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Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 08:36:28 -0400
From: Marilee Rouillard <mrouilla@KEENE.EDU>
To: SEREDIT@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: Electronic Serials Institute (Di Neumeister)

Good questions, Diane.  Isn't ironic that we are struggling with
'electronic' information dissemination by having to attend in person?
I would like well planned presentations with demos and graphics (that work)
followed by good discussion.  That probably means a tape, because something
often goes wrong with the live teleconferences.  ;-)

>Or how about a teleconference?  Most librarians should have access to a
>site for a teleconference reasonably (and affordably) close to their own
>libraries.
>
>Or maybe conferences could be videotaped? Then the host institution could
>make a couple of copies of the tape and loan them to other libraries via
>ILL? Or even sell them at a reasonable price.
>
>Maybe some of you can come up with all kinds of reasons that these
>suggestions aren't practical -- or maybe not.  In any case, I think a
>discussion on this is long overdue.  Library technology is changing so
>fast that most of us need continuing education more than ever before, but
>it's often difficult to find the topics we need close to home.  With all
>the technology we now have access to, there should be some workable
>alternative to sending people clear across the country in this era of
>tighter budgets and fewer staff members.
>
>What do you think?  Please respond to the list so we can get a good
>discussion going if anyone, other than Sarah Tusa and I, is interested.
>
>
>Diane Neumeister
>Serials Asst.
>Wahlert Memorial Library
>Loras College
>Dubuque, IA 52004-0178
>drneumei@loras.edu
>
>On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Sarah Tusa wrote:
>
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>> Does anyone know if there are plans about to present this
>> program on electronic journals in other regions?  I would very
>> much like to see a workshop of this nature in Texas, or at least
>> somewhere in the Southwest.  Travel expenses to Washington, D.C.
>> are prohibitive for many of us.
>
>
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Marilee H. Rouillard, Supervisor
Periodicals Department, Mason Library
Keene State College, Keene, NH  03435-3201

mrouilla@keene.edu  (603)358-2756