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WNY/Ontario ACRL Spring Conference
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Coe)
Tue Mar 28 21:16:11 2000
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:43:22 -0500
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Western New York/ Ontario ACRL
Spring Conference Announcement
Serving Diverse Populations
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When: Friday May 5, 2000
Where: White Oaks Conference Resort
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
What: The Western New York/Ontario Chapter of the Association
of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) would like to
invite you to a day-long workshop exploring the
increasingly important issues relating to "Library
Services for Diverse Populations."
Additional information and registration forms can be found below or
at:
http://www.dyc.edu/library99/acrl/home-sp.htm
Please contact Jonathan Coe at jcoe@niagara.edu or 716-286-8022
if you have any questions.
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Conference in Brief
9:00-9:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30-9:40 Welcoming Remarks
9:40-10:40 From Access to Success by Michelle Chittenden
10:40-11:00 Break
11:00-12:20 Information Design for Libraries: Providing Adaptive,
Web-based Independence for Patrons with Disabilities
by Hillary Sternberg and Michael Morin
12:20-1:30 Hot Buffet Lunch with Vegetarian Options
1:30-2:20 People (with disAbilities) by Charles Piscitello
2:20-2:30 Short Break
2:30-3:30 Reference Service: Meeting the Needs of International
Adult Learners by Calmer Chatto
3:30 Closing Remarks
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Registration Form - ACRL WNY/ONTARIO Chapter
Spring Conference 2000
Name:_____________________________Phone:_______________________
Address:___________________________Institution:____________________
E-mail Address:___________________Chapter Member? _____ Yes _____ No
Fees (includes continental breakfast and hot buffet lunch)
$90 ___ for Canadian ACRL WNY/O chapter members or ___library support
staff,
$65 ___ for American ACRL WNY/O chapter members, or ___library
support staff,
$105 ___ for Canadian non-members
$80 ___ for U.S. non-members
$40____for U.S. or Canadian full-time library school students
* Membership for ACRL Western New York Ontario is $10.00 per year
($7.00 for ACRL National members). If you are currently not a member,
the cost of membership may be added on to your registration cheque.
All memberships expired as of August 31st each year. If you did not
pay your membership for this year in the Fall please take the time to
do so now.
Check here ___ if you are paying membership dues now.
Total amount of check: $ __________
Receipts will be available the day of the conference.
We do not send confirmations.
Registration deadline: April 28, 2000
Please make checks payable to:Western New York/Ontario ACRL
Please mail checks and forms to:
Beth Fellendorf
Distance Learning Operations
200-G Baldy Hall--CERT
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: 716-645-6347
Fax: 716-645-7983
Email: eof@buffalo.edu
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The White Oaks Conference Resort and Spa is one of the
premier conference centers in the Niagara region. In addition
to its world-class conference facility, the center has a
hotel, a spa, and fitness facilities, and is located
only 15 kilometers from downtown Niagara on the Lake. Visit the
web site to preview the White Oak's beautiful facilities:
http://www.whiteoaks.on.ca/Online/
The White Oaks offers hotel rooms on site. Please make
reservations by April 10 to ensure that your get a room
and receive reduced rates for conference attendees ($125 Canadian)
The phone number is 1 800 263 5766
Directions from Canada
The White Oaks is conveniently located immediately off the
Glendale Ave. exit of the Q.E.W., just south of St. Catherine's.
>From Toronto and Hamilton follow the Q.E.W. Niagara, past
St. Catharines and take the Glendale Avenue Exit. Turn right and
look on your right.
Directions from New York State
If you're coming from United States via Fort Erie/Niagara Falls,
follow the Q.E.W. Toronto bound and take the Glendale Avenue Exit.
Turn left and look on your right.
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Jonathan Coe
Library Instruction/Reference
Niagara University Library
Niagara University, NY 14109
Telephone: 716-286-8022
jcoe@niagara.edu
