The Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group (AABIG) will host its 11th annual conference May 18, 2012 at the University of West Georgia. This year's theme is Innovation on a Dime. In this economic crunch, every library's budget is getting hit hard. This year, the conference will focus on the practical, nifty, and new ways librarians are using free and/or existing technology to teach information literacy and feature a variety of 20 and 45 minute panels and presentations.

Keynote:
My Time is Worth More Than a Dime: Strategies for Saving Our Most Precious Resource,
By Russell Palmer, LYRASIS

10:45-11:30         Break-out Session 1

• Using existing technology to teach visually impaired students (20 min)
  
• The Essential Library: Outreach and Engagement of the Millennial Learner (20 min)
• QR Codes--Linking Patrons to Your Library and the World Through Their Smartphones (45 mins.)
• The Life Cycle of Assessments: Perspectives and Strategies (45 min)

1:00-1:45              Break-out Session 2

• Technology: Using the latest technology available to engage students (20 min)
  
• SmartPhones + Self-Discovery = Engaged Students (20 min)
• Con-structure-vism: A Quick Intro to Educational Theory in the Library Classroom (45 min)
•   Constructurevism Handout
• Unconference: Making Ends Meet: fostering faculty connections with the library (45 min)

2:00-2:45              Break-out Session 3

• Bringing the Library to Its Patrons: How to Make Over Academic Libraries for the Digital Era (45 min)
• Wide Open Spaces: Reimagining the Library Classroom (45 min)
• Frugalcasting: Free and Low-cost Screencast Toolsfor Academic Libraries (45 mins.)

Each year, AABIG hosts a one day conference instruction librarians.  We are proud to offer free registration to all librarians, so that those who need it most, but can afford it least, have the same opportunities to learn, present, and network.

However, the conference itself is not free for the committee to host.  Moneys go towards printing materials like programs, maps, and certificates of attendance, as well as complimentary conference services like coffee and our keynote speaker.  In these tough budgetary times, libraries and other related corporations have had to curtail their previous generosity, making it increasingly difficult to provide the same opportunities. AABIG is most appreciative of any and all donations.

Times are tight for all, but if you can give, please consider a small donation.  For further information, please contact our treasurer Erica Bodnar.

Thank you, Jean Cook, AABIG President

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Hotel Recommendations:
Carrollton, GA is approximately one hour west of Atlanta. Some attendees may wish stay in town prior to the convention.  We recommend the following hotels:

Holiday Inn Express
104 S. Cottage Hills Rd., Carrollton, GA
(770) 838-0508

Hampton Inn
102 S. Cottage Hills Rd., Carrollton, GA
(770) 838-7722

Jameson Inn
700 S. Park St., Carrollton, GA
Phone: 770-834-2600