Mar'15: Buy Less, Sell More: New Roles for Libraries and Librarians (Choice/ACRL)

Thursday, March 19th
11am PT | 12pm MT | 1pm CT | 2pm ET

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e9yc75cjb642122d&llr=ie6npkcab

During this webinar we'll focus on the imperative for libraries to promote the content they purchase, and the services they offer. Libraries need to become more intentional about attracting and retaining these campus customers, and, toward this end, should seek out strategic partnerships with publishers who are heavily invested in demonstrating the value of their products, as well as the value of their library customers.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn a new approach to library marketing, ask questions and more, during this thought provoking webinar.

2015 schedule: Fundamentals of Acquisitions (ALCTS)

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/foa/ol_templ

2015 Sessions

• Session 1: March 2 – April 10
• Session 2: May 4 – June 12
• Session 3: July 20 – August 28
• Session 4: September 14 – October 23
• Session 5: November 9 – December 18

Six-week online course that is a basic primer for library acquisitions concepts common to all library material formats. It covers:

• goals and methods of acquiring monographs and serials in all formats
• theoretical foundations and workflows of basic acquisitions functions
• financial management of library collections budgets
• relationships among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers, subscription agents, and publishers.

$109 ALCTS members; $139 nonmembers

Mar'15: E-book Cataloging Using a Shared Mailbox (ALCTS)

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/031615

Monday, March 16, 2015
sessions begin at 11 a.m. Pacific | 12 Mountain | 1 p.m. Central | 2 p.m. Eastern and last about an hour.

Acquiring and cataloging e-books received as firm orders presents a unique challenge to librarians accustomed to print materials, who struggle to manage an invisible backlog and workflow, and the attendant difficulties with tracking, communicating between departments, and notifying users when the materials are available to them. This session will show participants how to plan and create a workflow for processing these orders using a shared mailbox

This webinar is one of a six-part webinar series:
Feb. 18  Trends and Advancements for Library Resource Discovery
Feb. 23  Tailoring Communications to Different Audiences
Mar.  9  Workflow Maps: Tools for Insight and Enhancement
Mar. 11  Persistence: “Got yours?” Preserving Scholarship
Mar. 16  E-book Cataloging Using a Shared Mailbox
Mar. 18  Cataloging Continuing Resources in a Changing Landscape

                                               Each     Series of 6
ALCTS Member (individual)          43     206
Nonmember (individual)               59     284
International (individual)               43     206
Groups. Applies to group of people that will watch the webinar together from one access point.          
Member group                             99     476

Sep-Oct: Fundamentals of Acquisitions (ALCTS)

September 15 – October 24

Six-week online course that is a basic primer for library acquisitions concepts common to all library material formats. It covers:

    goals and methods of acquiring monographs and serials in all formats
    Theoretical foundations and workflows of basic acquisitions functions
    financial management of library collections budgets
    relationships among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers, subscription agents, and publishers.

This course provides a broad overview of the operations involved in acquiring materials after the selection decision is made.

$109 ALCTS members; $139 nonmembers

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/foa/ol_templ

Nov-Dec: Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions (ALCTS)

November 10-December 5

This four-week online course provides an overview of acquiring, providing access to, administering, supporting, and monitoring access to electronic resources. Gives a basic background in electronic resource acquisitions including product trials, licensing, purchasing methods, and pricing models and will provide an overview of the sometimes complex relationships between vendors, publishers, platform providers, and libraries.

$109 ALCTS members; $139 nonmembers

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/fera/ol_templ

Sep-Oct: Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions (ALCTS)

September 22 – October 17

This four-week online course provides an overview of acquiring, providing access to, administering, supporting, and monitoring access to electronic resources. Gives a basic background in electronic resource acquisitions including product trials, licensing, purchasing methods, and pricing models and will provide an overview of the sometimes complex relationships between vendors, publishers, platform providers, and libraries.

