“Challenges with Managing Streaming Media and other Digital Content for Academic Libraries,” a preconference
from the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), will address new issues and trends in the acquisition, management and licensing for streaming media and other digital distribution conduits. Join your colleagues from 8:30 a.m. –
4 p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2015 at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in San Francisco. This preconference is intended for individuals who manage the collection, acquisition, selection and licensing for streaming media, datasets and games
in academic libraries. Registration is now open through the 2015 ALA Annual Conference website.
The following topics will be covered:
Speakers: deg farrelly, Media Librarian, Arizona State University Libraries; Cindy Kristof, head, copyright
and document services, Kent State University Libraries; Films on Demand, Wendy Collins, vice president, digital strategy, Infobase Learning; Olivia Humphrey, chief executive officer, Kanopy; David Parker, VP Editorial and Licensing, Alexander Street Press;
Diane Robson, UNT Media Library;
Register through the
ALA Annual Conference web site. Add the preconference to
your conference registration, or register for the preconference alone. The price of this full-day preconference is: $219 for ALCTS members (use special code ALCTS2015); $269 ALA for members, $319 for non-members. A continental breakfast and light refreshments
during breaks will be provided. Event Code: ALC1.
For questions or comments related to this event, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Continuing Education and Program
Manager at 1 (800) 545-2433, ext. 5034 or jreese@ala.org.
This preconference was developed by the ALCTS CRS Acquisitions and ALCTS AS Organization & Management Committee
and is cosponsored by the ALCTS AS Research & Statistics Committee.
See the
ALCTS conference website for information about other ALCTS
events, including preconferences on best practices for cataloging videos, real world linked data, coding for efficiencies for cataloging and metadata, and cataloging special formats for children’s materials.
ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association.
Kay Downey, Collection Management Librarian
University Libraries
Kent State University
1125 Risman Drive
Kent, Ohio 44242-0001
330 672 5000