Rock and roll your way to Cleveland, Ohio for the 2008 joint OLAC-MOUG Conference!

The Conference will take place Friday, September 26 through Sunday, September 28, 2008, with a pre-conference workshop on Thursday, September 25. Please check the Conference Website <http://www.notsl.org/olac-moug/home.htm> for updates on program sessions, speakers, schedules, and local information. Conference Co-Chairs are Kevin Furniss (Denison University) and Sevim McCutcheon (Kent State University).

The historic and elegant Renaissance Hotel <http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/clebr-renaissance-cleveland-hotel/>, adjacent to the Tower City shopping complex, will serve as the Conference hotel. Attendees will have the opportunity to view the newly-remodeled Cleveland Museum of Art at Friday night's reception and to tour the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Conference Planning Committee has been busy lining up an exciting array of speakers and workshops. Keynote addresses will be delivered by Lynne Howarth (former Dean of the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto) and Janet Swan Hill (Associate Director for Technical Services, University of Colorado).

The pre-conference workshop will feature map cataloging, presented by Paige Andrew (Maps Cataloging Librarian, Pennsylvania State University Libraries). This workshop will focus on contemporary paper maps, with some attention given to electronic versions of these resources.

Conference workshops will cover not only traditional cataloging, but other topics as well. Confirmed workshops include the perennially popular basic cataloging workshops for videorecordings (Jay Weitz, Senior Consulting Database Specialist, OCLC) and sound recordings (Mark Scharff, Music Cataloger, Washington University (St. Louis)). A basic session on music scores (Margaret Kaus, Original Cataloger, Kansas State University) has been added this time. In addition, advanced topic workshops for videos (Jay Weitz), sound recordings (Robert Freeborn, Music/AV Cataloger, Pennsylvania State University), and scores (Ralph Papakhian, Head, Technical Services, William & Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University) will be offered. Sessions will also be given on form/genre (Janis Young, Senior Cataloging Specialist, LC CPSO) and WorldCat Local (Cathy Gerhart, Music/Media Cataloger, University of Washington)

The Conference Planning Committee is securing confirmations for a few more workshops and speakers, so please stay tuned for further announcements!