2006-2007 Annual Report
Acquisitions Standing Committee
This year the Acquisitions Standing Committee began to investigate two projects – a consolidation of law library collection development policies with the Academic SIS which will be kept as a single collection, and a cooperative effort with the Editorial Board of ACQWEB to collect, maintain, and make available legal publisher/vendor information. The collection development project has been on hold pending the return of the individuals necessary to speak with within ALL-SIS, and the ACQWEB initiative is just getting off the ground with the completion of a user survey by the ACQWEB Editorial Board. There are already volunteers within the Acquisitions Committee ready, willing and waiting to participate in both projects.
As a preconference to AALL 2007 in New Orleans, Lorna Tang and other members of the Committee proposed, organized and will hold a one-day Acquisitions Workshop titled "Delivering the Goods: Effective and Efficient Acquisitions Processes," with well-known acquisitions librarians as its faculty. Since all 50 spaces available were filled by the conference early-bird preregistration date, AALL headquarters agreed to open up an additional 10 spaces which in turn were filled also. Lisa Arm's program on "Blogging and Beyond" is sponsored as a TS-SIS program, as is the program "Tips and Tricks for Successful Vendor Negotiation," presented by Anne Robbins and Emerita Cuesta.
By the end of the conference, the Standing Committee will have held its usual two meetings, a Committee meeting on Monday morning, and the Roundtable meeting on Tuesday at noontime. In a new format, the first half hour of the Roundtable will feature the "Tips and tricks" program, followed by a one-hour discussion of acquisitions issues.
Submitted by:
Ajaye Bloomstone, Chair
Acquisitions Standing Committee
3 July 2007