Weather:  http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Louisville+KY+USKY1096

Dates:  SDC Annual Meeting, December 9-11, 2014

             LSWG Meeting (5 SDC members), December 12, 2014

Justification:  Conference Justification FY2015.pdf

Draft agenda:  2014 SDC Annual Meeting Agenda -final.pdf

Location:  Louisville, KY

Hotel:  The Brown Hotel, 335 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202

Shuttle:

Shuttle service to/from airport complimentary (24 hour service).  Please use this free service.
Courtesy Vans Several hotels/motels provide free phone service for reservations and courtesy service to-and-from the airport. Hotel/motel vans are parked to the right of the taxi stand on the green curb.  The Reservation Center calling board is located on the lower level next to the Information Booth.  Pay phones are located on the back of the Reservation Center board and across from the bag carousels. For your convenience, a change machine is located next to the men’s restroom on the upper level.

Per diem (no changes for FY2015) - $61 full day; travel days $45.75; minus $15 lunch on Thursday, Dec. 11

Lodging: $106/per night + 16.07% room tax (reimbursed by IMLS)

GSA Airline City Pair: http://cpsearch.fas.gsa.gov/

Kim will be making your airline reservations.  Please keep in mind that IMLS uses a federal government travel system for booking flights and some airlines and flight schedules may not be available or advantageous to the federal government.

Non-sponsored events:

1. Networking:  Tuesday evening, December 9, 5:30-6:30 PM Hotel Lobby;

For those who want to participate there will be an exchange game.   Please bring an item from your state (suggested in the $10 range).

2. Baker and Taylor Bibliostat: Tuesday evening, December 9:  Reception & Dinner 6:30-9:30 PM in the Bluegrass Room - 2nd floor;  invitations will be sent by B&T 

3. Counting Opinions:  Wednesday morning, December 10: Breakfast Buffet  7:00-8:20 AM in the Bluegrass Room - 2nd floor.   All SDCs welcome.

4. ALA (Digital Inclusion Survey) SDC Thank You Reception : Wednesday evening, December 10:  Reception 6:00-8:00 PM - The Brown Hotel - Bluegrass Room.  All SDCs welcome.  

Map: http://mapq.st/1pMogAK

Recommended at the English Grill:

The Hot Brown - http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/holidays/kentucky/hot-brown-sandwich-brown-hotel

Things to do:  http://www.louisville.com/

http://www.10best.com/destinations/kentucky/louisville/

http://travel.usnews.com/Louisville_KY/Things_To_Do/

http://www.marriottlouisville.com/leisure/top10

1. Louisville Mega Caverns – world’s only fully underground zip line (reservations suggested)

2. Louisville Slugger Museum – factory has been making bats for major league baseball’s best players for generations

3. Kentucky Derby Museum/Churchill Downs – museum of the world’s most famous horse race

4. Louisville Bourbon Trail – sample Kentucky’s finest product

5. Fourth Street Live – entertainment, restaurants, nightlife, shopping

6. Muhammad Ali Center – award winning museum featuring exhibits about Ali

7. Louisville Zoo

8. Frazier History Museum – world class museum featuring 1000 years of history

From Jay Bank (KY SDC):  Counting Crows in concert at the Louisville Palace on 12/10 @ 7:30 pm.  The Palace is on same block as the Brown Hotel.

Groupon  is selling concert tickets from $25.  See link: http://www.groupon.com/deals/undefined/gl-counting-crows/3?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=us_dt_sea_ggl_txt_ttt_sr_cbp_ch1_nbr_k*counting%20crows_m*e_d*louisville-rtc-root_g*rtc-gl-counting-crows-3-exact_c*55657025288_ap*1t2

From Jamie McCanless:

http://www.21cmuseumhotels.com/louisville/museum/

Experience contemporary art at Louisville's 21c Museum

As North America’s first museum devoted solely to art of the 21st century, 21c Museum is committed to featuring a rotating program of thought-provoking solo and group exhibitions that reflect the global nature of art today, as well as site-specific, commissioned installations.

21c Museum Louisville is open 24/7/365

700 West Main Street