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Hi Everyone! I'd like to remind people that the CAUT is holding its biennnial Librarians' Conference this year on October 25, 26, and 27 in Ottawa. The focus is on issues of professional worklife for Academic librarians with arise from the advent of digital information technologies, and I would expect it will be of interest to a lot of APLA members. Conference title: ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS IN THE DIGITAL AGE Conference Description: Digital technology is revolutionizing the workplace of academic librarians. This revolution holds more than the promise of instantaneous access to information. It also presents the threat of a future in which the role of academic librarians as facililitators of access to information is undermined, as control of information is transferred from public to private hands and access to it is relentlessly monitored and tightly restricted to those who can afford to pay for it. This in turn threatens to compromise our mission of equitable and universal support for learning, and the ensuing professional interests. On October 25, 26 and 27, 2001, academic librarians will gather at the Sheraton Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario to examine how, at the bargaining table and in the broader community, we can deal with issues arising from the onset of the digital age: its impact on the rights of academic librarians, and on their ability to fulfil their professional responsibilities. Conference participants will have the opportunity to hear the views of invited speakers and to share their own knowledge and experience on the challenges presented by digital information technology. More information, including the complete agenda, conference fees and online registration, is available at the CAUT Website: http://www.caut.ca/english/events/librarians/ We look forward to seeing you there. Cheers Chris Dennis