Program Planning Committee (Library and Information Technology Association)
2008 ALA Midwinter Meeting
Committee Meeting Notes
DATE: Jan. 13-14,2008
GROUP: Program Planning Committee
CHAIR: Gail Clement
REPORTER: Gail Clement
EMAIL: clementg@fiu.edu
ADDRESS: Florida International University Green Library, 11200 SW 8 Street, Miami, FL 33199
PHONE: 305-348-6708
CONFERENCE: midwinter
MEETING: committee meeting
OTHER:
PROGRAM TITLE:
ATTENDEES: 25
CURRENT_ACTIVITIES:
PPC Business meeting covered the following matters: (1) nominations for Committee positions,
including incoming Chair; (2) review ofliaison assignments; (3) typos in titles and descriptions printed in
Preliminary Program distributed at Midwinter (Gail will organize proofreading effort and pass along
corrections to UTA office); (4) requirements and prototype for an automated proposal submission
system (led by Rachel Cheng) and (5) review and discussion of the ALA Annual Conference Program
Tracking Guidelines. A handout* describing the pros and cons of Program Tracking was distributed to
PPC members and will be sent out to the IG/Comm Chairs list as an FYI (*prepared by Gail after her
attendance at the fall meeting of ALA Conference Program and Coordinating Team) Review of Annual
2008 pre-conferences and programs addressed changes and updates for the following: (1) technical and
logistical support for DataGrid and Drupal pre-conferences and need to coordinate with UTA office; (2)
IRSIG Ulitmate Debate (revised title and description); (3) BIGWIG Showcase (logistical/technical support
questions referred to UTA office) ; (4) OSSIG Legal Issues (revised title and description; moved to new
day/time) ; (5) HoLT IT program (revised title and description; (6) Imagineering (revised title and
description and speakers) ; Authority Control (revised title and description; extended length of
program); (7) Emerging Technology (program cancelled due to inability to secure speakers; PPC
suggested running a Managed Discussion instead) ; Legislation and Regulation (revised title and
description; added co-sponsorship by UTA Technology and Access Committee) ; (8) JPEG2000 (revised
description) ; Pub Lib Tech (Revised title, description and audience size increased to 150); Digital Library
Tech (revised title and description) ; International Relations (Brainstorming ideas for programming on
"one laptop - one child" concept for Annual 2009)
FUTURE ACTIVITIES: Continue working with program planners and UTA office to ensure Annual
programs stay on track; stay in touch with ALA Conference Services re: the progress of the online
proposal submission system.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: