Kudos to those but in terms of attendees, or would be attendees, it is an
expense unless you are a full time student or can have your institution
reimburse fees, on top of ALA registration costs and travel expenses. Do
they try to obtain any sponsorship for such events to keep fees down for
people ? A ticket to the Scholarship Bash is only $40...
I'm attending ALA this year, out of pocket but while its great to see a
decent student rate, for an average librarian, even with some reimbursement
from their library, on top of other conference events some of these are
quite high end.
Cheers, Karen Weaver
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Steven Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Regarding the Metadata Standards and Applications preconference, the fees
> are set by ALCTS. As far as I can see they're identical to those for the
> other preconferences, except that this is a 2-day rather than 1-day
> workshop, so ALCTS I assume has twice the cost for facilities,
> equipment, and food. I think Janet Hill made some good points
> about costs. We presenters volunteer our time (8 hours each day with no
> honorarium) and cover our own expenses for two extra nights hotel.
>
>
>
> Steve Miller
> ------------
> Steven J. Miller, Senior Lecturer
> School of Information Studies
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201
> Phone: 414-229-6640
> Fax: 414-229-6699
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karen Weaver" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:53:13 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [eduCAT] RDA Implementation Task Force preconference and
> program at ALA 2009, Chicago
>
> I have to check the registration on the Friday event, I know I had also
> seen the fees for the Metadata workshop, which are *considerably pricey
> IMHO.* / best Karen W
> Thursday, July 9th - Friday, July 10th *Metadata Standards and
> Applications:
> A "Cataloging for the 21st Century" Workshop*
>
> This two-day preconference explores metadata standards and applications for
> bibliographic control in the 21st century. The goal is to relate what
> participants already know about library catalog metadata to digital library
> metadata, preparing them to apply current knowledge to new areas. Not
> primarily a “hands on” workshop for learning how to create metadata,
> exercises are included, providing a solid foundation in current metadata
> concepts, standards and issues for digital libraries. *Speakers:* Steven
> Miller, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Jennifer Lang, Princeton
> University Library.
>
> Registration is open. Sign-up for these exciting pre-conferences through
> the 2009 ALA Annual Conference registration web site at:
>
> http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/annual/2009/registration.cfm
>
> *One day registration fees: *$199 ALCTS Members; $249 ALA Members; $289
> Non-members; $99 Full-time Library School Students.
>
> Metadata Standards two day registration fees: $339 ALCTS Members; $389 ALA
> Members; $439 Non-members; $150 Full-time Library School Students.
>
> For more information, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Education & Meetings,
> [log in to unmask]
>
> ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Karen Weaver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Whats the breakdown by registration type (i.e. student etc ) ?
> > Thx, kw
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Shawne Miksa <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I wish I had a say in that but that is the decision of a person
> higher-up
> >> on
> >> the ALA totem pole than me. Not too many people seem to be wary of
> it---we
> >> have over 100 registered so far. ;-)
> >>
> >>
> >> **************************************************************
> >> Shawne D. Miksa, Ph.D.
> >> Associate Professor
> >> Department of Library and Information Sciences
> >> College of Information
> >> University of North Texas
> >> email: [log in to unmask]
> >> http://courses.unt.edu/smiksa/index.htm
> >> office 940-565-3560 fax 940-565-3101
> >> **************************************************************
> >>
> >
> >
>
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