Books and Bytes: Balancing Formats in Today's Libraries
Thursday, April 13, 2000
12noon till 1:30pm EST

To SLA Cleveland Chapter members:

Deadline for responses is April 11.

The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library is pleased to announce that it will provide a site for the videoconference "Books and Bytes: Balancing Formats in Today's Libraries" on Thursday, April 13, 2000, from 12noon till 1:30pm EST. Following the videoconference, there will be a roundtable discussion, from 1:30pm till 3:00pm EST.

The Case Western Reserve University Law Library is co-sponsoring our provision of a site for the videoconference. The videoconference is sponsored by the American Association of Law Libraries and West Group. There is no fee to attend the videoconference at our site. However, videoconference attendees at our site MUST pre-register by contacting Ellen Quinn, Assistant Director for Public Services, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library, 1801 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115, 216-687-6913, FAX 216-687-5098, ellen.quinn@law.csuohio.edu.

Seating is limited to 45 attendees, so please register as soon as possible, and no later than Tuesday, April 11th.

Our site for the videoconference will be the Dively Room (ie, Room 133; street level) of the Cleveland State University Urban Affairs Building (1737 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH). It is suggested that attendees arrive no later than 11:45am. The videoconference follow-up roundtable discussion will be in Room 222 of the same building.

Parking is available for $2.00 in CSU Parking Lot WG (on East 17th Street, between Euclid and Chester Avenues). Please note that in order to have access to CSU Parking Lot WG, videoconference attendees need to tell the Lot WG parking attendant that they are coming to the AALL videoconference. Due to the "lunch-time" timing of the videoconference, attendees may bring a brown-bag lunch. We will be providing a light desert and beverage.

Again, in order to help us plan refreshments and ensure seating, attendees are asked to pre-register with Ellen Quinn.

Videoconference participants will be able to:

(a) Evaluate resources in order to make appropriate decisions regarding the balance of formats within the collection,

(b) Identify internal and external issues that can affect the balance of formats within the collection, and

(c) Identify the existing issues and programs within the information community that may affect collection development in the library.

Videoconference speakers will be Joan Axelroth, President, Axelroth & Associates; Carol Blohm, Manager of Information Services, Arlington Heights Memorial Library; and Diane E. Perushek, Assistant University Librarian for Collection Management, Northwestern University Library.

We hope to see many northeastern Ohio law librarians at the videoconference. In addition to the program itself, this will be an opportunity to participate in a customer service roundtable discussion as well as network with your colleagues, without paying a meeting registration fee. Please do not hesitate to contact Ellen Quinn if you have questions.