From: Linwood DeLong <linwood.delong_at_uwinnipeg.ca>
Registration extended to April 20 for:
Collections 2007: Reinvigorating Collection Development and
Management
INCO Centre
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John*s, Newfoundland
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Registration: 8:30 am - 9:00 am
Program: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Keynote Presentation:
*Confessions of a Literary Editor* by Martin Levin, books editor of
the Globe and Mail.
Martin Levin has been the Books editor of the Globe and Mail since
1996, having been its ideas columnist for three years. Before that, his
journalistically varied, even chequered, career, included stints as
editor of The Jewish Post and Seniors Today in Winnipeg, of Innings, a
serious baseball publication in Toronto and as a publications manager
for Southam. He is also a contributor to several books, most recently
as an essayist for What I Meant to Say...., a collection of essays by
men. His ambition know is to see a play he has co-written about
famously terrible film director Ed Wood, be produced.
Presentations:
*The Performance of Firm Order vs. Approval Books*, Jan Horner,
University of Manitoba
*From Mappa Mundi to Web Mapping: Collections in an Academic Map
Library*, Dan Duda, Memorial University of Newfoundland
*Alternate Format Production Service in Nova Scotia: A University and
Community College Collaborative Study*, Cheryl Stenstrom, St. Mary*s
University - Atlantic Centre
*Tune into Toronto Tunes: Toronto Public Library Launches a Local
Music Collection*, Susan Caron, Toronto Public Library
*The Battle of the Brands: Reference e-Book Collection Development in
a *Britannica vs Wikipedia* World*, Barbara McDonald, McMaster
University
*The 3 R*s of Reference Collection Development in Academic
Libraries:
Re-cognition, Re-articulation, Re-definition*, Jocelyn Godolphin,
Concordia University
Plus a panel discussion: Demystifying Open Access Journals
Open access advocate Heather Morrison will present a brief overview
of what collections librarians need to know about open access
journals: what they are, how many, how to include them in our
collections, business models, and library support for open access
journals. Jason Charron, Acting Director for CISTI's Business
Affairs,
will explain why NRC Research Press has has taken a pragmatic approach
to Open Access.
Registration fees (unchanged since 2004) for the pre-conference are:
CLA Collections Development and Management Interest Group (CDMIG)
Members: $80
CLA members: $100 (Non-members of CDMIG)
Non-CLA members: $125
Registration includes a morning coffee break (kindly sponsored by
Midwest Library Services), lunch (kindly sponsored by YBP Library
Services), and an afternoon coffee break (kindly sponsored by Coutts
Library Services). Registration also includes bus service from the
Delta St. Johns to the INCO Centre and back.
The registration form for Collections 2007 is located at
http://www.cla.ca/conference/2007/2007_Pre-Con_Reg_form2.pdf. The
extended deadline for pre-conference registration is April 20, 2007.
The webpage for Collections 2007 is
http://www.cla.ca/conference/2007/collections.shtml.
Linwood DeLong
Collections Coordinator
University of Winnipeg Library
515 Portage Ave.
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3B 2E9
Ph. (204) 786-9124
FAX (204) 786-1824
e-mail: l.delong_at_uwinnipeg.ca
Received on Thu Apr 12 2007 - 01:03:06 EDT