The ALCTS Acquisitions Section  -- Acquisitions Managers and Vendors
Interest Group is pleased to present the following session at ALA Midwinter:

Locations and Dislocations in Technical Services: Coping with a Move Offsite

Date: Sunday, January 13, 2008
Time: 1:30-3:30pm
Location: PCC Room 105B

As library space becomes pressured by information commons,
collaborative study areas, coffee shops and full stacks, technical
services operations are increasingly being considered for relocation
-- to outside the library or even entirely off-campus.  Whether those
moves are permanent or temporary (e.g., for renovations), the effects
of disruption, distance, and impact on technical services workloads
can be significant. How have Acquisitions managers coped with these
changes? How have their vendors and agents been able to help? Join us
as an experienced panel of two librarians and a vendor discuss their
experiences with this growing phenomenon. Some of the topics we expect
to cover include: physical change of address; timing of first
redirected shipments; impact on approval review procedures;
opportunities for new workflow layouts; communication issues, and many
others. The panel includes:

Mary Page, Head of Acquisitions, Rutgers University

Germaine Wadeborn, Manager, Print Acquisitions, UCLA Library

Kittie Henderson, Account Services Manager, EBSCO

Rick Lugg, R2 Consulting, Moderator

The panel's presentations will last about one hour, leaving at least
45 minutes for questions and discussion. We look forward to a lively
session, and to some practical advice from both panelists and audience
members who have confronted this issue.

Date: Sunday, January 13, 2008
Time: 1:30-3:30pm
Location: PCC Room 105B

Rick Lugg and Lauren Corbett, Co-Chairs

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Lauren Corbett
Head of Acquisitions
Emory University -- Woodruff Library
ph: 404 712 1818
fax: 404 727 0408