Thomson Gale to sponsor the Opening General Session at AASL National Conference

Contact: Kathy Agarwal

Communications Specialist

312-280-4381

kagarwal@ala.org

For Immediate Release

November 22, 2006

Thomson Gale to sponsor the Opening General Session

at AASL National Conference

CHICAGO – Thomson Gale will sponsor the Opening General Session of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) 13th National Conference and Exhibition in Reno, October 25-28, 2007.

The Opening General Session will be held on Thursday, October 25, with Dan Pink, a best-selling author, acclaimed technology writer and business consultant, as the featured keynote speaker. Pink is a prolific author, speaker and presenter, regularly contributing to Wired magazine, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review and Fast Company. He also serves as independent consultant to CNBC's "Power Lunch," ABC's "World News Tonight," NPR's "Morning Edition," and American Public Media's "Marketplace." Pink’s latest book, “A Whole New Mind,” discusses the cultural and economic changes caused by the technological revolution and examines essential skills needed to succeed in today’s technology-driven society.

The Opening General Session will kick off the AASL National Conference, which will feature five preconference workshops, more than 100 concurrent sessions, over 200 exhibiting companies, school and educational tours, and special appearances by award-winning children’s and young adult authors. For more information about the AASL 13th National Conference and Exhibition, visit http://www.ala.org/aasl/reno.

The American Association of School Librarians, www.aasl.org, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), promotes the improvement and extension of library media services in elementary and secondary schools as a means of strengthening the total education program. Its mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change and develop leaders in the school library media field.

Thomson Gale™ (www.gale.com), a part of The Thomson Corporation, serves the world's information and education needs through its vast and dynamic content pools, which are used by students and consumers in their libraries, schools and on the Internet.