Annual Conference April 21st, 2006 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Mullins Center

Leveraging Our Strengths: Alliances, Interdependencies and Developing Services

Conference full -- no longer accepting registrations

8:30 - 9:15 -- Registration & breakfast fare

9:15 - 9:30 -- Welcome - Nancy George, President, ACRL/NEC, and Jay Schafer, Director of Libraries, University of Massachusetts Amherst

9:30 - 10:15 -- Mary Lee Kennedy, Executive Director, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Delivering Services and Products that Make a Difference

10:15 - 11:00 -- Donald Beagle, Director of Library Services, Belmont Abbey College. Alliances, Interdependencies, & the Information Commons

11:00 - 11:15 -- Break

11:15 - 12:00 -- Nancy Foster, Lead Anthropologist, Digital Initiatives Unit, University of Rochester, and Susan Gibbons, Assistant Dean for Public Services & Collection Development, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester. Understanding Users to Develop Better Library Services

12:00 - 12:30 -- Q & A w/keynote speakers

12:30 - 1:45 -- Lunch & business meeting (Note: The annual business meeting is open to all chapter members. If you wish to attend only the business meeting, you do not need to register for the conference.)

1:45 - 3:00 -- Concurrent programs:

• New England Ingenuity: 15 Poster Presentations about Collaborative Projects Around the Region
• Expanding Collections through Collaboration, with Sherrie Bergman, Walter Komorowski and David Pilachowski
• Speed Dating, Hookups, and Enduring Partnerships: A Dialogue about Consortial Relationships for Collection Development & Acquisitions, with Anne Myers (Facilitator), Leslie Horner Button, Jennifer Carroll, Leslie Knapp and Barbara Preece

3:00 - 3:15 -- Evaluations and road fare

Note: Tours of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library will be offered after 3:00 p.m.

Presentation descriptions and speaker biographies

Registration opens February 20th and continues through April 7th, 2006. Registration is limited.

Conference full -- no longer accepting registrations

• ACRL/NEC member - $50.00 (If you are a member of ACRL National, you are a member of ACRL/NEC. If not, become a member of our Chapter! See http://www.acrlnec.org/memforminstructs.shtml)
• Non-member - $75.00
• Library school student - $25.00

Directions, maps, and accommodation options

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