Simmons College

Career Information Panel for School Library Teachers

When: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 ,6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Where: Crane Meeting Room, Lefavour Building, Simmons College, Boston, MA

MSLA-SIG cordially invites you to a

Career Information Panel for School Library Teachers

We will have four panelists:

• Alice Stern, The Winsor School
• Deborah Froggatt, BAA/Fenway High School
• Anna Jorgenson, GSLIS '09, South and Hedge elementary schools, Plymouth, MA
• Dr. Fran Zilonis, Simmons College

Our guests will share experiences about their careers and give us advice on the job search process, specifically for teacher librarians!!!

There will also be a Q&A so come with questions.

We will be serving refreshments, so please join us!

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with myself or Alissa!

Contact: Jamie Phillips Jamie.lynne.phillips@gmail.com

or

Alissa Rosellini AlissaRose2@yahoo.com

Rural Libraries in Latin America: Literacy Development and Cultural Preservation

When: Thursday, November 19, 2009 ,2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: Main College Building, E-305, Simmons College, Boston, MA

The Modern Languages department at Simmons College is pleased to present "Rural Libraries in Latin America: Literacy Development and Cultural Preservation", a bilingual (English-Spanish) talk with Luis Cháves, founder of La Casa de Colibrí in Chirimoto, Perú; and Caitlin Rolston, international literacy activist.

The general theme of the talk will be rural libraries. Specifically, Catalina will talk about her vision of this democratization of the book from three experiences: El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Peru. Luis will discuss the experience of the Library of Hummingbird House, the pilot programs that he has been developing over the last three years and which he presented to the congress of the IFLA this year: http://www.ifla.org/annual-conference/ifla75/programme2009-en.php.

Among the aspects that seem to them to be most important to them are:

• Possibilities of this type of library programs in rural communities.
• Schools and associations of women
• Strategies of gathering books to create libraries
• The culture of the book in rural communities

For more information, contact alanna.echlin@simmons.edu.

The Art of Fundraising and Grantwriting: An Online Conference

When: Thursday, November 19, 2009 ,10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Where: Online

In these tough economic times, libraries are relying more and more on fundraising and grant writing. Alliance Library System and Learning Times are co-sponsoring "The Art of Grant Writing and Fundraising" as an online conference to help libraries meet the challenge of finding funding in these tough times. This exciting program will offer a number of programs for beginners through intermediate and advanced levels of all aspects of grant writing and fundraising.

For more information and the event program, please visit http://www.learningtimes.net/fundraisingconference/.

Students may register for free. For instructions, please contact Lori Bell at lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com.

SLA-NY Information and Intelligence Forum

When: Thursday, November 19, 2009 ,9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Where: Newman Conference Center, Baruch College, New York, NY

The New York Information and Intelligence Forum:
A Discussion of the Challenges of 2009 and the Opportunities of 2010

Brought to you by the New York Chapter of SLA

The Forum will be held at Baruch College, 151 East 25th Street (between Lexington and Third), Newman Conference Center, 7th floor. Ticket price includes breakfast, coffee breaks, and lunch.

Members registering before Saturday, October 31st pay $25 for this event. Members registering Monday November 2nd through Friday November 13th pay $35. Non Members pay $75. Student ticket price is $10.

RSVP by Friday, November 13, 2009, to Vida Cohen at cohen.v@att.net

You may pay with credit card via Paypal on the SLA-NY website http://units.sla.org/chapter/cny/paypal.htm Please forward Paypal receipt to Vida with your email RSVP. If you wish to pay by check, please make it out to SLA-NY, and mail to:
Vida Cohen, 233 East 69th Street, Apt 3C, New York, NY 10021

If you have not had a confirmation from Vida, please resend your RSVP. All payments must be in advance and not at the door. Refunds will not be available. Registration, including breakfast, will begin at 8 a.m. the day of the conference. Anyone who would like to purchase a book and have Dr Duggan sign it is asked to please purchase it during Registration. We look forward to spending an exciting day with you!

