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                  ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
                        AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

                Electronic Publishing Discussion Group

                         11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

                       Sunday, January 24, 1993

                      Colorado Convention Center

                                 A110

  PROPRIETARY OBSTACLES ON THE ROAD TO THE ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING ERA:
                    A CONVERSATION WITH ANN OKERSON

   Dr. Richard Rowe, president of the Faxon Company, coined the term
  "proprietary obstacles" at last year's ALA Midwinter Meeting in San
 Antonio as an umbrella covering "several interrelated issues swirling
   around the basic concept of information as property and as having
 increased perceived value." Included are such issues as privatization
  of knowledge, control of copyright, and the potential reluctance of
           librarians to shift from the ownership paradigm.

Please join us as Ann Okerson, director of the Association of Research
 Libraries' Office of Scientific & Academic Publishing and recognized
   expert on the emerging electronic information environment, helps
   identify these obstacles and discuss strategies librarians might
 employ to become key players in the decision-making processes of the
                       new information industry.

                                 Note:

 This topic was to have been discussed at the ALA Annual Conference in
   San Francisco but a scheduling problem necessitated postponing it
    until this time. Our thanks to Ann Okerson for agreeing to the
                             rescheduling.

                 For more information, please contact:

                       Richard P. Jasper, Chair
             ALCTS Electronic Publishing Discussion Group
                           Emory University
 PH: (404) 727-0122; FAX: (404) 727-0053; EMAIL: LIBRPJ@EMUVM1.BITNET