ACRL/New England Chapter

Spring Conference                          Wellesley College
March 25 - 26, 1993                        Wellesley, Massachusetts

                      REALIZING THE VISION

Thursday, March 25, 1993

12:30 - 1:30   Conference Registration and Coffee - Jewett Arts
            Center

1:30  - 1:45   Welcoming Remarks
               Micheline Jedrey, College Librarian, Wellesley
               College
               Mickey Zemon, ACRL/NEC President
               Lynda Leahy, ACRL/NEC Vice President

1:45  - 2:45   Keynote Address
               Ann Wolpert, Director of Research and Information
               Services, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

2:45  - 3:15   Demographics
               Mary Jo Lynch, Director of ALA Office of Research
               and Statistics

3:15  - 3:30   Break

3:30  - 4:30   How a Scholar Uses Information Resources
               Robert Sekuler, Professor of Psychology, Brandeis
               University

               How a Scholar Uses Information Resources: an
               Anthropologist's View
               Sue Woodson-Marks, Librarian, Brandeis University
               Libraries

4:30  - 5:00   Business Meeting

5:00  - 6:00   Reception - Wellesley College Club

6:00  - 8:30   Dinner - Wellesley College Club

Friday, March 26, 1993

8:30  - 9:30   Coffee, Pastries, and Registration - Jewett Arts
               Center

9:30 - 12:00   Panel: Training for Quality
               Moderated by Marshall Keys, Executive Director,
               NELINET

                 Training Public Services Librarians
                 Claudia Morner, Associate University Librarian for
                 Access Services, Boston College

                 Training Technical Services Librarians
                 Colleen Valente, Chief Cataloger, University of
                 Vermont

                 Intensive BI in Coordination with Faculty
                 Ann Schaffner, Assistant Director for the Science
                 Library, Brandeis University Libraries

12:00 - 2:00   Lunch - Wellesley College Club
               Tours of Margaret Clapp Library

2:00  - 2:45   Future of Funding for Libraries on the State Level
               Patricia Klinck, State Librarian, Vermont

2:45  - 3:30   Future of Funding on the Federal Level
               Peter Young, National Commission on Libraries and
               Information Science

3:30  - 4:00   Questions

4:00  - 4:15   Closing Remarks and Coffee for the Road

The registration fee for two days is $50 ($45 for ACRL/NEC
members); for one day $25 ($20) for members, and  $10 for library
science students.

For more information or registration forms, contact:

Lynda Leahy,
Associate Dean for User Services and
  Collection Development
320 Snell Library
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
617/437-4920
lleahy@lynx.northeastern.edu