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ACRL/NY 2006 Symposium: Commercialization and the Academic
Library: Mission Statement or Market Share
When: Dec. 1, 2006, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Where: Baruch College, 151 East 25th Street, New York, NY

As the business model increasingly pervades the academy, librarians find
themselves responding to a mentality that embraces the "bottom line."
The 2006 ACRL/NY annual Symposium "Commercialization and the Academic
Library: Mission Statement or Market Share" explores the
commercialization of higher education, its impact on academic
librarians, and the challenges and opportunities they face.

Come and hear an exciting group of speakers address these timely and
important issues.

Speakers:
Rick Anderson, Director of Resource Acquisition at the University of
Nevada, Reno

Walt Crawford, Senior Analyst, OCLC RLG Service Center in Mountain View,
California

Jim Neal, Vice President, Information Services and University Librarian,
Columbia University

Grace ("Jinx") Roosevelt, Associate Professor of History and Education,
Metropolitan College of New York

For more details and registration information, see our website:
http://www.acrlny.org/symp2006/

The deadline for registration is November 20 - no late registrations
will be accepted!!

Tian X. Zhang

Serials Librarian
St. John's University Library
8000 Utopia Parkway
Queens, NY 11439