There will be eight AMPC backed CS SIS programs in D.C., including one workshop.  We will also have two roundtables and one hot topic to complete our educational events.  I’ve listed them below along with our alphabet soup reception and our program planning meeting.  You can start marking your calendars now!

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

• Cool Tools: The Workshop (full day workshop being held at Georgetown Law)
• Alphabet Soup Reception, 90 minutes, 7 - 8:30 pm

Sunday, July 26, 2009

• Roundtable Reception for Web 2.0 Challengers (discussion with snacks for the 2008/9 Web 2.0 Challenge), 75 minutes, 12 - 1:15 pm)
• Making Your ILS Web 2.0 Happy, 75 minutes, 1:30 pm
• Beyond Copyright?: How Licensing Agreements and Digital Rights Management Pose Challenges to Fair Use and the Provision of Electronic or Media Services, 75 minutes, 1:30 pm (yes, we know there is a conflict with the program above and complained bitterly about it already.  yes, we will try and make both available on the CS web site.)
• Network Neutrality: The Debate Over the Internet Superhighway, 60 minutes, 4:15 pm
• CS HOT TOPIC: Blogger Connie Crosby on ‘Why Librarians Should Care About Emerging Technologies,” 60 minutes, 5:30 to 6:30 pm

Monday, July 27, 2009

• I Want My Web 2.0: Lessons from the Web 2.0 Challenge Everyone Can Use (or “Get your MySpace for nothing and your RSS for free.”), 60 minutes, 8:45 am
• Roundtable Discussion (TBA - in the process of finalizing the topic), 60 minutes, 10:45 - 11:45 am
• CS Open Program Planning Meeting (brown bag), 75 minutes, 12 - 1:15 pm
• WYDSIWYG: What You Don’t See Is What You Don’t Get, 75 minutes, 4:00 pm

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

• CS Breakfast Business Meeting and Awards, 1 hr. 45 minutes, 7:00 am
• Web 2.0 Driving Innovation in the Law Firm Library, 90 minutes, 9:00 am
• Vlogging for Law Libraries, 30 minutes, 3:30 pm

I hope you can attend as many as possible!  Thanks to our members who are making it all possible.

Vicki Szymczak, Chair 2008-09