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# RLG Programs Meetings at ALA Midwinter ## 23-28 January 2009 Sheraton Denver Downtown 1550 Court Place Denver, Colorado We met with partners at ALA Midwinter in Colorado for updates and discussions on various aspects of work taking place within the RLG Partnership. Friday, 23 January
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2:30–4:30 p.m. | RLG Partners Renovating Descriptive Practices Focus Group by invitation only Location: Crowne Plaza Denver, Museum Room Contact: Karen_Smith-Yoshimura@oclc.org
3:00–5:30 p.m. | SHARES Roundtable/Practitioners Meeting The first half of this meeting featured high-level discussion of the SHARES resource sharing partnership, including future directions, engagement opportunities and progress of working groups. The second half focused on daily operations issues, including new projects and service offerings by peers. Informal socializing immediately followed. For more information, see the SHARES Roundtable agenda here or the SHARES Practitioners Meeting agenda here. Location: Colorado Convention Center, Room 402 Contact: Dennis_Massie@oclc.org
Saturday, 24 January
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4:00–5:30 p.m. | RLG Programs Update Open to all All program officers attending ALA Midwinter gave reports on projects underway or recently completed. In addition, RLG Partners learned about ways to become more engaged in the RLG Partnership. For more information, see the RLG Programs Update Meeting Agenda here. Location: Colorado Convention Center, Korbel Ballroom 4B Contact: Merrilee_Proffitt@oclc.org
5:30–7:30 p.m. | RLG Programs Meet and Greet Open to all RLG Program Officers and Partners mixed and mingled. Wine and cheese were served. Location: Sheraton Denver Downtown, OCLC Blue Suite Contact: Merrilee_Proffitt@oclc.org
Monday, 26 January
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10:00–11:30 a.m. | RLG Programs Shared Print Update Session This discussion covered updates about our Shared Print Collections Program, including the progress we've made toward collectively enabling research institutions to enact cooperative print management schemes. The following presentation files from this meeting are available: RLG Shared Print Update (.pdf: 367K/26 pp.) Deaccessioning Print Journals Working Group (.pdf: 62K/18 pp.) Location: Sheraton Denver Downtown, OCLC Green Suite Contact: Constance_Malpas@oclc.org or Dennis_Massie@oclc.org
1:30–3:30 p.m. | RLG Programs Heads of Systems This discussion covered issues of interest to systems librarians of RLG Programs partner institutions, including OCLC services of particular importance to this group. This meeting was open to anyone working in systems/IT, not just the heads of units. The following presentation files from this meeting are available: Moving Library Management to the Network Level at Webscale (.pdf: 282K/10 pp.) OCLC Grid Services (.pdf: 2MB/23 pp.) Location: Sheraton Denver Downtown, Century Room Contact: Roy_Tennant@oclc.org