Seattle Folks!!
I will be in Seattle from *very* late Friday until Tuesday morning. Friday and Tuesday are travel days, so they're out. Saturday morning is registration for the conference followed by a committee meeting until 12:30, after that I'm free. I'm free all day Sunday. Monday I have a committee meeting from 8am to 10am, and then I'm free for the rest of the day. All three nights are open as well. I would *love* to meet with folks. I will be staying the Pike Street Suites (formerly Summerfield Suites) near the conference center. I will not have a car, and my ability to walk long distances is limited, so I will either need someone to pick me up, or instructions on how to use the public transport system to get wherever you want me. Let me know who's available for a meet-up.
EDIT: As this is a conference for librarians, there will be a large number of publishers there giving away free books. An exhibits-only pass is only $25 and well worth it in terms of free books. At annual, I walked away with over 100 books. This is a slightly smaller conference, but there will still be plenty of opportunities for cool stuff. So if anyone wants to pay their $25 and join me in relieving the publishers of their wares, let me know. The best day for that would be Monday (as the last main day of the conference, the publishers will be trying to get rid of as much stuff as they can so they don't have to bring it home, and lots of previously unavailable 'sample copies' will be made available.)
EDIT: As this is a conference for librarians, there will be a large number of publishers there giving away free books. An exhibits-only pass is only $25 and well worth it in terms of free books. At annual, I walked away with over 100 books. This is a slightly smaller conference, but there will still be plenty of opportunities for cool stuff. So if anyone wants to pay their $25 and join me in relieving the publishers of their wares, let me know. The best day for that would be Monday (as the last main day of the conference, the publishers will be trying to get rid of as much stuff as they can so they don't have to bring it home, and lots of previously unavailable 'sample copies' will be made available.)