FW: NETSL conference announcement (Christina Bellinger) Marcia Tuttle 15 Mar 2000 15:18 UTC
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 09:34:01 -0500 From: Christina Bellinger <christina.bellinger@UNH.EDU> Subject: FW: NETSL conference announcement Announcing the NETSL spring 2000 Conference User-Oriented Technical Services: All Things to All People The Hogan Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA April 14, 2000 Featuring: Walt Crawford, Information Architect, Research Libraries Group, Inc., and Thomas Mann, Reference Specialist, Humanities and Social Sciences Division, Library of Congress Technical Services has always been essentially a user-oriented service, because it acquires, organizes, and distributes the library's collections. However, Technical Services has not always been user-friendly. As we have come to rely on integrated, automated systems for Technical Services functions, and as libraries are assuming the role of electronic resource mediators, instantaneous access to records and to electronic resources is transforming the library catalog from a finding tool for materials in one library to a gateway to a universe of materials. In order to satisfy users' growing expectations, Technical Services has to provide user- friendly services without diminishing its traditional functions. How is Technical Services responding to service demands that require speed, convenience, and personalized assistance? What should we be doing to support today's users and those of future generations? Featured speakers Walt Crawford and Thomas Mann will look at how changes in technology are changing our own attitudes and ways of bringing Technical and Public Services even closer together. Four breakout sessions will focus on practical ways to enhance access to our print and nonprint collections. Breakout Sessions - IRIS, an effort to standardize visual resources cataloging by Norine Duncan, Brown University - Access to Forms and Genres: It's What They Want! by David Miller, Curry College - The Public Face of Authority Control, by Martha Beshers, Providence College - Metadata for cataloging and linking to World Wide Web sites, by Bill Ghezzi, Dartmouth College, and Matthew Beacom, Yale University Registration Information Registration forms and programs will be mailed in January. Conference registration will cost $40.00 for NETSL members, $50.00 for nonmembers, and $20.00 for library school students. Register early, space is limited to 275. For directions to Holy Cross, please see their Webpage at URL: http://www.holycross.edu/about/about.htm You can download the form for the April NETSL Conference at: http://www.nelib.org/netsl/spring00.html and mail it to: Penny Schroeder, NETSL Treasurer, 3000 College Station, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, ME 04011-8421. Phone: 207-725-3134. Please send inquiries to: Christina Bellinger at christina.bellinger@unh.edu