8th North Carolina Serials Conference

[ELEANOR COOK <COOKEI@conrad.appstate.edu>]

This announcement is cross-posted.  Please excuse the duplication.

		EIGHTH  NORTH CAROLINA SERIALS CONFERENCE
		     "SERIALISTS---PROVING OUR WORTH"
			     March 4-5, 1999
	  The William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center
			     Chapel Hill, NC

                          
Thursday, March 4, 1999

8:30 - 9:00	Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 	Welcome and Introduction

9:15 - 10:30 	Keynote Address
 		Donald J. Waters, Director
 		Digital Library Federation
 		Council on Library and Information Resources

10:45 - 11:45	Concurrent Session One

A.      Making the Web Worthy: Serious Serials Webmastering

	Stephanie Schmitt, Systems Support Librarian
	Yale University Library - Sponsored by NASIG 

B.	Retrospective Conversion is the New Miami Vice: An Old Story
	With a New Twist!

	Cecilia Leathem, Head Serials Cataloging and Binding
	University of Miami, Florida

	The MARC Holdings Format: Why It's Worth the Time It Takes

	Kathy Brown, Interim Assistant Director for Administrative
	Services
	North Carolina State University Libraries

C.	The Impact of NC LIVE on Serials Collection Development

	Nancy Newsome, Serials Librarian, Western Carolina University
	Jill Ellern, Systems Librarian, Western Carolina University

12:00 - 12:45	Buffet Luncheon in the Trillium Room, The Friday Center

1:00 - 1:55	Concurrent Session Two

Repeat Concurrent Sessions A and C.

D.	Cataloging the Web
	Elaine Druesedow, Serials Catalog Librarian 
	Duke University

2:00 - 2:45:  Serialists Issues-Controversies and Customers -What's
	Worthy?
 
	Chuck Hamaker, Head of Technical Services
	University of North Carolina at Charlotte 

2:45 - 3:00 	Break

3:00 - 4:15   Concurrent  Session Three  

E.  Serialists Passing the Baton: Proving Our Worth to the Next Generation

	Nancy Gibbs, Facilitator
	Acting Head, Acquisitions 
 	North Carolina State University Libraries

	Carrie McLean, Diversity Program Officer Intern and Preservation
	  Program Supervisor
	North Carolina State University Libraries

	Lauren Corbett, Serial Services Librarian
	Old Dominion University

	Deanna Astle, Asst Dean of Libraries
	Clemson University

F.	Serialists Proving Our Worth-Publishing, Editing and Getting Our
	Messages Across

	Eleanor Cook, Facilitator
	Serials Specialist and Assistant Coordinator 
	  of Materials Processing,
	Appalachian State University

	Cindy Hepfer, Editor-Serials Review
	Head, Collection Management Services
	Health Sciences Library, State University of New York, Buffalo

	Cecilia Leathem, Co- Editor-Pioneering New Serials Frontiers (1996
	  NASIG Proceedings)
	Head, Serials Cataloging and Binding
	University of Miami

	Lori J. Widzinski, Editor, MC Journal
	Head, Computing and Multimedia Services
	Health Sciences Library, State University of New York, Buffalo

4:25 - 5:00     Breakout Discussion Groups

	Dogwood A and B.     Time to discuss issues with colleagues 

Friday, March 5, 1997

8:30 - 9:00     Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:15    Proving Our Worth by Getting Good Value:  Negotiate with
	a Panel of Publishers to Hear Their Point of View.

	Carol MacAdam, Associate Director, Library Relations
	JSTOR 

	Mark Taylor, Senior Account Manager, Elsevier Science

	Mike Spinella, Science Online
	American Association for the Advancement of Science

	The Library's point of view: issues of license, cost, and delivery

	Jeri Van Goethem, Head Acquisitions, Serials Dept.,
	Duke University

10:15 - 10:30    Break

10:30 - 11:20     Concurrent Sessions

	Lightly moderated breakout sessions to discuss interests in the
	following areas:

A.     Pricing Issues
         Moderator: Deanna Astle, Clemson University

B.      Access Issues
          Moderator: Elaine Druesedow, Duke University

C.      Licensing Issues
          Moderator: Carol McAdam, JSTOR

11:30 - 12:00    Reports of the Moderators

12:00 - 12:30     Were We Worthy?--Wrapping it UP
                    Donald Waters, Director
                    Digital Library Federation


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

The purpose of this conference is to answer the gauntlet offered at the
Seventh North Carolina Conference: to be able to have our patrons give
positive feedback of our worth. Serialists concerned with public service,
remote access, collection development, digitization, cataloging,
conversion, pricing models, licensing, metadata, mentoring, authentication
and hands on, serious serials webmastering will find solutions to make
themselves worthy.  Speakers with diverse expertise in the above mentioned
areas will discuss methods and procedures that serialists can utilize to
be worthwhile in all endeavors.

LOCATION:

The program will be held at The William and Ida Friday Continuing
Education Center.  The Friday Center offers state-of-the-art teaching
facilities in a comfortable and attractive environment conducive to
learning.  Services available at The Friday Center include a message desk
at 919-962-3000, a gift shop and espresso bar, lounge areas, and a walking
trail.  Smoking is not permitted in the building, but is allowed on the
patios.  Parking at The Friday Center is free for program participants and
public bus service is available.  A map is available at
http://www.unc.edu./depts/fri_cntr/fc/fcmap.gif.

SPECIAL NEEDS:

Individuals with special requirements to accommodate a motor or sensory
impairment should indicate their needs on the registration form.

REGISTRATION:

The program registration fee is $75. The fee includes continental
breakfast, breaks and Thursday's lunch. Enrollment is limited and is on a
first-come, first-served basis.  When capacity is reached, registrants
will be placed on a waiting list.

ACCOMMODATIONS:

Participants may stay in the hotel of their choice while attending the
program.  Several hotels offering a variety of amenities are available in
the immediate vicinity.  The Best Western University Inn is closest
to The Friday Center, approximately one mile away.  Room rates are $80 for
a standard room with two double beds, $90 for a deluxe room with two
double beds and $70 for one queen bed.  The telephone number for the Best
Western University Inn is 919-932-3000. 

FURTHER INFORMATION:

For further information contact Cheryl Reddish or Wanda Rascoe at NCCU:
919-560-6485 (voice) or 919-560-6402 (fax).

A Special Thank You is Extended to Those Who Helped Make This Conference
Possible:

Educational Sponsors:

North Carolina Central University
School of Library and Information Sciences

North American Serials Interest Group
Continuing Education Committee

Corporate Sponsors: 

AAAS (Science Online) 			Heckman Bindery, Inc.
Blackwell's Information Services	ICI/Southeast Library Bindery	
EBSCO Subscription Services		JSTOR
Elsevier 				Swets and Zeitlinger, Inc.
Faxon Subscription Services		UMI
			


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North Carolina Central University
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Durham, NC  27707