Library of Congress employees will attend the following events during the American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago. Events are presented in chronological order.
The Library’s exhibit booth is no. 2818 at the McCormick Place West, Hall F, Chicago, Illinois.
Frederick Augustyn, US and Publisher Liaison Division, will serve as an editor/reporter for Cognotes throughout the Conference.
Roberta Stevens, an ALA Executive Board member, is the incoming President-Elect of the American Library Association. Roberta will be honored at the LC Exhibit booth on Monday, July 13, from 3:00 to 4:00 pm.
There will be no meeting of the CIP Advisory Group at this Annual Conference.
THURSDAY, July 9
Program for Cooperative Cataloging Steering Committee. July 9, 2:00-4:00 pm, Chicago Hilton—Private Dining Room 1. From LC: Judith Cannan, Les Hawkins, Carolyn Sturtevant, Beacher Wiggins. (Closed meeting.)
Program for Cooperative Cataloging NACO/BIBCO Trainers. July 9, 4:00-5:30 pm, Sheraton Chicago—Arkansas. From LC: Judith Cannan, Carolyn Sturtevant. (Closed meeting.)
FRIDAY, July 10
ALA Executive Board. July 10, 8:30 am-12:00 pm, Chicago Hilton--Marquette. Executive Board member: Roberta Stevens. Meeting continues on July 13 and 28.
ALA/ALCTS Preconference. “RDA, FRBR, and FRAD—Making the Connection.” July 10, 8:30 am-5:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Chicago—Columbus Hall I/J. Presenter: Barbara Tillett. Volunteer from LC: Ana Cristán.
ALCTS Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries (“Big Heads”). July 10, 9:30 am-12:30 pm, Swissotel—Zurich 2. LC representative: Beacher Wiggins.
FAFLRT (Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table) Preconference workshop, “Careers in Federal Libraries.” Co-sponsor: FLICC (Federal Library and Information Center Committee), an LC division. July 10, 9:00 am-3:00 pm, Chicago Public Library-Harold Washington Center. Other sponsors include LSU School of Library and Information Science, Dominican University Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and the Library Associates Companies. Convener: Roberta Shaffer.
BCALA Executive Board. July 10, 11:00 am-3:30 pm, Intercontinental--Exchange. Co-chair of BCALA International Relations Committee: Allene Hayes.
ALCTS PARS (Preservation and Reformatting Section) PAIG (Preservation Administration Interest Group). July 10, 1:30-5:00 pm, Chicago Hilton-Northwest 2. Speaking on LC/ALA plans for National Preservation Week in March 2010: Jeanne Drewes.
OCLC RLG Partners Metadata Managers Focus Group. July 10, 2:30-4:30 pm, Hyatt Regency McCormick--Conference Center 11a. LC report: Beacher Wiggins. (Closed meeting.)
RUSA MARS (Reference and User Services Association, a Division of ALA, Machine-Assisted Reference Section). Executive Committee. July 10, 3:30-5:30 pm, Intercontinental--Burnham. Vice chair/incoming chair: Carolyn Larson. Meeting continues on July 13 and 14.
ALCTS CCS (Cataloging and Classification Section) Forum, “The Future of MARC.” July 10, 4:00-5:30 pm, Chicago Hilton—Northwest 1: Speaker on “Streamlining MARC 21 for the Future”: Rebecca Guenther.
ALCTS Budget and Finance Committee. July 10, 4:00-5:30 pm, Chicago Hilton—Conference Room 4F. Member: Bruce Johnson.
ALCTS CCS (Cataloging and Classification Section) Task Force on Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging. July 10, 4:30-6:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Chicago--Columbus Hall C/D. LC representative: Angela Kinney.
OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers) Cataloging Policy Committee. July 10, 7:30-9:30 pm, Hyatt Regency Chicago—Columbus Hall E/F. LC liaison: Janis Young.
SATURDAY, July 11
OCLC Dewey Update. July 11, 7:00-8:30 am, Chicago Hilton—Lake Michigan Room. Speaker from LC on use of Dewey access numbers when WorldCat introduces MARC 21 field 083 in August: Julianne Beall. Also from LC: Karl Debus-López.
Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA/Committee of Principals Breakfast. July 11, 8:00-9:30 am, Chicago Hilton. LC member of JSCRDA: Barbara Tillett. LC member of CoP: Beacher Wiggins. (Closed meeting, room not announced.)
ALCTS CMDS (Collection Management and Development Section) Chief Collection Development Officers of Large Research Libraries Interest Group. July 11, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Chicago—Columbus Hall K/L. LC report: Judith Mansfield.
RUSA MARS (Reference and User Services Association, a Division of ALA, Machine-Assisted Reference Section). MARS Chair’s 2010 Conference Program Planning Committee. July 11, 8:00-10:00 am, Hyatt Regency McCormick--Conference Center 21A. Vice chair/incoming chair: Carolyn Larson.
LITA (Library and Information Technology Association, a division of ALA) Program, “Technology and the Developing World.” July 11, 8:00-10:00 am, McCormick Place West—W-179. Program coordinator: Teri Sierra.
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of ALA) RBMS (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section) BSC (Bibliographic Standards Committee). July 11, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Palmer House--Madison Room. Member: Seanna Tsung. LC liaison: Elizabeth Robinson.
MAGERT (Maps and Geography Round Table) Executive Board. July 11, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Hyatt Regency McCormick—Conference Center 24. MAGERT Webmaster: Colleen Cahill. Continues on July 14.
Ex Libris bX. “Users Who Looked at This Article Also Looked at …” July 11, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Chicago Hilton, Northwest 3. Panelist: Barbara Tillett.
ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College and Research Libraries Interest Group. Program, “Promoting Best Practices for E-Serials.” July 11, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Chicago Hilton—Private Dining Room 4. Speaker on “Best Practices for Presentation of E-Serials: Hope or Hopeless?” Regina Reynolds.
ALCTS CCS (Cataloging and Classification Section) Copy Cataloging Interest Group. July 11, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Chicago Hilton—Lake Ontario Room. LC report: Angela Kinney.
MARBI (ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee). July 11, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Swissotel—Zurich 2. LC representative: Sally McCallum. Also from LC: Rebecca Guenther, John Zagas. Continues July 12 and 26.
ALCTS Electronic Resources Interest Group. July 11, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Chicago Hilton—Continental B. From LC: Allene Hayes.
MAGERT (Maps and Geography Round Table) Publications Committee. July 11, 1:30-3:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Chicago—Columbus Hall, K/L. Cataloging editor of “baseline”: Tak-Yee (Tammy) Wong.
ALCTS Acquisitions Section Publications Committee. July 11, 1:30-3:00 pm, Chicago Hilton—Boulevard C. Member: Karl Debus-López.
ALA Conference Committee. July 11, 1:30-3:30 pm, McCormick Place West—W-182. Member: Bruce Johnson.
ALCTS CCS (Cataloging and Classification Section) CETRIC (Committee on Education, Training, and Recruitment for Cataloging). July 11, 1:30-3:30 pm, Palmer House—Monroe Ballroom. LC report: Angela Kinney.
Public Library Association (a division of ALA) Program, “Life After 2.0.” July 11, 1:30- 3:00 pm, McCormick Place West--W-190b. LC panelist: Michelle Springer.
ALCTS Newspaper Interest Group. July 11, 1:30-3:00 pm, Chicago Hilton—Lake Huron. Report on National Digital Newspaper Program: Teri Sierra.
RUSA (Reference and User Services Association, a Division of ALA) Executive Board. July 11, 1:30-3:30 pm, McCormick Place West—W-193A. Member from LC: Carolyn Larson. Meeting continues on July 14.
GODORT (ALA Government Documents Round Table) State and Local Governments Task Force. July 11, 8:00-10:00 am, Palmer House—State Ballroom. Program chair: Crenetha Brunson.
