Colleagues:

The Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) is holding its annual meeting in Boston from January 11-14, 2005. The theme of this year's conference is "Boundary Crossings: Library and Information Science Education in a Global Context." The conference organizers would like to extend a special invitation to all our international colleagues and hope that many of you will be able to attend. You can learn more about

the

conference at http://www.alise.org/conferences/2005_conference/index.html. We would welcome your attendance at the conference and hope to see you there. We would appreciate it if you would tell any colleagues that you think might be interested about the conference.

If you need a specific letter of invitation in order to secure a visa, please let us know by emailing .

Best wishes from the 2005 Conference Co-Chairs, Toni Carbo University of Pittsburgh, Barbara B. Moran UNC-Chapel Hill

Louise S. Robbins Professor and Director School of Library and Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 North Park Street Madison, WI 53706

PHONE: 608-263-2908 FAX: 608-263-4849

email: lsrobbin@wisc.edu