*Apologies for duplication, this announcement has been posted to multiple lists.*

ALCTS webinar: Finding Savings in the Collection Budget

Date: January 19, 2011

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific Time.

Description: Faced with budget cuts, libraries have had to identify savings within their collections budget that meet administration's needs while trying to avoid major detriment to the information needs of the community. Through content analysis, discovery of alternative access to resources, and a couple of tough decisions, we'll explore ways to save a lot of money without causing (serious) controversy.

Audience: Budget managers, collection management/development librarians, library managers, serials and acquisitions librarians.

Presenter: Jane Schmidt is the Head of the Collection Services Team at Ryerson University Library. She graduated from University of Alberta and started out at Ryerson working with serials holdings data as an intern through the Young Canada Works program, despite the fact that she declared that she would never work with serials after doing an inventory for Dalhousie's Sexton Library during her first year at library school. In addition to her work in Collections and Acquisitions, she is also a business liaison librarian specializing in Marketing and Global Studies. She is passionate about weeding and efficiency, doesn't tend to "sweat the small stuff".

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To Register, complete the online registration form at http://www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/reg/webinar.cfm for the session you would like to attend.

Fees for individual webinars:

Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $99

Individuals - ALCTS Members: $39; Non-Members: $49

Participants outside the United States may register at the ALCTS member rate. 

Special pricing is available for the following webinars as a series:
January 19, 2011 Finding Savings in the Collection Budget
March 23, 2011 Culling your Collection: the Fine Art of Weeding
April 27, 2011 Organizing the Evaluation of Electronic Resources
May 25, 2011 Case and Commentaries: Intellectual Property Issues for Librarians

Pricing for ALCTS Series Webinars: (All 4 webinars)
Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $346 (save $50)
Individuals - ALCTS Members: $120 (save $36); Non-Members: $160 (save $36)
Participants outside the United States may register at the ALCTS member rate. 

All webinars are recorded and the one-time fee includes unlimited access to the webinar recording.  All registered attendees will receive the link to the recorded session so if you are unable to attend the webinar at the time it is presented, you will have the opportunity to listen to the recording at your convenience.

For questions about registration, contact Tom Ferren, ALA Senior Registration Coordinator at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4293 or tferren@ala.org. For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee