ALA Programs of possible Interest to DLS members

The DLS Liaison Committee has compiled a list of programs at ALA Annual in New Orleans later this month, that may be of interest to the DLS membership.  This was originally sent to the OFFCAMP mailing list:

Friday, June 23
(Pre-Conference)

• Reinvented Reference: The Integration of Digital and Traditional Reference Services -- 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 24

• The Silent Majority? Identifying Hidden Users and the Underserved -- 8:00 am – 10:00 am
• Free eReserves: Saving Money, Saving Time, and Expanding Services with Open Source Software -- 8:30 am - 10:00 am
• LITA Distance Learning Interest Group -- 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
• The Ultimate Debate: Who Controls The Future of Search -- 1:30 pm - 03:30 pm
• Use What They Own, Go Where They Are:  Plugging the Library into Student Gadgets and Habitats -- 1:30 pm - 03:30 pm
• * DLS Program
  Stand by Your Students: Confront the Textbook Pricing Crisis with Advocacy and Alternatives --4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Sunday June 25

• * DLS Meeting
  All Committees -- 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Open Source Programs for the Reference Librarian: When your Budget is More Limited than your Vision -- 8:30 am - 10:00 am
• Podcasting the Classroom: Impact, Implications, and Implementations of Podcasting for Teaching and Learning --10:30 am - 12:00 pm
• Copyrights and Licensing Wrongs:  When Two Worlds Collide --10:30 am -12:00 pm
• Big Ideas, Small Staff:  Successful Tactics for College Libraries --10:30 am -12:00 pm 
• Who's Out There and What Are They Doing? Supporting the Independent User --10:30 am – 12:00 pm
• Privacy and Technologies in Libraries:  Ethical Challenges and Responses --4:00 pm -5:30 pm
• * DLS Meeting
  Executive Board -- 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Monday June 26

• * DLS Meeting
  DLS Discussion  Group --8:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Ebook 3.0: The Converging of the Mobile Lifestyle Media Platform --8:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Abuse is in the Eye of the Beholder: Managing Challenging Users in Virtual Reference --10:30 am - 12:00 pm

I was hoping to provide a link to the official ALA Conference website for you to go find out more information about these programs/presentations, but it appears that unless you're a registered attendee, the above is about all the advance information available!  If you have more information about any of the above (perhaps you're one of the speakers?) why not post a little more information in the official ALA 2006 wiki?

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