ALA/ALCTS Programs in Chicago Virginia Taffurelli 21 Apr 2005 12:34 UTC
This message is being cross-posted to several lists. Please forgive the duplication. ALCTS Program at ALA Annual Conference, Chicago 2005 ============================================= How to Assess Your Vendors' Financial Viability Date: Monday, June 27, 2005 Time: 8:00 am - 10:00 am Location: McCormick Place Convention Center, Room S105d This program will feature a panel of three notable and expert speakers who have worked in libraries and/or information industry firms. Their presentations will explain that librarians take substantial risks and in effect lend money to commercial organizations when they pay in advance for subscriptions or services. Questions to ask vendors, as well as guidelines and strategies to follow in assessing vendor financial viability, will be presented. Those attending should be in a better position to avoid losing the library's money due to making uninformed decisions about vendor selection. Speakers: David St. Clair Goble, Associate Dean for Libraries, Central Piedmont Community College Dan Tonkery, Vice President and Director of Business Development, EBSCO Information Services Stephen Wilson, Managing Group Director, Coutts Information Services Ltd. Moderator: Daisy Waters, Assistant Acquisitions Librarian, E-Resources, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo Sponsor: ALCTS Serials Section (SS) Education Committee Co-sponsors: ALCTS Acquisitions Section (AS) Education Committee and ALCTS Serials Section (SS) Acquisitions Committee This program will benefit acquisitions, collection development, and serials librarians, as well as library administrators, publishers and information vendors and all others in the library field interested in the financial viability of their library/institution. Please join us! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you cannot attend our program, please see similar program below ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ASCLA-ICAN Program at ALA Annual Conference, Chicago 2005 ================================================== Evaluating Technology Vendors and Protecting Resources Date: Saturday, June 25, 2005 Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Location: McCormick Place Convention Center, Room S104 Evaluating Technology Vendors and Protecting Resources or "What happens when you prepay for a year of service in July and your vendor goes under in August?" Mr. Walton, currently a private college CFO, formerly an executive with an integrated library system vendor, discusses evaluating the financial and technical health of library technology vendors including considerations and resources for evaluation of public and privately held companies as well as looking at your vendor's technology and partnerships. Ms. Drew, from the state library agency in Wisconsin, discusses using the procurement process and contracts to protect your organization, e.g., terms, length, payment schedule, etc. Followed by Q & A. Speakers: Robert Walton, CFO, College of Wooster; Sally Drew, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction. Virginia Taffurelli Head of Technical Processing Science, Industry and Business Library The New York Public Library 188 Madison Avenue New York NY 10016-4314 Phone: (212) 592-7234 FAX: (212) 592-7233 email: vtaffurelli@nypl.org