*** Call for Papers ***

The First Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge
"Acquisitions and Collection Development in the 21st Century"
Saturday, May 20, through Tuesday, May 23, 2000
Timberline Lodge  (one hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood)

WHAT IS The Acquisitions Institute?

* The reincarnation of the Feather River Institute.

* A small, informal gathering in a convivial and glorious Northwestern
setting.

* A three day conference focusing on the methods and madness of building
library collections.

* See:  http://libweb.uoregon.edu/acqdept/institute.html   and
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/acqdept/call.html

WHAT TOPICS are you looking for?

* The planning committee is open to presentations on all aspects of library
acquisitions and collections management. Presenters are encouraged to
engage the audience in discussion. We are especially looking for
submissions on the following topics:

     Management of acquisitions
     Consortial purchasing
     Core competencies for acquisitions librarians
     Tools for financial management
     Personnel issues and coping with change
     Staff training
     Changing roles of book vendors and subscription agents
     Economics of scholarly publishing
     Electronic books
     External forces driving a library's collection management decisions
     Topics for research and publication

WHAT IS THE DEADLINE for submitting a proposal?

* November 15, 1999

HOW do I submit a proposal?

* Send an abstract of 200 words or less to:

Richard Brumley, Oregon State University
Richard.Brumley@orst.edu
Voice: (541) 737-2118
Fax: (541) 737-8267