Brief Description: Files of The Fair in the Park, which occurred in Chicago at the centennial annual conference of the ALA on July 21, 1976, contains the records of Kathleen M. Heim (Fair in the Park Chair, 1975-76), includes correspondence and schedules for events sponsored by library school alumni groups and ALA sections, divisions, and roundtables, finalizations for entertainment, notices, agenda, and minutes of meetings and letters of thanks.

Record Series Number: 5/1/28

Created by: Conference Arrangements Office

Volume: 0.1 Cubic Feet

Acquired: 08/11/1980.

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by subject title

Biographical Note for Conference Arrangements Office :

The Conference Arrangements Office was established in 1968 as a unite of the Administrative Services Department of the American Library Association (1). Its origins date back to 1957 when a Conference Program Arrangements unit was established as part of the Program and Membership Services Department (2). From 1964 to 1966, the Conference Arrangements Office was known as the Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting Executive Committee (3). Responsibility for administering the unit has shifted between ALA departments over the years including Program and Membership Services (1957-59), Administrative and Fiscal Services (1960-61), Executive Office (1973-81), Fiscal Services (1982-84), and Communications Services (1985- ) (4).

The purpose of the Conference Arrangements Office is to coordinate all arrangements, excluding program, for the two annual meetings of the Association. Activities include handling requests for facilities, exhibit space, conference site information, program scheduling and placement of advertisements in the Official Program (5).

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