First issue of Messages from MARS
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Annual Conference, 1977
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First MARS program: "Charging for Computer-Based Reference Services"
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MARS receives section status
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Annual Conference, 1978
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MARS has more than 1,600 members
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MARS ratifies its bylaws
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Midwinter Conference, 1980
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Executive Committee holds first MARS open forum
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May/June 1980
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Messages from MARS is absorbed by RASD Update
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Summer 1981
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First MARS article, "Online Training Sessions: Suggested Guidelines," appears in RQ
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Annual Conference, 1982
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MARS programs: "Introduction to Online Searching for the Novice" and "Management of an Online Search System"
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Midwinter Conference, 1984
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MARS plans a series of regional workshops based on its 1982 conference programs
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Midwinter Conference, 1985
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MARS considers changing the section's name
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MARS is authorized to serve as a beta test site for DIALOG Information Services
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Annual Conference, 1985
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MARS forms its Planning/Orientation Committee
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First scheduling coordinator appointed
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Further planning of the upcoming regional workshops, "Critical Issues in Implementing Online Search Services: An Institute"
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Midwinter Conference, 1986
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MARS forms its Publications Committee
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Spring 1987
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Articles from two MARS committees and an article on MARS' first 10 years appear in RQ
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MARS publishes "Planning for End-User Searching: A Checklist of Questions," the inaugural publication in the RASD Occasional Papers series
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Annual Conference, 1987
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MARS celebrates its 10th birthday!
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Mid-1988
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First MARS Handbook distributed
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Annual Conference, 1988
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RASD Publications Committee presents "Guidelines for the Occasional Papers Series" using MARS as an example
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Spring 1989
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"Confidentiality of Vendor Records: Report of an Informal Survey" appears in "Messages from MARS"
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Annual Conference, 1989
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MARS open forum: "Database Products and Online Search Vendors"
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Summer 1989
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Three of the first five titles in the RASD Occasional Papers series are from MARS
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Midwinter Conference, 1990
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MARS committee realignment is approved
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Annual Conference, 1990
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MARS program "Technostress" is adopted by RASD as its President's Program
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Spring 1991
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Award-winning article "Ensuring Quality Reference Desk Service: The Introduction of a Peer Process" by MARS chair Jane Kleiner appears in RQ.
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June 28, 1991
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First MARS preconference: "The Electronic Library: Linking People, Information, and Technology"
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Annual Conference, 1991
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MARS reorganizes its committee structure, which continues to the present day
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MARS holds a competition for a new logo
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Midwinter Conference, 1992
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Two new discussion groups, Hot Topics and Managers in MARS, hold their initial meetings
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Spring 1992
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"Goals, Strategies, Action Plans - 1992" appears in "Messages from MARS"
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Midwinter Conference, 1993
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MARS considers establishing "Distinguished Contributions to Electronic Reference"
and the "MARS Achievement Recognition Award" recognizing excellence in service to
MARS
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Annual Conference, 1993
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MARS program "Challenges in the Electronic Information Age: Technical, Legal and Ethical Issues" receives a 'special allocation' from the ALA president
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Remember Gopher? The Hot Topics Discussion Group focuses on "Organizing Gopherspace for Reference Service; or, Digging Tunnels through the Internet"
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Fall 1993
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MARS-L becomes available
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Spring 1994
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"Information Technology Glossary" appears in RASD Update
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Annual Conference, 1994
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MARS program: "Electronic Access to America's Diversity"
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Midwinter Conference, 1995
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First MARS Web page
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Fall 1995
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MARS develops its segment of the ALA gopher
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1996
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MARS experiments with scheduling multiple meetings in a single large room
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Summer 1996
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First delivery of "Messages from MARS" via MARS-L
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Spring 1997
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"Twenty Years of MARS in Print: An Annotated Bibliography" appears in RQ
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Mid-1997
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MARS Web/Gopher Coordinator plans to migrate MARS gopher data to the Web
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Annual Conference, 1997
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For the first time since 1979, MARS holds multiple programs
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MARS distributes its new brochure, featuring the new logo
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Fall 1997
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MARS completes its section review, finding that MARS is a robust section in terms of both its membership and its output of ideas
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Midwinter Conference, 1998
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Two new task forces, the Birthday Party Task Force and Outreach Task Force, hold their initial meetings
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Spring 1998
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Official version of the MARS handbook appears on the Web
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Annual Conference, 1998
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First "Meet Martians" happy hour
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Midwinter Conference, 1999
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MARS forms its first virtual working group, the ad hoc Committee on Best Reference Websites or MARSBEST
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Annual Conference, 1999
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MARS holds three programs, including one from the Public Libraries Committee and
one from the Education, Training and Support Committee
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Publications Committee finalizes its committee home page, which will serve as a
template for other committee Web pages
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Midwinter Conference, 2000
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Executive Committee approves an Outreach Committee, formerly the Outreach Task Force
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Fall 2000
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"Martian to Martian Transmissions" is added to the MARS Web page
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MARS has its first member participating from abroad
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Midwinter Conference, 2001
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Hot Topics discussion forum "After-Hours Chat Reference Service in Public and Academic Libraries" reaches a new attendance record
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Annual Conference, 2001
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MARS celebrates 25 years with a BIRTHDAY PARTY!
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