My apologies for mutltiple postings.
A few places remain at the Conference; details below.
MANAGING THE MARKET PLACE: Libraries and Procurement, Professions in Partnership
To be held at UMIST, Manchester
on 25th and 26th June 1997
A National Conference for Librarians and Purchasing Professionals
Organised by the National Group on Consortium Purchasing for Academic
Libraries
PROGRAMME
Wednesday 25th June 1997
11.00-12.00 Registration (coffee available)
12.30-1.30 Buffet lunch
1.45 Opening of Conference
Session 1 - Chaired by Ken Roberts, Chairman, National Group on Consortium
Purchasing for Academic Libraries
1.45-1.55 Chairman's welcome - Ken Roberts
1.55-2.15 Opening of Conference - D.W. Hughes, Chairman of the North West
Universities Purchasing Consortium
2.15-3.00 Keynote presentation: Co-operative Purchasing for Libraries: How
much does it Increase Costs? - Derek Law, Director of Information Services
and
Systems, Kings College London
3.00-3.30 Tea
Session 2 - Chaired by Jill Taylor-Roe, Sub-Librarian, Liaison and Academic
Services, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
3.30-4.15 A Consortium Approach - Susan Wright, Regional Purchasing
Co-ordinator, Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium and David Ball,
Head of Library and Information Services, Bournemouth University
4.15-5.30 To Do or To Buy? A Debate
To Buy Option Proposed by Di Martin, Librarian, University of Hertfordshire;
To Do Option Proposed by Bernard Naylor, Librarian, Southampton University
7.00-9.30 Conference Dinner
Thursday 26th June 1997
Session 3 - Chaired by John Ritchie, Director of London Universities
Purchasing Consortium
9.00-10.15 Acquiring Electronic Resources for the HE Community: What and
How? - Mike Johnson, Director of CHEST and Diana Leitch, Assistant Director
and Deputy Librarian, John Rylands University Library, Manchester
10.15-10.45 Coffee
Session 4 - Chaired by Ken Roberts, Chairman, National Group on Consortium
Purchasing for Academic Libraries
10.45-12.00 Impact of Electronic Communication on the Supply Chain - Brian
Green, Book Industry Communications
Digital Media and the Future of Academic Publishing - John Davies, Director
of Committee of Academic and Professional Publishers
12.00-12.30 Open Forum The Way Forward - Ken Roberts
12.30 Close of Conference
Buffet lunch or a packed lunch available
CONFERENCE DETAILS
Venue Renold Building, Manchester Conference Centre, UMIST, Manchester
Duration 25th and 26th June 1997
Registration By delegates' booking form (below). Please send one form
for each delegate.
DELEGATES' BOOKING FORM
Please indicate your choice:
Residential delegate (en-suite) @ £110.00:
Residential delegate @ £90.00:
Non-residential delegate (including Conference Dinner) @ £55.00:
Non-residential delegate (including lunches only) @ £35.00:
Special dietary requirements?
Buffet or Packed lunch on 26 June?
Delegate's Name:
Position:
Institution:
Address:
Postcode:
Telephone:
Fax:
Please return this form BEFORE 19 JUNE to:
Mike Day
UMIST Library
PO Box 88
MANCHESTER M60 1QD
Tel: 0161-200 4920
Fax: 0161-200 4941
email: [log in to unmask]
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