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Registration Cost: $225
Presented in conjunction with UNC Chapel Hill School of Library and Information Science. This seminar will offer an intensive one and one-half day (all day Monday, half day Tuesday) boot camp on acquisitions from three different perspectives: public services, technical services, and the vendor side. The major emphasis is on the nuts and bolts of the acquisitions process from selecting materials, especially e-books, to assessing collections and articulating the return on investment to the parent organization (academic/special/public libraries). Using an interactive hands-on approach, with case studies, small group discussion, and best practices attendees will gain pragmatic knowledge they can apply in their home institutions. This class is ideally suited for librarians new to selection and acquisitions workflows.
Topics:
- Collection Management Overview
- Budgeting
- Assessing User Needs
- Selecting Materials
- Acquisitions Workflows
- Negotiation Strategies
- Assessment of Collections
- Collaboration with other libraries
- Print Materials
- Media
- E-Resources
- Marketing / Outreach
- Preservation
- Legal Issues / Intellectual Freedom
- Ethics
- Communication / Collaboration-Public Services v.s. Tech Services
