Corrected Call for Papers (Timberline 2005)

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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004
From: Emily McElroy (Univ. of Oregon) <emcelroy_at_darkwing.uoregon.edu>
Subject: Call for Papers

[EDITOR'S NOTE:  Please note the corrected dates.]

****Please excuse the cross-posting****

The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge
Saturday, May 14 through Tuesday, May 18, 2005
Timberline Lodge
One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood
 
Call for Papers

 What is The Acquisitions Institute?

* The pre-eminent Western North America conference on acquisitions and 
collection development, now in its fifth 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 at Timberline Lodge for more
information @ 
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/events/aitl/

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 
External forces driving a library's collection management decisions 
Problems of (and solutions for) managing electronic resources 
Impact of collections on student learning 
Cooperative journal management agreements 
Open Access 
Faculty involvement in scholarly communication issues 
Preservation issues with electronic resources 
Status and functionality of ERM modules 
Costs/Benefits of gifts 
Out of print acquisitions 

 Deadline for submitting a proposal

* December 1, 2004

How do I submit a proposal? 

* Send an abstract of 200 words or less to:

Richard Brumley
Head, Collection Development Department
Oregon State University Libraries
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Richard.Brumley_at_orst.edu
Voice: (541) 737-2118 
Fax: (541) 737-8267
 
The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge planning committee
consists of 
Richard Brumley, Oregon State University; Nancy Slight-Gibney and Emily
McElroy, 
University of Oregon; and Scott Smith, Blackwell's Book Services.


Emily McElroy
Collection Development & Acquisitions Librarian
University of Oregon Libraries
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
phone: 541-346-1646
fax: 541-346-3485
emcelroy_at_darkwing.uoregon.edu 

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