Tuesday, May 5, 2009

ALA Annual Presentation Proposals: ALCTS Continuing Resources Section, C&RL Interest Group

The ALCTS Continuing Resources Section College and Research Libraries Interest Group (CRS C&RL IG) requests presentation proposals for our Annual Meeting in Chicago on Saturday, July 11th from 10:30am-12:00pm.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • RDA and FRBR, as they pertain to serials
  • Licensing and SERU
  • MARC Format for Holdings Data
  • Best practices in managing budget cuts and serials cancellations
  • KBART and knowledge base management
  • Next generation OPACs and serial displays
  • Open Access journals and serials in Institutional Repositories
  • The future of serials cataloging and/or the future of managing serials bibliographic and holdings records

Each presentation should be approximately 20 minutes. There will be time for discussion.

Please e-mail proposals by May 29th to Britta Santamauro, bsantamauro@chasemail.org

Please include in your proposal:

  • Title of presentation
  • Brief summary of proposed presentation
  • Name(s) and position(s) of presenter(s)
  • E-mail address(es) of presenter(s)

Many thanks. We hope to see you at ALA Annual!


Britta Santamauro, Chair, CRS C&RL IG
Co-Director of Library Services
Chase Collegiate School
Waterbury, CT 06708
Bsantamauro [at] chasemail [dot] org

Rebecca Kemp, Co-Chair / Chair-elect, CRS C&RL IG
Serials Coordinator Librarian
UNC Wilmington
Wilmington, NC 28403
kempr [at] uncw [dot] edu

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