dec08b.indd conference circuit ACRL Midwinter meetings in Denver A tentative schedule ACRL Board of Directors Board Effectiveness Seminar: Friday, Jan. 23, 8:00 a.m.­12:00 p.m. First meeting: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­ 5:30 p.m. Joint meeting with Budget & Finance Committee: Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00­9:30 a.m. Second meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 1:30­ 4:30 p.m. ACRL General ACRL/SPARC Forum: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Diversity Initiatives Discussion Fo­ rum: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Leadership Council: Friday, Jan. 23, 2:00­4:00 p.m. Presidential Candidates’ Forum: Sun­ day, Jan. 25, 11:30 a.m.­1:30 p.m. Workshops: Bring it On Home!: Cre­ ating Custom Search Plug­Ins for Your Library: Friday, Jan. 23, 1:00­4:30 p.m. (pre­ registration required) Workshops: Do You Q? Looking at Your Users in a New Way!: Friday, Jan. 23, 1:00­4:30 p.m. (pre­registration required) Workshops: Nobody Told Me I’d Have to Teach! Strategies for the Accidental Librarian: Friday, Jan. 23, 9:00 a.m.­4:30 p.m. (pre­registration required) ACRL Divisional Committees AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­ 12:00 p.m. (closed) Appointments: Saturday, Jan. 24, 11:30 a.m.­1:30 p.m. (closed) Assessment: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Budget & Finance: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­11:00 a.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Bylaws: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­ 12:00 p.m.; Monday, Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Conference Program Planning, 2009: Saturday, Jan. 24, 9:00­10:00 a.m. Conference Program Planning, 2010: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:00­11:00 a.m. Coordinating Committee for ACRL Ad­ vocacy Initiatives: Sunday, Jan. 25, 1:30­2:30 p.m.; 4:30­5:30 p.m. Copyright: Sunday, Jan. 25, 2:30­4:30 p.m. Council of Liaisons: Sunday, Jan. 25, 2:30­4:30 p.m. Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship: Sat­ urday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. (closed) Dr. E. J. Josey Spectrum Scholar Men­ tor: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Effective Practices: Saturday, Jan. 24, 9:00­11:00 a.m. Ethics: Monday, Jan. 26, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Nominations: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. (closed) Friends Fund Disbursement Subcom­ mittee: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Friends Fund Subcommittee: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. C&RL News December 2008 678 Government Relations: Sunday, Jan. 25, 2:30­4:30 p.m. Harvard Leadership Reunion: Sunday, Jan. 25, 5:30­7:00 p.m. Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award: Sat­ urday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. (closed) Information Literacy Advisory: Sunday, Jan. 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Institute for Information Literacy Ex­ ecutive: Friday, Jan. 23, 8:30 a.m.­12:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Intellectual Freedom: Sunday, Jan. 25, 2:30­4:30 p.m. International Relations: Sunday, Jan. 25, 2:30­4:30 p.m. Lazerow Fellowship Award: Monday, Jan. 26, 4:00­5:30 p.m. (closed) Leadership Recruitment and Nomi­ nations: Saturday, Jan. 24, 3:00­5:00 p.m. (closed) Marketing Academic & Research Li­ braries: Sunday, Jan. 25, 2:30­4:30 p.m. Membership Advisory: Sunday, Jan. 25, 4:00­6:00 p.m. National Conference Coordinating—Se­ attle, 2009: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. National Conference Components— Seattle, 2009: Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00 a.m.­ 12:00 p.m. National Conference Green—Seattle, 2009: Sunday, Jan. 25, 1:30­3:30 p.m. National Conference Scholarships— Seattle, 2009: Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00 a.m.­ 12:00 p.m. (closed) President’s Program Planning 2009: Saturday, Jan. 24, 9:00­11:00 a.m. President’s Program Planning 2010: Saturday, Jan. 24, 9:00­11:00 a.m. Professional Development Coordinat­ ing: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­9:00 a.m.; 11:00 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Publications Coordinating: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­9:00 a.m.; 11:00 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Research Components: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Research Coordinating: Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Research Planning & Review: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Research Program: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Scholarly Communications: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­11:30 a.m. Standards and Accreditation: Sunday, Jan. 25, 2:30­4:30 p.m. Statistics: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Status of Academic Librarians: Sunday, Jan. 25, 2:30­4:30 p.m. ACRL Chapters Council Chapters Council: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00 a.m.­12:00 p.m. ACRL Editorial Boards Blog Advisory Board: Sunday, Jan. 25, 9:00­11:00 a.m. Choice Editorial Board: Sunday, Jan. 25, 9:00­11:00 a.m. CLIP Notes: Sunday, Jan. 25, 9:00­11:00 a.m. C o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s Editorial Board: Sunday, Jan. 25, 9:00­ 11:00 a.m. C&RL News Editorial Board: Sunday, Jan. 25, 9:00­11:00 a.m. New Publications Advisory Board: Sunday, Jan. 25, 9:00­11:00 a.m. Publications in Librarianship Editori­ al Board: Sunday, Jan. 25, 9:00­11:00 a.m. RBM Editorial Board: Sunday, Jan. 25, 9:00­11:00 a.m. REAL Advisory Board: Sunday, Jan. 25, 9:00­11:00 a.m. Resources for College Libraries Edi­ torial Board: Sunday, Jan. 25, 9:00­11:00 a.m. Sections Sections Council: Friday, Jan. 23, 4:30­ 5:30 p.m. African American Studies Librarians Section Executive: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­ 10:00 a.m. All Committees Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. December 2008 679 C&RL News Cataloging Issues Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Conference Program Planning 2009: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. General Membership Meeting: Satur­ day, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Anthropology and Sociology Section Executive: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Anthropology Librarians Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Assessment of Library Collections and Services: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Bibliography: Saturday, Jan. 24, 3:30­5:30 p.m. Conference Program Planning 2009: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Conference Program Planning 2010: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Criminal Justice/Criminology Librar­ ians Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Instruction and Information Literacy: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Liaison: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Membership: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30 p.m.