Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Conference Social/Happy Hour SLA's Government Information Division, along with ALA's Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) invites you to attend the FDLP Conference Social/Happy Hour at this year's Federal Depository Library Program Conference in Arlington, VA. The Social/Happy Hour will be held on Monday, October 19th from 4:30 to 9:00 pm in the Skydome Lounge at the Doubletree Hotel in Arlington (the conference hotel). This Social/Happy Hour will give conference attendees a chance to unwind after a long day of conference meetings and PowerPoint presentations. Other librarians not participating in the conference are also welcome to attend the Social/Happy Hour. Those interested in attending this year's FDLP conference, scheduled for Monday, October 19th through Wednesday, October 21st, can register at the link below. Registration for the FDLP conference is free of charge. http://www.fdlp.gov/component/dtregister/?eventId=13&task=event_register&type=reg_individual Happy Hour food and drink specials will be available from 4:30 to 7:00 pm. Additionally, to foster informal discussion on events of importance and interest to the Federal Depository Library Program, "topic tables" will be set up around the lounge where librarians can gather and talk about specific topics of interest to the program, such as: Will depository libraries be information producers in the future? Or will their partnership role in the FDLP focus exclusively on public services to users? What will the practical effects of mass digitization projects like the Internet Archive's Americana Collection and Google Books be for you and your collection? Census 2010: what are you doing to publicize it or prepare your collection for it or plan instruction around it? How will the increasing number of documents that are "born digital" in federal government agencies (and available to all on the web) effect the future of the FDLP? What will the Federal Depository Library Program look like in another 5 years? Will library patrons be primarily retrieving recently issued government documents through means other than FDLP resources and libraries in the future? Location: Skydome Lounge, Doubletree Hotel 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA Date and Time: Monday, October 19th, 4:30 to 9:00 pm See below for a link to a flyer and contact information should you have any questions. https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B-LB6VoqlRSiMzk5MWJmNDEtYzE0Zi00NDM1LWFhMTAtOWJhMGFlYmNkMWFi&hl=en We hope to see you then! George Franchois Director U.S. Dept. of the Interior Library 1849 C Street, NW, MS 1151 Washington, DC 20240 [log in to unmask] Phone: (202) 208-3796 Fax: (202) 208-6773 URL: http://library.doi.gov Amy West Data Services Librarian 10 Wilson Library University of Minnesota 309 - 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455-0414 Phone: (612) 625-6368 Email: [log in to unmask] Google Mail, IM, Docs, Reader: ae.west Web: http://www.lib.umn.edu/data del.icio.us: umdatalib Twitter: http://twitter.com/amyewest