Dear Colleagues,

Please join us for the following stimulating presentations and discussions:

ALCTS Electronic Resources Interest Group meeting
When : Saturday, June 25, 2005, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Where: Palmer House, State Ballroom

Title: It's All About Access: Being Google-Friendly

Panelists, David Reser (LC), Chip Nilges (OCLC), and Adam M. Smith
(Google) will discuss the plans for providing access to print
collections and
Internet resources, emphasizing access over description, followed by a
discussion on the future of the catalog in the Google environment.

David Reser, Acting Digital Projects Coordinator, Acquisitions &
Bibliographic Access Directorate, at the Library of Congress  will
present the background and the progress of the access-level record
<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/access/accessrecord.html>

Chip Nilges, Executive Director, WorldCat Content and Access, at OCLC
will discuss the Open WorldCat program on Google and Yahoo
<http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/default.htm>

Adam M. Smith, Senior Business Product Manager at Google will give
Google's perspective on access points.
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Jina Choi Wakimoto
Chair, ALCTS Electronic Resources Interest Group

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Jina Choi Wakimoto, Cataloging Coordinator
CSU Northridge Library-8328
18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA  91330-8328
818-677-6299 (voice) 818-677-4928 (fax)
jina.wakimoto@csun.edu