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conference
circuit



ACRL
Midwinter
meetings
in


Seattle

A tentative schedule 

Ed.
 Note:
 ALA’s Midwinter Meeting takes 
place January 19–24, 2007, in Seattle. 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. 
18, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

Board Effectiveness Seminar: Friday, 
Jan. 19, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

First meeting: Saturday, Jan. 20, 2:00– 
5:30 p.m. 

Joint meeting with Budget & Finance 
Committee: Monday, Jan. 22, 8:00–9:30 
a.m. 

Second meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 23, 
1:30–4:30 p.m. 

ACRL General 
ACRL/SPARC Forum: Saturday, Jan. 20, 

4:00–6:00 p.m. 
A s s e s s m e n t  o f  A c a d e m i c  L i b r a r y  

Effectiveness: Using ACRL Standards for 
Continuous Evaluation: Friday, Jan. 19, 8:30 
a.m.–4:30 p.m.
(pre-registration
required)


Creating the One–Shot Librar y Work-
shop Step–by–Step: Friday, Jan. 19, 8:30 
a.m.–4:30 p.m.
(pre-registration
required)


Leadership Council: Friday, Jan. 19, 
2:00–4:00 p.m. 

M a n a g i n g  t h e  C h a n g i n g  R e s e a r c h  
Models in the Humanities: Friday, Jan. 
19, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (pre-registration

required)


Presidential Candidates’ Forum: Sun­
day, Jan. 21, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. 

Scholarly Communication Discussion 
Group: Sunday, Jan. 21, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 

ACRL Divisional Committees 
AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee 

on Information Literacy: Saturday, Jan. 20, 
5:30–7:00 p.m. 

A c a d e m i c / R e s e a r c h  L i b r a r i a n  o f  
the Year Award: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. (closed)


ACRL/Har vard Leadership Institute 
Reunion: Friday, Jan. 19, 6:00–7:30 p.m. 
(closed)


Advocacy Coordinating: Sunday, Jan. 
21, 1:30–2:30 p.m.; 4:30–5:30 p.m. 

Appointments: TBD 
Budget & Finance: Saturday, Jan. 20, 

8:00–11:00 a.m.; Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 
a.m.; Monday, Jan. 22, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Bylaws: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.– 
12:30 p.m.; Monday, Jan. 22, 8:00–10:00 
a.m. 

Conference Program Planning, 2007: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 9:00–10:00 a.m. 

Conference Program Planning, 2008: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 9:00–10:00 a.m. 

Copyright: Sunday, Jan. 21, 2:30–4:30 
p.m. 

Council of  Liaisons: Sunday, Jan. 21, 
2:30–4:30 p.m. 

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship: Sat­
urday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
(closed)


Dr. E. J. Josey Spectrum Scholar Men-
tor: Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 

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Effective Practices: Saturday, Jan. 20, 
9:00–11:00 a.m. 

Ethics: Monday, Jan. 22, 1:30–3:30 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. 20, 
8:00–9:00 a.m. (closed)


Friends Fund Subcommittee: Saturday, 
Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Gover nment Relations: Sunday, Jan. 
21, 2:30–4:30 p.m. 

Hugh C . Atkinson Memorial Award: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
(closed)


Infor mation Literacy Advisor y: Sun­
day, Jan. 21, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 

Institute for Information Literacy Im-
mersion Faculty: Thursday, Jan. 18, 8:00 
a.m.–5:00 p.m.
(closed)


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  
Executive: Friday, Jan. 19, 8:00 a.m.–12:30 
p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00 a.m.–12:30 
p.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  
Immer sion Faculty Inter views: Friday, 
Jan. 19, 2:00–5:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 21, 
2:00–5:00 p.m. (closed)


Intellectual Freedom: Sunday, Jan. 21, 
2:30–4:30 p.m. 

Inter national Relations: Sunday, Jan. 
21, 2:30–4:30 p.m. 

Leader ship Recr uitment and Nomi-
nations Committee: Monday, Jan. 22, 
1:30–3:30 p.m. (closed)


Marketing Academic & Research Li-
braries: Sunday, Jan. 21, 2:30–4:30 p.m. 

