Meeting Announcement (NASIG)

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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003
From: Anne McKee (Linda Hall Library) <mckeea_at_lindahall.org>
Subject: Meeting Announcement (NASIG)

On behalf of the 2002-2003 Program Planning Committee of NASIG, I'm pleased
to announce the "Hot Topics" session at NASIG.

"Industry Consolidation and its Effects on Serials - Views from Several
Sides"

ABSTRACT: What does industry consolidation mean for all of us?  What do
some of the leading lights in the profession think about mergers and
acquisitions on both the publishing side and the vendor side.  Where do
they see the industry heading?"

Speakers:
Keith Courtney 	Director Taylor and Francis Ltd., Chair-UKSG
Miriam Gilbert 	Ass't VP for Licensing and Consortia Sales,
			Marcel Dekker, Inc
Michael Markwith	President, TDNet Inc
Kim Maxwell		Serials Acquisitions Librarian, MIT.

Each speaker will have 5-10 minutes maximum to present their own thoughts on
the subject of industry consolidation.  We will then open up the topic for a
freewheeling, no holds barred, honest and frank, give and take discussion
between the speakers and the attendees.  We are encouraging the speakers to
interact with each other and freely challenge any thoughts or statements in
which they may disagree.

A moderator will be facilitating both sessions on Saturday and Sunday.

***The idea of "Hot Topics" was created this past year in response to
evaluation comments asking for a presentation on a pertinent, late-breaking
topic that would be of interest to all the constituencies within the serials
information chain.***

If you haven't registered for the 2003 conference-it's not too late to do so
as we're envisioning this concurrent to be SRO (standing room only!)

Many thanks to our speakers who agreed to speak with a relatively short
timeline.  Thanks must also be given to the current PPC co-chairs: Kate
Manuel, Charity Martin and Sharon Sullivan and to Board Member-at-Large Mary
Page, for developing and finalizing this dynamic concurrent session.

Hope to see everyone in Portland!

Anne

Anne E. McKee, M.L.S.
NASIG V.P./Pres-elect
email: mckeea_at_lindahall.org
WWW.NASIG.ORG.

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