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Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge, near Portland, Oregon
| Location: | Oregon, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2008-12-30 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2008-10-06 |
| Announcement ID: |
164424 |
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The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge is seeking proposals for presentations as part of the Institutes ninth year as the pre-eminent Western North America conference on acquisitions and collection development. This three-day conference focuses on the methods and madness of building and managing library collections and information content and provides a small, informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Northwestern setting. Institute planners are open to presentations on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management. For the 2009 Institute, we are keen to see submissions that address:
Operations management of acquisitions or
collection development
Acquisitions functions in open source catalogs
Web 2.0 for acquisitions work
Role of consortia in collection development
How subject librarians use their time
Feral professionals: non-MLS professionals in
libraries
Recruiting for technical services and collection
development
Scholarly communication from the publisher
perspective
Opening day collections: process and problems
Data curation: new roles for subject and technical
services specialists
E-books, streaming audio, streaming video: content,
access, cataloging
External forces driving a library's collection
management decisions
Collection assessment: library and vendor
perspectives
Linking collections with learning outcomes
Return on investment studies
Acquisitions and collection development: the small library perspective
See The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge for more information at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/aitl/. The 2009 Timberline Acquisitions Institute will be held Saturday, May 16 through Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at the Timberline Lodge. The Lodge is located approximately one hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood.
The deadline for submitting proposals is December 30, 2008. To submit a proposal, send an abstract of 200 words or less to:
Faye A. Chadwell
Associate University Librarian
for Collections & Content Mgmt
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
faye.chadwell@oregonstate.edu
phone: 541-737-8528 fax: 541-737-3453
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Faye A. Chadwell
Associate University Librarian
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
faye.chadwell@oregonstate.edu
phone: 541-737-8528
fax: 541-737-3453
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Email: faye.chadwell@oregonstate.edu
Visit the website at http://libweb.uoregon.edu/ec/aitl/
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