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            To CD, or Not to CD: That Is the Question!
      Electronic Reference Publishing, Collection Development
                     and Service in the 1990's
 
                     Reference Books Bulletin
ALA/Chicago Conference Program
 
                        Program Information
 
 
Program Description:  Two reference librarians and four publishers
will address the issues that are associated with reference titles that
are published as CD-ROMs.  The librarians will focus on the issues
of service, collection development, security, and hardware;  the
publishers will focus on the their decision of what to publish in
CD-ROM, how this decision is reached, the market they hope to
reach, and the relationship/effect the CD-ROM has on the
comparable print title.  Each panelist will base their presentation on
a list of questions/issues that were compiled by the Reference
Books Bulletin Editorial Board.
 
Program Day/Date:     Monday, June 26, 1995
 
Program Time:         8:30 a.m. -- 11:00 a.m
                      McCormick Place Complex
                      Room E265 (East Building)
 
Program Format:  The moderator will begin the program with a
brief overview of the objectives of the program, the format, and
introduce the speakers.  Each speaker will have 15-18 minutes for
his/her presentation.  The question and answer period will come at
the very end, after all of the speakers have made their presentation.
There will be approximately 30 minutes for questions and answers.
 
 
Jim Walsh
Chair, Reference Books Bulletin Editorial
 
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