$109 ALCTS members; $139 nonmembers

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/fera/ol_templ

Nov-Dec: Fundamentals of Acquisitions (ALCTS)

November 10 – December 5, 2014

Six-week online course that is a basic primer for library acquisitions concepts common to all library material formats. It covers:
•    goals and methods of acquiring monographs and serials in all formats
•    Theoretical foundations and workflows of basic acquisitions functions
•    financial management of library collections budgets
•    relationships among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers, subscription agents, and publishers.
This course provides a broad overview of the operations involved in acquiring materials after the selection decision is made.

$109 ALCTS members; $139 nonmembers

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/foa/ol_templ

Sep-Oct: Fundamentals of Acquisitions (ALCTS)

September 22 – October 17, 2014

Six-week online course that is a basic primer for library acquisitions concepts common to all library material formats. It covers:
•    goals and methods of acquiring monographs and serials in all formats
•    Theoretical foundations and workflows of basic acquisitions functions
•    financial management of library collections budgets
•    relationships among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers, subscription agents, and publishers.
This course provides a broad overview of the operations involved in acquiring materials after the selection decision is made.

$109 ALCTS members; $139 nonmembers

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/foa/ol_templ

Jul-Aug: Fundamentals of Acquisitions (ALCTS)

July 21 – August 29 

Six-week online course that is a basic primer for library acquisitions concepts common to all library material formats. It covers:

• goals and methods of acquiring monographs and serials in all formats
• Theoretical foundations and workflows of basic acquisitions functions
• financial management of library collections budgets
• relationships among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers, subscription agents, and publishers.

This course provides a broad overview of the operations involved in acquiring materials after the selection decision is made.

$109 ALCTS members; $139 nonmembers

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webcourse/foa/ol_templ

Apr: Saying Goodbye to the Electronic Resources Fund (ALCTS)

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

the sessions begin at 11 am Pacific | 12 Mountain | 1 pm Central | 2 pm Eastern and last about an hour

This presentation introduces new concepts and a new way of thinking about the library budget as more than just a way of spending funds, but also as a tool for planning and reporting, for both management and selectors. It will give attendees ideas about restructuring their own library budgets in ways that will facilitate more accurate tracking of increases in ongoing expenses, annual reporting for associations’ statistics, as well as better control over budget expenditure throughout the year.
Learning Outcomes

Participants will get ideas for restructuring library budgets in ways that will facilitate more accurate tracking of increases in ongoing expenses, annual reporting for associations’ statistics, as well as better control over budget expenditure throughout the year.
Who Should Attend?

Anyone who deals with planning, allocating, and expending library budgets can benefit from this webinar.
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/040914

      Fee ($USD)
Participant     Each
ALCTS Member (individual)     43
Nonmember (individual)     59
International (individual)     43

Feb/Mar: Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions (ALCTS)

• Session 1: February 24 – March 21, 2014
• Session 2: April 14 – May 9
• Session 3: July 21 – August 15
• Session 4: September 22 – October 17
• Session 5: November 10 – December 5

$109 ALCTS Members; $139 Non-Members

This four-week online course provides an overview of acquiring, providing access to, administering, supporting, and monitoring access to electronic resources. Gives a basic background in electronic resource acquisitions including product trials, licensing, purchasing methods, and pricing models and will provide an overview of the sometimes complex relationships between vendors, publishers, platform providers, and libraries. The course was developed by Dalene Hawthorne, Head of Systems and Technical Services, Emporia State University.

8 contact hours.

Certificates of completion are sent upon successful completion (passing score of 70% or higher) of the course.

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=oloc&Template=/Conference/ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=L

Feb/Mar: Fundamentals of Acquisitions (ALCTS)

February 24 – April 4
Six-week online course that is a basic primer for library acquisitions concepts common to all library material formats. It covers:

    goals and methods of acquiring monographs and serials in all formats
    Theoretical foundations and workflows of basic acquisitions functions
    financial management of library collections budgets
    relationships among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers, subscription agents, and publishers.

This course provides a broad overview of the operations involved in acquiring materials after the selection decision is made.

In FOA, we distinguish between collection development, which involves the selection of materials for the library; and acquisitions, which orders, receives, and pays for those materials. In many libraries, selecting and acquiring materials may be done in the same department—in the smallest libraries perhaps even by the same person. In larger libraries, selection may be done by a collection development department and/or designated subject specialists, while a separate department acquires the selected materials. In essence, acquisitions is the business operation, bringing materials into the library and licensing access to library collections and resources.

