---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 14:02:23 -0400 From: Christina Bellinger <cb1@HOPPER.UNH.EDU> Subject: ACRL/NEC SPRING CONFERENCE ---------- Forwarded message ---------- There are still some spaces left at the ACRL/NEC Spring Conference. The Conference will be of interest to any librarian who is involved with Technical Services, Collection Development and Electronic Publishing. For further information, please contact Helen Rodriquez, Director, Johnson & Wales University Library. Her address is on the attached registration form. ************************************************************************* PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT AND ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES/NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER SPRING CONFERENCE, JOHNSON AND WALES INN, SEEKONK, MASSACHUSETTS APRIL 20 - 21, 1995 "STRATEGIC ALLIANCES FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: PUBLISHERS, VENDORS & POLITICAL PARTNERS" Thursday, April 20 12:30 - 1:30 Conference Registration and Coffee Johnson & Wales Inn 1:30 - 1:45 Welcome Helena Rodrigues, Dean of University Libraries, Johnson & Wales University John Collins, President, ACRL/NEC Helen Shuster, Vice President, ACRL/NEC 1:45 - 2:15 "Information Commerce: Any Buyers? " Mary Grace Smith, Northeast Consulting Resources, Inc. 2:15 - 2:45 "Scholarly Communications: From the Producer to the Consumer" Paul Kobulnicky, Chair of ALA/ALCTS Scholarly Communications Committee 2:45 - 3:00 Break 3:00 - 3:30 "Issues in Scientific Publishing" Karen Hunter, Vice President & Associate to the Chairman, Elsevier Science 3:30 - 4:00 "Weaving the Web for Information Access and Delivery" Terry Noreault, Director, Office of Research and Special Projects, OCLC 4:00 - 4:30 Questions 4:30 - 4:45 Business Meeting 4:45 - 6:30 Reception - Johnson & Wales University Library 7:00 - 9:00 Dinner - Johnson & Wales Inn Friday, April 21 8:30 - 9:30 Coffee, pastries, registration 9:30 - 10:00 "Menage a Trois or Bermuda Triangle? Strategic Alliances with Vendors,Information Providers and Other Libraries for the 1990's" Arnold Hirshon, University Librarian, Wright State University 10:00 - 10:30 "The Wondrous Web Revisited: New Reflections on Library/Vendor Relationships" Gary M. Shirk, Chief Information Officer, Yankee Book Peddlar, Inc. 10:30 - 10:45 Break 10:45 - 11:15 "Document Delivery for Today and Tomorrow" Joseph J. Fitzsimmons, Chairman, UMI 11:15 - 11:45 "Vanishings and Transformations: Libraries, Vendors and the Information Marketplace" Marshall Keys, Executive Director, NELINET, Inc. 11:45 - 12:15 Questions 12:15 - 2:00 Lunch 2:00 - 2:30 "State Alliances" Keith M. Fiels, Director, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners 2:30 - 3:00 "The New Political Climate: Opportunities and Threats" Carol Henderson, Executive Director, Washington Office, American Library Association 3:00 - 3:30 Questions 3:15 - 3:30 Closing Remarks 3:30 - 4:00 Refreshments ASSOCIATION FOR COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES/NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER SPRING CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM NAME________________________________________________ORGANIZATION_____________ PHONE (DAYTIME)_____________________________________EMAIL_____________________ _____Member ACRL/NEC $45.00 _____Member Daily $25.00 ____Non-Member $50.00 _____Non-Member Daily $30.00 _____Library School Student $10.00 Friday buffet lunch is included in the registration. Dinner at Johnson & Wales Inn, Thursday evening (please choose one) _____Chicken Oscar $15.50____Baked Scrod with Lemon Butter $12.95 _____Manicotti Marinara $12.95 All meals include soup, salad, vegetable, rice or potato and dessert. Make check payable to ACRL, New England Chapter Total enclosed___ Send form and payment to: Helena Rodrigues Johnson & Wales University Library 8 Abbott Park Place Providence, RI 02903 Phone: (401) 598-1887 Email: helenar@pobox.jwu.edu Please register by April 14, 1995. No meals guaranteed and no refunds after that date. ************************************************************************************************* ********** ACCOMMODATIONS A block of rooms is being held for the conference at The Johnson & Wales Inn 213 Taunton Avenue Routes 114A & 44 Seekonk, Massachusetts 02771. Telephone: (508) 336-8700 or out of state (800) 232-1772 Refer to ACRL/NEC to receive a special rate of $59.00 - $79.00. Reserve rooms by Thursday, March 31, 1995. Johnson & Wales Inn will direct you to other hotels in the area if they no longer have rooms available. **************************************************************************** * DIRECTIONS: (Traveling East on I-195) Take exit 1 in MA. Take a left onto Rt. 114A and continue to junction of 44. The Johnson & Wales Inn is located a few hundred yards on your right. (Traveling West on I-195) Take Exit 1 in MA. Exit right onto Rt. 114A and continue to the junction of Rt. 44. Turn right onto Rt. 44. The Johnson & Wales Inn is located a few hundred yards on your right.