Technical Services Special Interest Section

The 2004 annual meeting in Boston is not as far away as it might seem. Completed program proposals must be submitted in August 2003. To get the strongest slate of programs possible, the program development process needs to begin now.

Have you attended a meeting recently that made you want to learn more about a topic, or perhaps you've read something on an electronic discussion list that piqued your interest? Has an issue arisen in your workplace that you think may be of interest to others? Are you excited (or irritated) about something that you'd like to bring to the attention of a wider audience? Maybe you saw a presentation by a dynamite speaker with a compelling or provocative message? Use your inspiration to inspire others by putting together a program for the 2004 meeting!

This year's TSSIS survey yielded the following suggestions for programs for the Boston meeting. Below is a summary of the topic, format, number of responses, and average of the responses (1-3 was possible).

• SCCTP Workshop, 77 responses, average of 1.97
• Basic Cataloging Workshop, 76 responses, average of 1.66
• K tables program, 81 responses, average of 2.07
• K schedule program, 79 responses, average of 2.10
• Title history/title change program, 76 responses, average of 2.39
• Going it alone program, 81 responses, average of 1.49
• Preservation workshop (Hands-on, etc.), 81 responses, average of 1.78

Additional ideas are more than welcome! Please send your ideas, suggestions, or thoughts to any of the Education Committee members listed below:

• Jean Pajerek: Chair, TS-SIS Education Committee; jmp8@cornell.edu
• Diane Altimari: Acquisitions Committee Chair; ldaltimari@mdcll.org
• Nancy M. Poehlmann, Cataloging/Classification Committee Chair; poehlmann.2@nd.edu
• Pat Turpening, Preservation Committee Chair; pat.turpening@law.uc.edu
• Andrea R. Rabbia, Serials Committee Chair; arrabbia@law.syu.edu
• Kathy Winzer, immediate past chair; kwinzer@stanford.edu
• Michael Maben, mmaben@indiana.edu

[Orginally posted by Jean Pajerek to the TS-SIS list, Friday, May 2, 2003]