It was great seeing the majority of you that were on my "wish to meet' list! I felt somewhat compelled to stalk, errr, I mean seek you out! Did others feel the same? Although it is much too early to know which technologies will be used for the conference community next year, I wold be interested in hearing what your thoughts were about the tools we used this year. What did you think about the Crowdvine site? Did you read the blog? Did you subscri... [read more]

Dale Prince: Eric, can you close or lock the site? It's accumulating spam and fake members.

Eric Schnell: Thanks for the heads up, Dale. I turned moderated membership on and deleted a few profiles. Need to put that on the checklist for next year!

If you plan to peek at Rebecca Raszewski's poster "Health Sciences Professionals Who Became Librarians", this dinner is for you! A group is getting together for dinner on Monday night, so we can discuss our health sciences background and its implications on our librarian practice. We are meeting at 5:45 PM in the Hilton lobby, in front of the gift shop. Please join us!

Natalie Clairoux: Thanks to the 10 people who showed up, we had interesting discussions!

Heather McEwen: I had a great time. It was nice meeting everyone.

The 2-hour season finale of Lost will air during the MLA '10 conference. It is scheduled for May 23rd. Does anyone else watch Lost? Any interest in watching the finale as a group? Cynthia

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Liz Fine: On second thought, now that I've checked in I don't think my room is a great place for a bunch of people to watch. Any other ideas?

Cynthia Kahn: If you want to watch LOST with a group, come to the bar at the conference hotel. They have agreed to show it.

Cynthia Kahn: If you want to watch LOST with a group, come to the bar at the conference hotel. They have agreed to show it.

To login to the Conference Community Online Meeting Content at the Internet Cafe, use the email that your conference confirmation was sent to plus the number that is to the right of the barcode on the front of your conference badge.

Follow conference Tweets, posts to the Official Blog, and Crowdvine discussions by subscribing to the conference FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/mla2010

Check out Filter at 1726 20th NW. Go down Conn Ave, left on S, right on 20th! (THX to Sarah Cantrell for this tip!)

Does anyone know exactly who the political satire group is at the closing event. Is it by any chance the Capitol Steps?

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Terry Jankowski: It's official - Capitol Steps will perform at the closing event on Tuesday May 25th. They will perform around 8:30 pm (the Reception starts at 7 pm). Bars and food will close during the performance so come early to eat and connect with your friends

Clare Leibfarth: Didn't they perform at the Welcome Reception in 1992?

Teresa L. Knott: Yes they did Clare. They are hysterical. :)

See: http://readysetdc.com/2010/05/free-in-dc-week-of-5-19-10/

A few of us are planning to head over to the Brickskeller Sunday night around 10ish. 1523 22nd Street Northwest They have one of the most extensive beer lists you can find: http://www.lovethebeer.com/beer-list.html

T Scott Plutchak: If you've got the time, stop by the Bearded Pigs gig on your way out. 8:00 to 11:00, Sunday night, Lincoln room at the Hilton. Cash bar. http://beardedpigs.net

Unfortunately the only way to get wireless in the conference area of the hotel is to have an air card. There will be the standard Internet café with hardwired computers, but for wireless access MLA has arranged a deal with Event Radio Rentals for discounted prices on card rental for MLA members. For the details, visit http://npc.mlanet.org/mla10/?p=193

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Julia Shaw-Kokot: Thanks, Sarah! Appreciate your efforts!

Sarah McCord: I heard back from the hotel. According to the Assistant Director of Events for the Hilton Washinton, they have antennas in the building for Verizon, AT&T and Nextel, and all three networks should have similar coverage. I asked if they had received an... [read more]

Julia Shaw-Kokot: Great! Thanks for the quick follow-up, and I will test out the AT&T. You have just saved several trees!