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For Immediate Release
1 March 2007

MEDIA ALERT

2008 Special Libraries Association Annual Conference and INFO EXPO
15-18 June 2008

Calendar Editors Please Note Date Change

Special Libraries Association (SLA) announced today that the 2008 SLA Annual Conference and INFO EXPO will be held 15-18 June in 2008 in Seattle, Washington.

This is a change to the original scheduled date of 27-30 July 2008. Moving the date back a month will allow SLA to remain on its regular schedule of holding the SLA Annual Conference and INFO EXPO in the month of June each year.

This change in date will also allow SLA members, exhibitors, press and speakers to easily attend SLA's conference in addition to other library conferences being held during the same time frame.

The 2007 SLA Conference will take place in Denver, Colorado, 3- 6 June, 2007 and will feature former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, as the keynote speakers.

Upcoming SLA Annual Conference and INFO EXPO locations and dates are as follows:

2008: Seattle, 15-18 June

2009: Washington D.C., 14-17 June

2010: New Orleans, 13-16 June

2011: Philadelphia, 12-15 June

Questions about SLA conferences? Visit the SLA Events page here: http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/ac2007/index.cfm.

Note to Editors: To attend and report on any SLA event please contact PR Director Cara Battaglini at 703.647.4917 or cara@sla.org to request a press pass. Journalists covering and reporting on the event will be granted complimentary registration on a case by case basis.

About SLA
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. SLA serves more than 11,000 members in 75 countries in the information profession, including corporate, academic, and government information specialists. SLA promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy, and networking initiatives. For more information, visit us on the Web at www.sla.org.