ALA 2008 Annual Program: Making the Switch from Print to Online (ALCTS/CMDS/CDER) Andrea Imre 17 Jun 2008 13:29 UTC
Posting on behalf of Selden Durgom Lamoureux: **************************************************** (Please excuse any duplicate postings) Please join us for the panel discussion: "Making the Switch from Print to Online: Why, When, and How" When: Sunday, June 29th, 1:30-3:30 Where: ACC (Anaheim Convention Center), Rm. 204 B Is your library moving from a print based collection to an increasingly online collection? Panelists will examine the issues of switching from print to online from several different viewpoints. Two colleagues, one from a large STM publisher and the other from a university press, will describe the challenges associated with maintaining both print and online formats, and when and under what conditions they would choose to provide e-only. Two librarians will discuss the issues and decision-making strategies associated with dropping print and moving to e-only. Moderator: Judy Luther, Informed Strategies. Judy is President of Informed Strategies and co-author of the ARL white paper "The E-only Tipping Point for Journals: What's Ahead in the Print to Electronic Transition Zone." (http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/Electronic_Transition.pdf <http://www.arl.org/bm%7Edoc/Electronic_Transition.pdf> ) Panelists: Jill Emery, University of Texas at Austin. Jill is Head of Acquisitions and current President of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG). Jill has been active in discussions on the changing nature of serials and issues facing 21st Century Libraries. Tim Bucknall, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Tim is Assistant Dean of the University Library and developer of Journal Finder (a search interface that facilitates access to journal content). Tim was also instrumental in the founding of the Carolina Consortium and remains very active in collaborative ventures. Noella Owen, Springer, Science Business & Media. Noella is an Academic Licensing Manager, responsible for negotiating e-journal arrangements with academic libraries on the East Coast. She has witnessed the paradigm shift from print to electronic journals and now, from print to electronic books. Kimberly Steinle, Duke University Press. Kim is the Library Relations Manager at Duke University Press. In addition to acting as an advocate for libraries and representing their needs and concerns with regard to key business decisions, Kim has served on the Shared e-Resource Understanding (SERU) Working Group and has been a co-editor of the Charleston Conference Proceedings for the past three years. The program is presented by the Collection Development Electronic Resources Committee (CDER). A special thanks to our co-sponsors: the Administration of Collection Development Committee, the Electronic Resources in Communication Studies Committee, and, WT Cox Subscriptions. Hope to see you there! Selden Durgom Lamoureux, Chair, CDER ***************************************************** Electronic Resources Librarian CB#3938, Davis Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890 U.S.A. phone: (919) 962-1067 fax: (919) 962-4450 email: Selden_Lamoureux@unc.edu url: http://www.lib.unc.edu/acq/ *****************************************************