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This article presents the proceedings of the 57th annual conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research held at Saint Pete Beach, Florida from May 16-19, 2002. The conference theme, Strengthening Our Community, sought to emphasize the great importance and value of the association as a community and the special needs and benefits of coming together in 2001, to reaffirm, nurture and strengthen that community while also meeting jointly with colleagues from nations throughout the world. The implications of the terrorist attacks and the war on terrorism were examined from several different perspectives, including public response both within and outside the U.S., the psychological impact on citizens, attitudes toward civil liberties and immigration and foreign policy. Paper sessions and discussions on key methodological issues included several on questionnaire development, strategies for measurement and reduction of nonresponse and nonresponse bias across all surveys. At the Saturday night awards banquet, the Student Paper Award in Memory of Seymour Sudman was presented to David Dutwin of the Annenberg School for Communication. While registration was down a bit from the record of 801 established in Montreal, Quebec, the steady growth of conference attendance in recent years has been mixed blessing.

The article presents advice for attendees of the American Library Association's 2007 conference on where to dine in Washington D.C. The authors focus on the area nearby to the convention center with a few recommendations farther away. In addition to their advice, they recommend "Washingtonian" magazine's restaurant listings, the "Washington Post" restaurant reviews, and the free "Washington City Paper," and they provide website addresses for each of these. INSETS: Politicians and Pundits;Vegetarian Options.

The article provides information about the book "Proceedings of the National Conference of Social Work, 1942." The fact that the United States is again engaged in war, for the first time since 1918, dominates the tone and outlook of the latest Proceedings of the National Conference of Social Work, which held its sixty-ninth annual session in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 10-16, 1942. In his presidential address, entitled "Attacking on Social Work's Three Fronts," Shelby M. Harrison showed how social work was meeting the war challenge, first by providing skilled services in the immediate war program to the soldier and his family; second, by keeping up the home morale through the "day-by-day performance of social work's essential duties" serving the poor, the misguided, the sick, the imprisoned, the crippled, the jobless, the maladjusted, and the rest; and third, by planning for post-war reconstruction on a world-wide scale. Another speaker described the social work goal, as follows: "There may be few opportunities left for pioneering in the exploration of new territories or the exploitation of new resources, but breathtaking opportunities open up before us for pioneering in the development of relations between men and between nations."

The International Symposium on Information Theory, dedicated to the 50th anniversary f the fundamental paper by C. Shannon, "A Mathematical Theory of Communication," took place on August 16-21, 1998 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This symposium was organized under the auspices of the IEEE Information Theory Society with support from the NSF, NASA, the Office of Naval Research, AT&T, Motorola, and Qualcomm. The cochairmen of the symposium were D. Forney and R. Gallagher. Although these symposia have a regular schedule, the present one was distinguished by its scope and organizational breadth as well as its potential impact on the further development of information theory and related fields. The number of participants was approximately 800 and represented virtually all scientifically developed regions of the world.

Focuses on need to increase awareness of public art in New York. Proposals for hosting a sculpture symposium on public sites; Changes in distribution of public art; Efforts to involve public with art.

The article reports on topics covered at the International Digital Publishing Forum's (IDPF) Digital Book 2007 conference, which was held in Manhattan, New York, on May 9. Discussions included electronic books and when they will be accepted by the public, library input on e-content research, and handheld reading devices. Google's announcement of a plan to make money from Google Book Search raised questions on privacy and intellectual freedom.

Reviews several electronic music events. 1998 Home Theater and Specialty Audio Show on June 9-14 in Los Angeles, California; Annual national conference of the Society for ElectroAcoustic Music in the United States on April 16-18, 1998 in New Hampshire; Annual outdoor digital music concert at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University on April 23, 1998.

The article reports on the "Library Journal" Day of Dialog, which took place on May 31, 2007 in New York City. The intent of the event is to orient librarians to BookExpo America and provide them with an opportunity to exchange ideas with publishers, authors, and others in the book trades. Programs included Carl Lennertz's talk on long-term marketing, a look at "Hot Picks" for the fall, and crossover between young adult and adult titles. INSET: CROSSING THE LINE.