From: "June K. Schmidt" <JSchmidt_at_library.msstate.edu>
The Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Discussion
Group is offering the six topics listed below for roundtable
discussionduring the ALA Midwinter meeting. If you are interested in
serving as a facilitator or reporter for one of these topics, please
contact June Schmidt
<mailto:jschmidt_at_library.msstate.edu>jschmidt_at_library.msstate.edu or
662-325-7672. The meeting is scheduled on Saturday, January 21, 1:30-3:30,
Room 215 of the Convention Center.
1. Finding funds to add new journals and databases.
2. Use statistics for electronic resources. Which numbers best reflect
actual usage and can they be compared from one database vendor to another?
3. Trends in book publishing. Number of titles published per year, cost
per title, etc. Can our materials budgets keep up?
4. Patron acceptance of e-books. Best practices to promote these resources.
5. Collection evaluation techniques and tools.
6. Open access journals. What policies and practices are academic libraries
putting in place?
Received on Fri Dec 09 2005 - 02:16:45 EST