I'm writing this a scant month from our Seattle meeting, and I see that my first aim — to have an array of good programs available to Technical Services members — has been met. One workshop, six standard programs, and three of the new 30 minute mini-programs sponsored by Technical Services, alone or in conjunction with other SISs, were selected by the Annual Meeting Program Selection Committee. The workshop (actually sponsored by the Professional Development Committee, and not TS), Advanced Cataloging for Law Librarians, required preregistration. From what I have heard, it sounds like a lot of us are signed up, and I will see you there at 8:30 on Friday morning!

The other programs include:

A-4. Maximizing the OPAC: Is FRBR in your future? (Sunday, July 13, 10:00-11:30), cosponsored with OBS;

C-2. Envision tomorrow's catalog: a view from outside the library (Sunday, July 13, 4:15-5:15), sponsored by OBS and cosponsored by TS;

E-1. Integrating Resources, or What do we do now that we have (almost) what we wanted? (Monday, July 14, 10:15-11:30);

F-5. Is there a book doctor in the house? Assessing preservation priorities and options (Monday, July 14, 4:15-5:15);

H-2. Judaic and Islamic classification: Envisioning access and order for legal topics of international and nonjurisdictional scope (Tuesday, July 15, 2:15-3:45);

H-5. Negotiating license agreements revisited (Tuesday, July 15, 2:15-3:45);

J-4. Managing support staff in Technical Services (Wed., July 16, 9:00-10:00).

Those are the regular programs. The following are the special new 30 minute programs, and I hope you are planning to stay until Wednesday afternoon to attend them:

K-6. 30 Sites in 30 minutes: Favorite Acquisitions Web Sites (Wed., July 16, 21:45-2:15);

L-4. MARBI Report: What's the latest on MARC standards (Wed., July 16, 2:30-3:00), sponsored by OBS and cosponsored by TS,

AND last but not least,

M-1. What's happening at ALA: Reports from the Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) and the Subject Analysis Committee (SAC), (Wed., July 16, 3:15-3:45)

Other programs, not sponsored by TS, but which look interesting include:

B-3. Analog Media: Maximum preservation for today and tomorrow (Sunday, July 13, 1:30-2:45);

D-3. Electronic archives and partnerships: preserving government information for tomorrow (Monday, July 14 9:00-10:00);

G-5. Open linking and e-journal management: strategies for maximizing your investment in electronic resources today (Tuesday, July 15, 10:15-11:45);

G-6. Maximize preservation efforts today, envision continued access to legal information tomorrow: a national agenda for preserving legal information (Tuesday, July 15, 10:15-11:45).

It looks like a very full slate.

Also, don't forget the alphabet soup reception, Saturday night, July 12, from 6:00-7:30 at the Sheraton, and the TS Business meeting, Sunday, July 13, from 5:30 to 6:30. (See the TS website http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/annualmeeting/2003/ for a concise listing of TS meetings and programs.) And please remember to stop by the TS table in the exhibit hall! JoAnne Hounshell found some special trinkets to help you remember your trip to Seattle, and who knows, there may even be candy!

In other news, it has been a great pleasure serving as your chair for a year. The highlights of the year include, first of all, coming up with such a great slate of programs for Seattle, for which I'd like to thank the Education Chair, Kathy Winzer, and the very hardworking Education Committee. I'd like to remind you to bring all your program ideas for next year to Seattle to discuss with next year's Education Chair, Jean Pajerek, at the Education Committee meeting, which will be held Wednesday, from 12:00-1:30. Other highlights include drafting the Technical Services response to the Annual Meeting Educational Programming Special Committee's report on the scheduling problems at the annual meeting. There has been no official response to our request for more flexibility in scheduling our meetings, but indications are good that our concerns were heard, and that we have some amount of autonomy as soon as Boston, 2004.

I'd like to announce that TS donated $1,000 to the campaign to endow the George Strait Minority Scholarship. The scholarship is currently awarded to two college graduates annually. When it is fully endowed, the income generated from the endowment will provide a permanent funding source, allowing AALL to award two to four Strait Scholarships per year. TS members are also encouraged to contribute individually to this very worthy cause. In addition, I'd like to note with sadness the passing of a brave woman and a great serials librarian, Ellen Rappoport. To commemorate what she meant to us, the Board has decided to donate a sum of $200.00 to the American Cancer Society.

Finally, TS awarded four scholarships to attend the Advanced Cataloging Workshop this year. The recipients are Christy Ryan, Elaine Bradshaw, Julie Kremer and Akram Sadeghi Pari. Thanks for Elizabeth Geesey Holmes and the Awards Committee for their hard work in selecting them, and selecting as well our Rene Chapman Award winner for 2003, Rhonda K. Lawrence! Cataloging Legal Literature and so much more!