Early Registration Deadline Extended for 2009 LITA National Forum

Contact: Melissa Prentice


LITA


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mprentice@ala.org

NEWS


For Immediate Release


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The early bird registration deadline has been extended for the 2009 LITA National Forum, "Open & Mobile," to be held Oct. 1-4 at the Hilton City Center Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Now is your opportunity to realize excellent savings on registration for the forum. Prior to Aug. 31, the registration rates are $50 lower. Online registration is available, or you may fax or mail your completed registration form. Visit
www.lita.org to register the Forum. Be sure to reserve you hotel room when you register; the deadline to receive the LITA rate is Sept. 1.

Keynote sessions anchor the event and include speakers Joan Lippincott, David Weinberger and Liz Lawley. More than 30 concurrent sessions and 10 poster sessions provide a wealth of practical information on a wide range of topics. Two preconference workshops, The Future of Mobile, presented by Jason Griffey of the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, and Accessibility Update: Section 508 and WCAG in a Library 2.0 World, presented by Nina McHale of the University of Colorado, Denver are also available. In addition, LITA Forum 2009 offers two sessions of nine five-minute lightning talks on Friday and Saturday. Lightning talks are snappy presentations that are great fun for attendees and an opportunity for presenters to showcase late-breaking ideas, trends and achievements. Visit the LITA Web site for information on signing up.

Corporate sponsors of the LITA Forum help to bring the programming and networking opportunities to attendees. We gratefully acknowledge the support of Innovative Interfaces, OCLC, Ex Libris, and Oasis. An opening reception will be held Friday night to showcase our sponsors and provide great networking and camaraderie for attendees. Other networking opportunities include Saturday lunch, continental breakfasts and refreshment breaks, as well as Saturday evening no-host dinner groups organized by LITA leaders.

For more information, visit
www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/litaevents/forum2009. LITA is a division of the American Library Association.