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SYMPOSIUM: Seize the E-Journal: Models for Archiving

Electronic journals are a fact of everyday life for librarians who work
in all types of libraries all over the world. There have been many new
developments in this arena. The Medical Library Association's (MLA)
Collection Development Section invites you to an upcoming Washington
D.C. area half-day symposium that may help answer your questions and
may address some of your concerns. At the very least, it should bring
you up to date! MLA membership is not required.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 26, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m, following the conclusion
of the Medical Library Association annual 2004 meeting
WHERE: Hilton Washington, 1919 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009,
tel. 202.483.3000, fax 202.232.0438, <http://www.hilton.com/>www.hilton.com
WHO CAN ATTEND: Anyone, not just Medical Library Association members
MORE INFORMATION: Medical Library Association Web Site
http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2004/index.html; look under 'Meeting Symposia".
SPONSORED BY: Medical Library Association, Collection Development Section

This symposium will give participants the opportunity to become familiar
with current electronic journal archiving models and discuss
future-oriented collection development priorities and strategies for
individual, organizational, consortia, and national libraries. The program
will include presentations by the experts on their archiving models, input
from reaction panel members on the impact, feasibility, and interest level
in these models for various types of libraries, and breakout sessions that
allow participants to discuss existing archiving models and future
archiving priorities and standards.

Facilitators and Panelists
Betsy Humphreys, Associate Director for Library Operations, U.S. National
Library of Medicine (Moderator)
     * Eileen Gifford Fenton, Executive Director, Electronic-Archiving
Initiative, JSTOR
     * Erik Oltmans, Manager, e-Depot, National Library of the Netherlands
     * Victoria Reich, Director, LOCKSS Program, Stanford University
Libraries and Academic Resources
     * Edwin Sequeira, Project Manager, PubMed Central, National Center for
Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine

Reaction Panel
     * Britain G. Roth, Director, Academic Information, Geisinger Health System
     * Mark Danderson, Director, Sales and Business Development, New England
Journal of Medicine
     * T. Scott Plutchak, Director, Lister Hill Library of the Health
Sciences,
University of Alabama, and Editor, Journal of the Medical Library Association

Susan Wishnetsky
Serials and Electronic Collections Librarian
Galter Health Sciences Library
The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
303 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611-3008

(312) 503-9351
FAX (312) 503-1204
pasiphae@northwestern.edu