Membership Advisory: Sunday, Jan. 21, 
4:00–6:00 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 -
i n g — S e a t t l e ,  2 0 0 9 :  S u n d a y ,  J a n .  2 1 ,  
4:00–6:00 p.m. 

National Conference Executive—Bal-
timore, 2007: Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 
a.m. 

National Conference Roundtable Sub-
committee—Baltimor e, 2007: Monday, 
Jan. 22, 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

N a t i o n a l  C o n f e r e n c e  S c h o l a r s h i p s  
Subcommittee: Monday, Jan. 22, 8:00 
a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

National Confer ence Subcommittee 
Meetings—Baltimore, 2007: Monday, Jan. 
22, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

Pr esident’s Pr og ram Planning 2007: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:00–11:00 a.m. 

Pr esident’s Pr og ram Planning 2008: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:00–11:00 a.m. 

Professional Development Coordinat-
ing: Saturday, Jan. 20, 8:00–9:00 a.m.; 11:00 
a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

Publications Coordinating: Sunday, Jan. 
21, 8:00–9:00 a.m.; 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Saturday, 
Jan. 20, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Research: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.– 
12:30 p.m.; Monday, Jan. 22, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Research and Technolog y Initiatives: 
Monday, Jan. 22, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

Scholar ly Communications: Sunday, 
Jan. 21, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

Section Newsletter Editors: Sunday, 
Jan. 21, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 

Spectrum Mentor Training: Friday, Jan. 
19, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

Standards and Accreditation: Sunday, 
Jan. 21, 2:30–4:30 p.m. 

Statistics: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.– 
12:30 p.m. 

Status of  Academic Librarians: Sunday, 
Jan. 21, 2:30–4:30 p.m. 

ACRL Chapters Council 
Chapters Council: Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00 

a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

ACRL Editorial Boards 
Blog Advisory Board: Sunday, Jan. 21, 

9:00–11:00 a.m. 
Choice: Sunday, Jan. 21, 9:00–11:00 a.m. 
CLIP Notes: Sunday, Jan. 21, 9:00–11:00 

a.m. 
College & Research Libraries: Sunday, 

Jan. 21, 9:00–11:00 a.m. 
College & Resear ch Libraries News: 

Sunday, Jan. 21, 9:00–11:00 a.m. 
N e w  P u b l i c a t i o n s  A d v i s o r y  B o a r d :  

Sunday, Jan. 21, 9:00–11:00 a.m. 
Publications in Librarianship: Sunday, 

Jan. 21, 9:00–10:00 a.m. 

December 2006  685 C&RL News 



RBM: Sunday, Jan. 21, 9:00–11:00 a.m. 
Resources for College Libraries: Sun­

day, Jan. 21, 9:00–11:00 a.m. 
Resources for College Libraries Sub-

ject Editors: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30–11:30 
a.m. 

ACRL Sections 
S e c t i o n s  C o u n c i l : F r i d a y ,  J a n .  1 9 ,  

4:30–5:30 p.m. 

African American Studies Librarians 
Section 

Executive: Saturday, Jan. 20, 8:00–10:00 
a.m. 

Cataloging Issues Discussion Group: 
Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30– 
3:30 p.m. 

Multi–Committee Meeting: Saturday, 
Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Policy and Research: Saturday, Jan. 20, 
1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Publications: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30– 
3:30 p.m. 

Anthropology and Sociology Section 
Executive: Saturday, Jan. 20, 8:00–9:00 

a.m.; Monday, Jan. 22, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 
p.m. 

Anthropolog y Librarians Discussion 
Group: Sunday, Jan. 21, 4:00–5:20 p.m. 

Bibliography: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30– 
5:30 p.m. 

Conference Prog ram Planning 2007: 
Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Conference Prog ram Planning 2008: 
Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30–11:30 a.m. 

Criminal Justice/Criminolog y Librar-
ians Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 20, 
4:00–5:30 p.m. 

Instruction and Infor mation Literacy: 
Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Liaison: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 
p.m. 

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30– 
3:30 p.m. 

Nominating 2008: Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 
a.m.–12:00 p.m. (closed)


Publications: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 
p.m. 

