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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 14:30:24 -0600
From: Susan Mueller <mueller@SELWAY.UMT.EDU>
Subject: ALA Program on Electronic Resources-ALCTS, Serials Section

Concerned your getting a pig in a poke when buying bundled or aggregated
serials?
Come hear a serials aggregator, a subscription agent, and a librarian
discuss the policy issues on this hot topic.  Colleagues in the areas of
cataloging, reference, collection development and consortiums will respond
to their comments, as will a library director and a representative from an
ILS vendor.

The Serials Pig in the Aggregators Poke: Policy Issues
Related to the Growing Reliance on Electronic Packages in our
Library's Collection

Saturday, June 26, 1999,  9:00-11:00 am
Fairmont Hotel, Emerald Ballroom

Sponsored by:  ALCTS Serials Section, Policy
and Research Committee;
co-sponsored by ALCTS/CMDS, Administration of Collection Development
Committee;
LITA, Electronic Publishing/Electronic Journals Discussion Group;
RUSA/ CODES, Collection Development Policies Committee

Speakers: Deborah L. Bendig,  Consulting Product Support Specialist,
OCLC, Inc.; Kathleen Born, Director, Academic Division, EBSCO Information
Services; and Charles Hamaker, Head, Technical Services,
University of North Carolina-Charlotte.

The analysts are:Bill Nelson, Library Director, Augusta
State University; Sandy Westall, Vice President and Director of Reference
Databases, Innovative Interfaces, Inc.; Mitch Turitz,  Serials Librarian,
San Francisco State University Library; Mary C. Bushing, Ed.D.,  Associate
Professor & Information Resources Development Librarian, Montana State
University Libraries; Olivia M.A. Madison, Dean of Library Services, Iowa
State University

Susan Mueller                   e-mail: mueller@selway.umt.edu
Director of Technical Services          phone: 406-243-4558
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library      fax: 406-243-2060
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812