My ALA Schedule (looks like a train wreck)
What a horribly over-crowded schedule, I’ve got ‘em four and five deep in some places (obviously, I won’t make it to everything on this list). Details below the fold…
“**” means I have to be at the event (I think there are no double-asterisk conflicts)
| **1. | Incoming ALA Committee Chair Orientation Date: 6/22/2006 4:30 PM — 8:00 PM Location:Hilton New Orleans Riverside room: Napoleon BR Meeting Type: Open Description: |
| 2. | LITA Blog Room — MCC 274 (8-6 daily) Date: 6/23/2006 8:00 AM — 6:00 PM Location: Meeting Type: No information Description:LITA Blog Room — MCC 274 (8-6 daily) |
| 3. | Contracting for Content in a Digital World Date: 6/23/2006 8:30 AM — 2:30 PM Location:Wyndham room: Azalea I Meeting Type: Open Description:Pre-Conf |
| 4. | Taking Your Library Liaison Program to The Next Level: Strategies for Outreach and Integration Date: 6/23/2006 8:30 AM — 4:30 PM Location:New Orleans Marriott room: Balcony M-N Meeting Type: Open Description:Pre-Conf |
| **5. | OITP Advisory Committee Meeting Date: 6/23/2006 9:00 AM — 4:00 PM Location:Hilton Garden Inn room: Woodward B/C Meeting Type: Open |
| **6. | OITP Telcom Workshop Planning meeting — room in the convention center Date: 6/23/2006 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM Location: Meeting Type: No information |
| 7. | Advocacy Institute Date: 6/23/2006 12:00 PM — 5:30 PM Location:Astor Crowne Plaza room: Grand BR C Meeting Type: Open |
| 8. | Federated Searching: How Do We Teach It? Date: 6/23/2006 1:00 PM — 4:30 PM Location:New Orleans Marriott room: Balcony I-K Meeting Type: Open Description: Pre-Conf? |
| 9. | Preparedness Matters - Planning for a Disaster: A Mini Workshop Date: 6/23/2006 1:30 PM — 5:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 271-72 Meeting Type: Open Description: Pre-Conf? |
| 10. | Legislative Advocacy Summit - cosponsored by COL, Legislation Assembly Date: 6/23/2006 3:30 PM — 5:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 277 |
| **11. | OITP Copyright Subcommittee Meeting I Date: 6/23/2006 4:00 PM — 5:30 PM Location:Hilton New Orleans Riverside room: Chequers |
| **12. | ALA Interns Dinner — Cajun Cabin 503 Bourbon St ALA shuttle bus — get off at Royal Sonesta Hotel Date: 6/23/2006 5:00 PM — 7:00 PM |
| 13. | MARS Happy Hour Date: 6/23/2006 5:30 PM — 7:30 PM Location:Off Site - OS - Pat O’Briens, 718 Saint Peter St. , June 23, 2006, 5:30-7:30 p.m., for more information visit the RUSA Webpage at www.ala.org/rusa, and go to Events for Annual Conference. |
| **14. | NMRT Meet & Greet (Renaissance Pere Marquette) Date: 6/23/2006 7:30 PM — 8:30 PM |
| 15. | LITA Electronic Resource Management I. G. — MCC—Rm 298–299 Date: 6/23/2006 7:30 PM — 9:00 PM |
| Sat | |
| 16. | NMRT Conference Orientation Date: 6/24/2006 8:00 AM — 10:00 AM Location:Sheraton New Orleans Hotel room: Napoleon BR C3 Meeting Type: Open |
| 17. | RUSA Open House and All-Committee Meeting Date: 6/24/2006 8:00 AM — 10:00 AM Location:Astor Crowne Plaza room: Grand BR D |
| 18. | WO Update Session - Overview of hot federal legislative and policy issues affecting libraries. Date: 6/24/2006 8:00 AM — 10:00 AM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 242 |
| 19. | Board Meeting Date: 6/24/2006 8:30 AM — 12:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 238-239 |
| 20. | Free eReserves: Saving Money, Saving Time, and Expanding Services with Open Source Software Date: 6/24/2006 8:30 AM — 10:00 AM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 291 |
| 21. | So You Want To Be A Reviewer? Date: 6/24/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:New Orleans Marriott room: LaGalerie 5 Meeting Type: Open Description:Any librarians who are reviewers or are interested in the process of reviewing should attend this program. The program will provide information on the latest Guidelines for Reviewers created by the Materials Reviewing Committee of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section. The speakers will be experienced fiction and non-fiction reviewers, and editors of review journals. |
| 22. | The Copyright Office comes to ALA Date: 6/24/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Sheraton New Orleans Hotel room: Napoleon BR B1/B2 Meeting Type: Open Description:Attorney Mary Rasenberger of the U.S. Copyright Office specializing in library related concerns address real life copyright issues and their impact on libraries. Issues discussed will include fair use, copyright term extension, Digital Millennium Act, and others as appropriate. There will also be a demonstration of the Copyright Office web site to show how you may use it to answer some of your questions. |
