Advance registration for the ALA Midwinter Meeting and associated workshops closes on Monday, Nov. 29

The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) and Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) will be offering outstanding workshops on genealogy and library consulting, respectively. Information about these events is below.

Register for these events now (login required): http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&Template=/CFApps/Experient/Redirect.cfm&Meeting=MW11

You’ll find them both under the list of “Ticketed Events”.

**You do not need to register for Midwinter in order to attend these events.**

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“Genealogy Happens! At the Genealogy Reference Desk”

9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, at the Valencia Park/Malcolm X Branch of the San Diego Library, 5148 Market Street, San Diego

Offered by RUSA’s History Section, ALA’s genealogy experts, this full-day event is a not-to-be-missed learning experience for librarians of all levels of expertise, any library staff providing reference desk services and those interested in information to support their own personal family history research. This event will cover both basic genealogy reference skills and more detailed topics such as social networking for genealogists and military research. Speakers include “Genealogy Guy” Drew Smith; David Rencher, Director of the Libraries Division of the Family History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Ron Arons, author of WANTED! U.S. Criminal Records; and Curt Witcher, Manager, Historical Genealogy Department, Allen County Public Library. Sponsor ProQuest provides lunch for all event attendees.

Advance registration starts at $100 for RUSA members. Event code RUS1.

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“Assembling a Consulting Toolkit: What You Need to Know to Become a Successful Library Consultant”
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, in Room 05A of the San Diego Convention Center
This event has been presented twice before to sell-out crowds and rave reviews. It’s the perfect event for librarians looking to strike out on their own in the library profession or those library professionals approaching retirement and seeking a flexible way to maintain employment. Seasoned consultants and ASCLA members Nancy Bolt, Sara Laughlin and Beth Bingham will present an overview of library consulting for workshop attendees, who will then conduct in a self-assessment their personal consulting potential. Participants will work together in an active and engaging format to explore different roles that consultants play, services consultants may deliver to clients, marketing consulting services, managing a consulting business and finding clients.
**NEW!** We are now including lunch in the price of this event, and will spend the lunch hour engaged in networking activities and discussion. Advance registration starts at $240 for ASCLA members. Event code ASC1.

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More information about the ALA Midwinter Meeting is at www.ala.org/midwinter.

Please feel free to forward this message to any colleagues or distribution lists that might find them of interest.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Liz F. Markel, M.A.

Marketing Specialist

Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)

Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)

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