When:  June 15th at the University of Maine
Register by June 5th at http://evanced.info/maine/evanced/eventcalendar.asp


The purpose of the summit is to explore collection development issues,
priorities, and opportunities on a state-wide basis. Declining budgets, new
information formats, mandates for collaboration, and increased requests for
services and collections provide a strategic opportunity for libraries of
all types within the state of Maine to step back and think about what we
might do collectively and collaboratively that would benefit our users and
our institutions.

Questions to consider
What are our collection priorities and how would cooperation/collaboration
help us achieve them?
What role does MaineCat play in helping us with these priorities
How can we cooperate in building and sharing digital collections?
What are the role of the ARRCs?
Where will we get funding that might support some statewide efforts?
Funding we now have
Source of the funding and how are we required to spend it

We hope that you can attend this very important summit.

Sincerely,
Valerie Osborne, Consultant
Northeastern Maine Library District
Bangor Public Library
145 Harlow Street
Bangor, Maine 04401
(207)947-8336 phone
(800)427-8336 toll free
(207)945-6694 fax
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