[Libs-Or] Early Registration for 2009 OLA Conference ends February 28

[Suzanne Sager]

Tomorrow is the last day to register for the 2009 OLA Conference and 
still enjoy early registration fees!  After February 28, the cost is $30 
higher so don't wait!  Online registration is available at: 
http://www.olaweb.org <http://www.olaweb.org/>   Registrations received 
by February 28^st will enjoy the early registration rate, but prompt 
payment is appreciated!  Conference information is available on the 
website.  If you have registration questions, please contact Garrett 
Trott at gtrott at corban.edu <mailto:gtrott at corban.edu> or (503) 589-8116.

Reservations can also be made at the Phoenix Grand Hotel either online 
at http://www.phoenixgrandhotel.com/ or by calling 1-877-540-7800.  
Rates are $109 for a room with a king size bed or $119 for a room with 
two queen size beds (plus 10% tax and fees)  Be sure to supply the 
attendee code of OLA2009.  The hotel is likely to fill up, so make your 
reservation soon.

You also won't want to miss the President's Banquet Thursday evening 
with Joe Raiola.  Since joining the Theatre Within Workshop in New York 
in 1979, Joe Raiola has worked as a solo performer, comedy writer, 
producer, director and speaker on first amendment issues.  He is now the 
Artistic Director of Theatre Within and the creator of their /"//Annual 
Lennon Tribute"/, the longest running such tribute in the world. Joe is 
also MAD Senior Editor, a title he insists means nothing since I work at 
the only place in America where if you mature, you get fired.  His solo 
performances include "/Almost Obscene"/ and the program he will perform 
during the banquet dinner called "/The Joy of Censorship"/. In this 
long-running, nationally acclaimed program, Raiola takes an 
illuminating, satiric and at times disturbing look at America's most 
hotly debated First Amendment issues, including the dramatic effect of 
9/11 on free speech. You will not want to miss this engaging and 
hilarious presentation.

The Keynote Speaker this year is Justice Betty Roberts.  Betty Roberts 
was the first woman on the Oregon Supreme Court, and was also the first 
woman on the Oregon Court of Appeals" Oregon Court of Appeals.  Roberts' 
recently published memoir, /"//With Grit and By Grace: Breaking Trails 
in Politics and Law"/, is the story of her remarkable life, and it 
describes, first-hand, the hard won accomplishments that have marked the 
career of one of Oregon's most important leaders. In her keynote session 
Thursday morning, Justice Roberts will share stories from her career and 
from the time spent writing and researching her memoir.  In honor of her 
audience, Roberts will introduce us to the intricacies of her research 
process and the many librarians she met along the way-all the more 
reason that this session promises to inspire.  Do not miss it.

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Portland State University logo

Suzanne L. Sager
Library East, Cataloging
Portland State University

503-725-8169
503-725-5799
sagers at pdx.edu

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