Subject:      6th North Carolina Serials Conference

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                SERIAL VITAL SIGNS:
                Essentials for Service

        The Sixth North Carolina Serials Conference
        Friday, May 2, 1997

        The William and Ida
        Friday Center
        Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Sponsored by:
North Carolina Central University
School of Library and Information Sciences

                STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

This conference will provide serials librarians and staff with an
opportunity to discuss how they can provide access to the information
issued in serial format.  Participants in this conference will have an
opportunity to reflect, not only on how to promote access to serially
published information in their own institutions, but how to make informed
decisions in light of all the changes that are occurring in this area.

                        AGENDA
                Friday, May 2, 1997

   8:30 - 9:00   Registration/Continental Breakfast

   9:00 - 10:15   Postmodern Trends and Serialists
        Peter R. Young, Executive Director
        U.S. National Commission on Libraries
        and Information Science

  10:15 - 10:30   Break

  10:30 - 11:45   Breakout Session One

  OCLC Electronic Collections Online
        Chip Nilges, Manager
        Product Management & Marketing
        OCLC Electronic Journals Division

  Serials Are Not Just For Breakfast Anymore
        Harry Tuchmayer, Assistant Director
        New Hanover Public Library

  11:45 - 1:00   Buffet Luncheon in the Trillium Room, The Friday Center

   1:00 - 2:00   Breakout Session Two

  Disaster Realities: Policies and Preservation
        Harlan Greene, Director
        North Carolina Preservation Consortium

  Electronic Licenses: The Latest "Opportunity" for Serialists
        NASIG Continuing Education Committee Sponsoree--
        Trisha Davis, Head Continuation Acquisition Division
        The Ohio State University Libraries

   2:00 - 2:15   Break

   2:15 - 4:00   Acquiring/Accessing Electronic
                 Serials/Products/Document Delivery:
                 A Symposium

  Electronic Products in the Public Library Environment
        Joseph Raker, Coordinator of Technical Services
        Boston Public Library

  OhioLink
        Barbara Winters
        Wright State University

  TRLN Revisited
        Jordan Scepanski, Executive Director
        Triangle Research Libraries Network

  National Library Implications
        Peter R. Young, Director
        U.S. National Commission on
        Libraries and Information Science

                REGISTRATION FORM

                SERIAL VITAL SIGNS:
                Essentials for Service
                    May 2, 1997

   Name___________________________________
   Institution____________________________
   Street Addres__________________________
   City/State/Zip_________________________
   Daytime Phone__________________________
   Email address__________________________
   _____Check if special assistance is needed

    Registration Fee:  $75
    Fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, and break
    Free parking is available

    Student registration $30

    Make checks payable to:
    NCCU/SLIS

    Send registration and payment to:
        School of Library & Information Sciences
        P.O. Box 19586
        North Carolina Central University
        Durham, NC  27707

    For more information call:
        919-560-6485  (voice)
        919 560-6402  (fax)

    You will receive confirmation / information following
    the processing of your payment.
    Refunds, minus an administrative fee, will be made for cancellations
    received in writing by April 25, 1997

                LODGING INFORMATION

                Best Western University Inn
                Highway 54 East, Chapel Hill
                (Closest to the Friday Center)

                $70 per night, queen bed
                $80 per night, double
                Reservations: (919) 932-3000

EDUCATIONAL SPONSORS:
        North Carolina Central University
                School of Library and Information Science
        North American Serials Interest Group
                Continuing Education Committee

CORPORATE SPONSORS:
        Ebsco Subscription Service
        Faxon Subscription Service
        Heckman Bindery, Inc.
        ICI/Southeast Library Bindery
        OCLC

See also the web site:
http://thumper.acc.nccu.edu/slis/home/ce.html#seri