[Libs-Or] ALA Midwinter Meetings for FTF

Wed Dec 14 22:32:27 PST 2005

I have now made a nicer looking list of meetings.  Here it is:

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ALA Midwinter Meeting 2006
January 21 ? 25, 2006

The SRRT Feminist Task Force invites you to be a part of any of our meetings.  FTF needs your help with planning conference programs, editing the newsletter, serving in various offices, and in other ways that you might design for yourself.  We are always ready for new ideas.

Below is a list of meetings at ALA Midwinter that may be of interest to FTF members and colleagues.  The meetings are in order by day and time.

Saturday, January 21, 2006

COSWL
Date: 1/21/2006  8:00 AM --  11:00 AM
Location: Conv Center  -  Room: Room 210A
Meeting Type: Open

Feminist T. F. (Part of SRRT All Task Force Mtg.)
Date: 1/21/2006  8:00 AM --  10:00 AM
Location: St. Anthony  -  Room: Peraux
Meeting Type: Open

SRRT All Task Force Meeting
Date: 1/21/2006  8:00 AM --  10:00 AM
Location: St. Anthony  -  Room: Peraux
Meeting Type: Open

GLBTRT Steering Committee/All Committee Meeting
Date: 1/21/2006  8:00 AM --  12:30 PM
Location: Marriott Rivercenter  -  Room: Conference Rm. 1
Meeting Type: Open

SRRT Action Council I
10:30 AM --  12:30 PM
Location: St. Anthony  -  Room: Peraux
Meeting Type: Open

ALA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FORUM
Date: 1/21/2006  11:00 AM --  12:00 PM
Location: Conv. Center  -  Room: Ballroom C
Meeting Type: Open

ACRL WSS  Awards I
Date: 1/21/2006  1:30 PM --  3:30 PM
Location: St. Anthony  -  Room: Austin
Meeting Type: Closed

FTF Amelia Bloomer Project
1:30 PM --  3:30 PM
Location: Hyatt Regency San Antonio  -  Room: Bowie C
Meeting Type: Open

GLBTRT Book Awards Committee
1:30 PM --  6:00 PM
Location: St. Anthony  -  Room: Corpus Christi
Meeting Type: Closed

ACRL WSS  General Membership Meeting
Date: 1/21/2006  4:00 PM --  5:00 PM
Location: St. Anthony   -  Room: Georgian
Meeting Type: Open

Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture
Date: 1/21/2006  4:00 PM --  5:00 PM
Location: Conv. Center  -  Room: Room 007
Meeting Type: Open

FTF Amelia Bloomer Project
Date: 1/21/2006  4:00 PM --  6:00 PM
Location: Hyatt Regency San Antonio  -  Room: Bowie C
Meeting Type: Open

ACRL WSS  Awards II
Date: 1/21/2006  6:00 PM --  8:00 PM
Location: St. Anthony  -  Room: Austin
Meeting Type: Closed

ACRL WSS  Social Hour
Date: 1/21/2006  6:00 PM --  8:00 PM
Location: Off-Site 
Meeting Type: Open

ALA Presidential Candidate
Date: 1/21/2006  8:00 PM --  10:00 PM
Location: Marriott Rivercenter  -  Room: Conf. Rm 7
Meeting Type: Open

Sunday, January 22, 2006

ACRL WSS  Conference Program Planning--New Orleans, 2006
Date: 1/22/2006  8:00 AM --  10:00 AM
Location: Marriott Rivercenter  -  Room: Conference Rm. 9
Meeting Type: Open

FTF Amelia Bloomer Project
Date: 1/22/2006  8:00 AM --  10:00 AM
Location: Sheraton Gunter  -  Room: Magnolia
Meeting Type: Open

ALA COUNCIL/EXEC. BOARD/MEMBERSHIP INFO SESSION
Date: 1/22/2006  9:00 AM --  10:00 AM
Location: Conv Center  -  Room: Ballroom C
Meeting Type: Open

ACRL WSS  All Committees Meeting
Date: 1/22/2006  10:30 AM --  12:30 PM
Location: Hilton Palacio del Rio  -  Room: Corte Real D-F
Meeting Type: Open

LAMA Women Administrators Discussion Group
Date: 1/22/2006  10:30 AM --  12:30 PM
Location: Hilton Palacio del Rio  -  Room: La Reina
Meeting Type: Open
Description: This open discussion group informally discusses topics of interest to women administrators.

ALA COUNCIL I
Date: 1/22/2006  10:45 AM --  12:15 PM
Location: Conv Center  -  Room: Ballroom C
Meeting Type: Open

GLBTRT Book Awards Committee II
Date: 1/22/2006  1:30 PM --  3:30 PM
Location: St. Anthony  -  Room: Boardroom
Meeting Type: Closed

ALA PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM: The Future Of Our Profession: Educating Tomorrow's Librarians
Date: 1/22/2006  3:30 PM --  5:30 PM
Location: Conv Center  -  Room: Theater
Meeting Type: Open
Description: Are ALA-accredited LIS programs providing libraries with graduates who have the skills, knowledge and values they need? Is the "L" in LIS receiving the attention it deserves? How can the perceived gulf between LIS educators and library practitioners be lessened?

