Library of Congress employees will attend the following events during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Boston,Mass., Jan. 14-19, 2010. Events are presented in chronological order.
The Library’s exhibit booth is #2238 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center 
, 415 Summer St, Boston, Mass. The Library of Congress’s booth manager is Jane Gilchrist.
Frederick Augustyn, US and Publisher Liaison Division, will serve as an editor/reporter for Cognotes throughout the Meeting.
Bruce Johnson, leader of the Cataloger’s Desktop team, Product Services Section, LC Policy and Standards Division, is chair of the Margaret Mann Citation Jury in addition to holding ALCTS committee assignments.
Roberta Stevens, an ALA Executive Board member, is President-Elect of the American Library Association. In Boston, she will be outlining her 2010-2011 Presidential initiatives, presenting the budget for those initiatives, sharing recommendations for committee appointments with the Executive Board, and finalizing the Council committee appointments with the ALA Committee on Committees.
THURSDAY, January 14
Program for Cooperative Cataloging Steering Committee. Jan. 14, 2:00-5:00 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 102A. From LC: Judith Cannan, Les Hawkins, Carolyn Sturtevant, Beacher Wiggins. (Closed meeting.)
FRIDAY, January 15
ALA Executive Board. Jan. 15, 8:30 am-12:00 pm, Westin Waterfront-Commonwealth. Executive Board member: Roberta Stevens. (Meeting continues on Jan. 18 and 19.)
ALCTS Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries (“Big Heads”). Jan. 15, 9:30 am-12:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 205 A/B. Beacher Wiggins, director for Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access at LC, is the LC representative.
BCALA (Black Caucus of ALA) Executive Board. Jan. 15, 11:30 am-4:30 pm, Marriott Copley Place-Provincetown. Co-chair of BCALA International Relations Committee: Allene Hayes.
Schneider Family Book Award Jury. Jan. 15, 2:00-5:30 pm, Westin Waterfront-Commonwealth. Member from LC: Patricia Steelman.
OCLC RLG Partners Metadata Managers Focus Group. Jan. 15, 2:30-4:30 pm, Marriott Copley Place-Grand Ballroom C/D. LC report: Beacher Wiggins. (Closed meeting.)
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Survey Coordinators and SPEC Liaisons. Jan. 15, 3:30-5:00 pm, Intercontinental Boston-Griffin/Robinson Room. LC representative: Susan Morris.
ALCTS Budget and Finance Committee. Jan. 15, 4:00-5:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 102B. Member from LC: Bruce Johnson.
ALA International Relations Round Table. Reception for Donors and International Visitors. Jan. 15, 4:00-5:30 pm, Westin Waterfront-Douglas. Chair: Joan Weeks.
GODORT (ALA Government Documents Round Table) Program Committee. Jan. 15, 4:00-5:30 pm, Westin Copley Place-Helicon. Member for GODORT State and Local Governments Task Force: Crenetha Brunson.
Program for Cooperative Cataloging NACO/BIBCO Trainers. Jan. 15, 4:00-5:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 156A/B. From LC: Judith Cannan, Ana Cristán, Carolyn Sturtevant. (Closed meeting.)
OLAC CAPC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc. Cataloging and Processing Committee). Jan. 15, 7:00-9:00 pm, Sheraton Boston-Republic Ballroom. LC report: Janis Young.
SATURDAY, January 16
OCLC Dewey Update. Jan. 16, 7:00-8:30 am, Westin Waterfront-Stone. Speaker from LC: Julianne Beall.
OCLC “Redesigning Technical Services Workflows.” Jan. 16, 8:00-10:00 am, C-Room 104 A/B. Speaker from LC: Ana Cristán.
ALCTS Continuing Resources Section All-Committee Meeting. Jan. 16, 8:00-10:00 am, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 105. LC report: Regina Romano Reynolds.
RUSA (Reference and User Services Association) STARS (Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section) Interlibrary Loan Committee. Jan. 16, 8:00-10:00 am, Marriott Copley Place-Grand Ballrooom F. Chair: Candice Townsend.
ALCTS CMDS (Collection Management and Development Section) Chief Collection Development Officers of Large Research Libraries Discussion Group. Jan. 16, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Intercontinental Hotel-Rose Kennedy Room III. LC report: Linda Stubbs.
ALA MAGERT (Maps and Geography Round Table) Executive Board I and Education Committee. Jan. 16, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 251. Board member from LC: Colleen Cahill.
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) RBMS (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section) BSC (Bibliographic Standards Committee). Jan. 16, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Boston-Martha’s Vineyard. Member from LC: Elizabeth Robinson.
