The Future of Acquisitions: Planning For Change in an Ever-Changing Environment

Saturday, June 25, 2011 – 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.– Moscone Convention Center, Room 391

What synergies do you see between Acquisitions skills sets and new services that didn't exist in the past? How are you positioning your department to leverage your skills over the next three to five years? As many of our traditional tasks are automated and outsourced many Acquisitions staff are retooling existing skills to participate in new resource sharing services and digital repository tasks, to name a few.  Our speakers will address issues such as doing more with less staff; retooling workflows in collaboration with vendors; and the relative value of outsourcing.  Join us to explore the future of Acquisitions!

Speakers:

Rick Anderson, Associate Director for Scholarly Resources and Collections at the University of Utah¹s Marriott Library

Dracine Hodges, Interim Head of the Monographs Department at The Ohio State University Libraries

Pam Matthews, Acquisitions Manager at Cuyahoga County Public Library

Sponsored by the ALCTS, Acquisitions Section, Organization & Management Committee Co-Sponsored by the LLAMA, Library Organization & Management Section, Organizational Theory & Practice Committee And by the LLAMA, Systems & Services Section, Technical Services & Systems Committee