From: Karen.R.Matthews_at_Dartmouth.EDU (Karen R. Matthews)
New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) announces the program for
our Spring 2004 Conference: Keeping Up: What We Need to Know in Technical
Services and Where We Can Learn It. The conference will be held on Friday,
April 30, 2004 at the Hogan Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester, Massachusetts.
The keynote speaker will be Michael Gorman, Dean of Library Services, Henry
Madden Library, California State University, Fresno. His topic will be
Technical Services in the LIS Curriculum. The afternoon speaker will be
Heidi Lee Hoerman, Instructor Specializing in Technical Services, School of
Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina. Her topic
will be Education for Technical Services: the Possiblities of Distance
Education.
There will also be a choice of breakout sessions: 1) "Online Learning
Options for Staff", George Needham, Vice President, Member Services, OCLC,
Inc.; 2) "Paraprofessional Certification: Past, Present, and Future
Possibilities", Dorothy Morgan, Business Manager/Administrative Assistant,
Liverpool (N.Y.) Public Library; 3) "Mentoring in the Library: Inspiring
Growth and Sharing Ideas", Jodi C. Williams, Assistant Professor and
Coordinator, Library and Information Services Program, College of Natural
and Social Sciences, University of Maine at Augusta; and 4) "Discussion
Group: Local Strategies for Developing and Fostering Professional
Development in Technical Services", facilitated by Judith Brink, Head of
Collection Development, University of New Hampshire Library and Karl
Fattig, Technical Services Manager/Cataloger, Bowdoin College.
Advance registration is highly recommended for the NETSL Spring
Conference. The conference schedule and registration form is available on
the nelib.org site at:
http://www.nelib.org/files/netsl2004flyer.pdf
Karen Matthews
Librarian/Bibliographer
National Center for PTSD
VA Medical Center (116D)
White River Junction, Vermont 05009
karen.matthews_at_dartmouth.edu
Received on Thu Apr 01 2004 - 03:22:15 EST