ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

CONFERENCE CIRCUIT: ACRL Midwinter meetings in San Diego: A tentative schedule

Ed. note:ALA’s Midwinter Meeting takes place January 9-14, 2004, in San Diego. This list of meeting times was current as we went to press. Be sure to check the program book for final times and locations of meet- ings.

ACRL Board of Directors

Board Update: Friday, Jan. 9, 9:00-11:30 a.m. First meeting: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Joint meeting with Budget and Finance

Committee: Monday, Jan. 12, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Second meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1:00- 4:30 p.m.

ACRL General

AASL/ACRL Presidential Report on Information Literacy 15th Anniversary Celebration: Monday, January 12, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

ACRL-SPARC Forum: Saturday, Jan. 10, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Creating a Marketing Plan for Your Academic and Research Library: Friday, Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m-4:30 p.m. (pre-registration required) Faxon/RoweCom/divine Bankruptcy Update Forum: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Government Relations-PATRIOT Act Response from ACRL: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00- 4:00 p.m.

Information Literacy Across the Curriculum: Collaboration, Coordination and Course Development: Friday, Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (pre-registration required)

Information Commons: Nuts and Bolts Planning: Friday, Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (pre-registration required)

Leadership Council: Friday, Jan. 9, 2:00- 4:00 p.m.

A Library Response to the Transformed Campus Forum: Saturday, Jan. 10,10:00 a.m- 12:00 p.m.

President’s Program Discussion Forum: Monday, Jan. 12, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Presidential Candidates’ Forum: Sunday, Jan. 11, 11:30 a.m.-l:30 p.m.

ACRL Divisional Committees

AASL/ACRL Information Literacy: Saturday, Jan. 10, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

ACRL/Harvard Leadership Advisory: Monday, Jan. 12, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Annual Conference Task Force: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Appointments: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00- 4:00 p.m. (closed)

Association of the Future Task Force: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Atkinson Award: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30- 11:00 a.m. (closed)

Budget & Finance: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:00-11:00 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 12, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Bylaws: Monday, Jan. 12, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

College & Research LibrariesStandards Task Force: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—Orlando, 2004: Saturday, Jan. 10, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 2005: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Copyright: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.

Council of Liaisons: Saturday, Jan. 10, 12:30-2:00 p.m.

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Effective Practices: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Ethics: Monday, Jan. 12, 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Excellence in Academic Libraries Nomination: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m. (closed)

First-Year Experience Task Force: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Friends Fund: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30 a.m- 12:30 p.m.; Monday, Jan. 12, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Government Relations: Sunday, Jan. 11,9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Information Literacy Advisory: Sunday, Jan. 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Institute for Information Literacy Best Practices: Monday, Jan. 12, 8:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m.

Institute for Information Literacy: Friday, Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Institute for Information Literacy Immersion Faculty: Monday, Jan. 12, 7:00-9:00 p.m.; Tuesday, Jan. 13, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (closed)

Intellectual Freedom: Monday, Jan. 12, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

International Relations: Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

You will not want to miss the President’s Discussion Forum on Monday, January 12, 2004, from 9:30-11:00 a.m., “Partnerships and Connections Come Alive.” The forum, moderated by Theresa Byrd, director of libraries, Ohio Wesleyan University, will explore President Tyrone H. Cannon’s presidential theme, “The Learning Community as Knowledge Builders.”

The panel discussion will include: Patricia Senn Breivik, dean, University Library, San Jose State University, academic and public libraries; David W. Lewis, dean, University Library, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, faculty and librarians; and Ilene F. Rockman, manager, Information Competence Initiative, CSU Office of the Chancellor, California State University, educational testing services and academic libraries.

Lazerow Fellowship: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m. (closed)

Long-Term Investment Fund Task Force: Monday, Jan. 12, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Marketing Academic and Research Libraries: Tuesday, Jan. 13, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Membership: Sunday, Jan. 11, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

National Conference Executive Committee—Minneapolis, 2005: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

National Conference Workshops—Minneapolis, 2005: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

National Conference Subcommittees— Minneapolis, 2005: Monday, Jan. 12, 8:30- 11:00 a.m.

