American Library Association Conference Interactive Web Sessions

An indication of a growing trend, the American Library Association (ALA) is holding 10 interactive Web sessions on Monday, July 13, and Tuesday, July 14 as part of its 2009 Annual Conference in Chicago.

Some of the topics covered include:

• customer service
• next generation catalogues
• broadband
• "greening" of libraries

People can register for the Virtual Conference online through the ALA Web site. The cost is $215 (US dollars) for ALA members, $210 for division members, $120 for student members, $145 for retired members, $298 for non-members and $215 for institutional members.