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MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT:

ACRL NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER SERIALS INTEREST GROUP PANEL DISCUSSION

"From Overdrive to Cyberdrive: The Impact of Technology on Technical Services"

Wednesday, May 7, 1997
Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Gutman Library Conference
Center, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA

9:30 am-1:00 pm (Coffee and Registration 9:00 am-9:30 am)

Come join our panel discussion on how technology has changed our lives.
Topics covered will include:

*Training
*Adapting to New Systems
*Impact on Cataloging
*Collection Development
*World Wide Web/Internet Use
*Digital Resources
*Cooperative Ventures

Each panelist will speak for 15 minutes, with a 15 minute question and
answer period from the audience.

Speakers:

9:30-Martha Burk, Serials Librarian, Babson College: "Adapting to New Systems"
10:00-Mia Brazill, Acquisitions Librarian, Smith College: "Collection
Development Issues"
10:30-Tony Stankus, Science Librarian, College of the Holy Cross:
"Electronic Journals"
11:00-11:15: Break
11:15-Rick Block, Head Librarian, Cataloging Department, Boston College:
"Technologies Role on the Cataloger"
11:45-Mary Beth Clack, Staff Development Officer, Harvard College Library:
"Technology and Training Issues"
12:15-Ellen Finnie-Duranceau, Asst. Acquisitions Librarian for Digital
Resources, MIT: "Digital Resources, Cooperative Ventures, and the World
Wide Web"

We Want Your Input, Bring Your Comments and Questions!!

TO REGISTER for this FREE Program, send your name and affiliation to :
Patricia Hatch, Librarian, Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction,
73 Tremont Street, Suite 510, Boston, MA  02108-3910.  Phone: (617)
722-0200, Fax: (617) 722-0202, EMAIL: phatch@iiplr.org.