The Future is Now - ALA Midwinter seminar reminder Collette Mak 03 Jan 1996 16:01 UTC
There are still a few seats available for the 3rd The Future is Now seminar sponsored by OCLC. The theme for midwinter is the convergence of reference and resource sharing and we've got a great line up of speakers. If you missed the first posting, here it is. If you had planned to register but lost the info, here it is again! The seminar will be taped and copies made available through ILL. The papers will be published and distributed both on paper and through the OCLC web site. Hope to see you in San Antonio! Collette Mak makc@oclc.org -------- Announcing a Resource Sharing and Reference Seminar at ALA Midwinter! Program Title: The Future Is Now: The Convergence of Reference and Resource Sharing Sponsored by: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Registration: This program is free and open to all attendees at the ALA Midwinter Conference in San Antonio. Pre-registration is required; please see the form below. The first 300 registrants will receive admission tickets to the program. If you're interested in the program but can't attend, videotapes of the program will be available through OCLC*s ILL system. In addition, printed proceedings will be prepared by OCLC. The speakers' papers will also be available on OCLC's home page (http://www.oclc.org). Time/Location: Friday, January 19, 1996 2-5 p.m. [confirmation with meeting location will be mailed between December 26, 1995 and January 1, 1996] PROGRAM AGENDA AND DESCRIPTION Welcome (Collette Mak, OCLC, Program Moderator) Both a Borrower and a Lender Be Marshall Keys, NELINET Mr. Keys will discuss the role libraries, librarians, reference, and resource sharing will play in the move to access. What does the information highway mean for library alliances, standards, shared databases? Technology Will Free Librarians to Do... What? Fred Weingarten, American Library Association Mr. Weingarten will discuss the impact of new technologies on libraries and librarians. Will technology free librarians to do more than just learn the new technology? In an era of electronic access, is there really a difference between reference and document delivery? What do our decisions about access mean to the options available to patrons? The Virtual What? Suzanne Thorin, Library of Congress Ms. Thorin will discuss the virtual library. Can we really rely on access when so many libraries aren't connected? License agreements, intellectual property, Title 17, author's rights--what does this mean to access and the virtual library? Purchase Anxiety Shirley Baker, Washington University, St. Louis Ms. Baker will discuss the tension between ownership and access. Document delivery providers, full-text, pay as you go--when we decide to rely on access what does this mean to collections? What does it mean for accreditation of curricula? In the electronic environment, who really makes purchase decisions: ILL staff? Reference staff? Collection developers? Recap and introduction of Reactors' Panel (Tam Dalrymple, OCLC) Reactors' Panel Glen Holt, St. Louis Public Library Bill Potter, University of Georgia Lee Ann George, Harvard University David Cohen, College of Charleston Questions and Answers Registration Form: Name(s): Institution/Organization: Address to which ticket should be sent: Phone: Fax: E-mail address: Please respond to Sherry Plymale By US mail: OCLC, Inc. Sherry Plymale mc 145 6565 Frantz Rd. Dublin, OH 43017 By fax: Sherry Plymale, mc 145 (614) 764-0155 By phone: (800) 848-5878 ext. 6076 By e-mail: Sherry_Plymale@oclc.org