Sponsored byThe Consortium of Health Information Professionals (of the Silicon Valley)

6:30 – 8:30 pm

• Nosh on wine, sparkling water, cheese and crackers and crudités
• Meet the Librarians from the 1999 Joint Meeting host city
• See a premier consumer health library in an Eastlake Victorian house (c. 1880)
• Relax, have fun, you're the honored guest—courtesy of Planetree!!

Transportation: Details are in a flyer about the reception, available at the Hospitality Table. Share a cab (about $6 for 5 people) OR Take a car pool from the Fairmont

Cab(s) or car pools will leave Planetree for the 8:00 IMAX show at 7:30 p.m.

8:00 -- 9:00 pm Award-winning fim "Everest" at the Tech Museum´s IMAX® Theatre.   (Don't be late for 8:00 p.m. show! We recommend getting into the line by 7:45 p.m. to get a good seat. There is no seating after 8:00.)

8:30 – 10:00 pm Dessert Reception at the Fairmont Hotel

SPECIAL for the Joint Meeting! Piano music by Stephen Boniface on the grand piano. Show tunes, jazz, light classics, and your requests! Hear your favorite tune! 

Experience the Fairmont Hotel's elegant Dessert Buffet: Mini Napoleons, Eclairs, Assorted Fruit Tarlets, White Chocolate Mousse Cups, Key Lime Pie Tartlets, Lemon Meringue Tarlets, Chocolate Dipped Strawberries, Pastry Swans filled with Raspberry Mousse, Tiramisu, Pecan Pie, Cheesecake, Creme Brulee, Chocolate Torte

Coffee, Tea and Decaffeinated Coffee

(No host bar with dessert wines downstairs in the lobby)

IMAX film and dessert reception: $25.00

Majors, Rittenhouse, OVID and EBSCO have contributed to this party to welcome you to San Jose!

Guests are welcome! Tickets will be sold at the Hospitality Table, if you haven't already bought yours. You won't want to miss this!

Aiming to inspire the innovator in everyone, The Tech puts nearly 250 high-technology exhibits, divided into four theme galleries, into a fun experience that includes large-format movies in the Hackworth IMAX ® Dome Theater, all in a brightly mango-colored box. Re-opened in October of 1998, The Tech is the newest destination on the West Coast for families and visitors.

Admission to The Tech: Exhibit Galleries Only: General: $8.00; Children (3 – 12) $6.00; Seniors 65+)$7.00 IMAX® Only: General $8.00; Children (3 – 12); $6.00 Seniors (65+) $7.00

Combination Ticket: General $13.50 Children (3 – 12) $10.00 Seniors (65+)$12.50

The lecturer for February 3, 1999 is Carl Djerassi (Inventor of the birth control pill; recipient of both the National Medals of Science & Technology)