Review and Planning: Sunday, Jan. 21, 
8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Social: Friday, Jan. 19, 6:00–8:00 p.m. 
Sociology Librarians Discussion Group: 

Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 
Subject and Bibliographic Access: Sat­

urday, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Arts Section 
Executive and General Membership: 

Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
All Committees Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 

20, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 
Dance Librarians Discussion Group: 

Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 
Discussion Forum: Saturday, Jan. 20, 

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Film/Broadcast Studies Librarians Dis-

cussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:00–6:00 
p.m. 

Asian, African and Middle Eastern Sec­
tion 

Executive: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.– 
12:30 p.m. 

All Committees Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 
20, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

College Libraries Section 
Executive: Sunday, Jan. 21, 1:30–3:30 

p.m. 
College Librar y Directors Discussion 

Group: Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 
Conference Prog ram Planning 2007: 

Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 
Continuing Education: Saturday, Jan. 20, 

8:00–10:00 a.m. 
Leadership: Saturday, Jan. 20, 8:00–10:00 

a.m. 
M e d i u m – S i ze d  A c a d e m i c  L i b r a r i e s  

Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Community and Junior College 
Libraries Section 

Executive: Saturday, Jan. 20, 8:00–10:00 
a.m.; Monday, Jan. 22, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

C&RL News December 2006  686 



All Committees Meeting: Sunday, Jan. 
21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Awards: Sunday, Jan. 21, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 
(closed)


CJCLS/NCLR Joint Discussion Group: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

H o t  To p i c s  i n  C o m m u n i t y  C o l l e g e  
Librarianship: Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:00–6:00 
p.m. 

Distance Learning Section 
Executive: Sunday, Jan. 21, 4:00–6:00 

p.m. 
All Committees Meeting: Sunday, Jan. 

21, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 
Discussion Group: Monday, Jan. 22, 

8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Education and Behavioral Sciences 
Section 

Executive: Saturday, Jan. 20, 8:00–10:00 
a.m. 

Advisor y Council: Sunday, Jan. 21, 
4:00–6:00 p.m. 

Best Instructional Collaborative Prac-
tices in Education: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Communication Studies: Saturday, Jan. 
20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Conference Prog ram Planning 2007: 
Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Conference Prog ram Planning 2008: 
Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Consolidated Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 
20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Current Topics Discussion: Saturday, 
Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Cur riculum Materials: Saturday, Jan. 
20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 21, 
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Curriculum Materials Centers Directo-
ry: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Distinguished Librarian Award: Sun­
day, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. (closed)


Education Research Libraries Forum: 
Friday, Jan. 19, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Electronic Resources in Communica-
tion Studies: Sunday, Jan. 21, 1:30–3:30 
p.m. 

ERIC Users: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

ERIC Users Forum: Sunday, Jan. 21, 
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Higher Education: Saturday, Jan. 20, 
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Information Literacy: Sunday, Jan. 21, 
1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Instr uction f or Educator s: Sunday, 
Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Membership & Orientation: Saturday, 
Jan. 30, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Mentorship: Monday, Jan. 22, 8:00– 
10:00 a.m. 

Psychology/Psychiatry: Saturday, Jan. 
20, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

P u b l i c a t i o n s  &  C o m m u n i c a t i o n s :  
Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Reference Sources & Ser vices: Sun­
day, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Research: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Social: Friday, Jan. 19, 5:00–7:00 p.m. 
Social Work/Social Welfare: Sunday, 

Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Instruction Section 
Executive: Saturday, Jan. 20, 11:00 

a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Monday, Jan. 22, 8:00 
a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

Advisor y Council: Saturday, Jan. 20, 
8:00–10:00 a.m. 

A n a l y s i s  o f  I n s t r u c t i o n a l  E nv i r o n -
ments Task Force: Saturday, Jan. 20, 
4:00–6:00 p.m. 

Awards: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 
p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 
(closed)


Communication: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30– 
3:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Conference Prog ram Planning 2007: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m.; Sunday, 
Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Conference Prog ram Planning 2008: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m.; Sunday, 
Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Cur rent Topics Discussion I: Digital 
Gaming in Library Instruction: Saturday, 
Jan. 20, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 

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C u r r e n t  To p i c s  D i s c u s s i o n  I I :  E –  
Lear ning Spaces: Librarians in Course 
Management Systems: Sunday, Jan. 21, 
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

Discussion Group Steering: Saturday, 
Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 21, 
8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Handbook Publication: Sunday, Jan. 
21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Infor mation Literacy Best Practices: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m.; Sunday, 
Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

I n f o r m a t i o n  L i t e r a c y  i n  t h e  D i s c i -
plines: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Instr uction for Diver se Populations: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Instr uctional Technologies: Saturday, 
Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 21, 
8:00–10:00 a.m. 

