[Web4lib] Early Bird registration deadline for LITA Forum has been extended

[Zoe Stewart-Marshall]

The early bird registration deadline has been extended for the 2009 LITA 
National Forum, October 1-4, 2009 in Salt Lake City. Now is your 
opportunity to realize excellent savings on registration for the forum. 
Registration rates are $50 lower through **AUGUST 31** – 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

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Zoe Stewart-Marshall
Assistant Director of Library Systems - User Services Development
OhioLINK
Columbus, OH 43221
email: zoe at ohiolink.edu