RMG's ANNUAL PRESIDENTS' SEMINAR
RMG began this series of free public seminars at the 1991 American Library Association Midwinter Conference, when the presidents and top executive of 15 leading automated system companies were invited to participate in RMG's Tenth Anniversary Seminar, a panel discussion on "Library Automation in the Nineties."
Then, and until Midwinter 1999, RMG selected the participating companies on the basis of tables in Library Journal's annual April library automation industry survey article that identify the top vendors -- usually based on market-share or the sales during the previous year. Use of this article provided an objective, third-party mechanism for selection, and removes from question the basis of RMG's invitation of participants.
Starting at Midwinter 2000, in an effort to broaden the scope, RMG began to invite panelists not just from automated system vendors, but from book distributors, database providers, and e-book companies. Seminar particiapants were chosen by RMG based upon input from past seminar participants .
This seminar, sponsored by RMG, is the only presentation of its kind on the industry where key leaders exchange ideas on issues of interest, and do not make presentations on their own products and services.
ALA Midwinter 2009 Seminar: Friday 23 January 2009 at 2pm, Denver -- read more...
Past seminar topics
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version of the
“The Necrology” - the complete history of invited
vendors and panelists by year.