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ABPC/RTSD PRECONFERENCE

“New Dimensions in Acquisitions” will be the theme of a 2½ day Institute June 19 through June 21, 1969, to be held prior to the annual conference of ALA in Atlantic City. The Sponsors of this Institute is the American Book Publishers Council and the Resources and Technical Services Division Joint Committee of the American Library Association.

Innovative approaches to the solutions of library acquisition problems will be emphasized through both traditional print material and the newer non-print materials. Among traditional problems covered in the Institute sessions will be the out-of-print market, periodical subscriptions, gifts and exchanges, and the purchase of paperbacks. Newly emerging techniques for purchasing, such as advance copy plans, blanket orders, and centralized acquisitions will be presented along with modem acquisition techniques using computer processing, the standard book number, and other aspects of scientific management.

The opening address will be by James C. Worthy of the management consultant firm of Cresap, McCormick and Paget. Mr. Worthy’s topic will be “Scientific Management” stressing the need for efficient and economical procedures, research experimentation, and testing of acquisitions systems. Mrs. Elizabeth Rodell of Rice University, for seven years executive secretary of the Resources and Technical Services Division, will be the banquet speaker. Her topic “Performance Goals for the Acquisitions Process.”

To register, send name and address, with or without the official application blank, with the registration fee of $41.00, to ABPC-RTSD Preconference Institute, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. Please make checks payable to the American Library Association. The Institute is limited to 500 attendees.

The Institute will be held in the Dennis Hotel, Atlantic City. For hotel reservations, use the housing form in the January 1969 ALA Bulletin. Room reservations will be honored in the block space only until May 1. Request housing in the Lombardy, Mt. Royal or Traymore hotels where space is being reserved for attendees at this institute. Include the statement that you will be attending the ABPC- RTSD Preconference Institute. The registration fee covers the costs of luncheons on Thursday and Friday and the banquet Friday evening.