Register now for the 2008 MLA Annual Convention in San Francisco and take advantage of preregistration rates (a savings of $25 off the regular registration rates for members); the preregistration period has been extended through 10 December.

You may now register and make hotel and travel arrangements for the 2008 MLA Annual Convention in San Francisco. Join us at this lively and interesting gathering, where over 9,000 scholars from around the world present their research, visit the book exhibit, and mingle with colleagues. Check this site for information updates.

The 2008 MLA Convention Program is now available online to MLA members and nonmembers. The Program is searchable by participant, subject, meeting type, and keyword.

The Way We Teach Now is the theme of the Presidential Forum at the 2008 MLA Annual Convention. In addition to featuring four sessions that will address this theme, the Presidential Forum will be the focus of more than three dozen related programs arranged by divisions, discussion groups, allied and affiliate organizations, and individual members. A brochure containing information on all sessions can be downloaded here and will also be available at the convention in San Francisco at the registration areas.

The Committee on Community Colleges and the Executive Council are sponsoring a professional development workshop for community college faculty members at the MLA Annual Convention in San Francisco on the afternoon of 27 December 2008. Participants do not have to be MLA members or register for the MLA convention to attend the free workshop. The workshop is limited to fifty participants. Click here to learn more.

Effective with its April 2008 online update, the MLA International Bibliography includes publisher-provided abstracts in its bibliographic citations. The first group of over 9,000 abstracts, reprinted with permission of the publishers, comes from PMLA, Project Muse, JSTOR, and German Quarterly. More abstracts will become available for search and display with each update. This enhancement is meant to provide users with quality information in their online research. Previous enhancements have included scholarly Web site indexing; full-text links to Project Muse, JSTOR, and ProQuest's Dissertations and Theses; and digitization of retrospective 1926–62 print volumes.

The MLA Language Map and its Data Center provide information about more than 47,000,000 people in the United States who speak languages other than English at home.

The Data Center now includes information from the 2005 American Community Survey, allowing for comparison between 2005 and 2000 data for 30 languages at national, regional, and state levels.

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