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<b>NETSL CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT<br>
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Registration is now open for the New England Technical Services
Librarians’ 2008 Spring Conference:<br>
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<b>Cohabiting and Colliding: Print and Electronic Resources<br>
Friday, April 4, 2008<br>
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA<br>
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The increasing presence of digital resources and new modes of access are
driving changes in technical serviceschanges in standards, in workflow,
organizational structure, and staff allocation. Please join us to examine
some the implications of these changes and some strategies for adaptation
as technical services departments face the management challenges posed by
this ongoing shift.<br>
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<b>Visit the conference web site to register:
<a href="http://www.nelib.org/netsl/conference.htm">
http://www.nelib.org/netsl/conference.htm</a><br>
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</b>Featured speakers for the morning session include<br>
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</font><b>Janet Swan
Hill</b>, Associate Director for Technical Services, University of
Colorado Libraries<br>
“Entering an Alternate Universe” <br>
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</font><b>Jay Weitz</b>,
Senior Consulting Database Specialist, OCLC<br>
“Standards for the Cataloging of Electronic Resources”<br>
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The afternoon will open with presentation of the NETSL Award for
Excellence in Technical Services. You will then have a choice among four
concurrent breakout sessions:
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<li>(A) “The Elephant in the Room: some strategies for the cohabitation
of the traditional library with the digital repository”
<li><b>Marilyn Billings</b>, Scholarly Communication and Special
Initiatives Librarian, DuBois Library, University of
Massachusetts/Amherst, and <b>
<li>Meghan Banach</b>, Metadata Catalog Librarian, DuBois Library,
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<li><font size=2><b>(</b></font>B) “Integrating Online and Print
Resources to Transform Technical Services: one library’s
experience"
<li><b>Daniel Dollar</b>, Head of Collection Development &
Management, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University
<li><font size=2>(C) “Technical Services Efficiencies at Wesleyan
University”
<li><b>Sally Grucan</b>, Head Cataloging Librarian, Wesleyan
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<li><font size=2>(D) “Delivering E-Books to Users”
<li><b>Anne Cerstvik Nolan</b>, Electronic Resources Coordinator, Brown
University</font>
</ul><font size=2>The conference will conclude with a panel of the day’s
seven speakers addressing your questions in an open
discussion/question-and-answer session.<br>
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Consultant, Technical Services<br>
NELINET, Inc.<br>
153 Cordaville Road<br>
Southborough, MA 01772<br>
Direct phone line: 508-597-1942<br>
Phone: 800-635-4638, ext. 1942<br>
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Fax: 508-460-9455<br>
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