Date: 1/12/94 4:27 PM
From: Nancy Gibbs

ALCTS: Role of the Professional in Academic Research Technical Services
Departments Discussion Group, ALA Midwinter Meeting, Sunday, February 6, 1994,
2-4 PM, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 507.

Topic:

21st Century Technical Services : Is it coming before you think??  Will
It Include:
              Contract Acquisitions?
              Contract Cataloging?
              Contract Collection Development?

Our speakers will be Seno Lawskowski, Head of Cataloging at the University of
Alberta (where they have a contract for cataloging); Keith Schmeidl, President
of Coutts Library Service, Inc. (who provides contract cataloging for
libraries); and Gary Shirk, Chief Information Officer of Yankee Book Peddler
(who has written recently in LAPT about contract acquisitions).

We hope for a lively discussion from an international cast of speakers centered
around the decision process to begin a contract in technical services, the
evaluation process, and the effects these decisions have on staff, patrons, and
budgets.

For further information contact:
Nancy_Gibbs@ncsu.edu or HMiller@unc.bitnet