Dr. William Duggan, our featured keynote speaker is a best-selling business author and Senior Lecturer at Columbia University. Professor Duggan's primary teaching and research interest is strategic intuition as the key to innovation. He is the author of three recent books on strategic intuition: Napoleon's Glance: The Secret of Strategy (2002); The Art of What Works: How Success Really Happens (2003); and Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement (2007). In 2007 the journal Strategy+Business named Strategic Intuition "Best Strategy Book of the Year." Dr. Duggan teaches strategic intuition at Columbia Business School and has been an active consultant and advisor to the business community.

Our Providers Panel will feature: Ms. Clare Hart, Executive Vice President of Dow Jones & Co., and President, Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group; Mr. Steven Goldstein, Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alacra; Mr. Scott Livingston, Vice President of Lexis-Nexis; and Ms. Trish Frankenfield, Director, Client Development, at Capital IQ.

Our Information Professionals panel will feature: Ms. Karen Kreizman Reczek , Senior Manager, Information Resource Services, Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services, and Mr. Bill Patterson, Director, Research & Analysis, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

ACRL NEC Information Technology Interest Group Meeting

When: Friday, November 20, 2009
Where: Bryant University

Please mark you calendars for the next ITIG meeting!

More details to follow but presentations and presenters include:

Joe Murphy, General Science Librarian and Instruction Coordinator, Yale University on iphones. http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2009/07/librarian-extraordinaire.html

Bonnie Buzzell, Senior Knowledge Systems Librarian, Integrated Technology Services, Brown University on mobile catalogs.

Jenifer Bond, Assistant Library Director, Bryant University

Pat Crawford, Head of Access Services, Bryant University on Kindle loans.

ITIG Social: Portable Libraries, Mobile Students

When: Friday, November 20, 2009 ,9:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Where: Papitto Room, Bryant Center, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI

Are you interested in learning more about mobile delivery of services?

Are you trying to attract the mobile-generation to your library?

Wondering if the Kindle is right for your library?

Wondering if mobile is the way to go?

If you answered YES! to any of these questions, then come to the free ITIG Social on "Portable Libraries, Mobile Students".

Date: Friday, November 20, 2009

Time: 9:30am-12:30am. Registration and breakfast: 9am-9:30am

Place: Bryant University. Bryant Center @ Papitto Room.

Cost: FREE if you are an ACRL-NEC Member. If you are a member of ACRL-National you can join the New England Chapter for free. If you are not a member of ACRL-National, you can join ACRL New England Chapter for only $15 here.

Register: Register HERE for this free event

Speakers:

Jenifer Bond & Pat Crawford from Bryant University:

This fall, the Douglas and Judith Krupp Library rolled out a Kindle initiative to the Bryant University Community. Having five Kindles with which to work, we considered several concepts and considerations by which to implement this pilot project. We will highlight and discuss several of these points, including : target audience, Kindle content, circulation parameters, marketing, and Community feedback.

Joe Murphy from Yale Science Libraries:

Joe Murphy of Yale Science Libraries (libraryfuture on Twitter) will outline a strategy for the application of mobile technology to libraries. Joe will provide an overview of the mobile information landscape, explore emerging trends and their impact on our patrons' expectations, and suggest priorities for meeting the future needs of information users, and for the shifting needs of libraries.

Talia Resendes (Johnson & Wales University) & Laura Kohl (Bryant University):

Will discuss strategies, implementation, training, advertising and technology of TWO systems, mobile phone and web-based application, for delivering text-message reference.

Crisis or Opportunity? : Cataloging, Catalogers, RDA, and Change

When: Friday, November 20, 2009 ,9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Where: Farmington Public Library, 6 Monteith Dr., Farmington, CT

The Connecticut Library Association Technical Services Section Announces its Fall Program:

Crisis or Opportunity? : Cataloging, Catalogers, RDA, and Change

DATE: Friday, November 20, 2009
PLACE: Farmington Public Library
TIME: 9:00 am - 9:30 am Coffee & Registration 9:30 am - 12:00 noon Program
$15 for CLA Members/$25 for non-members

Are you ready for RDA (Resource Description and Access) the proposed new cataloging standard set for release this year? Diane Hillmann, nationally renowned authority on cataloging and metadata issues, will discuss the development and implementation plans for RDA, as well as how librarians can best prepare themselves for this transition to the new cataloging environment.

