launched Libraries Transform public awareness campaign and other relevant initiatives and activities and provide further texture from their personal and varied experience.

“Creativity, Innovation and Change: Libraries Transform in the Digital Age!” takes place from 1 - 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center, Room 153 AB during the 's Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits. Zittrain will be joined by President Sari Feldman, President-Elect Julie Todaro, and Alan S. Inouye, Director of ’s Office for Information Technology Policy.

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