From: Kim Maxwell <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:59:45 +0000

Just a reminder that registration is open, and we’d love to see you on
the mountain!

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The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge

Saturday May 19 – Tuesday May 22, 2018; Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, Oregon

REGISTRATION IS OPEN

We’re so excited to share our 2018 Program with you! We had what we
think is a record number of proposals this year and from them have
chosen a program we hope will both educate and inspire you. From a
panel discussion between librarians and publishers on diversity,
inclusion and equity in scholarly publishing and acquisitions, to the
triumphs and tribulations of leading workplace culture change, to
deciphering and visualizing data, there's a little something for
everyone. Check out the program page for much more!

We are delighted to announce that our keynote speaker this year is
Thomas Padilla, Visiting Digital Research Services Librarian at the
University of Nevada Las Vegas. He publishes, presents, and teaches
widely on digital scholarship, digital collections, Humanities data,
data curation, and data information literacy. In his talk, he will
advance the argument that conditions of uncertainty and a speculative
orientation to collections constitutes a disposition that empowers
libraries and the communities they serve. As the poet a. maxwell
reminds us, uncertainty is not the same as not knowing – uncertainty
indicates the presence of alternatives. This talk is a call to embrace
those alternatives.

About The Acquisitions Institute

Since 2000, we are the pre-eminent conference located in Western North
America on acquisitions and collection development held at Timberline
Lodge. We are a small, informal and stimulating gathering in a
convivial and glorious Pacific Northwest setting, focused on the
methods and innovation of building and managing library collections.
Timberline Lodge is located on the slope of Mt. Hood, about an hour
east of Portland, Oregon. Read more about us at
http://www.acquisitionsinstitute.org, contact us at
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About Timberline Lodge

The Timberline Lodge conference facility offers a relaxed atmosphere
for librarians, vendors, and publishers to discuss issues of concern.
Plan to come and listen to one another in this small conference
(enrollment is limited to 85) with its rustic resort setting and the
finest of people and conversations. Presenters are encouraged to
engage the audience and there are plenty of opportunities for informal
discussion outside the scheduled program. Plan to enjoy the good food,
the beautiful mountain scenery, snow sports and swimming, and favorite
readings. Explore the Timberline Lodge web site for a sense of the
historic character of the lodge. We have reserved the entire suite of
rooms for the Institute.

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The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge Planning Committee is
Lindsay Cronk, University of Rochester;
Kristina DeShazo, Oregon Health & Science University;
Stacey Devine, Library of Congress;
Kerri Goergen-Doll, Oregon State University;
Kim Maxwell, MIT;
Nancy Slight-Gibney, University of Oregon; and
Scott Alan Smith, Librarian at Large