ANNOUNCING
                HEALTH SCIENCES OCLC USERS' GROUP
                         ANNUAL MEETING
                        APRIL 16-19, 1991
                         WASHINGTON, DC
             HOLIDAY INN CROWNE PLAZA, METRO CENTER

                       MEDICAL INFORMATICS:
                   CREATING THE INFRASTRUCTURE

Highlights of the meeting include:

Keynote Speaker:  J. Robert Beck, MD, Director, Biomedical
Information Communications Center, Oregon Health Sciences
University

OCLC Updates:  A full morning of OCLC Updates by OCLC staff.  EPIC,
PRISM, PASSPORT, MAX, and more

National LIbrary of Medicine Site Visit and Tours:  Includes
updates on UMLS Project, Cataloging, Serials, DOCLINE, and
Collection Development

The National Libraries:  From LC, Henriette Avram will speak on the
MARC Formats and Charles Fenly will give a cataloging update.
Updates also from the National Agricultural Library and National
Institutes of Health Library

Preconference CE Course:  Telecommunications, taught by Michael J.
Ackerman, PhD, Chief, Educational Technology Branch, Lister Hill
Center, National Library of Medicine (3.75 MLA CE Credits)

Reports on IAIMS Libraries, Automation Sharing Sessions, and more.

Opportunities for tours of Library of Congress and National
Institutes of Health

Spring and cherry blossoms (we hope!) in the Nation's Capital.

Conference Registration:  $55.00

For more information, or to register, contact:

Cecile Doty              or            Laurie Thompson
Program Chair                          Local Arrangements Chair
A.R. Dykes Library                     Himmelfarb Library
University of Kansas                   George Washington University
  Medical Center                         Medical Center
(913) 588-7306                         (202) 994-2853
                                       BITNET:  LLTHOMP@GWUVM