Darla Carras, Slavic Languages Team Leader 

Slavic Librarians' Workship, Urbana-Champaign, Ill., June 19-21 1997 

Annual Conference, American Ass'n for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), Seattle, Wash. Nov. 20-23 1997 

Midwinter meeting, American Library Association, New Orleans, La. Jan. 10-12, 1998 
Member, Automated Bibliographic Control Committee, Slavic & East European Section, ACRL 

• Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Charlottesville, VA - May 1997
• Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Wilmington, DE - October 1997
• New England Historical Association Conference, Boston, MA - April 1997
• IFLA Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark; member and secretary of the Serials Publication Committee, August - September 1997

Frontiers in Education (FIE) 1997 Pittsburgh 

Brenda E. Ellis, Reference/Public Services Librarian, GSPIA/Economics Library 

Council of Planning Librarians Annual Conference. San Diego, California - April 4-8, 1997 

Bill Gentz, Personnel Librarian 

ALA Mid-Winter Conference. New Orleans - Jan. 1998. 
I participate in the ACRL Personnel Administrators and Staff Development Officers Group, the ARL Diversity Contacts Group, and the LAMA Diversity Officers Group. In August, I was appointed to a two-year term on the LAMA (PAS) Economic Status and Staff Welfare Committee which is currently involved in planning for an ALA Preconference in June (Washington, DC) entitled "Managerial Competencies: Building Tools for Organizational and Individual Success." This preconference was the focus of all our meetings at Midwinter. 

Ray Anne Lockard, Head, Frick Fine Arts Library 

Art Libraries Society of North America Conference. San Antonio - 1997 

• Member of the ARLIS/NA North American Relations Committee Liaison to College Art Association. Our joint proposal for 1998 College Art Association conference in Toronto was accepted. Panel title: "The History of the Book and the Visual Arts: Contributions to 'The History of the Book' Projects in Canada and the United States"

ARLIS/NA: Member of the Academic Libraries Division, New Moderator for 1997-98; Member of the Reference and Information Services Section; Member of ARLIS/NA Diversity Committee; Member of the Gay and Lesbian Interests Round Table, Authored GLIRT web site (designed by Jim Viskochil). 
 

Art Libraries Society of North America - Ohio Valley Chapter 

• Wrote their web page (designed by Jim Viskochil); Hosting Spring 1998 meeting in Pittsburgh, May 14-15, 1998. For purpose of seeing many Pittsburgh sites so that members can better familiarize themselves with the city, the site of our national conference in the year 2000.

Lisa A. Mitten, Social Sciences Bibliographer/Head, Collections Services Department 

ALA Midwinter. Washington, DC - January 1997 (chairing business meetings as president of the American Indian LIbary Association (AILA ) 

ARL/CRL/LC Symposium on Global Newspapers. - May 1997 

ALA Annual. San Francisco - June 1997 (chairing business meetings and giving brief intro at program as president of AILA) 

Translating Native American Cultures. - February 1998 - conference at Yale University. 

Susan Neuman, Head, Business Library 

American Library Association Annual Conference, San Francisco - 1997 

• Member, Reference and Users Services Association (RUSA) Board of Directors;

• Chair, Reference and Users Services Association, Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS): Chaired Membership Meeting, Executive Committee Meetings and Planning Meeting.

Sachie Noguchi, Japanese Bibliographer & Japan Information Center Coordinator 

Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago - March 13-17, 1997 

• As a chair of the Committee on Japanese Materials of the Council of East Asian Libraries, I organized and carried out the committee session. The structure of the 1997 Japanese Materials session was divided into two parts: the first half a mini-seminar/workshop focusing on electronic resources, and the second half consisting of standard reports and announcements. The session was very well received by the community and was given many good comments. (Please refer for the Committee session, URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~snguchi/cjmw/cs97.htm ; for the Committee annual report, URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~snoguchi/cjmw/ar97.htm)

Keiko Okuhara, Japanese Cataloger 

Association for Asian Studies. 3/11-3/16, 1997. 

Ammon Ripple, Reference/Public Services Librarian, Information Sciences Library 

American Library Association Annual Conference. San Francisco - July 1997 

American Library Association Midwinter Conference. Washington, DC - February 1997 

Karen Rondestvedt, Slavic Bibliographer 

Slavic Librarian's Workshop. Urbana-Champaign, IL - June 1997. 

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Annual Convention - November 1997. 
I am chair of the Bibliography & Documentation Committee, which is the librarians' leadership group in AAASS. 

Kate Thomes, Head, Bevier Engineering Library 

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Meeting. Milwaukee - June 1997. 
Moderated session on Electronic Course Reserves and Copyright Issues 

Frontiers in Education Conference (Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change). Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers - November 5-8, 1997 

Agnes C. Wen, Public Services Librarian, East Asian Library 

Council on East Asian Libraries/ The Association for Asian Studies. Member of the CEAL/ Public Services Committee, helped to compile a survey. 

Phil Wilkin, Social Sciences Bibliographer (History, Medieval Studies, Political Science, West European Studies, Environment/Geography) 

Fifth Biennial International Conference of the European Community Studies Association. May 28-June 1, 1997 - Seattle, Washington 

European Links: sources of information in Western European Studies for academic libraries. ACRL/WESS Preconference Seminar, American Library Association Conference, June 26-7, 1997. 

21st Annual Online Information Conference. December 9-11, 1997 - London.