ACQNET v1n100 (August 28, 1991) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v1n100 ACQNET, Vol. 1, No. 100, August 28, 1991 ======================================== ISSN: 1057-5308 (1) FROM: Lisa Peterson SUBJECT: Call for papers, NASIG, 1992 (59 lines) (2) FROM: Nancy Nelson SUBJECT: Meckler, _MecTech Week_, First Annual Electronic Networking and Publishing Conference (14 lines) (3) FROM: Tom Leonhardt SUBJECT: Third Annual Feather River Institute, May 1992 (104 lines) (1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 91 13:59 PST From: Lisa Peterson Subject: NASIG, 1992 NORTH AMERICAN SERIALS INTEREST GROUP, INC. CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR WORKSHOPS CALL FOR DISCUSSION GROUP LEADERS The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), an organization committed to serving the interests of all members of the serials information chain, will hold its seventh annual conference from June 18-21, 1992, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. NASIG's annual conference provides a forum in which serials librarians, publishers, vendors, educators, binders, systems developers, and other specialists exchange views, present new ideas and discuss matters of current interest. The proceedings are published and distributed to a wide audience. This is a call for PAPERS treating any aspect of serials activities such as administration, acquisitions, cataloging, automation, binding, union listing, budgeting, publishing, and future developments. Topics addressing interrelationships between the various NASIG constituencies are of special interest, as are presentations on new developments and new paradigms for the dissemination and control of the serial literature. The 1992 conference will include a one-day joint session with the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP). This represents a unique opportunity for papers on the specific topics of: the National Research and Education Network (NREN); Marketing to Libraries; University Overheads and their relationship to Libraries; Custom Publishing and Publishing on Demand; Document and Article Delivery Services -- Implications for Libraries, Vendors and Publishers. This is also the call for abstracts from individuals interested in leading a WORKSHOP at the conference. Workshops are sessions designed to develop ideas and techniques for managing any aspect of serials work. Related to workshops, NASIG is also calling for DISCUSSION GROUP topics and leaders to stimulate lively exchanges, particularly about links between librarians, publishers and vendors. Submission from all members of NASIG and the serials community are welcome. Topic and speaker suggestions from the information community at large are also welcome. Titles and abstracts, to a maximum of 100 words, must be submitted by OCTOBER 1, 1991 to: Lisa Peterson NASIG Secretary Univ. of California/LIBRARY P.O. Box 5900 Riverside, CA 92517-5900 Phone: 714-787-4381 FAX: 714-787-3285 BITNET: peterson@UCRVMS (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1991 14:34:58 -0400 From: Nancy Nelson Subject: Meckler, _MecTech Week_, First Annual Electronic Networking and Publishing Conference Meckler Publishing has established an electronic publishing division. In September, an electronic journal named _MecTech Week_ will be published and include an editorial, late breaking news, and featured articles from Meckler print publications. In January 14-16, 1992, Meckler will sponsor The First Annual Electronic Networking and Publishing Conference at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. An exhibit hall will offer a showcase of electronic communications and publishing systems and services. (3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1991 22:08:01 EDT From: Tom Leonhardt Subject: 3rd Feather River Institute CALL FOR PAPERS THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC LIBRARY THIRD ANNUAL FEATHER RIVER INSTITUTE MAY 28 - MAY 31, 1992 THE EVOLUTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS BUYING STRATEGIES AND ACQUISITIONS TENETS: FROM GATHERING PLANS TO PHILOSOPHICAL MODELS For the third annual Feather River Institute we are asking for papers that deal with some aspect of what acquisitions librarians do, or , for our historical perspective, what we have done. The topic is worded to allow the greatest possibility in answering this call while still offering the audience a coherent program. Joe Barker, UC Berkeley, upon his return from Feather River II, commented on the conference and on the theme of tenets of acquisitions. Joe sees acquisitions librarians as links between the outside world and their institutions, between complicated and introverted catalogs and the goal of acquiring materials from outside, between staffs and in-house jargon and other units and vendors and publishers, between campus and government accounting offices and auditors and the acquisitons process, between systems offices and the needs of acquisitons work; between library administrators and their drive for productivity and the needs of acquisitions staffs; between selectors and funds and acquisitions; and between the ethics of acquisitions librarians and the vendors and sources from whom we buy. Joe credits Joe Hewitt with beginning this discussion and encouraging the rest of us to seriously think about what it is we do. Joe also notes that each of the roles that acquisitions librarians assume (purchasing officer, personnel manager, systems analyst, etc.) has a code of ethics, a set of standard practices, and/or professional schools and organizations that, through competition in the marketplace, keep performance standards high. Each has tenets embedded in these codes or standards. The main topic of this conference is to define these tenets, these standards and practices that we live and work by. We are also asking for papers that describe our past and in doing so, help us define what it is we do now with a better awareness of where we have come from. Potential speakers are asked to submit, by October 15, 1991, an abstract or detailed outline of your paper (no more than two pages, please) to : Thomas W. Leonhardt Dean of Libraries University of the Pacific Stockton, CA 95211 (209)946-2434 You may also submit your abstracts via Internet to: TLEONHARDT@MADVAX.UOP.EDU A subcommittee of four has agreed to help me choose the program for 1992. Accepted papers will be published in _LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS: PRACTICE AND THEORY_ and will be expected to meet the style requirements for that journal. An informal delivery of the paper is encouraged. ABOUT FEATHER RIVER The conference is held in the Feather River Inn, originally an inn, then a prep school, and, under the ownership of the University of the Pacific, an inn again. The Feather River Inn is located in Blairsden, California on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada about an hour from Reno, Nevada. There is ample free time in the late afternoons and evenings for hiking, golf, and other activities. The free time and chance to meet with colleagues in a beautiful and intimate atmosphere makes this a special conference. The meals are home-cooked and taken together in a large dining hall. The talks are given in one large room with a roaring fireplace to keep the spring chill off. The Inn is about 4,500 feet above sea level so even on warm days, warm clothing is necessary. The size of the previous two Feather River Institutes has averaged 45 people, speakers included. For those who have not attended, the group is limited in size by choice. We could expand to 60 and prefer not to go below 40 for financial reasons. The small audience means that the speaker is virtually a part of the audience even while speaking and most certainly afterwards when it is time for questions and discussion. This is one professional gathering that guarantees good discussion and a chance to get to the related issues that concern you. If you have any questions about FRI III, please call Tom Leonhardt at (209)946-2434 or write via USPS or the Internet. 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