2011 Annual Meeting Information

Here is the slate of TS-SIS programs and meetings to be held in Phildelphia, Pennsylvania during the 2011 AALL Annual Meeting, July 23-26, 2011. The 2011 TS-SIS Education Committee is pleased to announce that TS-SIS will be sponsoring or co-sponsoring one workshop, nine programs, and one “Hot Topic” program. Many thanks to Ajaye Bloomstone, Education Committee chair, and the members of the committee for providing such excellent programming for Philadelphia!

Meeting/Program Locations:

Saturday, July 23, 2011

  • 8:00 a.m-5:00 p.m. – Workshop W-2: Putting the “M” in ERM: Best Practices in Electronic Resources Management (with CS-SIS) – PCC-Room 203(A) [Description]
  • 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. – Innovative Law Users Group – Marriott Room 302-306
  • 7:00-8:00 p.m. – TS/OBS/RIPS/CS-SIS Joint Reception (sponsored by Innovative Interfaces) – Maggiano’s Little Italy (1201 Filbert St.)

Sunday, July 24, 2011

  • 7:00-8:45 a.m. – Cataloging and Classification Standing Committee – PCC-Room 102(A)
  • Noon-1:15 p.m.
    • Executive Board Meeting 2010-2011 (outgoing) – PCC-Room 106(B)
    • Rare Book Roundtable – Marriott-Conference Suite 3
    • Collection Development Committee Meeting (ALL-SIS) – PCC-Room 101
    • Aleph Users Group Meeting (OBS-SIS) – Marriott-Independence Ballroom
    • InMagic Users Group Meeting (OBS-SIS) – Marriott-Independence Ballroom
    • Sirsi/Dynix Users Group Meeting (OBS-SIS) – Marriott-Independence Ballroom
    • Softlink Users Group (OBS-SIS) – Marriott-Independence Ballroom
    • Voyager Users Group Meeting (OBS-SIS) – Marriott-Independence Ballroom
  • 1:30-2:45 p.m.
    • Descriptive Cataloging Policy Advisory Working Group Meeting – PCC-Room 106(A)
    • Education Committee Meeting for 2012 Annual Meeting – PCC-Room 104(B)
  • 3:00-4:00 p.m.
    • Program B-1: Electronic Resources Management (ERM) Systems Showcase – PCC-Room 108(AB) [Description]
    • TS-SIS Program: Isness vs. Aboutness: Development and Implementation of LC Law Genre/Form Terms – PCC-Room 112(B) [Description]
    • Professional Development Committee Meeting – Marriott-Room 301
  • 4:15-5:15 p.m.
    • Program C-4: Cutting Beyond the Bone: Managing in an Age of Austerity – PCC-Room 204(A) [Description]
    • Cataloging and Classification Roundtable – Marriott-Liberty Ballroom Salon C
  • 5:30-6:30 p.m. – Business and Awards Meeting – PCC-Room 203(B)

Monday, July 25, 2011

  • 7:00-8:30 a.m.
    • Classification and Subject Policy Advisory Working Group – PCC-Room 104(A)
    • Acquisitions Standing Committee/Roundtable Meeting – PCC-Room 105(B)
    • Joint Research Grant Committee Meeting (OBS-SIS and TS-SIS) – Marriott Room 307
  • 8:45-9:45 a.m. – Program D-1: RDA for Everyone: Resource Description Access Explained to Non-Catalogers – PCC-Room 108(AB) [Description]
  • 10:00-10:30 a.m. – TSLL Executive Board Meeting – PCC-Room 110A
  • 10:45-11:45 a.m.
    • Program F-1: Authority Control Vocabularies and the Semantic Web – PCC-Room 108(AB) [Description]
    • Membership Committee Meeting – PCC-Room 110(A)
  • Noon-1:15 p.m. – Heads of Cataloging Roundtable – PCC-Room 106(B)
  • 2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
    • TS-SIS Program: The Elusive Updating Loose-Leaf: Cataloging Standards and Practices for the 21st Century – PCC-Room 112(B) [Description]
    • Distinguished Lectureship Address: De arte et de jurisprudentia. Meditationes ad res by Jolande Goldberg – PCC-Room 201(B) [Description]
  • 5:30-6:30 p.m.
    • Task Force on Vendor Supplied Bibliographic Records – PCC-Room 104(A)
    • Technical Services Management Issues Roundtable – PCC-Room 109(B)
    • Website Advisory Roundtable – PCC-Room 110(A)

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

  • 7:00-8:45 a.m. – Serials Standing Committee – PCC-Room 109(B)
  • 9:00-10:30 a.m.
    • New Catalogers Roundtable – PCC-Room 106(A)
    • TS-SIS Program: Hot Topic Program: The RDA Decision and What it Means for Me and My Library – PCC-Room 111(B) [Description]
      Watch this program (view on YouTube).
      Ashley Moye (Charlotte School of Law) commented on the Hot Topic Program in an August 9, 2011 post on the AALL Spectrum blog
    • OCLC Update and Roundtable (OBS-SIS) – PCC-Room 112(A)
    • Researchers Roundtable (OBS-SIS & TS-SIS) – PCC-Room 109(A)
  • 10:45-11:30 a.m. – Program I-1: RDA Test: Law Catalogers’ Perspectives (with OBS-SIS) – PCC-Room 108(AB) [Description]
  • 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
    • Preservation Standing Committee – PCC-Room 106(A)
    • TS-SIS Program: Analyzing, Managing and Communication About Library Budgets: How Are You Doing it? – PCC-Room 203(A) [Description]
    • Heads of Systems Roundtable (OBS-SIS) – PCC-Room 109(B)
    • Collection Development Roundtable (ALL-SIS) – PCC-Room 304
  • 3:15-4:15 p.m. – Program K-4: Enhancing Library Services with Technical Services Skills: From the Backroom to the Front Lines – PCC-Room 204(A) [Description]
  • 4:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. – Executive Board Meeting 2011-2012 (incoming) – PCC-Room 106(B)

See also: Alphabetical list and program descriptions.