[Web4lib] Early Bird Registration Deadline Approaching for 2009 LITA National Forum

[Zoe Stewart-Marshall]

The early bird registration deadline is approaching for the 2009 LITA 
National Forum. Now is your opportunity to realize excellent savings on 
registration for the forum. Prior to Aug. 15, the registration rates are 
$50 lower – Register Now: 
http://www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/litaevents/forum2009/registration.cfm

Keynote Sessions Feature Dynamic Speakers:
http://www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/litaevents/forum2009/keynote.cfm

On Friday Joan Lippincott of Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) 
will kick off the Forum with her talk Mobile Technologies, Mobile Users: 
Will Libraries Mobilize? Lippincott will discuss what roles libraries 
can and should play in delivering content for mobile devices, developing 
services for mobile device users and configuring physical spaces to 
respond to their needs.

Saturday, David Weinberger will present Knowledge in the Age of 
Abundance. Weinberger will examine how our new connected age is one of 
abundant and ready access to knowledge and how this is bringing a change 
in the nature, shape, value and role of knowledge itself.

Liz Lawley of the Lab for Social Computing at the Rochester Institute of 
Technology will close the Forum on Sunday with 
Technical/Tangible/Social. Lawley’s talk will cover the growing 
importance of “social objects” in technology implementation, and how 
those objects serve as a focal point for cohesive social interactions.

Preconferences Offer In-Depth Examination of Topics:
http://www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/litaevents/forum2009/precon.cfm
Choose between two full-day workshops, spanning Thursday afternoon and 
Friday morning:

Jason Griffey of University of Tennessee, Chattanooga will present The 
Future of Mobile. The workshop will examine the future of mobile 
technologies and their impact on libraries, including how service models 
in libraries change with ubiquitous computing and how content delivery 
becomes different. Attendees will look at specific tools that are 
currently available that model the direction that mobile is moving.

Accessibility Update: Section 508 and WCAG in a Library 2.0 World, 
presented by Nina McHale of the University of Colorado, Denver will 
provide an introduction to Section 508 and WCAG Web accessibility 
guidelines and how they relate to online library tools. The workshop 
will include demonstrations of popular assistive technologies and 
guidelines for optimizing library resources to comply with Section 508 
and WCAG.

Visit the LITA Web site for more information on the Forum including 
concurrent and poster sessions, travel and lodging, and complete Forum 
schedule.
http://www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/litaevents/forum2009/index.cfm

Be sure to Connect with Forum participants on Facebook and the Forum wiki:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php??eid=34666759559#/event.php
http://wikis.ala.org/lita/index.php/2009_LITA_National_Forum

We will be twittering but are still settling on a hashtag.

Melissa S. Prentice
Programs & Marketing Specialist
Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the
American Library Association
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611
direct, (312) 280-4268
fax, (312) 280-3257
http://www.lita.org