Here is my extremely tentative schedule for ALA Annual.
I will be staying at the hostel at 24 E. Congress Parkway, and will be attending Sat - Mon, 25-27 Jun.
There is way too much to do, much of it all at the same time, and much is missing from my list that I am considering (particularly meetings). With that in mind, here it is in all of its conflicting glory (probable attendance marked by italics):
Saturday, 25 June
9 - 11 AM NMRT Conference Orientation
10:30 AM - Noon Tenure and Continuous Appointment: Is It Worth It?
1:30 - 3:30 PM Destabilization, Disinformation, and Librarians (SRRT & PLG)
OR . . .
Religion and Intellectual Freedom (would like to see/hear Martin Marty)
Understanding Scholarly Literature Through Visualization and Citation Analysis
Distance Learning (because, well, I do be involved in it)
Planning the Next Step in Your Library Career (NMRT)
3-30 - 4 PM NMRT Membership Meeting
4 - 5 ALA Membership I Meeting
6 - 8 NMRT Student Reception
Sunday, 26 June
8:30 AM - Noon AACR3: The Next Big Thing in Cataloging (is it the same as ACRL or the follow-up?)
OR Are Subject Librarians and Endangered Species?
To Save or Not to Save? (Patron privacy)
OR . . .
10:30 AM - Noon New Minds, New Approaches: Juried Papers by LIS Students
OR Untapped Resources: Library Documents as Primary Sources
1:30 - 3:30 PM This is a freakishly over-booked time slot! I left 4 or 5 things off my list here.
Using the Future to Create the Present (Betty Sue Flowers)
Deciding What’s Right: Academic Library Ethics Day-to-Day
Ethics and Librarianship: Perspectives on the ALA Code of Ethics (John Buschman, et al.)
OR
1:30 - 5:30 PM XML and Authority Control
4 - 7 PM UIUC GSLIS Alumni Reception
OR . . .
5:30 - ?? PM Bloggers Super Secret Soiree (Damn, this is a conflict! OK, not really that much of one. A chance to meet the folks at It’s all good, Jessamyn, Walt, Steven, Meredith, Karen, and others, and to see Jane, Joy, and maybe others from ACRL again. School loses out handily. Seeing as her name’s on a plaque in the hall, I wonder if it’s a small conundrum for Karen?
Monday, 27 June
8:30 AM - Noon Getting Published: From Practice to Print
OR The New Crossroads: Science Librarians in the 21st Century
OR . . .
10:30 AM - Noon Librarians, Learning and Creativity
OR Protecting Anonymity on the Internet
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ACRL Poster Session
1:30 - 3:30 PM Intellectual Freedom: A Casualty of War (Geoffrey R. Stone)
OR Becoming a Global Librarian
OR . . .
1:30 - 5:30 PM MODS, MARC and Metadata Interoperability
OR Rethinking, Retooling, Reinventing: Our Changing Roles in the 21st Century
6 - 8 PM International Librarians Reception (can I afford the $30?)