PCC Standing Committee on Training. Jan. 16, 9:30-11:00 am, Westin Waterfront-OCLC Red Suite. From LC: Judith Cannan, Carolyn Sturtevant. (Closed meeting.)
ALCTS CCS Copy Cataloging Interest Group. Jan. 16, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 258 A/B. LC report: Angela Kinney.
ALCTS Electronic Resources Interest Group. Jan. 16, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 253A. From LC: Allene Hayes.
CIP Advisory Group. Jan. 16, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 104A/B. Chair: Karl Debus-López. Also from LC: David Williamson and Caroline Saccucci on ONIX for ECIP; Angela Murphy-Walters on children’s literature; Patricia Hayward, Schamell Padgett.
MARBI (ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee). Jan. 16, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 205 A/B. LC representative: Sally McCallum. Also from LC: Rebecca Guenther, Judy Kuhagen. Meeting continues Jan. 17 only.
ALCTS Newspaper Interest Group. Jan. 16, 1:30-3:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 157C. LC representative: Amber Paranick.
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) Executive Committee. Jan. 16, 1:30-3:30 pm, Hilton Boston Financial District-Commerce Room. Chair: Carolyn Larson. Continues Jan. 18.
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Board of Directors. Jan. 16, 1:30-3:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 102A. Chair of Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS): Carolyn Larson. Continues Jan. 18.
ALA Conference Committee. Jan. 16, 4:00-5:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 255. Representing ALCTS: Bruce Johnson.
GODORT (ALA Government Documents Round Table) State and Local Governments Task Force. Jan. 16, 1:30-3:30 pm, Westin Copley Place-St. George. Member from LC: Crenetha Brunson.
Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Libraries Serving Special Populations Section (LSSPS). Campbell Award Committee. Jan. 16, 1:30-3:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 157A. From LC: Ruth Nussbaum.
ALCTS CCS CC:DA (Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access). Jan. 16, 1:30-5:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 205 A/B. LC report: Barbara Tillett.
RUSA STARS (Reference and User Services Association, Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section) Hot Topics Discussion Group. Jan. 16, 4:00-5:30 pm, Marriott Copley Place-Grand Ballrooom F. Chair: Candice Townsend.
ALCTS CCS SAC (Subject Access Committee) Subcommittee on Genre-Form Implementation. Jan. 16, 4:00-5:30 pm, Westin Waterfront-Grand Ballroom E. LC liaison: Janis Young.
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) Conference Program Planning Committee. Jan. 16, 4:00-5:30 pm, Hilton Boston Financial District-Devonshire Room. MARS chair: Carolyn Larson. Continues on Jan. 17.
ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children)/REFORMA Joint Executive Committee Meeting. Jan. 16, 6:00-7:00 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 212. Member from LC: Ana Cristán.
SUNDAY, January 17
US National Libraries RDA Test Vendors Forum. Jan. 17, 8:00-9:00 am, Renaissance Boston-Aegean Room. Co-chairs: Christopher Cole, Dianne McCutcheon, Beacher Wiggins. Also from LC: Judy Kuhagen, Susan Morris, Regina Reynolds, Barbara Tillett. (Invitational meeting.)
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) Conference Program Planning Committee. Jan. 17, 8:00-10:00 am, Hyatt Regency Boston-Grand Ballroom B. MARS chair: Carolyn Larson. Continued from Jan. 16.
ALA MAGERT (Maps and Geography Round Table) Cartographic Resources Cataloging Interest Group. Jan. 17, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Westin Waterfront-Douglas. Janis Young will submit a written report from LC.
CONSER/BIBCO/NACO/SACO At-Large Meetings. Jan. 17, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 257A. CONSER Coordinator: Les Hawkins. BIBCO/NACO Coordinator: Carolyn Sturtevant. Leading SACO-at-Large: Paul Frank. Also from LC: Judith Cannan, Ana Cristán, Linda Geisler, Hien Nguyen, Regina Reynolds. Report to SACO-at-Large on revisions to “Cookery” subject headings and update on LC genre/form projects: Janis Young. (8:00-9:30, CONSER-at-Large; 9:30-10:00, Discussion of PCC-Wide Issues; 10:00-11:00, BIBCO-at-Large, welcoming NACO members as well; 11:00-12:00, SACO-at-Large).
ALA International Relations Round Table. Jan. 17, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 206A. Chair: Joan Weeks.
ALCTS Subject Analysis Committee (SAC). Jan. 17, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 205 A/B. LC representative: Janis Young. Dewey report: Julianne Beall. (Continues on Jan. 18.)
