So this summer has been all kinds of crowded in terms of my schedule, but one of the best pieces has been working with the executive board of the Oregon chapter of ACRL to plan the fall conference we host every other year (trading off with our friends in ACRL-WA).
Things are finally coming together (largely because the Board is just an awesome group of people to work with) and I’m getting so excited for the final result.
We have a title! Libraries Out Loud: New Narratives of Enduring Change
We are going to have exciting, thought-provoking keynote addresses by Barbara Fister and Char Booth.
(Two people who, if you asked me “name 10 people you would choose to provoke your thoughts” would totally be right up at the top half of the list).
Local copyright maven Rachel Bridgewater is going to lead everyone in a meaty, substantive discussion and activity about the Code for Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries, and we’re going to be (virtually) joined in that by the people from ARL and the Center for Social Media who put that document together).
There will be poster sessions, and lightning talks and a party- and it all happens in one of the most beautiful places on earth, the Columbia River Gorge.
October 25-26, 2012. Registration opens soon!
(Photo by flickr user Nietnagel)
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sounds like an awesome conference. i hope the talks are filmed so the rest of us can see them!
David! You should come hang out with us. That would be an excellent use of sabbatical time :-)