RBMS Annual Meeting Schedule

Chicago, July 10-14, 2009

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. Please do be sure to check your convention program to confirm the final schedule.

For more information about ALA Annual, please see main Annual 2009 Meeting page.

The locations of the hotels can be found on the hotel locator map.

FRIDAY, JULY 10

1:30-5:30 pm

• Bibliographic Standards, Controlled Vocabularies Subcommittee (Palmer House, Kimball Room)
• Bibliographic Standards Editorial Team I, Manuscripts (Palmer House, Logan Room)

 

SATURDAY, JULY 11

8:00-10:00 am

• 2010 Preconference Program Planning (Sheraton Chicago, Erie)
• Curators and Conservators Discussion Group (McCormick Place West, W-195)
• Nominating 2010 (closed) (Palmer House, Clark 08)

8:00 am-12:00 pm

• Bibliographic Standards (Palmer House, Madison Room)
• Exhibition Awards (Palmer House, LaSalle 2)

10:30 am-12:00 pm

• Membership and Professional Development (Palmer House, Hancock Parlor)

1:30-3:00 pm

• Publications (Palmer House, LaSalle 3)
• Security (Palmer House, Hancock Parlor)
• Seminars (Palmer House, Salon VIII)

3:30-5:30 pm

• Budget and Development (Palmer House, Clark 02)
• 2010 Conference Planning (Palmer House, Marshfield Room)
• Public Services Discussion Group (Palmer House, Hancock Parlor)

 

SUNDAY, JULY 12

8:00-10:00 am

• Collection Development Discussion Group (Hyatt Regency Chicago, Columbus Hall H)
• Conference Development (Palmer House, Monroe BR)
• Guidelines for Borrowing and Lending Special Collections Material Task Force (Palmer House, LaSalle 2)

10:30 am-12:00 pm

• ALA/SAA Joint Statement on Access Review Task Force (Palmer House, Kimball Room)
• MARC for Special Collections Discussion Group (Hyatt Regency Chicago, Columbus Hall H)
• Manuscripts & Other Formats Discussion Group (Palmer House, LaSalle 3)

1:30-3:00 pm

• RBMS Conference Program, “Documenting Tragedy: Special Collections on the Front Line and on the Front Page” (McCormick Place West, W-184)

3:30-5:30 pm

• Information Exchange & Leab Awards (McCormick Place West, W-178b)

 

MONDAY, JULY 13

8:00-11:30 am

• Executive Committee (Palmer House, LaSalle 3)

1:30-5:30 pm

• Bibliographic Standards Editorial Team II, Graphics (Palmer House, Indiana Room)
• Bibliographic Standards Editorial Team III, Manuscripts (Palmer House, Kimball Room)

 

TUESDAY, JULY 14

8:00 am-12:00 pm

• Bibliographic Standards Editorial Team V, Manuscripts (Palmer House, Logan Room)

8:00 am-6:00 pm

• Bibliographic Standards Editorial Team IV, Cartographic (Palmer House, Kimball Room)

 

Updates: The Curators and Conservators Discussion Group meeting has been moved to McCormick Place West, W-195

The following meetings have been cancelled: 2009 Preconference Program Planning; Diversity; Guidelines for the Digitization of Special Collections Task Force