The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge
Saturday, May 17 through Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Timberline Lodge
One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood
www.acquisitionsinstitute.org
Call for Papers
WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?
* Since 2000, the pre-eminent conference located in Western North
America on acquisitions and collection development held at Timberline Lodge.
* A three-day conference focusing on the methods and madness of building and
managing library collections to be held May 17-20, 2014.
* A small, informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and
glorious Northwestern setting.
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, integrated or unified
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
The development and management of digital collections, electronic resources
Web 2.0 applications and implementation in collection services
Patron-driven acquisitions, purchase on demand, streaming content, and
other user-centered collection services
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 27, 2013.
To submit a proposal, send an abstract of 200 words or less to:
planning_at_acquisitionsinstitute.org
The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge planning committee
consists of
Kristina DeShazo, Oregon Health & Science University;
Stacey Devine, Northwestern University;
Nancy Slight-Gibney, University of Oregon; and
Scott Alan Smith, Langlois Public Library
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