_LAPT_ has always made an effort to cover many of the programs and
discussion groups at the ALA conferences related to our scope.  Some of
these brief reports are written by members of the editorial board.
However, a number of meetings for which I would like to provide a report
are still available and I am soliciting your help and interest in covering
any of these programs and discussion groups.

Reports are published much like the Review Section in _LAPT_.  The reports
are published in a single combined article with each report having a
separate byline.  Each author receives reprints and proofs of their
section for review.  Reports are generally 2-6 double-spaced pages
depending on the content of the meeting covered.  In some cases, lengthy
programs might warrant longer reports.

If you are interested in covering any of the programs and discussion
groups which follow, please respond via e-mail (diedrichs.1@osu.edu) as
soon as possible.  Your finished report would be due to me by 2-15-98.
Two printed copies are needed plus a copy on disk in ASCII format or
preferably WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows.  Sample reports appear in recent
issues of the journal.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Discussion Groups

1.      LITA/ALCTS Interest Group on Serials Automation
        Sunday, 1/11, 9:30--11:00, New Orleans Convention Center - 99.

2.      ALCTS AS Acquisitions Librarians/Vendors of Library Materials & Acq
        Administrators Discussion Group
        Sunday, 1/11, 8:30-12:30; Hilton Riverside - Gr. Salon 12.--
        reporter needs to cover both sessions

3.      ALCTS Pre-order and Pre-catalog Searching Discussion Group
        Monday, 1/12, 9:30-11:00; Westin - Salon.

4.      ALCTS CMDS Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries
        Discussion Group
        Saturday, 1/10, 2-4; New Orleans Convention Center - 36.
        Topic:  Outsourcing Selection in Academic Libraries.

5.      ALCTS SS Research Libraries Discussion Group
        Saturday, 1/10, 9:30-11:00; New Orleans Convention Center - 85.

6.      ACRL Journal Costs in Academic Libraries Discussion Group
        Saturday, 1/10, 2-4; New Orleans Convention Center - 59.

7.      ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services
        Sunday, 1/11, 4:30 - 5:30, New Orleans Convention Center - 37, 38.
        Topic: Changing roles and relationships between paraprofessional and
        professional staff, keeping long-term employees charged,
        motivated, and enthusiastic in a rapidly changing
        environment, merging acquisitions and copy cataloging processes,
        relationships between public and technical services

8.      ALCTS AS Gifts & Exchange Discussion Group
        Saturday, 1/10, 9:30 - 11:00, Hilton Riverside - Norwich.

9.      ALCTS OP Discussion Group
        Sunday, 1/11, 2-4;  New Orleans Convention Center - 56.
        Topic: The Needle in the Bookstack: Web Solutions for Finding Out of
        Print Titles.

10.     ALCTS Role of the Professional in Technical Services Disc. Group
        Sunday, 1/11, 2:00-4:00; New Orleans Convention Center - 85
        Topic: Implementing change in academic technical services departments

11.     ALCTS CCS Copy Cataloging Disc. Group
        Sunday, 1/11, 2-4; New Orleans Convention Center 87

12.     ALCTS Automated Acquisitions Discussion Group
        Monday, 1/12, 9:30-11:00, New Orleans Convention Center - 101.

13.     ALCTS Technical Services in Public Libraries Discussion Group
        Friday, 1/9, 8:30-11:00, Hilton Riverside - Gr. Salon 4.

14.     ALCTS Heads of Technical Services of Medium-Sized Academic Libraries
        Discussion Group
        Saturday, 1/10, 9:30 - 12:30,  New Orleans Convention Center - 36.

15.     ALCTS Scholarly Communications Discussion Group
        Sunday, 1/11, 9:30-11:00; Sheraton - Pontchatrain B.

16.     ALCTS CMDS Collection Management in Public Libraries Discussion Group
        Sunday, 1/12, 9:30-11, Sheraton - Bonnie Burn.

17.     RUSA CODES Dual Assignment Discussion Group
        Saturday, 1/10, 9;30-11:00, Hilton, Grand Salon 24
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Carol Pitts Diedrichs
Interim Assistant Director for Technical Services and
      Head, Acquisition Department
Editor, Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory
The Ohio State University Libraries
1858 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH, 43210-1286
tel: 614-292-6314
fax: 614-292-2015
Internet: diedrichs.1@osu.edu
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