Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 14:27:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Gene Dickerson <DICKERSON%VUVAXCOM.bitnet@uvmvm.uvm.edu>
Subject: ALA Midwinter announcement

                        ALCTS Serials Section
                 Research Libraries Discussion Group
                      Saturday, 4 February 1995
                            9:30-11:00 am
              Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 109A

               GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Predictive Check-In

     Why is it so difficult to develop a predictive check-in system?
Why do publishers claim that many claims are premature or unnecessary?
Why predictive systems based on holdings information don't work?  What
is predictive check-in?  What is Dispatch data?  How is it different
from Holdings data?  Which should be used for predictive check-in?

     Join us in a discussion of the issues surrounding claims,
predictive check-in and the options available to us.

Discussion Chair:   Eugene Dickerson, Villanova University
     Vice-Chair:    Pamela Simpson, Penn State University

Panel:              Susan Malawski, John Wiley & Sons
                    Joyce McDonough, Columbia University
                    Fritz Schwartz, Faxon

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Eugene H. Dickerson                    "A hero ain't nothin' but a sandwich."
Serials Librarian
Falvey Memorial Library
Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19085-1683
dickerson@ucis.vill.edu