Because success in acquisitions depends on ability to collaborate, negotiate, and be flexible to work out win-win solutions with others, this course includes collaborative and social elements.

$109 ALCTS Members; $139 Non-Members

http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=olweb&Template=/Conference/ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=L

Nov: Evaluating Print Book & E-Book Patron-Driven Acquisitions (ALCTS)

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

sessions are intended to last 1 hour, starting: 11 am Pacific | 12 Mountain | 1 pm Central | 2 pm Eastern

This webinar will describe two patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) models:

• buying print books based on interlibrary loan borrowing requests and
• the current e-book model working with an e-book aggregator or a library book vendor

The session will describe several approaches for evaluating the success and effectiveness of both models. Evaluation points include considerations such as subsequent circulation, appropriateness to the collection of purchased titles, subject analysis, cost analysis, and even a peek at the difference in future performance between user-selected and librarian-selected e-books.

Learning Outcomes

Learn several ways to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of PDA plans. Feel more confident about the effectiveness of PDA plans based on one library’s experience with a print PDA plan (from 2000 to the present) and an e-book PDA plan (from 2011 to the present).

Who Should Attend?

Librarians with responsibilities in reference, collection management, assessment, electronic resources, acquisitions, collection development

Participant	Fee ($USD)
ALCTS Member (individual)	43
Nonmember (individual)	59
International (individual)	43
Groups. Applies to group of people that will watch the webinar together from one access point.
Member group	99
Nonmember group	129

All webinars are recorded and the one-time fee includes unlimited access to the webinar recording. All registered attendees will receive the link to the recorded session so if you are unable to attend the webinar at the time it is presented, you will have the opportunity to listen to the recording at your convenience.

To register, complete the online registration form or or register by mail for the session you would like to attend.

Oct: Patron-Driven Acquisition: Turning Theory into Practice

This workshop will take place in two (2) 60-minute sessions one on Wednesdays, October 16th and 23rd, 2013 at 2pm Eastern. 

 

Patron-Driven Acquisition (PDA) is a hot trend in libraries, but if you’re not yet doing it, the prospect of launching a new initiative can seem intimidating. In this new workshop, Ben Hunter, Head of Cataloging and Collections at the University of Idaho Library, will show you how you can get going with PDA. 

 

Hunter will detail several mechanisms delivering PDA for print and electronic resources, and basic workflow considerations for each method. He will show you what PDA looks like in practice, from usage rates of books purchased through PDA programs, patron acceptance and use of PDA programs, budget issues, and marketing considerations. 

 

Hunter will also look at the various controversies commonly associated with PDA and explain how PDA is different from how libraries have traditionally built collections.

 

After participating in this event, you will: 

• Understand the basic concepts behind patron-driven acquisitions as well as various methods of providing this service (e.g., vendor-supported ebook programs, ILL-based)
• Be able to describe the experiences of other libraries that have implemented patron-driven acquisitions, including how these programs are typically budgeted for and usage rates of materials obtained through patron requests.
• Understand the controversies often associated with discussions of patron-driven acquisitions such as the long-term affect these programs could have on library collections. 

Instructor(s)

Ben Hunter is currently the Head of Cataloging and Collections at the University of Idaho Library, a position he has held since July 2009. His work includes overseeing daily operations and providing strategic direction for the library's Cataloging, Acquisitions, E-Resources and Serials, and Digital Initiatives units and serving as head of the Northern Idaho Academic Libraries Bibliographic Standards Group. Prior to this position, Ben was the Social Sciences Bibliographer and a Reference and Instruction Librarian at the University of Idaho, and an Association of Research Libraries Fellow at the University of Washington.

Fee

Registration is $75 for individuals; $150 for groups.

How to Register

Registration for this ALA Editions Workshop is available on the ALA Store at both the individual and group rates. This workshop will take place in 2 60-minute sessions one on Wednesdays, October 16th and 23rd, 2013 at 2pm Eastern.