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Recounts the 1994 ALA Mid-winter Meeting in Los Angeles where President Hardy Franklin urged members to attend an open hearing on the Perlov Report. Contention that less than 100 people are in the decision-making loop of ALA; Limiting successive terms on the Council; Other recommendations; Possible ALA conference sites; Dues; Other business. INSETS: ALA president's program: Black history, white history, and the...;SLJ kicks off 40th anniversary year..

Offers a report on the American Library Association Annual Conference of 1993 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Keynote speaker former President Jimmy Carter; Membership; Council highlights; Preconferences and programs; More. INSETS: Carter headlines opening general session.;American Association of School Librarians (AASL).;Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).;Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).

Presents an interview with former President Jimmy Carter, who was the keynote speaker at the 1993 American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans. He talks about his new book `Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation,' his other writings and his work with young people through the Carter Center and its projects.

Presents highlights of the American Library Association's (ALA) 1993 Midwinter Meeting. Turbulence among ALA's 57,000 members; Removal of Denver from the ALA's list of future meeting places; Operation of American Libraries magazine owned by ALA; Simple passage of a lengthy list of ALA's federal lobbying programs; ALA projects; Details. INSETS: President's program (ALA President Marilyn L. Miller).;Candidate's forum (ALA's 1993 election)..

Follows up on some of the 1991 library news stories that will probably continue to make news in the year ahead. The White House Conference on Library and Information Services in Washington, D.C.; Librarians in Russia; Business in education in Miami, Florida and Chelsea, Massachusetts; Budgets; The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Connecting Libraries and Schools Project (CLASP) grant in New York City. INSETS: Endangered Library Schools;New Lines and Imprints in Children's Publishing.

Reports on the proceedings of the 109th Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA), its largest conference ever held. Theme of the convention, which was `Information Access: Back to the Basics'; Membership resolutions; Council deliberations; Description of the inaugural banquet; Youth divisions concerns; Sessions of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), the Young Adult Services Division (YASD) and others. INSETS: ALA election results;ALA Awards.

Presents an overview of the American Library Association (ALA) conference held in Dallas, Texas in 1989. Membership; Issues discussed including disemination of federal information; News from the Intellectual Freedom Committee.

Reports on the recent midwinter meeting of the American Library Association in Washington, D.C., where there were 5,091 registrants and 2,702 exhibitors. Changes on the executive board; Resignation of Executive Director Thomas Galvin; Criticism of Council reports which lack executive summaries; Action taken by the Council, including the ALA opposition to mandatory screening of library employees for AIDS; Topics discussed in the joint session of three youth services divisions;Areas of special interest to youth topics. INSETS: If elected, I will…: ALA Candidates Speak;President's Program.

Focuses on the proceedings of the American Library Association's midwinter meeting on January 9-14, 1988 in San Antonio, Texas. Budget and planning; Highlights of the meeting; Meeting agenda. INSETS: Presidential Candidates Forum.;President's Program..

Highlights the American Library Association's (ALA) 106th Annual Conference held on June 27-July 2, 1987, at San Francisco, California. Theme of the conference; Discussion of issue on educational preparation of school librarians; Lack of voice of ALA's American Association of School Librarians in formulating the curriculum of library education at schools of education. INSET: Background on NCATE..

Reports on the success of the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting held on January 17-22, 1987 at the Hilton Hotel and Palmer House in Chicago, Illinois.

Highlights the American Library Association's 1986 conference week in New York, New York. Membership and Council meetings held; Program of events; Topics and issues discussed. INSET: Pay Equity Preconference..

Reports on key developments during the midwinter meeting of the American Library Association in the United States in 1986. Key issues relevant to libraries that were discussed during the meeting; Representatives from the library sector who took part in the meeting; Key events held during the meeting.

Focuses on the 104th Annual Conference of the American Library Association from July 6 to 11, 1985 in Chicago, Illinois. Membership meeting; Summary of revenue and expense from 1974 to 1984; Results of 1985 elections.

Highlights midwinter meeting of the American Library Association in Washington, D.C. Attendance record; President's Program of E.J. Josey; Lineup of speakers; Reports on major concerns; Business sessions; Board actions. INSET: Freedom to Read Foundation..

Highlights the proceedings of the 103rd Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA) held in Dallas, Texas, in June 1984. Panel discussions; Composition of the ALA Executive Board; election results; Council highlights; ALA membership meeting.

Reports on issues raised during the midwinter meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) in Washington, D.C., in January 7-12, 1984. ALA-accredited degrees; Trade discounts; Dues proposal; Bill on public lending right; Interim report of ALA in response to 'A Nation at Risk.' INSET: PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM..

Reports on the holding of the 102nd Annual Conference of the American Library Association from june 25-30, 1983 in Los Angeles, California. Highlights of the event; Topics discussed; Conclusions and resolutions reached by the organization in the conference.

Reports on the highlights of the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association in the United States in 1983. Issues concerning school libraries that were discussed during the event; Representatives from the library sector who took part in the meeting.

Reports on the issues relevant to school librarians in the country addressed at the 1982 convention of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) in Houston, Texas. Workshop on microcomputers; Forum on additional costs imposed on local school districts.

Highlights the 101st annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA) held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July 2001. Total number of attendees and exhibitors; Cooperation with the organization's state chapter; Celebration of ALA executive director Robert Wedgeworth's tenth anniversary in office; Addressing of issues on budget and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Highlights American Library Association's 1982 Midwinter meeting at Denver, Colorado from January 23 through January 28. Total registration; President Elizabeth Stone's progress report to the Council; Fund-raising activity for renovation of association's old headquarters space; Meeting of the Executive Board. INSET: Presidential Candidates Forum..

