{"id":3487,"date":"2016-10-02T03:22:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T03:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hsli.org\/?p=3487"},"modified":"2016-10-02T03:22:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T03:22:22","slug":"lita-forum-early-bird-registration-deadline-extended-to-october-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/lita-forum-early-bird-registration-deadline-extended-to-october-14\/","title":{"rendered":"LITA Forum Early-Bird Registration Deadline Extended to October 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">(via the Library Information Technology Association)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We&#8217;ve extended the LITA members early-bird registration another two weeks, so there&#8217;s still time to register for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ala.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT01OTM0OTM4JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjMxNTgxNTYmbGk9MzgwNjc1NzM\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">2016 LITA Forum<\/span><\/a>\u00a0at the early-bird rate and save $50. LITA Forum early-bird rates will now end on\u00a0<b>Friday, October 14.\u00a0<\/b>To register, click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/forum.lita.org\/registrationtravel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">here<\/span><\/a>. The early-bird rate for LITA members is\u00a0<b>$340<\/b>; after October 14, it increases to\u00a0<b>$390<\/b>. The rate for non-members (<b>$614<\/b>) remains the same<\/span><span class=\"s3\">.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">More information about this year&#8217;s Forum is below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Join us in Fort Worth, Texas, at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ala.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT01OTM0OTM4JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjMxNTgxNTYmbGk9MzgwNjc1NzU\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Omni Fort Worth Hotel<\/span><\/a>\u00a0located in Downtown Fort Worth, for the 2016 LITA Forum, a three-day (<b>Thursday, November 17 to Sunday, November 20<\/b>) education and networking event featuring two\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/forum.lita.org\/#tile_schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">preconferences<\/span><\/a>, three\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/forum.lita.org\/#tile_speakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">keynote sessions<\/span><\/a>, more than 55 concurrent sessions, and 25 poster presentations. It&#8217;s the 19th annual gathering of the highly-regarded LITA Forum for technology-minded information professionals. Meet with your colleagues involved in new and leading edge technologies in the library and information technology field. Registration is limited in order to preserve the important networking advantages of a smaller conference. Attendees take advantage of the informal Friday evening reception, networking dinners and other social opportunities to get to know colleagues and speakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For more information on why you should attend, tune in to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ala.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT01OTM0OTM4JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjMxNTgxNTYmbGk9MzgwNjc1NzY\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">#LITAchat<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<b>Friday, September 30<\/b>, at\u00a0<b>12:00 PM CST<\/b>, to learn about the 2016 LITA Forum<\/span><span class=\"s3\">,<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0with guest tweeters from the Forum Planning Committee. From\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ala.informz.net\/z\/cjUucD9taT01OTM0OTM4JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjMxNTgxNTYmbGk9MzgwNjc1Nzc\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">#litaforum<\/span><\/a>, they will discuss the upcoming LITA Forum: why you should attend, what to expect, how to get the most out of the experience, and much more! To participate, launch your favorite Twitter client and check out the #LITAchat hashtag. On the web client, just search for #LITAchat and then click &#8220;LIVE&#8221; to follow along. Ask questions using the hashtag #LITAchat, add your own comments, and even answer questions posed by other participants.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via the Library Information Technology Association) We&#8217;ve extended the LITA members early-bird registration another two weeks, so there&#8217;s still time to register for the\u00a02016 LITA Forum\u00a0at the early-bird rate and save $50. LITA Forum early-bird rates will now end on\u00a0Friday, October 14.\u00a0To register, click\u00a0here. The early-bird rate for LITA members is\u00a0$340; after October 14, it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferences-and-meetings-non-hsli"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}