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CFP: Timberline Acquisitions Institute (2012)

CFP: Timberline Acquisitions Institute (2012)

WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?

* Since 2000, the pre-eminent Western North America conference on acquisitions and collection development held 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 to be held May 19-22, 2012.

Please visit the Acquisitions Institute home page at: http://www.acquisitionsinstitute.org/ 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:

All aspects of managing and directing acquisitions and/or collection development operations
Acquisitions functions in open source catalogs, networked integrated library systems, etc.
Evolving consortial roles in collection development and acquisitions
Staffing, training and development, and recruiting issues, challenges, successes
The future of scholarly communication--its impact on acquisitions and collection development
Data curation and management and other new roles for subject librarians and technical services specialists
Web 2.0 applications and implementation in collection services
Patron-driven acquisitions, purchase on demand, streaming content, and other user-centered collection services
The development and management of digital collections, electronic resources
The impact of discovery services on collection and content access and usage
External and internal factors driving a library's collection management decisions
Assessment tools, methods, and projects-- (i.e., linking collections with learning outcomes; usage studies)
Return on investment studies?how do we demonstrate our impact?
Acquisitions and collection development: the small academic library or public library perspective
The future of print: what are the collection management issues?

The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is December 30, 2011.

To submit a proposal, send an abstract of 200 words or less to:

[email protected]

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