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Librarians face the challenge of adapting services and technologies to new generations of users. Each new group expects that their attitudes and beliefs about technology, privacy, and a host of other issues will be served. How can these desires of tomorrow reconcile with the technology of today. Science fiction and Fantasy literature have often served as a method for examining these generational expectations, viewing them as resulting in anything from peaceful co-existence and fraught conflict. Join LITA, the Imagineering Interest Group, and Tor Books as a panel of Science Fiction and Fantasy authors discuss how their work can help explain and bridge these generational gaps, as well as what it takes for a literary work to gain crossover appeal for both youth and adults. This year's line up is slated to include: Cory Doctorow, Annalee Newitz, V.E. Schwab and Susan Dennard.
Meeting Type: Program
Content Area: Books & Authors
Interests: Technology
Type of Library: Academic, Consortium, Library School, Nonprofit, Public, Regional System, School/Media Center
Sponsors: LITA
Cost: Included with full conference registration.
Open/Close: Open
Thomas Allen
University Archivist
University of Texas at Dallas
Cory Doctorow
Author of Adult and YA fiction
Annalee Newitz
Author and founder of i09
V.E. Schwab
Author of adult and YA fiction
Susan Dennard
Bestselling author of YA fiction