Conferences and Meetings 10/9/12

Continuing education opportunities from ALCTS; Acquisitions Institute at Timberline and APE – Academic Publishing in Europe

Libraries and Online Learning: an ALCTS Midwinter Symposium

“Libraries and Online Learning: A Powerful Partnership,”  a Midwinter Symposium from the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), offers an unique opportunity to engage in an important discussion of the role of learning in our libraries.

From local public libraries to national and transnational digital public libraries, from primary schools to research universities, libraries increasingly provide for learners’ virtual educational experiences. In this symposium attendees will learn to foster the strategic relationships possible between libraries and online learners.

Confirmed speakers are:  Mike Eisenberg, dean emeritus and professor, University of Washington, Information School; Karl Nelson, director of the Digital Learning Department, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Washington; and Jonathan Grudin, principal researcher, Natural Interaction Group, Microsoft Research.

The symposium is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, 2012 at Midwinter in Seattle.

Registration is through the ALA Midwinter registration form and is $219 for ALCTS members, $269 for ALA members, and just $99 for students and retired members.

Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge – Call for Papers

The Acquisitions Institute is scheduled for Saturday, May 18 through Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Timberline Lodge (One hour east of Portland, Oregon on the slope of Mt. Hood)

WHAT TOPICS are we looking for?

The planning committee is open to presentations on all aspects of library acquisitions and collection management. Presenters are encouraged to engage the audience in discussion. Panel discussions are well received. The planning committee may wish to bring individual proposals together to form panels.

The committee is especially looking for submissions on the following topics:

• All aspects of managing and directing acquisitions and/or collection development operations
• Acquisitions functions in open source catalogs, integrated or unified library systems, etc.
• Evolving consortial roles in collection development and acquisitions
• Staffing, training and development, and recruiting issues, challenges, successes
• The future of scholarly communication–its impact on acquisitions and collection development
• Data curation and management and other new roles for subject librarians and technical services specialists
• Web 2.0 applications and implementation in collection services
• Patron-driven acquisitions, purchase on demand, streaming content, and other user-centered collection services
• The development and management of digital collections, electronic resources
• The impact of discovery services on collection and content access and usage…

To submit a proposal, send an abstract of 200 words or less to: planning@acquisitionsinstitute.org. (The DEADLINE for submitting a proposal is December 30, 2012.)

 APE 2013 Academic Publishing in Europe 8 – The Funding of Publishing. Changes and Consequences for Science and Society

…The APE 2013 Conference Program will be developed by a high level Program Committee and offer the usual broad perspective. We welcome proposals for topics and speakers. We welcome proposals!

The now renowned APE Conferences aim at a better understanding of scholarly communication and the role of information in science, education and society. They encourage the debate about the future of value-added scientific publishing, information dissemination and access to scientific results and offer an independent forum for ‘open minds’. Participants have enjoyed this very open atmosphere in the Academy of Sciences at the famous Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin Mitte. Participants are: academic, educational, scientific, technological, medical, legal and professional publishers, university presses, researchers, authors, editors, librarians, teachers, learned and professional societies and associations, funding agencies, politicians and policy makers, subscription agencies and booksellers, recruiting agencies and technology providers. APE Conferences provide an inventory and show the way ahead in a collaborative effort involving all stakeholders. At the same time they are open for a review of new enabling technologies that may cope with new requirements and also look at sustainability given the changes of behaviour. In and between the private and the public sector there is still no complete understanding of the economics of electronic publishing and of the various functions in the value chains. This is an ongoing discussion. Coherent indicators are needed to measure the actual use and value of scientific information as a basis for future funding in the public sector and for investments in the private sector. As always there will be a lot of time for discussions and meetings with friends and colleagues. The Conference Dinner will be offered in Restaurant “Gendarmerie”, very close to the Academy.

Members of STM, Börsenverein/AKEP, ICSTI, ALPSP are entitled to register at a reduiced rate.

Please do not forget to reserve your hotel room in time! We cooperate with NH Hotel Berlin Mitte.

(For all correspondence: info@ape2013.eu)

 ALCTS Web Courses: Fundamentals of Acquisitions and Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management – among others

Related courses in the Fundamentals Series, hosted by ALCTS, cover basics of library technical services skill areas: