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Is there any information on this topic available for those of us who = cannot attend this meeting? TIA, Alice E. Hadley, MLS, AHIP =20 Librarian The more you know the better you = heal.=20 US Naval Hospital, Guam Voice: 671-344-9250 Medical Library Fax: 671-344-9290 PSC 490 Box 7747 Pager: 671-476-9801=20 FPO AP 96540-1649 <[log in to unmask]> =20 > ---------- > From: Publications FLICC[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 1999 1:13 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list FEDLIB > Subject: Minor correction to How and Why to Use FEDLINK FY2000 >=20 > The following contains a minor correction to Flicc Meeting = Announcement > 99-30 previously sent. >=20 > FLICC Meeting Announcement 99-30 >=20 > How and Why to Use FEDLINK in FY2000 >=20 > Please join us for FEDLINK's annual briefing on how federal agencies = and > federal contractors can use FEDLINK to simplify acquiring online > information, publications, and library support services for their > libraries and offices. Designed both for new and experienced FEDLINK > customers, the session will answer: >=20 > * What does FEDLINK do? Under what authority? Bywhat contracting = rules? >=20 > * What are the costs and benefits of using FEDLINK? >=20 > * What's new for 2000? What about serials competitions? >=20 > * How can we manage our services to get the most for our agency = dollar? >=20 > * How can we benefit from competition within the FEDLINK framework? >=20 > * How can we form a consortium of federal libraries or agencies? >=20 > * What should we do with publications license agreements? >=20 > FEDLINK fiscal staff, LC contracting personnel, and FEDLINK network > program specialists will be available throughout the day to answer > questions for individual agencies. Please invite your agency = contracting > or finance officers and any others who will be using FEDLINK services = and > may have questions about the program. >=20 > Date > Wednesday, August 4, 1999 >=20 > Time > 9:00 a.m. =AF 4:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. There is no = entry > to the Library of Congress prior to 8:30 a.m.) >=20 > Place > Mumford Room, 6th Floor, Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 > Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. >=20 > Metro > Capitol South (Orange and Blue lines) >=20 > Sponsor > FEDLINK Fiscal Operations, Network Operations, and=20 > LC Contracts & Logistics >=20 > Registration > Free=AFbut advance registration is required. Call the FLICC office to > register at (202) 707-4800 or visit our Web site at > http://lcweb.loc.gov/flicc/feveform.html > to register on line. >=20 > Information > Call FEDLINK Network Operations (202) 707-4848; TTY (202) 707-4995 >=20 > Interpreting services (American Sign Language, Contact Signing, Oral > and/or Tactical) will be provided if requested five (5) business days = in > advance of the event. For other ADA Accommodations, please contact = the > Library's ADA Coordinator at (202) 707-4995 TTY or (202) 707-7544 = VOICE. >=20 > Cancellations > Please notify FLICC at (202) 707-4800 if you are unable to attend to = allow > those on the waiting list to register. >=20 >=20 > FEDLINK Fundamentals > Morning Session=AF9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. >=20 > The first half of the day is designed for: >=20 > * new, current, and potential members interested in evaluating the = costs > and benefits of using FEDLINK; >=20 > * staff members who handle FEDLINK services, IAGs, and accounts; >=20 > * contracting officers who need to know the authority, scope, and > contracting framework of the FEDLINK program; and >=20 > * finance personnel who have questions about FEDLINK interagency = funds > transfers and invoice payment processing. >=20 > Beyond discussing what's new and reviewing FEDLINK's FY2000 fees, > presenters will discuss the FEDLINK mission, services, contracting > methods, transfer and direct pay options, and demonstrate the = program's > potential costs and benefits. The morning will also highlight FY2000 > registration procedures, IAG management, payments and amendments, = refunds, > electronic funds and data transfers, member/vendor relations, and > pro-active account management. >=20 > Services, Competition, Consortia and Licensing > Afternoon Session=AF1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. >=20 > The second half of the day is designed for librarians and contracting > officers who are: >=20 > * competing their agency's FY2000 serials subscription requirements > through FEDLINK; >=20 > * considering competitions for other agency requirements, e.g., books = and > databases; >=20 > * trying to get deeper discounts and broaden library services by = joining > non-federal consortia or by forming consortia within the government; >=20 > * negotiating, signing, and managing licenses for electronic = publications. >=20 > FEDLINK serials contracting officer's technical representative (COTR) = Lynn > McDonald will update attendees on the status of FEDLINK serials > competitions for FY2000, provide tips for describing serials = technical > requirements, guidance for people who have elected to conduct = competition > on their own, and suggestions for administering your serials = contract. Meg > Williams, FEDLINK Program Specialist, will describe ways members can = get > deeper discounts on FEDLINK services by competing individual = requirements > and taking advantage of consortial pricing. She will also explain how = to > use the FEDLINK IAG/account structure to form federal consortia and = lead a > discussion of licensing issues and solutions for federal libraries. > Finally, the FEDLINK contracting officers, program specialists, and = fiscal > managers will join in for a question and answer session. >=20