Bridging the Spectrum: A Symposium on Scholarship and Practice in Library and Information Science offers a knowledge-sharing forum and meeting place for practitioners, students, and faculty in Library and Information Sciences and Services.

  • 2026: 18th Annual Symposium

    The 18th annual Bridging the Spectrum symposium will be held on Friday, March 6, 2026. The keynote speaker this year is Laura Brower Hagood, executive director of the DC History Center.

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  • 2025: 17th Annual Symposium

    The 17th annual Bridging the Spectrum symposium will be held on Friday, April 11, 2025.

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  • 2024: 16th Annual Symposium

    The 16th annual Bridging the Spectrum symposium will be held virtually Friday, March 1, 2024.

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  • 2023: 15th Annual Symposium

    To celebrate its 15th event, the 2023 Bridging the Spectrum Symposium will be hosted in April 2023 as a virtual panel discussion with invited panelists. Please stay tuned for more details of the event.

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  • 2022: 14th Annual Symposium

    Jeremy J. Myntti (Interim Associate Dean, Collections and Scholarly Communication, at the University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library) will deliver the keynote address.

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  • 2021: 13th Annual Symposium

    Richard Reyes-Gavilan was the keynote speaker.

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  • 2020: 12th Annual Symposium

    Janet Crowther delivered the keynote address.

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  • 2019: 11th Annual Symposium

    Mark Sweeney will deliver the keynote address.

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  • 2018: Tenth Annual Symposium

    This year's keynote address was delivered by Alan Inouye, Director of Public Policy for the American Library Association.

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  • 2017: Ninth Annual Symposium

    Stephen Robertson, Professor and Director, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, delivered the keynote address.

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  • 2016: Eighth Annual Symposium

    Valerie Gross, President and CEO, Howard County Library System, delivered the keynote address.

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  • 2015: Seventh Annual Symposium

    Mary Alice Baish, Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office, delivered the keynote address.

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  • 2014: Sixth Annual Symposium

    Michael Edson, Director, Web & New Media Strategies, The Smithsonian Institution, delivered the keynote address.

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  • 2013: Fifth Annual Symposium

    Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet and American Life Project, delivered the keynote address.

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  • 2012: Fourth Annual Symposium

    Maureen Sullivan, President-elect, American Library Association, delivered the keynote address.

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  • 2011: Third Annual Symposium

    Ann M. Martin, Educational Specialist Library Information Services Henrico County Public Schools Past President, American Association of School Libraries, delivered the keynote address.

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  • 2010: Second Annual Symposium

    Roberta Stevens, President-elect of the American Library Association, delivered the keynote address.

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  • 2009: First Annual Symposium

    Jim Rettig, President, American Library Association, delivered the keynote address.

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