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ACL Conference, June 7-10, 2010 // Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN
The Association of Christian Librarians invites you to visit the North Star State this coming June 7-10 for the 2010 Annual Conference. The library staff at Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota will serve as hosts of the event, which features the theme True North: Illumination – Inspiration – Information. We hope the beauty of the campus and surrounding area will illuminate your time in the Twin Cities, our worship and devotional time will inspire you in your faith, and our keynote speakers and workshops will inform you in your professional activity.
Our Host Institution
Northwestern College is a magnificent place to host our conference. The campus is centrally located in the dynamic Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, yet its 107-acre campus offers serene wooded areas, historic buildings, and nearly a mile of lakeshore along Lake Johanna.
This will be our third conference held at Northwestern’s campus; the first two occasions taking place in 1980 and 1997.
A quick note on Northwestern College’s history: the college began as The Northwestern Bible and Missionary Training School, founded in 1902 at First Baptist Church of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Under the leadership of William Berntsen (for whom the college library is named), the college purchased the land and buildings of the Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul/Minneapolis in 1970.
The current campus opened to classes in 1972.
Because of the Roman Catholic heritage in the architecture of the campus, conference attendees will enjoy some truly inspiring settings during our conference.
For example, morning worship services will be held in Northwestern’s Nazareth Chapel.
The chapel features walls of marble quarried from Africa, white pillars from Italy, and stained-glass windows which portray several scenes from the Bible.
Program Features
Tuesday Keynote: Erin Walsh
"Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the College Student Brain"
Wednesday Author Talk: Lynn Austin
"Inspiration for Librarians"
Vendor Fair
Wednesday morning of conference week will feature our annual vendor fair. As an additional component to this year’s event, some vendors will provide conference attendees with "breakout" instructional demonstrations of various databases and software.
Web Site Information Last Updated: 10 March 2010.
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