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June 16, 2008

My schedule for ALA Annual 2008

Anaheim is fast approaching. Here is what I am planning to do (at the moment). Let me know if you are going to be in SoCal and want to get together.

Thursday, June 26

  • Arrive at John Wayne Airport at Noon
  • Dinner with LA friend

Friday, June 27

  • OCLC Symposium: The Mashed-up Library, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
  • Meet the MARtians Happy Hour (maybe), 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 28 

  • Reference Services Section (RSS) Open House, 8 to 9 a.m.
  • RSS Web Advisory Committee Meeting, 9 to 10:30 a.m. 
  • Research to Understand Users: Issues and Approaches, 10:30 to Noon
  • There's No Catalog Like No Catalog: The Ultimate Debate on the future of the Library Catalog, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
  • ACRL-IS Current Topics Discussion I: Using the Social Web to Promote and Enhance Information Literacy, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 29

  • Beyond Gaming Tournaments, 8 to 10 a.m.
  • What is the Future of Face-to-Face Reference? Is Face-to-Face Reference Dying?, 10:30 to Noon
  • 14th Annual New Reference Research Forum, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
  • RSS Executive Committee II, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
  • Book Cart Drill Team Championship, 4 to 5:30 p.m.
  • Dinner with former coworker

Monday, June 30

  • Reference Services to Teens, 8 to 10 a.m.
  • Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin: The Future of Electronic Reference Publishing, a View from the Top, 10:30 to Noon
  • RUSA President's Program: Quality Service in an Impersonal World, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
  • PLA President's Program: Jamie Lee Curtis 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 1

  • Auditorium Speaker Series featuring Khaled Hossein, 8 to 9 a.m.
  • Disneyland/Disney's California Adventure

Wednesday, July 2 

  • Disneyland/Disney's California Adventure

Thursday, July 3

  • Fly out 9:45 a.m. and arrive in Columbus 7 p.m. 
Filed under: ALA, Conferences — Andrew Whitis @ 6:39 pm

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