SLA Boston SLA Boston presents
Negotiation: What Every Information Professional Needs to Know
Friday, July 25, 2008 from 9am-12pm
Highlander Inn
2 Highlander Way, Manchester, NH (Conveniently located just off Route 93) 1-800-548-9248 		EBSCO Publishing Logo
Many thanks to Basch Subscriptions for generously sponsoring this program!

Registration  /  Cost/Payment  /   Directions & Parking  /  Questions

Program:

Negotiation skills are important for any information professional. The speakers for this program represent different areas and viewpoints. Their goal is to help attendees feel empowered to be more knowledgeable buyers and thus more confident and more valuable to their employers.

  • Buzzy Basch, President of Basch and Prenax USA
    With 30+ years in the subscription industry. Buzzy has close connections with the library community and co-authored Buying Serials, A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians (more information). He will represent the business point of view and share lots of war stories.
  • Toby Pearlstein, Ph.D, retired from Bain & Company
    At Bain, Toby was responsible for the oversight management of Bain’s information centers, including global vendor contract negotiations and coordination of global information services policies.
  • Rick Burke, Executive Director of the Southern California Consortia
    Rick will talk about approaches for successful negotiation, consortial electronic resource management, and managing consortial e-journal packages.
  • Attorney Bob Lucic from the firm of Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green
    Bob represents clients dealing with the government and will discuss negotiation from a legal viewpoint.

Agenda:

  • 8:15am-9:00am: Registration
  • 9:00am-12:00pm: Program

Registration:

Register online at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=YC28DkSbLaB_2f8IjNFOX7kg_3d_3d

Walk-ins are always welcome.

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Cost & Payment:

$25 SLA Boston Regular Members, NEASIS&T Members & SCIP Members
$15 SLA Boston Members: Students, Retired, Between Jobs
$35 Non-Members

Pay via PayPal or check.
PayPal: Fill out both the registration form as well as the PayPal form (linked in the registration form).
Check: Please make checks payable to SLA Boston and bring them with you to the program.

Walk-ins are always welcome. If joining us as a walk-in, please bring a check payable to SLA Boston or cash.

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Directions & Parking

Highlander Inn, 2 Highlander Way, Manchester, NH 03103
1-800-548-9248

Directions:
Directions to the Highlander Inn

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Questions:

Dorothy Barr, dbarr@oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-1348

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