ALA Conference 6/24

My last day at the conference!
We had another beautiful day in Washington. I started my day at the ALCTS New Leadership Orientation. This was a 2 hour introduction to the ALCTS division and the various main committees. I'm beginning to understand the organizational structure and the options open to us. This group is very active in promoting presentations and publications. Later in the day, I attended the Gobi Users group meeting. We got to see the new interface that will be coming in Sept. 2007. We also heard more detail about how they will be handling e-books. This was helpful because I felt we received conflicting information from Elsevier about working with distributors. I met Jim Shetler in person, and we talked a little about our process and streamlining.
In the middle of the day, I walked through the exhibits. My sister and her family joined me for a short time, and I think they were overwhelmed by the quantity of books and publishers.

This was a great conference, I met many new people and learned a lot.

I'll be back at my next trip.

Beth