From: ALCTS-CE Announce <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 12:04:23 -0600

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ALCTS Web Course: Fundamentals of Acquisitions


Session 3: July 20 - August 28, 2015

This six-week online course is a basic primer for library acquisitions
concepts common to all library materials formats. It covers:

·         Goals and methods of acquiring monographs and serials in all formats;

·         Theoretical foundations and workflows of basic acquisitions functions;

·         Financial management of library collections budgets;

·         Relationships among acquisitions librarians, library
booksellers, subscription agents, and publishers.

This course provides a broad overview of the operations involved in
acquiring materials after the selection decision is made.

In FOA, we distinguish between collection development, which involves
the selection of materials for the library; and acquisitions, which
orders, receives, and pays for those materials. In many libraries,
selecting and acquiring materials may be done in the same
department—in the smallest libraries perhaps even by the same person.
In larger libraries, selection may be done by a collection development
department and/or designated subject specialists, while a separate
department acquires the selected materials.  In essence, acquisitions
is a business operation, bringing materials into the library and
licensing access to library collections and resources.

Who Should Attend:  As a fundamentals course, FOA is tailored for
librarians and paraprofessionals new to the acquisitions field; and
librarians and support staff from other library units and library
school or LSSC students who want to know more about acquisitions.
Although FOA focuses on the acquisition of monographs in various
physical formats, it covers key components of acquisition and
licensing processes for all library materials, in all formats, in all
types of libraries.

This course is one-third of the Collection Management Elective course
approved by the Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSCP).

Because success in acquisitions depends on ability to collaborate,
negotiate, and be flexible to work out win-win solutions with others,
this course includes collaborative and social elements.

Instructors

Betsy Redman, Acquisitions Serials Librarian, Arizona State University

Eleanor Cook, Assistant Director for Discovery & Technical Services
Academic Library Services, East Carolina University

Michelle Flinchbaugh, Acquisitions and Digital Scholarship Services
Librarian, UMBC Library

Donna Smith, Assistant Head of Technical Services, Northern Kentucky University

Jennifer Arnold, Director, Library Services, Central Piedmont Community College

Kate Kasimor is Technical Services Librarian at Higher Colleges of
Technology (United Arab Emirates).

Kate B. Moore is Coordinator of Electronic Resources at Indiana
University Southeast.

Christina Hennessey is Cataloging Librarian at Loyola Marymount
University in California.

Registration Fees:  $109 ALCTS Member and  $139 Non-member

For additional details, registration links, and contact information see:

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/foa/ol_templ

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email: [log in to unmask] For all
other questions or comments related to web courses, contact Julie
Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or:
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*Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.*