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2002 Conference
WALE: The Key to DiscoverySeptember 26-28, 2002
Red Lion Inn at the Quay
Vancouver, WA

Hotel Information (PDF 13K) Conference Flyer (PDF 399K)

Program Schedule:

Thursday 3:00-6:00 Registration
6:00-7:00 Dinner on your own
7:00-7:30 Welcome
7:30-8:30 Keynote: Stella Cameron
8:30-9:30 Dessert Reception
Friday 6:00-7:00 Morning River Walk
7:00-9:00 Registration
Breakfast on your own
9:00-10:30 Keynote: Emotional Vampires - Al Bernstein
10:30-11:00 Break
Breakout Session #1
11:00-12:15 Grace Under Fire- Sara Behrman
Dealing With Change- Barbara Robinette
Sleeping in the Library- Liz Hawkins, Linda Stover, Jody Davis
Finding Quality Information on the Web Pt 1- Donna Cohen
OCLC Cataloging Options- OCLC Western Staff
12:30-2:00 Networking Lunch
1:00-2:00 Listen to Your Life- Amory Peck
Breakout Session #2
2:15-3:30 Professor Techno-Babble- Sara Behrman
Keep Them Coming Back - Retaining Volunteers- Sherry Braga
Got Programs? For Teens?- Trish Segal & Heidi Weisel
Finding Quality Information on the Web Pt 2- Donna Cohen
History & Philosophy of Intellectual Freedom in Libraries- Catherine Lord
3:30-4:00 Break - Drinks & Snacks
Breakout Session #3
4:00-5:15 Catch `Em Reading... in the British Isles- Linda Lambert
Ergonomic Energy Blast- Karen Eddy
Stack on Stacks: A Reader's Advisory Primer on the Art of Conversing About Books - Sharon Stack
Finding Business Information- Hazel Cameron
Defending Access with Confidence: Using a LIGHT Touch- Catherine Lord
5:30 Treasure Hunt Walk
7:00-9:30 Dinner
7:40-8:00 Carol Gill-Schuyler, WLA President
9:00-11:00 Irish Ceili Dance with Pangur Ban
Saturday 7:00-8:45 Breakfast Buffet
9:00-10:00 Amory Peck (topic to be announced)
10:00-10:30 Honoring the WALE Award Winner
10:30-11:00 Wrap Up
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