Nominating: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m. (closed)

President’s Program Planning—Orlando, 2004: Monday, Jan. 12, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

President’s Program Planning—Chicago, 2005: Monday, Jan. 12, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Professional Development: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Publications: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Monday, Jan.12, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:00-10:30 a.m.

Research: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Revision of the Guidelines for the Preparation of Policies on Library Access Task Force: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Monday, Jan. 12, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Scholarly Communication: Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:00-11:00 a.m.

Spectrum Scholar Mentors: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Standards & Accreditation: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Statistics: Friday, Jan. 9, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Status of Academic Librarians: Friday, Jan. 9, 4:30-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Virtual Meeting Task Force: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30- 11:00 a.m.

ACRL Chapters Council

Chapters Council: Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30- 11:00 a.m.

ACRL Editorial Boards

CHOICE:Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

College & Research Libraries:Saturday, Jan.10, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

College & Research Libraries News:Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

New Publications Advisory Board: Sunday, Jan. 11, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Publications in Librarianship: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m. (closed)

RBM:Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Sections

Section Newsletter Editors: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Sections Council: Friday, Jan. 9, 4:30- 5:30 p.m.

African American Studies Librarians Section

Executive: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-11:00 a.m. All Committees: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00- 9:00 a.m.

Cataloging Issues Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Anthropology and Sociology Section

Executive: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 12, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Anthropology Librarians’ Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Bibliography: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Criminal Justice/Criminology Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Liaison: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Membership: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Nominating: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m. (closed)

Program Planning—Chicago, 2005: Monday, Jan. 12, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Program Planning—Orlando, 2004: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Publications: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00- 4:00 p.m.

ACRL Discussion Groups

Ed. note:Section discussion groups are listed with their sections.

Alliances for New Directions in Teaching/Learning:Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Topic: Projects: Exploring Collaborative Support.

Australian —Canadian—New Zealand Studies:Sunday, Jan. 11, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Consumer and Family Studies:Sunday, Jan. 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Topic: How to Better Promote the Consumer and Family Discussion Group to Subject Librarians within ACRL and ALA At Large.

Electronic Reserves:Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Electronic Text Centers:Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Topic: Text Search Software Options.

Heads of Public Services:Sunday, Jan. 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Topics: New Ways of Offering Services in a Wireless Environment, and PDAs-Círculating and Training Users.

Library Development:Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Topics: Fund Raising

Efforts that Produce Positive Resultsand Recruiting for a Library Development Position.

Personnel Administrators and Staff Development Officers:Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 10 and 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Topic: How Academic Libraries Handle Issues of Salary Increases and Compression.

Philosophical, Religious, and Theological Studies:Sunday, Jan. 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Open Discussion.

Popular Culture:Sunday, Jan. 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Scholarly Communication:Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Topic: Open Access: Getting from Here to There.

Sports and Recreation:Saturday, Jan. 10, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Topic: Leisure Research and the Methods Librarians Use to Address these Information Needs.

Team-Based Organization:Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Topic: Assessing Individual and Team. Performance in a Team-Based Organization.

Review and Planning: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Sociology Librarians’ Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Subject and Bibliographic Access: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Arts Section

Executive/General Membership: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

All Committees: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30- 11:00 a.m.

Dance Librarians: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Film and Broadcast Studies Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Technology in the Arts: Saturday, Jan. 10, 12:00-3:00 p.m.

Asian, African and Middle Eastern Section

All Committees: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00- 4:00 p.m.

Membership & Executive: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

College Libraries Section

CLIP Notes: Saturday, Jan. 10,11:30 a.m- 12:30 p.m.

College Directors Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Medium-Sized Academic Libraries Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Standards: Saturday, Jan. 10, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Community and Junior College Libraries Section

Executive: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 12, 8:30—11:00 a.m.

The first half-hour of the Sunday, January 11, 2:00-4:00 meeting of the ACRL Board in San Diego will be given to an open-mic period. ACRL members may— on a first-come, first-served basis—address the Board (with a limit of three minutes per speaker) on any topic.

All Committees: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:30- 11:00 a.m.

