RBMS Annual Committee Meeting Times and Locations (2005)

Chicago, June 24 – 27 2005

Below is a list of the meeting times for RBMS committees and other groups at ALA Annual, with room assignments. As always, meeting times and rooms are subject to change, so please check the ALA Web site your conference program to confirm the final schedule. Notices of any changes will also be posted to the RBMS electronic discussion list.

Hotel abbreviations are as follows:

EMB – Embassy Suites Lakefront
FAIR – Fairmont Hotel
INTER - Intercontinental Chicago
*HIL - Chicago Hilton and Towers
HOL – Holiday Inn City Center
HRM – Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
HYATT - Hyatt Regency Chicago
MAR – Chicago Marriott Downtown
MCP – McCormick Place
MER – Le Meridien
PALM – Palmer House Hilton
*SHER – Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers

*co-headquarters

6/24/2005 Friday

08:00 pm - 10:00 pm
- Bibliographic Standards, Thesaurus Subcommittee - HIL Conference Room 4H

6/25/2005 Saturday

08:30 am - 11:00 am
- Membership and Professional Development Committee - HIL Pullman Boardroom

08:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Bibliographic Standards Committee - PALM Salon IX
- Exhibition Awards Committee - HIL Conference Room 5H

09:30 am - 11:30 am
- Preconference Program Planning 2006 - Saturday HIL Lake Erie

09:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Security Committee - HIL Conference Room 5I

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Conference Program Planning-Chicago, 2005 - PALM Montrose 5
- Nominating 2006 - PALM Clark 8
- Preconference Program Planning 2005 - PALM Montrose 6

01:30 pm - 03:30 pm
- Budget and Development Committee - PALM Clark 9
- Collection Development Disc. Group - PALM Montrose 1
- Conference Program Planning-New Orleans, 2006 - PALM Burnham 3
- Diversity Action Plan Implementation Task Force - PALM PDR 16
- Publications Committee - HIL Conference Room 5H
- Seminars Committee - HIL Conference Room 5G

03:30 pm - 05:30 pm
- Core Competencies in Special Collections Librarianship Task Force - INTER Alhambra

05:00 pm - 07:00 pm
- Public Hearing on "Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Books)" PALM PDR 16

6/26/2005 Sunday

08:30 am - 11:00 am
- Conference Development Committee - HIL Conference Room 5G
- Revision of the "Joint Statement on Access to Original Research Materials" Task Force - PALM Sandburg 6

09:30 am - 11:00 am
- Curators and Conservators Disc. Group - HIL Pullman Boardroom
- Manuscripts and Other Formats Disc. Group - HYATT Skyway 273

09:30 am - 11:30 am
- Revision of the Guidelines on the Selection of General Collection Materials for - Transfer to Special Collections Task Force - HIL Conference Room 5H
- Public Services and MARC for Special Collections Disc. Groups (joint meeting) - PALM Burnham 4

01:30 pm - 03:30 pm
- CONFERENCE PROGRAM: Collecting World Cultures: African, Asian, Caribbean, and Native American Materials in Chicago Institutions - MCP S402

04:00 pm - 05:00 pm
- Information Exchange - MCP S402

6/27/2005 Monday

08:30 am - 12:00 pm
- Executive Committee - HIL Conference Room 5D