ALCTS Role of the Professional in Academic Technical Services DG (Mary Grenci) ERCELAA@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu 19 Jan 1999 21:32 UTC
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 12:35:33 -0800 From: Mary Grenci <mgrenci@DARKWING.UOREGON.EDU> Subject: ALCTS Role of the Professional in Academic Technical Services DG The Role of the Professional in Academic Technical Services Discussion Group invites you to our upcoming session at ALA Midwinter, Sunday January 31, 2-4 p.m., at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 103C. TOPIC: Library Schools and Education of the Technical Service Professional Are library schools keeping pace with the technical service needs of the workplace? Are the curricula incorporating sufficient technical services courses and are the courses meeting the needs of today's graduate? What do employers look for in technical service job applicants at both the entry level and at the higher level? How can libraries work with library school educators to help develop the curricula necessary to assure excellence in technical services in the future? How do practicing librarians keep administrators informed and cognizant of the continued need for strong technical services backgrounds in the librarians responsible for those areas? The session will be comprised of three presentations that address these and related questions, followed by a discussion hour. Speakers/Panel participants: Dea Borneman, Acquisitions Librarian; Karen Letarte and Michelle Turvey, Cataloging Librarians; Southwest Missouri State University Rebecca L. Lubas, Catalog Librarian for Serials & Documents, Ball State University Catherine Nelson, Head, Serials Dept., University of California at Santa Barbara ****************************************************************************** Chair: Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Mary Grenci Marilyn J. Mercado Serials Catalog Librarian Acting Assoc. Dean of Library Services/ Knight Library Head, Cataloging Dept. 1299 University of Oregon Rod Library, Univ. of Northern Iowa Eugene, OR 97403-1299 1227 W. 27th St. Cedar Falls, IA. 50613-3675 mgrenci@darkwing.uoregon.edu marilyn.mercado@uni.edu Voice: (541) 346-5607 Voice: (319) 273-2737 Fax: (541) 346-3485 Fax: 319-273-2913