Volunteer Call for Internet Room at ALA

[Karen G. Schneider]

[apologies for crossposting.  forwarding authorized.]

New York, New York--it's a wonderful town!
And volunteering for the Internet Room is a GREAT way to commemorate your
stay in New York for the American Library Association annual conference!

Yes, once more LITA's Internet Room Steering Committee has the nerve--or
should we say noive?--to ask for volunteers to staff the Internet Room.
We're looking for  conference attendees willing to commit one or two hours
at a stretch during Exhibit hours to help users as they check email, surf
the 'net, and inspect the latest and greatest Internet software.

As usual, the benefits of volunteering for the Internet Room are generous.
In addition to the opportunity to rub shoulders with the cognoscenti (many
of whom  eerily resemble other Internet-Room volunteers) you will get to
wear a handsome, limited-edition Internet Room button. If that's not
enough, we plan a lavish... well, filling dutch-treat Volunteer Dinner at
the truly eclectic Bendix Diner in Chelsea, just a brisk half-mile walk
from Javits Center through the scenic theater district.

The requirements for volunteering in the Internet Room are simple.  You
tell us (soon as you can) which one or two-hour blocks you can work during
the exhibit-hall schedule listed below.  You agree to attend one of two
orientation sessions (Friday 6 p.m. or Saturday 8:30 a.m.).  You show up
and do your thing.  You don't have to be an Internet guru,  though some
Internet experience helps.  That's it!

We'll keep you posted with a Volunteer Schedule posted pre-conference at
<http://www.bluehighways.com/vols.html>.

Here's the 1996 Annual Conference exhibit-hall schedule.  Sign up by
emailing <kgs at bluehighways.com>.  Looking forward to seeing you at the
conference!

Saturday 9-4
Sunday 9-5
Monday 9-5
Tuesday 9-1




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Karen G. Schneider * kgs at bluehighways.com
Cybrarian * Columnist, American Libraries
Author, The Internet Access Cookbook (e-mail Neal-Schuman at icm.com)
These opinions strictly mine!