Virtual Conference

Can't make it to Baltimore?  You can still participate in the ACRL 13th National Conference online! The ACRL Virtual Conference, held completely online, will include live, interactive webcasts of select speakers, as well as text-based discussion boards, blogs, speaker materials and more.
 
What is a Virtual Conference?
Like its face-to-face (F2F) counterpart, ACRL Virtual Conference will run on a real-time schedule.  The online conference will feature synchronous activities, such as live webcasts, that begin and end at a certain time.  Other synchronous and asynchronous activities will be offered as part of the conference, allowing for convenient scheduling and flexibility.  You can participate fully in the conference without having to leave your desk. 

The ACRL Virtual Conference will feature:

• Ten live, interactive webcasts
• Text of the contributed and invited papers, available in the Virtual Conference online community prior to the conference
• Supporting presentation materials, such as handouts, bibliographies, speaker biographies, and more
• Exhibitor online poster sessions
• On Demand recording of Michael Eric Dyson's Opening Keynote Session
• Discussion boards, including both targeted discussions related to presentations and discussion on general conference topics 
• Daily blogs from roving conference correspondents to keep you posted with information on the activities and pulse of the live conference
• Archive of all live webcasts
• Access to the community for one-year after the event

Live, interactive webcasts will be held on Friday, March 30, and Saturday, March 31, including:

• Collaborating with Campus IT and Faculty to Build the Institutional Repository of Tomorrow
• Faculty Attitudes About Scholarly Communication Trends and Issues:  Tribal Differences at Columbia University
• Designing a Library Environment That Promotes Learning
• They Didn't Teach That in Library School!  Building a Digital Teaching Commons to Enhance Metadata Teaching, Learning and Research
• Inside the Academic Administrator's Mind: What They Really Think About Library Value and Support
• Academic Success:  How Library Services Make a Difference
• Service Sea Change: Clicking with Screenagers Through Virtual Reference
• PennTags: Creating and Using an Academic Social Bookmarking Tool
• Virtual Teams: Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing Across Time and Distance
• Federated Searching: Do Undergraduates Prefer It and Does It Add Value?
• Library Mashups for the Virtual Campus: Using Web 2.0 Toolsto CreateNew Current Awareness Resources
• The Reference Question - Where has Reference Been?  Where is Reference Going?
• Perceptions of Campus-Level Advocacy and Influence Strategies Among Senior Administrators

• Caution! Hazardous Substances: Recognizing and Deflecting Toxic Personalities in the Library Workplace

Click here for descriptions for the live webcasts and to view the Virtual Conference schedule.

The Virtual Conference will take place in a dedicated online conference community, hosted by LearningTimes, Inc.  Note: All face-to-face Baltimore conference registrants also receive complimentary access to the online conference community as part of their conference registration.  The Virtual Conference online community will launch in March 2007.  Instructions for accessing the community will be sent out to all online-only and face-to-face conference registrants in March.

How To Register
Registration for the ACRL Virtual National Conference is now open.  Click here to access the online registration form. 

Registration Fees:
ACRL member - $195
ALA member - $255
Nonmember - $295
Student - $75

Registration includes unlimited access to the online conference community for one year after the event. 

Technical requirements: Participants will need a system that allows for e-mail and Web browsing. Visit http://www.elluminate.com/support/faqs/min_requirements.jsp for requirements.

ACRL thanks LearningTimes for their generous contribution of ten scholarships for the ACRL Virtual Conference.