Following is a description and agenda for a one-day Conference "Managing
 More With Less:  Outsourcing and Other Options" that will take place in
 Rockville, MD at the Doubletree Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike on May 30.
 For further information or to register, please contact the CAPCON Library
 Network at (202) 331-4366, fax (202) 331-4369, or e-mail workshop@capcon.net
 Registration deadline is May 23, 1997.

          Managing More With Less: Outsourcing and Other Options
           a conference sponsored by the CAPCON Library Network

                                  May 30, 1997

 Organizations of all types today are under pressure to accomplish more
 with less.  Like other organizations, libraries are turning toward
 outsourcing, temporaries and other non-permanent staffing solutions,
 end-user self-service, and other strategies in an attempt to get more work
 done for fewer dollars and with fewer long-term commitments. This one-day
 Institute features a top-notch cast of presenters who will explore the
 application and implications of outsourcing and related strategies in
 libraries, and the multitude of management, financial, and human resource
 issues involved.

 Coffee and Registration 8:30 a.m.

 Keynote Address 9:00 a.m.
        John Berry, Editor-in-Chief, Library Journal
           "Outsourcing: Innovation or Bad Management?"

 Morning General Session 10:00 a.m.
        Donald W. King, Consultant, and formerly with King Research
          "Being Competitive"

 Break 10:45 a.m.

 Morning Concurrent Sessions 11:00 a.m.

        Session A.

        Karen Wilhoit, Head of Technical Services, Wright State University
               Libraries
          "The Impact of Outsourcing Cataloging: Wright State's Experience"

        Nancy Minter, Director, Library and Information Services,
              The Urban Institute
          "Flexible Staffing: "Temp" Is Not a Four-Letter Word"

        Session B.

         Elizabeth Willson, Director of Bibliographic Programs and Member
              Relations, CAPCON
           "Contracting Out: Making the Choice, Then Making it Work"

         Doria B. Grimes, Chief, Library Contract Operations Branch,
             National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
           "Contracting In a Large Bureaucracy"
Lunch 12:15 p.m.

 Afternoon Concurrent Sessions 1:15 p.m.

        Session C.

         Mary Kay Hartung, Collections Librarian, Florida Gulf Coast
              University
           "Breaking Ground: Outsourcing Technical Services and Physical
             Processing from Day One"

         Richard Murphy, Director, Prince William Public Library System
           "More Light, Less Heat: A Proactive Approach to Outsource Planning"

        Session D.

        Karen Newsome, Team Leader, Information Access, University of
              Arizona Library
           "ILL Process Improvement and Outsourcing"

         B. J. Fisher, Supervisor of Acquisitions, The MITRE Corporation
           "The Long-Term Document Delivery Project at MITRE" Afternoon

 General Session 2:30 p.m.
         Patricia Frame, Executive Consultant, Strategies For Human Resources
           "Human Resources - Human Beings"

 Successful Outsourcing: Vendor/Library Relations and Other Key
   Ingredients 3:15 p.m.

          John Secor, CEO, Yankee Book Peddler
            "Partnering: A Powerful "What to Do" Management Tool or Just
             Another Fad?"

         Panelists:
                Mary Jo Detweiler, Manager, Information Management Division,
                  TeleSec Corestaff
                Bob Windrow, Vice President, LSSI
                Carol Johnson, Vice President for Library Systems and Services,
                  Aspen Systems
                . . . and several of today's earlier speakers

 Concluding Remarks and Adjournment 4:30 p.m.