PLA Committee Meetings at ALA Midwinter Conference

PLA at ALA Midwinter - Committee Meetings

January 11-16, 2008 - Philadelphia

Meeting times and locations are subject to change.  Please make sure to check the schedule on site for changes.

Hotel Abbreviations

COURT - Courtyard Downtown LOEWS - Loews Philadelphia
CROW - Crowne Plaza MAR - Marriott Philadelphia
DOUB - Doubletree PCC - Pennsylvania Convention Center
EMB - Embassy Suites City Center RAD- Radisson Plaza Warwick
FOUR - Four Seasons Philadephia RITZ - Ritz Carlton Philadelphia
HAMP - Hampton Inn Center City     SHER - Sheraton Philadelphia
HIL - Hilton Garden Inn City Center SOFT - Sofitel Philadelphia
HOL - Holiday Inn Express Midtown WEST - Westeing Philadelphia

Committee Date Time Location Room
Advancement of Literacy Award Jury 1/13/2008 Sunday 04:00 pm - 06:00 pm LOEWS Anthony
All Committee Meeting- Business Committees 1/13/2008 Sunday 08:00 am - 09:30 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
All Committee Meeting - Cluster Committees 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Allie Beth Martin Award Jury  1/12/2008 Saturday 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm FOUR Monroe
Assoc. of American University Presses Book Selection Committee  1/13/2008 Sunday 01:30 pm - 03:00 pm PCC 309
Audiovisual (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Awards Committee  1/14/2008 Monday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm PCC 310
Baker & Taylor Entertainment Audio/Video ProductAward Jury 1/12/2008 Saturday 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm RITZ Mellon Room
Basic Education and Literacy Resources and Services (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Board of Directors I  1/12/2008 Saturday 08:00 am - 12:30 pm  PCC 203 B
Board of Directors II 1/14/2008 Monday 01:30 pm - 05:00 pm  PCC 203 B
Branch Libraries (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Budget & Finance (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 08:00 am - 09:30 am  LOEWS Millennium Hall
Bylaws and Organization (Part of All Com. Mtg.)  1/13/2008 Sunday 08:00 am - 09:30 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Career and Business Services (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am  LOEWS Millennium Hall
Cataloging Needs of Public Libraries (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Charlie Robinson Award Jury 1/13/2008 Sunday 01:30 pm - 03:00 pm LOEWS Adams
Cluster Steering Committee 1/13/2008 Sunday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm  LOEWS Millennium Hall
Collection Management (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Community Information Services (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Conference Program Coordinating 2008 (Part of All Committee Meeting) 1/13/2008 Sunday 08:00 am - 09:30 am  LOEWS Millennium Hall
Conference Program Coordinating 2009 (Part of All Committee Meeting) 1/13/2008 Sunday 08:00 am - 09:30 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
DEMCO New Leaders Travel Grant Jury 1/12/2008 Saturday 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm COURT Mezzanine II
EBSCO Excellence in Small and/or Rural Public Library Services Award Jury 1/14/2008 Monday 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm PCC 310
Electronic Communications Advisory (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 08:00 am - 09:30 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Every Child Ready To Read Evaluation Task Force 1/13/2008 Sunday 10:00 am - 03:30 pm SHER Parlor C
Executive Committee I 1/11/2008 Friday 02:00 pm - 05:30 pm PCC 300
Executive Committee II 1/14/2008 Monday 04:00 pm - 06:00 pm  PCC 203 B
Gates Foundation Project Meeting 1/13/2008 Sunday 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm  MAR Salon J
Gordon M. Conable Award Jury  1/12/2008 Saturday 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm RITZ Benjamin Franklin
Highsmith Library Innovation Award Jury 1/13/2008 Sunday 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm LOEWS Roberts Board Room
Institutional Scholarship Award Jury 1/12/2008 Saturday 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm RITZ Thomas Jefferson
Intellectual Freedom (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
International Relations (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Leadership Meeting 1/12/2008 Saturday 04:00 pm - 06:00 pm  LOEWS Millennium Hall
Leadership T.F. (Part of All Com. Mtg.)  1/13/2008 Sunday  08:00 am - 09:30 am  LOEWS Millennium Hall
Legislation (Part of All Com. Mtg.)  1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am  LOEWS Millennium Hall
Library Confidentality (Part of All Com. Mtg.)  1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Marketing Public Libraries (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am  LOEWS Millennium Hall
Membership (Part of All Com. Mtg.)  1/13/2008 Sunday 08:00 am - 09:30 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Metropolitan Public Libraries (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Monographs (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 08:00 am - 09:30 am  LOEWS Millennium Hall
National Conference Committee 1/14/2008 Monday 10:30 am - 12:30 pm PCC 303 B
National Conference Program Subcommittee 1/13/2008 Sunday 01:30 pm - 06:00 pm MAR Room 307
New Board Member Orientation  1/11/2008 Friday 04:00 pm - 05:30 pm PCC 300
Nominating Committee 1/13/2008 Sunday 08:00 am - 09:30 am LOEWS Tubman
Past President's Breakfast 1/14/2008 Monday 08:00 am - 10:00 am SOFT Marseilles
PLA Partners (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 08:00 am - 09:30 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
PLA Polaris Innovation in Technology John Illiff Award Jury 1/13/2008 Sunday 01:30 pm - 03:30 pm SOFT Bordeaux
PLA/ALSC Every Child Ready to Read Evaluation T.F.
(Part of All Com. Mtg.)
1/13/2008 Sunday
08:00 am - 09:30 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Practical Applications of Technology in Public Libraries
(Part of All Com. Mtg.)
1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am  LOEWS Millennium Hall
President's Events 2008 (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 08:00 am - 09:30 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Public Libraries Advisory 1/12/2008 Saturday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm RITZ Thomas Jefferson
Public Library Systems (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Public Policy in Public Libraries (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Reader's Advisory (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Recruitment of Public Librarians (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Research and Statistics (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Rural Library Services (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Services to Elementary School Age Children and Their Caregivers (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday   09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Services to Multicultural Populations (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Services to Preschool Children and Their Caregivers (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Services to Tenagers and Their Caregivers (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Small and Medium-Sized Libraries (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 08:30 am - 10:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Staffing Issues (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Statistical Report Advisory (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 08:00 am - 09:30 am LOEWS Millennium Hall
Technology in Public Libraries Committee 1/12/2008 Saturday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm CROW Constitution
Technology in Public Libraries (Part of All Com. Mtg.) 1/13/2008 Sunday 09:30 am - 11:00 am LOEWS Millennium Hall