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Once again SCELC has obtained discounted registration for the Internet Librarian 2008 conference. SCELC members may now register through SCELC’s registration form, available here. This year's program, held from October 20–22 in Monterey, is now online at: http://www.infotoday.com/IL2008/overview.asp.

Please note: discounts apply only to the actual conference registration, not any pre-conferences. The SCELC discounted rate for the conference is $275.

Here’s a brief summary of this year’s conference theme:

This year’s conference theme, Beyond 2.0: User-Focused Tools & Practices, highlights how Web 2.0 tools and practices, web services, social media, and new platforms of social computing are enabling libraries and information professionals to interact with their clients and communities in new and exciting ways. New tools and processes have ignited creative integrated content mashups, specialized and personalized services for community segments, and exciting new techniques for dealing with voluminous information flows, including user-generated content.

Internet Librarian 2008 provides attendees with many chances to meet and hear from leading edge information professionals in all types of environments—leaders in the information industry who are integrating content and delighting their clients, organizing and managing digital content in creative ways, setting the context for excellence in information utilization in their organizations, revolutionizing the roles of info pros, building strong collaborative communities among their customers and colleagues, and using new technologies in creative and exciting ways.

To take advantage of the SCELC discount, please follow this procedure:

1. If you are paying by credit card, fill out and fax back the attached SCELC registration form with your payment. Fax it to 310-471-0123.
2. If you are paying by check, mail the SCELC registration form with your check to the SCELC office. Make checks payable to "Information Today" and mail your check and reg form to:
   
   SCELC
   Attn: Internet Librarian Registration
   15600 Mulholland Dr, Taper 101
   Los Angeles, CA 90077-1519
   
3. Payments are due on September 16, 2008.
4. The SCELC office will submit to Information Today the payments for all SCELC registrations received by September 16. Information Today pays SCELC $8 for every registration we submit, so there's a small perk for SCELC if you register through our offices!

IF YOU MISS THE SEPTEMBER 16 DEADLINE:

....You will still be able to register directly with Information Today and obtain the SCELC discount! Be sure to use the SCELC registration form. However, post-September 16 registrations must be sent directly to Information Today at their address on the bottom of the registration form, NOT to our office. SCELC will not receive any credit for those registrations.