How are ALA Annual Conference program “tracks” developed and coordinated?
For each annual conference, the ALA Conference Committee convenes a Conference Program Coordinating Team, including 2 representatives of the ALA Conference Committee, a representative from each ALA division and two representatives of the ALA round tables (selected by the Round Tables Coordinating Assembly). The team so-convened meets for the first time at the annual conference two years prior to its assigned conference — so the 2005 (Chicago) Conference Program Coordinating Team will meet for the first time at the 2003 ALA-CLA Annual Conference in Toronto. The group selects its own “team leader” or chair. The first year the team focuses on the broad outlines of the conference – the broad track structure, major speakers, any conference themes, post-conference evaluation, etc. At the annual conference one year prior to its assigned conference (so – for the 2005 Chicago conference, in June 2004 in Orlando), the team will meet at the end of the conference and review the programs which the
