[Web4lib] Library Technology Conference 2011 Registration Opens!

[Michael J. Dargan]

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*REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!*



Library Technology Conference 2011
March 16-17, 2011
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN



To register, go to: http://www.macalester.edu/libtechconference/

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Registration is limited to 450 total participants*.
Once this level of participation is reached, registration will be CLOSED!
Please register early in order to ensure your spot at the conference.



This year's Library Technology Conference is again intended to provide an
opportunity for library professionals and the technologists who support them
to discuss the technologies that are affecting library services; to see
examples of what libraries are doing with these technologies; and to provide
a venue where participants can learn  specific skills or knowledge that they
can take back and adapt for use within their own libraries. The number of
conference participants will be limited to 450 in order to help ensure a
quality conference experience and to help facilitate the interactive and
hands-on nature of many of the sessions.


We are very pleased to have *SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN* and *SARAH WASHBURN* joining
us as keynote speakers at this year's conference.  Siva is professor of
Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia, a cultural historian
and media scholar, the author of many books and articles and a frequent
contributor on media and cultural issues in various periodicals including *The
Chronicle of Higher Education*, *New York Times Magazine*, *The Nation*,
and *Salon.com*.. His forthcoming book, *The Googlization of Everything (and
Why We Should Worry),* is scheduled to be released in early 2011 by the
University of California Press.  Sarah, whose professional background
includes experience in software development, interaction design, usability,
technical publications, community development, and over a decade of
designing, promoting, and advocating for library projects and
programs, leads TechSoup for Libraries' efforts to promote sustainable best
practices supporting public access computing in America's public libraries.




During the two-day conference, *MORE THAN 60 BREAKOUT SESSIONS* –
traditional lecture-style sessions, hands-on / workshop
sessions, interactive technology dialogue sessions, and poster sessions will
be offered.  From APIs to SMS, LibGuides to e-books, from Twitter and Dapper
to Netvibes and Prezi -- a wide range of library technology-related topics
will be covered at LibTech 2011.



In line with the Conference's continuing efforts to support library
technology awareness by library staff working in small, rural communities
and to help to encourage participation by staff who have not previously
attended the Library Technology Conference, a limited number of *
SCHOLARSHIPS* will be offered. For more information on these scholarship
opportunities, visit http://www.macalester.edu/libtechconference/.




We hope that you and other staff from your library will make plans to join
us for this conference!


For more information, visit the conference web site at:
http://www.macalester.edu/libtechconference/




*Got questions?*

You can always contact us at
libtechconference at macalester.edu.


I look forward to seeing you in the Twin Cities!

-- 
Michael J. Dargan
Reference & Technical Systems Administrator
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