Topics covered include:

• The critical differences between AACR2 and RDA
• How does FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) fit in
• What will happen to MARC21
• The influence of the semantic web

Click here for Registration Form: http://www.ctlibraryassociation.org/pdfs/temp/tss09.pdf

Click here for directions to the Farmington Library: http://www.farmingtonlibct.org/directions.htm

Bubbles, Panics & Crashes: A Century of Financial Crises, 1830s-1930s

When: Thursday, November 26, 2009
Where: Baker Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Knowledge and Library Services, Harvard Business School is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition- "Bubbles, Panics & Crashes: A Century of Financial Crises, 1830s-1930s," an exhibition organized by Baker Library Historical Collections. The exhibition will run from November 10, 2009 through May 3, 2010 in the North Lobby, Baker Library | Bloomberg Center.

This exhibition takes the first anniversary of the subprime mortgage crisis as an occasion to revisit four financial crises that occurred in an earlier, particularly volatile century of economic history. In 1837, 1873, 1907, and 1929, asset price bubbles burst, shattering public confidence and devastating financial securities, and credit markets in the United States and around the world. In most cases, full recovery took years. These four crises were so far-reaching that they affected virtually everyone involved in the U. S. market economy. Yet each was so complex that their causes and consequences remain subjects of debate generations later.

Visit the accompanying website, http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/crises/ , to learn more about the history of financial crises, to find materials in Baker Library Historical Collections that could support further research, and to view some of the items featured in this exhibition.

Please contact Baker Library Historical Collections at histcollref@hbs.edu, if you would like to request a copy of the exhibition catalog.

Technology Petting Zoo - Call for Interactive Displays

When: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Where:

Technology Petting Zoo! Call for Interactive Displays

Is your library using fun gadgets or web technologies to provide innovative services? If so, please consider submitting a brief proposal to show off your wares (and allow other librarians to play with them!) at ACRL/New England Annual Conference's interactive Technology Petting Zoo to be held May 14, 2010 at the College of the Holy Cross.

Ideas for the Petting Zoo could include but are not limited to the following:

• How is your library making its web content available to Smartphone users? Bring your Blackberry, Google Phone, or iPhone and let your fellow librarians take a look.
• Are you a Flip Video Camera whiz? Show off how you make this tool work for you and your users.
• Does your library lend Kindle or Sony E-Book Readers? Will your library be an early adopter of the Barnes & Noble nook?
• Does your library lend iPods, other mp3 players, video game consoles, etc?
• Doing something new and innovative with in-class clicker technology?
• Can your library users schedule computers and/or rooms online? Show other librarians how it works at your school!

Technology Petting Zoo presenters will provide tools for conference attendees to interact with as well as informal information on the tool/technology being displayed.

If you are interested in displaying for an hour at the Technology Petting Zoo please send a brief proposal to Laura Robinson Hanlan (lrob@wpi.edu) by December 1, 2009. The proposal should include a description of the tool/technology to be displayed, a brief description of how it is being used at your library, and any technical requirements for the day of the conference.

CLA Librarian Meet & Greet

When: Thursday, December 3, 2009 ,6:00 p.m.
Where: Barcelona - 971 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford, CT

Join members of the Connecticut Library Association for an informal get-together of librarians and library workers at Barcelona on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 6 pm! We'll be talking library-type things over tapas and you will have the opportunity to connect with library colleagues from around the state! Students, professionals, CLA members and non-members alike are all invited!

• Learn how you can become more involved with the Connecticut Library Association
• Connect with friends in the profession
• Meet and network with librarians from all different disciplines and types of libraries

Please register for this event at http://clameetups.pbworks.com.

CLA Meet & Greet
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 6 pm
Barcelona
971 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT

Questions? Contact Jaime Hammond at jhammond@nvcc.commnet.edu.

