Electronic Resources & Libraries 2008: Pre-conferences and Early Registration Deadline

["Andrea Imre" <aimre@lib.siu.edu>]

Electronic Resources & Libraries 2008
March 19-21, 2008
Pre-Conferences March 18, 2008
Global Learning Center, Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA

For the first time ER&L 2008 will feature four half-day 
pre-conferences on March 18.  They are:

Morning Sessions:

- Mars and Venus for Information Professionals: Are your stakeholders
   hearing the message you intended to send?
- LibX: Creating a New Search Tool for Your Library

Afternoon Sessions:
- Metadata Quality Control for Resource Discovery and Sharing
- Project Management: Basic Skills and Techniques

Each session costs $150.  For more information on the pre-conferences,
go to:

http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/index/announcement/
view/5

If you have already registered for the conference and would like 
to attend one or more of the pre-conferences, please contact 
Bonnie Tijerina (bonnie.tijerina@gmail.com) to have your 
registration updated.

Remember that early-bird rates are in effect for registrations by 
January 10, 2008:

       Professional: $215
       Student: $105
       Paraprofessional/Support Staff: $165

After January 10, 2008, the rates are as follows:

       Professional: $275
       Student: $135
       Paraprofessional/Support Staff: $195

The registration form now includes the pre-conferences.  To 
register, go to:

http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2008/schedConf/registration

ER&L '08 conference details are online at:
http://www.electroniclibrarian.org/ocs/index.php/erl/2008

Questions: Please direct questions about the conference to Bonnie
Tijerina (bonnie.tijerina@gmail.com) or Elizabeth Winter
(elizabeth.winter@library.gatech.edu). Please direct questions related
to pre-conferences to Xan Arch (xanadu@stanford.edu).

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Andrea Imre
Electronic Resources Librarian
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Morris Library
605 Agriculture Dr
Carbondale, IL 62901
phone: 618-453-4339
fax:  618-453-3452
e-mail: aimre@lib.siu.edu