From: Edward Shreeves <edward-shreeves_at_uiowa.edu>
Below please find the call for papers for the Second Aberdeen Woods
Conference on New Strategies for Cooperative Collection Development.
Call for Papers
NEW STRATEGIES FOR COOPERATIVE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
The second triennial conference on the cooperative development of scholarly
collections and resources will be held November 8-10, 2002 at the Aberdeen
Woods Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference is sponsored by
the Center for Research Libraries, which operates North America's premier
cooperative collections development (CCD) program.
The conference purpose is to illuminate emerging issues in CCD and to
recognize and publicize recent achievements and best practices in the
field. The desired outcomes are strengthening cooperation among members of
the research library community and providing greater focus for the Center
for Research Libraries' efforts to build scholarly collections and
resources. The conference will be open to librarians, collection
development officers, scholars, library and university administrators, and
others who have a vested interest in the sharing and enrichment of the
scholarly record.
Papers are invited on the following broad topics:
1.Best Practices in Cooperative Collection Development and Management.
Papers should examine and analyze recently initiated or in-progress
cooperative projects and programs that are exemplary in some way.
Presenters should analyze the factors and methodologies that make those
projects successful. Speakers might also identify threats to successful
cooperation in the collection development and management field and propose
solutions. Conference organizers would like to include on the program at
least one model project in the field of science and technology.
2.Measuring Results and Setting the Terms for Cooperative Programs. Papers
in this category might deal with either the criteria for measuring results
in cooperative programs and projects, or with the contractual underpinnings
of cooperative collecting activities. In addressing metrics, emphasis
should be placed on assessing the net benefits of cooperative projects and
programs, and presenters should illuminate specific ways of evaluating and
weighting the various kinds of costs, benefits, and characteristics of such
projects. On the contractual aspects of cooperative collection development
presenters might analyze and evaluate various terms, commitments, and
conditions that form the bases for cooperative partnerships, highlighting
advisable practices and innovative approaches to risk reduction and
distribution.
3.The Development of Digital Resources. Papers should focus on recent
experience with the cooperative acquisition of electronic resources, the
development of new digital collections, and/or the archiving of electronic
materials as scholarly resources. Presenters should focus on how these
projects are transforming collections and practices and highlight the
demonstrated tangible and quantifiable data and benefits. Emphasis should
be on illuminating the economic and cultural dynamics of building
collections of scholarly materials in this realm, rather on than the
long-term preservation of these resources. Consideration will also be given
to papers dealing with the economics and strategies of consortium licensing.
Papers should be timed to be no longer than 30 minutes in length. Those
interested in presenting a paper should forward a statement of intent with
a one-page abstract of their topic no later than February 15, 2002, to:
James Green
Center for Research Libraries
6050 South Kenwood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637-2804
green_at_crlmail,uchicago.edu
All proposals will be peer reviewed. Speakers and approved topics for
papers will be announced in April, 2002. Final texts for approved papers
must be submitted by August 1, 2002, and will be made available to
conference attendees one month prior to the conference. Selected papers and
captured discussions will form the Conference Proceedings to be published
electronically and in traditional format.
Edward Shreeves
Director, Collections & Information Resources
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, IA 52242
319-335-5871; FAX: 319-335-5900
Email: edward-shreeves_at_uiowa.edu
Received on Tue Jan 29 2002 - 10:34:25 EST