ALCTS CCS (Cataloging and Classification Section) RDA Implementation Task Force. Program, “Look Before You Leap: Taking RDA for a Test Drive,” July 11, 1:30-5:30 pm, McCormick Place West—W-184. Task Force member from LC: Ana Cristán.
ALA Grassroot Program. “A More Narrow Discussion: The African American Male Librarian and Career Choice.” July 11, 3:30-5:00 pm, Chicago Hilton-Conference Room 4D. Moderator: Julius C. Jefferson, Jr., Information Research Specialist, Congressional Research Service, LC.
RUSA STARS (Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section) Hot Topics Discussion Group. July 11, 3:30-5:30 pm, Swissotel--Montreux. Chair: Candice Townsend.
ALCTS/RUSA Program. “Collection Development 2.0: The Changing Administration of Collection Development.” July 11, 3:30-5:30 pm, McCormick Place West--W-181. Attending: Beacher Wiggins.
ALCTS SAC (Subject Analysis Committee) Subcommittee on Genre/Form Implementation. July 11, 3:30-5:30 pm, Palmer House—Dearborn 1. LC liaison: Janis Young.
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of ALA) RBMS (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section) Budget and Development Committee. July 11, 3:30-5:30 pm, Palmer House—Clark 02. Member from LC: Mark Dimunation.
SUNDAY, July 12
ALA Division Presidents’ Breakfast. July 12, 7:00-9:00 am, Chicago Hilton—Lake Michigan. Report for ALA Conference Committee: Bruce Johnson.
US National Libraries RDA Test Vendors’ Meeting. July 12, 8:00-9:00 am, McCormick Place West—W-186c. Co-chair: Beacher Wiggins. Also from LC: Susan Morris, Regina Reynolds, Barbara Tillett.
ASCLA LSSPS (Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies, a division of ALA, Libraries Serving Special Populations Section) Program, “Large Print for All: Bigger is Better.” July 12, 8:00-10:00 am, Palmer House—Empire Room. Co-moderator: Ruth Nussbaum.
LITA (Library and Information Technology Association, a division of ALA) International Relations Committee. July 12, 8:00-10:00 am, Palmer House—Sandburg 4. Chair: Teri Sierra.
FAFLRT (Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table). “What’s New with FAFLRT from the Board, Committee, and General Membership.” July 12, 8:00-10:00 am, Fairmont—State Room. Incoming Vice-President/President-Elect: Karl Debus-López.
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of ALA) RBMS (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section) Conference Development Committee. July 12, 8:00-10:00 am, Palmer House-Monroe Ballroom. Member from LC: Mark Dimunation.
CONSER/BIBCO/NACO/SACO At-Large Meetings. July 12, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Palmer House--Chicago Room. CONSER Coordinator: Les Hawkins. BIBCO/NACO Coordinator: Carolyn Sturtevant. ISSN report: Regina Reynolds. SACO-at-Large chair: Paul Frank. Also from LC: Judith Cannan, Hien Nguyen, Janis Young. (BIBCO/CONSER joint issues discussion begins at 9:30 am. SACO-at-Large begins at 11:00 am.)
MAGERT (Maps and Geography Round Table) Cataloging and Classification Committee, with ALCTS CCS (Cataloging and Classification Section)/MAGERT Cartographic Materials Cataloging Discussion Group. July 12, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Palmer House—Salon VIII. Member from LC: Tak-Yee (Tammy) Wong. From LC to discuss the cartography genre/form project: Janis Young.
RUSA MARS (Reference and User Services Association, a Division of ALA, Machine-Assisted Reference Section). All-Committee Meeting. July 12, 8:00-10:00 am, Sheraton Chicago--Michigan. Vice chair/incoming chair: Carolyn Larson.
ALA International Relations Round Table Executive Committee. July 12, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, McCormick Place West—W-175a. Immediate past chair: Joan Weeks.
