Registrations are now open for the LIANZA Conference: http://www.lianza.org.nz/news-events/conferences/conference-2012/registration Join us in Palmerston North, New Zealand, for a celebration of the library profession. Keynote speakers include: * DK, social media trainer and author of Zen and the Art of Social Media * Rolf Hapel , Director of Citizens' Services and Libraries (CSL) in Aarhus, Denmark * Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Vanderbilt University Libraries in Nashville, Tennessee and Executive Director of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive * Meredith Farkas, Head of Instructional Services at Portland State University in Oregon * Mavis Mullins, Director of Paewai Mullins Shearing Ltd and Trustee of several Maori development organisations * Karen Schneider, Director of the Cushing Library at Holy Names University in Oakland, California See the programme for the full list of papers, workshops and lightning sessions: http://www.lianza.org.nz/news-events/conferences/conference-2012/programme Lisa Crombie Communications Manager Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa Tel: +64 4 801 5542 Email: [log in to unmask] www.lianza.org.nz