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Schedule of IS Meetings: ALA Annual Conference 2008


Friday -- 6/27/08
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm IS Soiree Tangerine Grill & Patio at The Anabella Hotel
Saturday -- 6/28/08
Time Meeting Hotel / Room
(map -- abbreviations)
8:00 am - 12:00 am

Leaders Meeting

These sessions comprise the Leadership Meeting. They will occur sequentially in the same room:

  • Advisory Council I 8:00 - 9:30 am
  • Welcome and Orientation 9:30 - 10:30 am
  • Executive I 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
SHER Plaza C
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Multi-committee meeting

All committees meet simultaneously in the same room:

  • Awards
  • Communication
  • Conference Program Planning 2008
  • Conference Program Planning 2009 I
  • Discussion Group Steering
  • Information Literacy Best Practices
  • Information Literacy in the Disciplines
  • Instruction for Diverse Populations
  • Instructional Technologies
  • Management & Leadership
  • Membership
  • Mentoring Program
  • Planning
  • Policy & Publications Review
  • Professional Education
  • Research and Scholarship
  • Teaching Methods
ACC 201 A/B
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Current Topics Discussion Group I: “Using the Social Web to Promote and Enhance Information Literacy.” MAR Salon A-D
Sunday -- 6/29/08
Time Meeting Hotel / Room
(map -- abbreviations)
9:00 – 10:00 am New Leaders Orientation (incoming IS chairs) DOUB Tuscany A/B
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Conference Program Planning 2009 II HIL Balboa C
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Current Topics Discussion Group II: “Academic Library Instruction in an Online Learning Environment.”
DOUB Tuscany A/B
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm IS Conference Program, 2008: Creating Change: Teacher Librarians and New Learners MAR Marquis Center
4:00 – 5:30 pm "Is There a Right to Information Literacy? Academy Responsibility in the Information Age."
co-sponsored with the ACRL's Committee on Ethics
MAR Salon F
Monday -- 6/30/08
Time Meeting Hotel / Room
(map -- abbreviations)
8:00 am - 10:00 am Advisory Council II HIL Coronado
10:30 am - 1:30 pm Executive Committee II HIL Conference Rm. 7

Meet your colleagues at the IS Soiree! We’ll be meeting on the patio of the Tangerine Grill & Patio at The Anabella Hotel for a lovely evening of networking and refreshments. Friday June 27, 2008; 5:30-7:00 PM; 1030 W. Katella Avenue; Anaheim, CA 92802. [RSVP, Menus, & Maps]

Convention center & hotel abbreviations:
ACC - Anaheim Convention Center
CLAR - Clarion Hotel
CROW - Crowne Plaza
DIS - Disneyland Hotel
DOUB - Doubletree Guest Suites
EMB - Embassy Suites South
GRAND - Disney’s Grand Californian
*HIL - Hilton Anaheim
HYATT - Hyatt Regency Orange County
*MAR - Marriott Anaheim
PIER - Disney’s Paradise Pier
SHER - Sheraton Park Hotel
*co headquarters


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