It's right up the street, there are discounts for librarians, several sessions talk about collaborations between libraries and publishers (we'll see), and lots of interesting stuff. This page has the program.
I probably won't live blog, but I'll certainly post some summaries and wrap up information. No doubt I'll be tweeting, too (@cpikas, #ssp09)
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