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Elaine Donnelly, Librarian/Collection Services
National Geographic Society, Libraries & Information Services
1145 17th Street NW, Washington DC 20036-4688
202-857-7794 voice ; 202-429-5731 fax
edonnell@ngs.org
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ANNOUNCING
POTOMAC TECHNICAL PROCESSING LIBRARIANS
85th ANNUAL MEETING
October 16, 2009
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Plaza Dining Hall
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue NE
Washington, D.C.
Open Source, Open Sesame!
For Online Registration go to PTPL Website:
http://web.mac.com/ptpl/PTPL/Annual_Meeting.html
Keynote Speakers
Marshall Breeding
Director for Innovative Technologies and Research,
Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University
Bradley Daigle
Director of Digital Curation Services,
University of Virginia
Panelists
Andrea Buntz Neiman and Karen Collier
Kent County Public Library
Chestertown, MD
Amy Begg De Groff
Director of Information Technology,
Howard County Library
Columbia, MD
Abby Blachly
LibraryThing
Cambridge, MA
Meeting Schedule
08:00 - 09:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
08:30 - 08:50 Tour of Library Archives and Deaf Collection
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome
Polly Khater, Chair, PTPL
Sarah Hamrick, Director, Library Public
Services, Gallaudet University
09:15 - 10:15 Keynote Speaker
“Open Source Alternatives in the Discovery
Interfaces and Library Automation Arena”
Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative
Technologies and Research,
Jean and Alexander Heard Library,
Vanderbilt University
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30 Keynote Speaker
“Catch the Hydra by the Tail: Cooperative Open
Source Development for Digital Curation”
Bradley Daigle, Director of Digital
Curation Services, University of Virginia
11:30 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 - 01:00 Business Meeting
Panelists
01:00 - 01:45 Andrea Buntz Neiman and Karen Collier, Librarians,
Kent County Public Library
01:45 - 02:30 Amy Begg De Groff, Director of Information
Technology, Howard County Library
02:30 - 02:45 Break
02:45 - 03:30 Panelist
Abby Blachly, Head Librarian, LibraryThing
03:30 Passing the Gavel and Close of Meeting
03:45 - 04:45 Tour of Gallaudet University campus
Vote on the Proposed Bylaws Amendment, Article IV, Section 4, at the
Business Meeting
(4) The Association year shall be November through October.
(for full text of Bylaws, see http://web.mac.com/ptpl/PTPL/-Bylaws.html
Open Source, Open Sesame!
PTPL 85th Annual Meeting – October 16, 2009
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
Name of Attendee:
______________________________________________________________
Institutional registration contact:
__________________________________________________
Preferred address:
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Institution: __
__________________________________________________________________
Email: ________________________________________ Phone:
________________________
Registration fee includes PTPL membership, conference, continental
breakfast, and lunch.
Please note deadlines below.
· Early Bird registration deadline Sept. 11
$65 _____
(Must be postmarked by Sept. 11)
· Registration deadline Oct. 2
$75 _____
(Must be postmarked by Oct. 2)
· Student member:
$45 _____
(For students enrolled in a Library
or Information Science program)
· Membership only:
$10 _____
(Dues only; does not include
conference)
· Would you like to make an additional
contribution to the PTPL scholarship fund? $ _______
Total enclosed: $ _______
Receipts will be available at the Registration table on October 16.
Forms of Payment:
PayPal
Online registration and payment may be made using PayPal at the PTPL
website: http://web.mac.com/ptpl/PTPL/Annual_Meeting.html
Check
Send your completed registration form and check made out to
“PTPL” to:
Linda Wirth, PTPL Treasurer, 5250 Signal Hill Road, Burke, VA
22015
Phone: (703) 978-0831 e-mail: llw@gwu.edu
Please let us know if you will need any special assistance or have special
dietary
needs:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I plan to attend a tour of the Gallaudet campus after the
conference
For further information, please contact Polly Khater: khaterp@si.edu
