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CONFERENCE CIRCUIT 

ACRL
Midwinter
meetings


in
Boston



A
tentative
schedule


Ed. note: ALA’s Midwinter Meeting takes 
place January 14–19, 2005, in Boston. This 
list of meeting times was current as we went 
to press. Be sure to check the program book 
for final times and locations of meetings. 

ACRL Board of Directors 
B o a r d  o f  D i r e c t o r s  S t r a t e g i c  P l a n  

Implementation Session: Thursday, Jan. 
13, 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. 

Board Update: Friday, Jan. 14, 8:30 
a.m.–12:00 noon 

First meeting: Sunday, Jan. 16, 2:00– 
4:00 p.m. 

Joint meeting with B u d g e t  a n d  F i -
n a n c e  C o m m i t t e e : M o n d a y ,  J a n .  1 7 ,  
8:00–9:00 a.m. 

Second meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 18, 
1:00–4:30 p.m. 

ACRL General 
ACRL/SPARC Forum: Saturday, Jan. 15, 

4:00–6:30 p.m. 
Getting Teacher/Faculty Attention for 

Infor mation Literacy: New Practical Ap-
proaches: Friday, Jan. 14, 8:30 a.m.–12:00 
p.m. (pre­registration required) 

Institute for Information Literacy Im-
mersion Discussion Forum: Sunday, Jan. 
16, 1:30–2:30 p.m. 

Leadership Council: Friday, Jan. 14, 
1:30–4:00 p.m. 

Library Assessment in Higher Educa-
tion: Applying the New ACRL Standards: 

Friday, Jan. 14, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (pre­
registration required) 

Presidential Candidates’ Forum: Sun­
day, Jan. 16, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. 

Reinventing Libraries for the 21st Cen-
tury: A Visioning Workshop: Friday, Jan. 14, 
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (pre­registration required) 

Scholarly Communication Discussion 
Group: Sunday, Jan. 16, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Statistics for Librarians: Friday, Jan. 
14, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 noon (pre­registration 
required) 

ACRL Divisional Committees 
Academic/Research Librarian of  the 

Year Award: Monday, Jan. 17, 8:30–11:00 
a.m. (closed) 

ACRL/Har vard Leadership Institute 
Advisory: Monday, Jan. 17, 2:00–3:00 p.m. 

Appointments: Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:00– 
10:00 p.m. 

Atkinson Memorial Award: Saturday, 
Jan. 15, 9:30–11:00 a.m. (closed) 

Budget and Finance: Saturday, Jan. 
15, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 
16, 8:00–11:00 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 17, 
9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Bylaws: Monday, Jan. 17, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 
Conference Prog ram Planning 2005: 

Saturday, Jan. 15, 4:30–5:30 p.m. 
Conference Prog ram Planning 2006: 

Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:00–9:00 p.m. 
C o py r i g h t :  Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:30– 

11:00 a.m. 

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E. J. Josey Spectrum Scholar Mentor: 
Saturday, Jan. 15, 3:00–6:00 p.m. 

Effective Practices: Saturday, Jan. 15, 
9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Ethics: Monday, Jan. 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m. 
E x c e l l e n c e  i n  A c a d e m i c  L i b r a r i e s  

Award (Nominations): Saturday, Jan. 15, 
8:00–9:00 a.m. (closed) 

First-Year Survey Task Force: Sunday, 
Jan. 16, 8:00–9:00 a.m. 

Friends Fund: Saturday, Jan. 15, 9:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Monday, Jan. 17, 10:00 
a.m.–noon 

Government Relations: Sunday, Jan. 16, 
8:30–11:00 a.m. 

G u i d e l i n e s  f o r  M e d i a  Re s o u r c e s  i n  
Academic Libraries Task Force: Saturday, 
Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Information Literacy Advisory: Sunday, 
Jan. 16, 4:30–6:00 p.m. 

Institute for Information Literacy Best 
Practices Project: Monday, Jan. 17, 8:30 
a.m.–4:30 p.m. 

