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College and University Libraries Section
Kansas Library Association
CULS Fall Conference 2012
Driving Towards New Frontiers
Friday, October 5
8:00-9:15 am Continental Breakfast and Round Table Meetings
Technical Services Round Table Meeting Room E
9:30-10:30 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
Quality Control in the Small Academic Library Catalog: How Much is Enough? Room E
Morgan McCune, Pittsburg State University
The new frontier is the Google search, the discovery tool, the “blended library” in terms of information formats. What I’d like to present in this opportunity is my perspective of catalog quality-control work on this new frontier (cataloging, authority control, database maintenance, electronic projects) in a small academic library with minimal funds and high workloads (in terms of cataloging staff serving more than one role, or several roles). Often, small libraries do all of this work themselves rather than hire a vendor to do “clean-up.” Staff may have minimal cataloging training and access to cataloging reference material. Can we help small libraries keep up, or forge ahead, by outlining the most essential quality elements? This presentation will be an effort to begin that work.
ALCTS webinar: Demand-Driven Acquisition, Part 1
Date: September 19, 2012
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.
Part 2 will be held October 3, 2012.
Description: This hour-long session, one of two parts, gives an overview of key concepts behind demand-driven acquisitions (DDA):
- why and how to implement
- benefits to the library and the campus community
- implications for the library collection
Examines the theoretical concepts about DDA while giving practical advice about setting up DDA in libraries with some considerations of long-term impacts by looking at a case study from the University of Denver.
Who Should Attend? Anyone with an interest in learning more about demand driven (also called patron driven) acquisitions.
Presenters: Michael Levine-Clark, Collections Librarian, University of Denver
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Single Webinar Registration Fees: $39 ALCTS Member; $49 Non-member; $39 International; $99 Group (a group of people that will watch it together).
Check the ALCTS Web site for discount pricing for both sessions.
For additional information and access to registrations links, please go to the following website:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/091912
ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org. For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce@ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
