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Digitization Expo at TLA 2008!  

     The 2008 Texas Library Convention conference will be held April 15-18 at the Dallas Convention Center. With a projected attendance of approximately 7,000 school, public, and academic librarians, our conference is the largest state library association meeting in the United States. For more information, see http://www.txla.org/conference/conf.html.

    For 2008, the TLA Digital Libraries Round Table is planning to hold a Digitization Expo in conjunction with the conference. Our goal is to offer vendors of products and services for digital libraries a greater opportunity to reach the Texas library market, as there are typically only a handful of vendors exhibiting at the conference itself. At the same time, we want to give Texas librarians, archivists, and museum professionals, many of whom never attend national meetings, an opportunity to see some of the latest products and speak in person with the qualified vendors who can assist them with digital projects.

    The TLA Digitization Expo will be held on Tuesday, April 15, the day before the conference formally begins, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This day is generally reserved for full and half-day pre-conferences (nearly 400 people attended pre-conferences at TLA in 2007!) and conference registration. The Expo will be open to both TLA members and non-members; to maximize the number of attendees, we will charge a registration fee of only $10 in advance ($14 at the door).

    The Expo is much less formal than the traditional TLA Exhibit Hall. At the Expo, vendors will be restricted to 10x10 booths with tabletop display areas, with pipe and drape separating booth areas. Vendors are expected to bring their own signs, equipment, and supplies. The enclosed floor plan shows the general planned setup. The basic booth fee is $250; electrical and Internet service are additional.

    If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us:

Dreanna Belden
Portal to Texas History
University of North Texas
(940) 369-8740
dbelden@library.unt.edu

Danielle Cunniff Plumer
Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
(512) 463-5852
dplumer@tsl.state.tx.us

     We hope you will be able to join us at the Expo!

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Copyright 2007, TLA Digital Libraries Round Table.
Last updated on April 24, 2007, by Jingshan Xiao.