Institute for Information Literacy Ex-
ecutive: Friday, Jan. 14, 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; 
Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

I n s t i t u t e  f o r  I n f o r m a t i o n  L i t e r a c y  
Immersion Faculty: Wednesday, Jan. 12, 
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Thursday, Jan. 13, 9:00 
a.m.–5:00 p.m. (closed) 

Intellectual Freedom: Monday, Jan. 17, 
9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Inter national Relations: Sunday, Jan. 
16, 8:30–11:00 a.m. 

Lazerow Fellowship: Monday, Jan. 17, 
9:30–11:00 a.m. (closed) 

L o n g - Te r m  I nve s t m e n t  F u n d  Ta s k  
Force: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

M a r ke t i n g  A c a d e m i c  a n d  Re s e a r c h  
Libraries: Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:30–11:00 a.m. 
(closed) 

Membership: Sunday, Jan. 16, 4:30– 
6:30 p.m. 

N a t i o n a l  C o n f e r e n c e  B r a i n s t o r m -
ing—Baltimore, 2007: Saturday, Jan. 15, 
4:30–6:00 p.m. 

National Conference Executive Com-
mittee—Minneapolis, 2005: Saturday, Jan. 
15, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

National Conference Speaker Orienta-
tion—Minneapolis, 2005: Saturday, Jan. 15, 
2:00–4:00 p.m. 

National Confer ence Subcommittee 
Meetings—Minneapolis, 2005: Monday, 
Jan. 17, 8:30 a.m.–noon 

President’s Program Planning—Chica-
go, 2005: Monday, Jan. 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

President’s Program Planning—N e w 
Or leans, 2006: Monday, Jan. 17, 2:00– 
4:00 p.m. 

Professional Development Committee: 
Saturday, Jan. 15, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Publications: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:00–9:00 
a.m.; Monday, Jan. 17, 8:30–11:00 a.m. 

Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Saturday, 
Jan. 15, 9:00–10:30 a.m. 

Research: Saturday, Jan. 15, 11:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Scholar ly Communications: Sunday, 
Jan. 16, 8:00–11:00 a.m. 

Standards and Accreditation: Saturday, 
Jan. 15, 2:00–5:30 p.m. 

Statistics: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:30– 
11:00 a.m. 

Status of  Academic Librarians: Friday, 
Jan. 14, 4:30–5:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 15, 
8:30–11:00 a.m. 

Task Force on National Advocacy: Sat­
urday, Jan. 15, 12:00–2:00 p.m. 

The first half­hour of the Sunday, January 
16, 2:00–4:00 meeting of the ACRL Board 
in Boston will be given to an open­mic 
period. ACRL members may—on a fi rst­
come, first­served basis—address the 
Board (with a limit of three minutes per 
speaker) on any topic. 

Members are encouraged to come to 
this session to voice their opinions on the 
proposed ACRL dues increase, which the 
Board will bring to a vote at Midwinter. 
If the motion passes, a ballot to approve 
the dues increase will be distributed to 
all members in the spring. 

Share your ideas with the ACRL 
Board 

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Virtual Meeting Task Force: Sunday, Jan. 
16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Vi r t u a l  N a t i o n a l  C o n f e r e n c e  P r e -
s e n t e r  Tr a i n i n g :  S a t u r d a y ,  J a n .  1 5 ,  
2:00–4:00 p.m. 

ACRL Chapters Council 
Chapter s Council: Sunday, Jan. 16, 

8:30–11:00 a.m. 

ACRL Editorial Boards 
CHOICE: Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:30–11:00 a.m. 
CHOICE Resources for College Librar-

ies Reception: Sunday, Jan. 16, 4:00–6:00 
p.m. (closed) 

College & Research Libraries: Saturday, 
Jan. 15, 11:30 a.m.–12:00 noon 

College & Research Libraries News: 
Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

New Publications Advisory Board: Sun­
day, Jan. 16, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Publications in Librarianship: Saturday, 
Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. (closed) 

RBM: Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:30 a.m. 

ACRL Sections 
Section Newsletter Editors: Sunday, Jan. 

16, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Meet Hensley and Snelson— 
candidates for ACRL President 

Hear Randy Burke Hensley and Pa­
mela Snelson, the offi cial candidates 
for ACRL vice­president/president­
elect, speak at the ACRL Presidential 
Candidates Forum on Sunday, January 
16, 2005, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., during 
the Midwinter Meeting in Boston. 

Hensley is the public services divi­
sion head at the University of Hawaii 
at Manoa. Snelson is the college librar­
ian at Franklin & Marshall College. 

The forum, organized by the ACRL 
Chapters Council, will be followed by 
a light lunch, sponsored by EBSCO 
Information Services. 

Sections Council: Friday, Jan. 14, 4:30– 
5:30 p.m. 

African American Studies Librarians 
Section 

Executive: Saturday, Jan. 15, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 
All-Committee Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 15, 

2:00–4:00 p.m. 
Cataloging Issues Disc. Group: Sunday, 

Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 
Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 

2005: Sunday, Jan. 16, 4:00–5:30 p.m. 
C o n f e r e n c e  P r o g r a m  P l a n n i n g — N e w  

Orleans, 2006: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 
p.m. 

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 15, 11:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Anthropology and Sociology Section 
Executive: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:00–9:00 

a.m.; Monday, Jan. 17, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
A n t h r o p o l o g y  L i b r a r i a n s  D i s c u s s i o n  

Group: Sunday, Jan. 16, 5:00–6:30 p.m. 
Bibliog raphy: Sunday, Jan. 16, 1:00– 

4:00 p.m. 
Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 

2005: Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 
Conference Program Planning—New Or-

leans, 2006: Monday, Jan. 17, 8:00–9:00 a.m. 
C r i m i n a l  Ju s t i c e / C r i m i n o l o g y  L i b r a r-

ians Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 15, 
4:30–5:30 p.m. 

Liaison: Saturday, Jan. 15, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 
Membership: Sunday, Jan. 16, 2:00– 

4:00 p.m. 
Nominating: Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 

a.m. (closed) 
Publications: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00– 

4:00 p.m. 
Review and Planning: Saturday, Jan. 15, 

9:30–11:00 a.m. 
Sociolog y Librarians Discussion Group: 

Saturday, Jan. 15, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Subject and Bibliographic Access: Satur­

day, Jan. 15, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Arts Section 
Executive Board/General Membership: 

Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:30–11:00 a.m. 

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All-Committee Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 15, 
9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Dance Librarians Discussion Group: Sun­
day, Jan. 16, 4:30–5:30 p.m. 

Film and Broadcast Studies Discussion 
Group: Saturday, Jan. 15, 4:30–5:30 p.m. 

Asian, African and Middle Eastern 
Section 

Executive: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:00–9:00 
a.m. (closed) 

All-Committee Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 15, 
9:00–10:00 a.m.

 Ed. note: Section discussion groups are listed with their sections. 

Academic Library Outreach: Sunday, 
Jan. 16, 4:30–5:30 p.m. Topic: Real­Life 
Outreach Programs 

A l l i a n c e s  f o r  N e w  D i r e c t i o n s  i n  
Teaching/Lear ning: Sunday, Jan. 16, 
2:00–4:00 p.m. Topic: Literature of Collabo­
ration: The Wilder Collaboration Factors 
Inventory 

Australian – Canadian – New Zealand 
Studies: Sunday, Jan. 16, 10:30–11:30 a.m. 

Consumer and Family Studies: Sun­
day, Jan. 16, 4:30–5:30 p.m. Topic: How do 
the “Design and Applied Arts Index” and 
the “SAGE Full­Text Collections” apply to 
CAFS­related research? 

Electronic Reserves: Sunday, Jan. 16, 
8:30–10:30 a.m. 

