Are you planning to attend ALA Midwinter? If so, there are many resource sharing meetings, programs, and activities planned. Here is list of some of the sessions that you may wish to attend:

RUSA Stars (Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section) has scheduled a variety of events at ALA Midwinter. These include an all day pre-conference, an ILL discussion group, a hot topics discussion group, a membership social, and meetings on the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative. For a schedule of RUSA Stars activities, go to:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/stars/index.cfm#midwinter

While visiting the exhibits, you may also want to stop by the Atlas Systems booth. Atlas will be in Booth #2514. The Atlas staff would be happy to talk with you about ILLiad, Aeon and Ares. A representative from Nylink will be at the Atlas booth on Saturday, January 24 from 10:00-11:00AM, so stop by and say hello.

In addition, Atlas is hosting the first Atlas Systems Users Meeting on Saturday, January 24 in Room #703 at the Convention Center.

• The Ares Users Meeting will run from 4:00-4:45 PM
• The Aeon Users Meeting will run from 4:45-5:30 PM

Attend these meetings and learn in-depth details about current releases, future release plans, and general product information.

In addition, ILLiad users can learn all about ILLiad 8.0 on Saturday, January 24 from 8:00-10:00AM in Room #108 at the Convention Center

OCLC is scheduling a variety of meetings and information sessions at ALA Midwinter. Topics include:

• ILLiad 8.0: Maximizing the New Interface
• The New Policies Directory and WorldCat Registry Update
• OCLC ILLiad for Prospective Users
• OCLC Resource Sharing Users Group Meeting

For more information, or to register any of these OCLC meetings, please go to: www.oclc.org/info/ala.