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SISAC holds X12 DEMONSTRATIONS at ALA-MIDWINTER MEETING!!

At ALA Midwinter, SISAC (Serials Industry Systems Advisory
Committee) will hold demonstration sessions on the draft
SISAC invoice implementation of the EDI (electronic
data interchange) X12 standard.  On an automated system,
SISAC Committee members will show an invoice going from
a subscription agency through an X12 translator over a
VAN (value-added network) to a library's automation system.

This brief presentation (involving many of the subscription
agents) will also include a discussion of
the advantages of EDI and especially SISAC's development
of the serials industry's version of the X12 standard.
We invite everyone to attend and become aware. Questions,
comments and discussion are all welcome.

Two sessions will be for librarians (subscription agents,
publishers, book vendors, etc.) and two will be for
automation system vendors.  SISAC needs the support and
backing of all participants in serials business transactions:
librarians, publishers, automation vendors, subscription
agencies, etc.  PLEASE COME AND GET THE HANDOUTS!!

LIBRARIANS, PUBLISHERS, SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS, BOOK VENDORS:

    1) Jan. 26 (Sunday) 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
       MARRIOTT RIVERCENTER, CONFERENCE ROOM 3

    2) Jan. 27 (Monday) 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
       MARRIOTT RIVERCENTER, SALON B

AUTOMATION VENDORS:

    1) Jan. 28 (Tuesday) 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
       MARRIOTT RIVERCENTER, SALON A

    2) Jan. 28 (Tuesday) 11:00 AM - 12 NOON
       MARRIOTT RIVERCENTER, SALON A

Any questions, please contact:

Tina Feick, CHAIR, SISAC
Serials Specialist, Blackwell's Periodicals
1-800-458-3706 (US); 1-800-458-3707 (Canada)