Electronic Text Centers: Saturday, Jan. 
15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Fee-Based Information Service Cen-
ters in Academic Libraries: Saturday, 
Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. Topic: The Future 
of Fee­Based Services in Libraries 

Heads of  Public Ser vices: Saturday, 
Jan. 15, 4:30–5:30 p.m. Topic: The Imple­
mentation, Assessment and Evaluation of 
In­person and Virtual Reference 

L i b r a r y  a n d  I n f o r m a t i o n  S c i e n c e  
Collections: Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:00–9:00 
a.m. Topic: The Feasibility of Exchanging 
Duplicate Journal Issues 

Librar y Development: Sunday, Jan. 
16, 8:30–11:00 a.m. Topic: Fundraising and 
Alumni Relations 

Media Resources: Sunday, Jan. 16, 
9:30–11:00 a.m. Topic: Here We Go Again: 

Adventures in Acquiring DVDs for our 
Patrons 

MLA Inter national Bibliography in 
Academic Libraries: Saturday, Jan. 15, 
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Topic: MLA Interface 
Search­off 

Partnership Libraries: Sunday, Jan. 
16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Personnel Administrators and Staff 
Development Offi cers: Saturday, Jan. 15, 
9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Philosophical, Religious, and Theo-
logical Studies: Sunday, Jan. 16, 4:30– 5:30 
p.m. Topic: Collection Development in 
Bioethics 

Popular Cultures: Sunday, Jan. 16, 
4:30–5:30 p.m. Topic: Mining for Musi­
cal Gold: Popular Music Research on the 
Web 

Regional Campus Libraries: Sunday, 
Jan. 16, 1:00–3:00 p.m. Topic: The Develop­
ment of a Plan for Future Increased Aware­
ness, Collaboration, and Possible Research 
Endeavors 

Scholarly Communication: Sunday, 
Jan. 16, 2:00–4:00 p.m. Topic: A discussion 
of the topics raised during the ACRL/SPARC 
Forum 

Spor ts and Recr eation: S a t u r d a y ,  
Jan. 15, 4:30–5:30 p.m. Topic: Collection 
Development Issues in Sport: Business and 
Management 

Team-Based Organization: Saturday, 
Jan. 15, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Topic: Team 
and Individual Performance Assessment in 
a Team­based Environment 

ACRL Discussion Groups 

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College Libraries Section 
CLIP Notes: Saturday, Jan. 15, 11:30 

a.m.–1:00 p.m. 
C o l l e g e  L i b r a r y  D i r e c t o r s  D i s c u s s i o n  

Group: Sunday, Jan. 16, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 
Medium-Sized Academic Libraries Discus-

sion Group: Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Community and Junior College Libraries 
Section 

Executive: Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 
a.m.; Monday, Jan. 17, 8:30–11:00 a.m. 

All-Committee Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 15, 
8:30–11:00 a.m. 

Awards: Sunday, Jan. 16, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 
(closed) 

CJCLS/NCLR Joint Discussion Group: Sat­
urday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Distance Learning Section 
Executive: Sunday, Jan. 16, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 
All-Committee Meeting: Sunday, Jan. 16, 

8:30–11:00 a.m. 
Discussion Group: Monday, Jan. 17, 

8:30–10:30 a.m. 

Education and Behavioral Sciences 
Section 

Executive: Friday, Jan. 14, 7:00–9:00 p.m. 
Access to Government-Sponsored Education 

Research: Monday, Jan. 17, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 
Advisory: Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 
All-Committee Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 15, 

9:30–11:30 a.m. 
Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 

2005: Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:00–9:00 a.m. 
Conference Program Planning—New Or-

leans, 2006: Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:00–9:00 a.m. 
Current Topics Discussion Group: Satur­

day, Jan. 15, 2:00–5:00 p.m. 
Curriculum Materials: Sunday, Jan. 16, 

4:00–5:30 p.m. 
Distinguished EBSS Librarian Award: Sun­

day, Jan. 16, 8:00–9:00 a.m. (closed) 
ERIC Users Discussion Group: Sunday, 

Jan. 16, 2:00–3:30 p.m. 
Psychology/Psychiatry: Saturday, Jan. 15, 

8:30–11:00 a.m. 
Publications: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:00–9:00 a.m. 

Instruction Section 
Executive: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:00–9:00 

a.m.; Sunday, Jan. 16, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Mon­
day, Jan. 17, noon–3:00 p.m. 

