[Web4lib] LITA National Forum (The Cloud & the Crowd) - Early Bird Deadline August 15, 2010

[Michelle Frisque]

The early bird registration deadline is approaching for the 2010 LITA  
National Forum, “The Cloud & the Crowd,” to be held Sept. 30 – Oct. 3  
at the Hilton Downtown in Atlanta, Ga. Now is your opportunity to  
realize excellent savings on registration for the forum. Prior to Aug.  
15, the registration rates are $50 lower. Online registration is  
available, or you may fax or mail your completed registration form.  
Visit www.lita.org/forum to register the Forum.

Keynote sessions anchor the event and include speakers Amy Bruckman,  
Roy Tennant and Ross Singer. More than 30 concurrent sessions and 10  
poster sessions provide a wealth of practical information on a wide  
range of topics. Two preconference workshops, “Redesigning a Website  
Using Information Architecture Principles,” presented by Jenny Emanuel  
of the University of Illinois, and “Virtualize IT: Laying the  
Foundation for the Library of the Future,” presented by Maurice York  
of North Carolina State University, are also available.

Corporate sponsors of the LITA Forum help to bring programming and  
networking opportunities to attendees. LITA gratefully acknowledges  
the support of Boopsie, OCLC, Ex Libris, Serials Solutions and  
Ristech. An opening reception will be held Friday night to showcase  
sponsors and provide great networking and camaraderie for attendees.  
Other networking opportunities include Saturday lunch, continental  
breakfasts and refreshment breaks, as well as Saturday evening no-host  
dinner groups organized by LITA leaders.

Registration is limited to 500. For more information, visit www.lita.org/forum 
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Michelle Frisque
Past President, Library & Information Technology Association
Head, Information Systems
Galter Health Sciences Library
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
312.503.7074 mfrisque at northwestern.edu