LACUNY INSTITUTE
                              1991
   The Library Association of the City University of New York
                            presents

                     COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT:
               SURVIVAL TACTICS IN AN AGE OF LESS

                     Friday, April 12, 1991

                 IBM Gallery of Science and Art
                  Madison Avenue at 56th Street
                       New York, New York

Automation, online public access catalogs, online subscription
agencies, and electronic vendor services are affecting virtually
every aspect of acquisitions: the types of materials acquired, how
they are acquired, processing procedures, and personnel
qualifications and duties.  In a time of diminishing library
resources, administrators must often choose between acquisition and
access services.  Should we continue to acquire expensive books and
journals or is access enough?  What is the impact of technology on
collection development?  What alternatives to acquisition are
available?  Where has collaborative collection development and
resource sharing worked, and what are the problems in implementing
such programs?  What is the impact of technology on collection
development?  What criteria can be used for making tough choices?

The LACUNY Institute Committee has invited a distinguished group of
speakers and panelists to explore these questions, alternatives to
traditional approaches to collection development.  Morning speakers
will look to the future and outline some technological solutions to
the problems facing us.  Afternoon panelists will discuss
collaborative and cooperative approaches in New York and California
-- successes, problems, failures.  The aim of the program is to
gather information about options that are becoming available,
survey what is being done in other parts of the country, and
establish a dialogue on implications and possibilities for LACUNY
members and their libraries.

                          REGISTRATION

PRE-REGISTRATION FEES (Must be received by April 5, 1991)
   $20.00 LACUNY members
   $25.00 Non-LACUNY members
   $10.00 Library science students and retired librarians

REGISTRATION AT DOOR (If space is available)
   $25.00 LACUNY members
   $30.00 Non-LACUNY members
   $15.00 Library science students and retired librarians

Registration will be limited to 200 persons.  Checks will be
returned after that limit has been reached.  No confirmations will
be mailed.  Your canceled check is your receipt.  Requests for
refunds must be made in writing.  Mail check payable to LACUNY with
completed registration form, to:
  Suzanne Katz
  Queens College
  Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library
  Long Island Expressway and Kissena Blvd.
  Flushing, NY 11367

PLACE: IBM Gallery of Art and Science
       Madison Ave. at 56th St.
       New York, NY 10022

Date: Friday, April 12, 1991

For further information, or application forms, call:
      Mounir Khalil, City College, (212) 650-7616

                             PROGRAM

8:30-9:00    Registration and refreshments

9:00-9:45    Welcome and opening remarks
             William J. Myrick, Associate Dean for Libraries, City
                University of New York
             Laurence F. Mucciolo, Deputy Chancellor of the City
                 University of New York

9:45-10:45   "EVOLVING KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE ACCESS SYSTEMS"
             PETER R. YOUNG, Executive Director, U.S. National
                  Commission on Libraries and Information Science.

10:45-11:00  BREAK

11:00-12:00  "ELECTRONIC RESOURCES AND LIBRARIES IN THE 1990s;
             ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES"
             WARD ERIC SHAW, Chairman and CEO of CARL Systems, Inc.

12:00-2:00   LUNCH  Exhibits and Demonstrations

2:00-4:00    PANEL DISCUSSION: "COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES,
                 COAST-TO-COAST"
                         Panel Members:
             JULIA GELFAND, Applied Sciences Librarian, University
                 of California at Irvine.
             SUSAN VAUGHN, Director, CUNY Resource Sharing Projects
                 and Associate Librarian for Collection
                 Development, Brooklyn College
             SUZANNE FEDUNOK, Assistant Director for Information
                 and Research Services, SUNY Binghamton Libraries
             RHONNA A. GOODMAN, Assistant Coordinator of Programs
                 and Services, METRO.

             Panel Moderator: Dan Rubey, Lehman College, LACUNY
                 Institute Committee

4:00-6:00   RECEPTION Sponsored by IBM Exhibits/demonstrations