Advisory: Saturday, Jan. 15, 9:30–11:00 
a.m.; Monday, Jan. 17, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Analysis of  Instructional Environments Task 
Force: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Awards: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; 
Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. (closed) 

Communication: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00– 
4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 
2005: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Sun­
day, Jan., 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Conference Program Planning—New Or-
leans, 2006: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Education: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 
p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Emerging Technologies: Saturday, Jan. 15, 
2:00–4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Instruction for Diverse Populations: Satur­
day, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

IS Discussion Forum: Sunday, Jan. 16, 
4:30–5:30 p.m. 

IS of  the Future Discussion: Saturday, Jan. 
15, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

IS Soiree: Friday, Jan. 14, 6:00–7:30 p.m. 
M a n a g e m e n t  o f  I n s t r u c t i o n  S e r v i c e s :  

Bright Ideas Session: Sunday, Jan. 16, 
9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Management of  Instruction Services: Sat­
urday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 
p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Planning: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 
p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Policy: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; 
Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Preconference Prog ram Planning 2005: 
Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Sunday, 
Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Publications Review Task Force: Saturday, 
Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Re s e a r ch  a n d  S ch o l a r s h i p :  S a t u r d a y ,  
Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 16, 
9:30–11:00 a.m. 

STS/IS ACRL Preconference Planning: 
Monday, Jan. 17, 4:00–5:30 p.m. 

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Teaching Methods: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00– 
4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 16, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Law and Political Science Section 
All-Committee and General Membership 

Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–5:30 p.m. 
Bibliographic Instruction Discussion Ses-

sion: Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 
Marta Lange/CQ Award: Saturday, Jan. 15, 

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (closed) 

Literatures in English Section 
Executive: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:00–9:00 

a.m.; Monday, Jan. 17, 10:00 a.m.–noon 
All-Committee Meeting: Monday, Jan. 17, 

8:00–9:30 a.m. 
Collections Discussion Group: Sunday, 

Jan. 16, 10:00–11:30 a.m. 
General Membership: Sunday, Jan. 16, 

1:30–3:30 p.m. 
New Members Discussion Group: Sunday, 

Jan. 16, 4:00–5:00 p.m. 
Reference Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 

16, 8:00–9:30 a.m. 
Research Competency Guidelines Hearing: 

Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–3:00 p.m. 
Social Hour: Saturday, Jan. 15, 5:15–6:15 p.m. 

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section 
Executive: Monday, Jan. 17, 8:00 a.m.– 

12:30 p.m. 
Bibliog raphic Standards: Friday, Jan. 

14, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Budget and Development: Saturday, Jan. 
15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Collection Development: Sunday, Jan. 16, 
8:30–11:00 a.m. and 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 
2005: Saturday, Jan. 15, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Conference Program Planning—New Or-
leans, 2006: Sunday, Jan. 16, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Diversity Action Plan Implementation Task 
Force: Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:30–11:00 a.m. 

Exhibition Awards: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:30–11:00 
a.m. (closed) 

Information Exchange: Sunday, Jan. 16, 
4:30–5:30 p.m. 

MARC for Special Collections Discussion 
Group: Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Membership and Professional Develop-
ment: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:30–11:00 a.m. 

Preconference Prog ram Planning 2005: 
Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:30–11:00 a.m. 

Preconference Prog ram Planning 2006: 
Sunday, Jan. 16, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Public Hearing—Revision of  “Guidelines 
for Loan of  Special Collections Materials for 
Exhibition”: Friday, Jan. 14, 8:00–10:00 p.m. 

Public Services Discussion Group: Satur­
day, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Publications: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 
Security: Saturday, Jan. 15, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Seminars: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 
Task Force to Review “Guidelines on the 

Selection of  General Collection Materials for 
Transfer to Special Collections”: Saturday, Jan. 
15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Science and Technology Section 
Council: Friday, Jan. 14, 8:00–10:00 p.m.; 

Monday, Jan. 17, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Assessment: Saturday, Jan. 15, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 
Combined Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 

16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 
Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 

2005: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Conference Program Planning—New Orleans, 

2006: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Continuing Education: Sunday, Jan. 16, 

9:30–11:00 a.m. 
Discussion Group Chairs: Saturday, Jan. 

