CFP: Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge 2007
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CFP: Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge 2007


CFP: Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge 2007

The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge
Mt. Hood, Oregon
May 19-22, 2007

The planning committee is open to presentations on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management. Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion. Panel discussions are well received.

URLS:
Main Site: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/aitl/
Call for Papers: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/aitl/call.html

WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?

* The pre-eminent Western North America conference on acquisitions and collection development, entering its seventh year at Timberline Lodge.
* A small, informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Northwestern setting.
* A three day conference focusing on the methods and madness of building and managing library collections.
* See The Acquisitions Institute home page at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/aitl/ for more information.

WHAT TOPICS are we looking for?

* The planning committee is open to presentations on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management. Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion. Panel discussions are well received. The planning committee may wish to bring individual proposals together to form panels. The committee is especially looking for submissions on the following topics:

* Operations management of acquisitions or collection development
* Organization for collection development
* Role of consortia in collection development
* Financial management, accounting practices, and audits
* Integrated library systems as management information systems
* Personnel issues and strategies for change
* Staff training
* Recruiting and retaining technical services and collection development librarians
* Changing roles of book vendors and subscription agents
* Vendor selection and assessment
* Economics of scholarly publishing
* Publishing, pricing and distributing electronic journals
* Electronic books: content, access, cataloging
* Problems of (and solutions for) managing electronic resources
* External forces impacting collection management decisions
* Linking collections to learning outcomes

WHAT IS THE DEADLINE for submitting a proposal?

* December 1, 2006

HOW do I submit a proposal?

* Send an abstract of 200 words or less to:

Richard Brumley
Oregon State University Libraries, retired
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
[email protected]
Voice: (541) 725-6635




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