Conference News: ALA Annual

ABC-CLIO will be at American Library Association's 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. this week. Stop by our booth for a product demo, to purchase discounted books, to have your favorite book signed, or just to say hello!

ABC-CLIO Booth #3725

Show Hours:
Friday, June 25 5:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 26 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 27 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Monday, June 28 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Nineteen author signings will be taking place in the ABC-CLIO booth from Friday through Monday. To ensure that you don't miss your favorite author, here is the schedule.

Friday:

Sam McBane Mulford, How Green is My Library? 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Anthony F. Chiffolo, Cooking with the Bible 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Saturday:

Jean Preer, Library Ethics 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Elizabeth Chamberlain Habich, Moving Library Collections 11:00-11:30 a.m.
Robert E. Dugan, Peter Hernon, and Danuta A. Nitecki, Viewing Library Metrics from Different Perspectives 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Allison Zmuda, Librarians as Learning Specialists 1:00-1:30 p.m.
Dianne de Las Casas, Stories on Board!: Creating Board Games from Favorite Tales 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Sharon M. Scott, Toys and American Culture 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Sam McBane Mulford, How Green is My Library? 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Carolyn W. Lima and Rebecca L. Thomas, A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books, Eighth Edition 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Sunday:

Anthony F. Chiffolo, Cooking with the Bible 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Dianne de Las Casas, Scared Silly: 25 Tales to Tickle and Thrill 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Jeannie Dilger-Hill, On the Road with Outreach 1:00-1:30 p.m.
Sharon Coatney, The Many Faces of School Library Leadership 1:00-2:00 p.m.
John Lubans Jr., "Leading from the Middle," and Other Contrarian Essays on Library Leadership 2:00-2:30 p.m.
Pam Berger, Choosing Web 2.0 Tools for Learning and Teaching in a Digital World 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Sam McBane Mulford, How Green is My Library? 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Monday:

Helen R. Adams, Ensuring Intellectual Freedom and Access to Information in the School Library Media Program 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Dianne de Las Casas, Handmade Tales: Stories to Make and Take 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.


Experts from the ABC-CLIO team will also be running demos of our online products throughout the weekend. Learn more about the ABC-CLIO eBook Collection, ARBA Online, and our academic and school databases. A new demo starts every hour, from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m, on Saturday and Sunday (ending at 3:30 p.m. on Monday). For a complete schedule of presentations, stop by booth #3725.

*Sneak Peek: Get a special tour of our 12 brand-new databases exclusively for higher education. For more information, stop by booth #3725.