Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 09:40:32 -0400
From: "STANLEY, NANCY" <NMS@PSULIAS.PSU.EDU>
Subject: Wizardry Not to be Missed -- ALA Program

The following program announcement is cross posted to several list.  Please
excuse any duplication

If the financial wizards in your organization appear to be as formidable as
the Great Oz, you won't want to miss the following ALCTS Program sponsored
by the Acquisitions Section's Acquisitions Organization and Management
Committee and Co-sponsored by the Serials Section Acquisitions Committee:

                        OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD:

                Demystifying Your Financial Relationships

This program is for you if you are concerned about:

        * audits;

        * bidding and contracts for library materials;

        * EDI;

        * interfacing your library's accounting system with your parent
        organizations's accounting system; and/or

        * any need to improve your department's relationship with fiscal
        officers within or outside the library.

Panetlist will use case studies to:

        * compare the goals and organizational cultures of fiscal
        officers and librarians;

        * explore the political realities; and

        * identify skills and strategies for achieving sound working
        relationships.

        PROGRAM MODERATOR:

                BARBARA WINTERS
                Associate Librarian for Central Services
                Wright State University

        PANELISTS:

                ANDREW BONAMICI
                Asst. University Librarian for Administrative Services
                University of Oregon

                CAROL PITTS HAWKS
                Head, Acquisitions Department
                Ohio State University

                ED HUMS
                Director of Special Projects for Business Affairs
                University of Notre Dame

                JOSEPH RAKER
                Head, Acquisitions Department
                Boston Public Library

This program will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Miami on Sunday,
June 26, 1994 from 2-4 p.m. in the Convention Center, D235-236.  For
additional information contact Jan Maxwell at Wright State University,
jmaxwell@desire.wright.edu.

Come join us for a enlightening and demystifying afternoon!!

Thank you,
Nancy Stanley
Penn State University Libraries
nms@psulias.psu.edu