Norm,

I heard from our governance office. The preconference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Ballrooms A, B, beginning at 2p.m. on Thursday, July 6.

There is web site for the preconference at: http://www.ala.org/kranich/literacy.html 

Audrey

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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 
>