ALCTS Acquisitions Section, Acquisitions Organization and Management
Committee is offering a preconference on electronic resources management.
This program is designed to be of interest to serials, collection
development, acquisitions, electronic resources and acquisitions librarians
or anyone else charged with managing electronic products and subscriptions.
Friday, June 24, 2005, 1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Electronic Resources Management Systems: Opening a Can of ERMS
(Afternoon Only)
History and issues of electronic resources management; a market overview of
existing and developing products; reports from libraries that have
implemented a system, migrating from an in-house system to a commercial one,
and using a product in parallel with a different ILS.
For more detailed information go to:
http://www.ala.org/ala/alcts/alctsconted/alctsceevents/alctspreconf/erms.htm
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You may register for the 2005 ALA Annual Meeting and/or the
preconference at:
http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2005a/registration.htm
<http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2005a/registration.htm>

Early bird registration deadline is Friday, March 4, 2005.
Feel free to contact Jack Montgomery, Chair, ALCTS, Acquisitions Section,
Acquisitions Organization and Management Committee.
Jack.Montgomery@wku.edu <mailto:Jack.Montgomery@wku.edu>