The University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science, School of Government, and the Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists (SCOSAA) invite you to attend the ESOPI²* public symposium held on January 30, 2015 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. The event is titled, “Public Information Stewardship: A 360° View." Topics for the day include emerging issues in public information management, changes in techniques for citizen engagement, necessary skills for a modern record-keeping workforce, and border-crossing collaborations between state archives to address electronic record preservation.

The symposium will be held on UNC's campus at the Frank Porter Graham Student Union, room 3411. The general registration fee is $50. This charge covers attendance of all lectures, continental breakfast, hot lunch, and snacks. The student registration fee is $25 for students who will be eating lunch at the event.  For students not eating lunch at the event, the registration fee is $15.  Visit http://tinyurl.com/l4p5egh for more information and to register.

Public officials, archivists, records managers, librarians, and other data professionals face challenging issues with public information stewardship. Because of the growing importance of collaboration between subject-matter experts and public servants when tackling issues of information management, nearly everyone has become a steward of public information. Stewards must appreciate the varying interests involved in public information collection and preservation as well as continue educating themselves and attaining new skills that are required in such a fast-changing professional environment. This symposium will address many issues that the modern public information steward faces on a daily basis.

Experts sharing their knowledge and experience in a series of presentations and panel sessions include (but are not limited to):