PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT In accordance with its mission to support, represent and promote the development needs of new, student and existing members of the Library and Information Profession, the Career Development Group is pleased to announce a one day seminar on eBooks and ePublishing. The seminar will take place at Library Association Headquarters, London on Wednesday 28th November 2001 between 10am and 4pm. Taking part in the day will be leading speakers in the field including: Louise Edwards, DNER Collections Manager, eBooks and Primary Research Data Suzanne Wilson - Higgins, Commercial Director, Lightning Source UK Ltd Christine Love-Rodgers, Assistant Librarian Learner Support, Open University Anthony Watkinson, Consultant, Visiting Professor in Information Science, City University and author of recent Resource Report on 'Electronic solutions to the Problems of Monograph Publishing'. Linda Vendryes, Vice President of Coutts Electronic Division Who should attend: Any member of the Library and Information Profession with an interest in the rapidly changing electronic age. Cost: £50 per person inclusive of VAT (£40 for Career Development Group Members). This includes registration, seminar materials, lunch and tea / coffee. Details regarding financial assistance for childcare are available on request. Unfortunately we are unable to issue invoices for attending events. Please use the information detailed here to process the necessary payment within your organisation. VAT receipt available on request. Location: The seminar is being held at Library Association Headquarters, 7 Ridgmount Street London, WC1E 7AE. A map showing the location can be found at http://www.la-hq.org.uk/directory/training/map.html. Access codes: E A. Places will be strictly limited so please book early. If you would like to book a place, please contact Joanna Ball, Trinity College Library, Cambridge, CB2 1TQ. Tel: 01223 338568 Fax: 01223 338532 Email: [log in to unmask] The Career Development Group is a Group of the Library Association. Registered Charity Number 313014 ---------------------- Anne Partridge Systems Librarian Kings Norton Library Cranfield University Cranfield Bedfordshire MK43 0AL Tel: 01234 750111 ext 3714 Fax: 01234 752391 Email:[log in to unmask]