Please join us for the following event in Denver:

ALCTS CMS Midwinter Forum

Rising to the Challenge: Shaping Collections to Meet Diverse Needs

Sunday, February 11, 2018 from 4:30 – 5:30pm

Colorado Convention Center, Rm 703

Library collections today present a wide variety of challenges requiring creative and effective solutions. In order to address priorities like space management, support for emerging formats, and diversity in collections, librarians must be prepared to anticipate and respond to a number of issues in order to reach their goals. The speakers in this forum will present real-life examples of current challenges faced by librarians when building and managing collections to meet the goals of the 21st Century library.

Program:

Quick and Dirty Weeding: How to Start and More Importantly, Actually Finish

Anna Seiffert, E-Resource & Collection Assessment Librarian, Colorado School of Mines

Building Through Reluctance: Managing a Collection that (Should) Contain Sensitive Subject Matter

Rachel Turner, Cataloging Librarian and Subject Librarian for Judaic Studies, Binghamton University

Start Where It Hurts: A Strategy for Diversifying Collections at the University of Denver

Erin Elzi, Design & Discovery Librarian, and Jack Maness, Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication & Collections Services, University of Denver Libraries

Keeping Up with the Demand for Streaming Media

Beth Bernhardt, Assistant Dean for Collection Management & Scholarly Communications