LOGISTICS INFORMATION
Mobile Computing: Delivering Content to the Research Community
November 18, 2010 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
A One-Day Workshop Co-sponsored by CENDI and NFAIS and hosted by NARA at the National Archives William G. McGowan Theater
GENERAL LOCATION
The National Archives is located at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408. Meeting attendees are asked to enter through the Special Events Entrance on 7th and Constitution Avenue. There will be a security check-in desk in the main lobby and signage pointing the way to the William G. McGowan Theater. This .pdf file may be helpful.
For additional information about the National Archives, access, parking, etc., the URL is: http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/
SUBWAY
The closest Metro Stop is Archives/Navy Memorial on the Yellow and Green lines. For more specific information on how to get to the National Archives by SUBWAY, the URL is: http://www.wmata.com/rail/maps/map.cfm
HOTELS
Hotel Monaco PH: 202-628-7177
http://www.monaco-dc.com/
Hotel Harrington PH: 202-628-8140
http://www.hotel-harrington.com/
Courtyard Washington Convention Center PH: 800-393-3063
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/wascn-courtyard-washington-convention-center/
JW Marriott Hotel Pennsylvania Ave PH: 202-393-2000
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/wasjw-jw-marriott-hotel-washington-dc/
Grand Hyatt Washington PH: 202-582-1234
www.grandwashington.hyatt.com/
SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY
The National Archives can be accessed as early as 7:30 am. An onsite registration table will be set up to obtain meeting packet, nametag and any handouts provided by the speakers. There will be morning refreshments beginning at 8:30 am with the program starting promptly at 9:00 am. A coffee refresher is planned for 10:00 am. A boxed lunch is included in the cost of registration with lunch tables provided in the Presidential Conference Rooms two levels up from the McGowan Theater floor. An afternoon refreshment break is scheduled at 2:20 with the program concluding at 4:30 pm.
CONTACTS
Jill O’Neill, NFAIS 215-893-1561 or jilloneill@nfais.org
Kathryn Holloway, CENDI Secretariat 865-298-1234 or kholloway@iiaweb.com
SPONSORS
NFAIS (http://www.nfais.org)
Founded in 1958, NFAIS is a premier membership organization of more than 60 of the worlds leading producers of databases, information services, and information technology in the sciences, engineering, social sciences, business, and the arts and humanities.
CENDI (http://www.cendi.gov)
CENDI, the Federal STI Managers Group, was formally created in 1985 when a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by four charter U.S. government agencies (Commerce, Energy, NASA, and Defense). From this small core of STI managers, CENDI has grown to its current membership of 14 major science agencies involved in the dissemination and long-term management of scientific and technical information.