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SLA's annual conference took place June 15-18 in Seattle, Washington. Free Pint
Limited's editorial team met in the Emerald City, along with over 5,000
other attendees, for several days of engaging sessions and dialogue with
information professionals from around the world.
Click for larger versions of the photos below and enjoy ...
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| Things get started at the registration desk on Sunday - the lull before the storm. |
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| Complimentary massage? Sign us up! (Thanks, Thomson Reuters!) |
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| FreePint's General Manager Robin Neidorf briefly considers skipping the conference altogether in favour of hopping a cruise ship for Alaska. |
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| Clare Hart, chief of Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, welcomes delegates in the opening session. |
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| Our own Gary Price (of ResourceShelf and DocuTicker fame) receives the Presidents Award from SLA President Stephen Abram for his contributions to the field of librarianship. He also gets a nice hug. |
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| Gary and Robin consider how nice his Presidents Award will look on his mantle at home in DC. |
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| Robin chats with FUMSI Find Contributing Editor Marcy Phelps, at a reception hosted by Leadership Directories and Skyminder. Behind them, Randy Marcinko (CEO of MEI and Groxis) sneaks another canape. |
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| Penny Leach, Gillian Voisey, Rachel Kolsky and Darron Chapman proudly represent SLA Europe! |
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| Rachel Kolsky of AIG, Darron Chapman of TFPL and William Hann of FreePint
demonstrate the 'global' nature of SLA and information work. |
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SLA's Director of Business Development, Stacey Bowers, indicates that time is passing, while delegates collect their box lunches. |
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| Mary Ellen Bates never fails to impress. Her standing-room-only session on Monday was no exception. |
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| Dow Jones hosted a private reception at the top of the famed Space Needle. |
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| From the top of the Needle, the views of Seattle, the mountains and Puget Sound stretch out in all directions. |
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| FreePint's Publisher William Hann is working really hard here, at this terribly serious strategic planning session with Robin Neidorf and Gary Price. |
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| Gary Price discusses alternative routes to library work on this panel with Jessica Baumgart, Mike Crandall, Gloria Zamora, and Stephen Abram, moderated by Jane Dysart. |
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| We made time for some of Seattle's sights, including the rightly famous Pike Place Market, featuring shellfish about as fresh as it can be... |
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| ... as well as Seattle's showcase public library - an amazing tribute to the world of information. |
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If attendees/organisers have comments or additional photos, please contact <william.hann@freepint.com>.
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