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SAVE THE DATE:    FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2009    DENVER, COLORADO

The advance registration deadline of Dec. 5 is quickly approaching for the ALCTS symposium on planning for Library 2.0 that will take place on the Friday prior to ALA MidWinter in Denver in January, 2009. Information regarding the program and costs follows.

*BREAKING DOWN THE SILOS: PLANNING FOR DISCOVERY IN LIBRARY 2.0*

A Midwinter Symposium presented by the Association for Library Collections &Technical Services (ALCTS)

*Description:  *
Libraries today face many choices when trying to optimize resources discovery for their patrons.  Much of our information resides in separate silos, yet patrons want an integrated, intuitive, and interactive discovery experience.  Many companies have developed products that attempt to deliver that experience.  How can libraries evaluate the options: next generation catalog interfaces, federated search engines, link resolvers?  How do they choose which will be the best fit?

Speakers include:

Robert Wolven
AUL for Bibliographic Services and Collection Development

Roy Tennant
Senior Program Officer, OCLC Programs and Research

Marshall Breeding
Director for Innovative Technology and Research Vanderbilt University Library

Jill Grog
Electronic Resources Librarian/Associate Professor, University of Alabama Libraries

Kristin Antelman
Associate Director of the Digital Library North Carolina State University

Panelists:
Don Barlow, Director
Westerville Public Library, Westerville, Ohio

John Meador, Director of University Libraries
Binghamton University, State University of New York

David Lee King, Digital Branch & Services Manager
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library

Jennifer Bowen, Director of Metadata Management and a principal investigator for the eXtensible Catalog Project
University of Rochester River Campus Libraries

Advance registration opens on October 1 through the ALA conference website.

*ADVANCE REGISTRATION:*
Division/RT member: $199.00; ALA member $249; Non Member $299; Student/retired member $99

ONSITE REGISTRATION:
Division/RT member: $249; ALA member $299; Non Member $349;
Student/retired member $99

SPECIAL DISCOUNTED RATE FOR BOTH SYMPOSIA (information about the other symposium appears below:
Division/RT member $339; ALA member $419; Non Member $499; Student/retired member $198

ALCTS thanks Innovative Interfaces, Inc. for their generous support of this event.