Today's Topics: 1. Join us for ALCTS 101 at ALA Annual in San Francisco (Elaine Franco) 2. ALCTS Collection Development Issues for Practitioners IG at the 2015 ALA Annual (Elaine Franco)
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 There will be an Affiliates info table at ALCTS 101. Shannon Tennant (incoming Affiliate Relations Committee Chair) and I plan to be there. CLA TSIG is an ALCTS affiliate! Kick off your conference weekend with ALCTS 101--a friendly, low-key evening with light refreshments and the opportunity to win great door prizes, including an iPad mini! WHEN: Friday, June 26 from 7-8:30pm (immediately after ALA's Opening Exhibits) WHERE: Moscone Convention Center, Room 2001 West WHAT: An informal overview of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Division --Chat with established members about ALCTS sections (cataloging, preservation, continuing resources, etc.), interest groups, navigating Annual, publishing opportunities, professional development, and volunteer opportunities --Attend the first-ever ALCTS 101 After Party! Walk over to Tropisueno (75 Yerba Buena Lane, http://tropisueno.com/) with us immediately following ALCTS 101. If you can't attend 101, just meet up with us there between 8:45 and 9:00. RSVP for the After Party is recommended, but not required: http://goo.gl/forms/e9zmlUdg3g --Want to get involved? Stick around for the short business meeting of the ALCTS New Members Interest Group (ANMIG) following the event, where you can volunteer to serve as Vice Co-Chair or Student Liaison. WHO: All are welcome! Those considering membership with ALCTS, student members, new members, and long-term members wanting a brush-up. Add ALCTS 101 to your Scheduler today! http://alaac15.ala.org/node/29146 Susan C. Wynne, chair of ALCTS Membership Committee Cataloging & Metadata Librarian Georgia State University 100 Decatur Street SE Atlanta, GA 30303 404-413-2729 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- Message: 2 Please join the ALCTS Collection Development Issues for Practitioners Interest Group for a facilitated discussion at the 2015 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco! Our discussion will focus on three major areas based on librarians' suggestions: 1. With new library services evolving, librarians are asked to take on new responsibilities in areas such as scholarly communications, data services and digital humanities. However, traditional duties such as collection development are not going away. How do we balance our responsibilities of the new and traditional without sacrificing the quality of our work? How does your library meet this challenge? How do you keep your faculty relationships strong in the face of these new areas? 1. Discovery services have been adopted by libraries of all types. Based on research, we have observed changes in usage patterns as a result of the implementation of discovery services. What are the implications and impact of discovery services on library collection development? How does a discovery platform influence decisions for product and vendor choices? What is the impact on print collections and its management? 1. Libraries invest a lot of time and money to acquire new resources to meet users' information needs. But how do users know we have something new for them? What are the strategies to market new resources to library users? Do you add new resources to LibGuides? What are the deciding factors to consider on whether to add new titles to LibGuides? Time: Saturday, June 27, 2015 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm Location: Hilton San Francisco Union Square<http://alaac15.ala.org/node/28554>, Union Square 19 & 20 (Shuttle Bus Route 1<http://alaac15.ala.org/files/alaac15/AC15_ShuttleFlyer_Final051515_0.pdf>) Best, Irene Ke, IG Chair and Sherri Michaels, IG Vice-Chair ALCTS Collection Development Issues for Practitioners IG ---------------------------------------- Irene Ke, MLS, MS Associate Librarian, Psychology & Social Work M.D. Anderson Library University of Houston 713-743-9765 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- End of Tsig Digest, Vol 38, Issue 10 ************************************
