Registration deadline for Collections pre-conference in Montreal,
May 29
From: Linwood DeLong <linwood.delong_at_uwinnipeg.ca>
A reminder about the registration deadline for:
Collections 2009: Collections in times of innovation and change
Le Palais des congrès de Montréal
Montréal, Quebec
Friday, May 29, 2009
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
The registration deadline for the Collections 2009 pre-conference is
this Friday, April 17.
Please register online at the CLA/ACB 2009 conference site,
http://www.cla.ca/conference/2009/, or send in the form at
http://www.cla.ca/conference/2009/documents/PreConRegForm2009R2.pdf.
Look for pre-conference session P8.
Pre-conference rates (unchanged since 2004) are:
CDMIG members: $80
CLA members: $100 (non-members of CDMIG)
non-CLA members: $125
Registration includes a morning coffee break (kindly sponsored by
Midwest Library Services), an afternoon coffee break (kindly
sponsored
by Coutts Information Services), and lunch.
Here are the presentations that will be taking place at Collections
2009:
Keynote presentation (kindly sponsored by Blackwell Book Services):
*The long-term future of book publishing in Canada (at least the
next week and a half)* - Carolyn Wood, Executive Director of the
Association of Canadian Publishers.
*Drawing comics into Canadian public libraries: an analysis of
collection practices for comics in public libraries* - Rachael
Collins, School of Library and Information Studies, University of
Alberta
*Developing a rapid assessment tool for collections and services in
sociology: the experience of the ANSS* - David Woolwine, Hofstra
University, and Jason Phillips, New York University
*More than a rubber stamp?: the role of collection librarians in
curriculum consultations* - Laura E. Briggs, UBC Okanagan
*E-books, licences and copyright* - Rob Tiessen, University of
Calgary
*Dreaming big, going bold: creating a *shovel-ready* e-book
collection during a time of economic caution, confusion, and
crisis* -
John Barnett, PALCI (Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.)
*Squaring the circle: towards an integrated print and digital journal
preservation strategy* - Scott Gillies, University of Guelph
In addition, the CLA/YBP Award for Outstanding Contribution to
Collection Development and Management will be presented at
Collections
2009.
For more information, please contact:
Andrew Waller
Convenor, CLA Collection Development and Management Interest
Group
waller_at_ucalgary.ca
(403) 220-8133 voice
Linwood DeLong
Collections Coordinator
University of Winnipeg Library
515 Portage Ave.
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3B 2E9
Ph. 204-786-9124
FAX 204-786-1824
e-mail: l.delong_at_uwinnipeg.ca
Received on Wed Apr 15 2009 - 09:48:55 EDT