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Electroni Serials Institute-Portland, OR
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sandy Heft)
Wed Feb 17 20:05:48 1999
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:26:16 -0600
From: Sandy Heft <sandy.heft@SONOMA.EDU>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Sandy Heft <sandy.heft@SONOMA.EDU>
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Please post; sent to various lists; please pardong the duplication:
"Blazing the Trail: Electronic Serials from Acquisition to Access," will =
be held April 16-17, at the Hilton Hotel in Portland, OR. =
Sponsored by the Serials Section of the Association for Library =
Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American =
Library Association, the institute begins at midday on Friday, April 16, =
and continues all day on Saturday, April 17. The registration deadline is =
April 2, 1999.
Librarians from all types and sizes of libraries need practical skills to =
handle electronic serials as well as a conceptual understanding of the =
theoretical implications of this rapidly changing format. Following the =
success of two previous institutes in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO, "=
Blazing the Trail Electronic: Serials from Acquisition to Access" will =
provide useful information about electronic serials for libraries of all =
sizes and types.
Evan Reader, Director, Software & Electronic Information Resources, Office =
of the Chancellor, California State University, will be the keynote =
speaker. Other speakers include Faye Chadwell, University of Oregon, with =
a presentation on negotiating licenses for electronic serials titled "A =
License to Kill . . . For;" Steve Shadle, University of Washington, with a =
talk titled " A Square Peg in a Round Hole: Practical Cataloging for =
Electronic Serials." Thomas Leonhardt, Oregon Institute of Technology, =
will be closing the institute with =93Wrap it to Go." Also speaking will =
be Sharon McKay, Faxon, George Machovec, CARL, and others still to be =
announced.
Registration fees are $195 for ALCTS members, $245 for ALA members, and $=
295 for non-members. To register contact Yvonne A. McLean at ymclean@ala.=
org or 800-545-2433 ext. 5032. Full details are available at our website, =
http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/institutes/esi3.html or contact me if you =
have questions.
Sandy Heft
Co-chair, ESI3 Planning Committee
and
Catalog Librarian
Ruben Salazar Library
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
707-664-2528
707-664-2876 (FAX)
