Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006

From: Dan Miller (Blackwell's Book Svcs.)

Subject: Meeting Announcement



ALA Summer Meeting Announcement (ALCTS AA/IPCDG)



On Sunday, June 25 from 10:30 till noon the Automated Acquisitions/

In Process Control Discussion Group of ALCTS will hold a discussion in

Convention Center Room 237. The topic of the discussion will be

"Managing ordering/receiving workflows for the mix of traditional and

electronic content, specifically e-books. How are vendors and customers

working together to manage the challenges". Helping form a discussion

of the issues will be a panel that includes:



Linda Gagnon, VP Sales and Marketing, YBP

Jay Henry, Directory of Business Development, Blackwell's

Bob Schatz, Director of US Sales, Coutts



Since the AA/IPCDG discussion will focus specifically on issues

associated with managing ordering/receiving workflows for e-books, it

will be different from, yet complimentary to, the Acquisitions Managers

and Vendors Interest Group (1:30 to 3:30, Hilton Garden Inn, Clementine

Hunter Room), which will feature company CEOs, and will cover wider

issues associated with monograph vendors' roles during the transition

from print to electronic formats.



Come hear and contribute to the discussion.