Share your expertise with your colleagues at MLA 2009!

Would you like to showcase your research or share a clever solution that you’ve implemented at your library?  Consider submitting a poster session or presenting a Table Talk at MLA’s Annual Conference in Columbia, October 7th-9th.  Poster sessions will be conducted simultaneously on Thursday, October 8th from 8:45-10:45 a.m.  Table Talks will be held simultaneously on Thursday, October 8th, 3:00-3:45 p.m.

To submit a proposal, please fill out a form at the following URLs:

Poster sessions:  http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/mla/mla2009postersession.aspx

Table talks: http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/mla/mla2009tabletalks.aspx

The deadline for submission is July 31st.

Mary Aycock and Katie Carr, Poster Session Co-Chairs
aycockm@missouri.edu
carrkm@missouri.edu

Gwen Gray and Rhonda Whithaus, Table Talk Co-Chairs
grayg@missouri.edu
whithausr@missouri.edu

MLA Member Survey: Green Conference Priorities

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Green: Not Just for Holiday Inn Signs Anymore!

We are working with our conference venue to keep one another informed about green-event initiatives and goals.

Current green practices at the Holiday Inn Select Executive Center:

• Hotel offices recycle paper and use recycled paper.
• In coordination with Civic Recycling and conference planners, recycling bins for paper and for drink containers can be placed in the entry foyer area for the duration of the conference.
• Guests staying more than one night have the option of reusing linens instead of requiring them to be washed nightly.
• Guest rooms have their own thermostats which are set by default to “fan” and can be controlled by guests.
• Coffee served at the hotel is 30% Rainforest Alliance certified content.

In the works:

• Compact fluorescent light bulbs have been purchased and are in the process of being installed.
• The hotel is aware of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and  Missouri Hotel and Lodging Association’s Green Hotel Certification program and are moving toward meeting certification.

Implications for MLA Conference planning:

• We’ll stay in communication with the venue about recycling bin setup.
• We’ll be able to include some individual-responsibility steps in areas that guests control in a voluntary Green Conference Pledge similar to this one used at the 2009 meetings of the Association of College & Research Libraries in Seattle.