­3:30 p.m. Nominating 2010: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. (closed) Publications: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Review and Planning: Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Social: Friday, Jan. 23, 6:00­9:00 p.m. Sociology Librarians Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Subject and Bibliographic Access: Sat­ urday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Arts Section Executive and General Membership: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. All Committees Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Dance Librarians Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Discussion Forum: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Film and Broadcast Librarians Discus­ sion Group: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Asian, African and Middle Eastern Section Executive: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m. All Committees Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. College Libraries Section Executive: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Awards: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m. (closed) Best Practices: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Clip Notes: Sunday, Jan. 25, 9:00­11:00 a.m. College Library Directors Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Leadership: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­ 12:00 p.m. Medium­Sized Academic Libraries Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Community and Junior College Librar­ ies Section Executive: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m. All Committees Meeting: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Annual Friday Night Dinner: Friday, Jan. 23, 7:30­9:30 p.m. Awards: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. (closed) Conference Program Planning 2009: Friday, Jan. 23, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Hot Topics in Community College Librarianship and CJCLS­NCLR Joint Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­ 5:30 p.m. Distance Learning Section Executive: Sunday, Jan. 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. C&RL News December 2008 680 ACRL Discussion Groups Ed. Note: Section discussion groups are listed with their sections. Australian–Canadian–New Zealand Stud­ ies: Sunday, January 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Topic: IFLA in Quebec Balancing Baby and Book: Saturday, Jan­ uary 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Topic: Getting it all done: How to feel good about meeting work and parenting responsibilities. Consumer and Family Studies: Not meet­ ing. Continuing Education/Professional De­ velopment: Saturday, January 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Topic: Goal setting and benchmarking for staff development. Copyright: Saturday, January 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Topic: Copyright and video/me­ dia in higher education. Electronic Reserves: Not meeting. Heads of Public Services: Saturday, Janu­ ary 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Topic: Embedded librar­ ian (with Marty Kesselman and Sarah Wat­ stein). Information Commons: Saturday, Janu­ ary 24, 10:30­12:00 p.m. Topic: Instructional services and programs in ICs. Are they signifi ­ cantly different than the more “traditional” li­ brary instruction programs, and if so how? Librarianship in For­Profi t Educational Institutions: Sunday, January 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Topic: Copyright issues in for­profi t educa­ tion. Library and Information Science Collec­ tions: Sunday, January 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Library Development: Saturday, January 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Topic: Planned giving, deal­ ing with gifts on loan, recommending apprais­ ers, levels of giving, ALADIN 2009. Media Resources: Sunday, January 25, 10:30 a.m. ­12:00 p.m. Topic: Welcome to the post­DVD world: new forms of media produc­ tion and access. MLA International Bibliography in Aca­ demic Libraries: Saturday, January 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Topic: Exchange of informa­ tion about the bibliography with vendor updates and a report from OCLC about the MLAIB/Open WorldCAT partnership. New Members: Saturday, January 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Topic: Making sense of the ten­ ure process: with academic institutions han­ dling librarians’ status a myriad of ways, there is much anxiety among new librarians regard­ ing research expectations. Join us to discuss the pros and cons of pursuing tenure/continuing appointments. Personnel Administrators and Staff De­ velopment Offi cers: Saturday, January 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m.; Sunday, January 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Philosophical, Religious, and Theologi­ cal Studies: Sunday, January 25, 4:00­ 5:30 p.m. Topic: Library support for the study of phi­ losophy, religion, and theology. Popular Cultures: Sunday, January 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Topic: Pop culture mecca: pil­ grimage to the Curtis. Denver’s Curtis Hotel is a pop­culture museum of sorts with its 13 theme floors, “5 & Dime” gift shop, pop­cul­ ture library, and tic­tac­toe note pads. If you were to design a hotel on American pop­cul­ ture, what would you include? Meet to com­ pare notes on this heady question and then walk to this nearby hotel to view and experi­ ence it. Regional Campus Libraries: Sunday, January 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Topic: Librarians’ creative solutions to unexpected “bumps in the road.” Scholarly Communication: Sunday, Janu­ ary 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Topic: Working with the Facebook generation: engaging student views on access to scholarship. Senior Administrators: Saturday, Janu­ ary 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Topic: Use of external advisory/review boards (opening comments from Faye Chadwell, Oregon