Archive for May 14th, 2008
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Live Webcast of MLA Plenary Session on Web 2.0 Tools
On Wednesday, May 21, 2008, from 9:00 am to 12 noon (Central Time), the plenary session on “Web 2.0 Tools for Librarians: Description, Demonstration, Discussion, and Debate” will take place at the MLA annual meeting in Chicago.
This will also be the first plenary session ever to be made available via a live Video Webcast! [...]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Calling All MLA Moderators!
If you are going to be serving as a moderator at MLA this year, you are invited to a moderator orientation session. It will be held Saturday, May 17th at 3:00 pm in Skyway 260. We’ll review this presentation (PPT) and have some discussion on how to deal with those tricky situations . . .
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Looking for the Basics
We talk about great architecture, entertainment, food . . . but as conference-goers ourselves, the LAC knows that sometimes you just need to find the basic necessities. Here are a just a few, with locations near the conference hotel.
Have a request or suggestion? Leave us a comment below or stop by the MLA Hospitality Booth.
Pharmacies
Walgreens
Address: [...]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Eat Your Fruits & Veggies
Many of Chicago’s Farmers’ Markets open for the season in May. Wandering through the market is a great way to enjoy a beautiful spring day. And if you find you’ve been eating too many sunrise seminar pastries, why not pick up a healthful snack while you’re out!
Saturday, May 17th
Evanston Farmers’ Market
Hours: 7:30am-1:00pm
Location: Maple & Clark
Directions: [...]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Share Your Expertise . . . In Print
The MLA Publishing Program is always looking for new authors, and their next author could be you . . . Have you taught a successful CE course? Do your colleagues come to you for help/advice on particular topics? You have expertise to share! And the annual meeting is a great place to learn more about [...]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Spotlight on SIGs: Library Marketing
Tell us briefly about the purpose and/or background of your SIG.
The Library Marketing SIG serves as a network for sharing ideas and successes in marketing ourselves, our services and our libraries.
Do you have a website? a list-serv? other means of communication?
Our website is hosted at MLAnet.org. We have a discussion list, and the website links [...]