ALCTS CCS (Cataloging and Classification Section) Subject Analysis Committee. July 12, 8:00 am—12:00 pm, Hyatt--Comiskey. LC report: Janis Young. Dewey report: Julianne Beall. SAC member: John N. Mitchell. Continues on July 13.
ASCLA (Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies, a division of ALA). President’s Program.” July 12, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Palmer House—Empire Room. Serving as presenter of the Francis Joseph Campbell Award: Ruth Nussbaum.
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of ALA) RBMS (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section) MARC for Special Collections Discussion Group. July 12, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Chicago—Columbus Hall M. LC report: Elizabeth Robinson.
ALA Council I. July 12, 10:45 am-12:15 pm, McCormick Place West—W-375A. Members from LC: Allene Hayes, Roberta Stevens.
CONSER Publication Patterns Task Force. July 12, 1:00-2:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Chicago--OCLC Blue Suite. CONSER Coordinator: Les Hawkins.
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of ALA) RBMS (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section). Program, “Documenting Tragedy.” July 12, 1:30-3:00 pm, McCormick Place West—W-184. LC speaker: Mark Dimunation.
US National Libraries RDA Test Planning Forum. July 12, 1:30-3:00 pm, Chicago Hilton—Northwest 5. Co-chair: Beacher Wiggins. Others from LC: Susan Morris, Regina Reynolds, Barbara Tillett. (Invitational meeting.)
ALCTS Booth presentation. July 12, 1:30-3:00 pm, McCormick Place West. Speaking on LC/ALA plans for National Preservation Week in March 2010: Jeanne Drewes.
International Relations Committee Africa Subcommittee Program, “Libraries of Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing Recent Successes and Challenges.” July 12, 1:30-3:30 pm, Fairmont--Crystal Room. Moderator: Angel Batiste.
ALCTS Publications Committee. July 12, 1:30-3:30 pm, McCormick Place West--W-470a. Member from LC: Karl Debus-López.
ALCTS CCS (Cataloging and Classification Section) Cataloging of Children's Materials Committee. July 12, 1:30-3:00 pm, Sheraton Chicago--Ontario. LC liaison: Jane Gilchrist.
ALCTS CCS (Cataloging and Classification Section) Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials. July 12, 1:30-3:00 pm, Chicago Hilton—Conference Room 4H. LC liaison: Philip Melzer.
ACIG (LITA/ALCTS Authority Control Interest Group) Program. “The Future Is Now: Global Authority Control.” July 12, 1:30-5:30 pm, McCormick Place West—W-179. Presentation on SKOS: Janis Young. 25th anniversary remarks at 3:00 pm: Barbara Tillett.
MARBI (ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee). July 12, 1:30-6:00 pm, Swissotel—Zurich 2. LC representative: Sally McCallum. Also from LC: Rebecca Guenther, John Zagas. Meeting continued from July 11; continues on July 13.
ALCTS CCS (Cataloging and Classification Section) RDA Implementation Task Force. July 12, 3:30-5:30, Chicago Hilton—Conference Room 4A. Member from LC: Ana Cristán.
PCC Participants Discussion Group. July 12, 3:30-5:30 pm, Intercontinental--Renaissance. From LC: Judith Cannan, Paul Frank, Les Hawkins, Judith Kuhagen, Judy Mansfield, John Mitchell, Carolyn Sturtevant, Beacher Wiggins.
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of ALA) RBMS (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section). Information Exchange and Leab Exhibition Catalogue Awards Presentation. July 12, 3:30-5:30 pm, McCormick Place West—W-178b. Member from LC: Mark Dimunation.
OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc.) Membership Meeting. July 12, 3:30-5:30 pm, Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers—Arkansas. LC liaison, via written report: Janis Young.
MONDAY, July 13
ALA Grassroot Program. “From Legacy Data to Linked Data: Preparing Libraries for Web 3.0.” July 13, 8:00-10:00 am, Chicago Hilton--Lake Ontario. Speaker on "LC Controlled Vocabularies as Linked Data": Rebecca Guenther.
