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The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa
3555 South Ocean Drive
Hollywood, Florida, 33019
http://www.diplomatresort.com/

SLJ Room Rate: $219.00 per night, single/double

Reservations number: 1-888-627-9057 OR you can manage your hotel reservation online by clicking here

*If calling, please ask for the School Library Journal group rate and specify that you are staying at the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa

Attention early arrivals!

For those arriving early, SLJ is delighted to host an informal welcoming cocktail reception on Thursday, November 13th from 6:00-7:00 PM, made possible by the sponsorship of Capstone Publishers. Join us for cocktails and conversation before heading on to evening plans.
LOCATION: South Palm Court (in the lobby area of the Westin Diplomat)

*The actual meeting will commence on Friday, November 14th at 11:00 AM

(see AGENDA on the sidebar for details)

A Letter From Brian Kenney, Editor-in-Chief, School Library Journal

Dear Summit Participants,

Welcome to the 2008 School Library Journal Leadership Summit. We are delighted you will join us November 14th and 15th for "Remixing Library Collections for Digital Youth." This year’s Summit will be held at the breathtaking Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood Florida, just south of Fort Lauderdale and right on the Atlantic Ocean.

As we all know, content is changing and expanding, often in surprising new directions. Print is growing, with new formats—like the graphic novel—rising in popularity. Audio is being used with different types of learners. Streaming video is increasingly a presence in classrooms. Interest in eBooks (and eTextbooks)—thanks in part to Amazon's Kindle—is on the rise again. Digital content—both proprietary and free—has become the reference collection. Finally, content is being shared and created by students in radically new ways.

At our 2008 Leadership Summit we will bring together publishers, authors, technology leaders, editors, librarians, other educators to explore where content is headed and how we can take advantage of this dynamic world to fully engage both students and teachers.

Like previous summits, this is a working meeting and we will be asking you to collaborate and participate before, during and after the summit. The two days will include an exciting mix of Summit-wide speakers and panels, as well as more intimate working groups to target specific content areas or formats. Also on the agenda is an open discussion among publishers, vendors, and librarians on how together will create this new world.

What will be the outcome of this summit? A vision for what the library collection in 2013 will look like—and a planning document that will help us get there. This summit will be captured and shared through video on SLJ.com and th outcomes of the summit will be included in a forthcoming issue of School Library Journal.

So mark your calendars. Summit 2008 is certain to be an opportunity you won’t want to miss.

Best Wishes,

Brian Kenney
Editor-in-Chief
School Library Journal

Sponsored By:

MESSAGE FROM OUR CO-GOLD SPONSORS


CAPSTONE PUBLISHERS has spent the last 15 years publishing quality, innovative books that make reading fun and educational for kids of all ages and abilities. Because of this, we are thrilled about this year's 2008 SLJ Summit. We're positive that the discussions at this event will shape our world, and the world of young readers, for years to come.

Capstone Publishers is comprised of Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Picture Window Books, and Stone Arch Books. From You Chose history books to classic retellings in SAFE graphic novel format to our super-powered Interactive Library, all of our fiction and nonfiction products engage kids, while meeting educational standards and needs. Find out more at www.capstonepub.com


SCHOLASTIC is a leading publisher of quality children’s literature - including award-winning and best-selling fiction, non-fiction and reference products. Scholastic’s mission is to develop strong literacy skills and foster a love of reading in young people. Scholastic pursues this mission by providing children with content they want, where they want it, when they want it, and how they want it. The Company offers its content in all forms - magazines, books, audio, digital - wherever children read - in the classroom, at home, and in the library.

In the library market, Scholastic’s products are published under the imprints Grolier, Children’s Press ® and Franklin Watts ®. Some of the best-selling series include Nature’s Children, America the Beautiful, Enchantment of the World and A True Books ™. Scholastic is once again committed in our support of the SLJ Summit. For more product information and special offers please visit us at www.scholastic.com/librarypublishing.