Library of Congress employees will attend the following events during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Denver. Events are presented in chronological order.
The Library’s exhibit booth is no. 1338 in the Colorado Convention Center. Associate Librarian for Library Services Deanna Marcum will be present at the booth on Saturday from 1:00 to 1:30 to discuss the Library’s follow-up in response to On the Record, the report of the LC Working Group on Bibliographic Control. Beacher Wiggins will make two presentations, on Saturday from 1:30 to 2:00 and on Sunday from 1:30 to 2:00, on the U.S. national libraries’ plans to test the proposed new cataloging code Resource Description and Access.
Frederick Augustyn, Social Sciences Cataloging 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, will attend ALCTS (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services) Board of Directors meetings.
Roberta Stevens, an ALA Executive Board member, is a candidate for President of the American Library Association. She will be presenting and answering questions at the ALA Presidential Candidates Forum on Saturday, January 24, 11 a.m. to 12 noon, in the Four Seasons Ballroom of the Colorado Convention Center. Library staff are invited to the Joint Presidential Candidates Reception, also scheduled on Saturday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Capitol Ballroom 4 of the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
THURSDAY, January 22
Program for Cooperative Cataloging Steering Committee. Jan. 22, 2:00-4:00 pm, Sheraton Denver—Spruce. From LC: Judith Cannan, Les Hawkins, Carolyn Sturtevant, Beacher Wiggins. (Closed meeting.)
Program for Cooperative Cataloging NACO/BIBCO Trainers. Jan. 22, 4:00-5:30 pm, Sheraton Denver—Gold. From LC: Judith Cannan, Carolyn Sturtevant. (Closed meeting.)
FRIDAY, January 23
ALA Office of Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee. Jan. 23, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Room 603. LC member: David Williamson. Meeting continues on Jan. 26.
ALA Executive Board. Jan. 23, 8:30 am-12:00 pm, Hyatt Regency-Agate B/C. Executive Board member: Roberta Stevens. (Meeting continues on Jan. 26 and 28.)
ALCTS Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries (“Big Heads”). Jan. 23, 9:30 am-12:30 pm, Denver Marriott City Center-Colorado Ballroom F. Beacher Wiggins, director for Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access at LC, is the LC representative.
FRBR Interest Group. Jan. 23, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Colorado Convention Center, Room 205. From LC: Barbara Tillett.
ALCTS CCS CC:DA (Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access). Meeting on RDA. Jan. 23, 1:30-5:30 pm, Denver Marriott City Center-Colorado Ballroom F. LC representative: Barbara Tillett.
BCALA Executive Board Retreat. Jan. 23, 8:30 am-3:30 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Korbel Ballroom. Co-chair of BCALA International Relations Committee: Allene Hayes.
OCLC RLG Renovating Descriptive Practices Focus Group. Jan. 23, 2:30-4:30 pm, Crowne Plaza-Museum Room. LC report: Beacher Wiggins. (Closed meeting.)
ALCTS Task Force on Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging. Jan. 23, 4:00-5:30 pm, Crowne Plaza-Office Room. LC representative: Angela Kinney.
SATURDAY, January 24
OCLC Dewey Update. Jan. 24, 7:00-8:30 am, Sheraton-Vail. Speaker from LC: Julianne Beall.
ALCTS PARS Intellectual Access to Preservation Metadata Interest Group. Jan. 24, 8:00-9:00 am, Sheraton Denver-Gold Room. Presentation on PREMIS data dictionary: Rebecca Guenther.
ALCTS Continuing Resources Section All-Committee Meeting. Jan. 24, 8:00-10:00 am, Colorado Convention Center-Room 403/404. LC report: Regina Romano Reynolds.
ALCTS CMDS (Collection Management and Development Section) Chief Collection Development Officers of Large Research Libraries Discussion Group. Jan. 24, 8:00-10:00 am, Sheraton Denver-Columbine. LC report: Judith Mansfield.
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) RBMS (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section) BSC (Bibliographic Standards Committee). Jan. 24, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Sheraton Denver-Colorado Room. Member from LC: Elizabeth Robinson.
