Reports from the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting:
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Brown, MCox, CGelfand, JRiggs, C
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Seattle, Washington, January 18-22, 2007
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Purpose - To share information and insights from the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting. Several contributors reported on different aspects of this meeting. Design methodology/approach - A report of the conference. Findings - Summary of discussion forums, work of ALA's Divisions, and conference lore. Practical Implications - A working meeting to plan forthe annual conference in June 2007. This meeting attracts the current leadership of the different divisions in ALA who are holding discussion groups and committee meetings as there are no official programs at Midwinter. Originality/value - Conference reports on many current trends in scholarly communication issues to information professionals in academia, access, and intellectual property issues related to a range of library environments and the state of the art in technology.