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ALCTS webinar: Buying Library Materials on the Out-of-Print
Book Market
Description:
The out-of-print market offers advantages to libraries that are willing to tap
into this source of millions of books. This webinar will explain how the
distinctions between the print and out-of-print marketplace are blurring. The
presentation will show how the out-of-print market offers potential
cost-savings and allows libraries to build retrospective collections, and
replace missing items. In some cases, purchasing the out-of-print book may be a
cost effective substitute for interlibrary loan.
Presenter:
Bob Holley, a Professor of Library and Information Science at Wayne State
University, has been involved in the out-of-print book market for the last five
years since he co-authored the first statistical study on pricing and
availability of out-of-print materials on the Internet. He has run or helped
with book sales for four different library organizations. He is also a
small Internet book vendor and can share his insights on selling materials.
A second session on “Maximizing Revenue from Selling
Withdrawn Books and Unwanted Gifts” will be presented on October 27, 2010
Date: October 6, 2010
Time: All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 2pm
Eastern, 1pm Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific Time.
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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 wish to attend.
Fees:
Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $99
Individuals - ALCTS Members: $39; Non-Members: $49
Special package rate for Oct. 6 & 27 webinars:
Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $182
Individuals - ALCTS Members: $62; Non-Members: $82
Participants outside the United States may register at the
ALCTS member rate.
The one-time fee includes unlimited access to the webinar
recording.
For questions about registration, contact Tom Ferren, ALA
Senior Registration Coordinator at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4293 or tferren@ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education
Committee.