L e a d e r s h i p  C o m m i t t e e s  a n d  M e m -
b e r s h i p  M e e t i n g :  S a t u r d a y ,  J a n .  2 0 ,  
8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Management and Leadership: Satur­
day, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

M e m b e r  We l c o m e  &  O r i e n t a t i o n :  
Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:00–11:00 a.m. 

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30– 
3:30 p.m. 

Meet
Walter
and
Linke:


Candidates
for
ACRL
President



Hear Scott Walter and Erika Linke, the of­
ficial candidates for ACRL vice­president/ 
president­elect, speak at the ACRL Presiden­
tial Candidates Forum on Sunday, January 
21, 2007, 11:30 a.m.­1:30 p.m., during the 
ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. 

Walter is associate university librarian 
for services at the University of Illinois at 
Urbana­Champaign. Linke is associate dean 
of university libraries at Carnegie Mellon 
University. 

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

Mentoring Program: Saturday, Jan. 20, 
1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Multi–Committee Meeting I: Saturday, 
Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Multi–Committee Meeting II: Sunday, 
Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Planning: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 
p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Policy and Publications Review: Sat­
urday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 
21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Professional Education: Saturday Jan. 
20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Research and Scholar ship: Sunday, 
Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Soiree: Friday, Jan. 19, 5:30–7:00 p.m. 
Teaching Methods: Saturday, Jan. 20, 

1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Law and Political Science Section 
Executive: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 

a.m.–12:00 p.m. 
All Committees Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 

20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 
General Membership Meeting: Satur­

day, Jan. 20, 4:00–5:00 p.m. 
Library Instruction Discussion Group: 

Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Marta Lange/CQ Award: Saturday, Jan. 

20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (closed)


Literatures in English Section 
Executive: Saturday, Jan. 20, 8:00–10:00 

a.m.; Monday, Jan. 22, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 
All Committees Meeting: Sunday, Jan. 

21, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 
Collections Discussion Group: Sunday, 

Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 
General Membership Forum: Saturday, 

Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 
N e w  M e m b e r s  D i s c u s s i o n  G r o u p :  

Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 
Reference Discussion Group: Sunday, 

Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Social: Saturday, Jan. 20, 5:30–7:00 p.m. 

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section 
Executive: Monday, Jan. 22, 8:00–11:30 

a.m. 

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ACRL
Discussion
Groups



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

Academic Librar y Outreach: Not 
meeting 

Alliances f or New Dir ections in 
Teaching/Learning: Not meeting 

A u s t r a l i a n – C a n a d i a n – N e w  Z e a -
l a n d  S t u d i e s :  S u n d ay, Ja n u a r y  2 1 ,  
10:30–11:30 a.m.
 Topic:
 The Current 
Status of Australian/Canadian/New 
Zealand Studies 

Consumer and Family Studies: Sun-
day, Januar y 21, 4:00–5:00 p.m. Topic: 
The Most Useful Indexing and Abstract­
ing Resources for the Different Areas of 
Consumer and Family Studies 

Electronic Reserves: Not meeting 
Fe e – B a s e d  I n f o r m a t i o n  S e r v i c e  

Centers in Academic Libraries: Not 
Meeting 

Heads of  Public Services: Saturday, 
January 20, 4:00–6:00 p.m. Topic: Tech­
nology Connection: How To Get Public 
Services and IT Staff to Work Better 
Together! 

