ANNOUNCING
POTOMAC TECHNICAL PROCESSING LIBRARIANS�
85th ANNUAL MEETING

October 16, 2009
9 a.m. � 3:30 p.m.
Plaza Dining Hall
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue NE
Washington, D.C.

Open Source, Open Sesame!
For Online Registration go to PTPL Website:�
http://web.mac.com/ptpl/PTPL/Annual_Meeting.html

Keynote Speakers

Marshall Breeding
Director for Innovative Technologies and Research,
Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University

Bradley Daigle
Director of Digital Curation Services,
University of Virginia

�Panelists

Andrea Buntz Neiman and Karen Collier
Kent County Public Library
Chestertown, MD
Amy Begg De Groff
Director of Information Technology,
Howard County Library
Columbia, MD
Abby Blachly
LibraryThing
Cambridge, MA

Meeting Schedule

� 08:00 - 09:00����� Registration and Continental Breakfast
� 08:30 - 08:50����� Tour of Library Archives and Deaf Collection
� 09:00 - 09:15����� Welcome
��� ��� ��������� ��� �� ��� Polly Khater, Chair, PTPL
���� ��� ��� ��������� ������ Sarah Hamrick, Director, Library Public Services, Gallaudet University
� 09:15 - 10:15��� ����� Keynote Speaker
��� ��� ��� �������� �Open Source Alternatives in the Discovery Interfaces and Library Automation Arena�
��� ��� ��� ���������� Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research,
�������� ��� ��� ��� � Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University ��� ��� ��������
�10:15 - 10:30��� ������ Break
�10:30 - 11:30 ��� ����� Keynote Speaker
��� ��� ������� �Catch the Hydra by the Tail:� Cooperative Open Source Development for Digital Curation�
� ��� ��� ��������� Bradley Daigle, Director of Digital Curation Services, University of Virginia
�11:30 - 12:45��� Lunch
�12:45 - 01:00��� Business Meeting
��� Panelists
�01:00 - 01:45��� ��� Andrea Buntz Neiman and Karen Collier, Librarians, Kent County Public Library
�01:45 - 02:30��� ��� Amy Begg De Groff, Director of Information Technology, Howard County Library
�02:30 - 02:45�������� Break
�02:45 - 03:30�������� Panelist�
��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ������ Abby Blachly, Head Librarian, LibraryThing
�03:30��� Passing the Gavel and Close of Meeting
�03:45 - 04:45��� Tour of Gallaudet University campus


Vote on the Proposed Bylaws Amendment, Article IV, Section 4, at the Business Meeting

(4) The Association year shall be November through October.
(for full text of Bylaws, see http://web.mac.com/ptpl/PTPL/-Bylaws.html

Open Source, Open Sesame!

PTPL 85th Annual Meeting � October 16, 2009

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM


Name of Attendee: ______________________________________________________________

Institutional registration contact: __________________________________________________

Preferred address: ______________________________________________________________

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Email: ________________________________________�� Phone: ________________________

Registration fee includes PTPL membership, conference, continental breakfast, and lunch.
Please note deadlines below.

�������� Early Bird registration deadline Sept. 11��� $65 ����_____

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�������� Registration deadline Oct. 2�������� ����������� ��� $75��� ���_____

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�������� Student member:������ ������������������ ���������� ��� $45��� ���_____

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�������� Membership only:����� ��������� ������������������ ��� $10����_____

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�������� Would you like to make an additional
������������ contribution to the PTPL scholarship fund?�� $ _______

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��������� Total enclosed:������������������ $ _______

Receipts will be available at the Registration table on October 16.

Forms of Payment:
PayPal��� ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������

Online registration and payment may be made using PayPal at the PTPL website: http://web.mac.com/ptpl/PTPL/Annual_Meeting.html

Check

����������� Send your completed registration form and check made out to �PTPL� to:

����������� Linda Wirth, PTPL Treasurer, 5250 Signal Hill Road, Burke, VA 22015

����������� Phone: (703) 978-0831����� e-mail:llw@gwu.edu

Please let us know if you will need any special assistance or have special dietary needs:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I plan to attend a tour of the Gallaudet campus after the conference


For further information, please contact Polly Khater:khaterp@si.edu


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Suzanne Picken
Integrated Library Systems Specialist
Washington Research Library Consortium
901 Commerce Drive
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
Ph: 301 390-2039
Fax: 301 390-2020
email: picken@wrlc.org