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Date: Wednesday, 3 January 1996 4:15pm ET
From: Laurel.Jizba
Subject: ALCTS Computer Files Discussion Group

              ALCTS COMPUTER FILES DISCUSSION GROUP
        AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MIDWINTER CONFERENCE
                         SAN ANTONIO, TX
                   SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996,
                       9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
                  HYATT RIVERWALK, REGENCY BR W

     REPORTING SESSION:
     Reports from the Utilities:   Glenn Patton, OCLC;
                                   Greta de Groat, WLN;
                                   RLG report
     AV CORE Record Report:        Eric Childress, Elon College
     CONSER Report:                Regina Reynolds, LC
     MARBI Report:                 John Attig, Penn State Univ.
     Other Reports, if available

     CYBER SURFING ON THE NET:
     RIDING THE GOOD WAVES, AVOIDING THE TIDAL WAVES -- TWO VIEWS

          SEARCH ENGINES, SPIDERS & HARVESTERS & NEM ONLINE
          Richard Wiggins,
          Author and Lecturer on the Internet,
          Michigan State University Computer Center &
          Network for Excellence in Manufacturing (NEM) Project

          WETWARE AND SOFTWARE: THE CONVERGENCE OF LIBRARIES AND
          EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
          Erik Jul,
          Project Manager,
          OCLC Internet Cataloging Project, OCLC, Inc.

     DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS

For further information, contact: Laurel Jizba, CFDG Co-Chair,
Michigan State University (Tel.: 517-353-8715;  email
20676lj@msu.edu), or, Mary Beth Fecko, CFDG Co-Chair, Rutgers,
(Tel.: 908-445-5907); email fecko@zodiac.rutgers.edu