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Highlights of the 1993 Canadian Library Association Conference Programme for
those who might wish to attend:
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Date:         Mon, 31 May 93 12:48:26 EDT
From:         Marilyn Rennick <MMRII@acadvm1.uottawa.ca>
To:           Special Services <special@acadvm1.uottawa.ca>

IN THE HUMAN CAUSE
       Canadian Library Association 48th Annual Conference
           June 16-20, 1993, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

"In the Human Cause", the 48th annual conference of the Canadian
Library Association, to be held in Hamilton, Ontario, June 16-20,
1993, will address issues related to librarianship in a changing
economy and environment.  Following is an extract of some of the
programmes being offered:

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
     Ovide Mercredi, Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations

THEME PROGRAMMES

     In the Human Cause
          - Information Needs of Battered Women
          - National Forum on Library Services for Persons with
          Disabilities
          - Authorship and Censorship
          - Employment Equity
          - Teaching Information Skills for the Information Society

     Technology at Your Service
          - A Crash Course in Electronic Networking for Libraries
          - Distance Education: Principles and Practices
          - Is the Virtual Library a Reality?
          - Bits, Bytes and Government Documents ... Government
          Documents Go Electronic
          - Information Technology and Library Design: 2000 and
          Beyond

     Managing for Effectiveness
          - New Styles of Management
          - How to Avoid Information Malpractice
          - Effective Evaluation of Library Services
          - What Do You Do When the Well Runs Dry?
          - Total Quality Management in Libraries: In Theory and In
          Practice

     The Challenge of Issues
          - Hate Literature
          - Document Delivery -- Fast or Cheap?
          - Librarianship -- An Eroding Women's Profession
          - National Information Policy Forum
          - Copyright

     Personal Effectiveness
          - Life in the Ivory Tower
          - Managing Ourselves; Leading Others
          - Personal Networking: How to Work a Room
          - The Unemployed Librarian
          - First Aid for Stress

     Collections: Managing the Human Record
          - An Introduction to Environmental and Workplace Health
          and Safety Information
          - Costing/Charging in Resource Sharing
          - Municipal Documents: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
          - Friends Share All Things in Common

     Building on Strength: Marketing and Partnerships
          - Promoting Your Library
          - Lobby for Results
          - Positioning for Power
          - ChildPower: Marketing Children's Services in the 90s

     The Specialists at Work
          - Children's Services
          - Crossgenerational Programming in the Public Library
          - Statistically Speaking
          - Building Bridges: An Innovative "Touch/See" Program

     Technical Services
          - Out of the Back Room
          - The Cataloguer Revisited
          - Roundtable for Technical Services Personnel

     Pre-Conference Programmes
          - Partnerships for the Public Good - celebrate 65 years
          of the Canadian Depository Services Program
          - Technology, Shared Facilities and Library Design
          - Bibliographical Society of Canada meeting

     Business Meetings
          Executive and annual general meetings of the Canadian
          Library Association, its five divisions, and its many
          interest groups.

     Trade Show
          One hundred library-related companies will be exhibiting
          their products and services from June 17-20.

     And ... the Social Agenda!
          Meet old friends, renew acquaintances, and make new
          friends at the Opening Reception, Divisional Receptions,
          the First-Timers' Breakfast, the All Conference Social,
          or one of the other social events.

... AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!

     FOR THE FULL PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION, CONTACT
          Conference Office
          Canadian Library Association
          200 Elgin Street
          Ottawa, Ontario
          K2P IL5
          Canada
          Telephone: (613) 232-9625
          Tele-facscimile: (613) 563-9895

Marilyn Rennick
Head, Special Services / Chef, Services speciaux
Morisset Library / Bibliotheque Morisset
University of Ottawa Library Network /
Reseau des bibliotheques de l'Universite d'Ottawa

mmrii@acadvm1.uottawa.ca

(613) 564-8130     FAX: (613) 564-9886