Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 16:37:51 -0500
From: Carol Diedrichs <diedrichs.1@OSU.EDU>
Subject: LCATS Call for Reporters -- Spring Conferences

_Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services_ (LCATS) (formerly
_Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory_)  regularly covers conferences
related to technical services and collection development.  In addition, we
try to provide coverage for other conferences as well:  those with an
international focus or those which include our areas of interest in addition
to other areas.

I am soliciting your help and interest in covering a number of conferences
or institutes this spring./summer  For these conferences (with the exception
of ACRL), a report of the entire conference is desired.  For ACRL, a report
focused on sessions related to technical services and collection management
would be expected.  The reports would appear as a single article in the
journal with the reporter(s) byline.  The single (or primary) author
receives reprints and proofs of their section for review.  Reports are
generally 10-20 double-spaced pages depending on the content of the meeting
covered.  In some cases, lengthy programs might warrant longer reports.

If you are planning to attend any of these conferences and institutes and
would be interested in providing a report on the program, please respond via
e-mail (diedrichs.1@osu.edu) as soon as possible.  Your finished report
would be due to me approximately one month after the conference ended. An
excellent sample report appears in vol. 21, no. 2 -- Rachel Miller,
"Emerging Patterns of Collection Development in an Expanding Resource
Sharing, Electronic Information, and Network Environment: Report of a
Conference," _Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory_ 21 (1997): 211-
219.  More extensive guidelines for the article are also available at the
journal website:
http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/2/9/3/index.htt?menu=guide

Thanks in advance for your help.

Oklahoma Acquisitions Conference
        Date:   March 1999
        Place:  Oklahoma City

De-Mystifying the Licensing of Electronic Resources (ARL/SLA)
        Date:   March 4, 1999
        Place:  Videoconference

ALCTS New Directions in Library Binding
        Date:   March 11-12, 1999
        Place:  Los Angeles, CA
        Web:    www.ala.org/alcts/events/institutes/

ALCTS Collection Management and Development Institute
        Date:   March 25-27, 1999
        Place:  Pomona, CA
        Web:    www.ala.org/alcts/events/institutes/

New Challenges for Scholarly Communication in the Digital Era: Changing
Roles and Expectations in the Academic Community (ARL)
        Date:   March 26-27, 1999
        Place:  Washington DC

UKSG Annual Conference/4th European Serials Conference
        Date:   April 12-14, 1999
        Place:  Manchester, UK

Cataloging Now! An ALCTS Institute on the PCC Core Record
        Date:   April 16, 1999
        Place:  Flushing, NY
        Web:    www.ala.org/alcts/events/institutes/

Blazing the Trail: Electronic Serials from Acquisition to Access (ALCTS)
        Date:   April 16-17, 1999
        Place:  Portland, OR

Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting
        Date:   June 9-11, 1999
        Place:  Boston, MA
        Web:    www.sspnet.org

NASIG Annual Conference
        Date:           June 10-13, 1999
        Place:          Pittsburgh
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Carol Pitts Diedrichs
Assistant Director for Technical Services and
      Liaison to the Regional Campus Libraries
Editor, Library Collections, Acquisitions
        and Technical Services
The Ohio State University Libraries
1858 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH, 43210-1286
tel: 614-292-4738
fax: 614-292-7859
Internet: diedrichs.1@osu.edu
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