From: Stacey Devine <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 20:35:17 +0000

Join us in 2016 for the Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge
Saturday, May 14 through Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Timberline Lodge
One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood

www.acquisitionsinstitute.org

Call for Papers

WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?

* Since 2000, the pre-eminent conference located in Western North
America on acquisitions and collection development held at Timberline
Lodge.

* A three-day conference focusing on the methods and innovation of
building and managing library collections to be held May 14-17, 2017.

* A small, informal and stimulating gathering in a convivial and
glorious Pacific Northwest setting.

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, integrated or
unified 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

•       The development and management of digital collections,
electronic resources

•       Cloud applications and implementation in collection services

•       Streaming content, and other user-centered collection services

•       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 31, 2015.

To submit a proposal, send an abstract of 200 words or less to:
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The Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge planning committee consists of
Kristina DeShazo, Oregon Health & Science University;
Stacey Devine, Northwestern University;
Nancy Slight-Gibney, University of Oregon; and
Scott Alan Smith, Librarian at large

Stacey E. Devine
Acting Head, Materials Processing & Delivery Services
Liaison, Communication Studies
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
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