21st-Century Collection Development Strategies for Media

More than 70 people attended the Video Round Table Chair’s Program “21st-Century Collection Development Strategies for Media” on Saturday, June 23, at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. Four speakers shared their experiences and perspectives of building collections and services effectively for streaming video and other media.

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Call for Reporters at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans

ALCTS News is looking for volunteers to report on ALCTS preconferences, programs, and forums at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. Are you attending one of the sessions below? Would you like to share what you learn with the ALCTS community? Email Chelcie Rowell, editor of ALCTS News, at alctsnews@lists.ala.org to volunteer to report on a session at Annual.

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A Collaborative Future for Libraries, Museums, & More: Chicago Collections & Lifelong Learning Across the Community

“A Collaborative Future for Libraries, Museums, and More: Chicago Collections and Lifelong Learning Across the Community” took place during the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting on Saturday, February 10, as part of the Symposium on the Future of Libraries. ALA and the Center for the Future of Libraries sponsored the program. Scott Walter of DePaul University was the single presenter, but two colleagues—Sarah Pritchard of Northwestern University and Mary Case of the University of Illinois at Chicago—were on hand to answer questions at the end.

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