Cutting Remarks: The Preparation of Woodcuts 1400 - 1800

When: Thursday, December 3, 2009 ,5:30 p.m.
Where: Edison & Newman Room, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Thursday, December 3, 2009, 5:30pm: The Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture. Richard S. Field (Curator Emeritus of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Yale University Art Gallery) presents "Cutting Remarks: the preparation of woodcuts 1400-1800," Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library, Harvard.

Methods of Digital Note-Taking

When: Sunday, December 6, 2009 ,6:00 p.m.
Where: Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Alexander Parker (Director of Research Computing in Humanities, Harvard) presents "Methods of digital note-taking," with a comment by Ann Blair (History, Harvard) offering historical perspectives.

The Library Is Dead. Long Live the Library! The Rebirth of Libraries in the 21st Century

When: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 ,9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: MIT Media Lab - Bartos Theater, Cambridge, MA

The New England Chapter of ASIS&T presents . . .

The library is dead. Long live the library! The rebirth of libraries in the 21st century
Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 9am — 4pm

MIT Media Lab — Bartos Theater, Cambridge, MA

Library closures, slashed budgets, user apathy — everything's online, right? It's a story many of us have heard too often or experienced ourselves, especially with the recent downturn in the economy. But many libraries are re-inventing themselves, offering new services and transforming into very different entities while still at heart performing the same role they always have — helping communities connect with information.

Come to this NEASIS&T program to hear:

• How changes in publishing are driving changes in libraries. How can we radically change an ancient institution that evolved from providing shared print copies into one that effectively provides online content (that we often don't even own). It's time to get past the kludges in our processes and organizational structures and embrace our future.
• What it takes to be a librarian these days. What skills and interests are necessary? In 10 years will we be librarians or technologists?
• Success stories from libraries that have radically changed their roles and services.
• How to design your library around user expectations and keep your organization relevant.

We'll provide breakfast, lunch, and network access for all!

Speakers:

• John Palfrey, Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School & Co-Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society
• Steven Bell, Associate University Librarian for Research & Instructional Services at Temple University's Paley Library
• Shana Kimball, Publications Manger at the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan Library
• Marguerite Avery, Senior Acquisitions Editor at The MIT Press
• Cyril Oberlander, Associate Director of Milne Library at the SUNY College at Geneseo

Cost:

Students / Retirees: $50
ASIST members: $60
General public: $75

$5 discount if you promote us on the web!

Mention this event on your blog, website, or one of your social networks. Then email Bill Helman at: helman2@simmons.edu with the link to your site. You will be provided with the Discount Code for $5 off the price of registration. (Note: Please request code before registering.)

If you tweet: please use the #hashtag: #neasist09 for this event.

Register: http://neasist.eventbrite.com

More event info: http://neasist.wordpress.com

Call for Papers - Rethinking Early Modern Print Culture

When: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Where:

Call for papers for a conference on "Rethinking Early Modern Print Culture" at the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies in Toronto, 15-17 October 2010, organized by Gregoire Holtz and Holger Schott Syme. Deadline for proposals: Dec 15, 2009. See details at: http://www.crrs.ca/events/conferences/print/index.htm

LIS Online Career Fair

When: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 ,11:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Where: Online

Are you a new library school graduate — or mid-career and looking for a change? Are you wondering how to improve your career skills or ready to try a certificate program? Looking to refresh your resume? We invite you to join us for the first annual LIS Online Career Fair. Join us online on Tuesday January 12, 2010 for an exciting day of learning how to start or to rejuvenate your library career in tough times! The day will kick off at 10 am central time/11 am Eastern/8 am Pacific and run through 4:30 pm central/5:30 pm Eastern. You will have your choice of a variety of informational and interactive programs which will assist you with your career no matter where you are.

