With apologies for cross posting Controversial MLA outsourcing proposals for bib services - update and debate! Cutting acquisitions costs – costing, EDI, workflows and shared LMS! All at the NAG Conference 2007, University of Keele, 12th/13th September 2007 The deadline for early bird discounts has passed but you can still snap up one of the few remaining places at this year's NAG Conference at 2006 prices. Highlights include: ● Janet Wood (GMC) and Kate Holliday (YLI) on the MLA's Shared Bibliographical Services Project, including the outsourced Strategic Partner Model. Put your questions and voice your opinions direct to two of the Phase 1 pilots.. ● Ann Rennie (Havering/LLC) on cutting acquisitions costs. Find out how Ann has used costing, workflow realignment, EDI and a shared LMS to cut acquisitions costs by over 90% - and how she intends to cut them still further. ● Ken Park and Sharon Drummond (Bright Books) on acquiring stock for diverse populations. Why do you need foreign language materials? Who reads what? How do you reach your target audience? Handle and market your stock? Train your staff? This workshop will provide all the answers. ● Plus all the latest developments in – e-content, data supply, library management systems, publishing and Library 2.0. Right Here, Right Now! Acquiring and Managing Collections in Academic and Public Libraries National Acquisitions Group Conference, University of Keele, 12th / 13th September 2007 Booking deadline Tuesday 5th September. Book now to make sure of your place! Full rate: members £275 / non-members £325. Day rate: members £150 / non-members £200 (All prices ex-VAT. Usual conditions apply.) ● Full two-day programme of papers and workshops ● Focus on today's hot topics and key issues ● Leading speakers / librarian, supplier and publisher viewpoints ● Networking opportunities – learn from colleagues and make new contacts in relaxed campus setting ● Single, en-suite accommodation PROGRAMME KEYNOTE PAPER Ronald Milne (Director of Scholarship and Collections, BL) Collection development in the digital age PAPERS E-content: Jason Beech and David Lindley (Coutts Information Services) Thinking outside the book: how the electronic revolution is changing the way we discover and use information. Library management systems: Robert Bley (Ex Libris) Dis-integration and re-integration – new generation library management systems Data Simon Skinner and Paul Dibble (Nielsen BookData) Bibliographical data - a changing market Publishing Jonathan Earl (Thames and Hudson) Publishing in the electronic age: threats and opportunities Workflows / best practice Ann Rennie (Havering Library Service, London Libraries Consortium) New MLA costing tool / streamlining workflows to reduce acquisitions costs WORKSHOPS - GENERAL Library 2.0 Dave Pattern (University of Huddersfield) Web 2.0: Blogs, Wikis and RSS WORKSHOPS – ACADEMIC LIBRARY STREAM Electronic theses Jill Russell (University of Birmingham) EtHOS - creating, sharing and encouraging access to research Institutional repositories Stuart Halliday (University of Sunderland) and Eileen Hiller (University of Huddersfield) Institutional Repositories: the challenges of creating an Open Access digital collection of a university's research output WORKSHOPS – PUBLIC LIBRARY STREAM. Better Stock, Better Libraries Janet Wood (Stockport Libraries) and Kate Holliday (Yorkshire Libraries and Information) Better Stock, Better Libraries - Shared Bibliographical Services Project Foreign language stock Ken Park and Sharon Drummond (Bright Books) Providing books for a diverse population PLUS ● Conference dinner at historic 17th-century Keele Hall ● Annual NAG quiz To make a booking, or to find out more about individual papers and workshops, please go to <http://www.nag.org.uk/contact_us.php> www.nag.org.uk.