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Focuses on recycling and waste management activities in Dallas, Texas highlighted at the 1999 Waste Expo in the city. Tours featuring waste management facilities in the city; Companies such as Balcones Recycling and Rock-Tenn Recycling participating in the guided tours.

Reports on the Editor & Publisher Online Classifieds Industry symposium in Austin, Texas on September 12-14, 1999. Discussion of issues on how newspapers are defending their turf from Internet competitors; Comments of attendees that included Yankee Group senior analyst Michele Pelino; Challenge faced by newspapers with the emergence of online auctions.

Cites activities of the American Library Association's (ALA) Council and Executive Board during the January 1988 Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Inclusion of a vote to urge all publishers to use uncoated paper; Congratulations expressed to the National Geographic Society on its centennial year of distinguished services and explorations.

Discusses the issues addressed at the 1998 Newspaper Association of America's annual convention in Dallas, Texas. Economic impact of classified advertising; Circulation problems; Readership versus circulation; Emphasis on small newspapers; Newspaper prices.

Presents a program preview of the Annual Conference and COMMTEX International Exposition of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology in Dallas, Texas on January 21-24, 1984. General sessions; Presidential sessions; Concurrent sessions; Special events.

Presents the 1982 Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Convention for school library media specialists from May 3 to 7 in Dallas, Texas. Theme of the convention; Activities scheduled for the convention; Conference programs of the Division of School Media Specialists, a division of AECT.

Provides information on the 33rd annual Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas on April 30 to May 3, 2001. Attendance and exhibits; General sessions; Technical sessions; Topical luncheons.

Reports on the impact of `Dallas Morning News' newspaper's holding of a conference on September 28-29, 1998 featuring Cuban and American government officials. Exclusion of hard-core anti-Fidel Castro faction; Members of the panel from the Cuban Committee for Democracy and Cambio Cubana.

Focuses on the 2000 Winter Meeting of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, which will be held from February 5 to 9 in Dallas, Texas. Technical sessions; Educational short courses; Overview of deregulation; Strategies for controlling environmental tobacco smoke in bars, restaurants, and lounges.

Information about the meeting of the Insurance Co. of Texas (ICT) stockholders in Dallas in January 1953 is presented. Most of the 200 stockholders who participated were the union members, who took over the control of ICT in September 1951 by purchasing two-thirds of the 200,000 dollars capital stock with the idea of helping union members. ICT president BenJack Cage discusses the company's plans to expand its business and the addition of the subsidiary Continental Union Insurance Co.

Highlights the January 1988 meeting of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), held in San Antonio, Texas. Attendance figures; Expansion of library education in the United States; Enrollment figures reported by faculty from some library schools; Shortage of faculty members experienced by schools of information and library science.

Reports on the highlights of the fourth Library History Seminar, which was held on March 19-22, 1980, in Austin, Texas. Call for a new kind of social consciousness in libraries; Discussion of the way society has shaped libraries and of the way in which libraries have been a potent force in culture; Acknowledgment of the difficulty of balancing value and demand.

Reports on the 98th Annual Conference of the American Library Association (ALA) on June 23-29, 1979 in Dallas, Texas. Stand of ALA on Equal Rights Amendment; Debate on proposed increase of ALA dues; Discussion on ALA election ballot; Criticisms against the publishing industry; Debate over the meaning of the word network.

Highlights Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) from January 8-13, 1983 in San Antonio, Texas. Argument between the volunteers who comprise governing bodies of ALA and the paid management; Discussions on the budget of ALA; User/vendor problems in libraries; Economic problems of Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. INSETS: Meyer's complaint.;SuDocs speaks out..

Provides information on the Myths and Realities of Globalization conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas from November 3 to 5, 2004.

Presents information on the annual conference of the Special Libraries Association held in June 2001 in San Antonio, Texas. Topics and issues discussed during the conference; Proceedings of the conference; Companies that participated in the INFO-EXPO exhibition held during the conference.

Details the Medical Library Association's (MLA) annual meeting held in Houston, Texas, on May 27-June 2, 1983. Focus on the theme 'The Pursuit of excellence'; Discussion during the sessions including those on computer systems, library education and the future of MLA.

Reports on the highlights of the 98th Annual Conference of the American Library Association which was held on June 23-28, 1979, in Dallas, Texas. Discussion of the nature of the American Library Association's (ALA) support of the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in states that have not yet ratified it; Validity of the 1979 ALA election; Proposal to raise the association's basic membership dues.

Reports the participation of business executive Richard Sutis in the International Newspaper Group's annual meeting despite the economic problem facing Goss Graphic System company in Dallas, Texas. Problems on the production; Status of Goss in the world market; Application of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Highlights the 105th Casting Congress of American Foundry Society (AFS) held in Dallas, Texas. Effect of slow economic conditions on visitors; Number of attendance; Dominance of the technical sessions; Speakers of the congress; Recognition of individuals with outstanding contributions to AFS and the industry.

Information is presented on the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association (ALA), to be held January 20-24, 2012 at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.

Previews the technical program for the 34th Annual Offshore Technology Conference to be held in Houston, Texas from May 6 to 9, 2002. History of the conference; Attendance and exhibits; Active Arena.

Provides information on the 2000 conference and exhibition of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society at the Dallas Convention Center in Texas. Blend between technology and healthcare; Highlights of the conference; Advantages of the merger of healthcare and the Internet.

Discusses the Special Libraries Association meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Theme of the June conference, which is '2001, an Information Odyssey: Seizing the Competitive Advantage'; Description of courses which will be offered at the conference; Topics to be discussed.

Reports on the National Cartoonists Society's meeting from May 6-9, 1999 in San Antonio, Texas. Participating cartoonists; Lineup of activities.

Presents a chart of participants at the 1998 Newspaper Association of America's annual convention in Dallas, Texas. Newspapers; Newspaper group; Associations, foundations and educational groups.

Lists various exhibitors participating at the 1998 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas. Includes Vector International; National Engineering Laboratory; Pioneer Oil Tools; Products and services offered.

Provides information on the worldwide outlook for petrochemicals addressed at the 1997 DeWitt Petrochemical Review conference in Houston, Texas. Future feedstocks for the petrochemical industry; Components of natural gas liquids; Outlook for ethylene, propylene, polyethylene and styrene business; Trend of the North American vinyl market; List of North American producers who have formed alliances to integrate processing units.

Describes Houston, Texas, site of the beverage industry's trade show, InterBev 1996, to be held on November 18-20, 1996. Cultural offerings of the city; Scenic spots; Seminars to be conducted in the trade show; Transportation; Exhibitor's list.

Provides information on the 2004 EOS/ESD Symposium on evaluation engineering which will be held on September 19-23, 2004 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas. Focus of the interactive-workshop portion of the program; Topics to be discussed; Registration and fees.

Enumerates several companies participating at the 1998 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas. Includes Autronica Offshore; Hernis Scan Systems; ScanRope; Products and services offered.

Describes the Young Americans for Freedom convention in Houston, Texas. Impression of a young man named Paul Biver who serves as delegate from Belleville, Illinois in the Presidential preference ballot; Comments from other delegates; Importance of the convention for the conservatives; Highlights of the convention.

Presents the highlights of the Society of Cable & Telecommunications Engineers Emerging Technologies (ET) conference held in Dallas, Texas in January 2004. Increase in attendees compared to ET 2003 in Miami, Florida; Information on the award given to Basil Badawiyeh, the video systems engineer of Adelphia Communications Corp.; Details of the tutorial presented by Tom Staniec.