*REGISTRATION CLOSES FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9** FOR THE *12th Interlending and Document Supply (ILDS) Conference <http://www.ilds2011.org/>. Come to Chicago to hear how libraries across the globe are sharing their resources to cope with shrinking library budgets, skyrocketing collection costs, and increasingly restrictive copyright laws. You'll hear about the latest developments in interlibrary loan: new technologies, recent cost studies, sharing digital resources, and strategies for improving transborder ILL. Our speakers will describe many cutting-edge projects, from cooperative collection development ventures to purchase-on-demand programs. Abstracts for all conference papers are available here<http://www.ilds2011.org/index.php?show=papers>. What does registration cost? - ALA or IFLA members: $450 - Non-members: $500 What do you get for your money? - Admission to all program sessions - Admission to the conference exhibition - ILDS conference bag - All-conference dinner on Monday evening at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art <http://www.mcachicago.org/> - Lunch on Monday and Tuesday - Morning and afternoon coffee breaks An optional Chicago Skyline Boat Tour is scheduled for Tuesday evening, September 20, and costs $50 per person. Chicago... home to the blues, deep dish pizza, the Magnificent Mile, and now the 12th ILDS Conference! Full program information, online registration, hotel information, and anything else you'd want to know about the meeting is at www.ilds2011.org. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Hollerich at [log in to unmask] Mary -- Mary A. Hollerich Director Lewis University Library 1 University Parkway Romeoville, IL 60446 [log in to unmask] 847-275-0666 (cell) "Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood." Daniel Burnham