Awards: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m. (closed)

CJCLS/NCLR Joint Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Program Planning, 2004 & 2005: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Distance Learning Section

Executive: Sunday, Jan. 11,4:30-5:30 p.m.; Monday, Jan. 12, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

All Committees/Guidelines Hearing: Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

DLS Discussion Group: Monday, Jan. 12, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Education and Behavioral Sciences Section

Executive: Friday, Jan. 9, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Access to Government-Sponsored Educational Research: Monday, Jan. 12, 8:00- 11:00 a.m.

Advisory: Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30-11:00 a.m. Current Topics Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Curriculum Materials: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Gerontology: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Historical Textbook and Curriculum Collection: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Program Planning—Orlando, 2004: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Program Planning—Chicago, 2005: Sunday, Jan. 11, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Psychology/Psychiatry (Consolidated): Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:00-9:30 a.m.

Publications (Consolidated): Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Social Work/Social Welfare: Saturday, Jan. 10, 4:30—6:30 p.m.

Instruction Section

Executive: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 12,12:00-3:00 p.m.

Advisory Council: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30- 11:00 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 12, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Awards: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m. (closed)

Communication: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00- 4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Education: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Emerging Technologies: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Instruction for Diverse Populations: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

IS Dinner: Friday, Jan. 9, 6:00-9:00 p.m.; Harbor House Restaurant (pre-registration required)

IS of the Future Discussion: Sunday, Jan. 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

IS of the Future Task Force: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30- 11:00 a.m.

Management of Instruction Services: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.;

Management of Instruction Services Discussion: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Planning: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Policy: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Preconference Program Planning—Chicago, 2005: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Preconference Program Planning—Orlando, 2004: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Program Planning—Chicago, 2005: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Program Planning—Orlando, 2004: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00—1:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan.11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Research and Scholarship: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Teaching Methods: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Teaching Methods Discussion: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Law and Political Science Section

All Committees/General Membership: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Library Instruction Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Marta Lange/CQ Award: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:30 a.m. (closed)

Literatures in English Section

Executive: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00-9:30 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 12, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

All-Committees: Monday, Jan. 12, 9:30- 11:00 a.m.

Membership Forum: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

MLA International Bibliography in Academic Libraries Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Nineteenth-Century Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Reference Discussion: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30- 11:00 a.m.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

Executive: Monday, Jan. 12, 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.

Bibliographic Standards: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Budget and Development: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Conference Development: Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Curators and Conservators Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Diversity Action Plan Implementation Task Force: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Exhibition Awards: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (closed); Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Information Exchange: Sunday, Jan. 11,4:30- 5:30 p.m.

The PATRIOT Act and higher education

The ACRL Government Relations Committee and the ALA Washington Office will cosponsor a session entitled “PATRIOT Act: Response from ACRL’’ at the Midwinter Meeting on Saturday, January 10, 2004, from 2:00-4:00 p.m.

This session will provide a practical approach on how to organize on campuses to pass resolutions or lead events that highlight the problems the PATRIOT Act causes in higher education. ACRL members will receive tools and ideas for their role as leaders on campus to educate the campus community on the impact that anti-terrorism initiatives are having on college campuses. Attendees will also come away with suggestions for activities, including resolutions, they can pursue.

Interlibrary Loan of Rare Materials Task Force: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Loan of Special Collections Materials for Exhibition: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Manuscripts and Other Formats Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

MARC for Special Collections Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Membership and Professional Development: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Nominating: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (closed)

Preconference Program Planning—New Haven, 2004: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Preconference Program Planning—St. Louis, 2005: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.— 12:30 p.m.

Program Planning—Chicago, 2005: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Program Planning—Orlando, 2004: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Public Services Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Publications: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00- 4:00 p.m.

Security: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Seminars: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Meet Alire and Kratz- candidates for ACRL President

Hear Camila Alire and Charles Kratz, the official candidates for ACRL vice-presi- dent/president-elect, speak at the ACRL Presidential Candidates Forum on Sunday, January 11, 2004, 11:30 a.m.-l:30 p.m., during the Midwinter Meeting in San Diego.

Alire is the dean of library services at the University of New Mexico. Kratz is the dean of libraries and director of information resources customer service and training at the University of Scranton.

The forum, organized by the ACRL Chapters Council, will be followed by a light lunch, sponsored by EBSCO Subscription Services.