Infor mation Commons: Saturday, 
January 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Topic: 
Assessing the Commons: Ideas and 
Experiences 

Librar y and Infor mation Science 
Collections: Sunday, January 21, 8:00– 
10:00 a.m. Topic: The Many Roles of LIS 
Subject Librarians 

Library Development: Saturday, Jan­
uary 20, 8:00–10:00 a.m. Topic: Creating 
a Fundraising Plan for Your Library 

Media Resources: Sunday, January 
21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. MLA Interna­
tional Bibliography in Academic Libraries: 
Saturday, January 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 
p.m. Topic: Comparison of the MLA In­
ternational Bibliography with ABELL 
and ABES 

New Members: Saturday, January 20, 
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Topic:
 The New 
Librarian: The Latest Job Titles and 

Changing Responsibilities for Academic 
Librarians 

Partnership Libraries: Sunday, Janu­
ary 21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Topic: The 
Growth of Partnership Libraries in the 
U.S., The Range of Different Partnership 
Models and Strategies for Developing Ef­
fective Communications Among Them 

Personnel Administrators & Staff 
Development Offi cers: Saturday, January 
20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Sunday, January 
21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Philosophical, Religious, and Theo-
logical Studies: Sunday, January 21, 4:00– 
6:00 p.m. Topic: Collection Analysis 

Popular Cultures: Sunday, January 
21, 4:00–6:00 p.m. Topic: The Tribe has 
Spoken: Libraries and Reality TV 

Regional Campus Libraries: Sun­
day, January 21, 4:00–6:00 p.m. Topic: 
Regional/Branch Campus Libraries & 
Professional Advancement: Where Do We 
Go from Here? 

Scholarly Communication: Sunday, 
January 21, 4:00–6:00 p.m. Topic: Free 
Public Access to Publicl y Funded 
Research 

Spor ts and Recreation: Saturday, 
January 20, 4:00–5:00 p.m. Topic:An Inside 
Perspective of Olympic Libraries’ Nation­
al and International Sport Issues 

Team–Based Organization: Saturday, 
January 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. Topic: Team 
and Individual Performance Assessment 
in a Team–based Environment 

Undergraduate Libraries: Monday, 
January 22, 8:00–10:00 a.m. Topic: Under­
graduate Library Services and Emerging 
Technologies. This meeting will include 
a special tour of the University of Wash­
ington Odegaard Undergraduate Library. 
Lunch to follow at the UW Club. Reserva­
tions required. Contact Jill McKinstry, 
jillmck@u.washington.edu 

December 2006  689 C&RL News 

mailto:jillmck@u.washington.edu


B i b l i og r a p h i c  St a n d a r d s : Saturday, 
Jan. 20, 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Bibliog raphic Standards–DCRM(M) 
Music Hearing: Saturday, Jan. 20, 5:00– 
7:00 p.m. 

B i b l i o g r a p h i c  S t a n d a r d s – E d i t o r i a l  
Team: Monday, Jan. 22, 1:30–5:30 p.m.; 
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. 

Bibliog raphic Standards–T hesaur us 
Subcommittee: Friday, Jan. 19, 1:30–5:30 
p.m. 

Budget and Development: Saturday, 
Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

C o n f e r e n c e  D e ve l o p m e n t :  S u n d a y ,  
Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Conference Prog ram Planning 2007: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 

Conference Prog ram Planning 2008: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 

Core Competencies in Special Collec-
tions Task Force: Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

C u r a t o r s  a n d  C o n s e r va t o r s  D i s c u s -
sion Group: Saturday, Jan. 20, 8:00–10:00 
a.m. 

Diversity: Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 
a.m. 

E x h i b i t i o n  Awa r d s :  S a t u r d a y ,  J a n .  
20, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 21, 
8:00–10:00 a.m. (closed)


Infor mation Exchange: Sunday, Jan. 
21, 4:00–5:00 p.m. 

M a n u s c r i p t s  a n d  O t h e r  F o r m a t s  
Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

M A RC  f o r  S p e c i a l  C o l l e c t i o n s  D i s -
cussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

M e m b e r s h i p  a n d  P r o f e s s i o n a l  D e -
velopment: Saturday, Jan. 20, 8:00–10:00 
a.m. 

P r e 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  
2007: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 
p.m. 

P r e 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  
2008: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 
p.m. 

P u b l i c  S e r v i c e s  D i s c u s s i o n  G r o u p :  
Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Publications: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 
p.m. 

