Resources for Attendees

Schedule At A Glance

Get Excited about Dallas

Dallas has lots to offer since ALA was last there in 1988! The Convention Bureau has put together itineraries for your free time and has a special ALA website with all the local information.

Maps, Maps, Maps

• ALA Hotel Map (PDF)
• DFW Airport Terminal Map
• DART Rail System Map
• DART DFW Airport / Downtown Fort Worth Map (PDF)
• DART Downtown Dallas Map
• Convention Center Downtown Parking Map (PDF)
• Dallas Convention Center Parking Directions
• J. Erik Jonsson Central Library

Click the following links for the Shuttle Bus Service Schedule, and Map, or follow this link for the Google map.

Midwinter Publications

• Cognotes Preview I
  This interactive issue of Cognotes is available in several formats:
  Download the interactive version of the November preview issue.
  Download a mobile version of the November preview issue.
  Download an accessible version of the November preview issue.
  Download a pdf of the November preview issue.
• Cognotes Preview II is available in several formats:
• Download the interactive version of the January preview issue.
  Download a mobile version of the January preview issue.
  Download an accessible version of the January preview issue.
  Download a pdf of the January preview issue.
• American Libraries Restaurant Guide
• Cognotes Onsite Friday Issue
• Cognotes Onsite Saturday Issue
• Cognotes Onsite Sunday Issue
• Cognotes Onsite Monday Issue
• Cognotes Highlights Issue

Press Releases

• Dine Around Dallas open to all Midwinter attendees
• ALA Midwinter Meeting Unconference, the first ever Midwinter Library Camp, and “The conversation starts here . . .”
• Author John Green highlights Freedom to Read Foundation Dallas fundraiser
• Rev. Dr. Lewis Baldwin keynotes celebration of Dr. King’s lasting, inspiring legacy
• Complete program for new ALA Masters Series at ALA 2012 Midwinter Meeting
• Jamal Joseph to keynote 13th annual Arthur Curley Lecture
• Conversations on transforming libraries are highlights of ALA 2012 Midwinter Meeting
• Making public life more hopeful - Rich Harwood at ALA Midwinter Meeting
• ALA Fun Run 5K & Walk
• Kim Edwards and Erin Duffy among the featured authors at ALTAFF’s Gala Author Tea, sponsored by ReferenceUSA, at ALA Midwinter Meeting
• Authors Helen Schulman, Hillary Jordan kick off Midwinter, pop star Lisa Loeb wraps it up
• ALA Midwinter adds high-profile speakers Susan Cain and John Green
• Genealogy reference: hear from experts at RUSA Midwinter institute in Dallas

Read more Midwinter Press Releases at http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/alamw12

Exhibitor Press Releases

• Rittenhouse To Showcase New Doody’s Core Title Service at ALA Midwinter Meeting

• Springer to present new SpringerLink mobile app for iPhone at ALA Midwinter Meeting

• The R2 Digital Library from Rittenhouse Adds Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy

• 28 more libraries join the OCLC WorldShare Management Services community

• Maney to publish The Chinese Historical Review

• Maney Publishing acquires the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

• CHAFIE CREATIVE GROUP UNVEILS IMMERSEDITION(TM), THE FIRST EVER CONSUMER, TRANSMEDIA EBOOK APP FOR FICTION

• Crowley Announces Debut of Uscan On-Demand Scanner

• Thrift Books Offers Friends and Libraries Better Deal at ALA Midwinter Meeting

• Library Scheduling and Time & Attendance Solutions

• OCLC working with Skill Soft to add records for Books24x7 digital book catalog to WorldCat

• Swets launches “must have” tool pioneering alignment of libraries and researchers with cutting edge Mendeley Institutional Edition powered by Swets

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