PCC Standing Committee on Training. Jan. 24, 9:30-11:00 am, Sheraton Denver-OCLC Red Suite. From LC: Judith Cannan, Carolyn Sturtevant. (Closed meeting.)
US National Libraries RDA Test Planning Forum. Jan. 24, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Room 502. Chair: Beacher Wiggins. Others from LC: Susan Morris, Regina Reynolds, Barbara Tillett. (Invitational meeting.)
ALCTS CCS Copy Cataloging Interest Group. Jan. 24, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Room 703. LC report: Judith Mansfield.
BCALA Executive Board. Jan. 24, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Room 406. Co-chair of BCALA International Relations Committee: Allene Hayes.
MARBI (ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee). Jan. 24, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Denver Marriott City Center-Colorado Ballroom F. LC representative: Sally McCallum. Also from LC: Rebecca Guenther. Meeting continues Jan. 25 and 26.
ALCTS Electronic Resources Interest Group. Jan. 24, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Ritz-Carlton-Salon 3. From LC: Allene Hayes.
ALA Presidential Candidates Forum. Jan. 24, 11 am-12:00 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Four Seasons Ballroom. Roberta Stevens is a candidate.
ALCTS CCS CETRIC Subcommittee on Education, Training, and Recruitment for Cataloging. Jan. 24, 1:30-3:30 pm, Grand Hyatt-Pike’s Peak. LC report: Angela Kinney.
ALCTS CCS Committee on Continuing Education. Jan. 24, 4:00-5:30 pm, Grand Hyatt-Torrey’s Peak. LC report: Angela Kinney.
GODORT (ALA Government Documents Round Table) State and Local Governments Task Force. Jan. 24, 1:30-3:30 pm, Sheraton Denver-Tower Court C. Chair: Crenetha Brunson.
ALCTS CCS CC:DA (Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access). Jan. 24, 1:30-6:00 pm, Denver Marriott City Center-Colorado Ballroom F. LC report: Barbara Tillett. Continues on Jan. 26.
PCC Standing Committee on Automation. Jan. 24, 4:00-5:30 pm, Sheraton Denver- OCLC Red Suite. LC member: David Williamson. (Closed meeting.)
ALCTS Continuing Resources Section (CRS) Holdings Information Forum "E-Serials Holdings: Whether, Why and How?" Jan. 24, 4:00-5:30 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Room 301. Presentation on mapping ONIX for serials to MARC 21 Holdings: Rebecca Guenther.
Joint Presidential Candidates Reception. 5:30-7:30 pm, Hyatt Regency-Capitol Ballroom 4. Roberta Stevens is a candidate.
SUNDAY, January 25
ALCTS Cartographic Resources Cataloging Interest Group. Jan. 25, 8:00-10:00 am, Sheraton Denver-Tower Court B. “The Library of Congress on Form/Genre Terms for Cartographic Materials,” Janis Young.
CONSER/BIBCO/NACO/SACO At-Large Meetings. Jan. 25, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Colorado Convention Center- Room 403. CONSER Coordinator: Les Hawkins. BIBCO/NACO Coordinator: Carolyn Sturtevant. Also from LC: Judith Cannan, Hien Nguyen. (BIBCO/CONSER joint issues discussion begins at 8:40 am.)
ALA International Relations Round Table. Jan. 25, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Room 604. Chair: Joan Weeks.
ALCTS Subject Analysis Committee. Jan. 25, 9:30-11:00 am, Sheraton Denver-Columbine. LC representative: Janis Young. Dewey report: Julianne Beall. SAC member: John N. Mitchell. (Continues on Jan. 26.)
CIP Advisory Group. Jan. 25, 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Room 201. Chair: Maureen Landry. Also from LC: Beacher Wiggins. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE from published Midwinter schedule.
ALCTS Resource Description and Access Update Forum. Jan. 25, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Korbel Ballroom 4E. Speaker from LC: Beacher Wiggins.
