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Photo courtesy of the Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors
Bureau.
Seminar Highlights
The year's seminar features an extensive overview of Louisiana's information
technology applications for legislative operations, research and reference
services. Also, there will be technology discussions that address electronic
records retention, state documents acquisitions, networking with state
agencies, and coordinating legislative research. Another session offers
a discussion of library cataloging and other automation systems.
We will also have the opportunity to learn about Louisiana's varied
and colorful political history. Since 1541, the state has been governed
under 10 different flags. With acquisition of Louisiana territory in 1803,
President Thomas Jefferson nearly doubled the size of the U.S. Thirteen
states were eventually carved out of the Louisiana Purchase. Baton Rouge
became Louisiana's capital in 1849, and a new capitol building was completed
in 1932. Built in Art Deco style with interiors of marble and bronze, it
is the tallest state capitol in the U.S. The Old State Capitol with Gothic
architecture is nearly 150 years old and "has withstood war, fire, scandal,
bitter debate, abandonment, and an occasional fistfight." In 1935, Senator
Huey Long was assassinated in the state capitol.
During the seminar, LRL is tentatively scheduled to dine at the Louisiana
Governor's Mansion, built in 1963 in modified Greek Revival style as a
replica of one of the state's plantation mansions.
All programs for the seminar will be held at the State Capitol in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, unless otherwise specified in the preliminary agenda.
Transportation to and from the capitol will be provided.
General Information
Baton Rouge takes pleasure in its year round mild temperatures. Located
in the heart of the city are the BREC Bluebonnet Swamp nature center, Enchanted
Mansion-a Doll Museum, and the Old Arsenal Museum, located within the gardens
of the State Capitol Complex. Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge
has the Hilltop Arboretum and Rural Life Museum and Windrush Gardens. For
more information on Baton Rouge and the surrounding area, visit the website
of the Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors Bureau at http://www.bracvb.com/.
Hotel Reservations
Hotel accommodations have been arranged at the Baton Rouge Hilton, 5500
Hilton Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70808 (located on Interstate 10).
The room rate is $79 a night (single), plus tax. Please arrange hotel accommodations
directly with the Baton Rouge Hilton by calling (225) 924-5000. Indicate
that you are attending the LRL/NCSL seminar. Hotel reservations must be
held by one night's room deposit (credit card guarantee acceptable). NCSL
cannot be responsible for guarantees. The deadline for making hotel reservations
is September 25, 2000. After this date, reservations will be accepted at
the seminar rate based on availability.
Transportation
NCSL has negotiated special airline discounts for travel to Baton Rouge.
Please make your reservations through Corporate Travel, NCSL's official
travel headquarters, by calling (800) 825-3283, extension 2, or in Colorado
by calling (303) 694-4344, extension 2.
For More Information
Please contact Rita Thaemert at NCSL, (303) 364-7700 ext. 157, or e-mail
rita.thaemert@ncsl.org,
or call the Seminars Department in NCSL's Denver Office at (303) 364-7700,
ext. 145. Also visit the LRL home page at http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/LRL/index.htm
for seminar updates.
Preliminary Agenda
| 6:30 p.m. |
Dinner with Governor and Mrs. Mike Foster at the Governor's
Mansion |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast at the Louisiana
State Capitol |
| 9:00 a.m. - Noon |
Technology Workshops
* Creating Web Pages
* Talk with Techies
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| Noon - 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch Louisiana Style |
| 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Louisiana's Legislature: A Historical Perspective |
| 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Tour of the Old State Capitol: Institute of Louisiana Politics |
| 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. |
Dinner at Longvue Plantation
(former residence of Governor Earl Long) |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast at the Capitol |
| 9:15 a.m. - Noon |
Tour of Louisiana's Capitol Technology |
| 12 Noon - 1:30 p.m. |
Another Louisiana Style Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |
The Impact of Technology
(cataloging and other library automation innovations) |
| 3:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. |
Tour of the Louisiana State Library
Presentations include:
* Networking with State Agencies
* Electronic Records Retention
* Coordinating Legislative Research
* State Documents Management
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| 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
Dinner with Louisiana Librarians
followed by a Swamp Tour and Cajun Dancing |
| 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
Breakfast and LRL Business Meeting |
| 1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
LRL Dinner in the French Quarter, New Orleans |
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