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From the American Library Association

RUSA Stuff at ALA 2009

Did you know that the advance registration deadline for ALA's Annual
Conference is May 22? Less than two weeks away!

The RUSA @ Annual Conference guide is now available for download, and
provides an overview of what RUSA-the Reference and User Services
Association, a division of ALA-has to offer at this year's event in
Chicago.

Download the guide now: http://rusa.ala.org/media/rusa09annual.pdf

Topics covered in this year's programs include:

--Reference, including business reference, historical reference and the
latest research in reference services

--Resource sharing and user privacy

--Collection development, including Spanish-speaking populations and
genre fiction

--Cataloging

--Customer service

--Readers advisory: an interdisciplinary approach

Looking for full-day intensive programming? RUSA preconferences are the
solution, addressing the following topics:

--Illinois-based genealogy resources

--Business knowledge for better business reference

--Collaborating to solve reference services challenges

--The newly-revised "Guidelines on Library and Information Services to
Older Adults"

Don't wait! The best prices on preconferences and conference
registration end next Friday, May 22.

Download the RUSA @ Annual Conference guide now:
http://rusa.ala.org/media/rusa09annual.pdf

Register now at www.ala.org/annual.

Sincerely,

Liz Markel, Marketing Specialist
Reference and User Services Association
a division of the American Library Association

RDA-Related Events at ALA in Chicago

For my Library Information Technology students... If you're going to ALA in Chicago, you may want to look for these sessions if you're interested in cataloging and knowledge management.

The RDA Implementation Task Force has several events coming up at the 2009
ALA Annual Conference that we offer for consideration by those attending:
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Pre-conference, Friday, July 10, 8:30-5:00

Title: RDA, FRBR, FRAD: Making the Connection

Speakers: Barbara Tillett (Library of Congress), Glenn Patton (OCLC),
Robert Maxwell Brigham Young Univ.), and Tom Delsey (JSC)

This pre-conference concentrates on the role of the Functional Requirements
for Bibliographic Records(FRBR) and the Functional Requirements for
Authority Data (FRAD) in Resource Description and Access (RDA). The
necessity of understanding these new conceptual foundations is key to the
transition to the future cataloging environment. Participants will hear from
a panel of experts on FRBR and FRAD attributes and relationships, new
terminology and concepts, and participate in practical hands-on exercises.

Location: Hyatt, Columbus Hall I/J
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4-hour program, Saturday, July 11, 1:30-5:30pm

Title: Look Before You Leap: Taking RDA For a Test-Drive

Speakers: Barbara Bushman (National Library of Medicine), John Espley (VTLS,
Inc.), Shawne Miksa (COI, UNT), Nannette Naught (IMT, Inc.)

This program focuses on giving librarians the opportunity to ‘test-drive’
RDA. It will examine the content and organization of RDA (compared with
AACR2). Program speakers will focus on the RDA online product, creating
workflows, RDA in ILS systems, testing of RDA, its affect on the MARC
format, and RDA education.

Location: McCormick Place West, room W-134
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RDA Implementation Task Force, business meeting, Sunday, July 12, 3:30-5:30

Location: Chicago Hilton, Conference Room 4A

ALA Early Bird Registration ends TODAY!

The American Library Association conference is in Chicago this summer; the full annual conference will never be closer as there are few other cities that can handle the approximately 20,000 attendees plus vendors. I strongly encourage students in the Library Information Technology program to attend if at all possible; you won't be disappointed. The information below is about the "conference within a conference;" the Empowerment Conference for Library Support Staff. There is a separate lower registration fee for just the Empowerment Conference, or you can register for the full ALA conference which includes the Empowerment Conference.

The 2009 Empowerment Conference for Library Support Staff will be held during the 2009 Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12, 2009.

Registration for Empowerment 2009 is automatically included with a full Annual Conference registration. Separate registration is also available. Registration for LSSIRT members is $135 in advance, or $160 on-site. ALA members and anyone else can register for this two day conference for $185 by March 6 and for $210 after the March 6 deadline and on-site. Co-sponsors: ALA Library Support Staff Interests Round Table (LSSIRT) and the ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR).

Register online for the Empowerment Conference, just click on online registration for the Conference and after you enter the site you will be able to choose the Empowerment Conference as a registration type, but remember it is included automatically with a full Annual Conference Registration.