RBMS ALA Annual Meeting Schedule

New Orleans, June 24-28, 2011

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.

The 52nd Annual RBMS Preconference is taking place in Baton Rouge, an hour and half away from New Orleans, and ends at noon on Friday, June 24.

For more information about ALA Annual, please see the main 2011 Annual Conference page.

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 24

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Cartographic) Editorial Group (New Orleans Marriott – Bonaparte)

1:30 - 4:00 pm

• Controlled Vocabularies Subcommittee I (New Orleans Marriott – Bacchus)

7:30 - 9:30 pm

• Controlled Vocabularies Subcommittee II (New Orleans Marriott – Bacchus)

SATURDAY, JUNE 25

8:00 am - 12:00 pm

• Bibliographic Standards Committee (New Orleans Marriott – Mardi Gras A-C)
  
• Exhibition Awards Committee (Sheraton New Orleans – Bayside A/B)

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

• 2011 Annual Conference Program Planning Committee (Sheraton New Orleans – Salon 824)
• Guidelines for Borrowing and Lending Special Collections Materials Task Force (Sheraton New Orleans – Waterbury BR) CANCELLED
  
• Manuscripts and Other Formats Discussion Group (Sheraton New Orleans – Napoleon B3)
• Membership & Professional Development Committee (Sheraton New Orleans – Napoleon B2)

1:30 - 3:30 pm

• Budget & Development Committee (Sheraton New Orleans – Gallier A/B)
  
• Public Services Discussion Group (Sheraton New Orleans – Napoleon D1 & D2)
  
• Publications Committee (Sheraton New Orleans – Gallery)
• Seminars Committee (Sheraton New Orleans – Waterbury BR)

4:00 - 5:30 pm

• 2012 Annual Conference Program Planning Committee (New Orleans Marriott – Iberville)
  
• Regional Workshops Committee (New Orleans Marriott – Regent)
• Security Committee (Sheraton New Orleans – Waterbury BR)

5:30 - 9:30 pm

• Standard Citation Forms Editorial Group (Sheraton New Orleans – Edgewood A/B)

SUNDAY, JUNE 26

8:00 - 10:00 am

• Collection Development Discussion Group (Sheraton New Orleans – Southdown)
• Conference Development Committee (New Orleans Marriott – La Galerie 5)
  
• Diversity Committee (New Orleans Marriott – Mardi Gras B)

9:00 - 11:00 am

• RBM Editorial Board (Sheraton New Orleans – Waterbury BR)

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

• 2012 Preconference Program Planning Committee (Sheraton New Orleans – Southdown)
• Technical Services Discussion Group (Sheraton New Orleans – Gallery)

1:30 - 3:30 pm

• RBMS Program: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want (But if You Try Sometimes You Might Find You Get What You Need): Special Collections in Tough Economic Times” (Morial Convention Center – Rm 356-357)

4:00 - 6:00 pm

• Leab Awards & RBMS Information Exchange (Morial Convention Center – Rm 277)

MONDAY, JUNE 27

8:00 - 11:30 am

• Executive Committee (Marriott New Orleans – La Galerie 6)

1:30 - 5:30 pm

• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Manuscripts) Editorial Group I (Sheraton New Orleans – Bayside A/B)
• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics) Editorial Group (Sheraton New Orleans – Edgewood A/B) CANCELLED
• Examples for DCRM(B) Editorial Group (Sheraton New Orleans – Salon 821/825) CANCELLED
  

TUESDAY, JUNE 28

8:00 am - 5:30 pm

• Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Manuscripts) Editorial Group II (Morial Convention Center – Rm 238)