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ALA Midwinter Conference in Seattle, Washington from January 19-24, 2007
For additional information, visit ALA's official conference site
Schedule of VRT's meetings at the ALA Midwinter Conference 2007
Meetings
VRT Membership and Executive Board Meeting
Saturday, January 20, 2007 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Room 620
Digital Media Discussion Group
Moderated by Meghann R. Matwichuk, Instructional Media Department, Morris Library, University of Delaware
Saturday, January 20, 2007 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Room 210
Notable Videos Committee
Please note that you can observe but not participate in this open meeting where committee members finish their deliberations for this year's notable videos for adults list.
Sunday, January 21, 2007 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Pan Pacific Seattle, Terry Room
VRT & ALCTS Acquisitions Section Managers and Vendors Interest Group
Panel discussion: "Video Acquistions: The State of the Art"
Sunday, January 21, 1:30 - 3:30pm,
Location: Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Room 201
VRT Outing
Sunday night Dinner & Movie
Sunday, January 21, 5:30 p.m. (dinner); 8 p.m. (movie)
Please send RVSP by January 15 to Steve Brantley, chair-elect of VRT
Dinner Location: Anthony's Pier 66
Description: "Anthony's Pier 66 is located on the downtown Seattle waterfront in the same building as Anthon's Bell St. Diner and Anthony's Fish Bar. Anthony's Pier 66 is a premier Northwest seafood restaurant with panoramic views of the downtown Seattle skyline, Mt. Rainier, and Elliott Bay's boating activity. Anthony's Pier 66 features fresh Northwest seafood simply prepared, in a contemporary, sophisticated waterfront setting."
Address: 2201 Alaskan Way, Seattle
Phone: (206) 448-6688
Movie Location: Northwest Film Forum
Description: The Northwest Film Forum and the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections will host a special showing of the Search and Rescue program for the VRT. Featuring rare, obscure, and ephemeral 16 mm films that NWFF and the UW Special Collections have saved from oblivion, this event will be entertaining and educational. A discussion about the preservation and collection issues related to 16 mm films will follow the screening.
Address: 1515 12th Ave, Seattle
Phone: (206) 329-2629
Special Event
Sneak Peak of documentary film Through Deaf Eyes
Saturday, January 20, 6:30 pm
Description: Seattle Public Library, VRT, and Friends of Libraries for Deaf Action will co-sponsor a screening of short clips from Through Deaf Eyes, a two-hour PBS documentary that explores 200 years of deaf life in America. This ground breaking work is a production of WETA Washington, D.C. and Florentine Films/Hott Productions, in association with Gallaudet University. A national PBS broadcast is planned in spring 2007. A discussion with Karen Kenton, WETA Executive Producer for the Through Deaf Eyes film project, will follow the screening.
Location: Seattle Public Library Auditorium, 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle
Event is free and open to the general public
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