The conference keynote speaker is Rachel Singer Gordon, webmaster of LISjobs.com, the largest library career site and job database, and consulting editor at Information Today Inc., Books Division. Rachel's talk, "Career Building in a Down Economy," will help librarians focus on what they can do to keep themselves moving forward professionally in a down economy. While professional literature discusses what librarians can do to help their communities and patrons, it does not give much information as to what librarians can do to help themselves. Rachel will address the ways in which the economy affects librarians professionally, how to control reactions and frustration, how to deal proactively with current events, and how to move forward effectively in tough economic times.

Other speakers include: Tom Peters, TAP Information Services; Christi Confetti Higgins, Sun Microsystems; Cindy Hill, Hill Information Consulting; Morgan Cadwalader, Alliance Library System; Kitty Pope. Alliance Library System; Marianne Steadley, University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science and more!

For more information on this conference, check out http://liscareerfair.org . The cost of the one day online event is $29 for graduate library students; $39 for librarians, and for a group, the price is $79

This workshop is cosponsored by Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services.

Pre-ALA Midwinter ALCTS Symposium

When: Thursday, January 14, 2010
Where: Boston, MA

The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) announces a symposium which will be held prior to ALA Midwinter 2010: "Living Digital: The Future of Information and the Role of the Library." The event will be held on Thursday, January 14 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Four distinguished speakers from both inside and outside of librarianship will address issues that are expected to include recruiting students into information-related professions, information seeking behaviors of those living in the digital age, emerging initiatives related to information access, partnering with others in the information arena, intellectual property issues, and techniques institutions may employ in adapting to new information ecologies. In addition to plenary presentations, panel speakers and breakout sessions which incorporate scenario building will help attendees learn how to facilitate the delivery of information and understand their role in an environment of constantly evolving genres and increasing quantities of information.

Plenary speakers [titles/abstracts of talks will be available on the ALCTS website soon]:

• Margaret Ashida, Project Director, Empire State STEM Education Initiative, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
• Kevin Guthrie - President of Ithaka, formerly president of JSTOR
• John Palfrey, Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School and co-author of "Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives"
• John Wilkin - Associate University Librarian for Library Information Technology at the University of Michigan and Executive Director of HathiTrust

The symposium will include participative small group brainstorming sessions which will enable attendees to exchange ideas with each other and with the panelists and speakers. The four scenarios that will be discussed are:

• Determining collections for a paperless library (academic/public libraries)
• Designing an information commons for a generation of digital natives (academic/public libraries)
• Incorporating gaming into library services (academic/public libraries)
• Delivering information to consumers in a virtual environment

Panelists who will speak about and react to the brainstorming sessions are:

• Tom Corbett -- Executive Director, Fisher-Watkins Library, The Cushing Academy (a private school for grades 9-12)
• Jenny Levine - Internet Development Specialist and Strategy Guide, ALA, owner of The Shifted Librarian blog, and former public librarian
• Ann Wolpert - Director of Libraries, MIT
• John Yemma - Editor, The Christian Science Monitor

Registration information for "Living Digital" can be found at:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/ala/living.cfm

Please consider joining ALCTS for what promises to be an informative event!

ALASC - ALA Midwinter Meeting

When: Saturday, January 16, 2010
Where: Boston, MA

The American Library Association 2010 Midwinter meeting will be in Boston, January 15-19, 2010 at the Boston Exhibition and Convention Center. Early registration opened on October 1 and continues through December 4, 2009. For more information, visit http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/midwinter/2010/index.cfm

ALA student registration rate is $65, and you can get a reimbursement through the LISSA Professional Development program (deadline is October 30th --email andrea.rounds@gmail.com, LISSA treasurer). You can also request reimbursement for your membership.

What you get for your registration: Over 2000 discussion groups covering a variety of hot topics; over 2000 committee meetings and events, entrance to the exhibits, including open reception and the technology showcase, the President's Program (GSLIS's own Camila Alire, professor of practice); The Author forum, The Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture, and the Sunrise Speaker Series.

The GSLIS ALA student group is planning to travel together on Saturday, January 16th. The conference will occur just before the beginning of spring semester courses. For more information, contact Em Claire Knowles, Assistant Dean for Student Services (emclaire.knowles@simmons.edu).

