Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 17:18:49 -0800
From: Diane Grover <grover@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Subject: NASIG Conference

Warning:  Long message.  Detailed program information for NASIG
Conference.  See 1st message for registration information, etc.

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                PRE-CONFERENCE PROGRAM
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INTERNET TOOLS AND RESOURCES: AN ELECTRONIC BUFFET

A Preconference Program in conjunction with the 9th Annual NASIG
Conference, June 2, 1994
8:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Conveners: Birdie MacLennan, Serials Coordinator, University of Vermont
and Marilyn Geller, Serials Cataloger, MIT Libraries

The NASIG Electronic Communications Committee is sponsoring a
preconference held in conjunction with the 9th Annual NASIG Conference
at the University of British Columbia.  The focus of this preconference
will be on familiarizing attendees with some of the tools and resources
available on the Internet.  A cost recovery fee of $35.00 (U.S.)\$45.00
(CDN) will be charged.  Registration is limited to 100 people.

The program will begin with a 1 1/2 hour general session for all
attendees featuring two speakers:

o       The FreeNet Movement

Presenter: Jacqueline van Dyk, Systems Librarian
North Vancouver District Public Library
and Library Liaison/Board Member, Vancouver Regional FreeNet

o       The Internet, Client-Server Computing, and the
Revolution in Electronic Publishing

Presenter: David F. W. Robison, Educational Documentation Specialist
NorthWestNet

The remaining portion of the preconference program will be divided into
one hour sessions on individual topics.  Attendees may choose any two
of these sessions at the time of registration.  These five sessions are:

SESSION ONE:
o       Tunneling through Cyberspace in Search of Adventure: An
Introduction to Gopher

Presenter:  Maggie Rioux, Acquisitions Librarian
MBL/WHOI Joint Library

SESSION TWO:
o       Digging Your Own Den in Cyberspace: A Gopher Construction Kit

Presenter: Eric Celeste, Head -- SCARMU
MIT Libraries

SESSION THREE:
o       Come Into My Parlor, Said The Spider: World Wide Web and the
MOSAIC Interface

Presenters: Ann L. Okerson, Director -- Office of Scientific & Academic
Publishing, Association of Research Libraries

and

David L. Rodgers, Director of Electronic Publishing,
American Mathematical Society

SESSION FOUR:
o       Communing with Lists: A Beginner's Guide to LISTSERVs and
ListProcs

Presenter: Marilyn Geller, Serials Cataloger
MIT Libraries

SESSION FIVE:
o       (Almost) Everything Else You Ever Wanted to Know About
LISTSERVs and ListProcs

Presenter: Marilyn Geller, Serials Cataloger
MIT Libraries

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                PLENARY AND CONCURRENT SESSIONS

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PLENARY SESSION I: OVERVIEWS OF CHANGE
Friday, June 3, 1994
8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Convener: Brenda Hurst, Head, Acquisitions, Canada Institute for
Scientific and Technical Information

Technological Change and its Influence on Scholarly Communication
and Information Management
     Czeslaw Jan Grycz, Chair, Scholarship and Technology Study
     Project, University of California Office of the President

The Future of Publishing: Lessons From Recent Workshops
     Robert Weber, Principal, Northeast Consulting Resources

Reshaping the Serials Vendor Industry: How to Survive the Impact of
Technology and Shifting User Expectations
     Dan Tonkery, President and CEO, Readmore Incorporated

Changing Focus: Tomorrow's Virtual Library
     Naomi C. Broering, Director, Biomedical Information Resources
     Center, and Medical Center Librarian, Georgetown University
     Medical Center

PLENARY SESSION II: AN INTROSPECTIVE VIEW OF CHANGE AND CHOICE
Saturday, June 4, 1994
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Convener: John Tagler, Director, Corporate Communications, Elsevier
Science Publishers, Inc.

Getting Past the Rapids: Individuals and Change
     Linda Moore, Chief Executive Officer, tranSKILLS

CONCURRENT SESSIONS   A KALEIDOSCOPE OF CHOICES
Saturday, June 4, 1994
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
NASIG Conference participants will be able to attend two of the
five concurrent sessions.

I.   Managing Organizational Change
Convener: Connie Foster, Serials Supervisor, Western Kentucky
University

Change Without and Change Within: The Structural Adaptation of
an STM Publisher
     Pieter S. H. Bolman, President, Academic Press, San Diego.
Organizational Change in a Research Library Setting: Strategies
and Implementation
     Mary Elizabeth Clack, Serial Records Librarian/Staff
     Development Officer, Harvard College Library

II.  Reports from the Frontiers of Change
Convener: Alex Bloss, Head of Acquisitions, University of Illinois
at Chicago

Wanted: Information Manager: New Roles for Librarians and
Vendors
     Sharon Cline McKay, Product Manager, Dynix Marquis,Inc.

>From Earth to Ether: One Publisher's Reincarnation
     Susan Lewis, Online Projects Manager, Johns Hopkins
University Press.
Library Cultures in Conflict: Exploring New Roles for Librarians
     Johann Van Reenen, Head, UBC Life Sciences Libraries,
     University of British Columbia

III  Professional Advice on Handling Change
Convener: Teresa Malinowski, Serials Coordinator, California State
University Fullerton

Understanding Transition: The People Side of Managing Change
     Judy Clarke, Owner, Judy Clarke and Associates

IV  Real People and Virtual Libraries
Convener: Barbara Carlson, Head, Serials Management, Medical
University of South Carolina

At Ease in Liberspace
     Susan A. Cady, Associate Director for Technical Services,
     Lehigh University Libraries
The Human Side of the Virtual Library
     Marion T. Reid, Dean of Library Services, California State
     University San Marcos

V  From Cutter Handmaids to Cyberspace Guides: The Future of
Catalogers
Convener: Karen Darling, Head, Serials Department, University of
Oregon

Tools for a New Age: an Overview
     Regina Reynolds, Head, National Serials Data Program, Library
     of Congress
Getting the Expert into the System: Expert Systems and Cataloging
     Paul J. Weiss, Systems Librarian, National Library of
     Medicine, Technical Services Division
SGML and the Transformation of Cataloging
     Daniel Pitti, Advanced Technologies Projects Librarian,
     University of California, Berkeley

PLENARY SESSION III: CHOOSING CHANGE: NEW PRODUCTS AND NEW
        SKILLS
Sunday, June 5, 1994
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Convener: Julia Gammon, Head, Acquisitions Department, University
of Akron

Electronic Chemistry Journals:  Elemental Concerns
     Richard Entlich, Technical Project Manager, Albert R. Mann
     Library, Cornell University

Adventures in Information Space: Biomedical Discovery in a
Molecular Sequence Milieu
     Mark S. Boguski, M.D., Ph.D., Investigator, National Center
     for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine
     and Acting Director of Bioinformatics, National Center for
     Human Genome Research, National Institutes of Health

Grabbing the Bull by the Tail: Holding on During Change
     Marjorie E. Bloss, Director, Technical Services, Center for
     Research Libraries