State University) and Organizational Climate and Diversity As­ sessment program (opening comments from Sue Baughman, University of Maryland). Sports and Recreation: Sunday, January 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Topic: What’s “sport” doing in academia? Discussion will focus on links between academic programs and challenges in collection development and instruction related to sport and recreation. Undergraduate Libraries: Monday, Janu­ ary 26, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Topic: Issues and inno­ vations in the latest library services and spaces serving undergraduates. December 2008 681 C&RL News All Committees Meeting and Discus­ sion Group: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Awards: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. (closed) Education and Behavioral Sciences Sec­ tion Executive: Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Advisory Council: Sunday, Jan. 25, 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 2009: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Conference Program Planning 2010: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Consolidated Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Current Topics Discussion: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Curriculum Materials: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Distinguished Librarian Award: Sun­ day, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. (closed) EBSS/ASCUS/SPARC Discussion Fo­ rum: Sunday, Jan. 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Education Research Forum: Friday, Jan. 23, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Electronic Resources in Communi­ cation Studies: Sunday, Jan. 25, 1:30­3:30 p.m. ERIC Users: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­ 12:00 p.m. ERIC Users Forum: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Higher Education: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Information Literacy: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Instruction for Educators: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Membership and Orientation: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Online Learning Research: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Psychology/Psychiatry: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Publications and Communications: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Reference Sources and Services: Satur­ day, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Social Work/Social Welfare: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Instruction Section Executive: Saturday, Jan. 24, 11:00 a.m.­ 12:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:00­11:30 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00­10:30 a.m. Advisory Council: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Awards: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. (closed) Communication: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­ 3:30 p.m. Conference Program Planning 2009: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Current Topics Discussion I: Mobile Learning Best Practice for Information Literacy: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Current Topics Discussion II: Teaching 2.0—What are the Pedagogical Implica­ tions of Social Technologies: Sunday, Jan. 25, 1:30­3:00 p.m. Discussion Forum: Preparing Librar­ ians for Information Literacy Instruction: Expectations of New Graduates: Sunday, Jan. 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Discussion Group Steering: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Dudley Award: Sunday, Jan. 25, 1:30­3:00 p.m. (closed) Information Literacy Best Practices: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Information Literacy in the Disci­ plines: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Instruction for Diverse Populations: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Instructional Technologies: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. IS/ALISE Joint Working Group on Cur­ riculum: Friday, Jan. 23, 12:00­2:00 p.m. Leadership Committees and Member­ ship Welcome/Orientation: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00 a.m.­12:30 p.m. C&RL News December 2008 682 Management and Leadership: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­ 10:00 a.m. Member Welcome and Orientation: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:00­11:00 a.m. Membership: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Mentoring: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Multi­Committee Meeting I: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Multi­Committee Meeting II and Execu­ tive: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­11:30 a.m. Planning: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Policy and Publications Review: Satur­ day, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Research and Scholarship: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Soiree: Friday, Jan. 23, 5:30­7:00 p.m. Teaching Methods: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Law and Political Science Section General Membership Meeting: Satur­ day, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Literatures in English Section Executive: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 26, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. All Committees Meeting: Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Collections Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. General Membership Forum: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. New Members Discussion Group: Sat­ urday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Reference Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Executive: Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00­11:30 a.m. ALA/SAA Joint Statement on Access Task Force: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­ 12:00 p.m. Bibliographic Standards: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Bibliographic Standards–Controlled Vocabularies Subcommittee: Friday, Jan. 23, 1:30­5:30 p.m. Bibliographic Standards–Editorial Team: Friday, Jan. 23, 1:30­5:30 p.m.; Mon­ day, Jan. 26, 1:30­5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Jan. 27, 8:00 a.m.­6:00 p.m. Budget and Development: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Collection Development Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Conference Development: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Conference Program Planning 2009: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Conference Program Planning 2010: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Diversity: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Exhibition Awards: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00 a.m.