[Tasl] 2009 Arbuthnot Lecture to be held in Clinton, TN - Walter Dean Myers

[Nancy Dickinson]

Got this email from lm_net. This is an amazing opportunity for those
of us in TN! I don't remember the Arbuthnot Lecture ever having been
in these parts before now and don't know when it will be again, so I
wanted to help make sure everyone knows... I heard about this a while
back, but I thought it would be a good time for a reminder.

Nancy
P.S. I hope y'all don't get tired of hearing from me! If you do, email
me and tell me so!

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Subject: GEN: 2009 Arbuthnot Lecture to be held in Clinton, TN - Walter
Dean Myers
Date:    Tue, January 27, 2009 5:05 pm
To:      LM_NET at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
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As a member of the 2009 Arbuthnot Lecture Planning Committee, I would like
to announce to LM_NET subscribers that the 2009 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor
Lecture will be held in Clinton, Tennessee on Saturday, April 18, 2009.

Walter Dean Myers will deliver the lecture, hosted by the Langston Hughes
Library of the Children's Defense Fund Haley Farm.

Attendance to the lecture is free; however, tickets must be reserved
online in advance at
http://arbuthnotlecture2009.eventbrite.com<https://tmail.ortn.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://arbuthnotlecture2009.eventbrite.com>.
Tickets will be available from this link beginning February 15. Once you
register, a packet of information including your ticket, schedule,
accommodations and parking information will be mailed to you.

Please view this official press release for further details on the event:
http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2008/July2008/ALSCarbuthnot.cfm.


If you live or work in the vicinity of East Tennessee, we strongly
encourage you to attend! For those who will be unable to attend, online
video of the Lecture will be made available AFTER it the lecture finished.
Unfortunately, streaming video will not be available live online. The
University of Tennessee's School of Information Sciences will be providing
the public with this free service and will keep it available online for
years to come. For information on how to access the video, please keep
your eye on the News page of the University of Tennessee's School of
Information Sciences: http://www.sis.utk.edu/newsArchive.

Christopher Myers, son of Walter Dean Myers and award-winning author and
illustrator of children's books, will also be speaking on the University
of Tennessee's (Knoxville) campus Friday, April 17, 2009. (I believe this
will be an evening event.)

If you are a school librarian and have students interested in volunteering
for the event (or if you would like to volunteer yourself), please contact
me directly via e-mail. Duties for volunteers include helping with parking
services, unpacking books for Mr. Myers to sign, ushering and so forth.
Students may use the opportunity to fulfill a service credit for school
while also being able to attend the lecture.

Haley Farm is truly a beautiful site for this lecture to take place. To
learn more about the Farm, please visit:
http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=haleyfarm.

Thank you.

Sarah Hamilton
Library Media Specialist
Oak Ridge High School
Oak Ridge, TN