Reading from His Memoir, Ever is a Long Time
Date: September 13, 2003
Location: Politics & Prose Bookstore

Presenter: Ralph Eubanks, Director of Publishing, Library of Congress

Reading of His Memoir, An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland
Date: October 14, 2003
Location: Library of Congress

Presenter: Michael Dirda, Writer/Book Reviewer, The Washington Post

Holiday Party and Program

Perfect Sex or Perfect Storm? Relationships between Libraries and Publishers
Date: December 10, 2003
Location: ICMA
Presenter: Peter Givler, Executive Director, Association of American University Presses

Presentation: Available as a PDF File

The PATRIOT Act: Implications for Publishers, Booksellers, and Libraries
Date: March 11, 2004
Location: Georgetown University Law Center
Presenters:

• David Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; author of Terrorism & the Constitution: Sacrificing Civil Liberty in the Name of National Security (First Amendment Foundation, 1999); No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System (The New Press, 1999).

• Jeffrey Rosen, Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University, author of The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age; and The Unwanted Gaze: The Destruction of Privacy in America.

The Future of the Printed Word
Date: April 14, 2004
Location: The Urban Institute
Presenters:

• Barbara Kline Pope, director of the National Academies Press, which is one of scholarly publishing?s pacesetters in digital and electronic formats.
• Ralph W. Eubanks, director of publishing for the Library of Congress and author of the recent memoir, Ever Is a Long Time: A Journey into Mississippi?s Past.
• James O'Donnell, provost of Georgetown University and author of Avatars of the Word: From Papyrus to Cyberspace.

NPR's Juan Williams Speaks to WBP Members
Date: May 12, 2004
Location: The National Academies
Presenter: Juan Williams, senior correspondent for Morning Edition on National Public Radio and author of My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience. In My Soul Looks Back in Wonder. Williams presents deeply personal and inspiring eyewitness accounts from those who played active roles in the civil rights movement?an intimate view of history in the making.

Book Design & Effectiveness Awards Ceremony

Date: June 2, 2004
Location: CSIS