I'll be going to ALA Midwinter. Since this is my 1st ALA conference I'm open to suggestions about what not to miss. MARBI sessions, the OCLC blogger get-together, Walt's get-together are on my schedule. But what else? Any suggestions gladly taken.
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Thursday, December 29, 2005
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Can't wait to see you again, David
You could always check out one of the ALCTS cataloging committee meetings, I suppose. They're mostly open to visitors, I think.
David -- we'll look forward to seeing you at the Blogger salon. ALCTS has posted a list of ALCTS events (http://www.ala.org/ala/alcts/alctspubs/alctsnewsletter/vol16no6/16n6home.htm) You might enjoy attending various OCLC events (https://www3.oclc.org/app/ala_registration/default.asp) including one or more of the breakfasts (great way to stretch your travel dollars!)
I don't know if you do anything with serials cataloging or not, but the Continuing Resources Cataloging Committee will be doing an update forum on Monday afternoon (1:30-3:30pm) which will include an RDA update from Jennifer Bowen, reports on CONSER, CC:DA, and ISSN/NSDP happenings, as well as a presentation of the results of a survey dealing with OPAC displays for serials. (In the interest of full disclosure, I'm on the committee, but I always found these update forums to be very useful even before I became a committee member.)
Other than that, you might check out some of the discussion groups-- the Cataloging Norms group and the Catalog Management group often have interesting discussions.
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