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,
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:
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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..
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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.
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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.
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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,
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.)
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Full two-day programme of papers and workshops
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Focus on today's hot topics and key issues
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Leading speakers / librarian, supplier and publisher
viewpoints
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Networking opportunities – learn from colleagues and
make new contacts in relaxed campus setting
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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
Publishing in the
electronic age: threats and opportunities
Workflows / best practice
Ann Rennie (Havering Library Service,
New
MLA costing tool / streamlining workflows to reduce acquisitions costs
WORKSHOPS - GENERAL
Library 2.0
Dave Pattern (
Web 2.0: Blogs, Wikis and
RSS
WORKSHOPS – ACADEMIC LIBRARY STREAM
Electronic theses
Jill Russell (
EtHOS - creating, sharing
and encouraging access to research
Institutional repositories
Stuart Halliday (
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 (
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
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Conference dinner at historic 17th-century Keele Hall
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Annual NAG quiz
To make a booking, or to find out more about individual
papers and workshops, please go to www.nag.org.uk.