Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 10:55:12 -0600
From: Mary Monson <mary-monson@UIOWA.EDU>
Subject: Call for speakers

The ALCTS Role of the Professional in Academic Technical Services
Discussion Group is calling for speakers at its meeting at the ALA
Midwinter Conference in New Orleans on Sunday, January 20, 2002 from 2:00
p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The meeting will focus on issues and challenges facing technical services
professionals in today's academic library environment.  Within this topic
there are a variety of potential areas of discussion including, but not
limited to: 1) the role of technical services professionals in responding
to the budget and staffing challenges currently facing academic libraries;
2) the relationship between professional and support staff in technical
services; 3) the role of technical services librarians in planning for and
managing change; 4) recruiting new technical services professionals; 5)
planning for a smooth transition when long-term technical services
professionals retire.

Each presentation should be approximately 15-20 minutes in length.  There
will be a question and answer period and additional discussion following
the presentations

If you are interested in being a speaker for this meeting, please contact
the chair, Mary Monson, at your earliest convenience.  Please include the
proposed topic of your talk.

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Chair:
Mary Monson
University of Iowa Libraries
100 Main Library
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone (319) 335-5888
e-mail: mary-monson@uiowa.edu

Vice-Chair:
Wanda Brown
Technical Services Team Leader
Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Phone: (336) 758-5094
e-mail: brownw@wfu.edu