| 23. | ALTA Opening Session-”Show Me the Money: Marketing Your Library To Stakeholders for Maximum Impact ( and cash!)” Date: 6/24/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Sheraton New Orleans Hotel room: Grand BR B |
| 24. | Ex Libris Unveils Primo Seminar Date: 6/24/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Hilton New Orleans Riverside room: Jasperwood |
| 25. | Hot Topics Discussion Group [RUSA?] Date: 6/24/2006 10:30 AM — 12:30 PM Location:Sheraton New Orleans Hotel room: Grand BR A |
| 26. | Imagineering Interest Group Date: 6/24/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Loews New Orleans room: Lykes Boardroom |
| **27. | Membership Committee I Date: 6/24/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 290 |
| 28. | PTDLA - What Business Reference Librarians Need to Know About Intellectual Property Date: 6/24/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 294 Meeting Type: Open Description:Overview of key resources for patents, trademark, copyright and trade secrets, both online and print; tracking business trends with patents; protection of business identity with trademarks; partnering with your community - SBDA, SCORE, SKEDD, etc. |
| 29. | EBSCO Academic Database Luncheon #1 Date: 6/24/2006 12:00 PM — 1:30 PM Location:Marriott New Orleans Conv. Ctr. room: Crescent A-C |
| 30. | EBSCO ACADEMIC DATABASE LUNCHEON #2 Date: 6/24/2006 12:00 PM — 1:30 PM Location:Marriott New Orleans Conv. Ctr. room: River Bend BR |
| 31. | EBSCO ACADEMIC DATABASE LUNCHEON #3 Date: 6/24/2006 12:00 PM — 1:30 PM Location:Marriott New Orleans Conv. Ctr. room: Crescent E/F |
| 32. | Business Reference in Academic Libraries Date: 6/24/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Hilton New Orleans Riverside room: Grand Salon 15 |
| 33. | Computer Industry Certifications for Librarians and Library Staff: A Good Idea? Date: 6/24/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 346-347 |
| 34. | OITP E-rate Task Force Forum Date: 6/24/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 253 |
| 35. | OCLC WebJunction Member Focus Group Meeting Date: 6/24/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Wyndham room: Magnolia I |
| 36. | Science Fiction: The Literature of Ideas Date: 6/24/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Hilton New Orleans Riverside room: Jefferson BR Meeting Type: Open Description:Three distinguished science fiction and fantasy authors-Jane Lindskold, Fred Saberhagen, and Vernor Vinge-will discuss the visionary nature of their craft, how speculative literature suggests new ideas and technologies, and the possible impacts these developments could have on society in the future. The discussion will be followed by a short meeting for Imagineering Interest Group members and those interested in joining. |
| 37. | The Ultimate Debate: Who Controls The Future of Search Date: 6/24/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 388-390 Meeting Type: Open Description:Be it resolved that the future of search will occur without library influence. Will libraries continue their vital role in the evolution of search, or will we be left in the dust by Google and their ilk? You won’t want to miss this provocative debate on the future of library influence on search technology. Come and be a part of this ultimate debate, sponsored by the LITA Internet Resources Interest Group |
| 38. | Use What They Own, Go Where They Are: Plugging the Library into Student Gadgets and Habitats Date: 6/24/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 393 Meeting Type: Open Description:Today’s tech savvy students are all about innovative technology, using it for leisure, communication, and for information. Can university libraries be a part of their world? How can we use student gadgets such as the ipod, mp3s, PDAs and cell phones to connect students and faculty with information? This program will identify strategies for using student friendly technologies to connect with information resources and librarians. ACRL-ULS social and a poster session will follow the program. |
| **39. | Web Coordinating Committee Date: 6/24/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 337 |
| 40. | GrassRoots Advocacy Subcommittee Date: 6/24/2006 4:00 PM — 5:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 277 |
