Calling any and all CHLA members attending the Annual Conference in Kingston... Please feel free to blog your impressions on the CHLA website.  All members have the ability to blog on the site.  Just choose the "Conference 2010" tag from the vocabulary list when creating your post so it'll appear in the Conference Blog listing...

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The full final program for the conference is now available to view and download.  Just visit the conference site's Program page or open it right now.

More than 150 of your colleagues have already registered for the CHLA/ABSC 2010 Kingston conference.  Join them by registering now and make this a great conference!

Don't forget to attend the interactive panel discussion entitled "The Innovative Librarian" on the last day of the conference. There will be a discussion with four panelists and you about what innovation needs and how to encourage it in our librarians. Read more.

Did you know there are only 14 certified image consultants in Canada?  Did you know one of them was giving a Continuing Education session at CHLA/ABSC?   Yes, Catherine Bell, who you may have seen quoted on image issues in the paper (she's been quoted a lot, look it up!), will be delivering TWO sessions!  This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get training on how to look your professional best from someone who knows a lot about the subject.

You've probably heard of Lorri Zipperer, so I'm thrilled she's coming to deliver this continuing education session at CHLA/ABSC 2010.  She's delivered similar sessions on the topic of the librarian's role in patient safety for SLA.  She was a founding staff member of the National Patient Safety Foundation as the information project manager. She currently serves as the Cybrarian for AHRQ’s Patient Safety Net. She was published in the Quality and Safety in Health Care (ISSN 1475-3898) on opportunities for librarians to partner with clinicians to improve patient safety.

So, obviously, because I'm chairing the CE committee at CHLA/ABSC 2010, I'm pretty excited about the continuing education sessions for our upcoming conference.  But one of the things I'm most thrilled about is the chance to introduce what I like to call 'recession pricing'!