FOLLOWING IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ALCTS/SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS
PROGRAM AT ALA IN NEW ORLEANS.  SATURDAY, June 26th, 2-4 p.m.
New Orleans Convention Center, Rooms 20/22.

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We would like to call your attention to another significant program at
the American Library Association Conference.

On Saturday afternoon, June 26th, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., the Scholarly
Communications Committee of ALCTS is sponsoring a program built around
the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's recent study, *University Libraries
and Scholarly Communication.*

Richard Ekman, Secretary of the Mellon Foundation and one of the authors
of the report, will give an overview and will be followed by three
superb speakers as respondents.  They are:

Nancy Cline, Dean of University Libraries, Pennsylvania State
University.  As director of one of the nation's largest research
libraries, Nancy will offer her thoughtful and energetic perspective on
the key points of the study.

Kenneth Arnold, Director, Rutgers University Press.  A leader in the
university press community as well as a witty speaker, Ken will offer
the viewpoint of a scholarly publishing enterprise experiencing
transition.

James J.  O'Donnell, Professor of Classics at the University of
Pennsylvania, will engage the audience with an eloquent scholar's
statement about this and other wake-up calls to the professoriate, an
group facing many of its own challenges.

The program will be moderated by Duane Webster, Executive Director of the
ARL.

The ALCTS Scholarly Communications Committee was formed in 1991, as an
outgrowth of ALCTS' Serials Task Force recommendations.  That task force
of the late 80s was chaired by Robert Wedgeworth (University of
Illinois).  The Committee is currently chaired by Fred Lynden, AUL for
Technical Services at Brown University.

We look forward to seeing you at this program in New Orleans.

**Incidentally, we are expecting to have the full text and graphics of the
Mellon Study available on internet sites during the first half of July.
Look for network announcements then.**

Ann Okerson/Association of Research Libraries
Office of Scientific & Academic Publishing
ann@cni.org