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MLA '09: Online Program Planner

• Link to the OASIS Program Planner (offsite link)
• Ways to Search
• Personalized Itineraries
• Itinerary Downloads

Customize your MLA ’09 itinerary with our Online Program Planner! The OASIS Program Planner allows searching of MLA ’09 abstracts and sessions and enables users to store sessions and abstracts of interest in a personalized itinerary.

Ways to Search

The search engine allows users to enter any search term and run a search on:

• specific keywords
• title
• presenter’s last name
• presenter’s affiliation or institution

Each match the system returns presents the session name, presentation title, presenter name and affiliation, presentation time, and session start and end times. Links from both the session name and presentation title open a separate window with complete session information, including the session name, number, title, type, start and end times, and location. Each presentation in the session is listed by author and title, in presentation order. Clicking on a presentation name brings up a separate window displaying the abstract or summary of the presentation, including title, authors, affiliations, presentation number, and presentation text.

The online viewer and Itinerary Builder also allow users to look up information by session type or meeting day.

• Session type allows users to sort presentations by the mode of presentation, while the date option allows the user to sort chronologically.
• Users can also limit the number of returns per page with a dropdown menu.
• After executing the search, users will see a list of sessions in chronological order with session name, start, and end times.

Personalized Itineraries

Whichever way users view a list of sessions or presentations, they can add items to personalized itineraries. The itinerary shows only the session information; however, users can add individual presentations to a session that is already in their itineraries. If the session is not in the itinerary, the system provides basic session information with the selected presentation. If users have already started an itinerary and run other searches, the system highlights any sessions previously added to the itinerary.

The itinerary page lists users’ selections in chronological order. The information includes session name, start time, end time, location, and lists of individual presentations, if selected. Session and presentation names are linked to more detailed information.

The itinerary page also includes two controls: opening a session from the itinerary to add or remove individual presentations from an itinerary and deleting a session and all of its presentations from an itinerary.

The system also allows users to select two events of interest that occur at the same time on the same day to make a final decision of which to attend onsite.  

The Itinerary Builder includes a login for creating an itinerary and returning to it. Users do not need this login information unless they wish to create and maintain an itinerary.

Itinerary Downloads

Printable itinerary provides the complete itinerary formatted for printing. Users can also transfer a copy of their itinerary to their personal digital assistants (PDAs) or Web-enabled phones.