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June 29, 2009
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
IMLS Director and
Staff Participate in
American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago,
July 9-15, 2009
Visit the IMLS Booth at
the ALA Exhibition Hall Booth #3154
Washington, DC—Anne-Imelda
Radice, Director of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS), Mary Chute, Deputy Director for Libraries,
and other Institute staff will participate in various
events during the American Library Association Annual
Conference in Chicago July 9-15. IMLS staff and a list
of sessions pertaining to IMLS-funded grants will be available
July 11–14 at booth #3154. The exhibits will be
located in the McCormick Place West, Hall F, located at
2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois. Below is
a list of sessions attended by IMLS representatives.
“Library Champions Reception,” Anne-Imelda
Radice, Director, 6 – 7:30 p.m., July 10, Hilton
Chicago.
“A Dialogue With the Aging Network and the Library
Community: The New Guidelines on Library and Information
Services to Older Adults,” Laurie Brooks, Associate
Deputy Director for Libraries and Marsha Semmel, Director
for Strategic Partnerships, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Sheraton
Chicago, July 10.
“Careers in Federal Libraries,” Mary L. Chute,
Deputy Director for Libraries, Panel Participant - Federal
and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table, 9 – 11:30
a.m., Harold Washington Library Center, July 10.
Picturing America Programs in Public Libraries,”
Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums and Director
for Strategic Partnerships, 10:30 – 12:00 at McCormick
Place West, W-178B, July 11.
“Public Library Winners of the National Medal
for Library and Museum Service from the IMLS--Small to
Medium Sized Institutions in Rural to Urban Areas,”
Mary L. Chute, Deputy Director for Libraries, Panel Participant,
3:30 – 5:30 p.m., McCormick Place West, W-192b,
July 11.
“Unveiling of IMLS’s 21st Century Skills
initiative at the Chicago Public Library’s new revolutionary
teen space, YOUMedia,” Mamie Bittner, Deputy Director
for the Office of Policy, Planning, Research, and Communications,
Mary L. Chute, Deputy Director for Libraries, and Marsha
Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums and Director for Strategic
Partnerships, in partnership with representatives of The
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 12:30 –
2:00, Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State Street,
Ground Floor, Chicago, July 11. [Attendance limited. RSVP
by July 7 to jmjoseth@imls.gov]
“IMLS Grant Funding for Preservation,” Kevin
Cherry, Senior Program Officer, Office of Library Services,
to the “Promoting Preservation Interest Group”
through the Preservation and Reformatting Section of ALCTS/ALA,
10:30 – 12:30 p.m. at the Hilton, Continental C,
July 12.
“Report on the IMLS Native American Library Services
Program,” Alison Freese, Senior Program Officer,
Office of Library Services, at the American Indian Library
Association Business Meeting, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. at
the Hyatt Regency McCormick Conference Center 24, July
12.
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