NMRT Midwinter Social

When: Saturday, January 16, 2010 ,5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Bell-in-Hand Tavern, Boston, MA

The New Members Round Table of the American Library Association is hosting a midwinter social.

Join us for food, fun, and fellowship in historic Boston! The Bell-in-Hand is America's oldest continuously operating tavern. Come buy a beverage and enjoy great company, food, conversation, and door prizes. Bring your camera and add the photos here. Got Flickr? Upload your photos there and tag them nmrtmidwinter10.

Enjoy appetizers compliments of NMRT. Haven't made dinner plans for the evening? Consider staying at The Bell-in-Hand and purchasing your meal there.

For details, please visit http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148815218961.

DLS Social at ALA Midwinter

When: Saturday, January 16, 2010 ,5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Where: Lir - Boston, MA

Are you planning to attend ALA Midwinter in Boston?

Want to dine with some of your colleagues?

Join us at LIR for the 2010 ACRL Distance Learning Section (DLS) Social! Lir is a friendly, Irish Bar, a short walk from several ALA hotels. http://www.lironboylston.com/

The event is open to all, including non-DLS members.

Registration is only $17 per person and includes a hearty appetizer and sandwich bar. Cash Bar.

Saturday, January 16, 2010 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Register by contacting:
Anne Marie Casey, CASEYA3@erau.edu.

DLS hosts a social every year at the ALA Midwinter Conference for veterans to touch base and new people to learn about us. This year we are trying something different. We are inviting library schools students from the three institutions in New England that grant masters degrees to join us. The executive committee of DLS has voted to pay the $17 registration for a limited number of students. Please contact Anne Marie Casey for more information.

Save the Date: ALA Midwinter - REFORMA Fundraiser

When: Sunday, January 17, 2010 ,7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Where: Villa Victoria Center for the Arts

Save the Date!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
7:30 pm — 10:30 pm
REFORMA Scholarship Fundraiser
At the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts
85 W. Newton Street. Boston

Join us in an evening of music, storytelling (for adults!), great food, and good company!
All proceeds from this event will go to support the REFORMA Scholarship that provides financial assistance to encourage and enable Spanish speakers to pursue or advance a career in library and information science (http://www.reforma.org/scholarship2009.html) Special thanks to OCLC for their sponsorship and support!

Cuba Education and Culture Tours for Teachers

When: Monday, February 8, 2010
Where:

Cuba Education Tours has seven island programs for 2009 and 2010.

They are among the few learning and cultural tours to Cuba available and licensable for American educators.

Elaborate itineraries and details are available at http://CubaFriends.com

The tours are open to all.

BOOK PEOPLE Librarians, Writers and Bibliophiles Havana Book Fair Tour from February 13 to 20, 2010 attracts friends of the written word from North America and beyond. It reviews all aspects of Cuban libraries, and literary and cultural production. The book fair is the most important in the Spanish-speaking world.

We're here to help you experience Cuba. Please feel welcome to call or email us.

Save the Date: Massachusetts Library Association Conference

When: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Where: Hyannis, MA

Join us in Hyannis on April 28th-30th, 2010, for this year's exciting MLA conference. With a theme of "From Meek to Mighty: Reinventing Libraries in Challenging Times" there is sure to be something for everyone from all types of libraries. So mark your calendars and plan to attend this informative and energizing conference. There are great student rates! Hope to see you there!

For more information, go to http://masslib.org

Save the Date: ACRL/NEC Spring 2010 Conference

When: Friday, May 14, 2010
Where: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Embracing Our Electronic World: Challenges and Promises for Academic Libraries

Friday, May 14, 2010 @ College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

Spend a day discussing the impact of our shifting information landscape, the evolving roles of academic libraries and librarians in a networked world, and the opportunities for innovation that come with rapid change. The conference will feature speaker, Lisa Hinchliffe (Vice-President/President-elect of ACRL), presentations from ACRL/NEC Special Interest Groups (http://www.acrlnec.org/sigs/index.php), and will offer opportunities to network with your colleagues and discuss the latest library products and services with our sponsoring vendors.