Reminder: ALCTS webinar: Buying Library Materials on the Out-of-Print Book Market on
October 6, 2010
From: "Spidal, Debra" <dspidal_at_wsu.edu>
*Apologies for multiple/cross postings*
ALCTS webinar: Buying Library Materials on the Out-of-Print Book Market
Description: The out-of-print market offers advantages to libraries that are willing to
tap into this source of millions of books. This webinar will explain how the distinctions
between the print and out-of-print marketplace are blurring. The presentation will show
how the out-of-print market offers potential cost-savings and allows libraries to build
retrospective collections, and replace missing items. In some cases, purchasing the
out-of-print book may be a cost effective substitute for interlibrary loan.
Presenter: Bob Holley, a Professor of Library and Information Science at Wayne State
University, has been involved in the out-of-print book market for the last five years
since he co-authored the first statistical study on pricing and availability of
out-of-print materials on the Internet. He has run or helped with book sales for four
different library organizations. He is also a small Internet book vendor and can share
his insights on selling materials.
A second session on “Maximizing Revenue from Selling Withdrawn Books and Unwanted Gifts”
will be presented on October 27, 2010
Date: October 6, 2010
Time: All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, noon
Mountain, and 11am Pacific Time.
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To Register, complete the online registration form at
http://www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/reg/webinar.cfm for the session you wish to attend.
Fees:
Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $99
Individuals - ALCTS Members: $39; Non-Members: $49
Special package rate for Oct. 6 & 27 webinars:
Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $182
Individuals - ALCTS Members: $62; Non-Members: $82
Participants outside the United States may register at the ALCTS member rate.
The one-time fee includes unlimited access to the webinar recording.
For questions about registration, contact Tom Ferren, ALA Senior Registration Coordinator
at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4293 or tferren_at_ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
Received on Fri Sep 17 2010 - 03:18:52 EDT