Archive for the ‘Annual Program’ Category

ALA Annual Grassroots Programs

Monday, July 6th, 2009

WSS members may be interested in some of the Grassroots Programs planned for the Annual Conference in Chicago.

Get Published in the WSS Newsletter!

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Are you heading to Annual? Interested in adding a service publication to your cv? Help out the Section by reporting on events in Chicago this summer.

The WSS Newsletter editors are looking for people to write on or take photos at the following conference events:

WSS Program/Awards Ceremony
WSS Poster Session
WSS Social

If you are interested in writing on these events, or any other WSS events or issues, please contact Julie Biando  Edwards (julie.edwards@umontana.edu) or Margaret Anderson (manderso@lib-gw.tamu.edu) by FRIDAY, JUNE 26.

WiFi Availability at Annual Conference

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Announced recently by ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels:

First the good news: Free WiFi will be available in meeting rooms throughout the convention center, and funds have been made available to prototype a recommendation of the electronic participation task force. Wireless access will also be provided for committee and board meeting rooms, selected conference hotels and/or meeting rooms and the convention center, enabling members to utilize laptop computer applications to provide for remote participation by board and committee members not able to attend.

Now the bad news: The cost of providing wireless in the meeting rooms at the four major conference hotels would be $270,000, which ALA simply cannot afford.

Many ALA members have been pressing for WiFi to enable people who are unable to attend ALA conference to participate virtually, but Fiels said providing internet access at hotel prices “is not sustainable as a model.” ALA will continue to investigate and negotiate for future conferences.

WSS Schedule of Meetings and Events at Annual

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Program Schedule

Date Time Meeting name Location
Saturday
July 11
1:30-2:30 Introduction to Women’s Issues McCormick Place West W-176b
3:30-5:30 General Membership Forum Palmer House Salon V
Sunday
July 12
8:00-10:00 Conference Planning Committee 2009 Palmer House LaSalle 4
8:00-10:00 Conference Planning Committee 2010 Palmer House Sandburg 2
10:30-12:00 Awards (closed) Palmer House Clark 09
10:30-12:00 All Committees Meeting Palmer House Wabash Parlor
3:30-5:30 Executive Board & Leadership Orientation Palmer House Salon VIII
Monday
July 13
8:00-12:00 Program: Gaming, Film, and Ephemera: Women’s Studies and Academic Collections

(The Awards Presentation will run from 8:00-8:30; program begins at 8:30)

McCormick Place West W-192b

Other meetings of interest

Date Time Meeting name Location
See also: Feminist Task Force (FTF) Conference Schedules @ http://ftfinfo.wikispaces.com/Conference+Schedules

WSS Program at Annual in Chicago

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Gaming, Film, and Ephemera: Women’s Studies and Academic Collections
Monday, July 13, 2009
8:00-8:30: WSS Awards Presentation
8:30-12:00: WSS Program
Location: McCormick Place West W-192b

The panel will address mixed archival collections at the Schlesinger Library, the UIUC Gaming collection, and experiences conducting research on African American women and film. This program will address collection management and research strategies related to popular culture collections in academic libraries. Many collections directly relate to the history of women, gender, and culture, but they involve complex issues of access and preservation. Speakers will consider questions of how academic institutions collect and maintain these materials, as well as the experience of how researchers access and use them in scholarship.

Learn more at: http://libr.org/wss/conferences/2009program.html