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 AMIGOS 1994 Fall Conference Examines These Changing Times
 
DALLAS, TEXAS, October 3, 1994 -- Violence, psychology, strategies and the
World Wide Web!  Changing times in Libraryland are the focus of the AMIGOS
Fall 1994 Conference, to be held November 1-4 at the Harvey Hotel-Addison
in Dallas, Texas. Lisa Fox, a nationally recognized expert and educator in
library and archival preservation, was instrumental in beginning SOLINET's
Preservation Program. She will present Fast Forward: Strategies for
Maintaining Magnetic Media, on November 1. On November 2, procedures for
dealing with potential violence and emergencies in libraries will be
examined during Violence in the Library: Prevention, Preparedness and
Response. This Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA)
institute features Stevan Layne, an authority on cultural security
management. Helena VonVille, Internet Liaison Officer for AMIGOS, will
present Using Mosaic to Access the WWW on November 3. Dr. Sara Fine,
Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of
Pittsburgh, is a licensed psychologist whose areas of teaching, research
and publication concern the psychology of information and the human side
of technological development. On November 4, she will present The
Psychology of Change: Stop the Madness, Stop the Whining, Let Reason
Prevail. AMIGOS offers conference rates for members, nonmembers and
students.
 
 
AMIGOS Bibliographic Council, Inc. is dedicated to serving libraries. A
not-for-profit organization, AMIGOS is one of the nation's largest
resource sharing networks and a leader in library automation. The AMIGOS
membership is comprised of more than 350 libraries located primarily in
the southwestern United States. Both member and non-member libraries
utilize AMIGOS' comprehensive line of products and services, including
OCLC access and support, retrospective conversion, cataloging, document
delivery, customized database preparation, authority control, barcoding,
consulting services, training, collection analysis, preservation, Internet
access, and CD-ROM and reference database discounts.
 
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