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of ALA) RBMS (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section) Executive Committee. July 13, 8:00-11:30 am, Palmer House--LaSalle 3. Chair: Mary Lacy. Also from LC: Mark Dimunation.
RUSA MARS (Reference and User Services Association, a Division of ALA, Machine-Assisted Reference Section). Executive Committee. July 13, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Chicago—Columbus Hall K/L. Vice chair/incoming chair: Carolyn Larson. Continued from July 10; continues on July 14.
ALCTS CCS (Cataloging and Classification Section) CC:DA (Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access). July 13, 8:00 am-12:30 pm, Swissotel—Zurich 2. LC representative: Barbara Tillett.
Schneider Family Book Award Luncheon. July 13, 11:30 am-1:00 pm, McCormick Place West—W-182. Member of Schneider Committee: Patricia Steelman. (Closed meeting by invitation only.)
MARBI (ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee). July 13, 1:30-3:00 pm, Swissotel—Zurich 2. LC representative: Sally McCallum. Also from LC: Rebecca Guenther, John Zagas. Meeting continued from July 12.
ALCTS Continuing Resources Section. Cataloging Update Forum. July 13, 1:30-3:00 pm, McCormick Place West—W-474. ISSN report: Regina Reynolds.
ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. Bibliographic Standards Editorial Team II, Graphics, DCRM(G) editorial meetings. July 13, 1:30-5:30 pm, Palmer House—Indiana Room. LC representative: Mary Mundy.
ALCTS CCS (Cataloging and Classification Section) Subject Analysis Committee. July 13, 1:30-5:30 pm, Palmer House—Empire Room. SAC member: John N. Mitchell. Continued from July 12.
ALA Executive Board. July 13, 1:30-4:30 pm, Chicago Hilton--Marquette. Executive Board member: Roberta Stevens. Continued from July 10; continues on July 15.
TUESDAY, July 14
RUSA MARS (Reference and User Services Association, a Division of ALA, Machine-Assisted Reference Section). Executive Committee. July 14, 8:00-10:00 am, Hyatt Regency Chicago—Wrigley. Vice chair/incoming chair: Carolyn Larson. Continued from July 13.
MAGERT (Maps and Geography Round Table) Executive Board. July 14, 8:00-10:00 am, Hyatt Regency McCormick—Conference Center 24. MAGERT Webmaster: Colleen Cahill. Continued from July 11.
ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. Bibliographic Standards Editorial Team IV, Cartographic, DCRM(C) editorial meetings. July 14, 8:00 am-6:00 pm, Palmer House—Kimball Room. Chair: Seanna Tsung.
ALA Council II. July 14, 9:15 am-12:45 pm, McCormick Place West—W-375A. Members from LC: Allene Hayes, Roberta Stevens.
RUSA (Reference and User Services Association, a Division of ALA) Executive Board. July 14, 9:30-11:30 am, McCormick Place West—W-193A. Member from LC: Carolyn Larson. Continued from July 11.
ALA Awards Reception and Inaugural Banquet. July 14, 5:00 pm—12:00 am, Chicago Hilton—Boulevard Room (Awards, 5:00-7:00 pm) and Grand Ballroom (Banquet, 7:00 pm—12:00 am). At Awards: Schneider Family Book Award Committee member: Patricia Steelman. At Banquet: Installation of Roberta Stevens as ALA President-Elect. By invitation only.
WEDNESDAY, July 15
ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. Bibliographic Standards Editorial Team II, Graphics, DCRM(G) editorial meetings. July 15, full day, Denver Public Library. LC representative: Mary Mundy. Continued from July 14.
ALA Council III. July 15, 8:00 am-12:30 pm, McCormick Place West—W-375A. Members from LC: Allene Hayes, Roberta Stevens.
ALA Executive Board. July 15, 2:00-5:30 pm, Chicago Hilton--Marquette. Executive Board member: Roberta Stevens. Continued from July 13.