** Please excuse any cross-postings ** The deadline for early bird registration for the VRD 2005 Conference is October 22, 2005. This is a good opportunity to receive a discounted rate for the 2-day conference on November 14-15. Further reductions apply to students, conference assistants, OCLC, and RUSA members. The online registration form is available at: https://www3.oclc.org/institute/VRDC/bin/attendee.asp Registration for the VRD 2005 pre-conference workshop on Sunday, November 13 from 1-5 PM is also available through the online registration form. This year's pre-conference workshop, "Marketing Strategies for Digital Reference Services: Practical Approaches", will be presented by Pat Wagner of Pattern Research, Inc. For more information on the pre-conference workshop, please see the full description at: http://www.vrd.org/conferences/VRD2005/content_page.cfm?NavID=6 There are still available rooms at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport (site of the conference) at the reduced rate of $139 (plus tax) single/double occupancy. This special rate is available until October 18, 2005. Rooms can be booked online at: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=19825 Attendees can also call either (650)347-1234 or (800)233-1234 to reserve a room. If you are making your reservations by phone, be sure to mention that you are with the VRD Conference in order to get the discounted rate. The VRD Conference is consistently rated as "one of the best conferences attended" by our attendees. We hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Virtual Reference Desk Information Institute of Syracuse 211 Hinds Hall Syracuse, NY 13244 phone: 315 443 3640 fax: 315 443 5448 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).