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Subject: Fwd: Message re.Toronto Conference-pls distribute
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 15:38:56 -0500
From: Mary McInroy <[log in to unmask]>
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fyi.
Please check the ALA home page (http://www.ala.org/) for updates.
Mary McInroy

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>Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:39:23 -0500
>From: "Julie Reese" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: ALCTS Annual Program Planners <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Fwd: Message re.Toronto Conference-pls distribute

>
>Here's a message from Keith Fiels, ALA Executive Director regarding the
>Annual Conference in Toronto.
>

>Subject: Message re.Toronto Conference-pls distribute

>
> From Keith Michael Fiels, ALA executive director:
>The Executive Board of the American Library Association (ALA) will meet in
>executive session Tuesday afternoon to discuss the options available
>relating to the joint Annual Conference with the Canadian Library
>Association.  The ALA is taking the occurrence of severe acute respiratory
>syndrome (SARS) in Toronto very seriously,  and the health of our members,
>staff, exhibitors and wider library community is our primary concern.
>
>Among the options to be considered are proceeding as planned, moving the
>conference to another location and canceling the conference.
>
>The Executive Board decision on the 2003 Annual Conference will be posted
>on the ALA home page and disseminated widely as soon as it is reached.
>
>Mark Gould
>Director
>Public Information Office @ your library

Mary McInroy
Government Publications Department
and Map Collection
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, IA  52242-1420
(319)335-6247 or (319)335-5926
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