Science and Technology Section

Assessment: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Continuing Education: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Council: Friday, Jan. 9, 8:00-10:00 p.m.; Monday, Jan. 12, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Discussion Group Chairs Meeting: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

General Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Government & Legislation: Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Membership & Recruitment: Sunday, Jan. 11, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Oberly Award: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:30- 11:00 a.m.

Organization & Planning: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Program Planning—Chicago, 2005: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Program Planning—Orlando, 2004: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Publications: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30- 11:00 a.m.

Publisher/Vendor Relations Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Research: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m. (closed)

Science & Technology Information Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Subject & Bibliographic Access: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Slavic and East European Section

Executive/Membership (All-Committee): Saturday, Jan. 10, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Automated Bibliographic Control (All- Committee): Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Continuing Education (All-Committee): Saturday, Jan. 10, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Preservation/Electronic Resources (All- Committee): Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-3:30 p.m.

Program. Planning 2003/2004 (All-Committee): Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

University Libraries Section

Executive: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, Jan. 12, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Campus Administration & Leadership Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m- 12:30 p.m.

Communications: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Current Topics Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Nominating: Saturday, Jan. 10, 4:30-5:30 p.m. (closed)

Organization & Bylaws: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Policy and Planning: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Program Planning—Chicago, 2005: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Program Planning—Orlando, 2004: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Public Service Directors of Large Research Libraries: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Standards and Guidelines: Monday, Jan. 12, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Undergraduate Librarians Discussion Group: Monday, Jan. 12, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Urban University Libraries Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Western European Studies Section

Executive.- Monday, Jan. 12, 10:30 a.m- 12:30 p.m.

Cataloging Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

College and Medium-Sized Libraries Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Coutts-Nijhoff Jury: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00- 9:00 a.m. (closed)

Editors’ Meeting: Monday, Jan. 12, 4:00- 5:00 p.m.

European Conference—Paris 2004, Budget Subcommittee: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00- 9:00 a.m.

European Conference—Paris 2004, Planning: Sunday, Jan. 11, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

European Conference—Paris 2004, Publicity Subcommittee: Sunday, Jan. 11, 4:30- 5:30 p.m.

European Conference—Paris, 2004, Local Arrangements Subcommittee: Saturday, Jan. 10, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

European Conference—Paris, 2004, Program Subcommittee: Saturday, Jan. 10, 4:30- 5:30 p.m.

General Membership Meeting: Monday, Jan. 12, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Germanists Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Membership: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30- 11:00 a.m.

Nominations: Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:00-9:00 a.m. (closed)

Program Planning—Chicago, 2005: Monday, Jan. 12, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Program Planning—Orlando, 2004: Saturday, Jan. 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Publications: Monday, Jan. 12, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Research & Planning: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Romance Languages Discussion Group: Saturday, Jan. 10, 11:30 a.m.-l:00 p.m.

Scandinavian Discussion Group: Sunday, Jan. 11, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Social Sciences & History Discussion Group: Monday, Jan. 12, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Women's Studies Section

Executive: Monday, Jan. 12, 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.

All Committees: Sunday, Jan. 11, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Awards: Sunday, Jan. 11, 10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. (closed)

General Membership Meeting: Sunday, Jan. 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Leadership Orientation: Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

WSS Discussion Group: Monday, Jan. 12, 9:30-11:00 a.m. ■

Celebrate 15 years of Information Literacy

In January 1989, ALA released “The Presidential Committee on Information Literacy: Final Report,” which is credited as marking the start of the information literacy movement. Join us at the Midwinter Meeting as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of this groundbreaking document.

The AASL/ACRL Presidential Report on Information Literacy 15th Anniversary Celebration will be held Monday, January 12, 2004 from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. This event immediately follows the ACRL President’s Discussion Forum.

C&RL News ■ December 2003 / 719

Never underestimate the importance of a librarian.

Okay, chances are you won't find a librarian on the ocean's floor. But librarians do play a vital role on any research team, enabling breakthroughs and real-time solutions. Whether you're choosing information for specific research communities or decision- support for professionals, Elsevier offers access to a world of information that knows no boundaries. Select from a wide range of scientific, technical and health information available in multiple media, including innovative electronic products like ScienceDirect^® and MD Consult. After all, getting the right information into the right hands is critical to the success of any exploration.

Visit us at ALA Midwinter 2004 January 9-12, San Diego Booth 1506