Can you give me information on where this meeting will be?
Norman

At 04:22 PM 4/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I am writing to invite you to an invitational pre-conference at the 2000
>Annual Conference in Chicago on Thursday, July 6 from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.  The
>pre-conference will focus on building information literacy partnerships in
>our communities.  We would like you to work with us on this initiative
>through the American Library Association Annual Conference 2001.
>
>Teaching people to find, use and critically evaluate information is a
>unique skill that librarians bring to a society experiencing information
>overload.  During my presidential year, I intend to focus on developing
>models and initiatives that demonstrate the value of libraries and
>librarians in preparing children and adults to be information literate so
>they can thrive in the 21st century.
>
>Participants in the Information Literacy Partnerships Assembly
>pre-conference should be prepared to share partnership activities, ideas,
>and resources and begin program planning for the 2001 annual conference.
>They will talk about models for collaboration and brainstorm messages and
>program ideas.  They will work with my special presidential committee on
>Information Literacy Partnerships to create a dialogue within the library
>community about the important role of librarians in developing smart,
>information literate communities for the 21st century.
>
>Please let Cerise Oberman, Co-Chair of the Information Literacy
>Partnerships Special Presidential Committee, know if you are able to attend
>this exciting pre-conference by MAY 1, 2000, so we can work with closely
>with you to plan this event.  Also, let her know if you would like to
>recommend someone else to work with us. Cerise's e-mail is:
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>
>I appreciate your interest, suggestions and ideas, and look forward to
>working together to make this event a success.
>
>Nancy Kranich
>Vice-President and President Elect
>American Library Association
>
>Check the URL below to register your institutions
>Web page in EASI's Batteri-free Web contest.
>http://www.rit.edu/~easi
>