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1) Forum Fellowship for Librarians New to the Profession awards 2) Revised program 3) Online reservations 4) Acknowledgements 5) Reminders ************************** 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 ************************** 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] ************************** 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. ************************* 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. ************************** 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 http://www.diglib.org V: (202) 939-4769 F: (202) 939-4765