15, 12:30–1:30 p.m. 
General Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 

15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 
Government Information and Legislation: 

Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:30–11:00 a.m. 
Membership and Recr uitment: Sunday, 

Jan. 16, 1:30–2:30 p.m. 
Nominating: Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:30–11:00 

a.m. (closed) 
Oberly Award: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:00– 

11:00 a.m. (closed) 
Organization and Planning: Saturday, Jan. 

15, noon–1:30 p.m. 
Research: Saturday, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 

p.m. (closed) 

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STS/IS ACRL Preconference Planning: 
Monday, Jan. 17, 4:00–5:30 p.m. 

Subject and Bibliographic Access: Satur­
day, Jan. 15, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Slavic and East European Section 
Executive: Saturday, Jan. 15, 4:30–5:30 p.m. 
Access and Preservation: Saturday, Jan. 

15, 3:30–4:30 p.m. 
Automated Bibliographic Control: Satur­

day, Jan. 15, 2:30–3:30 p.m. 
Conference Program Planning: Saturday, 

Jan. 15, 2:00–2:30 p.m. 

University Libraries Section 
Executive: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:30–11:00 

a.m.; Monday, Jan. 17, 8:30–11:00 a.m. 
Campus Administration and Leadership 

Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 15, 11:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Communications: Saturday, Jan. 15, 11:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 
2005: Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Conference Program Planning—New Or-
leans, 2006: Sunday, Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Current Topics Discussion Group: Satur­
day, Jan. 15, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 15, 11:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Organization and Bylaws: Sunday, Jan. 16, 
2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Policy and Planning: Sunday, Jan. 16, 
9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Public Services Directors of  Large Research 
Libraries Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 16, 
2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Standards and Guidelines: Monday, Jan. 
17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

U n d e r g r a d u a t e  L i b r a r i a n s  D i s c u s s i o n  
Group: Monday, Jan. 17, 8:30–11:00 a.m. 

Urban University Libraries Discussion 
Group: Saturday, Jan. 15, 4:30–5:30 p.m. 

Western European Studies Section 
Executive: Monday, Jan. 17, 10:00 a.m.– 

12:00 noon 
Cataloging Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 

16, 4:30–6:00 p.m. 

Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Discus-
sion Group: Saturday, Jan. 15, 4:00–5:30 p.m. 

College and Medium-Sized Libraries Dis-
cussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 15, 9:30–11:00 
a.m. 

Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 
2005: Saturday, Jan. 15, 11:30 a.m.–noon 

Conference Program Planning—New Or-
leans, 2006: Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:00–9:00 a.m. 

Coutts-Nijhoff: Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:00–9:00 
a.m. (closed) 

French-North American Resources Project: 
Sunday, Jan. 16, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

General Membership Discussion Group: 
Monday, Jan. 17, 8:30–9:30 a.m. 

Ger manists Discussion Group: Sunday, 
Jan. 16, 9:30–11:00 a.m. 

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 15, 9:30–11:00 
a.m. 

Nominating: Sunday, Jan. 16, 8:00–9:00 a.m. 
(closed) 

Publications: Monday, Jan. 17, 2:00–4:00 
p.m. 

Recruitment to the Profession: Saturday, 
Jan. 15, 8:00–9:30 a.m. 

Research and Planning: Saturday, Jan. 15, 
2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Romance Languages Discussion Group: 
Saturday, Jan. 15, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. 

Scandinavian Discussion Group: Sunday, 
Jan. 16, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

Social Sciences and Histor y Discussion 
Group: Sunday, Jan. 16, 4:30–6:00 p.m. 

WESSWeb Editors: Monday, Jan. 17, 
4:30–5:30 p.m. 

Women’s Studies Section 
Executive: Monday, Jan. 17, 8:30 a.m.– 

12:00 noon 
All-Committees Meeting: Sunday, Jan. 16, 

8:30–11:00 a.m. 
Awards: Sunday, Jan. 16, 2:00–4:00 p.m. 

(closed) 
Discussion Group: Monday, Jan. 17, 

9:30–11:00 a.m. 
General Membership Meeting: Sunday, 

Jan. 16, 4:30–5:30 p.m. 
Social Hour: Sunday, Jan. 16, 5:30–7:00 

p.m. 

666 / C&RL News December 2004