OLAC–MOUG 2008 CONFERENCE Rocking the Metaverse: A/V Cataloging in a Web X.0 Environment
	Cleveland, Ohio
	September 26-28, 2008

OLAC / MOUG Conference

September 26 – September 28, 2008
Renaissance Cleveland Hotel

Announcing the 13^th bienniel Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) Conference.
In 2008, the conference is being held jointly with the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG).
This year's conference is in Cleveland, Ohio and includes:
     Preconference: a one-day Map Cataloging Workshop on Thursday, September 25

On behalf of the OLAC/MOUG Conference Chairs, and the Local Arrangements and Program Committees, we invite all interested persons to make plans to attend the Conference.

PREVIEW NOW AVAILABLE!

Workshop Descriptions                                   Presenter Bios

NOTSL MEMBERS:

This conference serves as the Northeast Ohio Technical Services Librarians' Fall Program+Meeting.  All NOTSL members are eligible for a FRIDAY ONLY registration at the rate of $60 for registration.

CONFERENCE SITE + LODGING

The historic and elegant Renaissance Hotel adjacent to the Tower City Center shopping complex provides our conference site and lodging.

A reservation link is ready for the OLAC-MOUG 2008 Conference for rooms at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel on the Marriott website — here's the link to the reservation page with the conference’s group code already filled in: olaolaa; you add the dates you need.

ATTRACTIONS

Attendees have the opportunity to ...

• view the newly-remodeled Cleveland Museum of Art at Friday night's reception, and
• tour the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

We hope attendees will allow time to see some of Cleveland's sites and attractions, described at the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland's website.  Concentrated in University Circle are multiple cultural institutions:

Questions?  Contact...

      OLAC-MOUG 2008 CHAIR
     Sevim McCutcheon, Kent State University catalog librarian

Presenters:

The planning committee announced that the following speakers have accepted the invitation to participate:

Planning Committee

• Sevim McCutcheon (Kent State University), Chair
• Kevin Furniss (Tulane University), Vice-chair
• Suzette Burlingame (Stark County District Library), Conference Treasurer
• Georgianne Doyle (Cuyahoga County Public Library)
• Julia Dunlap (Arkansas State University Library)
• Alice Essinger (Ohio Northern University)
• Bruce Evans (Baylor University), MOUG representative
• Mary Huismann (University of Minnesota), MOUG representative
• Peter Lisius (Kent State University)
• Rebecca Lubas (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries)
• Sarajean Petite (Judge Ben C. Green Law Library, Case Western Reserve University)
• Kathy Schnell (Cuyahoga County Public Library), Conference webmaster
• Barbara Strauss (Cleveland State University)
• Chris Thornton (Case Western Reserve University)
• Lori Thorrat (Ingalls Library, Cleveland Museum of Art)
• Jill Williams (University of Akron Law Library)