Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 14:58:58 -0500
From: Cynthia Cowan <cowanc@EMAIL.UNC.EDU>
Subject: ALCTS Acquisitions Librarians / Vendors of Library Materials
 Discussion Group (fwd)

ALCTS Acquisitions Librarians / Vendors of Library Materials Discussion
Group
Midwinter Meeting

Date and Time:  Saturday, January 19, 2002   8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Place:  Wyndham Canal Place Magnolia III.

Topic: The Ripple Effects of Terrorism upon Publishers, Librarians and
Vendors

Since September 11, 2001, there have been a number of significant
changes in not only the content of publications but in the ways
publishers, librarians and vendors conduct their businesses.  We will
focus upon these changes informally by giving participants an
opportunity to share experiences and note any emerging trends. We will
address changes in practices related to the publication of titles,
increased interest in back-list titles on hot topics, handling of
package mail, handling of first class mail, travel to conferences and/or
to visit customers, and increased use of other communication strategies
to reach customers (e.g., teleconferencing, fax, email).

We will speculate on the impact of these changes on the scholarly
communication industry, and whether they will be long-term trends or
not.  We will also discuss how we can promote greater understanding of
one another’s new realities and support one another in the
higher-security conscious environment in which we all now live.

Please join us for this timely discussion of recent events.  And please
plan to stay for the Acquisitions Administrators Discussion Group’s
meeting on “The Vanishing Acquisitions Librarian” immediately following
this program.

Co-Chairs of the Discussion Group
Janet L. Flowers
Head / Acquisitions Department
CB 3902 Davis Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890 U.S.A.
Phone:  919-962-1120
FAX:   919-962-4450
url: http://www.lib.unc.edu/acq/

Forrest E. Link
Northeastern Regional Manager
Midwest Library Service
11443 St Charles Rock RoadBridgeton, MO  63044 U.S.A.
Phone:  800-325-8833, 856-829-9349
FAX:  800-962-1009
url: http://www.midwestls.com/link@midwestls.com