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Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 17:31:21 -0500
From: Lloyd Davidson <LDavids@NWU.EDU>
Subject: Electronic Publishing IG meeting at ALA

On Monday morning, June 30, from 9:30-11:00 AM, the newly founded LITA*
Electronic Publishing/Electronic Journals I.G. will have its first
organizational meeting in the Raphael room of Crowne Plaza Parc Fifty-Five
in San Francisco.  Membership in LITA is not required for attendance or for
participation in this group, although you must join LITA within 6 months to
retain IG membership.

The purpose of this meeting will be to define the direction of future
development for this group and to develop ideas for programs for next year's
LITA and American Library Association meetings.  For LITA we might consider
a preconference session for the next annual ALA and there will also be a
LITA National Institute in Oakland, CA in November of 1998 on Support Issues
for which some aspect of this topic might be applicable.

Electronic publishing is changing virtually all aspects of the library's
functions, from public service and collection development to technical
services and staffing, so there is no shortage of potential areas for this
interest group to explore (see below).  Bring your ideas and enthusiasms and
suggestions  for speakers.

The types of issues we might wish to address include library publishing on
the Internet (e.g. scanning images, developing graphically oriented
databases, mounting SGML and TEX tagged files on the Web, producing audio
and video materials),  the library as a consumer of electronically published
material, management and technical issues associated with providing access
to multimedia materials,  the varied effects caused by the sudden influx of
large numbers of electronic journals into the library environment, dealing
with the replacement of Fair Use by contract law, attempts by electronic
publishers to bypass the library completely in providing access to their
materials (in some cases not even allowing institutional subscriptions to
such materials),  security issues,  and establishing standards for
authentication for accessing off site materials such as electronic journals.
Other ideas and suggestions for program presenters are welcome.

LITA interest groups were established by LITA in 1985 to facilitate a more
efficient and effective response to its members' interest in and involvement
with new library technologies.  They provide an excellent, informal means
for ALA members to provide input, direction, new ideas and help develop
programs and publications in the rapidly changing environment we now inhabit.

Lloyd A. Davidson, IG Chair

*Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American
Library Association (ALA)

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Lloyd A. Davidson, Ph. D.
Life Sciences Librarian and Head, Access Services
Seeley G. Mudd Library for Science and Engineering
2233 N. Campus Drive
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL  60208

Ldavids@nwu.edu  (847)491-2906 (Voice)    (847)491-4655 (fax)

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