Second Annual VALE Users' Conference -- January 4, 2001

The second annual VALE Users’ Conference took place on January 4, 2001 at Alexander Library, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. More than 120 librarians representing over 40 institutions of higher education around the state attended the daylong event. The keynote speaker, Tom Sanville, Executive Director of OhioLINK, enthusiastically addressed the group on the importance and power of consortial access to information. A question and answer period followed his talk on:

• Out of madness – providing adequately for information needs through a consortium 

• Training feedback
• RSS/ILL
• Fairer, cheaper, and more flexible database pricing formulas
• PsychINFO interface update

Marianne Gaunt summarized VALE’s achievements   during the past year.

The day's events culminated with award presentations and reception to honor members for their time and contributions to VALE. The following were honored with citations: Brother Paul Chervenie, Anne Ciliberti, Ed Corrado, Barbara Simpson Darden, Joan Getaz, Dave Hoover, Jack Livingstone, Fred Nesta, Pam Price, Joe Ptaszynski, Paul Rigby, Richard Sweeney, Pat Tumulty, Sharon Yang, and Nick Yovnello.