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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 10:13:06 +0500
From: BARBARA WINTERS <BWINTERS@LIBRARY.WRIGHT.EDU>
Subject: One more chance....
A few more spots remain for the Texas Library Association/ALCTS
Fundamentals of Acquisitions Institute to be held in Houston April
23, 1996.
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Fundamentals of Acquisitions Institute
Preconference to the Texas Library Association Annual Meeting in
Houston April 23, 1996
Presented by the Acquisitions Section
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services
A Division of the American Library Association
Co-sponsored by the TLA Acquisitions Roundtable
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This institute focuses on what you need to know about the basics of
acquiring monographs and serials: goals and methods; financial
management of materials budgets; trends in acquisitions management;
and relationships among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers,
subscription agents, and publishers.
AUDIENCE: Sessions are tailored to librarians and paraprofessionals
new to the acquisitions field, but seasoned librarians will also find
the institute useful as a refresher course. Presentations are geared
to cover issues of interest to staff in all types of libraries.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: Through speaker presentations, case studies, and
role play, participants will receive a broad overview of the
operations involved in acquiring materials after the selection
decision is made.
This institute will
--discuss methods and strategies for acquiring different types of
library materials, both domestic and foreign, and in various media
introduce financial management and fiscal procedures related to
library materials acquisitions
--offer an overview of publishing operations that have an impact on
library acquisitions
--look at the trends which affect the way acquisitions is done in the
library--outsourcing, organizational and staffing changes, electronic
publishing among them
FACULTY:
Carol Pitts Diedrichs and Trisha L. Davis, both of The Ohio
State University Libraries. Diedrichs is head of OSU's Acquisition
Department, as well as editor-in-chief of Library Acquisitions:
Practice & Theory, and Davis is head of OSU's Continuation Acquisition
Division.
HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION:
A block of rooms is available at the Hyatt Regency Downtown,
Houston. You may take advantage of the Texas Library Association's
discounted hotel and airfares by calling the TLA travel desk at
800-355-8093. The housing deadline is March 26, 1996.
FEES AND REGISTRATION: Registration fees for ALCTS and TLA members
$85; for ALA members $135; and for non-members $185. Fees include
curriculum materials and two refreshment breaks.
PROGRAM OUTLINE:
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-9:00 Introduction/Goals/Professional Resources
The goals of acquisitions services and how to tell when you've
reached them
9:00-10:00 Methods/Basic Functions
Approval, firm orders, standing orders, and other methods of
acquisition, and an overview of the
basic functions
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 Acquisitions Management
Policy setting, personnel management, the role of the acquisitions
department within the library
11:30-12:30 Vendors/Licensing
Vendor selection and performance, contracts and licensing
12:30-1:30 Lunch on your own
1:30-2:00 Ethics
Guidelines for professional ethics
2:00-3:00 Budget/Finance
Budgets, pricing, fiscal management
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-4:00 Accounting
Basic principles and reports
4:00-4:30 Trends
Electronic publishing, outsourcing of operations, new functions and
organizational models, access and ownership
REGISTRATION
Registration Form (4577)
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services
Fundamentals of Acquisitions Institute
April 23, 1996, Hyatt Regency Downtown, Houston, Texas
You may register by phone, fax, e-mail, or mail. Deadline is April 9,
1996, or when filled.
Mail: Complete this page and mail it with payment to: Fundamentals of
Acquisitions Institute, ALCTS/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611.
Fax: Complete this page and fax with payment information to
312-280-3257.
Phone: Call LaTisha Reynolds at 800-545-2433, ext 5035
to register.
E-Mail: Send registration information to LaTisha
Reynolds at alcts@ala.org (credit card or purchase order only).
Check, money order, governmental purchase order, or credit card
charge must accompany registration to reserve space at the institute.
If you join ALA/ALCTS now you can register for the institute at the
member rate! Membership registration: __ Add ALCTS to my ALA
membership $45 (ALA membership number____________________)
__ First time membership in ALA ($38) and ALCTS ($45) $83
__ Regular renewing membership in ALA ($75) and ALCTS ($45) $120
Institute registration:
Please reserve my space for the Fundamentals of Acquisitions
Institute.
__ ALCTS/TLA Personal Member $85
__ ALA Personal Member $130
__ Non-ALA Member $185 (Staff members of organizational
members cannot be considered personal members.)
__ Check or Money Order __ Governmental Purchase Order
__ VISA __ Master Card __ American Express
Card number________________________________________
Exp date _________
Signature (required for all charges)
Name (as it should appear on badge) ____________________________ Title
____________________________________________________ Organization Name
(as it should appear on badge) __________________ Organization address
________________________________________ City ______________________
State _____ Zip ________ Preferred mailing address
City _____________________ State _____ Zip ________
Telephone (Office) ( ) ________________________
(Home) ( ) ________________________
E-Mail Address ______________________________________________ ALA
Membership Number _______________________________________
Registration will be accepted in order of receipt for up to the
maximum of 100 people, and must be received, faxed, or telephoned by
April 9, 1996. Cancellations will be accepted if postmarked before
April 9, 1996 (subject to a $25 processing fee). Refunds will be
processed after May 1, 1996. ALCTS reserves the right to cancel the
program if there is insufficient registration or for others reasons.
Neither ALA nor ALCTS is responsible for cancellation charges assessed
by airlines or travel agencies, or other losses incurred due to
cancellation of the program.
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Barbara Winters
Interim University Librarian
Wright State University Libraries
Dayton, Ohio 45435
Phone: 513/873-2380
Fax: 513/873-4109
Internet: BWINTERS@LIBRARY.WRIGHT.EDU
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