LC at ALA Midwinter Meeting 2007
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LC AT ALA MIDWINTER MEETING 2007
Library of Congress employees will attend the following events
during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in
Seattle. Events are presented in chronological order.
Bruce Johnson, leader of the Cataloger's Desktop team, LC
Cataloging Distribution Service, will attend ALCTS meetings as
ALCTS President.
FRIDAY January 19
ALCTS Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries
("Big Heads"). Friday, January 19, 9:30 am-12:30 pm, Crowne Plaza,
Evergreen Ballroom. Beacher Wiggins, director for Acquisitions and
Bibliographic Access at LC, is the LC representative. Recorder:
Angela Kinney.
FRBR Implementers Group. Jan. 19, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Washington
State Convention & Trade Center, Room 605. From LC: Barbara
Tillett.
PCC NACO/BIBCO Trainers. Jan. 19, 4:00-5:30 pm, Washington State
Convention & Trade Center, Room 210. LC liaisons: Carolyn
Sturtevant, Ana Cristan.
LITA Electronic Resource Management Interest Group. Jan. 19, 6:30-
7:30 pm, Hilton Seattle, Windward Room. Presentation on
standardized interchange of data between ILS and ERMS: Linda
Miller.
SATURDAY January 20
ALCTS CMDS Chief Collection Development Officers of Large Research
Libraries. Jan. 20, 8:00am-12:30 pm, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Evergreen
Ballroom. LC representative: Jeremy Adamson.
ALCTS PARS PADG (Preservation Administrators Discussion Group).
Jan. 20, 8:00 am-12:30 pm, Red Lion Hotel, Emerald Ballroom I.
Research update: Jeanne Drewes.
PCC Standing Committee on Training. Jan. 20, 9:30-11:00 am,
Sheraton Seattle, OCLC Red Suite. From LC: Carolyn Sturtevant.
(Closed meeting.)
ALCTS Catalog Form and Function Interest Group. Saturday, Jan. 20,
10:30 am-12:30 pm, Sheraton Seattle Metropolitan Ballroom. Report
of the Task Force on Non-English Access. From LC: Beacher Wiggins.
MARBI (ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information
Committee). Jan. 20, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Renaissance Hotel,
Municipal Room. LC representative: Sally McCallum; also Rebecca
Guenther, Jacqueline Radebaugh. Meeting continues Jan. 21 and 22.
CIP Advisory Group. Jan. 20, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Washington State
Trade and Convention Center, Room 302. Chair: John Celli.
ALCTS Electronic Resources Group. Jan. 20, 10:30 am-12:00 pm,
Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Spanish Ballroom Presentation: "Metadata
Communities: What's in RDA for You?" Chair: Allene Hayes. Speaker
from LC: Barbara Tillett.
PCC Standing Committee on Automation. Jan. 20, 10:00 am-12:00 pm,
Sheraton Seattle, OCLC Red Suite. LC member: David Williamson.
(Closed meeting.)
ALCTS PARS Library Binding Discussion Group. Jan. 20, 1:30-3:30
pm, Sheraton Seattle, Metropolitan A. From LC: Jeanne Drewes.
ALCTS -CCS Committee on Education, Training, and Recruitment for
Cataloging. Jan. 20, 1:30-3:30 pm, Roosevelt Hotel, Taft Room. LC
report: Angela Kinney.
ALCTS CCS CC:DA (Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access).
Jan. 20, 1:30-6:00 pm, Crowne Plaza Seattle, Evergreen Ballroom.
LC report: Barbara Tillett. Continues on Jan. 22.
ALCTS Resource Description and Access Update Forum. Jan. 20, 4:00-
6:00 pm, Sheraton Seattle, Grand Ballroom B. Panelists: Barbara
Tillett, Beacher Wiggins.
SUNDAY JANUARY 21
CONSER At-Large Meeting. Jan. 21, 8:00-9:30 am, Red Lion Hotel,
Bainbridge Room. CONSER Coordinator: Les Hawkins.
ALCTS Forum on the Future of Cataloging. Jan. 21, 8:00-10:00 am,
Grand Hyatt Seattle, Princessa Ballroom. LC speaker: Barbara
Tillett.
CONSER Task Force on Publication Patterns and Holdings/Publications
Patterns Discussion Group. Jan. 21, 1:00-2:00 pm, Sheraton
Seattle, OCLC Blue Suite. CONSER Coordinator: Les Hawkins.
ALA Council I. Jan. 21, 10:45 am-12:15 pm, Washington State
Convention & Trade Center, Room 6B/6C. Members from LC: Robert
Newlen, Roberta Stevens.
SACO-At-Large. Jan. 21, 11:30 am-12:30 pm, Red Lion Hotel, Emerald
Ballroom III. Chair: John Mitchell.
PCC Standing Committee on Standards. Jan. 21, 1:00-2:30 pm,
Sheraton Seattle-OCLC Red Suite. LC liaison pro tem: Judith
Kuhagen. (Closed meeting.)
MARBI (ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information
Committee). Jan. 21, 1:30-3:30 pm and 4:00-6:00 pm, Renaissance
Hotel, Municipal Room. LC representative: Sally McCallum; also
Rebecca Guenther, Jacqueline Radebaugh, Barbara Tillett (for RDA
topics). Meeting continued from Jan. 20; continues on Jan. 22.
ALCTS CCS Cataloging of Children's Materials Committee. Jan. 21,
1:30-3:30 pm, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Room
605. LC liaison: Jane Gilchrist.
ALCTS PARS ALCTS Preservation Forum. Jan. 21, 4:00-6:00 pm, Westin
Seattle, Grand Ballroom III. LC panelist: Jeanne Drewes.
PCC Participants Discussion Group. Jan. 21, 4:00-6:00 pm, W
Seattle, Great Room 2. From LC: Ana Cristan, Paul Frank, Les
Hawkins, Judith Kuhagen, Judy Mansfield, John Mitchell, Susan
Morris, Carolyn Sturtevant, Beacher Wiggins.
ALCTS CCS CC:DA (Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access).
Jan. 22, 8:00 am-12:30 pm, Crowne Plaza Seattle, Evergreen
Ballroom. LC report: Barbara Tillett. Continued from Jan. 20.
ALCTS PARS (Preservation and Reformatting Section). Executive
Committee. Jan. 22, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, W Seattle Great Room 2.
Member from LC: Jeanne Drewes.
MARBI (ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information
Committee). Jan. 22, 1:30-3:30 pm, Renaissance Hotel, Municipal
Room. LC representative: Sally McCallum; also Rebecca Guenther,
Jacqueline Radebaugh. Meeting continued from Jan. 21.
ALCTS Pre-Order and Pre-Cataloging Searching Discussion Group.
Jan. 22, 1:30-3:30, Fairmont Hotel, Senate Room. From LC: Beacher
Wiggins.
TUESDAY JANUARY 23
ALA Council II. Jan. 24, 9:15 am-12:45 pm, Washington State
Convention & Trade Center, Room 6B/6C. Members from LC: Robert
Newlen, Roberta Stevens.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24
ALA Council III. Jan. 24, 8:00 am-12:30 pm, Washington State
Convention & Trade Center, Room 6B/6C. Members from LC: Robert
Newlen, Roberta Stevens.
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