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crln-7851	American Library Association, 	ACRL Board of Directors’ actions, June 2007: Highlights of the Board’s Annual Conference meetings	2007	5	.pdf	application/pdf	1905	61	31	September 2007 499 C&RL News www.acrl Approved recommendations for rev- isions to ACRL’s Annual Conference pro­ gramming process for implementation by the Professional Development Coordinating Committee (PDCC) in time for the 2009 ALA Annual Conference, including the following: • elimination of ACRL Board of Directors approval from the conference programs plan­ ning process; • revision of PDCC charge giving it re­ sponsibility to manage the solicitation, appli­ cation, selection and funding process for an­ nual conference programs, and to investigate ways to consider and accommodate program ideas that arise from alternative venues, out­ side of the sections or committees, such as proposals from individuals; • direction to staff to develop additional training explaining the variety of mechanisms for networking and professional develop­ ment available at conferences in addition to programs, as well as ensuring that section and committee chairs are aware that annual programs are not required; • direction to PDCC to increase the fund­ ing to groups who jointly plan and sponsor a single program; program planners are al­ lowed to submit requests for honoraria that exceed the present limit, to be considered on a case­by­case basis; • direction to staff to periodically review the honoraria limit to ensure it’s in alignment with typical speaker fees; • creation of a mechanism for conference program planners to work with ACRL staff to judge the viability of reproducing a program as an online offering, education of members as to why online offerings cannot be free, and exploration of options for allowing sections to front the cost of an online program for all interested members of the section; • affirmed staff’s work on implementing new institutional pricing options for online educations and suggested the PDCC be given input to the menu of online offerings. Appr oved the establishment of liaison relationships with the following organizations through the ACRL Council of Liaisons: • American Anthropological Association • American Association of University Professors C&RL News September 2007 • American Council of Learned Societies • American Sociological Association • Association for Educational Communica­ tions and Technology • Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education 498 www.acrl.org/ala/acrl www.acrl.org/ala www.acrl.org/ala/acrl www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards ACRL Board 2006–07 (l to r): (back) Mary Ellen K. Davis, Nancy H. Allen, Karen A. Williams, Dorothy Ann Washington, Lynne O. King, Tyrone H. Cannon; (front) Susan M. Kroll, Janis M. Bandelin, Julie B. Todaro, Pamela Snelson, Camila A. Alire, Lori A. Goetsch, Debbie L. Malone. Not shown: Mary M. Carr.	cache/crln-7851.pdf	txt/crln-7851.txt