ACRL Update April 13, 2006

ACRL Update
Thursday, April 13, 2006

1. Higher Learning Commission Conference Report
2. ACRL offering Top Technology Trends Webcast
3. RBMS Preconference on Libraries, Archives, and Museums - Sold Out
4. 2006 WESS Cruise at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans
5. 2006 CLS Friday Night Feast at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans

1. Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference Report
ACRL was invited to co-sponsor a program track at the Higher Learning Commission's Annual Conference. The Higher Learning Commission is a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and their yearly conference attracts 3,500 administrators and faculty from more than 800 institutions. ACRL's programs tied into the conference theme "The Future-Focused Organization: 2016-Ready or Not?" by examining future-focused issues such as learning spaces, scholarly communication, and planning the library of the future. The following programs were presented by ACRL members from March 31-April 4, 2006:
* "Libraries Unbundled," by Wendy Pradt Lougee, University of Minnesota
* "Planning Student Centered Libraries in a High-Tech Environment," by Harold B. Shill, Penn State Harrisburg
* "Risky Business: The Future of Scholarly Communication," by Mary Case, University of Illinois at Chicago and Mary Ellen Davis, ACRL
* "Enriching the Academic Experience through Research-Based Learning," by Elizabeth A. Dupuis, University of California, Berkeley

2. ACRL offering Top Technology Trends Webcast
ACRL is offering a new Webcast, Top Technology Trends, May 10 at 11 a.m. PDT (1:00 CDT, 2:00 EDT). In this one-hour Webcast, Roy Tennant, user services architect for the California Digital Library, will highlight key technological trends, demonstrate working examples of these technologies, and discuss how libraries are beginning to use them to provide useful collections and compelling user services.

Registration is limited to 60. ACRL and ALA members receive a registration discount. For complete information, including a link to registration, go to: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlproftools/techtrends.htm

3. RBMS Preconference on Libraries, Archives, and Museums - Sold Out
20-23 June 2006, Austin, Texas
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/rbms2006

The ACRL 47th Annual RBMS Preconference is currently sold out. Due to popular demand we have met the meeting room capacity of 300 participants. If you have not yet registered and are interested in doing so, please consider adding your name to the wait list. To be put on the wait list, please call 800-545-2433 and press option #5 or e-mail registration@ala.org and request to be put on the wait list for the RBMS Preconference. If someone cancels and a space becomes available, you will be notified according to list order up until the dates of the preconference.

4. 2006 WESS Cruise at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans
Travel the mighty Mississippi River on the Riverboat John James Audubon while listening to a jazz band and enjoying famous New Orleans fare!
Sunday June 25, 2006
7-9:30 PM
$35 per person
Registration ends May 25, 2006

For registration information and other details, visit: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/mdx/WESSCruise/wesscruise.htm

5. 2006 CLS Friday Night Feast at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans
This year CLS returns to the city where the first dinner was held. Join us for a fabulous dinner at a great price at the Bourbon House - 140 Bourbon Street, New Orleans.

Cost/per person:
$31 for CLS members
$43 for CLS guests (as space permits)
Registration ends May 25, 2006
The first 10 non-CLS members are free!
Sponsored in part by the Haworth Press, Inc.

For registration information and other details, visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl/acrlsections/collegelibraries/collconferences/conferences.htm