Highlights the Midwinter meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) held from January 31 to February 5, 1981, at the Sheraton Washington and Shoreham hotels in Washington, D.C. Number of registered participants and exhibitors; Results of elections of officers; Amendments to the organization's constitution and by-laws; Review of contract detailing the services to be provided by the ALA headquarters.

Highlights the American Library Association's (ALA) 99th Annual Conference, held in New York City, on June 28 to July 4, 1980. Events during the meting; Presentations made; Speakers.

Reports on the staging of the American Library Association's annual Midwinter Meeting in the United States in January 1980. Agenda for the meeting; Range of issues relevant to school libraries discussed during the meeting; Range of programs for school libraries.

Reports on the highlights of the 98th Annual Conference of the American Library Association which was held on June 23-28, 1979, in Dallas, Texas. Discussion of the nature of the American Library Association's (ALA) support of the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in states that have not yet ratified it; Validity of the 1979 ALA election; Proposal to raise the association's basic membership dues.

Discusses the debate on whether the American Library Association's (ALA) Midwinter meeting for 1980 should be held in Chicago, even if the Illinois legislature fails to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and other topics. Report on the issues discussed by the various committees of the ALA during the 1979 meeting held in Washington, D.C.; Vote on the reaffirmation of the commitment of ALA to ERA.

Presents highlights from the June 1978 conference of the American Library Association (ALA) in Chicago, Illinois. Range of membership concerned raised by participants; Analysis of internal conflicts at the Intellectual Freedom Committee; Council actions taken by the ALA.

Reports on key developments during the American Library Association's annual midwinter meeting in 1978. Issues relevant to libraries in the United States that were discussed during the meeting; Representatives from the library sector who took part in the event; Key resolutions made during the meeting.

Highlights the annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA) in Detroit on June 17-23, 1977. Debates on the program previewed during the first membership meeting; Removal of the ALA imprints from the film; Affirmation of ALA belief in free access to information without charge to minority individuals; Preparation of a policy statement on child pornography and sexual exploitation of minors in books.

Presents highlights of the American Library Association's Midwinter conference in 1977. Council meetings; Focus on intellectual freedom by the Children's Service Division (CSD); Combined meetings of the CSD and the Young Adults Services Division; Support for the Reading Is Fundamental program by CSD directors; American Association of School Librarians' meeting.

Focuses on the issues discussed by the different departments of the American Library Association (ALA) during its 1976 Midwinter Conference at the Palmer House in Chicago, Illinois from January 18-23. ALA Council; Social Responsibilities Round Table Task Force on Women; Freedom to Read Foundation; ALA youth services divisions.

Highlights the 94th Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA) held in San Francisco, California. Theme of the lectures during the conference; Resolutions passed by ALA members; Social and library science issues addressed during the conference.

Presents highlights of the American Library Association's (ALA) midwinter meeting from January 19-24, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois. Discussion on financial matters; Speakers.

Highlights the 93rd annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA), held in New York City in July 1974. Inclusion of a women's caucus within ALA; Ratification of the basic membership dues structure; Membership meetings; Activities of the Young Adult Services Division (YASD); Success of the membership campaign of the America Association of School Libraries (AASL).

Reports on the American Library Association (ALA) 1995 midwinter meeting. Its move to mold its future via a business action plan designed to achieve the organization's highest priorities of ALA Goal 2000; Presentation of plan by Elizabeth Martinez, ALA's Executive Director; Various issues addressed at the meeting.

Focuses on the outcome of the American Library Association (ALA) 2002 midwinter meeting. Issues which were addressed, including salaries and privacy; Way that the United States Patriot Act gives the government access to the business records of a library, including the electronic mail messages of patrons and other electronic communications; Awards which were given in children's literature to Linda Sue Park and David Wiesner.

Features the preconference activities of different affiliates of the American Library Association in 1988. Panel discussion on information power; Convention of international publishers, authors, editors and illustrators; Revision of the lists of best books for young adults.

Provides information on the American Library Association's (ALA) executive board meetings in Chicago, Illinois, in November 1998. Speakers; Topics discussed; Activities of the ALA.

Editorial. Focuses on the 1998 Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA). Initiative to advance the association's efforts in continuing education for library service; Divisions of the association; Details on the plan of the association.

Editorial. Presents the discussions observed by the School Library Journal's reporters during the American Library Association's (ALA) Annual Conference in San Francisco in 1997. Joint Executive Committee's meeting of the three youth services divisions of ALA; ALA's successful case against the Communications Decency ACT (CDA); Unfinished ALA Executive Board discussion.

Reports on the American Library Association's (ALA) spring meeting in Chicago from April 29 through May 3, 1997 and the consideration of three finalist for the post of ALA Executive Director. Date and venue of the annual conference of the ALA; Motion by board member Charles Brown towards school and academic libraries; Expected budget of the library for development; ALA Goals 2000.

Announces that a 1992 budget ceiling of just over $28 million was approved at the annual fall Executive Board meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) at ALA's headquarters in Chicago on October 30 and 31. Committee on Program Evaluation and Support's (COPES) vote to speed up the payoff of ALA's historic debt; Vice President-President Elect Marilyn L. Miller's comments.

Editorial. Highlights the American Library Association's (ALA) 1983 annual conference held in Los Angeles, California. Future plans of ALA aimed at promoting growth in local libraries nationwide; Comments from ALA officials regarding the current state of local libraries; Factors that are affecting library science in the country in the present.