The ACRL Online Conference Community should have all Dynamic Screen Captures ® loaded by the end of this week - March 23rd. We thank you for your patience and will get them uploaded as soon as they are available.

Welcome the ACRL 14th National Conference Community. Take a moment and say hello to your colleagues using the comments field below. Some things to include:

Name
University
Library
From where you received your MLIS.
A work project of interest.
A good book you’d like to share.
Favorite phrase.

Don’t feel limited to these topics. These are just suggestions. It could be just a simple hello… Enjoy the conference.

Use hashtag “#acrl2009″ to tag your tweets that pertain to the conference. Tweets with “#acrl2009″ will show up with all other tweets talking about the conference. You can see the “grouping” here or along the right side of the community under the Flickr stream.

You can always learn about what’s going on at ACRL by using Facebook. Click on “Add to my Page’s Favorites” on the ACRL fan page to get the latest news and discussion.

Also keep up with ACRL 2009 on-site events via Facebook.

As ACRL works toward a more environmentally-friendly conference, we are encouraging attendees to visit the Virtual Conference and download speaker materials. Click on “Conference Formats” to view sessions and access presentation handouts.

Listen to the podcast!

ACRL’s 14 National Conference will be featuring live online events as part of its Virtual Conference. Check out the schedule of events below. Click on the session title to access the event.

Friday, March 13th at 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. PDT (10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. MDT; 11:00 a.m. - noon CDT; noon - 1:00 p.m. EDT) Can’t Get There From Here: Achieving Organization 2.0

Friday, March 13th at 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PDT (12:30 - 1:30 p.m. MDT, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. CDT, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. EDT) The Web is My Library: Undergraduate Students and Their Research Behaviors

Saturday, March 14th at 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. PDT (10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. MDT; 11:00 a.m. - noon CDT; noon - 1:00 p.m. EDT) Cultivate Your Bottom

Saturday, March 14th at 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PDT (12:30 - 1:30 p.m. MDT, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. CDT, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. EDT) The Impact of Data: Analyzing Book Use to Test Assumptions

The Seattle conference will be blogged!  ACRL conference bloggers will be “global correspondents providing online dispatches to a worldwide community of academic library professionals” …

Get a taste of events leading up to and at the National Conference with the ACRL Insider, the official 14th National Conference Blog and podcasts produced along the way. Don’t forget the conference wiki which is another good online location for ongoing information about Seattle, ACRL’s 14th National Conference, and ways to jump in and contribute.

The Seattle conference will be blogged!  ACRL conference bloggers will be “global correspondents providing online dispatches to a worldwide community of academic library professionals . . . . [on] any aspect of the ACRL conference, from inside the session rooms, to the exhibits and receptions - even outside the convention center.”  Keep up to date on the activities and pulse of the live conference, even if you aren’t in Seattle!