[LM_NET] ALA TechSource Gaming, Learning and Libraries Symposium

[Jenny Najduch <jnajduch@ALA.ORG>]

Join the American Library Association (ALA) for their second annual
TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium (GLLS 2008) to
explore the exciting world of gaming at your library!

GLLS 2008 will take place from November 2 through November 4, 2008.
Registration is now open for 350 guests and filling up fast!  The event
sold out early in 2007 and looks as if it will do the same this year.
Registration closes on October 28, and costs $300 for ALA members,
TechSource subscribers (Library Technology Reports or Smart Libraries
Newsletter), and students.  The nonmember registration rate is $350.

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is co-sponsoring,
in name-only, this fantastic learning event, and will have members of
both the ALSC Children & Technology Committee and the ALSC Great
Interactive Software Committee presenting sessions.  Keynotes will
feature:

*       Andrew Bub, GamerDad <http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/>  
*       Dr. Lawrence Kutner, author of Grand Theft Childhood
<http://www.grandtheftchildhood.com/GTC/Home.html>  
*       Marc Prensky, author of Don't Bother Me Mom, I'm Learning
<http://marcprensky.com/writing/>  

The symposium will run from 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, through
1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4 at the Doubletree located in Oak Brook,
Illinois.  Registration includes entry to all sessions of the event and
breakout rooms; open gaming night with snacks (Sunday, November 2);
continental breakfast Monday morning (November 3); lunch Monday
afternoon; snacks and coffee on Monday; continental breakfast Tuesday
morning (November 4); one copy of Jenny Levine's April 2008 issue of
Library Technology Reports, Gaming in Libraries Update: Broadening the
Intersections; wireless internet in the hotel meeting rooms and guest
room if you are staying on the premises; parking; and all the fun,
gaming, and learning you can handle!

More information is located on the GLLS2008 Wiki at:
http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/ <http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/> .
Please contact Jenny Levine at jlevine@ala.org if you have questions
regarding GLLS 2008. 

Please excuse the cross-post.  Thank you!



Sincerely,

Jenny Najduch, Marketing Specialist

Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

A division of the American Library Association

 

50 E. Huron 

Chicago, IL 60611

phone: (312) 280-4026

fax: (312) 280-5271

jnajduch@ala.org

 

Register now for the 

Association for Library Service to Children

2008 National Institute

September 18-20, Salt Lake City, UT

"Professional Development with a Youth Services Focus!"

http://www.ala.org/alscinstitute <http://www.ala.org/alscinstitute> 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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