[MNASIS-L] Library Technology Conference 2011 - Registration Open

[Janet Arth]

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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Library Technology Conference 2011
March 16-17, 2011
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

To register, go to: http://www.macalester.edu/libtechconference/

Registration is limited to 400 total participants.
Once this level of participation is reached, registration will be CLOSED!
Please register early in order to ensure your spot at the conference.

This year's Library Technology Conference is again intended to provide an
opportunity for library professionals and the technologists who support them
to discuss the technologies that are affecting library services; to see
examples of what libraries are doing with these technologies; and to provide
a venue where participants  can learn specific skills or knowledge that they
can take back and adapt for use within their own libraries. The number of
conference participants will be limited to 400 in order to help ensure a
quality conference experience and to help facilitate the interactive and
hands-on nature of many of the sessions.

We are very pleased to have SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN and SARAH WASHBURN joining us
as keynote speakers at this year's conference.  Siva is professor of Media
Studies and Law at the University of Virginia, a cultural historian and
media scholar, the author of many books and articles, and a frequent
contributor on media and cultural issues in various periodicals including
The Chronicle of Higher Education, New York Times Magazine, The Nation, and
Salon.com. His forthcoming book, The Googlization of Everything (and Why We
Should Worry), is scheduled to be released in early 2011 by the University
of California Press.  Sarah, whose professional background includes
experience in software development, interaction design, usability, technical
publications, community development, and over a decade of designing,
promoting, and advocating for library projects and programs, leads TechSoup
for Libraries' efforts to promote sustainable best practices supporting
public access computing in America's public libraries.

During the two-day conference, MORE THAN 60 BREAKOUT SESSIONS - traditional
lecture-style sessions, hands-on / workshop sessions, interactive technology
dialogue sessions, and poster sessions will be offered.  From APIs to SMS,
LibGuides to e-books, from Twitter and Dapper to Netvibes and Prezi -- a
wide range of library technology-related topics will be covered at LibTech
2011.

In line with the Conference's continuing efforts to support library
technology awareness by library staff working in small, rural communities
and help encourage participation by staff who have not previously attended
the Library Technology Conference, a limited number of SCHOLARSHIPS will be
offered. For more information on these scholarship opportunities, visit
http://www.macalester.edu/libtechconference/.

We hope that you and other staff from your library will make plans to join
us for this conference!
For more information, visit the conference web site at:
http://www.macalester.edu/libtechconference/

Got questions?
You can always contact us at
libtechconference at macalester.edu.


Laura

Laura M. Wight, M.S.L.S., M.Ed.
Director of Library Services
MSU-Great Falls College of Technology
2100 16th Avenue South
Great Falls, Montana 59405

406.771.4318 / laura.wight at msugf.edu