Revision of  Joint Statement on Access 
Task Force (RBMS/SAA): Sunday, Jan. 21, 
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Security: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 
Seminars: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 

p.m. 
Transfer Guidelines for General Col-

lections Materials Task Force: Saturday, 
Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Science and Technology Section 
Council: Monday, Jan. 22, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 
All Committees Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 

20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Conference Prog ram Planning 2007: 

Sunday, Jan. 21, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 
Conference Prog ram Planning 2008: 

Sunday, Jan. 21, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 
Continuing Education: Saturday, Jan. 20, 

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Discussion Group Chairs: Saturday, Jan. 

20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Gover nment Infor mation: Saturday, 

Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Information Literacy: Saturday, Jan. 20, 

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Liaisons Task Force: Sunday, Jan. 21, 

8:00–10:00 a.m. 
Library Assessment: Saturday, Jan. 20, 

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Member and Recr uitment: Saturday, 

Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
M i d w i n t e r  H o t  To p i c s  D i s c u s s i o n  

Group: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 
Nominating 2007: Saturday, Jan. 20, 

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (closed)

Nominating 2008: Saturday, Jan. 20, 

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
(closed)

Oberly Award: Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:00– 

6:00 p.m. (closed)

Organization and Planning: Saturday, 

Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Publications: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 

a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
P u b l i s h e r / Ve n d o r  R e l a t i o n s  D i s -

cussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

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Research: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.– 
12:30 p.m. 

Subject and Bibliographic Access: Satur­
day, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Slavic and East European Section 
Executive: Saturday, Jan. 20, 6:00–7:00 p.m. 
Access and Preservation: Saturday, Jan. 

20, 5:00–6:00 p.m. 
All Committees Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 20, 

4:00–6:00 p.m. 
Automated Bibliographic Control (ABC): 

Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:00–5:00 p.m. 

University Libraries Section 
Executive: Saturday, Jan. 20, 8:00–10:00 

a.m. 
Bylaws and Procedures: Sunday, Jan. 21, 

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Campus Administration and Leadership 

Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Communications: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Conference Prog ram Planning 2007: 
Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Conference Prog ram Planning 2008: 
Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Current Topics Discussion Group: Satur­
day, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Public Services Directors of  Large Re-
search Libraries Discussion Group: Sunday, 
Jan. 21, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Urban University Libraries Discussion 
Group: Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 

Western European Studies Section 
Executive: Monday, Jan. 22, 10:30 a.m.– 

12:30 p.m. 
Cataloging Discussion Group: Saturday, 

Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance 

Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:00–6:00 
p.m. 

Collaborative Initiative for French and 
North American Libraries: Sunday, Jan. 21, 
8:00–10:00 a.m. 

C o l l e g e  a n d  M e d i u m – S i ze d  L i b r a r-
ies Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 20, 
9:00–10:00 a.m. 

Conference Prog ram Planning 2007: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

Conference Prog ram Planning 2008: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 p.m. 

C o u t t s – N i j h o f f :  Saturday, Jan. 20, 
8:00–9:00 a.m. (closed)


Fundraising: Sunday, Jan. 21, 10:30 
a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

G e n e r a l  M e m b e r s h i p  Fo r u m : Mon­
day, Jan. 22, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

G e r m a n i s t  D i s c u s s i o n  G r o u p :  Sun­
day, Jan. 21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

Inter national Confer ence Planning: 
Sunday, Jan. 21, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 20, 8:00– 
10:00 a.m. 

Multi–Committee Meeting: Saturday, 
Jan. 20, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Publications and Web Editor s: Sun­
day, Jan. 21, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 

Research and Planning: Saturday, Jan. 
20, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 

Romance Languages Discussion Group: 
Saturday, Jan. 20, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

S c a n d i n a v i a n  D i s c u s s i o n  G r o u p :  
Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Social Sciences and Histor y Discus-
sion Group: Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:00–6:00 
p.m. 

Women’s Studies Section 
Executive: Sunday, Jan. 21, 4:00–6:00 

p.m. 
All Committees Meeting: Sunday, Jan. 

21, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 
Awards: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1:30–3:30 

p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 20, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 
(closed)


Conference Prog ram Planning 2007: 
Sunday, Jan. 21, 8:00–10:00 a.m. 

Discussion Forum: Monday, Jan. 22, 
8:00–10:00 a.m. 

General Member ship For um: Satur­
day, Jan. 20, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 

Social: Saturday, Jan. 20, 6:00–8:00 
p.m. 

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