ACRL (Association for College and Research Libraries) RBMS (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section) MARC for Special Collections Discussion Group. Jan. 17, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Sheraton Boston-Back Bay B. Member from LC: Elizabeth Robinson.
US National Libraries RDA Test Participants Open Forum. Jan. 17, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Renaissance Boston-Pacific A/B. Co-chairs: Christopher Cole, Dianne McCutcheon, Beacher Wiggins. Also from LC: Judy Kuhagen, Susan Morris, Regina Reynolds, Barbara Tillett.
Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table (FAFLRT) Board Meeting. Jan. 17, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Westin Waterfront-Hale. Chair-elect: Karl Debus López.
ALA Council I. Jan. 17, 10:00 am-12:15 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Grand Ballroom. Members from LC: Allene Hayes, Roberta Stevens.
PCC Standing Committee on Standards. Jan. 17, 1:00-2:30 pm, Westin Waterfront-OCLC Red Suite. LC liaison: Dave Reser. Also from LC: Anthony Franks. (Closed meeting.)
MARBI (ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee). Jan. 17, 1:30-6:00 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 205 A/B. LC representative: Sally McCallum. Also from LC: Rebecca Guenther, Judy Kuhagen. Meeting continued from Jan. 16; no meeting Jan. 18.
ALCTS CCS Cataloging of Children's Materials Committee. Jan. 17, 1:30-3:30 pm, Hyatt Regency Boston-Plymouth. LC liaison: Angela Murphy-Walters.
ALCTS CCS Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials. Jan. 17, 1:30-3:30 pm, Westin Waterfront-Hale. LC report: Philip Melzer.
ALCTS Continuing Education Training Materials Committee. Jan. 17, 1:30-3:30 pm, Hyatt Regency Boston-Dedham. LC liaison: Carolyn Sturtevant. Ex officio member: Paul Frank.
ALCTS PARS (Preservation and Reformatting Section) Promoting Preservation Interest Group. Jan. 17, 1:30-3:30 pm, Renaissance Boston-Pacific F. Chair: Emma Lincoln.
Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Libraries Serving Special Populations Section (LSSPS). All Forums Meeting. Jan. 17, 1:30-3:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 252 A/B. From LC: Ruth Nussbaum.
ALCTS ACIG (Authority Control Interest Group). Jan. 17, 1:30-5:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 105. LC update, including revisions to “Cookery” subject headings and update on LC genre/form projects: Janis Young.
PCC Participants Discussion Group. Jan. 17, 4:00-5:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 104 A/B. From LC: Judith Cannan, Paul Frank, Les Hawkins, Judith Kuhagen, Carolyn Sturtevant, Beacher Wiggins.
ALCTS RDA Planning and Training Task Force. Jan. 17, 4:00-5:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 251. LC liaison: Ana Cristán.
Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) Libraries Serving Special Populations Section (LSSPS). Executive Committee. Jan. 17, 4:00-5:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 203. From LC: Ruth Nussbaum.
MONDAY, January 18
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) Executive Committee. Jan. 18, 8:00-11:30 am, Westin Waterfront-Webster Room. Chair: Carolyn Larson. Continued from Jan. 16.
ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS). DCRM(G) editorial meetings, Jan. 18, 8:00 am-7:00 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 204A. LC representative: Helena Zinkham. (Continues on Jan. 19.)
ALA Council II. Jan. 18, 10:00 am-12:15 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Grand Ballroom. Members from LC: Allene Hayes, Roberta Stevens.
ALA MAGERT (Maps and Geography Round Table) Executive Board II and Membership Meeting. Jan. 18, 1:30-3:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 251. Board member from LC: Colleen Cahill.
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Board of Directors. Jan. 18, 1:30-3:30 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 102B. Chair of Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS): Carolyn Larson. Continued from Jan. 16.
ALCTS Subject Analysis Committee. Jan. 18, 1:30-5:30 pm, Sheraton Boston-Back Bay A/B. LC representative: Janis Young. Dewey report: Julianne Beall. (Continued from Jan. 17.)
ALA Executive Board II. Jan. 18, 1:30-4:30 pm, Westin Waterfront-Commonwealth. Executive Board member: Roberta Stevens. (Continued from Jan. 15; continues Jan. 19.)
TUESDAY, January 19
ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS). DCRM(G) editorial meetings, Jan. 19, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center-Room 204A. LC representative: Helena Zinkham. (Continued from Jan. 18.)
ALA Executive Board III. Jan. 19, 1:00-5:30 pm, Westin Waterfront-Commonwealth. Executive Board member: Roberta Stevens. (Continued from Jan. 18.)
