OCLC CATALOGING SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE

DUBLIN, Ohio, April 6, 1994--The proceedings of the Feb. 4, 1994, symposium
held at ALA Midwinter in Los Angeles and titled "The Future is NOW:  The
Changing Face of Technical Services," are now available.  

The symposium covered topics such as the role of outsourcing, extending
local information resources, future electronic communications, and
efficient centralized cataloging.

Speakers included Michael Gorman, dean of library services, California
State University, Fresno; Tia Gozzi, director of technical services,
Stanford University; Arnold Hirshon, university librarian, Wright State
University; Glen Holt, director, St. Louis Public Library; Colleen Hyslop,
assistant director of systems and access services and head of technical
services, Michigan State University; and James Rush, executive director,
PALINET.  Martin Dillon, director of OCLC's library resources management
division, served as moderator.

OCLC sponsored the symposium to give library professionals the opportunity
to discuss future changes in technical services, as well as future methods
for streamlining information processes and reducing costs.

Copies of proceedings are available on the Internet, in hard copy, and on
video tape.  

The print version has been distributed to OCLC cataloging members and
OCLC-affiliated regional networks.  Additional copies of the print version
are available on request, at no charge, from the OCLC Documentation
Department, Mail Code 123, 6565 Frantz Road, Dublin, OH  43017-3395.  A
complete mailing address should be provided and Product Code MAN2340
specified with requests for additional copies.

The 2-hour-38-minute video is available for 21 days through OCLC's PRISM
interlibrary loan system.  ILL requests listing OCLC control number
29785444 and the video title, "The Future is NOW: The Changing Face of
Technical Services," may be sent to the OCLC Information Center (holding
symbol OCC).  Libraries that do not participate in PRISM ILL may send
requests on the ALA Interlibrary Loan request form to:  OCLC, P.O. Box
7777, Dublin, OH 43017-0702.  Borrowed tapes may be duplicated for the
borrowing organization's use. 

For instructions on accessing the proceedings via the Internet, send the
e-mail message get ala_symposia/cataloging1994 instructions, in the body
of the message, not in the subject line, to listproc@oclc.org.

OCLC is a nonprofit computer library service and research organization
whose computer network and services link more than 17,000 libraries in 52
countries and territories.

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