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Lois Severt
Chair, Publicity Subteam
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THE OHIO VALLEY GROUP OF TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIANS

"Technical Services = User Services: Making the Connection"

The 2004 Annual OVGTSL Conference will be held Wednesday, May 12 to Friday, May 14 in Louisville, Kentucky with the theme "Technical Services = User Services: Making the Connection."  This year's keynote speaker will be Janet Swan Hill, Director of Technical Services at the University of Colorado at Boulder.  Other invited speakers are Lee Van Orsdel, Dean of Libraries at Eastern Kentucky University and Glenn Patton, Director of the WorldCat Content Management Division of OCLC.  We have also scheduled twelve mini-sessions on various aspects of technical services submitted by librarians from six states.

The registration fee of $95.00 includes a reception on Wednesday evening and four meals, including a baseball-themed dinner to be held at Louisville Slugger Museum on Thursday evening.  The conference registration deadline is April 15, 2004.

The conference site is the Galt House Hotel, overlooking the Ohio River in downtown Louisville. For additional information about hotel and conference registration, driving directions, the preliminary program, and the Thursday dinner see our website at:  http://www.library.louisville.edu/OVGTSL2004/home.htm  .