ALCTS ALA 2009: Flexible Approaches/Challenging Times

[Kim Steinle <ksteinle@dukeupress.edu>]

The ALCTS CRS Costs of Continuing Resources in Libraries Interest 
Group invites you to attend:

*Bend, Don't Break! Flexible Approaches Adopted by Libraries and 
Publishers During Challenging Times*

Sunday, July 12th, 3:30-5:30 pm*
Chicago Hilton, Lake Huron Room

Current economic conditions are affecting the funding base of 
even the  largest libraries in the US and Canada to a degree that 
is unprecedented  in recent memory. Both the International 
Coalition of Library Consortia  (ICOLC) and ARL have issued 
statements to urge publishers to adopt  flexible approaches to 
pricing and avoid reducing content or access as  libraries seek 
to renegotiate expenditures during this global economic  crisis. 
Please come and brainstorm on what strategies publishers can 
help libraries strategically move forward and how libraries can 
help  publishers find pricing models that best suit the 
conditions of the day.  Approaches like open access, fulfillment 
of existing contract terms for  on going access to back issues of 
canceled subscriptions, new publishing  models and funding 
sponsorships that can create business/enterprise  sustainability 
will be discussed by publishers, vendors and libraries.

Wendy Allen Shelburne, Electronic Resources Librarian at the 
University  of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Library

Becky Snyder, President of ABC-CLIO

Tom Sanville, OhioLINK's executive director, one of the founders 
of the  International Coalition of Library Consortia

Heidi McGregor, Director of Marketing & Communications at Ithaka

Please join us for a lively discussion!
For more information, please contact Kim Steinle (chair, 
ksteinle@dukeupress.edu), Lai-Ying Hsiung (vice-chair, 
lhsiung@ucsc.edu)  or Heather Staines (vice-chair, 
Heather.Staines@springer.com) of the  Costs of Continuing 
Resources in Libraries Interest Group.

Kimberly Steinle
Library Relations Manager
Duke University Press