ALA Council I. Jan. 25, 10:45 am-12:15 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Four Seasons Ballroom. Members from LC: Allene Hayes, Roberta Stevens.
CONSER Publication Patterns Initiative. Jan. 25, 1:00-2:00 pm, Sheraton Denver-OCLC Blue Suite. CONSER Coordinator: Les Hawkins.
PCC Standing Committee on Standards. Jan. 25, 1:00-2:30 pm, Sheraton Denver- OCLC Red Suite. LC liaison: Dave Reser. Also from LC: Anthony Franks. (Closed meeting.)
MARBI (ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee). Jan. 25, 1:30-6:00 pm, Denver Marriott City Center-Colorado Ballroom F. LC representative: Sally McCallum. Also from LC: Rebecca Guenther. Meeting continued from Jan. 24; continues on Jan. 26.
ALCTS CCS Cataloging of Children's Materials Committee. Jan. 25, 1:30-3:30 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Room 102. LC liaison: Jane Gilchrist.
ALCTS CCS Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials. Jan. 25, 1:30-3:30 pm, Colorado Convention Center, Room 206. LC report: Philip Melzer.
PCC Participants Discussion Group. Jan. 25, 4:00-5:30 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Room 201. From LC: Judith Cannan, Paul Frank, Les Hawkins, Judith Kuhagen, Judy Mansfield, John Mitchell, Carolyn Sturtevant, Beacher Wiggins.
ALCTS RDA Implementation Task Force. Jan. 25, 4:00-5:30 pm, Grand Hyatt-Mt. Evans A. LC member: Ana Cristan.
RUSA STARS Hot Topics Discussion Group. Jan. 25, 4:00-6:00 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Room 108. Vice chair/chair-elect: Candice Townsend.
MONDAY, January 26
ALCTS CCS Heads of Cataloging Discussion Group. Jan. 26, 8:00-10:00 am, Denver Marriott City Center-Denver Ballroom III. LC report: Beacher Wiggins.
ALA Office of Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee. Jan. 26, 8:00-10:00 am, Colorado Convention Center-Room 204. LC member: David Williamson. Continued from Jan. 23.
ALCTS CCS CC:DA (Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access). Jan. 26, 8:00 am-12:30 pm, Denver Marriott City Center-Colorado Ballroom F. LC report: Barbara Tillett. Continued from Jan. 24.
MARBI (ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee). Jan. 26, 1:30-3:30 pm, Denver Marriott City Center-Colorado Ballroom F. LC representative: Sally McCallum. Also from LC: Rebecca Guenther. Meeting continued from Jan. 25.
ALCTS Subject Analysis Committee. Jan. 26, 1:30-3:30 pm, Sheraton Denver-Columbine. SAC member: John N. Mitchell. (Continued from Jan. 25.)
ALA Executive Board. Jan. 26, 1:30-4:30 pm, Hyatt Regency-Agate B/C. Executive Board member: Roberta Stevens. (Continued from Jan. 23; continues on Jan. 28.)
TUESDAY, January 27
ACRL Rare Book and Manuscript Section. DCRM(G) editorial meetings, Jan. 27, 9:00 am-6:00 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Room 102. LC representative: Helena Zinkham. (Meeting continues on Jan. 28.)
ALA Council II. Jan. 27, 9:15 am-12:45 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Four Seasons Ballroom. Members from LC: Allene Hayes, Roberta Stevens.
WEDNESDAY, January 28
ACRL Rare Book and Manuscript Section. DCRM(G) editorial meetings, Jan. 28, full day, Denver Public Library. LC representative: Helena Zinkham. (Continued from Jan. 27.)
ALA Council III. Jan. 28, 8:00 am-12:30 pm, Colorado Convention Center-Four Seasons Ballroom. Members from LC: Allene Hayes, Roberta Stevens.
ALA Executive Board. Jan. 28, 2:00-5:30 pm, Hyatt Regency-Agate B/C. Executive Board member: Roberta Stevens. (Continued from Jan. 26.)