ALA Meeting Announcement

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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002
From: Norman Desmarais (Providence Coll.) [normd_at_postoffice.providence.edu]
Subject: ALA Meeting Announcement

Please join the ALCTS Acquisitions Administrators Discussion Group from
10:30-12:30 on Saturday, January 19, 2002 at the Wyndham Canal Place
Magnolia III as we discuss The Vanishing Acquisitions Librarian. Although
focused on acquisitions librarians, the topic has relevance for filling all
types of library positions.

We shall discuss the causes for the librarian shortage, employment trends,
and the screening process. We plan to address the status of acquisitions
librarians, salary issues, and increasing expectations and demands on
incumbents. This will include departmental reorganizations/mergers,
outsourcing, and the associated impact on support staff.

Because this is a discussion group, we expect to have a very lively forum.

Norman Desmarais
Phillips Memorial Library
Providence College
Providence, RI 02918
Chair, ALCTS Acquisitions Administrators Discussion Group

Norman Desmarais
Acquisitions Librarian
Phillips Memorial Library
Providence College
Providence, RI 02918
401-865-2241
401-865-2823 (fax)

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