Call for Papers - Acquisitions Institute at Timberline
Lodge
The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge
Saturday, May 19 through Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Timberline Lodge
One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt.
Hood
Questions or to submit:
planning@acquisitionsinstitute.org
Call for Papers
WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?
* Since 2000, the
pre-eminent Western North America conference on acquisitions and collection
development held at Timberline Lodge.
* A small,
informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and glorious Northwestern
setting.
* A three-day
conference focusing on the methods and madness of building and managing library
collections to be held May 19-22, 2012.
Please visit the Acquisitions Institute home page
at:
http://www.acquisitionsinstitute.org/ for more information
WHAT TOPICS are we looking for?
The planning committee is open to presentations on all aspects
of library acquisitions and collection management. Presenters are encouraged to engage the
audience in discussion. Panel discussions are well received. The planning committee may wish to bring
individual proposals together to form panels.
The committee is especially looking for submissions on
the following topics:
*All aspects of
managing and directing acquisitions and/or collection development operations
*Acquisitions
functions in open source catalogs, networked integrated library systems, etc.
*Evolving
consortial roles in collection development and acquisitions
*Staffing,
training and development, and recruiting issues, challenges, successes
*The future of
scholarly communication--its impact on acquisitions and collection development
*Data curation and
management and other new roles for subject librarians and technical services
specialists
*Web 2.0
applications and implementation in collection services
*Patron-driven
acquisitions, purchase on demand, streaming content, and other user-centered
collection services
*The development
and management of digital collections, electronic resources
*The impact of
discovery services on collection and content access and usage
*External and
internal factors driving a library's collection management decisions
*Assessment tools,
methods, and projects-- (i.e., linking collections with learning outcomes;
usage studies)
*Return on
investment studies-how do we demonstrate our impact?
*Acquisitions and
collection development: the small academic library or public library
perspective
*The future of
print: what are the collection
management issues?
The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is December 30,
2011.
To submit a
proposal, send an abstract of 200 words or less to:
