ACRL/NEC Spring 1995 Conference Announcement (Christina Bellinger) ERCELAA@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu 01 Feb 1995 14:27 UTC
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 09:08:30 -0500 From: Christina Bellinger <cb1@CHRISTA.UNH.EDU> Subject: ACRL Spring 1995 Conference Announcement (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- This message has been cross-posted to several lists. Please excuse the duplication. ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER 1995 Spring Conference STRATEGIC ALLIANCES FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: PUBLISHERS, VENDORS AND POLITICAL PARTNERS Johnson and Wales College Johnson and Wales Inn Seekonk, Massachusetts April 20-21, 1995 A strong future for libraries depends upon their alliances with publishers and vendors who supply information, and upon strong political support. The ACRL/NEC Spring 1995 Conference offers a program of stimulating and controversial speakers who will give their opinions on how to build these alliances and work with our parnters. The nature of information commerce is changing rapidly as publishers and vendors take advantage of growing electronic capabilities. How do these trends affect the relationship that libraries have with scholarly and society publishers and with vendors? The program includes the following speakers, who will address those questions. NORTHEAST CONSULTING RESOURCES, INC.: Trends and the future of information commerce KAREN HUNTER (Elsevier): Issues in scientific publishing PAUL KOBULNICKY (Chair, ALA/ALCTS Scholarly Communications Committee): Scholarly and society publishing TERRY NOREAULT (OCLC): OCLC electronic publishing and a demonstration of OCLC Guidon software access and the Worldwide Web ARNOLD HIRSHON (Wright State University): Alliances in the virtual world GARY SHIRK (Yankee Book Peddlar) and HANK RYNER (UMI): Vendor value- added services MARSHALL KEYS (Executive Director, Nelinet): The economics of information commerce CAROL HENDERSON (Executive Director, ALA), and KEITH FIELS (Director of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners): Political partnerships Join us at the Johnson and Wales College Inn, which is opertated by Johnson and Wales College, renowned for its programs in hospitality and cuisine. There are 70 rooms available to conference registrants at the Johnson and Wales Inn. A full program and registration form will be available on the Internet and from: Helen Shuster Director, Gordon Library Worcester Polytichnic Institute Worcester, MA 01609 508 831-5058 HSHUSTER@WPI.EDU