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Subject: New England Technical Services Librarians Spring Conference
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 17:18:25 -0500
From: Karen Matthews <kmatthew@ZOO.UVM.EDU>

New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) announces the program
for our Spring 2003 Meeting: Measuring Up: Assessment in Collections and
Technical Services. The meeting will be held on Friday, April 4, 2003,
at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts.

The keynote speaker is Sheila Intner, (Professor, Graduate School of
Library and Information Science, Simmons College), addressing "Making
Your "Collections Work" Work for You".  Sally Grucan (Head Cataloging
Librarian, Wesleyan University Library), is the afternoon speaker; her
topic is "Cataloging Statistics with a Purpose".

There will also be a choice of breakout sessions: 1) "Offsite Storage:
Planning the Move is the Key", by Peter Spitzform (University of
Vermont, Bailey Howe Library); 2) "Weeding: I Know I Should But?", by Beth Mazin
(Memorial Hall Library, Andover, Massachusetts); 3) "A Case of Ample
Statistics: Collection Analysis with ACAS", by Peggy Partello (Keene
State College)and Glenda Lins, (OCLC), and 4) "Using LibQual to Improve
Customer Services", by Marianne Burke (University of Vermont, Dana
Medical Library).  Ann Caldwell (Brown University Library) will give a
brief presentation during the lunch period on the work of OLAC (Online
Audiovisual Catalogers).

Advance registration is highly recommended for the NETSL Spring Meeting.
Seating is limited to 125 due to parking deck construction at Holy Cross.
For more information, see the NETSL web site at http://www.nelib.org/netsl/
or contact NETSL Treasurer Karen Carlson Young at kcyoung@fas.harvard.edu

Flyer with registration information for the conference is at:

http://www.nelib.org/files/2003flyer.pdf

Karen Matthews
Dana Medical Library
University of Vermont
Given Building
Burlington, Vermont  05405

(802) 656-2204
(802) 656-0762 (fax)

karen.matthews@uvm.edu