[MNASIS-L] MN SLA Spring Professional Development Program

[Janet Arth]

The Minnesota Chapter of the Special Libraries Association is pleased 
to present ...

Getting What You Want from Your Vendor: Negotiating with Publishers, 
Vendors and other Library Service Providers
   by Rick Anderson of the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries

WHEN
Friday, April 20th
12:00 - 12:30 p.m. Registration
12:30 - 4:00 p.m. Program
*Light snacks and beverages will be served.

*An optional tour of the Thomson West facilities will follow the program.
Please indicate your interest when registering.

WHERE
Thomson West
610 Opperman Drive
Eagan, MN  55123
    A photo ID is required when you check in on April 20.

COST
$45 for library association members (SLA, ASIS&T, SCIP, MALL, etc.)
$25 for students, unemployed, or retired

REGISTRATION
Register early, as seating is limited!
Registration is a two-part process; register and send payment by Friday, April
13th!
Complete details are available on the MN SLA website:
http://units.sla.org/chapter/cmn/programs/events/e042007.htm

MAP AND DIRECTIONS
A link to a printable map is available at the above MN SLA web page.

CONTACT WITH QUESTIONS
Mary Weber - mary_weber at uhc.com - 763-797-2143
Margie Grilley - Margie.Grilley at guidant.com

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Rick will talk about the general principles of negotiation and about how they
apply to various library-vendor situations -- setting up new services,
negotiating prices, negotiating license agreements, and more. Thomson has also
agreed to give a tour of the facilities following the program, for anyone
interested.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Rick Anderson earned his B.S. and M.L.I.S. degrees at Brigham Young University.
Before assuming his current position as Director of Resource Acquisition at the
University of Nevada, Reno, he worked as a bibliographer for Yankee Book
Peddler, Inc., as Head Acquisitions Librarian for the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro and as Electronic Resources and Serials Coordinator at
Nevada. He serves on the editorial boards of ACQNET, Serials and Library
Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services and edits the Sound Recording
Reviews column for Notes (the quarterly journal of the Music Library
Association). He writes a regular op-ed column for Against the Grain entitled
"In My Humble (But Correct) Opinion.", and his book, Buying and Contracting for
Resources and Services: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Librarians, was published in
2004 by Neal-Schuman. In 2005, Rick was identified by Library Journal as a
"Mover & Shaker" - one of the "50 people shaping the future of libraries."

This program is made possible by the generous support of Thomson West.