­12:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­ 10:00 a.m. (closed) Guidelines for Digitization of Special Collections Task Force: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Hearing on Guidelines Regarding Se­ curity and Theft in Special Collections: Friday, Jan. 23, 7:30­9:30 p.m. Information Exchange: Sunday, Jan. 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Meet Hinchliffe and Janousek: Candidates for ACRL President Hear Lisa Hinchliffe and Kelly Janousek, the official candidates for ACRL vice­president/ president­elect, speak at the ACRL Presiden­ tial Candidates Forum, Sunday, January 25, 2009, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver. Hinchliffe is coordinator for information literacy services at the University of Illinois at Urbana­Champaign. Janousek is librarian at California State University­Long Beach. The forum, organized by ACRL Chapters Council and the ACRL Leadership Recruit­ ment and Nomination Committee, will include a light lunch, sponsored by EBSCO Information Services. December 2008 683 C&RL News Manuscripts and Other For mats Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. MARC for Special Collections Discus­ sion Group: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­ 12:00 p.m. Membership and Professional Devel­ opment: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Preconference Program Planning 2009: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Preconference Program Planning 2010: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Public Services Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Publications: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­ 3:30 p.m. RBM Editorial Board: Sunday, Jan. 25, 9:00­11:00 a.m. Security: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Seminars: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Science and Technology Section Council: Friday, Jan. 23, 7:30­9:30 p.m.; Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00­10:00 a.m. 50th Anniversary Task Force: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. All Committees Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Conference Program Planning 2009: Sunday, Jan. 25, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Conference Program Planning 2010: Sunday, Jan. 25, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Continuing Education: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Discussion Group Chairs: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Government Information: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Hot Topics Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Information Literacy: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Liaisons: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­ 12:00 p.m. Library Assessment: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Membership and Recruitment: Satur­ day, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Nominating 2010: Sunday, Jan. 25, 1:30­ 3:30 p.m. (closed) Oberly Award: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­ 10:00 a.m. (closed) Open Access Task Force: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Organization and Planning: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Publications: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Publisher/Vendor Relations Discus­ sion Group: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­ 12:00 p.m. Research: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­ 12:00 p.m. Subject and Bibliographic Access: Sat­ urday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Slavic and East European Section Executive: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Access and Preservation: Saturday, Jan. 24, 2:30­3:30 p.m. All Committees Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­5:30 p.m. Automated Bibliographic Control (ABC): Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­2:30 p.m. University Libraries Section Executive: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Bylaws and Procedures: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Communications: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Conference Program Planning 2009: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Conference Program Planning 2010: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Current Topics Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Membership: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Western European Studies Section Executive: Monday, Jan. 26, 1:30­3:30 p.m. C&RL News December 2008 684 Cataloging Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­ 5:30 p.m. Conference Program Planning 2009: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Conference Program Planning 2010: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m. Coutts­Nijhoff: Saturday, Jan. 24, 8:00­ 10:00 a.m. (closed) Fundraising: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­ 12:00 p.m. General Membership Forum: Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Germanists/Social Sciences and His­ tory Joint Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. International Conference Program Planning: Sunday, Jan. 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Membership: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Publications: Sunday, Jan. 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Research and Planning: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Romance Languages Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 24, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Scandinavian Discussion Group: Sun­ day, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Women’s Studies Section Executive: Sunday, Jan. 25, 4:00­5:30 p.m. All Committees Meeting: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10:30 a.m.­12:00 p.m. Awards: Saturday, Jan. 24, 1:30­3:30 p.m., 1:30­3:30 p.m. (closed) Conference Program Planning 2009: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Conference Program Planning 2010: Sunday, Jan. 25, 8:00­10:00 a.m. Discussion Forum: Multimedia and Classrooms–Role of the Library and Li­ brarians: Monday, Jan. 26, 8:00­10:00 a.m. General Membership Forum: Saturday, Jan. 24, 4:00­5:30 p.m. Social: Saturday, Jan. 24, 6:00­8:00 p.m. December 2008 685 C&RL News