[WLA-All] Don't Miss It! Register for 39th Annual Interlibrary Loan Conference

[Brandie Baumann]

Register now for the 39th Annual Interlibrary Loan Conference, "All
Aboard the Wagon Train: Innovations in Resource Sharing," scheduled for
May 1-2, 2008, at the Sheraton Denver West Hotel in Lakewood, Colorado.

The schedule of speakers and events includes: 

*	Keynote speaker, Brewster Kahle, U.S. Internet entrepreneur,
activist and digital librarian, who will be discussing Internet Archive
and the Open Content Alliance 
*	Welcome remarks from Bill Knott, County Librarian, Jefferson
County Public Library 
*	Researcher and library consultant, Pat Wagner, of Pattern
Research, Inc. 
*	George Burke from BookSwim, the online book rental library club
that lends paperback and hardcover books directly to your house without
the need to purchase them 
*	Nancy Sensel, University of Denver Law Library Interlibrary
Loan/Access Services Coordinator 
*	Katie Birch, OCLC 

Several conference programs are already scheduled - Copyright Basics 101
and Rethinking Resource Sharing (OCLC). BCR Executive Director, Brenda
Bailey-Hainer, and Heather Clark, BCR member services librarian, will
report on the "State of Loans in the Lone Star State," a review of a
recently completed Texas ILL study. 

In addition, the Colorado Interlibrary Loan Committee is accepting
nominations for the 2008 Colorado Excellence in Resource Sharing Award.
This newly created award recognizes the latest innovative trends
implemented by Colorado interlibrary loan practitioners in both
interlibrary loan and document delivery services. Nominations are due
April 4. See the Nominating application form
<http://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/coloillconf/2008Award.pdf>  for
details. 

Registration
<http://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/coloillconf/2008Reg.pdf>  for the
two-day event is affordable at only $85. Conference details, scholarship
opportunities and hotel information are available on the conference Web
site <http://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/coloillconf/> .

 

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Brandie Baumann
Communications Coordinator
BCR
14394 East Evans Avenue
Aurora, CO  80014-1408
303.751.6277; 800.397.1552
Fax:  303.751.9787
E-mail: bbaumann at bcr.org <mailto:bbaumann at bcr.org> 

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