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Registration is now open for the Fundamentals of Acquisitions
Teleconference.  Please see below for information.

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Fundamentals of Acquisitions Topic of Teleconference Institute

The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services
(ALCTS) and the College of Library & Information Science,
University of South Carolina are cosponsoring the 1998
Fundamentals of Acquisitions (FOA) Institute as a six-hour
teleconference broadcast on Friday, March 13, 1998.

The institute focuses on what you need to know about the basics of
acquiring  monographs: goals and methods; financial management
of materials budgets; relationships between acquisitions librarians
and library booksellers. 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. These include methods and strategies for
acquiring different types of library materials, financial management
and fiscal procedures related to library materials acquisitions,
strategies for selecting, evaluating, and monitoring vendors, and
trends which affect the way acquisitions is done in the library.

Faculty are Trisha L. Davis, Head, Continuation Acquisition
Division, Ohio State University; Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Head,
Acquisition Department, Ohio State University; and Ann L.
O'Neill, Assistant Professor, College of Library and
 Information Science, University of South Carolina.

Each registered participant will be added to an electronic
discussion list and given a password to access the FOA
Website for additional resources to facilitate discussion
and learning prior to and following the institute.

Registration for ALCTS members is $75.00, for ALA
members $90.00, and for non-members $115.00. If five
or more participants from an organization or library school
pay together on one check, the special group rate is $50.00
 each. One of the five must be an ALCTS or ALA member.
 The deadline for registration is March 1, 1998.

A full brochure and registration form are available on the
web at www.ala.org/alcts/now/foa.html. Visit the site for updated
information as well, including the hours of broadcast. You may
also send email to Karen Whittlesey at kwhittlesey@ala.org or
phone 800/545-2433, ext. 5034.

ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association.

Ann L. O'Neill, Assistant Professor
College of Library & Information Science
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: 803-777-1206  Fax: 803-777-7938
Email: aoneill@sc.edu