ACQflash: ALCTS ALA 2009 Program: Flexible Approaches During Challenging Times

Subject:  ALCTS ALA 2009 Program: Flexible Approaches During Challenging 
Times
From:  Kim Steinle <ksteinle_at_dukeupress.edu>
Date:  Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:33:26 -0400


The ALCTS CRS Costs of Continuing Resources in Libraries Interest Group 
invites you to attend:

Bend, Don't Break! Flexible Approaches Adopted by Libraries and 
Publishers During Challenging Times

Sunday, July 12th, 3:30-5:30 pm
Chicago Hilton, Lake Huron Room

Current economic conditions are affecting the funding base of even the 
largest libraries in the US and Canada to a degree that is unprecedented 
in recent memory. Both the International Coalition of Library Consortia 
(ICOLC) and ARL have issued statements to urge publishers to adopt 
flexible approaches to pricing and avoid reducing content or access as 
libraries seek to renegotiate expenditures during this global economic 
crisis.  Please come and brainstorm on what strategies publishers can 
help libraries strategically move forward and how libraries can help 
publishers find pricing models that best suit the conditions of the day. 
Approaches like open access, fulfillment of existing contract terms for 
on going access to back issues of canceled subscriptions, new publishing 
models and funding sponsorships that can create business/enterprise 
sustainability will be discussed by publishers, vendors and libraries.

Wendy Allen Shelburne, Electronic Resources Librarian at the University 
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Library

Becky Snyder, President of ABC-CLIO

Tom Sanville, OhioLINK's executive director, one of the founders of the 
International Coalition of Library Consortia

Heidi McGregor, Director of Marketing & Communications at Ithaka

Please join us for a lively discussion!
For more information, please contact Kim Steinle (chair, 
ksteinle_at_dukeupress.edu), Lai-Ying Hsiung (vice-chair, lhsiung_at_ucsc.edu) 
or Heather Staines (vice-chair, Heather.Staines_at_springer.com) of the 
Costs of Continuing Resources in Libraries Interest Group.

-- 
Kimberly Steinle
Library Relations Manager
Duke University Press
905 W. Main St., Suite 18B
Durham, NC 27701

Phone (919) 687-3655
Fax (919) 680-6078
ksteinle_at_dukeupress.edu
www.dukeupress.edu/library

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