Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO)
33rd Annual Conference
Greater Columbus Convention Center
October 25-26, 2007

ALAO 2007 Conference Planning Committee

Introduction

The Program Planning Committee includes volunteers from the ALAO membership and is chaired by the current Vice-President/ President-Elect of the organization. Each year, the committee develops a theme for the upcoming conference, sends out a call for proposals for presentations and poster sessions, performs a blind review of the proposals, constructs the program schedule, selects a keynote speaker, selects the venue for the next year's conference, coordinates the current year's conference facilities, contacts vendors to exhibit at the conference, arranges for the conference attendee gifts, and processes evaluations after the conference. The committee generally meets once a month and frequently correponds by email in between meetings.

The committee work is arduous, at times, but great fun as well. If you would be interested in serving on the 2008 Program Planning Committee, please contact Doug Morrison (sagemor@bright.net).

2007 Conference Planning Committee

Douglas P Morrison, Committee Chair
Email: sagemor@bright.net
Don Appleby
Interim Manager, Access Services
Bierce Library
University of Akron
Phone: 330.972.6111
Email: dra1@uakron.edu
Joyce Burnett
Librarian
Brown Mackie College-Findlay
1700 Fostoria Avenue, Suite 100
Findlay, Ohio 45840
Phone: 800.842.3687, ext. 16
Email: jburnett@brownmackie.edu
John D. Crissinger
Head Librarian
Newark Campus Library
OSUN/COTC
Newark, OH 43055
Phone: 740.366.9306
Email: crissinger.5@osu.edu
Alice Crosetto
Assistant Professor of Library Administration
Acquisitions Librarian
Carlson Library Mail Stop #509
University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390
Phone: 419.530.2760
Email: alice.crosetto@utoledo.edu
Ione Damasco
Cataloger Librarian
Roesch Library
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-1360
Phone: 937.229.4238
Email: damascit@notes.udayton.edu
Kevin Deemer
Library Director
Kent State University Ashtabula Campus
Phone: 440.964.4237
Email: deemer@ashtabula.kent.edu
Matthew Farthing
Owens Community College
Phone: 567.429.3143
Email: matthew_farthing@owens.edu
Lori Jean Fielding
Assistant Professor of Bibliography
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio 44325-1709
Phone: 330.972.2318
Email: lott@uakron.edu
Kevin Furniss
Cataloging & Systems Support Librarian
Denison University
Granville, OH 43023
Phone: 740.587-6620
Email: furniss@denison.edu
Brian C. Gray, MLIS
Librarian - Engineering, Math, & Statistics
Office: Kelvin Smith Library 201-H or Nord Hall 510
Case Western Reserve University
Kelvin Smith Library
11055 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7151
Phone: 216.368.8685
Email: brian.c.gray@case.edu
Stephena Harmony
Associate Senior Librarian
Raymond Walters College Library Director
University of Cincinnati
Phone: 513.936.1547 (office)
Email: stephena.harmony@uc.edu
Angel M Jackson
Columbus State Community College
Educational Resources Center
Phone: 614.287.5018
Email: ajackson@cscc.edu
Krista McDonald
Director, Rentschler Library
Miami University Hamilton
1601 University Blvd.
Hamilton, OH 45011
Phone: 513.785.3100
Email:
Melanie McGurr
General Cataloger
Ohio State University
Thompson Library
Cataloging Department
030 Main Library
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614.247.4689
Email: mcgurr.2@osu.edu
Diana Nichols
Non-Print Formats Cataloger
Communications Bibliographer
Alden Library, Room 412
Ohio University
Phone: 740.593.9683
Email: nicholsd@ohio.edu
Karen A. Plummer
Associate Professor of Bibliography
AV/Special Materials Cataloger
The University of Akron
Bierce Library 177B
Akron, OH 44325-1712
Phone: 330.972.7244 (voice)
Email: kplumme@uakron.edu
Sue Polanka
Head of Reference and Instruction
Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH 45435-0001
Phone: 937.775.3142
Email: sue.polanka@wright.edu
Diana S. Riemenschneider, MLIS
Email: riemends@yahoo.com.
Oliva P. Riley
Reference and Technical Services Librarian
DeVry University
1350 Alum Creek Drive
Columbus, OH 43209-2705
Phone: (614) 253-7291, ext. 1365;
Email: oriley@devry.edu
Rob Withers
Asst To The Dean & Univ Librarian
Miami University
Oxford, Oh 45056
Phone: 513.529.9556
Email: rwithers@lib.muohio.edu