| 41. | Leadership Through Publication: Making a Difference With Scholarship Date: 6/24/2006 4:00 PM — 5:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 346-347 Meeting Type: Open Description:Publication is the standard by which scholars communicate with one another. This panel will explore how that scholarly process is used as a medium by which leaders project their influence despite geographical and temporal constraints. Particular emphasis will be placed on scholarship in librarianship and how emerging leaders and less experienced librarians can get involved in the scholarly process. |
| 42. | LITA Open House Date: 6/24/2006 4:00 PM — 5:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 260 |
| **43. | MEMBERSHIP MEETING I Date: 6/24/2006 4:00 PM — 5:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: La Nouvelle Orleans BR |
| 44. | Virtual Reference Discussion Group Date: 6/24/2006 4:00 PM — 6:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 271-72 |
| **45. | LITA Happy Hour — The Wolfe Restaurant located in the New Orleans Marriott at the Convention Center Date: 6/24/2006 5:30 PM — 7:30 PM Location: |
| **46. | A gathering for conference bloggers will take place in Leslie Burger’s Suite after the Scholarship Bash (from 10:30 pm to midnight). Date: 6/24/2006 10:30 PM — 11:55 PM Location: |
| Sun | |
| 47. | American Psychological Association - Librarian Roundtable Breakfast Date: 6/25/2006 8:00 AM — 10:00 AM Location:Royal Sonesta room: Regal Suite |
| 48. | Core Competencies in Library Technology: What IT is and where IT’s going. Date: 6/25/2006 8:00 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 398-399 Meeting Type: Open Description:This two hour program will identify trends in technology skills needed by today’s library staff. A panel representing public and academic libraries, large and small, will share approaches their libraries have taken to identifying and developing core competencies. Beyond technical competencies themselves, the panel will consider training and personnel issues, leveraging technology experts in and out of the library, and how librarians and staff can break into the growing library technology field. Meeting will follow. |
| 49. | E-rate Task Force Business Meeting Date: 6/25/2006 8:00 AM — 10:00 AM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 235-236 |
| 50. | Open Source Programs for the Reference Librarian: When your Budget is More Limited than your Vision Date: 6/25/2006 8:30 AM — 10:00 AM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 340-341 Description:This program will provide critical reviews, from a user and a system’s perspective of free open source programs that can assist reference librarians in offering innovative services. Included in this session are discussions about open source citation managers; a reference desk manager; Firefox and Firefox extension; a program that enables users to customize their own version of your library webpage; a program that helps manage web subject/reference guides; and an open source chat program. |
| **51. | LITA BIGWIG — MCC 274 Date: 6/25/2006 10:30 AM — 12:05 PM |
| **52. | Copyright Subcommittee Meeting II Date: 6/25/2006 10:30 AM — 12:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 235-236 |
| 53. | Internet Resources Interest Group Date: 6/25/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Marriott New Orleans Conv. Ctr. room: Fleur de lis |
| 54. | Jazz Up Your Teaching With Technology Date: 6/25/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 353-355 Meeting Type: Open Description:Are you ready to put some swing in your instruction? Learn about technologies that have been used successfully to enhance teaching and learning. See applications in action demonstrated by librarians who use them. Talk with vendors. Bring home ideas you you can use right away. |
| 55. | Podcasting the Classroom: Impact, Implications, and Implementations of Podcasting for Teaching and Learning Date: 6/25/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 386-387 Meeting Type: Open Description:Podcasting stormed into the social and cultural spheres as a revolutionary and disruptive application of some fairly simple and standard technologies that have enabled an entirely new model for distributing personalized and portable audio and video content. This program will explore how podcasts can translate into the educational sphere and the implications and opportunities for libraries to become more deeply engaged in the classroom enivronment through them. |
| 56. | Rethinking the Telecom Act: Implications and Opportunities for Libraries Date: 6/25/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 288-89 |
