1) Forum Fellowship for Librarians New to the Profession awards
2) Revised program
3) Online reservations
4) Acknowledgements
5) Reminders
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1) Forum Fellowship for Librarians New to the Profession awards
It’s my pleasure to announce the recipients of the
latest round of Forum Fellowship for Librarians New to the Profession awards:
- Matt Cordial, Graduate Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Andrew Curley, Digital Production Specialist, University of Virginia
- Nicole Roberg, Usability & Interface Specialist, Indiana University
- Jim Tuttle, Geospatial Data Librarian, North Carolina State University Libraries
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2) Revised program
The revised program is available from http://www.diglib.org/forums/spring2007/
in HTML as a shortened schedule and a version with full abstracts. You will
also find links to information about the Pasadena and useful list of resources on
topics such as travel, etc. These are living documents, so if you have any helpful
comments or changes to improve the accuracy and display of the content please
contact me, [log in to unmask]
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3) Online reservations
DLF has reserved a block of rooms at the conference hotel,
The Westin Pasadena Hotel, for $184/night for single occupancy. All attendees
and speakers are responsible for making their own reservations. The Forum Web
page, http://www.diglib.org/forums/spring2007/ has a link to an online
reservation form for booking a room into the block at the conference rate. This
link is also available through the online registration form.
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4) I would like to thank the Forum Program Committee for
volunteering their time to select Forum Fellows and paper proposals to shape
what will prove to be a fabulous program. The Program Committee is:
- Stephen Abrams, Harvard University
- Peter Brantley, Digital Library Federation
- John Chapman, University of Minnesota
- Hannah Frost, Stanford University
- Barrie Howard, Digital Library Federation
- Chris Ruotolo, University of Virginia
- David Seaman, Dartmouth College
- Ann Whiteside, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
I’d also like to thank John Carlson for his work on
the Forum Web page.
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5) Reminders
The cut-off date for both the Forum registration and to
reserve a room at the conference rate is March 22nd.
If you are an author or presenter of a paper, etc. send your
biography to me by March 16th.
Regards,
Barrie L. Howard
Program Manager
Digital Library Federation
1755 Mass. Ave., NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036-2124
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