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Ottawa LIS Alumni Reception
Thursday, November 8, 2018
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Play Food and Wine, 1 York Street

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Faculty of Information & Media Studies, and Western Alumni invite LIS alumni and friends to a cocktail reception with special guest, Sonia Bebbington, MLIS ’99, Director General, Information and Document Resource Service, Library of Parliament.

Sonia Bebbington, MLIS ’99 is Director General, Information and Document Resource Service, Library of Parliament, a position she has held for 2 years.  Her areas of responsibility include all aspects of collection development, collection access and optimization, preservation, and digitization.  Sonia has been with the Library of Parliament for a total of 8 years, and was previously at various government departmental libraries since starting her career in 1999, the year she graduated from Western’s MLIS program.   Sonia holds as well an undergraduate degree (with Honors) and a Masters Degree in English Language and Literature.  

Tickets for the cocktail reception are $10 per person

We hope you can join us for appetizers and refreshments as we network with Ottawa area LIS alumni.

Please register online by Monday, November 5, 2018.

Library of Parliament Tour
3:00 p.m. Arrive
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Private Tour

Prior to the cocktail reception, Sonia Bebbington, MLIS ’99 will offer a private tour of the historic Library of Parliament for our alumni group. Take advantage of this opportunity before the library closes for 10 years due to the renovations at Parliament beginning later this year!

We can only accommodate 20 guests on the Library of Parliament tour. Please register online by Monday, November 5, 2018. Space is limited and may sell out before this date.

Guests will have to present themselves at the base of the Peace Tower by 3:00 p.m. so they can be screened by security.

Western Alumni is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Please contact us if you have any particular accommodation requirements or require information in an alternate format.

We are sorry, the deadline for registering for this event online has passed. Please email alumnirsvp@uwo.ca or call 1-800-258-6896 and press 2 if you are still interested in attending. Please leave your name, email, phone number, the name of your guest and specify which event you will be attending.


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