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

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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
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