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Subject: ALA Program: "The Serials Pig in the Aggregator's Poke,the
Sequel"
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 14:55:41 -0700
From: Betty Landesman <bettyindc@yahoo.com>

This announcement is being cross-posted to the
following lists: acqnet-l, an2, arl-ejournal, autocat,
colldv-l, docdel, ill-l, libadmin, libref-l, nasig-l,
pacs-l, serialst.  Please excuse duplication.

The ALCTS Serials Section Policy, Research, and
Publications Committee presents "The Serials Pig in
the Aggregator's Poke, The Sequel: Technical Services
and Public Services Actually TALK to Each Other!".
This program will be on Sunday, June 17, from 11:00
a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Marriott, Golden Gate Section
C.

"What do "they" WANT, anyway?"  "Why don't "they"
UNDERSTAND what we're up against?"  Sound familiar?
Dealing with aggregators' databases in our libraries
poses challenges to both technical services and public
services staff, and each feels overwhelmed and
misunderstood.  Well, here's your chance to bridge the
communication gap at our very own "town
meeting"-format debate, moderated by the
ever-provocative Chuck Hamaker!  Bring your
counterparts from the other side, vent, listen to both
sides, and share solutions.

Joining Chuck in the "debate" will be Nancy Gibbs,
Head, Acquisitions Department, North Carolina State
University Libraries, and Scott Dennis, Humanities
Librarian and Coordinator, Core Electronic Resources,
Graduate Library, University of Michigan.

In order to make this as interactive and informative
as possible, I would like to ask 3 things of you:

1. If you will be there and would like to share how
you're dealing with this (preferably successfully...)
at your institution (a team approach?  happy hour?),
please let me know.  We'll make sure you have an
opportunity to speak.

2. If you won't be there but would if you could, and
have a question you'd like asked, send it to me and it
will be asked.

3. Encourage your colleagues of the opposite
persuasion [public services, if you're technical
services, and vice versa] to join you at this program.
 We really want all "sides" to this question, and what
an opportunity to be in the same room at the same
time!

Hope to see you there.

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Betty Landesman
U.S. Customs Service Library/PTFS, Inc.
Information Resources Center, Room 7.5B
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC  20229
Phone: 202-927-1616       Fax: 202-927-1460
E-mail: bettyindc@yahoo.com