ALCTS events at ALA 2009

LJ's overview of ALA Chicago

* ALA Conference 2009: Hey, Small Spender!
* ALA Conference 2009: Chicago Hope
* ALA Conference 2009: The Second City's Newest Restaurants
* ALA Conference 2009: Text a Librarian at ALA Annual in Chicago
* ALA Conference 2009: Bed Down on a Budget
* ALA Conference 2009: Tasting Chicago

E-books: The Changing Standards Landscape
A Free NISO/BISG Standards Forum at the ALA Annual Conference 2009

Join this FREE, half-day educational forum to discover the most current
e-book standards and listen to thought leadership on the critical areas of
identification, formatting, digital rights management (DRM), and the
specific use needs of libraries.

Date: Friday, July 10th
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Chicago, IL
RSVP: nisohq@niso.org

"The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services will present James Cuno, president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago, as the featured speaker for the 2009 ALCTS President's Program at the ALA Annual Meeting in Chicago. The President's Program, which begins at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, July 13., is once again generously sponsored by Elsevier.

Dr. Cuno's recent publication, "Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage", published by Princeton University Press, is the subject of his presentation. "