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--Reference, including business reference, historical reference and the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