| 57. | Who’s Out There and What Are They Doing? Supporting the Independent User Date: 6/25/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 356-357 Meeting Type: Open Description:As more people rely on commercial internet portals, search services such as Google, or even electronic library resources, they frequently conduct research without direct assistance from librarians. This program provides information about these autonomous or independent users, including their characteristics, demographics, and information-seeking habits. It also explores concerns and questions about how and if libraries can continue to support users who operate in a digital environment without obtaining guidance from librarians, especially reference librarians. |
| 58. | Business Reference Services: International Business Information: Tips, Tools & Techniques Date: 6/25/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Loews New Orleans room: Louisana I |
| 59. | Refworks Lunch & Learn Date: 6/25/2006 11:30 AM — 1:00 PM Location:Hampton Inn & Suites Conv. Ctr. room: Riverside BR I |
| 60. | Ignored Too Long: The Benefits of Managing a Library with a Union Date: 6/25/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 242 Meeting Type: Open Description:This panel will examine library management fundamentals that union environments encourage or require ‑ like progressive discipline, documentation of performance, or involving library professionals in planning and discussions of change. The speakers (all well acquainted with library unions) will walk through the unexamined benefits to management practices that unions and union contracts tend to bring. |
| 61. | Leadership for Learning: Building a Culture of Teaching in Academic Libraries Date: 6/25/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 353-355 Meeting Type: Open Description:Teaching is at the heart of the academic enterprise, but only one of many responsibilities for the academic librarian. Given competing demands for time, how can we foster a “culture of t.eaching” in the library? This program brings together faculty development experts, instruction coordinators, and library administrators to discuss best practices for the professional development of librarians as teachers and to highlight successful teacher development initiatives in academic libraries. A poster session will follow |
| 62. | Medium-sized Academic Libraries Disc. Group Date: 6/25/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Marriott New Orleans Conv. Ctr. room: Natchez |
| **63. | Top Technology Trends [LITA?] Date: 6/25/2006 1:30 PM — 3:00 PM Location:Sheraton New Orleans Hotel room: Grand BR D/E Meeting Type: Open Description:This program features our ongoing roundtable discussion about trends and advances in library technology by a panel of LITA technology experts. The panelists will describe changes and advances in technology that they see having an impact on the library world, and suggest what libraries might do to take advantage of these trends. |
| 64. | Copyright (part of Advocacy Coordinating Com.) Date: 6/25/2006 2:30 PM — 4:30 PM Location:Sheraton New Orleans Hotel room: Grand BR C |
| 65. | Intellectual Freedom (part of Advocacy Coordinating Com.) Date: 6/25/2006 2:30 PM — 4:30 PM Location:Sheraton New Orleans Hotel room: Grand BR C |
| 66. | Marketing Academic and Research Libraries (part of Advocacy Coordinating Com.) Date: 6/25/2006 2:30 PM — 4:30 PM Location:Sheraton New Orleans Hotel room: Maurepas |
| **67. | Awards Reception [LITA?] Date: 6/25/2006 3:00 PM — 4:00 PM Location:Sheraton New Orleans Hotel room: Grand BR A/B |
| 68. | Catalog Transformed: From Traditional to Emerging Models of Use Date: 6/25/2006 4:00 PM — 5:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 295-296 Meeting Type: Open Description:Given the increasing Googlization of electronic resources in libraries, should the catalog, serial lists, and database lists be accessed through a single interface? If so, how will our users understand what they are getting? If not, what are the risks to users and librarians of maintaining separate systems for searching? We’ll discuss emerging models of catalog use, the consequences of maintaining separate systems, and how libraries are addressing the changing needs and expectations of users. |
| **69. | I’m Dancing As Fast As I Can: Building a Career When Personal Responsibilities Demand More of You Date: 6/25/2006 4:00 PM — 5:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 240-241 |
| 70. | LITA President’s Program: Internet culture: what do we know about user behavior? Date: 6/25/2006 4:00 PM — 5:00 PM Location:Sheraton New Orleans Hotel room: Grand BR D/E Meeting Type: Open Description:We’re here. Where are our users? What does research data tell us about the evolution of the internet and where we need to be? What is the impact of the internet on our library users’ behavior? How do we get our collections and services before them? |
