FROM: Julia M. Gelfand
> The ALCTS CMDS Interest/Discussion Group on Collection Development in
> Academic Libraries, in conjunction with the ALCTS CMDS Collection
> Development. & Electronic Resources Committee will meet at the 2009
> ALA Midwinter Meeting:
>
> * Saturday, January 24, 2009 from 1:30-3:00
> * Curtis Hotel, Peek-a-Boo Room (that is for real!)
>
> This year, we will try something a bit different, not only will we
> co-sponsor this session, but we will try and emulate the best
> traditions of the Charleston Conference on Book and Serial
> Acquisitions. The success of that conference is the open dialog and
> focus on specific themes. We have selected four topics related to
> important challenges academic libraries have in managing electronic
> resources and have four colleagues who will facilitate these
> discussions and raise some key issues shared at the many programs at
> Charleston to keep this dialog moving, relevant and full of the usual
> helpful hints and contrary opinion that we can all learn from! We
> expect this to be a fast-paced, enthusiastic session with time to
> report back for the benefit of the group. It may be helpful to review
> the 2008 Charleston program - many of the notes and powerpoint slides
> are available at http://www.katina.info/d/presentations
>
> The four topics we selected are:
>
> 1. Usage Statistics - Are we drowning in data: - institutional
> practices in using & interpreting the numbers - led by Feng
> Shan, Indiana University, South Bend
> 2. Usage Statistics - Interpreting differences between consortial
> data and individual library data - led by Andrea Imre, Southern
> Illinois University
> 3. eBooks - The utility of different kinds of packages - by
> subject, publisher, aggregators, access in approval plans - any
> messages to be sent to publishers and providers? - led by Brian
> Quinn, Texas Tech University
> 4. eBooks - Issues related to use - concurrent access, ILL, Library
> Reserves, as textbooks, fiction vs non-fiction, etc. - led by
> David Feinmark, Washburn University
>
>There are still chances to volunteer as we need recorders for each sessions.
>
>We look forward to seeing everyone in Denver. Please share this message widely with colleagues or on other lists as you deem appropriate.
>
>Julia Gelfand
>University of California, Irvine Libraries
>Chair, CMDS Collection Development in Academic Libraries Interest Group for 2009
>jgelfand_at_uci.edu
>949-824-4971
>
>
Received on Wed Jan 07 2009 - 14:24:22 EST