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Registration is now open for the ACRL 13th 
National Conference, “Sailing into the Fu­
ture: Charting our Destiny,” which will 
be held in Baltimore March 20 to April 1, 
2007. 

The conference offers a forum for an 
exchange of ideas on research, practices, 
developments, and visions in the field of aca­
demic and research librarianship. ACRL will 
once again be offering a virtual component 
to the conference, which will take place in 
a dedicated online conference community, 
hosted by LearningTimes, Inc. All Baltimore 
conference registrants receive access to the 
online conference community as part of their 
conference registration. Those unable to at­
tend the face­to­face conference will have 
the opportunity to register for the virtual 
conference only. 

Registration information is available online 
at www.acrl.org/baltimore. Take advantage 
of the early bird discount by registering by 
February 7, 2007. 

The article on page 559, “What’ll it be, 
Hon? Things to do in Baltimore,” provides 
extensive information on many of “Charm 
City’s” offerings, from shopping to eating to 
cultural activities. Inner Harbor, one of Balti­
more’s most popular destinations, is walking 
distance from the convention center, so there 
will be plenty of opportunity to explore while 
attending the ACRL conference. 

For those of you on the lookout for region­
al activities, a list of ACRL chapter conferences 
and events can be found on page 556. 

If you’d like to become more active in 
ACRL, the article on page 551 outlines the 
volunteering and selection process for ACRL 
committee membership, as well as contact 
information for section committee appoint­
ments. Serving on one of ACRL’s many divi­
sion­ or section­level committees is a good 
way to expand your skills and contribute to 
the profession. 

—Stephanie Orphan, Editor­in­chief 
sorphan@ala.org 

October 2006 539 C&RL News 

mailto:sorphan@ala.org
www.acrl.org/baltimore