| 71. | An Evening Reception with Ebook Library Date: 6/25/2006 6:30 PM — 8:30 PM Location:Omni Royal Orleans room: Royal Garden Terrace |
| **72. | Student Reception Date: 6/25/2006 6:30 PM — 7:30 PM Location:Sheraton New Orleans Hotel room: Napoleon BR B3 |
| **73. | 3M/NMRT Social Date: 6/25/2006 7:30 PM — 11:30 PM Location:Sheraton New Orleans Hotel room: Grand BR C Meeting Type: Open Description:A social will be held at the Annual Conference on Sunday, June 25, 2006. This program will recognize recepients of the 3M Professional Development Grant and to provide an opportunity for NMRT members to network with one another. The Social will also include a dance. Co-sponsored by 3M Library Systems. |
| **74. | previews “The Hollywood Librarian” documentary — MCC Auditorium Date: 6/25/2006 9:00 PM — 10:00 PM |
| Mon | |
| 75. | Ebook 3.0: The converging of the mobile lifestyle media platform Date: 6/26/2006 8:00 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 340-341 Meeting Type: Open Description:Come engage speakers from leading device, content conversion and content delivery vendors who will articulate their company view on the market and explain their business models going forward. This will be followed by a moderated discussion on the direction of electronic book delivery in its numerous forms. Finally attendees will have nearly an hour to pose questions directly to the panel on why and how a particular solution or product will be appropriate and realistically “deployable” by librarians in their libraries. |
| **76. | Membership Committee II Date: 6/26/2006 8:00 AM — 10:00 AM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 275 |
| 77. | Performance Issues for Reference and Information Librarians Date: 6/26/2006 8:00 AM — 10:00 AM Location:Hilton New Orleans Riverside room: Grand Salon 18 |
| 78. | Doing Information Literacy Differently: The View from Interdisciplinary Studies Date: 6/26/2006 8:00 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 271-72 |
| Mon | |
| 79. | Lex-Nex B’fast — Sheraton New Orleans Grand BR C Date: 6/26/2006 8:30 AM — 9:30 AM |
| 80. | Abuse is in the Eye of the Beholder: Managing Challenging Users in Chat Virtual Reference Date: 6/26/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 278-282 Meeting Type: Open Description:The silly, the naughty, the nasty. Each librarian has his or her own perceptions of appropriate behavior. “What are you wearing?” “Are you a man or a woman?” “Can you look up Uncle Egbert’s obituary from the ’80’s?” When are users expecting the impossible and when are librarians just behaving badly? Librarians representing public, academic, and multi-type cooperative service share experiences working in stressful encounters. Get practical advice on handling difficult users and managing staff. |
| 81. | ALCTS President’s Program: Information Overload and the Quality of Your Life: Can a New Environmental Movement Restore Balance? Date: 6/26/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 353-355 Meeting Type: Open Description:Both the accelerating pace of life and the amount of information we are expected to process trouble many of us. The keynote speaker will develop the notion of information environmentalism as a response to the torrent of 24/7 media and information that is upsetting the balance of our lives. Coping strategies, including preservation of space and time for reading, contemplation, and reflection, will be discussed. |
| 82. | COL Subcommittee on Telecommunications Date: 6/26/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 277 |
| 83. | Emerging Technology Interest Group Date: 6/26/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 275 |
| 84. | Library Consortia - Automated Systems Interest Group Date: 6/26/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 238-239 |
| **85. | Next Stop Blogging: Building a Professional Blog for your Library Date: 6/26/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 342 |
| 86. | The Long Tail: The Internet, Culture and the Mega-Store Date: 6/26/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 298-99 Meeting Type: Open Description:Speakers will discuss information commons and new strategies for libraries. |
