VRT events at ALA Annual Conference
Chicago, IL, July 9-15, 2009
For more other meetings at ALA Annual of interence to media librarians,
visit the VRT Guide to Annual Conference 2009
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Program: Celebrating Ten Years of the Notable Videos |
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Date & Time: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: TBA
Come celebrate the ten year anniversary of the Notable Videos for Adults Awards. Each year, these awards recognize fifteen of the best documentary, educational, performance or how-to videos. Librarians across the country have relied on these awards since 1999 to build strong video collections. Former chairs of the committee and video distributors will speak on the history and significance of these awards and clips from selected videos will be shown.
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Date & Time: Sunday July 12, 2009, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Location: Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street, Chicago
Cost: $25 for VRT members and students; $30 for non-members.
Registration:Tickets on sale via your ALA 2009 Annual Conference registration or by directly contacting Mary Konkel, VRT Gala Chair at konkel@cod.edu or 630-942-2662 or fill the form at the bottom of the Gala flyer. NOTE: Seating is limited to 200 attendee
The VRT will host a gala at the Gene Siskel Film Center featuring directors from the AMERICAN MASTERS series. This award-winning PBS series is a celebration of creativity in America, examining the lives, works, and creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists. Directors Nancy Porter and Laurie Block will provide insight into the art of filmmaking as biography and share recently produced film on Louisa May Alcott and a work-in-progress on Helen Keller.
Speakers:
- Nancy Porter, producer/director and Harriet Reisen, producer/writer of AMERICAN MASTERS Louisa May Alcott: The Woman behind Little Women and Laurie Block, director/co-writer of AMERICAN MASTERS Becoming Helen Keller, a co-production with WETA Washington, D.C.
For more information about this event, please view the flyer for 2009 VRT Gala
Please visit the booths of the generous sponsors of the VRT Gala:
- Alexander Street Press - Booth 3223
- Midwest Tapes - Booth ###
- Video Librarian - Booth ###
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Other VRT Meetings |
Copyright Best Practices for Media Librarians Working Meeting
- Date & Time: Saturday, July 11, 2009, 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Location: TBA
For more information please visit the working group page on the VRT wiki.
Membership and Executive Committee Meeting
- Date & Time: Monday, July 13, 2009, 8:00 am - 11:00 am (Executive Committee); 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Committee Meetings)
Location: TBA
Meeting Agenda for ALA Annual 2009
Notable Videos For Adults
- Date & Time: Monday, June 13, 2009, 1:30 pm - 05:30 pm
Location: TBA
VRT Dinner
Please direct questions/comments to vrtwebsite@ala.org