[Eril-l] ALCTS Exchange 2017: Registration Now Open

[ALCTS-CE Announce]

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<http://alcts2017.learningtimesevents.org/>

In May 2017, the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (
ALCTS <http://www.ala.org/alcts/>) will hold its first-ever fully online
event the ALCTS Exchange <http://alcts2017.learningtimesevents.org/>. Part
of the upcoming 60th anniversary of ALCTS, the ALCTS Exchange celebrates
the excellence at the intersections of libraries, collection management,
acquisitions, metadata and cataloging, preservation and technology with
four days of interactive synchronous and asynchronous learning
opportunities. Attendees will engage with an array of presenters
facilitating valuable discussions on stimulating themes and topics from
various segments of the library sphere.

“The ALCTS Exchange will be an exciting, fully online, interactive
experience offering a new model for communication and the exchange of ideas
in librarianship,” says ALCTS President Vicki Sipe. “We encourage
participation from those involved in diverse areas of the profession,
including non-ALCTS members, as the ALCTS Exchange will offer
presentations, panels, and activities across the full range of library
expertise—collection management, acquisitions, metadata and cataloging,
preservation and technology. We welcome all to register and experience
something new.”

This four-day virtual event is unlike any other ALCTS online learning
program in that it employs a range of presentation formats including
virtual poster sessions and lightning rounds. Presenters will address
session themes involving changes in existing workflows, creative problem
solving, developing connections that impact the experiences of library
users, and building skills in preparation for leadership or management
roles in the library. Presenters will also delve into key aspects of the
ALCTS Exchange themes in unique, “out of the box” presentations. What’s
more, presenters will engage their audiences through live session polling,
pre-event assignments and discussion boards that facilitate conversations
between presenters and attendees.

“The ALCTS Exchange is a premiere event for ALCTS and will provide its
attendees with a rare, career-changing experience,” states Karla Strieb,
chair of the ALCTS Exchange Working Group. “Operating in a fully virtual
environment, the ALCTS Exchange is not recordings of speakers in meeting
rooms but rather a unique interactive professional forum that allows ALCTS
to serve new audiences and offer participants an engaging opportunity for
professional growth without the travel.”

Registration <http://alcts2017.learningtimesevents.org/registration/> for
the ALCTS Exchange is now open. Early-bird registration for this four-day
virtual event is $249 for ALCTS individual members; $319 for ALA individual
members; $359 for non-members; $99 for ALA student members; and $595 for
groups. After March 1, 2017, registration rates will increase—please visit
the event registration web page for full registration details.

For more information on the ALCTS Exchange, please visit the ALCTS Exchange
website <http://alcts2017.learningtimesevents.org/>. You can also connect
with the ALCTS Exchange on Facebook and Twitter using *#ALCTSx17*.
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