| 87. | What to Do When the Feds Come A-Knocking: The Reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act and Librarians Date: 6/26/2006 10:30 AM — 12:00 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 295-296 Meeting Type: Open Description:Privacy is essential to the exercise of free speech, free thought, and free association. Given that, and the administrative and legal justifications why people need to prove who they are, when is enough, enough; when is too much, too much; and why should we care? Learn how to protect your privacy and confidentiality, how to educate yourself and others on why this protection is fundamental for maintaining a free society, and the implications for libraries. |
| **88. | MEMBERSHIP MEETING II Date: 6/26/2006 11:30 AM — 12:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: La Nouvelle Orleans BR |
| 89. | Copyright 101: Everything You Wanted to Know about Copyright But Were Afraid to Ask Date: 6/26/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Hilton New Orleans Riverside room: Belle Chasse Meeting Type: Open Description:Attendees can drop by anytime during this event. Topics will include: public performances in the classroom and elsewhere, electronic reserves (print and media), the “orphan works” report from the US Copyright Office, fair use, international copyright, the public domain, and pending legislation. |
| 90. | Endeavor Information Systems Endeavor Suite Date: 6/26/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:New Orleans Marriott room: LaGalerie 3 |
| 91. | Intellectual Freedom: Views through a Cross-cultural Lens Date: 6/26/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 393 Meeting Type: Open Description:How is intellectual freedom viewed and supported around the world? Are technology and globalization trends changing the dialogue about intellectual freedom in other countries? Intellectual Freedom is a concept that is fundamental to many US librarians. However, the understanding of intellectual freedom varies from country to country and may or may not be considered to be an important part of a library’s philosophy. In this session, we will explore how the concept of intellectual freedom is perceived by our colleagues in China, the Middle East, and Africa, and how intellectual freedom is implemented in their libraries. |
| 92. | Open Source Systems Interest Group Date: 6/26/2006 1:30 PM — 3:30 PM Location:Loews New Orleans room: Beauregard Meeting Type: Open Description: |
| 93. | President’s Program: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Be It Resolved That Information Literacy Is a Fad and Waste of Librarians’ Time and Talent Date: 6/26/2006 1:30 PM — 5:30 PM Location:New Orleans Marriott room: Carondelet Meeting Type: Open Description:Two teams will debate the relevance of information literacy as we know it. Is information literacy a concept created by academic librarians to make themselves more relevant to the curriculum or is it one of our more important roles? This debate will test our assumptions and beliefs about a core element of the academic librarians’ role in the educational process. |
| **94. | Ray Patterson Copyright Award: In Support of Users’ Rights Date: 6/26/2006 4:00 PM — 5:30 PM Location:Hilton New Orleans Riverside room: Rosedown Meeting Type: Open Description:This year’s award ceremony and reception honors Prue Adler, ARL Federal Relations and Information Policy Director. |
| **95. | International Librarians Reception Date: 6/26/2006 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM Location:Off Site - Plimsoll Club, 2 Canal St., 30th Floor Meeting Type: Open Description:Please join the International Relations Round Table (IRRT) in welcoming and celebrating with librarians from more than 80 countries at the ALA Annual Conference. The International Librarians Reception will be held at the Plimsoll Club atop the World Trade Center, with views of the Mississippi River. Open to all conference attendees, this reception offers a unique opportunity to network with hundreds of information professionals from around the world. Join us for a mixing of culture and ideas, regional cuisine, and an open bar. (This event is free for international librarians). Registration is required for non-international librarians - Registration is available using the online form. Tickets will be available onsite at the Registration Desk and at the door. Tickets: Advance: $30. Onsite: $35 |
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| **96. | LITA Board Meeting Date: 6/27/2006 1:00 PM — 4:30 PM Location:Morial Convention Center room: Rm. 238-239 Meeting Type: Open Description: |
I think there are some missing items in this list, which is mostly a straight c/p from the event planner.
Oh my god. Are you going to try to get to all these meetings. I am so involved in EBSS that I never get to anything else……
Doug
Comment by Doug Cook — June 20, 2006 @ 2:32 pm