Join ALA President Michael Gorman as he welcomes keynote speaker Andrei Codrescu for a discussion of librarians and education for librarianship. Mr. Codrescu will open the program with reflections on librarians who have had an impact on his life and career, both in his native Romania and his beloved adopted city of New Orleans. Michael Gorman will explore key issues in library education and invite questions from the audience. Don?t miss this timely program!

Andrei Codrescu is a weekly commentator for NPR's "All Things Considered." An outspoken and inventive novelist, essayist, filmmaker, and poet, he founded and edits the literary journal, Exquisite Corpse. The author of the recently released book New Orleans, Mon Amour (pub. date: January 6, 2006), Codrescu has made appearances on the Today Show, the Tonight Show, the David Letterman Show, and Charlie Rose. His commentary and book reviews have been published in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Chicago Tribune, and Newsday, among others. His travel film, Road Scholar, won a Peabody Award. His best-selling novels include The Blood Countess and Messiah. Codrescu teaches English at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

ACRL WSS Executive
Date: 1/22/2006  4:00 PM --  6:00 PM
Location: Plaza Marriott  -  Room: Cavalier
Meeting Type: Open

Feminist Task Force Committee Meeting
Date: 1/22/2006  4:00 PM --  6:00 PM
Location: Sheraton Gunter   -  Room: Magnolia
Meeting Type: Open

GLBTRT Social
Date: 1/22/2006  6:00 PM --  8:00 PM
Location:   San Antonio Public Library, Central Branch, 600 Soledad (about 1 mile from the Convention Center.  Options for getting there include a 20 minute walk, a 5 minute cab ride, or a quick ride on the Streetcar Blue Line ? http://www.viainfo.net/Ride/Streetcar.aspx .  If you are driving, there is a city-run parking garage at the library.
Once you arrive at the SAPL, please use the employee entrance, as the library will be closed to the public.  Look for the signs to the GLBTRT Social being held on the 3rd floor.  Please bring your ALA Midwinter Badge with you!
There will be beer, wine, finger food, and lots of nice librarian.
$5 donation requested.
More about SAPL at http://wwwsanantonio.gov/library/central/ 
Meeting Type: Open

Monday, January 23, 2006

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Sunrise Celebration
Date: 1/23/2006  6:30 AM --  7:30 AM
Location: Conv Center  -  Room: Room 001
Meeting Type: Open

ACRL WSS  Discussion Forum
Date: 1/23/2006  8:00 AM --  10:00 AM
Location: Hilton Palacio del Rio  -  Room: Del Rey North
Meeting Type: Open
Description: Title of session: You Mean I Can Use a 'zine in a Research Paper? Come share ways to use alternative resources or grey literature when teaching women's studies classes. Tell us how you've used multi-media materials, 'zines, blogs or other resources to bring life to the classroom.

GLBTRT Steering Committee II
Date: 1/23/2006  8:00 AM --  12:30 PM
Location: Marriott Rivercenter  -  Room: Conference Rm. 16
Meeting Type: Open

ALA-APA COUNCIL
Date: 1/23/2006  10:15 AM --  11:15 AM
Location: Conv Center  -  Room: Ballroom C
Meeting Type: Open

FTF Amelia Bloomer Project
Date: 1/23/2006  1:30 PM --  3:30 PM
Location: Hyatt Regency San Antonio  -  Room: Bowie C
Meeting Type: Open

SRRT Action Council II
Date: 1/23/2006  1:30 PM --  3:30 PM
Location: LaMansion del Rio  -  Room: Veramendi
Meeting Type: Open

ALA Council Forum
Date: 1/23/2006  8:00 PM --  9:30 PM
Location: Marriott Rivercenter  -  Room: Conference Rm. 12
Meeting Type: Open

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

ALA COUNCIL II
Date: 1/24/2006  9:15 AM --  12:45 PM
Location: Conv Center  -  Room: Ballroom C
Meeting Type: Open

ALA Council Forum
Date: 1/24/2006  4:30 PM --  6:00 PM
Location: Marriott Rivercenter  -  Room: Conference Rm. 1 & 2
Meeting Type: Open

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

ALA COUNCIL III
Date: 1/25/2006  8:00 AM --  12:30 PM
Location: Conv Center  -  Room: Ballroom C
Meeting Type: Open

Diedre Conkling

  Lincoln County Library District
  P.O. Box 2027, Newport, OR  97365
  Phone & Fax:  541-265-3066
  http://lcld.library-blogs.net/
  Work:  diedre at beachbooks.org
  Home:  diedrec at charter.net

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