REMINDER! Don't forget to register for

The FLICC Institute for Federal Library Technicians--Monday, July 26
through Friday, July 30, 2004

See a draft of the agenda below as well as other important
information.

Designed for both the newer and the seasoned library technician, this
week-long institute will provide a broad overview of federal library
work. The program will open with a dynamic keynote presentation on
professionalism and the federal library technician and will continue
with presentations by noted experts and panel discussions by federal
library staff members. The week will also include subject-oriented
tours
of selected areas of the Library of Congress and moderated breakout
sessions for participants to interact with their peers. (Note: This
program replicates the Technicians Institutes held in 1997-2003.)

Date
Monday, July 26--Friday, July 30, 2004

Time
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. There is no
entry to the Library of Congress prior to 8:30 a.m.)

Place
Mumford Room, 6th floor, Madison Building, The Library of Congress,
101
Independence Avenue S. E., Washington, D.C. 20540

Metro
Capitol South (Orange and Blue Lines)

Sponsor
FLICC Education Working Group

Registration
$300 (includes refreshments and handouts). Registrations may not be
shared among multiple participants. Visit the FLICC Educational
Programs
Web site at http://www.loc.gov/flicc/feveform.html to register online,
or call the FLICC office at (202) 707-4800.

To view a PDF version of the Meeting Announcement, visit
http://lcweb.loc.gov/flicc/ma/2004/ma0427.pdf.

Request ADA Accommodations five business days in advance at (202)
707-6362 TTY or [log in to unmask]

Information
Call FLICC (202) 707-4800; TTY (202) 707-4995

Cancellations
Cancellations must be called into the FLICC office (202-707-4800) 48
hours prior to the start of an educational program or the full fee
will
be charged.

Draft of Agenda

Monday, July 26
AM
* Welcome and Introduction
-- Keynote: Sybil Bullock, Retired Director, Redstone Scientific
Information Center, Adjunct Professor, School of Library and
Information
Science, University of  Alabama
* Technicians Panel
PM
* History of Books and Libraries
* Breakout Sessions on: Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Cataloging,
Acquisitions, and  Reference

Tuesday, July 27
AM
* Government Funding
* Acquisitions/ Collection Development
* Serials
PM
* Preservation
* Cataloging Concepts

Wednesday, July 28
AM
* Integrated Library Services (ILS)
* Online Services
* The World Wide Web
PM
* Library of Congress Tours to: Cataloging, Congressional Research
Service, Copyright, Law Library, Science and Technology, Serial and
Government Publications, Geography and Map, and the Main Reading Room

Thursday, July 29
AM
* Reference Process/Reference Sources
PM
* Government Documents
* Virtual Reference
* Print to Pixels: Digitizing

Friday, July 30
AM
* Customer Services
PM
* Personnel Issues and Career Development
* Professional Associations Panel
-- ALA, DCLA, SLA, VLA
* Certificates/Conclusion

NOTE: Hotel accommodations are available at the Capitol Hill Suites
conveniently located across the street from the Library of Congress,
at
200 C Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003. To make reservations, call
Gena
Zak at 202-543-6000 and request a reservation for the "Federal Library
Technicians Institute" rooms. The room cost is $119/night (single
occupancy) and $139/night (double occupancy).

FLICC  MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT MA2004-27