Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 10:32:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: Margaret M Axtmann <M-AXTM@VM1.SPCS.UMN.EDU>
Subject: Institute publicity

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The Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library Collections and
Technical Services (ALCTS) has developed a one-day institute called
Fundamentals of Acquisitions. The institute is targeted to librarians and
paraprofessionals new to the acquisitions field, and it will focus on basic
acquisitions of monographs and serials. The institute will be offered as a
pilot project in conjunction with the California Library Association
conference on Nov. 11, 1994, in Anaheim, California.

Participants will receive a broad overview of the operations involved in
acquiring materials after the selection decision has been made. Topics to be
covered include goals and methods of acquisitions services, operational
management, publishers and suppliers, budgeting and financial management,
ethics, and future trends in acquisitions. A variety of training methods will
be used, and extensive handouts will be provided.

Fees for ALCTS and CLA members $95; American Library Association members $140;
non-members $185. Call Yvonne McLean at 800-545-2433 ext. 5032 or e-mail to
yvonne.mclean@ala.org for information and registration.

The institute syllabus appears below.

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                  Fundamentals of Acquisitions Institute
                         Friday, November 11, 1994
                            Anaheim, California

            (Preconference to California Library Assn Meeting)

Faculty: Joyce Ogburn, Chief Acquisitions Librarian, Yale
          University Library

          Meta Nissley, Head, Acquisitions and Collection
          Management, California State University, Chico

Schedule/Syllabus:

8:00-8:30 Registration

8:30-9:00 Introductions and Overview

9:00-9:30 Goals of acquisitions services (How do I know I'm being
          successful?)

9:30-10 Methods (approval, firm orders, standing orders, etc.)
          Review of basic functions

10-10:30 Break

10:30-11 Management
               policy setting
               personnel
                    motivation
                    performance & work standards/quotas
               business orientation
               role of ACQ dept within library

11-12:00 Vendors/suppliers
                    definition
                    why use
                    types
                    vendor selection
                    vendor performance
                    vendor relations
                    contracts & licensing
                    Role playing exercise

12-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 Ethics
               ALCTS statement

1:30-4:00 Budgets/Financial Management/Accounting

     1:30-2:45 Budgeting/Financial Management
                         Source of funds
                         Budgets

     2:45-3:15 Break

     3:15-4:00 Accounting
                         monitoring including closing the fiscal
                         year
                         external relationships

4:00-4:30 Trends
          Electronic publishing
          Access and ownership (includes ILL)
          Outsourcing
          New functions/organizational structures
               ILL, Cataloging

4:30-5:00 Wrap-up
               Professional resources
                    Literature (journals & monographs)
                    Networking
                    Standards
                    Automation