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Subject: [SLA-DERM] 2005 Natural Resources Information Council (NRIC)
conference
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005
From: Sue Visser <[log in to unmask]>



Hello All -
Please consider attending the NRIC conference, described below.  The
Natural Resources Information Council is a small, fun, friendly group
comprised of librarians with an interest in natural resources - from
academic, special and government libraries.  Although it is a fraction
of the size of SLA and other large library conferences, I've made more
good friends and valuable contacts at this conference than any other.
Contact me if you have questions.

Cheers -
Sue

Sue Visser, Librarian
Stratus Consulting Inc.
Boulder, CO
Ph:  303-381-8000
Fax:  303-381-8200
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Practical! Informative! Focused! Inexpensive! Fun! Informal!

Join us for the 15th annual Natural Resources Information
Council (NRIC) conference in Boise Idaho, July 14-17, 2005!

NRIC conferences are small and intimate, yet provide a wealth of
information through member sharing, academic presentations, talks given
by specialists and scientists, and field trips to notable local
facilities and natural resources.

Some of the conference activities planned so far are:

* Tour of National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
* Tour of the World Center for Birds of Prey Archives & Library
presentations on:
* BLOGS (weblogs) and libraries
* Wolves in Idaho
* Open Access to Natural Resources Information
* Bear Rehabilitation Center
* Salmon Situation in Idaho
* Procite or Endnote, What is the Opinion Among Users?
* Environmental Economic Center (tentative)
* Legal Environmental Research in a Nutshell
* Lewis and Clark in Idaho
* Access to the old F&W Reference Service Documents is There a Way?
and Sunday
* tours of Boise highlights
* or a chance to raft the Cabarton section of the Payette River
(extra cost for some of these tours and to raft)

Register by June 1 and pay the early bird registration of $180.

Included in this price: Saturday's Banquet, NIFC Tour, Library Tours,
Birds of Prey Tour, Boise
Tour Train, and Lunches on 14th, 15th, and 16th.

Come to learn! Come for fun! Come to network with your colleagues!
Come to the conference that many attendees, from agency to academic
librarians, say is their favorite of all. Come to NRIC 2005!

More information: see NRIC 2005 web page:
http://www.quinneylibrary.usu.edu/nric/confs/2005.html

NRIC is a group of natural resources information specialists and librarians.
The organization initially was made up of state, provincial, and federal
agency
librarians, but its membership has grown to include all types of natural
resources
information professionals, including academic and special librarians.

Conference chairperson: Inez Adele Hopkins
2121 Ellis Avenue, Boise, ID 83702
emails [log in to unmask] OR [log in to unmask]
208-250-8862


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